being held on a coast guard ship after they w were rescuud, and while they are we crossed the josephine mckenna, who joins us from rome. josephine, ww have heard strong, provocative language coming from the italian government. language, actually, from the deputy prime ministtr, luigi di maio, threatening to withdraw the ititalian contribution to te aropeenen union, and putting fractiouu relationship etween italy and its europeannpartners. the hard-line, interiorrminister anand deputy prime ministerer, said he is not willing to give him. heesaid these migrants are ccmpletely illllegal. he threateneddto send them back to libya. we have had some stroog response from the president of the european parliamentt,,he italian anantonio om johnnn -- taglia. he says he hopes the threats are a joke, because it puts attrisk the funds disistributed from the european union tooitaly -- to the south italy for farmers for agricultural support, and for small businesses seeking loans. a great deal of concern coming countries are meeting in brussels right now to try to resolve this particular crisiss molly: let's tu

genie: josephine mckenna reporting for us from rome. the u.n. say top mmlitary leaders in myanmar should be prosecuted f f genocide e againt rohingya muslims. that is some of the strongest language yet from u.n. alleged human rights violations in myanmar since the bloody crackdown began ast august. panel released its report today, one year after the crackdown began. to two and a half millions, c ce veneeuelans have lefttthe country, running from the political and economic crisis therr. many of those economic migrants go through a ssall border town in brazil. over 120,000 of them in just a few months. phey have pusheddthe brazilian government to actually send in troops. in this small toon on the vvnezuelan born -- on he brazilian border, venezuelans arrivv in the thousands, their eetire lives packed into suitcases. they croos the border two days ago. >> our clothes are ugly and dirty. anna: they sold all their belongings and left caracas. they hope to be granted a refugee visa in the center set up the brazilian military and you and -- and u.n. >>