it was very important that this morning we could have a cabinet meeting in the saxony—anhalt federale addressed the financial and organisational resources that we need to make available to support the victims and their loved ones. we need to support them for months and months moving forward, all of us must provide support as a society as well. i'm very grateful that the federal chancellor and his colleagues has joined us as well. we've been able to discuss at detail how we can provide support, what kind of support will come from central government as well. we're grappling with something that is really of an order of magnitude that has not yet been seen in germany. these negative consequences are quite horrendous, and the chancellor will say a few words to us in a while. so i'd like to thank you for being with us, and thank you also to the emergency responders, the first aid teams, the ambulance teams, the fire brigade and everyone who stepped in regionally and across germany. if it hadn't been so professional in terms of the response, the situation would have been still worse, partic

magdeburg isj the capital of saxony anhalt, and the christmas market is a tradition that happens every which is where the tragedy happened, and we have some smaller markets around there. usually you go in the afternoon and the evening there, have some drinks, some food, meet friends, talk to each other. it is a time ofjoy and happiness, a time of being together and we all enjoy this time before christmas at this christmas market. ~ ., market. we mentioned the olitical market. we mentioned the political element _ market. we mentioned the political element to - market. we mentioned the political element to this. . market. we mentioned the l political element to this. you are a member of the state parliament. how concerned are you about some of those rumours from far right groups that were on social media immediately after this incident?— after this incident? that's what happens _ after this incident? that's what happens here. - after this incident? that's l what happens here. usually after this incident? that's - what happens here. usually the right—wing extremists use such tragedies for

"we have caught the perpetrator," said the premier of saxony-anhalt. is a doctor from saudi arabia who has been working here and has been in germany since 2006." german officials had warned people to be vigilant at christmas markets, which are popular for holiday gift shopping and family outings. and it's eight years almost to the day since a terror attack on the berlin christmas market which left 12 people dead. german police believe the suspect acted alone, and they suspect he had an explosive device in the car. margaret? >> margaret: elaine cobbe thank you. well, now to this breaking news from capitol hill. the house voted a short time ago to approve a stopgap plan to fund the government until mid-march. it appears a partial government shutdown will be averted. but what does this indicate about how hard it will be for republicans to govern after president-elect donald trump takes office next month? cbs's nikole killion has the late developments from capitol hill. >> reporter: with hours to go... >> 'twas five days before christmas, and all through t

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he's a 50 year old man from saudi arabia who is a permanent resident of germany the state of saxony-anhalt as a whole is in mourning, and that is why, in consultation with the federal government, which will do the same, we will fly the flags at half staff to express that a tragedy has taken place here, and that we all share in the suffering that has been inflicted on people. cnn's matthew chance has more on the attack, and the man suspected of driving the car. >> this is the moment a vehicle plowed into a packed christmas market in germany, causing horrific casualties. video from the immediate aftermath in the city of magdeburg shows the market in disarray, with items scattered all around and people tending to the wounded. it's now known an adult and a toddler were killed in the attack. about 100 miles west of berlin, leaving the city on edge i'm certain we are shaking. >> we are full of sympathy for the relatives. also, we hope nothing has happened to our relatives, friends and acquaintances. >> police say they've arrested the driver of the car, identified by a senior german government of

saxony-anhalt erin michelle west camera. >> i shimon prokupecz he's been tracking all of this and watching from outside the courthouse. >> and shimon no longer in that orange jumpsuit that we saw from last week no. >> well, that that orange jumpsuit. let me just do something here to my phone for a second. is is long gone. that was the property of the pennsylvania state prison there. so he'll now every time we see him, if we see him again, he will be in street clothes for his court appearances. we saw him in street clothes at his last court appearance. and now today again, he's walking. that is that hallway that what happens is after the nypd takes someone into custody, they process the individual and mangione needed to be processed. he was never officially booked by the nypd. so those are the detectives. the detectives that you're seeing around him. those are the detectives that worked on this case. that is the detective who will have the arrest. those are all those detectives, and it's essentially what we saw happen when he first came here from pennsylvania, when the nypd flew him in on t

it's the capital city of that state, which is called saxony-anhalt. and so therefore, you know, it's a fairly large city with obviously a fairly large christmas market. and the christmas markets there in that state are quite well known. the ones that are in magdeburg are known for being very beautiful and certainly attract a lot of people, especially on a friday evening. you know, around the time when all of this was happening in the late afternoon, early evening, when especially a lot of families would have been at that christmas market? of course, we know that it is. it is the last friday before christmas day. and so therefore a lot of people do their shopping at these christmas markets, buy little gifts. and i think we've seen from that video just how many people were there on this evening. so certainly that would come as no surprise. and certainly anybody who would want to target that christmas market would know that as well. the authorities, of course, also would have known that that would have been the time to strike such a christmas market, bec

man from saudi arabia who is a permanent resident of germany und deswegen weer, the state of saxony-anhalt as a whole is in mourning. >> and that is why, in consultation with the federal government, which will do the same, we will fly the flags at half staff to express that a tragedy has taken place here, and that we all share in the suffering that has been inflicted on people. >> officials say about 100 firefighters and 50 rescue personnel responded. here's cnn's fred pleitgen with more details from the scene i want to set the scene for you a little bit. >> i'm going to get out of your way. and you can see behind me is the actual christmas market. and one of the things that's really interesting about all this is that there are actually barriers here to try and prevent something like this exactly like this from happening. we can see those green and red barriers that were put up here and there all around the perimeter of this christmas market. so it's unclear where there might have been a gap in all of this for the the suspect and the car to get through and then plow through that market, be

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but the chancellor and also the premier of saxony—anhalt, where it took place, talking about how it wasn astonishing and unimaginable that something like this could happen in germany. there was a cabinet meeting in the state, the state premier addressing the state premier addressing the media said that the financial resources that would be needed would be made available to the victims and their loved ones. you can see people are out in the city trying to come to terms with what has happened. there will be a memorial service in the city pass cathedral at 7pm this evening. and indeed state premier said that the site would be a sight of commemoration after what had happened. the support was therefore the victims. the chancellor, olaf scholz, called it a dreadful tragedy, saying normally a christmas market is very peaceful and joyful, and what a dreadful tragedy it is that so many people were injured and killed with such brutality in a place like that. of course, christmas markets are very much part of the tradition in germany. they take place in many cities and towns. and security is being

one other message we didn't hear there, but the state premier of saxony—anhalt, the region concerned,at we need to talk about security. providing germans with the knowledge that they are safe in their own country. but he said that it is a debate for later. today is the day for mourning. what we know about — the day for mourning. what we know about the _ the day for mourning. what we know about the suspect - the day for mourning. what we know about the suspect so - the day for mourning. what we | know about the suspect so far? we know he is from saudi arabia, 50 years old, came to germany in 2006, got asylum in 2016. he is a doctor, he has been practising in a town to the south of magdeburg, not too far away. the south of magdeburg, not too faraway. he the south of magdeburg, not too far away. he is a doctor who specialises apparently in psychiatry and psychotherapy. he works on mental health. we don't know if he himself is susceptible in any way to mental illness. so there are lots of things we don't know, and we know that he has been a point of contact for asylum seekers from saudi a