. >>> romanian president basescu has survived a referendum on his impeachment due lower voter turnout. >> translator: the people have decided in all good faith to make this referendum invalid. the central election bureau said turnout for sunday's ballot stood at about 46% below the 50% needed to validate a referendum. as elsewhere in europe, romania's financial situation has been worsening since 2008. the government introduced austerity measures two years ago in return for loans from the european union and the international monetary fund. earlier this month, the opposition controlled parliament voted to extend basescu and hold a referendum on his mandate. they're likely to continue trying to oust the president. >>> japan's defense minister is working overtime to sell an american military aircraft to people living around two u.s. bases in this country. morimoto wants to meet with the newly elected governor of okinawa prefecture about the deployment of the osprey tilt rotor transporter. some people in japan are worried about the airplane flying above its homes because it's had several a

. >> or many oppose the parliament traian basescu on charges of abuse of power.ut it will only take effect if approved in a referendum to the question the next 30 days. it is the latest in a deepening power struggle between a conservative president and the central-left prime minister. >> if you live here, you have definitely noticed another string of wild summer storms has said germany, causing chaos. flights had to be redirected. miraculously, no one has been seriously hurt. >> of violence electrical storms last weekend claimed several lives and caused hundreds of injuries. this time, there is just a big mess to clean up. >> firefighters in this state are working around the clock. basements have flooded. in one in a nursing home, water gushed from electrical circuits. >> we have lived here 60 years and never had anything like this. >> teams are removing fallen trees and branches from rooftops and roads. at one university building, part of the ceiling collapsed. sections of the motorway also flooded. some areas had up to 60 liters of rain per square meter. that i