our reporter benjamin alvarez gruber is in a town in southwestern germany, a town severely affected by floods. benjamin: it has been one week since severe flooding in western germany. a lot of people in residents have lost absolutely everything. they are working around the clock with all in tears, police officers, firefighters, to clear the debris in their house. firefighters are continuing to pump water out of the basement and out of underground parking lots. a lot of infrastructure has been damaged, and crews are working around the clock, not only trying to find people that are missing but working on the infrastructure like this bridge behind me that was complete he destroyed. the work will continue and the federal government promises quick financial help, but a lot of victims do not know how they will continue to recover from the tragedy that unfolded. brent: that was benjamin alvarez gruber reporting. social media has played a key role in affecting people -- in helping people affected by the flooding with volunteers who want to support them. one house was visited where a group of s

for more on that, i am joined by reporter benjamin alvarez, who is himself chile and.ood to see you. why is chile getting a new constitution? reporter: the majority of chileans decided to scrap the constitution that dates back to the time of a military dictatorship. a referendum that happened after the massive social outbreak in 2019. many see the current constitution blocking progress in the country, so they hope this new constitution and new carta magna drafted by the assembly will also pave the way for the reforms needed in the country. brent: alisa loncon from the mapuche people has been selected to lead the constitution. what is the significance of this? reporter: she was elected by a vast majority. she is a mapuche woman and the rights of the indigenous population will play a role in the drafting of the constitution. she went there with a flag that you can see here in the background. she also important to note that there are 17 seats in the new assembly. brent: yet not everyone in chile is happy about her or this new constitution. reporter: right, there are some

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brent: let's go to our correspondent benjamin alvarez gruber he is joining us from one of the towns worstit by the floods. benjamin, it's been five days since the floodwaters hit. how are things looking there on the ground? benjamin: the situation is still dramatic five days after the flood, still no electricity or gas. local authorities believe this could take weeks if not months to get restored. emergency services and volunteers and a lot of people who have joined the effort are still working around-the-clock to try to find dozens of people that are still missing after the deadly floods. in this district, the number has increased to 117, but there are fears that the number will increase as search-and-rescue efforts continue. brent: we know that this disaster struck in the middle of the night last week. we heard reports today from residence that they were not warned. -- from residents that they were not warned. what have people been telling you about the warning systems, the sirens, for example? benjamin: we talked to several people here on the ground and while some of them told us they

c w political correspondent benjamin alvarez. thank you very much. and some tennis news . now tunisia on jabber has continued her historic run at wimbledon by reaching the quarter finals. are recovered from a step down to be poland. e gosh. be on tech. who is last year's french open winter timber is the 1st arab woman to ever reach this stage of the turns. and finally, to china, where one determined youngster was intent on not letting nap time interfere with playtime. this young elephant is part of a wild herd migrating hundreds of kilometers through south west china. he just couldn't seem to let the others get some badly needed shed. i think they get up and play with him, but neither nudges nor rubs. were able to rouse his fellow travelers. eventually, the youngster appeared to give up and curled up for a nap of his renewal. should you provide me with you, sir, wanting to the news? he is a reminder of the top story we're following for you. expert or warning, bigger a p in football championships could speed up the spread of the delta very end of the corona virus. the summe

d, w political correspondent benjamin alvarez. thank you very much. a criminal gang which forced many sweeter supermarkets to close by mounting a cyber attack on their computer systems. is demanding $70000000.00 in crypto currency. the latest ransomware attack exploited weaknesses and software supplied by a u. s. enterprise. no customers allowed in. that's because hackers were able to penetrate the supermarket cash register system. there was out, hundreds of sweden, corpse doors were shot last weekend. it's the single biggest global run some where attack on record. the hack hit 40 companies in at least 17 countries. they all use software from the u. s. based services company gave a security expert suspect, rush and hackers us present biden has ordered a probe into the attack. the fact is that directly the community gimme a deep dive on what's happened and i'll know better tomorrow. and if it is either or the knowledge of and or the consequence of russia and i told we will respond. what is clear is that the hackers, youth cave and software to hack the