senior washington correspondent coston phenomenon there it's morning live from las vegas. now president trump's planned visit to las vegas comes a day after his first trip to hurricane hit puerto rico at least thirty four people were killed when the storm thrashed the u.s. territory two weeks ago thousands are living in shelters and large portions of the island are still without drinking water and phone lines the trumpet ministrations been criticized for its response to the crisis and comments during his visit including the suggestion that the storm had quote thrown the u.s. budget out of whack have done little to calm swelling anger and island in ruins it's been two weeks since hurricane maria rang through here and there's still no electricity or running water. roberto cologne he's seventy years old he says he's had no help from authorities sorry he's having to climb onto the roof himself to repair what he can he's using his car as a generator but he's paying a small fortune for gasoline he isn't expecting a lot to come out of the u.s. president's visit. and i hope donald

and it looks like oh we're having some trouble reaching coston we'll try to get him back on the line a little bit later in the show with the latest developments from this last vegas story but for now we will move on to some other news but we try to get carson on the line and i will go now then to spain it's facing a constitutional crisis after a day of chaos in catalonia the regional government there is meeting to discuss taking steps towards independence that's after ninety percent of voters backed breaking away from spain in a referendum but the vote was disrupted by police and dismissed by madrid leaving catalonia and spain itself in disarray. independence supporters celebrate this as their victory preliminary results are out they show an overwhelming win for an independent catalonia. you girls two million twenty thousand one hundred forty four votes are in favor of the yes. but this means ninety percent of the voters are in favor of independence. of the over two million catalans have managed to cast their ballots on sunday with or to say only seven point eight percent voted no to

that's the fastest rate since two thousand and ten earlier we asked our washington correspondent coston phenomenon how the mood was considering the i.m.f. so good projections. yeah absolutely the mood is very good but there was also a certain feeling of wistfulness because this is the last time that the german finance minister is here to meet his colleagues especially in the group of g twenty was of course first among equals in many ways through his authority and experience he has shaped this group also was this year the president of the group and i had a chance to really talk to the french finance minister who told me that everybody in that meeting of the finance ministers was very friendly to work on short and that they were all solidly miss him now the i.m.f. has come with a message to this meeting the same tax the rich that's interesting considering that in the host country president trump is pushing for less taxes for the rich. yes the general outlook of both the i.m.f. and the world bank for the world economy are good but both. mr kim said we cannot be complacent we have to look a

coston for naaman there talking to us from los angeles vegas. and now some other stories making news around the world today iraqi forces say they've captured the last stronghold of the so-called islamic state terrorist group in the north of the country this footage shows fighting in how we just three days ago the country's military backed by u.s. led coalition launched an offensive last month to retake the town still controls a stretch of iraq's western border with syria. thousands of people have taken to the streets of togo's capital in fresh anti-government protests the opposition demonstrators are demanding that president for nothing but a step down he has been the head of the west african states since two thousand and five when he was installed by the military after his father's death meaning that the same family has ruled the country for fifty years. and tens of thousands of times formed kilometer long lines as they waited to pay their respects to king bonny paula today the late monarch has been lying in state since his death last october t

coston for naaman there talking to us from los angeles vegas.now the as with some other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said he never considered resigning as president trump's top diplomat tillerson said reports that he wanted to quit earlier this year were erroneous in an unusually personal news conference tillerson sidestepped allegations that he had called trump quote more on the us president has dismissed the rumors as fake news. three u.s. soldiers and five local troops have been killed in an ambush by suspected islamic militants in southwest new share the men were on a routine patrol north of near me and close to the border with mali when they came under hostile fire the attack has increased fears that the insurgency in neighboring mali is spilling over to the west african country. and thousands of people have taken to the streets of tokyo as capital in pressure anti-government protests the opposition demonstrators are demanding that president for nothing based step down he has been