says soon to take over the artistic direction of the state opera he too is full of praise for the revamped opera house he has to play an hour later it's the same it's a building still breeze two hundred seventy five years of history but in fact every square centimeter has changed all the materials are new design to improve the acoustics you know at this stage technology is absolutely state of the art a wonderful keyboard for us to play on the truth of them and us being proud of. daniel barenboim can't make full use of that stage technology yet the longest and most expensive overhaul in the operas history still isn't complete despite the reopening. some are calling it an opening in installments but for barenboim it's the final outcome that counts. the mission but i we want to continue to be an institution that makes an important contribution not only for berlin not only for germany but also for europe this new for the land zone that. the opera is only celebrating the opening for a few days then the curtain will fall for two months to allow the final work to be completed in december the berl

says soon to take over the artistic direction of the state opera he too is full of praise for the revamped opera house your list to play an hour later it's the same it's a building still breeze two hundred seventy five years of history but in fact every square centimeter has changed all the materials are new design to improve the acoustics you know at this stage technology is absolutely state of the art a wonderful keyboard for us to play on the truth of them and us being proud of. daniel barenboim can't make full use of that stage technology yet the longest and most expensive overhaul in the operas history still isn't complete despite the reopening. some are calling it an opening in installments but for barenboim it's the final outcome that counts. the mission but i we want to continue to be an institution that makes an important contribution not only for berlin not only for germany but also for europe these two for the legion and so on that. the opera is only celebrating the opening for a few days then the curtain will fall for two months to allow the final work to be completed in decemb

will be the state operas new director as of march twenty eighth.the new stage technology sends him into raptures. it's the same basic you get a strong sense of the bell. things two hundred seventy five year history but in fact every square centimeter has changed all the materials and you want to get to improving the acoustics of the stage technology has been optimized it's absolutely state of the art it's a finely tuned instrument. after tuesday's ceremonial opening this starts wanted in london close again for two months it will reopen to the public in december just in time for its two hundred seventy fifth anniversary. now what. nina simone and pina bausch have in common as different as these women are they all stand for freedom that is at least the viewpoint of the polish graphic artist in the neck she creates striking and impressive portraits of women for her project titles follow women and it's getting a lot of attention from large companies because female icons a big on the marketing scene right now. polish illustrator not create portraits of

composers like mozart beethoven schubert and strauss worked at the vienna state opera it's one of the top addresses for classical music and the city has even more to offer. vienna does nightlife and just as astronomy incredibly well. numerous clubs and make vienna fun for visitors and residents alike. isn't it you know it's small enough to get a grasp of and with history you can experience a lot here can feel see and feel a living much. you feel the creativity of your sense that are the music and dance are a fundamental part of the city. that's an obvious that is a very slow city that really lives the day celebration we need is an old friend again trying to play ped. there's plenty of time to chill out in the coffee houses to there of the unease institution and the opening hours from early morning until late in the evening seven days a week are impressive unlike the shopping facilities in the end of which by lure have strict opening times and remain closed on sundays that's one of the few points that monocle criticizes about vienna the magazine hopes that in the future sunday shopping

composers like mozart beethoven schubert and strauss what at the piano state opera it's one of the top addresses for classical music and the city has even more to offer. vienna does nightlife and just as strong to me incredibly well. numerous clubs and bars make vienna fun for visitors and residents alike. isn't it you know it's small enough to get a grasp of and with history you can experience a lot here can feel see and feel are leaving much predicted to be take you feel the creativity of your senses and martie music and dance or. fundamental part of the city tightish that's and that is a very slow city that really lives the day celebration we. begin trying to sleep but. there's plenty of time to turn in the coffeehouses to there of the unease institution and the opening hours from early morning until late in the evening seven days a week are impressive unlike the shopping facilities in the end which by noon have strict opening times and dramatic closed on sundays that's one of the few points that monocle criticizes about vienna the magazine hopes that in the future sunday shopping m

it honors the do hundred seventy five year anniversary of the state opera on today in linden. both blood vessels are financed by sponsors. artist andreas how sly bismarckian is berlin debut with this video mapping the fourth always a book because it is telling it in front of such a huge audience. in front of the opera house is just. it's one of the biggest highlights in the fifteen years i've been doing this. absolutely one of the biggest it wasn't being a. pro is the official residence of the german president is also being lit up for the first time the theme of its elimination is democracy for life mr bowser also a tourist attraction drawing more than two million visitors last year yeah it was really cool inventive. really artistic to see how you know the. lights and everything and then he made. the japanese berlin has been transformed. until october fifteenth both festivals will be lighting up the night in the german capital from seven pm until midnight. so boxcars bring back memories for many also for me but already could take us from the past can compete with funk on conan

erica wanless previously said he will not accept a kurdish state on turkey's border the berlin state opera reopened its doors on tuesday night after seven years and four hundred million euros of renovation works chancellor angela merkel was among the guests at the opening gala on the day of german unity the renovation clocked up a delay of four years with costs almost doubling. now fresh details are emerging of the horrific shooting in las vegas that killed fifty nine people and injured more than five hundred investigators say the shooter prepared extensively for the attack even setting up cameras outside his room in the mandalay bay hotel to warn of approaching police the massacre has renewed the debate over gun control in the u.s. as president donald trump prepares to visit las vegas the view from the thirty second floor of the mandalay bay hotel where the gunman opened fire on to a crowd of concert goers below. he smashed two windows in his suis to take game as his victim's. body comforts it shows the police scrambling to locate the shooter and get people to safety they say the bullets

hundred forty two so it's really old it used to be the royal opera house now it's the staatsoper the state operabut it's been through so much it's been through it's burned down it's been through bombing in world war two and each time it's risen from the ashes and in twenty ten they decided that it needed some major refurbishing and so they went about raising the ceiling which is quite unique to let the sounds travel better and that's just what they did i suggest we look at some images. this time it's all put on today lyndon first opened its doors two hundred seventy five years ago it's already undergone several of the holes and now it's about to reopen again the race for the all important last minute touches is the one. artistic director daniel barenboim has been waiting seven years for this moment. the white secondary to the all important acoustic. well i was amazed because it all sounded so wonderful and for my ears really the acoustics are ideal acoustics of your. longtime clarinetist in the house mathias calander puts the acoustics to the test. if stalin or i'm amazed at how big the room is

hundred forty three bows rebuilt several times at the end of world war two it became the official state opera bellina. in linden is a full title and it's called the linen because it's located in that famous avenue that's in the middle of berlin and it's known as the linen opera because of that for a short hand at the end of world war two well much like the rest of berlin it was reduced to rubble but it was rebuilt under the east german regime by twenty two and they decided it needed some revamping and that's what they just did they raised the ceiling to let the acoustics travel better and that's a special thing it's all about the acoustics and i think we should have a look at it. the starts off into den linden first opened its doors two hundred seventy five years ago it's already gone through several overhauls and now it's about to reopen again the race for the all important last minute touches is on . artistic director daniel barenboim has been waiting seven years for this moment for a long time even in the world of opera the barenboim that's secondary to the all important acoustic. tone i w

entitled oprah and it honors the do hundred seventy five year anniversary of the state opera on today in linden. both blood vessels are financed by sponsors. artist andreas house lie biz making his berlin debut with this video mapping the force of the new book because he's telling it in front of such a huge audience. in front of the opera house is just. it's one of the biggest highlights in the fifteen years i've been doing this were absolutely one of the biggest i think wasn't going on. as you probably are is the official residence of the german president is also being lit up for the first time the theme of its elimination is democracy to life mr bowser also a tourist attraction drawing more than two million visitors last year yeah it was really cool inventive. really artistic to see how you know it. would be slights and everything and then he made. the japanese berlin has been transformed. until october fifteenth both festivals will be lighting up the night in the german capital from seven pm until midnight. so boxcars bring back memories for many also for me but oh it could take us

world are paying tribute to the victims of the last week a shooting the empire state building in new york turned off its opera lives in a show of solidarity in france paris is eiffel tower echoed the sentiments france suffered its own attack hours before the us shooting in the southern city of march say in other news catalonia the government is calling for international mediation to resolve the crisis sponsored by the vote on secession from spain the regional president has also demanded the removal of over ten thousand spanish police after hundreds of people were injured by riot squads iran has deployed dozens of times so long its border with iraq so thomas kurdish region following last week's secession referendum the deployment is part of joint military drills with the iraqi armed forces the referendum was held in defiance of the government in baghdad as well as the brink countries iran and turkey baghdad has rejected any talks with the kurdish regional government because of the vote the u.s. government says progress is being made in recovery efforts in puerto rico almost three weeks after the island was hit

across the world are paying tribute to the victims of the last shooting the empire state building in new york turned off its opera lights in a show of solidarity and france paris as eiffel tower echoed the sentiments france suffered its own attack hours before the us shooting two women were stabbed to death at a train station in the southern city of marsay. in other world news catalonia as government is calling for international mediation to resolve the crisis sparked by the vote on secession from spain the regional president has also called for the removal of more than ten thousand spanish police sent there in the lead up to the referendum that's after riot police injured nearly nine hundred people in an attempt to stop the vote john hendren reports. defiant catalans want to turn a disputed secession vote into an independent nation. is a strong nation and i think. the spanish because of the biomes because of the. i don't like spain because of. catalonia is leader asked the world to accept his regions vote for independence and broker a divorce from spain a woman of. the moment calls for mediation and there has to

opera -- offer up when people are need you should do that. >> is a bootstrap mentality that is playing out across the state in more ways than one. >> i was sick of worrying and not knowing. >> i wish we could get these unique vantage point that only locals know about. i wish we could do this for every story, for darius we met in the story, we were able to cross those blockades and check out his house. i am happy to say that his house is still standing and it looks completely untouched. but that is what is so frustrating. they come up to these barricades and told that they cannot get in and there is so little information on that side. live in napa, kpix five. >>> school may be closed but students at one heiskell are still coming together to use the property as a haven for hundreds of displaced pets. john ramis has that story. >> the farm is normally a place of her learning. but the fire changed that mission big time. a >> hearing the sirens i knew it would be a bigger deal than what everyone thought it would be. >> so vintage high agricultural teacher immediately began turning the 10 acre farm into a refuge for farm animals in harm's way. thos

heard and if an apology to the opera i will make a direct appeal to the european union i'm a big number of what we have never received any positive response from the state to any of the proposals of mediation that we have on the table at the moment. well what we've been observing throughout these last days following the referendum is a sort of chess game with the council on leadership taking certain steps and certain reactions from madrid one thing we've seen of course is the announcement to potentially hold a parliamentary session on monday where the declaration of independence was supposed to have been discussed we saw in response to that the constitutional court in spain that they would block this kind of vote and as a result we've seen a push from put him on to have this serious and very important session where potentially the announcement of independence could come to be held on tuesday we've seen some parliamentarians urged him to not go ahead and try to push through referred to take place on monday to quote not ruin the dream but certainly this is something that we're expecting to take place on tuesday which is quite crucial to watch how exactly

heads of states their prime ministers presidents will you be one of the tolls on in moscow will see some pizza with you in the hoop yes i'll be going. and if iceland success is watching your operas i financially as well cup here in russia and don't miss our new football program the stan collymore show that's coming. late for many clubs over the years so i know the guy even saw you guys. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super manager killian erroneous and spending two to twenty million at one player. it's an experience like nothing else on here because i want to show what i think what i know about the beautiful game but great so what more chance for. peace minute. now russia has offered to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to help the two countries resolve that longstanding diplomatic crisis well for more on this let's go live now to r.t.c. india patricia why the reality what can russia do than to reconcile these two old rivals. ok good afternoon so the russian government is ready to take up a job that is challenging to say the least the russian deputy foreign minist

all this opera or about they said oh they're cheating us on money they're taking so much more from rich cuts alone then they're paying back to us bought really consider anomaly if regional state federal state thinks it's get suma to but not enough money from the central coffers then what you do is you go to your capital you complain and say you're treating us unfairly please we need more as so usually these these things are at the negotiate dealt was at the negotiating table but that point has passed now it's all about independence and all about independence and as you say a lot of this is a belt money. and we hear time and time again from the kettle on president that he represents the will of the people of catalonia does he represent the majority of the people we know that less than fifty percent voted in that independence referendum. nobody knows this because we've seen just about ten days ago he a huge demonstration against independence as you know every populist movement will always say we the people we represent the will of the people the last poll that has any credibility it's quite a while ago and it did not show a majority for independents however of course the interf

state and other jihadists. also expanding such gray zone acts of sporadic warfare to elsewhere in africa, asia and the middle east where terrorists opera operate. is this, do you think, fair to sort of tie this potentially to this change in policy? and is it opening a larger discussion about where we are putting our resources and how they can operate? >> i don't know how the policy led to this, other than i don't -- and of course i defer to general mccafferty. but there was -- why would this -- these troops go to a village that it seemed it was known that the village was sympathetic to isis. and if that were true, that would present a danger. and why was help so far away? and what was the hour delay? why did it take an hour for them to call for help when they where under fire? but the reality is, chris, we're in a long war. and as we are wrapping up isis in places like raqqah and the middle east and syria, they're going to pop up everywhere. i'm for having troops all over the world. but i do think we need congressional oversight. >> these things are inherently dangerous because the societies are fractured, chris. i remember reviewing s

immediately by our pledge of allegiance led by united states marine corps pastor phil howser and our national anthem by a member of the national opera, angela knight. ♪ ♪ >> present colors. >> attention. salute. i pledge of allegiance to the flag. united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. ♪ oh say can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rocket's red glare ♪ ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, you may be seated. one final announcement, i need to mention there is no unauthorized taping or recording of the values voters summit. if you would like any of the sessions you can go to our website after the event. any violators of this

state and local officials to combat this crisis. tom: we will stay on this and maybe avoid the soap opera of washington.b portman, yesterday? did you get a message through to someone like rob portman who has led this discussion in washington? kevin: that is a good point. i don't know whether or not they directly communicate it. praiseech yesterday drew from across commerce, including senator elizabeth warren, who said for once the president was able to do something she would be able to speak highly of. clearly, she is critical of much of his agenda. his speech yesterday from washington's perspective hoping to restart what has been a horrific crisis for this country. tom: it will be political. there will be a debate. guess what, it will end up in court. a tort is a civil wrong. this goes back to all her when the holmes junior and his wonderful work in the 19th century and forward. read all her when the holmes holmes.r wendel he has done extraordinary work. wonderful to have you here. pending litigation against the pharmaceuticals. do you blame the pharmaceuticals for the heroin epidemic in america? >> i