And a jewish director in the antisemitic richard wagner. Germanys annual wagner fest opens up with the master singers and a jewish sense of humor. Louise brent im brent goff for the u. S. Senate decided to proceed with debate on repealing the Affordable Act Affordable Care act known as obamacare. The Vice President mike pence had to break the tie to advance the repeal bill. As President Donald Trump held the results shortly after the vote took place, hes been applying huge pressure to get obamacare repealed but its unclear whether there are enough votes to do so. A short while later in the white house rose garden, trump commented on the vote. He was hosting the president of lebanon. Pres. Trump im very happy to announce that with zero of the democrats votes, the motion to proceed on health care has just passed and now we move forward towards truly Great Health Care for the American People. We look forward to that. This was a big step. I want to thank senator john mccain. Very brave man
Floods swept through the capital. Sarah i am sarah harman, good to have you. Air berlin has filed for bankruptcy. That comes after its major shareholder with drew financial support. Etienne said it has no confidence the struggling german carrier can survive. Reporter air berlin had been a growing crisis, piling up the debt in excess of one billion euros. The Airline Posted repeated losses following a series of takeovers. It filed for bankruptcy after its carrier said it would no longer provide further financial support. That is not surprised me as well. Everyone knew that air berlin was not doing well. I am thinking about the poor people that work at air berlin. What will happen to them . It is sad news. I hope they find a solution, because i love air berlin. Reporter the government will provide a bridging loan to keep flights going for the next three months. This decision will ensure that business can continue so that Flight Operations do not have to be terminated. Air berlin has anno
Social is the latest trend in a multibilliondollar global business. Well take you to gamescon. Brent i am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. Tonight u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is warning pakistan to get tough on terrorists who operate along its border with afghanistan. This comes after u. S. President donald trump sketched out a new strategy for u. S. Forces in the region. He pledged more military resources to support kabul but put no figure of the increase in troops. Reporter in an address to the nation monday evening, trump announced his new fight to win strategy. We are not nationbuilding again. We are killing terrorists. Reporter with insurgent attacks on the rise in afghanistan, trump was light on details on how he planned to stop them and increase u. S. Forces. But he said pulling out the remaining 8400 u. S. Troops from afghanistan is too big a risk. A hasty withdrawal would create a vacuum that terrorists including isis and al qaeda would instantly fill, ju
Joins us live from lawrence with new information. Reporter thats right. It is a parents worst nightmare. A child snatched off the sidewalk, dragged away, sexually assaulted repeatedly. The good news is that child is recovering and safe tonight. More good news, the man is behind bars tonight. Police say a 13yearold was taken on the way to school this morning, trying toak Lawrence East middle school shortly after 7 00. The child was repeatedly assaulted for about two hours before finally being released. The victim then made it to school, contacted their mother, who in turn contacted police. The victim luckily was able to give a very detailed description of the assailant. Police later arrested probation with an ankle bracelet. He was arrested a short time later. I think to be safe, and with an abundance of cotton caution, i will ask Police Departments to review the list of ankle bracelets and review what level of threats there are. Reporter police this incident, mateo was not a sex offend
Cicalese, the newest member of stormteam 5. Shes here to tell us how the weekend will shape up. Kelly i brought rain with me. Did you hear that thunder . We had flash flooding through much of Worcester County. Youre heading out, heavy showers of last night have pushed off to the east. So now we have a nice little dry break, and thats the case for all of boston right now and really through much of massachusetts as well. Our next chance of showers creeping in for later this Late Afternoon time period. Well talk about 2 00, 3 00. Those showers right now are creeping through in new jersey and through much of new york, inching eastward for later on. This will be bringing a big cooldown in temperatures. Youre heading out, its warm, huge, and its warm as its going to get. This is the high for the day. Were in the 60s and well cool progressively into the 50s. Antoinette kelly anne, thank you. Breaking news this morning six people rescued from an todd as newscenter 5s Nicole Estaphan reports, t