In france against germany. Just real complex starts october twentieth on g. W. In. This is the daily news live from berlin a major victory for President Trump as Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed as a u. S. Supremes court judge in. The nays are forty eight. Vice president mike pence reading out the tight results of a divisive senate vote both republicans and democrats believe the control you see surrounding kavanaghs appointment has fired up their base ahead of crucial midterm
elections. Also on the program a prominent saudi journalists enters his countrys consulate in turkey and then disappears both ortiz they believe Jamal Khashoggi who strongly criticized his countrys leadership may have been killed will go to istanbul for the latest. And in german soccer Bruited Dortmund put in another stellar performance coming from behind to win against such a nation out. Hello and welcome my names Christopher Spring a thanks for joining us u. S. President all trump is celebrating a major domestic vic
Check in with the web special. Take a tour of germany state by state on d. W. Dot com. This is the dublin news live from berlin a major victory for President Trump as Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed as a u. S. Supremes court judge the eyes are fifty. The nays are forty eight Vice President mike pence reading out the tight results of a divisive senate vote both republicans and democrats believe the controversy surrounding kavanaghs appointment has fired up their base ahead of crucial midterm
elections. Also on the program a prominent saudi journalist enters his countrys consulate in turkey and then disappears authorities believe Jamal Khashoggi who has strongly criticized his countrys leadership may have been killed well go live to istanbul for the latest. Time brazilians go to the polls today in a president ial election plagued by division and Control Machine Clued in the public stabbing of one of the front runners. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring good to have you with us
obamacare case all these cases voting rights that it s a five to four decision in the credibility of the court is based on consensus building why are we having these cut barely majority decisions being made in the supreme court that is hurting its credibility so in fact it is reflecting the partisan divide somewhat yes ok. many thanks times from the aspen institute. and we move on now to turkey where suspicions are growing that a prominent saudi arabian journalist may have been killed inside the saudi consulate in stamboul u.s. space jamal khashoggi a major critic of the saudi leadership and to the consulate last tuesday to secure documents for his forthcoming marriage saudi officials say he then left the building but he has not been seen since the turkish official who s unnamed has been quoted as saying the
what we do know is that jamal. disappeared about five days ago not about but five days ago on tuesday around lunchtime when he entered after he entered the saudi consulate as you mentioned to obtain certain documents related to his upcoming wedding his fiance a turkish lady waved him goodbye outside of the consulate waiting for his quick return but he never really emerged and tell us a little bit more about. why might he have been a target from the saudi perspective. well jamal khashoggi is not known to be a long time dissident rather to the contrary he was a man very well connected to the saudi establishment he worked as an editor for saudi news media outlets he was a former advisor to an x. intelligence chief over there but over the past year he became increasingly
a target from the saudi perspective. well jamal khashoggi is not known to be a long time dissident rather to the contrary he was a man very well connected to the saudi establishment he worked as an editor for saudi news media outlets he was a former advisor to an x. intelligence chief over there but over the past year he became increasingly critical of the saudi leadership naming the king crown prince. of bin. he criticized for example of the saudis a crackdown on female rights activists who were complaining for women s right to drive cars for example he has been living in cell fixes self-imposed exile in the united states since last year and he was a contributor for example for the washington post opinion piece a section where he wrote repeatedly about politics about the war in vietnam and