Than the United States of america. This epidemic of mass slaughter. This support. A School Shooting after School Shooting. Someone whos not supposed to get a gun is getting a gun that weve got to figure out why thats happening and fix that. This is not acceptable this is something that is completely unacceptable and that we need to take action. And also coming up on the program Lights Camera ActionBerlins International Film Festival kicks off in the german capital and d. W. Is on the red carpet. But we begin in the United States where more than a dozen people have been killed and many more injured when a nineteen year old gunman opened fire at a Florida High School where he used to be a student the suspect has been named as Nicholas Cruz he was arrested and is now facing seventeen charges of premeditated murder. But the incident is just sadly one of many the f. B. I. Says that there have been more than forty active shooter episodes in the u. S. Since the year two thousand the weapon of choice is almost always an Assault Rifle it seems clear that the u. S. Has a problem but the views on what to do about it could not be more polarized well have more on that with our u. S. Correspondent in just a moment first lets listen to hear what the u. S. President had to say. Our entire nation. With one heavy heart is praying for the victims and their families. To every Parent Teacher and child who is hurting so badly. We are here for you whatever you need whatever we can do to ease your pain. For more lets bring in our u. S. Correspondent carsten phenomenon who is standing by with the very latest from washington and karsten one thing that the president did not mention there was gun control remind us where the debate stands today. One effect is that a majority of americans according to opinion polls is in favor of some kind of restrictions and some kind of stricter gun control is not necessarily an end to the rights to bear arms but some restrictions on certain types of weapons more background checks and so on its also a factor of a considerable share of the American Population is against any kind of restrictions these people feel the right to bear arms is part of their identity as americans and they fear that if they know some restrictions than over the some time in the long run the riots. Would be abolished completely so they are very determined and the biggest lobby group the National Rifle association puts a lot of money into its efforts to stop any gun restrictions millions hundreds of millions of dollars actually go to politicians who or pose for the gun restrictions and so the democrats a few republicans want to have some restrictions demanded as much as they like because. The majority of the republicans would block it and they feel that kind of force to be in favor of gun control is because that would not be reelected back home in their districts but carson i mean you and i will recall and anyone who was in the United States at the time that that after the sandy hook massacre for example back in two thousand and twelve in which first graders were killed twenty of them there was a real atmosphere in the country. For action you know many people vowed never again that this simply could not happen again but in the meantime i mean weve actually seen the School Shootings go up in fact three of the most deadly mattia things in u. S. History have happened in just the past half of the here as this simply become normal in the United States is nobody shocked anymore. Well people are shocked but only always for a short time when the freight it has become normal to some extent if you can say that from a european perspective its simply mind boggling whats going on because this is not some kind of crime ridden Banana Republic or a war zone this is one of the most. Affluent vonzell the richest countries in the world and still this happens and time and again we hear from politicians empty words i have to say of thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families but then nothing really happens and people say oh this could happen anywhere and it does happen in other places but it happens much more often here i mean here in the us you have fifteen times more likely to be killed with a gun than in germany and that is actually appalling and carsten when you say nothing really happens i mean you want do you mean on the front of gun control but the bottom line is is that many people in the United States believe that thats not the right approach that theyre focusing more on Mental Illness for example so feel less and what on what is being done on that front for example. Well there are coals for a strict enforcement of existing rules to make sure that people with mental problems dont get those guns but also its part of the truth that donald trump in two thousand and seventeen signed into law a bill that actually made it easier for at least some people with mental problems to get guns so again though the rhetoric and the actions dont really fits together but this is in my view in many ways just looking at a side a speck of the problem because the biggest problem clearly is that its much too easy to access guns in this country. That is not being addressed instead theyre talking about Mental Illnesses theyre talking about the idea of putting guns in front of every school in america like this would be a normal thing in a civilized country and its not its only in america and maybe in countries like afghanistan with syria and the likes and incidentally we know that in this particular school there was indeed an armed guard that armed guard did not encounter the shooter carsten phenomena with the latest from washington thank you. And in the wake of the tragedy and many have gone online to discuss gun control in the United States with the top trending hash tag currently hash tag gun reform now one of the most shared tweets comes from american journalist b. J. Lots who writes that yesterdays shooting was quote the eighteenth School Shooting so far this year according to gun control advocates the organization every town for gun safety that means there has been a School Shooting in the United States every two point five days this year many social media users complain that floridas gun laws are too lenient one user wrote things you need id to buy in florida sudafed day which is a drug cigarettes alcohol renting a hotel room things you dont need for buying a ar fifteen an Assault Rifle. And this local journalist whos also a father posted a photo of his son saying just got word that my sons school is on lockdown at the moment he is two years old this is something i never thought i would be reporting as a journalist or a father. His appointment has been welcomed with singing dancing and a standing ovation in Parliament Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in today as south africas new president his sick his predecessor jacob zuma resigned barely twenty four hours earlier after being ordered to stand down by his party the a. N. C. Run the post so will set out his plans for the country in detail on friday evening. The only. Policy on that is popular thanks to the moment the nation had been waiting for a new leader promising a break from the past thank issues that you have just issues that have to do with corruption issues of how we can straighten out our state owned enterprises and how we do with state kept is issues that are on our radar screen and i will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of south africa thank you very much. Cyril ramaphosa this political career spans more than four decades he was a close ally of Nelson Mandela and played a key role in south africas transition to democracy later overlooked by mandela from a person focused on his business interests said to be worth around three hundred sixty Million Euros now in the top job in firing to tackle corruption there are many challenges ahead. My expectations possibly. Out collapsing i expect change. A lot of stigma has been associated with something more so with foreign investment. Its going to look better. South africa is rich in resources but many live without electricity or running water. Health care and schooling remains rudimentary in much of the country eight out of ten nine year olds are illiterate unemployment remains alarmingly high more than two thirds of young people a job less. A lot has been lost and its going to take several years to recapture lost ground. But hopefully hundred. District especially in the realm of course we would story. And in the longer to cause the this country. Of reconstruction has now begun. To change and yes south africas new leader will set out his plans in more detail in a speech on friday evening. And for more now lets bring in South African journalist on least our fontayne here with us here in the studio welcome and good evening we see each other they did this revealing its been quite a busy week but now we have Cyril Ramaphosa who is now the president of south africa all hopes pinned on him what can we look forward to i think that first of all theres a lot of hope and can he seized the moment. The country the last eleven days has been like test was nine hundred ninety when mandela was released in ninety ninety four people expect action from him they expected t. Has to sort of clear up and in force Anti Corruption hes already started well he didnt start that did Law Enforcement agencies have been doing their job which they didnt do for the last state. So a lot of expectations a lot of feeling of yes we can begin in south africa people are coming out of the epicene. The Civil Society the churches journalists so all patting themselves on. Back and say well you know we did it we helped to create this meant and one of his biggest pledges is really to crack down on corruption as a man but i want to ask him if he has the legitimacy to do that because the bottom line is is that he comes from the same party as jacob zuma a party which for the majority of the past nine years have supported their pam through this you know Corruption Scandal ridden presidency i think that this year they were to what a lot of people criticize and sit while he was jacob zuma Vice President they sat back and all description was happening if you look at it another way only way this moment could happen was to be the good of this sort of transfer of power and thats what hes been doing he has a lot of it too to be seen. Movement leader was a trade unionist hes the father of the constitution he was the writing that constitution. He sort of. A lot of respect he has leadership for the First Time Since monday a lot of people feel is a needed control of the country again and i think also within the a. N. C. Hes really been putting you step down and in six weeks like saying we will be united with the you like it or not how far do you think that he will go what might happen to jacob zuma now. While jacob zuma is now an expresident which means he only gets two bodyguards and two if hes dependent so being paid for not all twenty one could even be arrested for example he could. Have we dont know what deal was made behind closed doors but it looks as if there was no deal made he could be arrested and he certainly would be very busy with his seven hundred eighty three court cases from before he became president then may still no fuel being added since hes been president so hes going to be a very busy man. So a lot for us to be true. On the front of south africa over the coming months. The statement well we thank you very much for joining us this evening to put it all into context for us South African journalist only seventeen we appreciate it being here. It is that time of year again Berlins International Film Festival known as the berlin olive begins tonight it is ten days of screenings talks workshops and more for the opening film this year was Wes Andersons animated feature i am dog Tilda Swinton and bill murray were among the stars to lend their voices to the characters in the story of a pack of dogs marooned on a japanese. And my colleagues there Sarah Hartman and david levitz are down at the red carpet they have been tracking all of the action there for us so Opening Night guys how did it go. It went really well were expecting actually the stars and the fans to be coming out into the snow anytime now this was a really glamorous opening really surprising actually for an animation film but wes anderson he pulled it off he got together a great cast yes some of them came onto the red carpet we saw greg airwave in this amazing gold dress we sell Tilda Swinton earlier in the press conference he was making a fool of himself as a reason everyone was. Drawn on the red carpet together with wes anderson. And you guys saw the film how was it. This is a really interesting films there i dont know if youre a wes anderson fan you know fans will know his work moonrise kingdom the royal tenenbaums life aquatic he has a very distinctive style and this film is very much a Wes Anderson Style film its super cute theres a lot of focus on the artistry and the imagery super cute this time its a little different though its a very japanese inspired Spirited Away he quoted as one of his sources of inspiration and im so different look same attention to detail and for me you know some of his movies theyre more style than substance sometimes they fall a little flat this one didnt fall flat for me i thought it had Great Character Development everything enough for us lets let the viewers take a look this is i love dogs for wes anderson. I look at doses set in the dystopian future japan due to a dangerous dog flu the canine population is rounded up and banished to trash island time atari is a young boy whose dog is among those seized he goes to the island in search of his beloved pet. And hes helped by the other dogs. Because layover noxious sludge marsh leading to a radioactive landfill i talk to chemical garbage thats our destination great to get ready to tell you how. I should because he said. We will find him. If hes alive. To find your dog during his search he uncovers a conspiracy the threatens to destroy the citys Dog Population for ever an atari and a canine crew save the day for somebody spoke his language. Really cool looking fellow so that is this one of the ones thats up for the awards and whos leading the jury of this year. It is one of the ones up for the awards there are about twenty movies that are up for the golden bear and that will be decided by the jury this year by a top german director you probably know him best from run will run yeah u. S. Viewers have probably seen this new series on netflix babylon berlin hes the director behind that hes getting a lot more international hype lately hes been a big deal in germany for a long time yeah and weve got this little look at him. Is no stranger to the belly nala hes twice have the honor of opening the festival starting with heaven starring Cate Blanchett in two thousand and two but his connection to the festival began long before that. Ive been going to the ball and all of forever even as a teenager i already had a permanent part. Time. Movie theater sent me there when i was sixteen i think being film is raging bull by Martin Scorsese he was there and Robert De Niro was there it was really exciting. To begin shooting his first films on super eight at the age of eleven then he worked in movie theaters for years including as a film programmer his International Breakthrough came in one nine hundred ninety eight with the fast paced and innovative run lola run the girl with the red hair in a life or death race against time became an icon of german film. And his latest coup is the acclaimed german t. V. Series babylon berlin a global hit sold in more than sixty territories now tom to close heading the jury that will decide what film wins the golden bear. So he is a big girl and our fan i know you guys are big fellows fans as well youre always down there at the red carpet how was Opening Night compared to past years. You know its interesting sara because last year of course the berlin our happened right after trump had been elected it was a really political berlin alah and last year the mood was a bit dour there were a lot of films with a heavy political bent its you know its february in berlin its quite dark outside this year at least so far has been a little bit lighter animated film opening a lot of star power on the red carpet i dont want to jinx myself but i think we could be in for a somewhat lighter berlin alice yeah i think people are ready for that last year of course we opened with a nazi movie this year we had to drag queens on the red carpet its a completely different experience thats sad berlinale is known for liking to get political so i dont think were going to be able to avoid the serious topics completely time will tell you about ten days sarah harman and