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So its just after 1500 g m t n, we start along the shores of italy where theres a standoff between italian officials and a rescue ship carrying hundreds of migrants and refugees. Now the vessel humanity, one was allowed to dock there on sunday, but its now been ordered to leave the sicilian port of katana. Well, its captain. It refuses to go until every one on board is allowed to leave and is threatening to go to court over this. So far a 144 people, including minors and people with Health Conditions were left a were left off the let off the ship. While dozens of single men were refused permission to do the same thing. And crew members of another migrant rescue ship. The doctor continued earlier on monday have also refused to leave people on the vessel operated by Doctors Without Borders were waiting for permission to disembark. 572. 00 passengers were on the g. O rents, a norwegian flagship authorities only allowed miners, families, and people with Health Issues to leave the ship. And there are another 2 rescue ships in the area. The german run rise above is right here. It is overcrowded with 93. 00 people on on board for a boat that is only 25 meters long and the ocean. Viking is anchored nearby. Its operated by the european charity, sr smitty to honey. And his carrying 234 migrants neither ship has received a response to repeated requests to dock. Well, lets bring in Tony Berkeley whos in catania. Tony, were, were, were about to speak to the charity that runs doable rance. One of the ships docked in catania, but can you set us up 1st . What is the latest that is happening, both at the port and etc. Oh well as you said before, is very much the stalemate going on here. Both ships are in dont care. The not being allowed to disavow remaining passengers which arrived on saturday here, the g around, for example, 577. People came on saturday and now theyre still tuned. And 15 on board, they were refused permission to leave. At the authorities said they were not vulnerable and therefore they have to be repatriated to the countries that of the owners of the boats. Thats basically no way in germany in this case. And there are another 2 boats outside of tallie. Waters being refused permission to come in. Now the humanitarian organizations say, this was arbitrary, the way the people were selected to stay or leave that it wasnt right and the procedures were not correct. They also say that the Italian Government is clearly in breach of the United Nations didnt convention on human rights. And thats what the base is, what theyre doing now to take the fight to court. But it doesnt help the people on board there in the political, no mans land at the moment, and nobody knows at the moment whats going to happen. Of course, this is a platform for the newly elected italian Prime Minister. She promised a tough crackdown of migration, and this is the 1st show of that. So these people are suffering as a poems in his political situation. Attorney, what are the criteria the Italian Government says it is using to sort through the people and allow some of them to get off the boat. Others have to stay well, they say they are being checked, theyre being vetted, they havent having a medical examination. Thats contrary to what weve been told by a members of the crew. The s o. S. Humanity, for example, who say as i said, it was arbitrary. They were way they were checked, and the 35 people still on board. The s o s humanity at least claimed that they were not even spoken to. So that wondering how they came to the conclusion that they were not vulnerable, they think it is well, and i should point out, actually in the last hour here on this boat, 3 migrants had thrown themselves overboard and attempted to escape. Such was the desperation that they are facing. They have been found on the key side and the police are talking to them now. But there is a sense of desperation. And the organizers that we have spoken to say that is a, you know, demoralizing sense around these people because theyve gone through an awful harrowing trauma to get here. Theyve been in very flimsy boats that almost sank and they were saved, that they could easily have died. And now on top of that, theyre facing another trauma. This trauma of not knowing whats going to happen to them. So the italian authorities have told the ships to leave the ships are refusing to do so. Is italian Law Enforcement involved in this stand off at all at the moment . No, no signs are italian enforcement except to say that theyve been around the boat, preventing journalist from getting too close to the boat without having contact with the my guns out with no show of force here. Theres no, for example, Italian Coast Guard boats outside monitoring the other 2 vessels which have not been allowed to enter italian waters. The fact theyre staying outside, basically on the say so of their captains a happening. And they probably, the next step for them is theyre going to come in and do what the other 2 boats have done. Because that will be an increasing show of the solidarity of these human rights organizations. Who believe that the case is very strong and quite alarmed about the fact that the Italian Government is pursuing this situation . Right . Tony berkeley reporting from the port of katana with this ongoing situation. Thank you very much. I wanna make or of yours aware of what the you framework for this is . Well, right now, the e e was actually still negotiating long st. All the proposals to reform its migration system. It began discussing changes after the 2015 refugee crisis. One of the most important proposals involves whats called a solidarity mechanism. That would mean that when one country is under pressure, with a migration influx, as weve seen in the past, with greece, with italy, with the malta. Well then others would take in some of the refugees. It also requires you nations to offer Financial Aid and Operational Support to states that are quote, under pressure. And it also means that nations that are opposed to hosting refugees and migrants, they could opt to pay Financial Aid instead in new nations would also be obligated to pay for people who the asylum applications were rejected to return them to their home countries. Of pope francis has spoken about italys migrant crisis and he says European Union countries should share this responsibility. Megan the panel acoya, the migrant must be welcomed, accompanied, promoted, and integrated. If you cant make these 4 steps, youre not doing a good job with migrant. 5, its necessary to go as far as integration. And the 2nd thing, i say that every, each government must agree on how many migrants it can receive. Because otherwise, there are only 4 countries that receive migrants, cyprus, greece, italy, and spain. Which of those closest to the mediterranean exec . Yay lout is the director of operations that as so many done in my say, and he says the people stuck on the ships need immediate supports. The situation is highly, highly concerning at that stage on the ocean viking, you all, its overcrowded people out of being some people have been here for more than 2 weeks as a path through very strong and winds and hot weather over the last 2 days. Our tensions is high since a twentys leading to, to a very high constance at oliver, a falls, a study deals with this in an institutional boat. We still have a few days ahead in terms of food and water, but those people are people that are taking that is shes young to do a very dangerous journey over the meter and see there. Well, richard, in very precarious conditions by our teens, they are psychologically in a very complicated state. Now they are physically exhausted. We are the flu on border, so people are, are getting seek. People need a more attention. We have been addressing request res inbox scenes. So 1st, very 1st risk you on the 22nd of october. So, so far, we have not been assigned a place of safety. We have repeated and repeated this request, a falls, moles and 2 weeks. Now, we repeated each a 4 to twice a day for the last few days because we consider that as a situation is not a sustainable at all. Or weve now been able to connect with Caroline Villa men. Shes a project coordinator with Doctors Without Borders. Shes on board, the rescue ship, the gilbo rance, that we were just talking about. Its docked at the port of katana, italian authorities examined the migrants and refugees on your ship. They allowed some to disembark, not others. What was that based on for what happened is that the kelly and household northeast came on board and they did a very pretty health take over the people on board. And following the miners and children were allowed to be symbolic, the women were allowed to do some bark, and the people who were judged by to help us to be in a health need, were allowed to embark this week, 215 people on board. One of them who then urgently have to be medically to read it only a few hours later. What do the italian authorities think you are going to do now . They have asked you to leave. So it is entirely clear to us what is now expected of us. We have the search and rescue operations. International maritime law is extremely clear that a search and rescue operation, and when survivors of that rescue operation, all this embark in a place of safety for what is happening right now is entirely unacceptable and legal. And we will stay here and fight for the remaining 214 people to this embark as they very much have the right to do. And so i just wonder, because as you say, maritime law is pretty clear on this specific point. So when you have this conversation, as i assume youve had with the Italian Coast Guard or authorities, how does that conversation go . We were informed yesterday evening by some of the properties that they consider that the search and rescue case is closed, which of course we can only say that that is incorrect. And as far as we are concerned are cation. Its halfway and its not finished until everybody has left the ship. Whats your next move then . At the moment we are treating a lot of Health Issues still on board. So despite the fact that this medical assessment was made for the people who remain on board are extremely anxious, they are extremely exhaustive. We are doing the panic effect. We are dealing with having to restrain people from jumping into water. People have jump in the water and well, we are making an urgent, urgent chase that beyond the fact that this is the peoples rights for this embark, there is also a medical urgency to get them all off because we will not be able to manage the situation with the people we have the team we have on board with the medication we have on board the ship. The hospital is not designed to take care of people for such an extended period of time. All right, Caroline Village and we appreciate you connecting with us during the situation. Just to remind our viewers, you have 215 people still on board. The g o branch, the italian authorities have prevented from disembarking. Thank you very much. And coming up on the news hour, a warning that it could get even darker, the threat of more power cuts for people across ukraine. A prison chief in the philippines is charged with the murder of a journalist. And we will find out how italy is coping with not being at the football world cuts far. I will be joining us later this hour with that short awe across the us. Voters and candidates are getting ready for crucial midterm elections set for tuesday. Monday is the last day of campaigning, and both democrats and republicans are making their final pitches right now. Democrats have a very slim majority in the house of representatives, and they control the senate only thanks to the Vice President tie, breaking vote. But that could all change with polls suggesting a republican come back for the biden has been campaigning on values, issues, rallying support for abortion rights, accusing republicans of eroding american democracy. But for our president , donald trump has stayed focused on the economy and the rising inflation rate. 2 days is the most important election. And a lot of times is going to take shape in this country for decades become more or less inflection point. I mean sincerely where whats gonna happen the next couple years is going to have more to do with what this country looks like 20 years. So now there anything else biden, and the far left lunatic. So waging war and your jobs, your safety, your values and your freedom, theyre strangling fraud or families hitting florida. Very odd with soaring prices and devastating what theyre doing to jurors. Or if you think about a tourism and Hospitality Service industries with crippling inflation at a dollar. And nobody talks about this, that value at a level that makes our country unable to compete with other countries, especially in tourism. And then manufacturing. While the balance of power will probably come down to the races in for battleground states, georgia, pennsylvania, arizona, wisconsin, the senate races in those states as some of the tightest in the country. Those are the ones you want to be watching on election night. Gabriel elizondo reports from pittsburgh, pennsylvania is one of the most politically divided states anywhere in america. Consider the last 2 president ial elections in 2016. Donald trump beat Hillary Clinton by less than one percentage point. And then in the last president ial election, joe biden beat trump by barely over one percentage point. Now the senate race here shaping up to be very similar between 2 candidates that are polar opposites. On one side you have the democrat, john fedor, man who comes off and pitches himself as a man of the people. He almost never wears a shirt and tie dresses very casually. And speaks in very simple language, often talking a lot about economic inequality. His opponent, the republican, let met ours, is a multi millionaire celebrity doctor whos been endorsed by trump. Now what matters here are the voters of pennsylvania, and they seem like they cant decide on what issue means the most to them whats most important. Some say its crime and the abortion others say its the economy and inflation. But almost all voters that weve spoken to here agree that they are exhausted and tired with the political infighting and ready for this mid term election to finally be over. Now listen to this, according to one of the latest polls, both better men and us are both tied at 46 percent in the polls. So tuesday night here could be a very long night in pennsylvania. As officials are expected to count more than 5000000 ballots, and it could come down to just a few 1000 that decide who wins the senate seat. And in turn, what party, the republican or democrat wins control of the us senate. Our white house correspondent, kimberly, how could jones be live . Kimberly canada is making their closing arguments today. Whats the outlook for biden and the democrats . Well, its not looking very good to be honest. The latest polls seem to indicate that the republicans are doing very well going in to the final hours before voting day. And this way it looks like they had their ads, but in the final hours it is now appearing that that lead has opened up to double digit. What it seems that the republicans are support well on. Is the economy at a place in place right now. The United States is that a 40 year high and then both are seem to be making the argument that their lives are not where they were 2 years ago. And theyre really pushing back on the policies that president by was put into place. And so as a result of the popularity of joe biden, is it about 41 percent . Typically president below 50 percent usually see their Party Published at the poles in the congressional elections. And so that is what its looking like going into the final hours of the congressional mid term vote, or kimberly, if the republicans do indeed take control of the congress. What will that mean for the rest of bidens presidency . It really means that his legislative agenda is dead in the water for the final 2 years of his term. The president had really hope to build this legacy on things like Climate Change and sweeping changes to the social safety net in the United States that have not been seen in a generation. And already he has passed a vicious legislation to do just that, but it wasnt finished. He needed another 2 years to complete that work. But if republicans control the house of representatives, as it looks like they may after tuesdays vote, and if they are able to capture the senate as well. This means that that agenda will no longer be the case and well switch focus to republicans, have a very different focus. They would like to really put forward legislation that would deal with combating the immigration is specifically a Legal Immigration on the southern board of the United States and mexico. And also what they see as a growing crime problem in the United States, particularly in major cities like los angeles, chicago, new york city. So these are some of the issues that theyre what we did tackle ultimatel