and a jewish director in the anti-semitic richard wagner. germany s annual wagner fest opens up with the master singers and a jewish sense of humor. louise: brent: i m 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donald trump held the results shortly after the vote took place, he s been applying huge pressure to get obamacare repealed but it s unclear whether there are enough votes to do so.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: i m 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
navy to stop traffickers launching boats from libya. amnesty international calls the plan shameful, almost 100,000 migrants have come to italy so far this year by sea. laila: i m laila harrak. thank you for your company. we are starting off with the volatile situation in venezuala where the government is cracking down on the opposition. to opposition leaders were taken by their homes by security service and overnight raids. this comes a day after the controversy over vote for an assembly that will rewrite the constitution. a move that critics say could spiral the country into chaos even further. correspondent: in the dead of night, authorities arrested opposition leaders. the cctv posted on twitter by his wife. 12:27 a.m., the moment the dictatorship kidnaps him from my house, you will not break them, reads the tweet. lopez was already under house arrest when the intelligent services came for him. as was caracas maya, who authorities have also detained. two of the most high
from gaza who is becoming an inspiration to young women. i am sarah kelly. welcome to the program. it is great to have you with us. south african president jacob zuma has again survived a vote of no-confidence. the motion and parliament followed a string of corruption scandals. zuma has faced several similar votes in the past, but this was different. this was a secret ballot, making it more likely that lawmakers from the ruling and it anc party might vote against him. some did, but not enough to remove the president. and therefore, the motion of no-confidence in the president is accordingly negative. critics and the anc! reporter: in a surprise move, a secret ballot. the opposition hoped that would boost the anti-zuma vote within his own anc, that that was not enough. just a few minutes after his victory, supporters cheered their president. mired in corruption scandals, the veteran leader had once again beaten off his opponents. the anc is there. it is powerful. it
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 terminate
social is the latest trend in a multibillion-dollar global business. we ll 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 in