Elected former finance minister votes on short lead to preside over what will likely be some of the stormy debate of right wing populist a if the party was elected to parliament on a promise to disrupt the establishment also coming up calls for an International Investigation into the murder of the maltese journalist deafening believe she won praise and criticism for exposing government corruption today the European Parliament held a minute of silence to remember her life and her work and at the last russians ours and for a bit in love the new film matilda tells the story of tsar nicholas the seconds affair with a ballerina and its already sparking a violent reaction. Im brink off its good to have you with us germanys newly elected parliament has convened for the First Time Since last months elections and it promises to be anything but business as usual with the right wing party now represented right there for the first time a one of parliament the boldest togs first task today was to elect a new parliamentary president. It now falls to parliaments longest serving member to keep things under control with elected president of the understand the politician from chancellor merkels party called for calm proceedings amid debate and to play by the rules the obvious way we speak to one another can set an example for discourse throughout society. We are not here to beat each other up the new parliament has more members than ever and forty percent of them are newcomers the business friendly f. T. P. Is back and the far right a. F. P. Is in for the first time under old rules a member of the a. F. P. Would have opened the first session as the oldest m. P. But this time that role went to a veteran f. T. P. Lawmaker the rules on the matter were recently changed which the a. F. D. C. As an affront. This rule student changed in one hundred fifty years of parliamentary history theres only one exception in one thousand nine hundred eighty three it was broken by him and gurgling because as a nazi he wanted to ostracize his political enemies. The first exchanges already proved fiery. If you are seriously comparing yourselves to victims of Hermann Goering then youve already done your own crudity. Both the s. P. D. And the left party are rallying for more open confrontation with the chancellor. The Parliament Must resume its role as the main stage of Political Exchange and not t. V. Talk shows or one on one interviews from reporters madam chancellor. I think that means that the parties especially the opposition parties can suggest topics here that the chancellor might find very unpleasant. But merkels conservatives and her potential Coalition Partners rejected that suggestion. Yes the right to question must remain an instrument of parliamentary control and not a weapon for the opposition. You want to make a show of us with a History Lesson today and we wont allow it each party has a right to the post the far right a f. T. Candidate has already been rejected after stating islam is a political ideology and not a religion. Are with me now in the studio as our Political Correspondent kate great kate its good to have you on the show here lets pick up with short but he really was the the the star of the hour today in this first session how was his speech received i mean why was it so important for him to get this position it was received by the other by the m. P. s in the Parliament Today and of course he is one of germanys most experienced politicians hes been in politics for decades now and is currently germanys longest serving m. P. So with that kind of experience and all sorts here thats something that he will be able to bring to the role of the bundestag president in the coming months and over the next four years of parliament and of course the main message today i think that he was trying to get across was this idea of retaining respect and decency was two words what cheney repeated several times during that speech and that of course was directed as well at the f. D. A. The ninety two new members of parliament from the far right a day because if we think back to a month ago. Which was election law its right actually four weeks ago today we heard from alexander gowland the coleader of the f. T. Saying that the party was going to hound. Parties in parliament and that behavior is just not going to be accepted here i mean people all around the world watching this and they may remember our coverage when we had mr gallon saying we were going to. Take our country back saying that they wanted to hunt down the german chancellor they wanted to have her prosecuted for her refugee policy i mean these are fighting words that have been thrown into the political discourse now and going short has been elected to basically be the referee in parliament and do you think that his presence in Parliament Today was reassuring to most members i mean do they have faith that he can make all the parliamentarians behave could make a difference but of course the other n. P. C. The parties also have a role in dealing with it in how they deal with the after theyve been there of course one of their concerns is that they dont want it to Want Parliament to turn into it in the f. T. Against the five palm and three groups and at the same time theyll be dealing with how much of the city the f. T. Has a certain amount of time to voice their opinions in parliament but theyll be wanting to make sure that theyre not using that to kind of push any far right ideas which of course ongoing to be aimed at the m. P. s but the public especially on the line actually i mean there are a lot of new challenges in this new parliament that is for sure keep your Political Correspondent thank you very much. Well the head of the European Parliament is calling for an International Investigation into the murder of maltese journalist Stephanie Cutter juana. Today the parliament discussed the need to protect journalists and Media Freedom in malta. Work focused on exposing government corruption her family accuses maltas Prime Minister of being complicit in her killing. Family members of death need care wanna go in the Public Gallery of the European Parliament. Politicians turned and paid their respects. Then the parliament observed a minute of silence for the murder journalist. For most parliamentarians though this is not enough. If you have to state that many people in malta no longer trust their government to investigate this murder and x. Y. Were calling for an International Investigation in malta cannot do this alone too much trust has been lost so we need to know who committed this murder and what that was you cant we hadnt been a stick to him time there is a lot to investigate behind the picture postcard setting of malta. Thats exactly what daphne kerry wanted to did. Her research into corruption letter straight to the top of the government. Among others she linked maltese Prime Minister joseph who scott and his wife to offshore companies and payments from the government of azerbaijan putting was scott front and center in a huge corruption scandal. Some European Parliamentarians are now not only calling for an investigation they see the rule of law threatened by mafia style practices and one far reaching consequences. Personally im. And their request of the family that. They say. Too much adding to all the others. So far this has not been a resigning matter from scott but the murder of the investigative journalist wont be forgotten soon at least not here at the European Parliament. Because this press room right here where we journalists work and question politicians is now named in her honor daphne carolina. Heres some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world turkeys Justice Ministry has rejected media reports saying washington denied a turkish delegation travel visas instead the Ministry Said that it canceled the planned trip to the United States amid a diplomatic spat between the two countries this month both have cut back on issuing visas to each others citizens. Frances president manuel microloan has hosted his egyptian counterpart. C. Z. For talks in paris Rights Groups had urged the french president to address alleged Human Rights Violations by egypts Security Forces but at a joint press Conference Mr declined to criticize as he sees record saying he had no wish to hand out lessons without taking context into account. A government has shot and wounded a bodyguard to kenyas a deputy chief justice in nairobi the judge seen here philomena. Was not in the car at the time police are treating the incident as a robbery but an investigation is ongoing the incident comes two days before kenya is due to hold a repeat president ial election. A u. S. Senator has accused president de basing the country it is the latest round in a feud between the president and republican senator Bob Corker Corker accused mr drum of bullying name calling and he said that donald trump would leave behind a legacy of division. The argument began when corker a lawmaker from the state of tennessee said on n. B. C. s today program that the president should stay out of congress his way as it plans new tax reforms saying that was quote the best way to have success later on he was more direct accusing mr trump of spreading truths. Lets take a listen to part of what senator bob corker had to say today i think. Standing up in front of the American People and stating untruths that Everybody Knows to be untrue and just you know for young people to be watching not only here in our country but. Around the world someone of this. Mentality or wound he was and the present United States is something that is i think the basing to our country look i have seen no evolution and upward why am i use matter of fact i would say it appears to me that. Its almost the moment watch the evolving politics losing its prehensile. Well trump has responded the president of course is not known for taking criticism lying down and he hit back on his favorite social media platform corker he tweeted couldnt get elected dog catcher in tennessee now he tweeted that before going on to criticize the senators role in the Iran Nuclear Deal which the u. S. Recently threatened to withdrawal from senator corker he hit back describing President Trump as utterly untruthful and using the hash tag the daycare staff to imply childishness on the president s part but mr trump one of the last word referring to the senator as little bob corker he said that other countries have taken advantage of the u. S. While corker served as chairman of the Senate Foreign relations committee. And this story is getting longer legs by the hour we want to go down to our washington correspondent i really need two more good evening to you carlino another republican senator has joined in the criticism of trump tell us about that. Exactly brand we are already seeing some of the consequences upon the for donald trump and now another Republican Senate are deflate has announced that hes not going to run again for senate in the midterm elections in november next year that means he has nothing to lose just like corker was also retiring from senate also flake from very clear and hard warts against the president of the United States and he said one must be unafraid to speak out loud because the future of the country depends on it and Donald Trumps a conduct is a dangerous to the country as we know also senator john mccain will retire from senate because of Health Reasons and in the past he also has criticized the President Donald Trump mccain say donald trump is poorly informed and impulsive also i asked yesterday on a way of or there was a relationship between him and cain and the president mccain answered almost known so with flake friends and this is very important and mccain uncork are there already three senators of the Republican Party have found very clear words against a whole tribe attacking the president also personally as for seeing peak of the starting of a rebellion in the Republican Party is interesting the republican senators feel that they can speak freely when theyre not up for reelection earlier. This is before its in a deflate spoke i asked you if donald trump would be able to just brush this all what do you think now. Well this shows again that the Republican Party is a very divided probably more deep right isnt ever it is not only a war of war but it is becoming a civil war within the Republican Party on the one side we see the nationalist populist movement that supported donald trump during his campaign because of his promises and on the other hand we can see the traditional conservative republicans who might not be hundred percent Trump Supporters but they were hoping to get their agenda through with donald trump as president and these are the ones who are starting to get loud with their critics against arnold tram experts have also come in and hear that there might be other senators and other congressman who think this way about donald trump but they would not dare to speak out or corresponding to religion in washington were going to be speaking with you again on the day about this developing story so really you think you are. Well after much anticipation and protest a controversial film about the last russian tsar is due for release this week the movie tells the true story of tsar nicholas the second and his affair with a polish ballerina called matilda but its angered hard why nationalists and Russian Orthodox christians who view this are as a saint as the love story makes its debut a series of violent incidents targeting filmmakers has russia on edge. Tension was high at the premiere one hundred Police Officers guarded a select audience implementing security measures more typical of an airport many feared an attack since the films director alexis had received multiple threats but he remained defiant. Yeah im not afraid i hope good sense triumphs and the up bro subsides. The uproar mainly has to do with a few sex scenes that depict a week down troops are whos about to lose his job over a premarital affair with matilda the teenage ballerina. But thats too much for russias powerful Orthodox Church which canonized sir nicholas the second in two thousand. Portraying him this way offends the religious sensibilities of the faithful the court into russias parliament the duma. Natalya sky and the duma lawmaker who started the campaign against matilda. And is insult saints who embody a Healthy Family a proper family relationship our family values. News in the order not to cause offense one must be able to strike a balance between artistic freedom and the rights of our citizens to their religious feelings. Some of the offended citizens have seemed inspired by his campaign here in the city of you cant i remembered one octave. Drove a minibus loaded with cans of gasoline into a cinema and two cars outside the offices of the directors lawyer were set on fire in moscow fears of further violence have prompted several cinemas and russia to cancel scheduled screenings of the film regardless of whether matilda will be a Financial Success it has prompted a discussion about the limits of art and censorship. Youre watching e. W. News live from berlin still to come the olympic torch for the eighteenth winter games has been lit well take a look at the traditional ceremony in olympia in greece the birthplace of the olympics. All right were going to go to greece where were going to go over here to the other death grip tell it all for Business News were going to take a look at who is riding high on wall street any season has just opened brad lets take a look at some of the big numbers then the big winners with General Motors shares of the call make a surge to a record high off to post a two and a half billion dollar pretax profit and reaffirmed an upbeat full year earnings forecast when g. M. Reported a net accounting also to charges related to the sale of its european operations cost cutting effet and a shift to higher margin trucks and s. U. V. S have boosted the companys performance. And we can check in with what else is moving on wall street now with our financial correspondent yes court against caterpillar or so reporting today is a company thats often seen as a bellwether for Global Business so hows it looking. Well it looks like caterpillar and for your drop of revenue and in the past quarter they easily wall street expectations and the good news so to speak as they see growth all over the globe for example construction in china helped quite a bit but also here in the u. S. And also in canada where there was