what we saw in the beginning so somehow there is a level of up sort of that level of the crisis. the hope is to resolve it but i don't see it that is all easy. maybe at some point there is the way up for civilian air traffic the airports. the family. trade the people who are more stand to let the governments later on the resolve issues that may not be necessarily fully resolved as anyone gained anything from this crisis we were talking a little earlier about how perhaps cattery society has more coherence. a lot of support for the way that the government has handled the crisis but what about that the wider region of what it's done particularly as far as weakening the g.c.c. is concerned fragmenting the goal for the arab world but there are no winners here either. from a g.c.c.

point of view it's only losses this crisis should not have started it had no logic it had no business the difference is in opinion and approach from policy we're just normal differences between different states and neighboring states across the world we've seen that between britain and france and britain and germany through the whole brigs that the situation doesn't have to go beyond that unfortunately there are those who benefit i'm sure turkey benefited it is there now as a part of the security going to be for the first time and then why not european and anglo-saxon power is part of the security guarantees of the gulf iran did gain and it was the neutralization of the situation in. russia new packages and military . etc i thought so so yes the e.c.c. lost but others have gained and i think that again at least in one way it lost

financially but it gained it gained then the country it gained its ability to maintain its sovereignty its ability to manage and. hope for the better. able to diversify its economy and go for a new trade routes you mentioned that this blockade has torn families apart politically there is so much distrust of the words perhaps too deep to see any kind of. solution in the near future. is the potential for at least a resolution related to civilians trade travel do you think that the blockade will eventually be eased. i think at some point that will be eased i think at some point the rationale rationality and logic

will prevail it takes time it takes the good offices of media such as chefs about how they made of kuwait and the kuwaiti efforts it takes a lot of effort to bring at least that is dilution to the civilian situation by which people can go back. and dealing with each other there are many cut that is all on property and then you hear that many immoralities who also own property and got that there has to be a way out of this situation the blockade as it stand is counterproductive it actually makes cut them stronger and we've seen blockades though we've seen that on so many countries in recent history even on the run it doesn't make the country week but it makes the suffering more on the population it's punishing people rather than anything else so yes this should be a priority when we before addressing the political differences it's good

to talk to somebody thanks for being with us professor shafiq up rather in kuwait you're welcome or later on tuesday will have a special program looking at the political economic and human impact of the blockade you can see it's at eighteen hundred hours g.m.t. that's in four hours time here on al-jazeera. there's more fallout from donald trump's decision to impose tariffs on u.s. allies in return it's removed mexico says that it's going to levy fifteen to twenty five percent tariffs on u.s. steel and. the mexican government has filed a complaint with the world trade organization the white house says for its past that it may pull out of talks to the go see if the north american free trade agreement choosing to deal separately with mexico and canada let's go to live live now to to what washington about to serious white house correspondent kimberly can we what are we to make of this well certainly this isn't

a surprise but i think that there are many u.s. allies that are feeling somewhat shocked that the united states president has followed through on it and now after sort of regrouping is taking action we saw this announcement from the united states late last week that in fact a campaign promise being delivered on by donald trump that those exemptions that were in place were removed for camm of the new mexico and tariffs put in place twenty five percent and ten percent respectively on steel and aluminum products so in response the canadian government justin trudeau the prime minister north of here saying this is totally unacceptable the arguments are totally unacceptable to canada and quite frankly really are putting the alliance between the united states and canada at risk given the argument that is national security that the united states feels the need to do this so can of the take its own action putting in place

its own list of tariffs that would take a fact july first on u.s. products and now we see adrian similar action coming from mexico this is the trade war that many feared and it is certainly beginning to manifest itself incrementally can believe anything white house correspondent kelly i don't get that live in washington. a weather update next here on al-jazeera turned the outdoor womanhood ordeal we were all yelling run not get out because some people didn't believe what was happening the bleak picture. for a volcanic eruption that's killed the sixty five people in guatemala plus. you help asylum seekers you face the risk of being thrown in jail a controversial verse in the latest crackdown on refugees by hungary its government .

hello there it's raining very heavily for many of us in the southern parts of china at the moment here's a satellite picture showing all that cloud and it spreads from parts of vietnam all the way across the south coast of china and some of us seeing some very heavy downpours out of this so thanks to a tropical depression that's within that system it is such a huge massive cloud that is generating that many more of us a seeing that right now actual center of the storm is going to work just to the east of heine out of and into the saloon parts of china but as you can see so much rain across this region many more of us are going to be affected by the heavy rain and the flooding could be across quite a wide region out towards the west and we've seen some pretty active monsoon rains across parts of india recently one of the wettest places has been along the west coast here and the showers along this western coast a lot need to stick around as we head through the next few days we're also likely to see a few showers further east as well and plenty more wet weather all working its way

into me and ma mie and really does look pretty wet at the moment that area of rain along the western coast excel round as we had three thursday if anything spreading further inland so i wore a more of a thing from heavy rain maybe some waterlogged roads as well further north is largely drawing fine for us here in new delhi hot at forty four. unpack it for us what were you here and what were you saying whether on line horrendous things you're as old as there's absolutely no doubt about that or if you join us on the sand a lot of the major countries in the commonwealth have far bigger fish to fry and chips to eat bass is a dialogue. about some of this except if perhaps everyone has a voice what happens when the robots themselves are making the decision to join the colobus conversation amount is iraq.

again the top stories this hour on al-jazeera iraq is no survive the un of its plans to accelerate the early stages of iranian enrichment stefan's atomic energy organization says it's become working on infrastructure for building advanced centrifuges but it's the terms facility. is insisting that it won't back down a year into a blockade imposed by saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt the foreign minister says his country won't be intimidated by reports of saudi arabia and threats of military action if qatar buys a defense system from russia and mexico has announced tariffs of up to twenty five percent of u.s. steel agricultural goods or tell you to similar levies from washington and mexico's

government has filed a complaint with the world trade organization. rescuers in guatemala continue to try to reach remote areas after the four a volcano destroyed villages and killed at least sixty five people thousands more been forced to leave their homes al-jazeera as david musta reports. in the village of san miguel a slow days there is evidence of destruction everywhere a massive volcanic eruption unleashed a torrent of lava mud in ash which engulfed the community. the flow raced down the side of the flag a volcano giving people little time to escape rescue workers struggled to find bodies many of which were buried inside their houses. access is very difficult and it's really hot in the places we're trying to dig bodies out of the ash the deeper you dig the more intensely. by morning the scale of the

disaster was becoming clear the volcanic mudflows buried entire families this is the epicenter of the slide and it's the focus of the rescue efforts right now rescue workers pouring out across this area going into houses and pulling out bodies in just fifteen minutes we've seen four bodies bowl poll out there's not a lot of hope for survivors. sunday's volcanic eruption shot ashmore than six kilometers into the sky and sent lava streaming down a highway it was the flag of volcanoes most powerful eruption in decades. more than three thousand people fled to temporary shelters but while they might be out of harm's way the memories still linger oh it wasn't going to be we were all yelling run get out because some people didn't believe what was happening so many people died it was horrible all we have left is what we were able to carry. president visited the site on monday he promised to release government funds to help with

reconstruction. in under the early hours of the morning to ensure that all the legalities and agreements are functioning not just to go back to the congress to produce sources and optician with complete transparency but for many of those who survived it's difficult to imagine what it will take to recover the scale of this disaster is simply too great david mercer al-jazeera second the pick is what amala . hungary's parliament is to beijing laws that would criminalize those who help undocumented migrants navigate the system it's part of a crackdown on immigration by prime minister viktor orban this right wing government jonah how it is with us now live from budapest jonah why does the government feel the need to annex this set of new laws. basically adrian it's the fulfilment of an election promise viktor orban the prime

minister here has won three successive parliamentary elections by a landslide each time the most recent in april his promise to the electorate in the election campaign was that he would protect this country save this country and its christian values from the hordes of mainly muslim migrants and refugees that he pictured as beating down the gates of this country trying to get in and also save it from the ngos the civil society network that supports them in the government's view encourages them here's my report. where once there was an open border of the european union now there's an electrified fence migrants and refugees still trying to enter europe on welcome in hungary alone slide when in parliamentary elections in april has encouraged prime minister viktor orban and his feet as party to go further despite protests by the e.u. and local activist groups

a new law is being debated that would criminalize any supporting clued in legal advice given to asylum seekers who do make it through access to justice and due process their fundamental values and this legislation specifically targets that saying asylum seekers shouldn't be helped because if you are. you face the risk of being thrown in jail. i put that to mr all band spokesman your question implies that the so-called n.g.o.s that are active and operating at the borders to both sides of the borders or if it's about migration are humanitarian organizations and . our finding is that they are actively promoting migration at the borders of europe. but where are these mainly muslim illegal migrants that state run media relentlessly warned during the election campaign would. flood hungary and undermine its christian values the advance of victory or ban and his policies has proved

unstoppable in three consecutive parliamentary elections meanwhile the advance of muslim migration on this society has been pretty comprehensively stopped at what is now hungary's heavily fortified southern border it is as if this new legislation is aimed less actually legal migrants and more at civil society which brings us to the other great fear that stalks hungary's prime minister the billionaire financier george soros and the network of liberal minded n.g.o.s he supports he made it clear what kind of future he thinks of europe he's pro democracy he's probably. right the kind of the in the form of democracy he promotes and his organizations are promoting are very far from real democracy because they rely or would like to relight so-called n.g.o.s that have been founded and financed by the church and the like minded people the new measures being debated are collectively known as the stop soros bill in anticipation of difficult times the soros funded open society

foundations announced last week it was pulling out of hungary that's a loss to free thinking society but a win for one of europe's most illiberal governments that now looks unassailable. well the debate has begun here in hungary the parliament building behind me there won't be a vote for another couple of weeks though it seemed largely as a formality the response among n.g.o.s and activists here dismay as you saw there many fear it's the thin end of the wedge refugees and migrants today tomorrow minorities ethnic groups freedom of speech and so on outside of this country the e.u. is concerned it hasn't found an effective way to sanction hungary yet human rights organizations are concerned the council of europe and the un's refugee agency the u.n.h.c.r. warn that this legislation will promote xenophobia and incite deep mistrust for civil society generally. gena many thanks indeed i was there as gentle there live

in budapest. jordan's king abdullah has named the former education minister as his new prime minister. will now have to form a new government after his predecessor resigned on monday the days of anti austerity protests in amman over plans for tax hikes the stereotype measures king abdullah has promised urgent before us. saudi arabia has issued its first driving licenses to women the ten women who received them had already had licenses from other countries the ban on women drivers is due to be lifted on june twenty fourth despite the law change nine saudi campaigners for the right to drive both men and women remain under arrest they're accused of trying to undermine the kingdom security and stability. spain's former prime minister monti out of a horror says that he has resigned of leave as leader of the people's party is decision comes just a few days after he was forced out of government following

a corruption scandal involving dozens of party members the new socialist prime minister federal sanchez took over on friday after parliament passed a no confidence motion against before his government. movie producer harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty to raping and sexually assaulting two women he was formally indicted by a grand jury to face trial last month he's denied having known consensual sex more than seventy women have accused him of sexual misconduct with some allegations dating back decades. u.k. government ministers have approved a controversial plan to add a third runway to london's heathrow airport parliament is expected to vote on the final decision within weeks ministers say the construction will be financed privately and that the new runway could be completed by twenty twenty six.

it is good to have you with us hello hadrian from going to here in doha the top stories this hour iran is notifying the u.n. of its plans to accelerate the early stages of uranium enrichment iran's atomic energy organization says that it's begun working on facilities for building advanced centrifuges it says that the plans will remain within the framework of the twenty fifteen usually a deal with world powers qatar is insisting that it won't back down a year into a blockade imposed by saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt the foreign minister says that the his country won't be intimidated by reports of saudi threats of military action if caught up by a defense system from russia there is no legitimate grievance behind this letter and threatening and it's violating the international law by writing all the international norms and. the most importantly it's violating the. g.c.c. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c.

should not launch and any attack against each other so we believe that this letter has nor any legal basis to justify. any action we have been subject to a unilateral measure which was taken by by the saudis. mexico has announced tariffs of up to twenty five percent on u.s. steel and agricultural goods in retaliation to similar levies from washington and mexico's government has filed a complaint with the world trade organization the white house says that it may pull out of talks to renegotiate the north american free trade agreement choosing to deal separately with mexico and canada at least sixty five people are now known to have died hundreds more injured in the volcanic eruption in guatemala temporary shelters have been set up for some three thousand people. and hungary's parliament is debating laws that would criminalize people who help on documented migrants navigate the system prime minister viktor orban wants the constitution changed so

that other e.u. nations can transfer silence seekers to hungary. is the headlines new this news group in just over twenty five minutes right after the stream next. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. and for me ok on your in the stream fail or pretrial release is an integral part of justice systems around the world it maintains that accused persons freedom in the run up to trial the bell in the us is a different judge is often set moneyball is at levels where people can pay and many

people have little choice but to go to private bond provide as a face jail. today we look at how the bail system in the us keeps people who should be presumed innocent under lock and key and all of them in a social movement pushing for social justice reform we're live on youtube. more than half a million people in the us are being held in pretrial detention that is they've been charged but not convicted of a crime and they're awaiting trial many are in jail not because they're a flight risk or pose a threat but because they just can't afford to pay the cost of bail have a look say you're arrested for allegedly committing a crime one of three things will happen and you get released until your trial you're denied bail and sit behind bars until trial or you're offered an amount of money that you have to pay to get out of jail until trial it's like the court's insurance policy that you don't skip town once you show up to trial you get that money back paying bail allows you to go back to your kids your job while awaiting

trial but what if you can't pay that bond that is an explicitly class and well discriminatory process for determining who gets to be free while they await trial and who is forced to remain incarcerated well they've maintained their innocence online people are using hash tags and cash bail bail reform and money bail to force an end to what's been called a discriminatory and even predatory system together the hashtags have had well over one hundred thousand mentions celebrities politicians lawyers and activists use them to call for an end to the money bail system now i'm on twitter is blunt in her assessment of why money bailed needs to go she tweets hate the system hate the money making scheme hate the unchecked destructive powers of the cash bail while gina spencer tweets this system penalizes people of color and the poor little bell system has come under scrutiny following high profile stories of african-american

men and women who died while in or following pretrial detention cleve roeder was sixteen when he was arrested and sent to rikers island jail in new york he spent time in solitary confinement he committed suicide months after his release his bail which he and his family couldn't afford was three thousand dollars sandra blan died while being held in a texas to. her bond was set at five thousand dollars painted black even a few days in jail can cost someone their job their housing their children or in the case of sandra plan their life online campaigns have sprung up to raise money to pay bail bonds for those in pretrial detention in the run up to mother's day last month people raise funds for black women under the hash tag three black mamas b a w party two don't forget that in money bale is also a woman's issue women are the fastest growing correctional population in the country and nearly eighty percent of women in jail are mothers this year the black mommas campaign bailed out more than one hundred forty seven women now people are

using free black fathers to do the same in time for father's day and this month believers bailout is raising funds through it all gone to bail out muslims who are in pretrial detention a campaign pitch by a stream community member. the group says it's an opportunity to learn about the injustices of money bail so today we'll talk more about us bill reform and want you to weigh in. let me thanks so much make us safer more on this we're joined by. she is c.e.o. of the pretty child justice institute jeff place in is executive director of the american coalition which advocates for the bellboy in the industry from chicago we have so. she is senior editor of sapelo square that's a website dedicated to the black u.s. muslim experience and she's involved in believe us bailout as a program which is raising funds throughout ramadan to pay the bell bonds of individuals held in jail and from new orleans we have daniel's genia he is c.

president of foundation for louisiana that's a community engagement organization hello everybody it's good to have you here thank you for joining the stream just did you notice as in our introduction we didn't mention anything positive about money bell well that's really no surprise that we were under attack right now so obviously i'm not too worried about it because i know. truth which is the bill is a core association on constitutional right the bill out of various communities is important because people can get together and challenge overreaches by the government and that's why the bill system is important one of the things we're seeing right now is that a system of preventative detention giving the government to lock people up without the ability to challenge it with bill whether it's from a commercial bondsman or somebody else will result in increases in the course ration we're starting to see that so this is why i brought up the needle to defeat . bail works failure to appear right lowest crime rate more counts ability no taxpayer funding that's quite

a list of pluses surely the saying that it's really important how do you respond to that so i usually talk about bail being broken in two fundamental ways one we got highlighted at the top of the show which is that we have a lot of people in this country who cannot afford to post the money bond and get out of jail and actually in the us the money that is paid to get out of jail to bail bondsman it isn't returned even if you do show up for court it's a premium that goes to the bondsman but the system is broken actually at the other end as well which is that people who should be detained and there's really a small percentage of those folks they're often able to use the same money buying system to get released pending trial without any court ordered supervision so we're really trying to ensure victim safety community safety public safety and i would also suggest that there actually is a cost to the taxpayer for the current system we have as you said five hundred thousand people sleeping in jail tonight in

a pretrial detention status and for the most part they have been released by courts they're just too poor to post that bond so we're sort of subsidizing the bail bonding industry by taking care of people in jail who if they would have not had the money that would be home and their families. so i hate. what's behind this. i was just agreeing with cerise assertion and also about a recent analysis we did here in the wall is this we some react ear we want to look at the historical ramifications and really found through accurate historical tally that everything should be said is true in our extraordinary history in this country enslavement of people of african descent in racialized by use in behavior is a real connection between these practices these policies who gets in rich found him in and we still practice them and they often have very little to do with

accountability or seat. i hear you're saying therefore as i want to bring up the perspective of someone on twitter we actually heard from several employers and employees of the bail bondsmen industry this is kyle alger act this to you jeff kyle says blaming the bail bondsman is like blaming the mailman for delivering bills you don't like cash bail as he is by ninety nine percent of judges because it works there the ninety nine percent number is probably a little inaccurate i mean if you look at the stats i mean in felony cases released on bell's only about thirty to thirty five percent of the cases so it's not even the most common form of least united states of america do judges think it work in some cases yes they do are judges the gatekeeper on this system and our national policy the makers the gatekeeper in the system the answer is yes we're not we don't set bales all we do is post them and help people get out of jail so that part of it i think is a little inaccurate so i'm just trying to give our international audience a sense of the kind of impact that i've having to meet

a cash battle or failing to meet a cash battle actually has on communities who oddly impoverished communities of color can you give us an example yeah well i mean one of the things that i've found so you know giving about a leader for me was really want about the coverage that that's what happening when people talk about it like that just the plain sight. so you have people for example there was a woman to chicago who was in jail for sort of fourteen months right just because she couldn't afford to pay the bonds there's another young man in chicago who's been in jail since two thousand and sixteen just because they can for can't afford to pay the bond the woman lost her business she almost lost her child her child you know we have people who are losing jobs losing family members you know people who have mental health issues or health issues that aren't being addressed and so this idea that only reason you're in jail is because you can't pay really is about you being penalized right because you're poor and when i heard that and when i sort of discovered initially i heard about the mamas they bailout you mentioned and that

really got me thinking about you know what is going on what is going on these jails and what can we do to change it and you know the mom is a bill that really resonated with me as a black person right this idea that we're going to free ourselves that we're not going to wait to interrupt the system in the ways that we can the long term you know game is to end money battle but until then we're going to free ourselves and so believe as bailout came out of that same emphasis that you know it's also a tradition of muslims spring each other and it's ramadan and it's a time where people you know want to give and want to help each other and so it seemed like the perfect time and the perfect opportunity to really sort of get involved and really raise the consciousness because i think one of the big things about this bail system is that you really have to shift perspective people have to recognize that jail and prison actually doesn't work this question of being affective i mean from what i've read i know in d.c. like washington d.c. they don't use money fail and eighty eight percent of us us somewhere around there

are the people who actually you know get released come back but there are rest free you know so this idea of bail being effective you know to me seems a bit of a fallacy and what's really effective i think is sort of helping communities what their needs are you know helping communities putting the effort energy and money that we might jail to community to think. i would make on that would be that you can't blame the bill industry for the problems in illinois because we don't operate in the state of illinois so it's not our fault of what's going on in chicago that's that's what we have nothing to do with out but what i would say is that washington d.c. is a potential alternative and really it's a cause for policymakers you're looking at sixty five to seventy million dollars and boss probably it would be inflated if we were to apply to other jurisdictions but there's a taxpayer cost implement that system when you're also opening the door to detention without bail which we've seen abuse is not necessarily going to slow you down a little bit for the national audience not for some of our american cities in washington d.c. and new jersey two states that do not have cash bail that's right now it's

a new jersey the latest numbers almost one out of two people are having the prosecutor file a motion to detain him without bail so the so exactly what they're doing in chicago they can't bail those people out because they're locked up without serious biting her tongue but not for long not for long well i am. jeff and i are both actually committed to accountability and data with government and so i think we ought to just sort of tell the truth about what's happening as said most of the people in d.c. go home they go home pending trial they go home under some conditions of release d.c. is unique because they have in-house services that make that system more expensive but in other places with our county run behavioral health services it's not as expensive and we have to say that the reason d.c. in new jersey did this was because they default that they were injustices happening to poor people people of color however people just couldn't pay that's right if and if the new jersey bail system had been working before they would have left everything the way that it was but now we have ninety four percent of people going home pending trial our goal really as an organization is get out to get down to

below ten percent pretrial incarceration and new jersey in d.c. or to places that have done that in jersey we've been asking for him because he's a small time drug dealer who spent fourteen months in prison for a crime he didn't commit this is someone who spent time in new jersey in the new jersey correctional system six one seven just chatted to us on you tube lives has i believe my experience with spare bail in new jersey is based on a number system based on prior convictions part skipped court appearances your charges and history with the court so that's one example in which some might say they're doing it right but i want to share with you another example and this flows out i'll give to you this is a video comment from a woman in chicago named lead that may have a listen to what she told the stream it's going to. rest. with us this morning you know.

you. this car. here who was my insurance lost my home i lost my his her my found i had been taking in plea deal not because. i didn't the case because my family had been through enough so far that she took a plea deal even though she thought she could have beat the case that something is the often and it isn't and we see often and we hear people particularly lawyers civil rights lawyers here in the world and across louisiana who are looking at these issues with as part of the unspoken story that really playing this may spark this and is that prosecutors often want the person who are charging it to be incarcerated so they can force the plea right ninety seven percent cases in louisiana and with clear deals because the system wants to as you viciously as possible prosecute incarcerate as many people as possible and so you know we get

right back to this issue the other thing that i am dismayed by that is that we have a number of people in jail who are not there for the reasons that a normal person would get me to go bury by i don't people are the ones who should be in jail and the truth is if we look in new orleans today nearly half the people in the local jail would not be able but for the case that they can't pay and so a good deal doesn't work money there was not working because it's tied to other people their resources not to whether they are dangerous or whether they're return to court get i just want to show our audience what the high price if he was spell actually means i want to share some figures wealthy and so the average middle income of something he is paying off for a bell payment is about fifteen thousand dollars that's average some people have a whole lot less the average bell bond but they're being asked to pay paul. ten thousand dollars if that's your income that's the bell bond and then

a typical bump or fight if they say that then you say ok we can't pay this but we're going to go to something you can help us pay it they will ask typically at least one thousand dollars maybe more but about ten or fifteen percent of your overall bell price and then this is the realest stick viewpoint of how much cash do americans have and so forty four percent of people who are asking for a bail bond they can't even come up with four hundred dollars in an emergency so this is the problem jeff do you see that i do see that there's a reason or official stature is in for them out we're not. there that's almost impossible so if you're poor or you're going to jail even before your child i think your numbers are probably low there's probably people more people who can afford it but the reality is the bills a third party provide a benefit at no cost to the state usually it's a third party it's not the defend itself baling and so can i just ask you then say what you just about the cost of the state but what about the cost to the community

the cost to families and kids and to employers i understand what you're saying in terms of this doesn't cost the state much anything or no i would about the human cost i think the entire criminal justice system has a disparate impact we've seen that i don't think bill is unique or non-unique as a result of that i'm not sure exacerbates the problem any worse than it already is and i agree that the criminal justice system is dysfunctional right now and changes need to be made to it but i don't think this issue is that is the main driver of all the disparities and all the evidence i mean what i would be very i mean and i'm not the expert here i'm good community member trying to help other people but what i've read people who are. actually are more likely to sort of like. take a plea they're also more likely to get longer sentences like all these things happen because it's hard to defend yourself when you're in jail and so. it's about this being set up in the first place right that people are not able to. help themselves and so i don't i don't i don't think you can say that it doesn't

actually have an effect i think bail has a clear effect on people's outcome so this is why we need to end it right because there's no reason for this right in chicago seventy percent of the people who are in cook county jail are nonviolent offenders right so this idea of safety is not right and so there's a lot of efforts that we partner with the chicago bond fund to sort of provide resources and to challenge just legislatively because we know it's not working and that the cost is just way too high a cost that people work again jobs families lives are being lost and so we really have to intervene but this idea that fail itself is not really the problem i think is really wrong to suicide and here's where i want to bring this this in from twitter this is a true seeker who says the people benefiting from the bail system don't want to see that go away it brings a whole lot of money it's unfair that because someone who has a rich family can get out of jail others that can't afford it have to stay the bail system should be abolished asap but she said i want to bring the other side of that

conversation because we also got this on twitter this is rebecca who says this this focus on the inability to pay is false and misleading most offer affordable payment plans and are good and honest i own an agency and offer a zero percent down low monthly payment no interest throwing the entire higher bail industry out is the wrong path towards improvement that last part of her statement throwing the entire bill in st what are your thoughts on that how do you reform this yeah so i'll tie that statement to something assad said as well which is i think that that bail reform is one piece of overall criminal justice reform that has to happen and if you look at a place like new jersey. the success we've seen in new jersey of reducing the number of people who are in jail pretrial is not just a function of doing something better once they got booked in they actually reduce the number of arrests and bookings into the jail in all across new jersey city of about one hundred forty thousand people last year who did not actually have to get checked into the jail or booked into the jail and go through an assessment and be

potentially. for pretrial detention so this is part of an overall reform including assigning people counsel so that they go to these hearings represented by counsel and can maybe avoid some of the issues so i mentioned about people getting worst outcomes as a result of being detained pending trial. i think the main point is this. the country is worried about public safety and money bill has no impact on public safety and so what we're really talking about in communities is can we help the system identify those maybe eight or ten people out of one hundred that should go to a detention hearing and let the court decide based on evidence whether or not they should be detained and everybody else should go home with court reminders or supports in the community and be able to participate in their own defense and potentially work through their cases that way so. you know we're not trying to throw out bail bail is the contract between the court and the defendant we're actually suggesting that we should be evolving past money beyond i want to show you

some of the campaigning audience watching this discussion right now. to actually. so this believe has been telling us about this national debate out. something that she says been talking about three child justice institute so there's a little pushing for reform let me show you what that reform actually looks like so in the eleventh of may color of change an organization and sense rules that part openness ations actually paid the bail for fifty nine months he's one of them. plays out pain bail for people can't afford to pay pal is that own the power to

reform what we need to do something better something better but i think it absolutely is on the path to reform it it what it does is it reminds the public to get the story line the narrative that we've heard for years now is actually not true we've heard repeatedly even on this conversation that you know this is about accountability this is about fairness actually our ability to end money bailing to make the kind of reforms that have been midges masonite and should resist really get us to where we should be and i come from a community that is hand is fierce share of safety challenges this system actually doesn't allow us to create the kind of safety that we want and i think seen these examples of liberating people looks like it would democratizing this ista looks like it's a reminder for the general public and especially for affected communities then we should be moving in the right direction and in doing so means that we would have money. and i could add one thing for you that my greek will quickly and also be out

there or mind i thought this is not normal right the united states and concentrate more people at twenty five but than the world population happen million people the majority of them are in bail in jail because they can't afford a bail like that's not normal and that it doesn't happen be this way wealth about nation don't have money bought right but i can live i have to be this way so i think that also really important to keep track of that you know there are other ways to revolve if you social issues that we have that you know that we're worried about the other way to do what the you know primarily with increasing support the community improving our schools as well you know more job opportunities better health care i mean this is what we need we don't need. you know. you're sure if you were if you were in new orleans part of what we learned in our analysis is we spend as much or more money going after people. you. just announce in school system and if you look and she said no you want to get in

here i just want to read this tweet that i agree with you so i had to agitate her and she is there handle paying bail for people that can't afford it it's a great way to show solidarity with people incarcerated pretrial but it is only a band-aid of a much larger problem sure is i know you want to so i was just going to contextualize that i mean i love mama's bailout i love father's day bailout i love all of these and and thank you so much for what you're doing in cook county so on but on mother's day when we were able to find out one hundred forty nine women we incarcerated thirty thousand people that day so the scope of the problem is immense and these are great ways to call attention to systemic the need for systemic reform and everyone i misspoke i was talking about new jersey and d.c. as being states who actually got rid of cash bail and i live in d.c. so i should know that d.c. is not a state it is a district but i'm sure you understood what i was going for ok jess that should resign so i thank you for being part of this discussion it will be on going because cash battle isn't going anywhere quite yet thank you very much for being part of

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deal with the news groups live on their own streaming online through you tube facebook live in al-jazeera dot com it is the story from our own backyard the blockade of qatar which began exactly a year ago in the early hours of june fifth twenty seventeen battles when saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt cut all diplomatic ties with qatar and close down the country's land border what's changed in that year well a lot we're going to be looking at that in some detail but two important things haven't changed one the blockading countries demands for concerts to fall in line with them to cut ties with iran and other groups and to even shut down this media network but to his refusal to give in to them and shortly you'll hear that directly from the foreign minister but in the past hour residents of contra been out on the streets of doha not so much celebrating the anniversary but the way the country's reacted and adapted to it it began with that motorcade of. bike riders through national pride still running high and. coming but how many of danny is due to

address the nation later on today so let's start with this it's a report from hashem a whole barrel looking at what god has done in the past year to combat the blockhead. it has not been an easy year for qatar but for now protests from all over the world fill up store shelves cranes other most visible sign of the huge push to build mega projects in time for football's world cup in twenty twenty two but a year ago on the fifth of june during the fasting month of ramadan qatar is work up to and president at crisis saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind rein and egypt cut off diplomatic ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and embargo the blockade in countries accuse the qatari government of sponsoring terrorism accusations doha strongly deny it attempts by the emir of

kuwait and regional leaders to and the diplomatic feud have made no progress so far unfortunately we don't see any credible indicators to suggest that there will be a solution in the near future i think there have been serious at them so in the past serious efforts invested to broker this crisis and to reach an agreement but unfortunately the parties are still stuck in their positions and unable to move forward with a solution of the four arab countries were hoping to see the blockade isolate internationally but what followed was a qatari diplomatic offensive led by the shit i mean been hammered thirty who met world leader as his countries signed major arms deals with friends it's ali the u.k. and an agreement with the u.s. to combat terrorism financing. in april the emir met president donald

trump in washington d.c. the u.s. leader had qatar as a force of stability in the region and trump who also me. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin sent a man around the same time he expressed concerns about the fallout from the crisis it's a very unstable region and the gulf has always been the most stable part of an unstable region and this crisis has kind of thrown this region into a quagmire that they didn't have to be in and i think the trouble is treasure realizes that you know at least we have to provide one pall of stability and the center of gravity of the arab world in general has been the gulf in recent years so why the region there in crisis there is something that that had to be avoided at all cost. trump has invited the g.c.c. leaders to meet in the u.s. in the hope of finding a political solution but that invitation has been delayed

a the blockade in countries insist no talks will take place until qatar meets their demands. is iraq we hear now from the qatari foreign minister mohammed bin up there a man i'll carry you has been speaking to sammy's down for an upcoming edition of talked to al jazeera he insists his government won't be making any compromises in particular over these reports of threats of military action by saudi arabia. first of all just let us make it very clear that the purchase of any military equipment is a sovereign decision which no country has. anything to do with so there is no legitimacy believe this behind this letter and threatening violating the international law by writing all the international norms and. most importantly its violating. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c. should not launch and the attack against each other so we believe that this letter

has no any legal basis to justify. any action we have been subject to a unilateral measure which was taken by by the saudis unfortunately as reckless behavior from what do you make of the saudi claim that it would disturb the balance of power it represents an escalation for qatar to obtain the s four hundred says well it's unfortunate that they see this as destabilisation because other option is not representing any threat for the saudis but what most importantly we have to look at the behavior of the saudis since the past year when we see the actions how it's going in yemen or what they have done with the prime minister and recently. the president of france himself he said that he saved the country he said the region from a war by helping in raising the prime minister of lebanon so this is something that

they have been continuing as a pattern in their behavior according to the information you have do you believe this report in the press that saudi the saudi king ready made this threat do you think it's credible world we are seeking for a form of confirmation from the french government and have you received any response one of they said response. should be to more. if it's confirmed what would your response be to the saudi oil if we are going to respond legally by. the response of a country that this is not violating international law and as a threat for our country which is not acceptable by the international community do you need to take this cut the need to take any defensive military steps in light of this reported thrilled we are going to take the all the necessary action to defend our country but much like the world what are you contemplating this is first of all

this is not there is nor any serious military threat out of this but it's the way it's been used to justify. or to create any disturbance in the region is just unacceptable so. is going to treat this. the same way they have we have treated their legal blockade we are going to seek or the international fora to make sure that this behavior is not repeated will come to go ahead and buy the s. four hundred missile system or are you a tall rethinking that in light of these reported threat. may made all the options open for its defense for its defense procurement so we are seeking the best quality of to defend our country and we have all the options open for this so it's possible that you may not need to buy the s four has is that what you're saying this is subject to the evaluation of the military people it's not

a decision which will be taken in light of that letter of the letter that that threat has absolutely no bearing no political bearing on the decision on whether you. remain independent country and that's protecting its independence this is would not be subject for any compromise ation. so here the live all just got a few things to see and people to talk to actually sense of coverage of noticed on our sister channel al-jazeera arabic obviously on this anniversary of today we've got natasha going to name as well she's out have an international airport here in doha because travel and transport have really been affected by the blockade but we're actually going to start with he is in kuwait city because jamal if we're going to talk about ending this crisis at some point in kuwait got a big role to play. well yes came out position to solve for the first minutes of this crisis as we go through in terms of mediation it is ruled by the eldest head of states in the gulf ships obama the sabbahi is

known as the wise man of the gulf and now obviously the memories of the last huge crisis to hit the g.c.c. namely the invasion of kuwait in the threats it's had against its own independent still fresh in the leadership here and that's why they've been trying to do their best to a verse a situation where this crisis goes from a diplomatic one to a military one that's been their main success over the past twelve months because whilst they've failed to solve the standoff between the blockading nations and qatar they have at least managed to maintain it's in the realms of diplomacy and ensure that it didn't go into that of a military confrontation so that's the situation where a court finds itself in right now come out ok thanks jim i will talk to you again later on in our special board constant bit later as we mark this anniversary a bit more so thank you for that now the blockade has had an impact on one of his main exports which is its airline kataria ways which is suffered substantial fold

and revenue lost nearly twenty percent of its passengers as well that is because much of the airspace around casa is controlled by the blockade in countries and it's been off limits to the company since the blockade began but the c.e.o. of qatar airways says they can handle the losses in response it's boosting fleet numbers and adding extra destinations so as promised we're off to have an international airport in doha in the township and i want to you tell us more about how qatar airways has been handling this past year. well there is no doubt about it come out of qatar airways to quote the c.e.o. has suffered substantial losses as a result of the year long blockade the airline has not released earnings or passenger numbers but we do know that prior to the blockade qatar airways was soaring in twenty sixteen it posted historic profits it earned more than five hundred forty one million dollars it flew twenty percent more passengers than the year before the blockade has halted some of that momentum in

the dim pact us that increased a lot of flying time it put.