no ass on p.r. on lobbying and buying consensus and this is where the dangerous lie sarah you and human rights what you've obviously spent a lot of time calling on governments to do something about human rights abuses in places like saudi arabia and western governments tend to ignore you because of the oil deals in the commercial deals that rule mention right now though you do have mike pence demanding ohmss you have marco rubio rand paul republican right wing senators coming out and saying you know this is not acceptable if this is true the need to be considered is do you think we're going to see some kind of sea change in the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia over what has happened to. you know two days ago i would have said no however. recent bipartisan letter demanding answers demanding an investigation and threatening sanctions with the citation of the magic act is a bit of a surprise and a pleasant one i would say because clearly this time saudi has really triggered the

red lines of unacceptable conduct even in our broken dysfunctional government here in the united states and so it's remarkable that n.b.s. has actually managed to bring together our dysfunctional senate and senators to act in a unified voice to demand accountability and promise sanctions which is what they should be doing so it's actually heartening but rula let me put this to you as much as we're glad that western governments the u.s. government is taking interest in this case and in the fate of jamal khashoggi and asking for an investigation asking for questions to be answered is a little bit depressing that it required the disappearance and possible murder of poor. four u.s. senators and a vice president and u.s. media to some and tom friedman to suddenly say oh there's a problem insider but what about the war in yemen still going on regardless of what's happened what about all the other people that sarah mentioned have been detained. tortured and disappeared in saudi arabia yes it's depressing

disheartening however i would never forget the words of course who used to say. the one of the most important tools to fight human rights violations and violators is to shed light on what they're doing their actions their deeds not what they're saying for the first time we're seeing this is implemented however there are many lines were crossed after hamas been kidnapped the prime minister hariri on for some to resign after he bombed an entire country and caused a humanitarian catastrophe after even he bombed i believe two months ago a school bus in yemen killing four to children however i think in this case it touches that's very close because jamal was working for us are going to say she was a u.s. residence and knew many of the people who wrote that was a former server last question to you. when he walked into

the. do you think he knew how big the risk was that he was taking. i don't know i think he had been given assurances before the prior week when he had gone to the consulate to request this document and they told him to come back i think he believed that his contacts in turkey with both saudi government representatives and the turkish government additional measure of security. and sometimes we believe what we want to believe and what jamal wanted was. testing to his divorce so that he could marry his fiance and start a new life. and you know love sometimes makes us to take risks that we wouldn't otherwise take and that's that's the best way i can think of that.

was speaking when he walked into that consulate we'll have to leave it there the saudis say they did not commit never of i want to believe the saudi government more sarah leah whitson rula jebreal thanks for joining me on up front thank you marty. a record number of women are running for office in the united states this year in this week's reality check up from producer elizabeth walsh explains why this is still enough to close the political gender go. remember that millions of people around the world who stood up for women's rights after donald trump was sworn into office for up to snuff sells. well that momentum has emboldened nearly six hundred women to run for office in the united states more than ever before this year a record number of women are running for office women candidates are breaking all kinds of records it's impressive it's progress but actually the united states still trails behind most other countries women represent fifty one percent of the

american population that make up less than twenty percent of the u.s. congress why are so few women elected if the political system on. unlike more gender equal nations that have embraced contemporary voting systems the us still has winner takes all elections which give enormous power to incumbents who are primarily white and keep candidates without personal support on the home front or career flexibility disproportionately women from running and let's not forget that it's only female politicians who must deal with sexism it's not just the campaign trail erratic work schedule low pay rates geographic distance and unfair leadership selection process he makes serving a challenge for many women so how have countries like sweden and costa rica succeeded while for one thing they've embraced more modern and more democratic voting systems that make it easier for women and minorities to get elected they've also introduced family friendly hours to the legislative workplace and designated

an equal number of leadership roles within their parliaments to women and they actively recruit women today for the countries of the world you see some type of electoral quota for their parliament not a fan of quotas you should be studies show they help to weed out incompetent man. more women in government is good for everyone experts found that women direct anywhere between twenty percent and hundred percent more spending to their voters they sponsor more legislation and female members are more likely than male members to take on committee assignments that reflect the interests and amounts of their districts sounds refreshing particularly given the u.s. congress is miserable approval rating of seventeen percent literally women get stuff done maybe it's time the united states stopped holding them by. the u.s. government to problem climate change published a report earlier this week which was the less we went. to the global economy the

world could experience severe food shortages extreme weather conditions and the displacement of millions of people in just twenty years but with the united states on the donald trump vowing to leave the paris climate. agreement rollback environmental regulations and increase fossil fuel usage is it even possible to avert the coming climate disaster joining me to discuss this is gina mccarthy former head of the u.s. environmental protection agency the e.p.a. under barack obama gina thanks for joining me on outfront. great to be here mary thank you jeanne of the i.p.c.c. is dramatic report this week says we have just twelve years until twenty thirty to make unprecedented changes to prevent catastrophic climate chaos does that timeline from the i.p.c.c. surprise you did it shock you. well i think there were there was news here one was that no longer are we looking for a two degree goal we're looking for a one point five degree goal that means it's going to be steeper and hotter and have to be faster they're doing that because they're already seeing that we're

experiencing some catastrophic problems already we cannot afford the luxury of thinking that we can keep emitting carbon pollution and to allow us to get to a two degree world it's just not going to be sustainable but the other thing it did is it said that we have the scientific knowledge we have the technical capacity and we have the financial capacity to be able to address this what were essential a lacking is political will and that could stem from people not making the demands on our government and it can also i think provide us an opportunity now to speak with a bigger voice in a louder voice we need action now the i.p.c.c. report says quote there is no documented historic precedent for the scale of the action needed now to limit global warming to one point five degrees celsius and when you have a recent study showing that one hundred corporations just one hundred corporations

are responsible for seventy one percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions since the one nine hundred eighty eight that suggests that this is systemic that suggests that the economic system needs to be changed root and branch if we're going to stop climate chaos well the only thing i know that changes systems is demand from people more broadly and more loudly than we're demanding it today that's what i want to have happen i don't disagree with you in some ways if we can identify the major shifts in systems we need that we haven't really did to tackle it and you say you know the developers need to be made agree but what are the demands for do you agree or do you disagree with people like naomi klein in the author and activist or kevin anderson deputy director of the tyndall center for climate change research in the u.k. who say that it's basically capitalism versus the planet right now. well i don't you know that that is even a broader systemic issue than i think we need to tackle today let's let's think

about the fact that we have solutions on the table today that if we more broadly put those out and provide the right incentives we can make change happen i think the us in a capitalistic society can find ways of generating market based strategies that have the kind of broad impact that we need so i don't think it's the form of government it's the ability for people to speak to government demand leadership that is going to make solutions happen today and invest in the kind of solutions we need over the long term but the reality is the president of the united states right now is basically a climate change denier who thinks climate change is a chinese hoax who is response to the i.p.c.c. report was to ask who drew it surely it's a disaster for climate change efforts but he's the president of the united states the country historically responsible for most carbon emissions at this moment in history look at you not going to have me defending president trump i know what he

did in terms of announcing getting out of paris was against the science it was against the law it was a decision that didn't recognize our moral responsibility here but in the united states you can continue to make progress at the local level you can continue to make progress at the city level at the state at the regional level now do i think we're where we need to be i wish i did i know we're not but that doesn't mean that we're all going to sit around and wait for president trump to tell the rest of the world that the u.s. is not going to participate we are going to participate people are stepping up and we're going to do the best we can so you served under a previous leader your old boss president obama did take climate change seriously and got plaudits for signing on the u.s. to the paris climate agreement in twenty fifteen rightly so some of his supporters say he'll be remembered at least in his second term if not his first as the climate president but it was also under obama's watch that oil production rose at the fastest rate in the hundred fifty year history of the u.s.

oil industry and he also presided over the highest u.s. not true gas production levels in history. well i mean clearly we didn't control everything because that snow not actually what the government has an ability to do but i think this president sent all the right signals about the importance of climate i think he turned at least to a great record in the second half of his administration on actions to take is there more to do do we have to now deal with the fact that natural gas was one of the transition fuel of the bridge fuel that got us away from coal yes it is now do we have to deal with natural gas we sure do so the challenges remain but the fact that he provided leadership domestically in the u.s. and internationally is undeniable in his you personally commission. was important for the world james hansen who i'm sure you know the legendary former nasa scientist who brought climate change to the world's attention thirty years ago he

says in an upcoming book to president obama quote failed miserably on climate change and oversaw policies that were quote late ineffectual in politics would you say to him well i mean i think he's a great scientist but i think it's very hard it always to get scientists to understand that there is a system in which policies get made in decisions get made i'm not denying the science but translating science into political will is a difficult thing and i believe we have failed to broaden the engagement to human beings to make them understand that it's not about polar bears it's not about ice sheets it's about them the a family and our collective future when researchers from mit and the university of chicago came out in twenty sixteen and said quote if the pulse thirty five years is any guide the world is likely to be awash in fossil fuels for decades but even centuries to come that's the reality isn't it and that's why it's hard to be

optimistic when it comes to tackling this existential threat from god which it's hard. all of this is very difficult but you know i'm sixty four years old the world is nowhere near what it used to be thirty five years ago and it and it's going to be remarkably changed in the next twenty because that's what science is demanding and that's what we have to produce low carbon future as a future that's healthier that safer where our national security is protected and where individuals can have the kind of clean air and water that they need to survive that's our only choice that's the future we need to run to not be afraid to embrace because you know i hope through roy thanks for joining me from it's great to be a medic thank you. but so show up front will be back next week. an

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around it. when they're on line for humanity has been taken out of its goals of this we're told you about the number on a spreadsheet or if you join us on assange i guarantee no one else has a back story like yours this is a dialogue i'm just tired of seeing the negative stereotypes about native americans everyone has a voice mistress and that's your comments your questions i'll do my best to bring them into the cell join the global conversation on how to zero. the saudi king cole's turkey's president to discuss the disappearance of jamal khashoggi in this town hall. hello i'm adrian forgive this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. ah big

gains for the green party at germany's regional election but could it weaken chancellor merkel's coalition. the saudi embassy led war in yemen makes the task of going to school anything but simple and. i'm andrew symonds reporting from barrow crane's border with hungary and i'll be explaining why a diplomatic spat over passports is turning into something much bigger. the leaders of turkey and saudi arabia have spoken over the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi who has not been seen since he entered the kingdom's consulate in istanbul nearly two weeks ago took his oath or as he's fear that he was killed inside saudi arabia's king solomon turkey's president. discussed the investigation during a phone call on sunday evening king solomon says that no one will undermine the

strength of the relationship and this reaffirmed his commitment to a joint investigation al-jazeera has learned that the head of saudi intelligence has arrived in turkey and is to meet with turkish officials saudi arabia's thanks the u.s. for not jumping to conclusions but warns that it will retaliate against any threats u.s. president donald trump has warned of severe punishment of saudi arabia was found to be behind the disappearance of the u.k. france and germany had jointly calling for a credible investigation into console g.'s face and ford and j.p. morgan the latest companies to pull out of a major investor conference in the saudi kingdom let's go live now to istanbul office is charles strap that is outside the saudi consulate so where are we at now with the investigation into the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. will no sign off that joint investigation committee that we understand is being put

together by the turkish and sell. the old authorities as you mentioned the king saul month in conversation on the telephone last night group president over to long thanking him full agreeing to what he described as saudi suggestion full this joint you'd best occasion we've spoken to a government source to small woman who you interesting leigh sales the. storage fees last week were very close literally at the point of going into the consulate investigate themselves these allegations and they received a telephone call from we understand saudi authorities inside saudi arabia a telephone call to the president or to one's team was visiting hungry at the time and that swain that this should best a geisha and was put on the hold. of course increasing crush the pressure as you say all know the saudis to allow this investigation to you in. that there's

also a private investigation a turkish police investigation that says started last week but of course all of the relevant when of course it hasn't got any access to the alleged crime scene so we seem to be in despite this increasing pressure on the saudis to allow this team in a bit of a holding pattern and we understand that the turkish president he's appearing at three public events today we don't know cannot confirm whether he's going to make any statement regarding this crisis during those events we also understand that the to the foreign minister will be meeting his counterpart in london it's going to be interesting to see what comes out of that what we understand will be some sort of joint press conference but not specifically looking at the g. case so we think that the head of saudi intelligence is arrived in key what's taking so long hit shots but this investigation committee to get inside the consulate. yeah exactly certainly

according to sources that we've spoken to today the main sticking point east the nature of this investigation just how. it's going to be there seems to be a lack of agreement between that. and the saudis this source saying that the turkish authorities are pushing for a thorough forensic examination of this alleged crime scene and there seems to be a bit of a pushback by the saudi or thord shields and as i say we can't confirm that but that is according to sources that we've spoken to today very close to the presidential palace or inside the presidential palace he hated to keep it as i say as this increasing pressure continues on saudi arabia from the international community. for this investigation to go ahead there is also increasing pressure on the turkish government here along with the saudis to lay this investigation for going on we on the stand the more pressure there is on the turkish government of

the last week government sources here releasing drips of information to pro-government press here in turkey that they say is a very strong evidence to show she was actually murdered inside the consulate so increasing pressure on hugely on turkey as well just many thanks out as a child struck for their lives in istanbul saudi markets trading again after the main index in riyadh fell by seven percent on sunday mike hanna reports from washington. the saudi stock market suffered its biggest fall in years following president trump's warning it recovered slightly during the day but it was the purse tangible sign of the impact of this crisis on the saudi conduct. and impact too on the once cozy relationship between the trumpet ministration and saudi leaders a statement released by the saudi news agency threatening global retaliation against any sanction came just hours after president from spoke of severe.

punishment that saudi arabia proved complicit in jamal khashoggi is disappearance. no doubt among members of congress that this should involve economic sanction despite president trump stated reluctance for such measures so i would just say this to you or for confidence if this is proven to be true there is going to be a response from congress it's going to be nearly unanimous it's going to be swift and it's going to go pretty far and that could include arms sales but it could include a bunch of other things as well european leaders to making clear they will not stand by they must have seen the huge international concern from the united states now from britain france and germany what they need to do is to cooperate fully with the investigation that the turks are asking us to do and to get over all this and if as they say this this terrible murder didn't happen then where is jamal khashoggi and that's what the world wants to know here a former cia director casting doubt to the vehement saudi denials of involvement

there denials ring hollow very much from hollow to go after a permanent resident states who writes for the washington post and doing it on foreign soil at a diplomatic mission to me would be inconceivable that such an operation would be run by the saudis without the knowledge of the day to day decision maker of saudi arabia that's crown prince mom been said. in an apparent bid to diffuse the tension the saudi foreign ministry has released a tweet thanking the u.s. and others for refraining from jumping to conclusions despite this though a relationship that was once so warm is along with the saudi stock market reaching a new low mike hanna is here a washington. a view now from the sun to show who's a professor of middle eastern politics at the university of oklahoma he says that despite political pressure in the u.s.

focusing on arms deals with saudi arabia there's little appetite it's within the leadership of the country to cancel weapons deals. president trump does not want to cancel this arms sales for all different kinds of reasons and the saudis also want to go through i don't think china and russia would hesitate for a seconds to take the place of the united states as the leading arms supplier to saudi arabia but again there are costs and some not necessarily apparent that would go with something like that saudi officers many of them are trained in the united states and some in western europe their military is geared to those kinds of arms switching out sophisticated weapons systems all of a sudden for russian made or chinese made weapons causes all kinds of problems having to do ensure operability and training and maintenance and so on so this is not as easy as simply mohammed and someone taking a decision snapping his fingers and going forward there are real costs involved

what are the long term implications potentially on the saudi economy and on confidence in the saudi economy as a place for investment i mean it's clearly a huge economy and there's a spaces for people to make money and companies will do so but if there are real questions about these kinds of issues and so on the net is going to lead not only the members but many others to think twice and three times about investing a dollar in saudi arabia so who is the man at the center of all of this jamal khashoggi the saudi journalist was once close to the n.s.c. close of the saudi royal family and its reputation as a reformist by pushing boundaries and questioning government policies in two thousand and three khashoggi became media advisor to prince turki been five self the prince headed saudi arabia's intelligence service and later served as ambassador to the united states but last chickasha she went to the self-imposed exile in the u.s.

after becoming concerned about the actions of crown prince mohammed bin salma on its own al-jazeera in march this year that he left the kingdom because he didn't want to be arrested. the largest om group in syria's rebel held province signal but it is abiding by the terms of the demilitarization deal agreed last month. h.t.s. hasn't previously said whether it accepted or rejected the agreement between russia . well the deal said a deadline of monday for rebel groups to withdraw all fighters from inside in the country's northwest turkey which is overseeing the agreement has not yet commented on whether the terms of being met the sun was meant to be cleared of heavy weapons by the tenth five days ago al jazeera as a whole to reports now from beirut still no movement on the ground still no evidence that the fighters of the so-called radical groups are withdrawing in line

with the such a deal the russian and turkey agreement to create a demilitarized zone around the no word yet from turkey as well the country which is overseeing the implementation of the deal but we did hear from. this is the main military alliance it is considered a terrorist organization by the international community it controls seventy percent of the whole province and it controls a large chunk of this demilitarized zone for the first time they released this statement yesterday referring to this they didn't explicitly say that they support this deal but they single signaled readiness to comply so a tacit acceptance of the deal and one of their one of their statements they actually say that we support and appreciate efforts done inside and outside of course that's a reference to turkey to protect liberated areas to prevent an invasion and to prevent massacres we know that this. is to prevent the possibility of a.