mohammed bin solomon and what response to the killing to the. to the killing of should be how long can the president continue to invoke ignore voices like those we just heard there from lindsey graham rand paul people from within his own party. yeah it's pretty astonishing but what we're seeing here is essentially a battle between two co-equal branches of government in the united states and ultimately it is the u.s. congress that wields more power particularly in the u.s. senate when it comes to this it can act independently of the white house and it appears that's what it's doing pressing forward as roslyn jordan reported there with two different legislative efforts we know that one particularly in the senate will be taken up likely next week and this would be an effort to limit the united states is not only contribution when it comes to the saudi led conflict in yemen in terms of refueling which has we should point out been put on pause but also in

terms of future weapons cells particularly for offensives because there has been grave concern in the u.s. congress over the fact that the united nations is called the conflict in yemen a humanitarian disaster the high number of civilian casualties which many in the united states senate and house of representatives believe the saudis are not doing enough to limit so it appears that this is what's taking place the fact that they are the u.s. president is being challenged by members of his own party is striking but i think what's even more striking is the fact that in a very divided american a very divided congress there is bipartisan support for this effort to change the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia moving forward do you think the ultimately if the president sticks to his line that critical voices within the g.o.p. are eventually going to have to fall in line behind. you know this is one where the president seems to be on his own and this is certainly calling into question and

speaking to his business ties with saudi arabia ones that he has downplayed but which he is also on the campaign trail back in two thousand and sixteen played up the fact that he loves having apartments and buildings there and that he doesn't offer a lot of big. this was saudi arabia we've also made note of the very strong ties between his son the larger cushion or and the crown prince mohammed bin solomon so this is going to be a difficult one for the president because well he on the one hand is leaving open the possibility of plausible deniability for the crown prince saying that he essentially allowing him the room to deny that he had any knowledge of this the president's own intelligence agencies have conclusive evidence they say that in fact the opposite is true and this is also distancing the president not only from his secretary of state my pump aoe but his vice president mike pence as well who are also saying that the united states needs to hold those responsible accountable

given that conclusive intelligence it seems that the president is alone on this and it is unlikely that he is going to be able to maintain this stance for indefinitely and that is where we get back to the go equal branches of government thanks indeed let's take you live now back to where we are working selma. become is addressed the shura council. and he's. by the grace of god to. great the. be sure proceedings of the thirtieth of the seventh. of the shore accounts and praying to god almighty to guide us away towards the excess ladies and gentlemen it is with the pleasure of. that. meeting among it today to consider the internal and external policies of the kingdom. we remain the state. to the principles. of.

the is land based on moderation. and. we were on of by god almighty to serve the two holy mosques and we spare no effort and providing old facilities to the pilgrims and visitors. and therefore. as we're. doing with continue. to pay attention to the national citizens namely. women do. you know. the words of. we will go. to execute the comprehensive develop measure

plans and law and with that twenty. vision. where. it is knows that. an army is already spreading no efforts and providing opportunities. focusing. on the qualifications of the national citizens to lead that kingdom into the future and. guarding our priorities for the nature of government coming. years. strengthen our partnership with the private sector. and go to them and parliamentary for. the financial sector. to continue to provide support to the development plans. as we speak our

brave soldiers from korea. standing steadfast in providing exemplary role of sacrifice defending our home soil. and that's why the kingdom will. not forget the aids duty towards the relatives of the fallen the taking of them will also continue to play its role in combating terrorism in the region. and also. to remedying. as the palestinian cause remain our top priority until the palestinian people. all full rights would you support and solidarity with the yemeni.

was not of choice it was of necessity as we intended to help the many people in the whole thing who. blocked us. and lie in with the u.n. security council number twenty two sixteen the gulf initiative and then national dialogue as iran continued to meddle into the affairs no mistake. of the regional countries sponsoring terrorism and wreaking havoc in a number of countries within the region and then to national community must stand up to the near clear program of iran as it is said to the region and the whole world we also. called for

a diplomatic solution to the crisis in syria to put an end to the bloodbath and also prevent. external. interference into the domestic affairs of the country or enabling that if you g.'s. we look forward. to restoring normal relations with. the. country. is key and on maintaining and cementing the strategic strategic partnership with regional and international players with the aim of serving international peace and security including providing stability in the global market based on coordination with. producer with them and with the arctic organization.

this. preserves and serve god an interest of both producer. and consumer countries. the kingdom. was established on the principles. of justice and that's why we have all the trust in our tradition. and. that they will do the necessary to establish the truth and serve the justice. of the kingdom. also with ensure that no penalties. will go unpunished my memory message is and will be handed. among you wishing you you all the success in all your deliberation.

praying to god almighty to guide us. into the future thank you. i mean if your royal highness because of the two. most undervalued gathering as we can do in general to zero with our continuing coverage of what's going on in riyadh you can see it is the sure it's the consultative assembly of the arabia is much to king solomon the basically running us through what he sees how he perceives the coming twelve months for the kingdom of saudi arabia he said we're going to strengthen our links to the private sector about was kind of a reference to the plan put by his son the crown prince mohammed bin psalm on this initiative to expand the country to go into other areas of interest he was talking

about soldiers defending the home soil of saudi arabia he said we have gone in to support the people of yemen the yemenis he said it was borne of necessity against the rebels he said we must stand up to iran he said iran is a threat to the whole world he said also however saudi arabia wants to serve international stability including in the world of energy specifically talking about oil and gas and he said the kingdom was established on a concept of trust marwan cabala is the director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies following that for us as well here on al-jazeera your reading of those comments it was first of all it was a very short speech actually hear the king tried to touch on most of the issues i mean my been he was trying to bring back saudi foreign policy to where it was actually traditionally. he talked about palestine he. was the traditional policy on palestine he talked about yemen and that saudi arabia

is seeking political solutions the dark day in many conflicts by focusing mainly on position here and the united nations security council resolution twenty two sixteen he talked about the syrian refugees. he talked about i mean these are all in maintaining stability of the oil markets. i mean that was important but at the end of his speech actually it was really. decorative when he talked about the judicial system of saudi arabia that was in my opinion. somehow in direct reference to the. when he said that he believes in the independence of the judicial system of saudi arabia and that the only people who are i mean i'm responsible who will be will be indicted so without a feeling i should have the hotshot a-g. issue you can understand that the king actually was somehow talking about that so i

mean these are the key issues that the king was mainly. what's the message that he wants the rest of the world to take away from what he's been saying if he was referring very experienced clearly in his own mind to the judiciary so if he's written that speech himself or of other people wrote it for him presumably not the crown prince was involved in robes enough for him or to take away that they want other people to get donald trump people or interpret for donald trump before he starts watching fox news at five am washington time what does he want donald trump to think he was saying i think he wants not only donald trump i think the whole world that he's standing by his son he's supporting his son. i mean that was clear to me into. the economic one when he talked about the private sector and somehow he was a feeling to the twenty fifth division of his own son of the compas and when he

ended his speech by talking about his trust in the judicial system of saudi arabia and also and he was in my opinion standing by his competence so i mean that was that that that is what i and. actually from this on the speech in fact and very briefly is that despite the fact that donald trump is that this pivot point of having to react to what the cia have told him about what they believe happened inside the consulate because clearly not wish to put words into your mouth when you know donald trump is the only man on the planet who does not believe what the cia apparently believe you're absolutely right about that actually he doesn't want to believe it just this exactly this this exactly what happened about the russian problem if you if you remember. when everybody actually was talking about an interference by the russians in the two thousand and sixteen election except for

donald trump so i mean the u.s. president is clearly would be sidelining almost every thing in favor of what he really think about whether i mean this case or any anything else so this is this is dark cloud this is donald trump will have to live with them oh i was over thank you so much thank you. well staying in that part of the world yemen's fifty rebels say they're holding drone and missile attacks against saudi arabia the u.a.e. and the yemeni allies that he sees and says they're ready for a broader ceasefire if the coalition quote wants peace much of the recent fighting has centered on the rebel controlled city of who data rob matheson as more. these are the kind of attacks the who thesis a will end ballistic missiles fired into saudi arabia from across the southern border india muhammad ali al who three president of the who the revolutionary committee says we announce our initiative by calling upon the yemeni official authorities to stop the launching of missiles and drones on the us saudi n.r.t.

aggressor countries and their allies in yemen in order to stop any justification for their continued aggression or see for preparing to freeze and stop military operations on all fronts to reach a just and on arrival peace if they really want to peace for the people of yemen after we started using missile attacks and we started to target saudi forces near the border saudi arabia is now portraying its aggression on yemen as if it is just a response to our missile and border attacks therefore today steep ams to once again clarify our position we also announce that we are ready to stop all operations at all fronts to show the world who was doing what and to give peace a chance we want to prove to the world that we want peace but who the rebels are still preparing to battle in the vital port city of her data even though pro-government forces say they've temporarily halted the fighting there ahead of

peace negotiations in sweden and to allow in humanitarian aid there are suspicions the saudi led coalition will ignore the who these offer to end miss on the attacks and well you want to. give it a chance to this so. they really want to e.c.m. i mean. the so will actually accept it because many times you have offered similar peace plan and still this eight and it's not like get x. it was. yemenis are facing starvation the threat from disease grows all the time thousands of lives could be say. if both sides agree to a cease fire rob matheson algis the. top story in europe this e.u. foreign ministers meeting in brussels to discuss brics it negotiations into their most critical phase the meeting lays the groundwork for november the twenty fifth summit in brussels where e.u.

leaders are expected to formally sign off on the u.k.'s withdrawal agreement the british prime minister has support from cabinet planned to leave the e.u. although several ministers have quit journal joins us live from london journal i mean she's going into this meeting she's talking to you could business today as well i notice but some ministers want to squeeze in some last minute changes is that likely at all. not in the way and shape that they would like to see pieta know there are some ministers on the right and impede on the right of her party in her cabinet as well who would like to see changes crucially to this backstop idea that the whole of the united kingdom remains in the customs union until a final free trade agreement is is struck that a method by which they would seek to keep the irish border open that's crucial of course but what they worry about is that currently in the agreement there is no end date to that backstop there is no unilateral mechanism by which the u.k.

can exit that backstop if they want to and these ministers and m.p.'s want to see those details renegotiated that's not going to happen these ministers the e.u. ministers have definitively said that as of others as has to reserve may herself of course what she's going to try to do is to insert language into the other deal the deal for the future relationship that's what they're going to be negotiating this week the language that she hopes will satisfy these rebels in her party and in her cabinet. will have to wait and see but all the while this potential leadership challenge still looms over to reserve may in a week that's being described for her as perilous five hundred eighty five pages her own government is picking holes in it clearly the labor opposition is picking holes in it a big percentage of the u.k. population wants to pick holes in it does anyone actually think it's the best idea ever. well i mean this is the sales job but the reason may is still

trying to do and will continue to do know the loudest voices on both sides suggest the opposite that they don't like this deal and that they wouldn't vote for it if their lives depended on it the problem is what's the alternative the alternative is no deal and that is an option really that nobody wants and so it may well be unities to reason may's calculation that is time goes on ahead of the vote in parliament which could be within the next couple of weeks that they stand down the barrel of the gun as it were and realize that they seize whether it's the best deal or not is their judgment but it is the only deal that exists on the table and that on that basis responsibility will prevail and they will vote along those lines ok thank you so much for that we'll get back over the coming hour as i'm sure lots more news on the web site al jazeera dot com adrian will keep you company in the coming hours here on al-jazeera into one piece of i'll see you soon up next inside

story. kendry some may deliver bricks it britain's prime minister is fighting to save her job and convince the nation to back her divorce deal with the e.u. and what if there is no deal this is inside story.

welcome to the program i'm richelle carey britain's exit from the european union has finally been agreed to but for exodus far from a done deal the united kingdom is anything but the country's deeply divided leaders who due to sign the trapped occupant in brussels next week but first m.p.'s in london must approve them prime minister theresa may is under attack from her party from parliament from the public are criticizing her for failing to negotiate better divorce terms to go it alone she says it's the only deal that will work but failing to bow to demands to renegotiate risk losing her job conservative party m.p.'s are gathering support hoping to trigger a vote of no confidence and her leadership the leader of the house of commons has told the prime minister her draft deal needs improving what i'm doing is working very hard to support the prime minister in getting the brics deal at seventeen point four million people voted full and i think there's still the potential to improve on the clarification and on some of the measures within it and that's what

time hoping to be able to help with the french finance minister says some british m.p.'s have lied to british people and the dream of leaving the e.u. is a nightmare. you know we can do it obviously each country is free to decide to leave the single market to leave the european union but what brooks it shows is that the economic cost of leaving the single market is quite simply exorbitant and that there are certainly lying and irresponsible politicians in great britain who explained to the british people that would end up in a bright future the truth is that brooks it will end in a nightmare. and chancellor says the deal is good for everyone this is going. to say it's a good deal for both sides nobody was tricked into it but this deal prevents a heart it helps us in europe but it helps britain even more hardbacks it would hurt great britain much more i sincerely hope that there will be some necessary support in the british parliament.

as introduce the panel now in stockholm by skype james savage c.e.o. of the local europe he also writes on how her exit affects british people in the e.u. and durham tom broke c. as an author of the author adler of becoming british and dean and professor of law and government law school and finally and st andrews also by skype through like a mini scottish campaigner welcome to all of you drew i want to start with you is the deal as bad as the critics say yeah i really do think it's that is the critics say and i hate to say it's even a bracks a deal because it's really not bracks and it's really only directed in name only it doesn't allow the united kingdom to become an international player like rex it was supposed to go straight through trade deals and go from there to the same time it also and take back control of their laws but at the same time it also could very well lead to the going up in the breaking up of the united kingdom especially in

relation to northern ireland and i will kind of back to that point obviously tom i want your thoughts is this deal as bad as as everybody says. i agree that it is as bad as people say but two years ago i came out and said that when the prime minister was saying bracks it means practice it but wasn't much substance behind it i thought that there wouldn't be any genuine at all at least not in the plans that we would see and i and then part of me is pleased to see that that's come true another part of me is very disappointed to see what's before us and i want to explain in a second why it's so bad i think on the remains side those who want to stay in european union of course they will not like any deal to leave the european union but the moment britain has a voice at the top table while being subjected to e.u. rules the plan would have a subject to the rules without a say at the table on the leave side so many are upset about this i think because there are many different voices calling for many different things not all of which

can be accommodated and the prime minister will have an impossible task of trying to please everyone and she's shown that she's not been able to please anyone it would seem. james do you do you agree with that what are your thoughts on this this intensely negative response strathfield has gotten i mean is this is this was going to this was inevitable from the very beginning there was it was always there the reason was that you used all of it so easily it would be an accident where there's also at least in the short term a very difficult so that was always going to be something that she was not going to be able to deliver. yet of course while doing what she's doing now which is trying all of the really the result of the referendum and sort of hall. she leaves borrowing many of the benefit she she she takes she she did reason. to the e.u. in many respects but without the say so you know it's the opposite that this doesn't

in the us and this doesn't lead. to the i suppose has drafted you really has been supporting both sides equally i'm a patient. the alternative is that it's crashing out without to deal with the remaining those. stating that you believe so you push this through problem of but it's looking very vocal and james that we've played a little bit of calm some comments from the french finance minister a few minutes ago basically saying that the british people were lied to they were sold a bill of goods and i'm paraphrasing but a lot of people have said that do you agree with that. i think it's quite clear that there were quite a lot of lies told by the campaign the idea. that membership of the european union was costing footage taxpayers three hundred fifty million pounds a week and that that money would be able to go to the n.h.s. that was the all we this and the other the obvious lie there was and it was a it was a pretty ill informed campaign and that was saying that there were those people i

think what was significant evidence put forward now are facts of the journalist carol what was there in the guardian who are public. significant evidence of a wrongdoing on the part of the leak campaign and basically believe the you've been officially campaign that was very prominent kerry your during your during the. referent of campaign so yeah i think you know we have seen the light we've seen lots of bites on but it's largely a as you know is the case in politics but the i don't believe in the least like seem to be particularly egregious and i think they say that they've the comments from the road from the from the french governments have been echoed by governments around europe who feel what they see happening and through as someone who is prime bracks i want your thoughts on that do you think that people were told that something could happen that just can't happen absolutely not i think the reason why

we're not seeing am a bracks at like all these campaigners promise is because we have to remember none of these people that campaign for bracket supported bracks it none of them have had an big say in the government none of them have been negotiating the deal this bracks it deal has been negotiated by people who supported remaining in the european union it's all the people who can't get all the government government leaders who are civil servants have been in charge of negotiating and selling this deal to the public they're all people that didn't believe in bracks that they're not people who made the arguments and supporting bracks that will take back control of law were to take back control of our own trade deal strike our own trade deals and be our own global power. i think the reason why we haven't seen a lot of follow through is on what drugs that your support is because drugs that years have been people who support drugs that have been completely shut out of the negotiation process it's been conducted completely by people that supported remaining in the european union and that's why i don't think we're seeing a bracks it that the majority of people voted for i can tell by their facial expressions from both james and tom that well both want to get in on that so tom

i'll let you go first. well i would respectfully disagree entirely with that within hours of the referendum result nigel farage a very prominent campaigner for leaving dropped out of politics quit altogether was going to have anything to do with actually delivering the bricks that he think i'm painting for for about a quarter of a century boris johnson michael gove. drops out doesn't even try to become leader of the tory party when then prime minister david cameron stepped down you know basically removing himself from having anything to do substantially with bracks it's as the leader michael gove quickly removed from the leadership contest himself everyone prominence who wanted it to happen during the campaign were ran like scared little children how it came time to actually putting something together and that said through some may i thought played a blinder in choosing david davis to be a bex a secretary who is the politically charged for the government in seeing through

bracks it and then having boris johnson pointed foreign secretary of course both ran away as soon as a deal was to be agreed by the cabinet citing lots of things they don't like but never once being able to provide any plausible alternative to this so there have been senior exit tears have been at the top table michael gove is a member of the government was the co-chair of the official who leave campaign so it's not like a brick to tears had nothing to do with it and we're away a lot of them ran away a lot of them chose not to be part of this and i think that there is a lot of responsibility on them for failing to deliver on the promises that they made in terms of lying i think that there was mistruths on both sides and i think that there is a wider issue around campaign finance rules that were violated and the need for some further criminal investigation there but i think that that main point about

well you know the deal isn't so good and will go blame a civil servant doesn't it falls flat on its face. james what about where are the people that feel very strongly about bracks it why it why did some of them back away from the table from these leadership roles i think there are various reasons i mean one reason was that they wanted when i think events became very clear that boris johnson wasn't going to get that he got the confidence of a fellow and he needs to become leader of the party but i also think as i think beyond the the issue of personalities i think what people come very during the back to negotiations is that while many of the brackets had had very strong ideas about what they'd done in school they hadn't been very clear about how to resolve that and very key problems in the bracket negotiation one of the one of which is how to avoid the hard cold between northern ireland and the republic of ireland which everyone says they want to avoid. that without requesting compromises and that wife theresa may try to keep the whole of the u.k.

within the customs union post practice. because that will help avoid that about the hardcore that so you know i think you know that whether they were aggressive he is he was in that position but they were they were able to make a difference to these negotiations david davis was officially that's the chief record they gave jesus he was fully blinded recent in recent months but he but from the very beginning he was that he was the chief negotiator the problem of not really not i think the problem more fundamental contradictions the process that they have a problem andrew theresa may has said and some of our supporters have said if you hate what i'm doing so much then where are the better ideas. that she have a point. i don't really think so at all and i think that route.