as it conducts its civil war in inside yemen that's not until monday about five or six days from now but where they're going to actually be able to put together legislation in about eight or nine days time before this current congress ends its session actually get it debated voted on and sent to the president either for his signature or for a veto which case they would have to try to override the veto well they don't have much time peter and that's really the question can they actually find enough political momentum to go with the very real anger that the senators were expressing on tuesday about the murder of jamal and about their belief based on the evidence they say they have now seen that says that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salam was behind these murder roles thanks very much as get more on that joining us on set here in doha senior political analyst marwan bashar so this time last month when donald trump says of the crown prince maybe he did maybe he didn't feel in

a strong was trying to close the whole thing it's not working is it no it's not not when you have a senator who says maybe there's no smoking gun but this is a live smoking saw which basically both read the cooling. the trump saddam and relationship or complicity as well as asserting the american congress in issues that generally or traditionally is not the real me if you will of authority of congress which is foreign affairs but clearly congress is so fed up with the present trump handling of this so with issues as well as other issues as you know so much sure that it's really trying to assert yourself the big question of course is how much is all of that hyper politics and how much is it a true change in foreign policy. when it comes to foreign policy or exacting the price of foreign policy would it be easier for donald trump if congress come see

that first vote the rose jordan was talking about this if they come up with a way to separate out the crown prince mohammed bin salma from saudi arabia because the country will carry on even if its father king solomon sidelines him a summer eclipsing speculating that might be an escape hold for donald trump as well yeah there is already a commentary in the mainstream media in the united states saying that that might be what's up but written lindsey graham sleeves is that he might apply the magnets the acts on how madmen sell none and senate might put pressure on the state department not to deal with mohammed bits of money now again there is separation of powers in the united states and there is so much that congress can do when it comes to an administration run by a president and that president is the most powerful position now on in the united states perhaps in the world but i think also president trump has come to learn that

there is limits to his presidency even if it's an imperial presidency and george w. bush even president obama sort of exploited and exploited the the expanded authorities that an american president has but in the end of the day there is such a thing as congress and congress does have a c. in the united states and when it comes to legislation and legislating budgets and dealings with other countries and sending american arms it certainly does have a say do you get the sense that this might be step change when it comes to politicians and lawmakers on capitol hill because when we had mattis and pompei oh this time last week those in big session those senators came out they were a bit frustrated they were a bit discombobulated they were a bit will hang on a horse are you telling us whereas the twelve people that were involved in that closed door session that you know house bill they were. they were robust they were cogent they were angry they were clear in their own minds whose complicity are

absolutely i think secretary pump aoe and secretary mattis and we don't know what's going on in the mind of secretary mattis but certainly they have to behave as people who work for the president so it is what the president policy is they implement that policy they are not decision makers they are implementers of an administration policy that is run by the united states president. while on the other hand the senators or the senate leaders that we've heard last night. are present of the american people they are not a president of the american president and they are not responsible they were if anything and then do that if anyone can unseat the american president it is congress is it your sense mo and just to get one final point is it your sense that if the votes the rose was talking about that if that happens and if they manage to get it in before the christmas recess kicks off in washington even if that vote fails or is lost critics of trump would say literally we're all grown ups you can

use this kind of strong language critics of trump would say that means the crown prince is literally getting away with murder but there's another level of thinking that says well hang on all those new american politicians they'll be in play january february time next year so it's not that simple it's not that short absolutely in terms of this month because look we're going to wait the senate leadership not with republicans democrats are on board on the question of how bad mr mann house of representatives different story but the house so preserved representative leadership is changing in the beginning next year so i think in january to be different and just to sum it all up in one phrase i would say the following this is a process this is not a one case the senate this senate this congress has a problem with the american president because the way he leads they don't like the way they've been stepped all over and i think in a way whether it is the russian collusion or what it is did it with mohamed listen man this congress wants to make sure that. present is not setting

a precedent of an imperial presidency that walks all over congress and the justice department so i think this is part of a bigger process and this process will continue with us the next two years and when democrats take over the house of representatives we're going to see this saga this drama this political. drama unraveling until the end of the presidency thanks very much. still to cover for you here on the news hour including the escalating crisis between russia and ukraine will have the latest from kiev. plus we'll tell you. there on the greater threat than ever before. climate change series and the sport with near north america's top hockey league gets ready to welcome a new team. turning our attention back to europe in the u.k. the u.k.

prime minister series in may has been defending planet weekly session of prime minister's questions five days of debate on this is day two it comes a day after her government yesterday suffered three consecutive defeats on parliamentary votes for the first time in forty years the government's been forced to publish the legal advice it's received on the deal in full after being found in contempt of the parliament and p.c. set to vote on that deal on december the eleventh. i recognize there are concerns about the facts stop but it is indeed the case that it is not an attractive for the european union to have the united kingdom in the backstop for a number of reasons first of all because in that backstop we will be making no financial obligation to the european union we will not be accepting free movement the and therefore and there will be very nice touch level playing field requirements these are matters which means that the european union does not see this as an as an attractive as an attractive place for them to put the u.k.

they think that's an attractive place for the u.k. to be in and they won't want us to be in it for any longer than is necessary to hold our correspondent in london so join a day to another bit of a kicking for theresa may how much trouble this year. well you know all of this is leading up to the vote next tuesday on to reason may's deal of bragg's a deal reached with the european union last week she's got to get it through her own parliament next week and she faces overwhelming opposition and much of that opposition congregates around the issue of the backstop you heard it talking about it there it's this moment in time between the end of the transition period and the beginning of a new future arrangement when it is negotiated if there is a gap if those two things don't happen simple tenuously will then britain goes into a customs union arrangement with the european union with special requirements and.

issues related to northern ireland for the duration of that period and that is something the northern ireland unionists reject is something that the heart breaks it is on the right of a party at reject because it deprives them of the right of striking free trade deals with other parties anyway she's pushing and pushing and pushing trying to convince on the backstops he has told parliament there the e.u. doesn't even want the backstop because it's advantageous to the u.k. well against that the attorney general's legal advice has finally been published the government was found in contempt of parliament yesterday for failing to publish it and i'm afraid it's also pretty damning on the issue of the backstop really if will endure indefinitely until a future arrangement is released reads there is no unilateral means of exiting it and the u.k. could be stuck in protracted and legal a protracted and repeated rounds of negotiations until such time as it can be released i mean this is very incendiary language for the far right bracks it is for

the d u p who won't support the deal and indeed for everyone else who sees two years of political turmoil over bragg's it so far and i'm reminded in this legal advice that there could be many years yet to come and all the while the opposition against her deal in that vote next week. is increasing i know you've been following this story from the other end of the debate the european and jonah and that legal advice to talking about there i mean just looking at it from the attorney general's office he's saying on such a legal foundation is by no means a comfortable resting place in law for the european union so is the european union at its highest level assuming she's going to lose the vote anyway and also what even if she does get the votes and all the numbers since just she won't they're talking about as being a bridge to the future which will be superceded anyway by another agreement well i mean that is inherent in the deal that's been struck i mean the deal is in two parts we know that there's that much more substantial withdrawal agreement that

takes care of the exit protocols getting britain out of the european union you've then got to look at the future relationship they can't settle on a future relationship until britain is out so what they've got is a political document as part of this deal a declaration which sets out sort of political goalposts if you like what the two sides would like to see the future relationship possibly resembling but that's years of negotiations away it's two years now just concluding the exit relationship it's going to arguably take much more time and be far more complicated setting up a future relationship so you know this is this is the foundation upon which next week's vote rests it is to do with how we get out it is not necessarily to do with what happens next it is pretty principally to do with what happens in the middle and that is where the division occurs and tourism a is having an extraordinarily hard time persuading anybody that the arrangements she struck are in the interests

of the divided groups in parliament and the country as a whole journey thanks very much. the u.n. special envoy to yemen and hoofy rebels are now in sweden for talks the saudi backed government delegation is also on its way it's hoped the negotiations will end the four year old war which the u.n. says has led to the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history joins us live now from uppsala north of stockholm where those talks are should will take place hashem it be a very bold person that said this is the beginning of a peace process this is yemen we're talking about but but what can we build on here peter for the international community and the u.n. in particular just to have the warring factions meeting here in sweden is a significant step forward the first encounter since to thousand and sixteen they know that they are so divided the almost four years of quiet in have driven

a wedge between the different components of the yemeni society we're talking about of the amount which is sort of on the verge of disintegrating assesses movement in the south calling for independence the whole thing is asserting their control more you have also the day in the arabian peninsula which has been extending and also i said was taking advantage of the situation to further expand its influence in the country and this explains why the international community is looking forward to see and and to the war in yemen but also an end to the suffering of millions of people in yemen who are hoping to see the international community deliver immediate food and aid to the yemenis who have been grappling with the disastrous aftermath of the war of yemen as we're going to see in this report. meet

mohamed. one of the hundreds of thousands of yemeni children suffering severe malnutrition and he's being treated at a hospital inside the clinic is struggling to cope with the growing number of emaciated bodies of the young. mohammad he's five years old but war famine abunda tradition slowed his growth he may never be able to fully recover. muhammad's health deteriorated over the last year and we rushed him to hospital hoping he would recover and the doctors are giving him fluids but he doesn't want to wait. the u.n. is brokering a new round of talks between the warring parties in yemen in a bid to ease the humanitarian crisis. after almost four years of fighting between who the rebels and yemeni government troops aided by saudi u.a.e. coalition fourteen million a year many are on the brink of fermin. now many may not last and i pad and i pray

talks will succeed we have had enough of all aggression and bloodshed we've lost so many people in this war. he met them another minimum the yemenis should rican sile and we should end the war in the ring of peace. it's the first time opposing sides in the conflict will have met since two thousand and sixteen past talks collapsed because of growing differences between who should play a bigger role in the future of yemen and. the internationally recognized government says a deal will only be possible when the whole thing is hand over their weapons and put out of the capital. a demand with jetted by the rebels for say all parties should be prepared to compromise. we're going to talks we made concessions and we want the saudi backed government to make concessions as well the

un's special envoy for yemen martin griffiths has insisted there wizard a military solution and that negotiation is the only way to find an agreement but it's unclear if with its will be able to succeed where his predecessors failed. hashim is that what's focusing minds here is that what's got people around the table perhaps no one is winning this war and the humanitarian disaster is just about to get a lot worse indeed the yemenis have had enough of this war and they have are putting pressure on their leadership to stop the conflict we're talking about fourteen million yemenis on the brink of.