the reason is with the democrats controlling the house of representative life in washington has gotten a lot tougher for donald trump the only way that donald trump survives this year and in fact survives beyond this is by keeping his base loyal and enthusiastically supporting him not by moving people in the middle because that ship has sailed this is a strategy like everything donald trump has done to keep the base loyal and to mobilize them my two colleagues are engaged in a spirited debate about immigration that is an interesting debate this issue in washington is not about immigration this is about donald trump on the one hand trying to distract attention from the report but also to make sure that his base is mobilized so that no matter what robert muller reports out thirty five percent of the people dismiss it outright as to use trump's unfortunate words fake news this is about politics it is not about immigration anyone who takes a step back and tries to understand the many many challenges facing our country knows that immigrants from from south from the south is not one of them just that's

just not the reality in which the united states exists right now but in dollar terms political future it is extremely important that is what this is about david lincoln makes a very good point when he asks why did the president not push for this wall when the republicans controlled the house and senate and he was in the white house why now well he he did push for but we had a republican i'm not going to support the republicans or the democrats on this because they're both one in the same they have kicked this can down the road since the simpson mazzoli act back in one thousand nine hundred six and they continued to do so so schumer and palosi both came out so well maybe a guy who are going that may beat and then we'll talk about the border after that they've done that for the past three decades but even talk as leverage on something and i mean don't. artemy you're right about that but i'm making a tactic you're right about that but i'm making a tactical point donald trump had leverage over paul ryan and the house republicans

he doesn't have leverage over nancy pelosi because to put it in plain english nancy pelosi just cleaned his clock last november mitch mcconnell is also a player here we talk about chuck chuck has no influence here mitch mcconnell runs the u.s. senate he can bring over seven democrats if he's worried about a closure vote he didn't even try this i think you're right that he may not have succeeded but he did not go to the mats if you really which is what he would have done if he really wanted this because he had a much better shot if you look at any major legislation going back really almost to the new deal it happens when the president controls both parties that was his moment right chose not to do it and now nancy pelosi is going to stop a sour any and all the best for america if this is a political issue as lincoln says in new york as well so what happens next then as far as this immigration issue i mean. and what does it mean for the thousands of people who are waiting to cross the border into the united states. well i think those who come to the port of entry will continue to be

processed and the major concern right now is this humanitarian challenges palosi stated with these children in particular and ensuring that they are not separated from their parents ensuring that they are not in these awful detention conditions where they're dying and getting very ill and being traumatized but i do agree that this is in fact a political stunt even a quick back university poll in december of two thousand and eighteen show that fifty four percent of americans do not want this wall over one million us federal employees are very upset that they're not getting their paychecks which is causing them to miss their mortgages missed their car payments unable to purchase food and many of them are vets so trouble isn't doing himself any favors with what part of the population that he claims supports them the vets and and federal employees who also themselves are said they don't support this wall so this is a diversion i'm sure it's going to blow back in his face because if he digs his

wheelin he's acting like a child with his tantrums saying things such as i will keep the government closed as long as i have to until i get quote quote unquote my wall sounds like a toddler so i think he's really setting himself up to lose his base or shrink it and he probably will not have a very strong chance in two thousand and twenty so i think it's a very very foolish move on his part and i frankly i don't think the republicans want the wall any more than the democrats do at least the establishment republicans because i think they understand that it's not going to solve the ultimate problem which is border security already this is a political stunt at the end of the day that david in tampa i'll give you the last word because we're almost at the end of our show if you are if you believe that there is a crisis indeed at the southern border are you in favor then of the president declaring a national emergency at this port. well if it's going to get the congress to act and understand what's going on the border yes look what happened in san diego with

that we haven't deployed tear gas in years and now we're to point to your gas because people trying to clear out across that border most of those that came in the caravan in the past a couple caravans were young adult males they were not families there were some families that came in but most of them were young adult males that videos out there people could see what was going on even mexico was having issues with the migrants i came into tio want to the things that they were doing there we do need to have security on our border we need to get our politicians to get their act together which the everybody used to do is not necessarily donald trump but it's the entire political process that refuses to address the issue we'll leave it there thank you very much for a very heated and interesting discussion sad as these david ward and lincoln mitchell thank you for watching as well you can always watch his program again any time by visiting our website at al-jazeera dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for sasha inside story and you can of course also join the conversation on twitter i handle that inside story for me for the

battle and the whole team here in doha thank you for watching by for now. in this year new immigration laws and projects funded by european governments have seen a rapid decline in the migrant transport trade people in power travels to agadez to explore the realities faced by the drivers left out of pocket on the migrants who are choosing to return home who would like to go back to the country where they're from you know to me it was more going back to where i don't want to go to. europe migration on a zero i mean this is different not just that whether someone is going for something of a red it's going to be an interim thing it's how you approach an individual and that's it is a certain way of doing it to congress in just

a story and fly out. it's. coming from some roots but this thing is a promise. to. transform the shrewdest is the name under which i recorded the record was a regular music is really kind of trip i left for a very young i used to make of what i feel that. talks about just the quality books of all people known to those of our trade in music as a message that's deeply relevant to this road especially for getting this kind of all right wing assault on our freedom to last questions and generally all freedom of expression and people you know are being targets of students teachers activists for their cause writes it's nice all of them but it's going to do this. and people on the street see the protest has reached our doorstep soft and rich as well without legs all attempts to contradict something that's my main sufficient every

new cycle going to see me simply breaking stories and then of course there's donald trump told through the eyes of the welts janin ace that's right out of a hamas script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase means at all. as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they recruit on the story so that matter the most in better use a free palestine a listening post on al-jazeera. british it don't we categorically reject the results published by the chief of the electoral commission. allegations of fraud in the democratic republic of congo despite an opposition candidate being announced the winner of the presidential election.

this is out zero live from doha also coming up u.s. secretary of state mark pompei was in egypt where he's expected to outline president trumps middle east policy in a speech in cairo. attempts to end a u.s. government shutdown or stall the donald trump walked out of a meeting with congressional leaders. and marking ninety years with one of the world's most famous cards. so there may much awaited results from the democratic republic of congo's election but france is saying there is need for clarity about the outcome of foreign minister john evil says the provisional results are different from what was seen on the ground the election commission declared opposition candidate feeling that she could be as the winner. of this report. do you think. that

announcement if you had expected one that could set the stage for the first democratic transfer of power in the since independence. thousands of phoenix just to katy supporters poured onto the streets to celebrate a surprise. just to carry that seat his father beat congress opposition for more than thirty five years had a message of unity hullo. i know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as adversities but rather as partners and democratic change in our country. but he would have to contend with his rival martin filed who has rejected the professional results. out to suit you all those who learned of the truth of the ballot boxes especially to congress national bishops the past couple conference sankoh of the church of congo. through

your historical observations we ask you to reveal to the congolese people and to the whole world the name of the person who really was our people's choice. the country with a history of coups civil wars and contested elections has been on the edge there were allegations of widespread election irregularities including complaints of full creaking advice lives the internet has been cut off for days in an apparent attempt to stop speculation about the results why police have deployed we still have to wait to see what will come out strong people context the results and hope that the process is going to be much lot keener than the electoral process so that we don't i end up in a situation that surprising because people don't feel represented in the result and just be in the least now it is quite a shock for everyone but it is that you're beginning. to vote that was two years

over to you will finally see the exit of president joseph kabila after nearly eighteen years in power but are questions about how much influence he will still have on whoever takes the reins. your sect your state my prepares in egypt where he'll be giving a major speech on the truck ministrations middle east policy stop in cairo is part of an eight day tour of the region the city is where former president barack obama delivered his address to the broader muslim world in two thousand and nine and once they pump stopped in iraq to meet u.s. troops and to reassure government officials about america's commitment to the fight against. the egyptian president abdul fattah el-sisi and then later on thursday there is that policy speech where he's expected to address increasing pressure on iran and trying to decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria and also hold talks with the egyptian foreign minister. and ties

between donald trump and. grown despite egypt's controversial human rights record egypt is one of the biggest recipients of u.s. foreign aid it's also one of the four arab countries that's imposed a blockade on cutter a close strategic ally of the united states washington wants egypt on board for a broader regional alliance against iran and crucially for the success of trump's so-called deal of the century to resolve these israeli palestinian conflict. because president donald trump has a walked out of a meeting with the democrats after they gain refused to fund a border war with mexico standoff has seen the government in a partial shutdown now for two and a half weeks mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . the bill is passed another spending bill is passed in the house significantly take republicans break ranks and vote to the democrat majority but there's little possibility this legislation will go to the senate republican leader there insistent he will not allow the passage of any bill that does not have the

approval of the president who continues to insist he will veto any measure that does not include funding for the border wall you can never have border security or less you have a steel barrier a concrete floor whatever you want but without it you will never have you can have the greatest challenge in the world you will never ever in a million years you will not have more secure kept the majority of federal employees who will not be paid this week would appear to disagree some being urged to speak out by democrats we are the faces behind this shutdown we are the real people who work in the bureau of prisons and the transportation security administration and other federal agencies today doing so without federal pay. democrat leaders went to the white house for another round of talks but the meeting ended in failure when the president abruptly walked out then sending out this tweet in reference to democrat leaders of senate and house just left

a meeting with chuck and nancy a total waste of time he says i asked what's going to happen in thirty days if i quickly opened things up are you going to approve border security which includes a wall or steel barrier nancy said no i said bye bye nothing else works it's cold out here and at that temperature wasn't much warmer in the situation room again we saw a temper tantrum because he couldn't get his way and he just walked out of the meeting the vice president asserted that was the democrats who were blocking reopening the government not president trump yes speaker pelosi that if he opened things up quickly if we reopen the government quickly would she be willing to agree to funding for a wall or a barrier on the southern border and when she said no the president said good bye. earlier the president walked up to the hill for a meeting with the republican caucus and deny there was any division within the

party the democrats have lost support there is tremendous republican support unwavering as you probably know thank you very much but the eight republicans who wavered and voted with democrats in the house sent a different signal that the standoff is no longer one on purely partisan lines mike hanna al-jazeera washington. sources have told odds are that turkey is prosecutors working on a list of saudi suspects accused of murdering jamal khashoggi indicating the trial in absentia is likely to take place in the country where he was killed just a few days ago saudi arabia announced its own trial for eleven suspects but has yet to name them thursday marks one hundred days since the journalist's murder. there are reports that a heathy drone has struck a yemeni government military parade in the which province it was several people reported killed and some who think rebels have been fighting the yemeni government which is backed by the saudi emira military alliance well the attack comes

a day after the u.n. special envoy for yemen updated the security council on his peace efforts our diplomatic editor james pace has more now from the united nations the u.n. security council was told a fragile shaky cease fire continues to hold in her data almost a month after a little peace deal was signed in sweden has been some violence including in her data city and in the southern districts of the government but this is remarkably limited compared to what we saw in the weeks before the stockholm consultations and this relative calm i believe indicates the tangible benefit of the stockroom agreement for the people of yemen and it also illustrates the commitment of both parties to make their agreements work. but special envoy martin griffiths seemed to be accentuating the positive in the public meeting when later it went into closed

session the council heard from major general patrick kamut the dutch general who leads the u.n. monitoring mission in who data he's giving the security council weekly reports the latest says the un's body armor and armored vehicles have not been allowed into the country there are many no go areas and the team of received death threats according to the un's top humanitarian official the situation for ordinary human is remains dire millions of yemenis are looking to ask for assistance and protection and we need to see more and faster progress on all the humanitarian elements of your resolution to make any practical difference to their lives the u.n. special envoy said sweden is only the start of the next part achieving a lost in political agreement will be even harder a former u.s. ambassador to yemen laid out the challenges ahead what he got out of stockholm was in some sense of though hanging fruit in some instances in fact they're wise. that

had already been agreed like the prisoner exchange so as so what's going to come next is going to be much more of a trial and there is talk here of fresh talks on yemen to be held in either kuwait or jordan but so far the u.n. has not felt confident enough to name a date james out of the united nations chinese president xi jinping has voiced support for a second summit between north korea and the united states north korean leader kim jong un ended a two day visit to beijing on tuesday neither side provided much detail about its schedule or what the leaders discussed but she has since told local media he.