we must reject. the politics of revenge resistance and retribution and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation compromise and the common good. community from the u.s. president to the state of the union as he outlines his plan for the next year. i get i'm adrian fitting in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the

u.s. president announces a second summit with north korea's leader kim jong un at the end of this month. as well as opposition members are in colombia to prepare the transfer of desperately needed aid. and. a ring in the new year the year of the pig chinese communities around the world celebrate the special day. u.s. president donald trump has given his state of the union address calling for political unity especially on immigration in a wide ranging speech he told republicans and democrats that they must join forces to confront what he's calling an urgent national crisis congress has until february fifteenth to end its deadlock over funding for a border war with mexico to avoid another government shutdown i stand here ready to

work with you to achieve historic breakthroughs for all americans millions of our fellow citizens are watching us now gathered in this great chamber . hoping that we will govern not as two parties but as one nation i think . the asia and i will lay out this evening is not a republican agenda or a democrat agenda it's the agenda of the american people stacy abrams who lost her bed to become the first black female governor of georgia last year as the

live of the democratic response to the president's state of the union address and she used it to criticize trump's immigration policy this it ministration chooses to cage children and tear families apart compassionate treatment at the border is not the same as open borders president reagan understood this president obama understood this americans understand this and democrats stand ready to effectively secure our ports and borders but we must all embrace that from agriculture to health care to entrepreneurship america's made stronger by the presence of immigrants not walls. live now to capitol hill as soon as you noted and i think there's a lot of doubt i've been reading other reactions from a number of u.s. senators and congressman couple of congressmen i've been e-mailing. who are on the democratic side who who you know saw this as a sheep in wolf's clothing or maybe

a wolf in sheep's clothing i should say of someone who's come in and they don't believe him that there's very little trust between the democratic party and this president despite the change in tone thus far and they want to see what happens tomorrow and the next day and whether the president will live by the kind of words that he has said that both parties need to be about the whole nation and not just about the republican party's agenda or the democratic party's agenda but it was a very different and and a much much lighter tone than i've heard the president give for a very long time and as you say a pretty wide ranging it took in the economy infrastructure that plea for unity and the investigation there was a bootable goss pier in the newsroom and i was there when he said to write an economic miracle is taking place in the u.s. the only thing that can stop it a foolish was politics ridiculous palaces and invest and investigations. exactly well it is it is interesting that forty five years ago now richard nixon

said there had already been one year of the watergate investigation and that needed to end so that is one of the things being passed around in response to president trump that he has played the nixon line tonight and that that did not work too well for president nixon steve great to talk to you on the program many thanks indeed for being with us let's turn to some of the other things that are making news right now venezuelan opposition politicians in colombia preparing for the transfer of aid and supplies from the u.s. trucks were sent a request for help myself to play that interim president. but it's unclear if military forces who remain loyal to president nicolas maduro well allow the aid into the country to raise about reports from caracas. employees have bismuth hospital in the capital caracas say they are in desperate need of aid they say their hospital urgently needs basic medicines and medical equipment they say the venezuelan government shouldn't get in the way of international aid entering the

country. because this hospital had the best doctors the best nurses could best of everything and now we are seeing a complete deterioration with shortages of medicine food for patients and cleaning products the self declared interim president why though says the president. is illegitimate he's pushing for legislation in the opposition controlled national assembly to be passed to remove the roadblocks on humanitarian aid members of the national assembly say that they would like to create a humanitarian corridor composed of n.g.o.s religious groups and doctors that will allow the aid to reach those who need it the most but it won't be easy because the government says that the humanitarian aid is a political show by the opposition that will allow the united states to intervene in the country where. he's in charge. the push for aid in the national assembly he says is wrong. it is not only the united states that is an evolved

it is the labor group that meeting canada nobody can say justin trudeau is the extreme right or pedro cinches in spain i want to see the message to the world venus why this constitutional order is broken we won legislative elections and i took our wife from us we asked for a referendum and they did not want it they do not want to get out of power what we are offering is not a liberation army just the ability to choose a future and a new election in the same building but in another room met the rival constituent assembly the legislative body created by the government two years ago to redraft the constitution now it is proposing to call for legislative elections to replace the opposition controlled by a man whose mandate expires next year. the opposition wants elections so we could call for legislative elections because parliament is controlled by the extreme

right at that stage in a coup by the only power that has not been revalidated recently. and that sentiment was shared by supporters of. who surrounded the national assembly building during the session but. if one way the once the chair then you can buy it at the store because he is to sit on the presidential seat a political crisis where nobody really knows how or when it is going to end. the international criminal court has released the former president of ivory coast laurent gbagbo spent seven years in custody at the hague and was the first former head of state to go on trial at the i.c.c. he was charged with crimes against humanity after violence erupted following the disputed twenty ten election will stay in belgium pending an appeal. rival factions from the central african republic have signed that initial deal to end six years of fighting and agreement between ca us government and fourteen rebel

groups was reached on sunday after two weeks of un led negotiations in sudan a more detailed agreement is due to be signed in the cia on capital bungie on wednesday thousands of been killed and millions displaced in fighting between christian and muslim militia since twenty thirteen five countries from africa's a hell region of the united nations for help in the fight against armed groups leaders of the kuna faso china mali mauritania and jeff made the plea for money and other aid other son is indicate of capital attacks by armed groups of surged in the region since chaos engulfed libya in twenty eleven the meeting coincided with military raids on became a fossil is border after two attacks left nineteen people dead also so on tuesday five security personnel were killed at oversea follows an attack on monday in the town of careen which left fourteen civilians dead nicholas hark is

monitoring events for us from dakar in senegal. and this is a region where there is no physical front chair it's a region used by nomadic herders that come across into breaking a fast so in search of food and water no one has been able to independently verify the circumstances of the death that occurred during this operation but it's certainly a small victory for the brick enough us army that have come under attack they say it's in response to an attack on villagers late on sunday night where armed men went house to house killing villagers and it comes just days before the start of the u.s. training operation flintlock that will take place in brooklyn a fast now what's clear is that this conflict that started in a region of mali is spilling outside of its border across the region into

neighboring countries and. has suffered the most loss but this comes as a victory for the forces fast so who are facing what it seems an unending conflict floodwaters beginning to recede in some parts of northeastern australia which has seen some of the heaviest rainfall in recent memory new warnings have been issued but some people are returning to their homes to assess the damage andrew thomas reports now from the city of townsville where thousands of homes were submerged this is what you see in front of houses all over townsville now the floodwaters have largely gone down but anything that people weren't able to get out of their house time things like french phrases well they're ruined they're there waiting to be picked up as rubbish well this house belongs to kevin. you've been clearing up your place all day kevin carpet so i can see everything on the ground was really how high was the water and here probably are from around me and for now

you know i came up pretty quickly and it didn't come up with out things in it that there was. spiders you know i really came with it you saw i did it i was eight o'clock at night it was a small lot and a different relation when it disappeared so as you're clearing out if you were watching which cabins you are very close to now. i don't know whether it is a forest around or a python and i know you were able to get sentimental items and electronics you know it's a very nice rifle it's just finely anything to it was only grain yeah probably trade and a whole idea is just you know what you are. really swelling up gaming and i think the clearing bedrooms that you have to carry mattresses you ripping up the carpets i guess you need to dry out everything before you even start thinking about replacing but you aren't sure yes or yeah well good luck good luck with the clean up this is a situation be repeated all over townsville on the wednesday the worst of the rain

soon has moved south but still waits and there's a lot of cleaning up to. chinese people around the world have been ringing in the lunar new year many hoping for prosperity in the year of the pig adrian brown reports from beijing. well this is the time park or earth park in the heart of beijing and a very popular place to come on the first day of chinese new year now traditionally the year of the pig is the year in which you make friends and make money so that possibly bodes well for the current talks between china and the united states to try to diffuse their trade differences the outgoing year the year of the dog was not such a good one for chinese people the economy here continued to slow and many people lost their jobs so will do or die. people want in the year ahead. i wish all my family members will have good health and a much better life in the new year. i have

a big mission to accomplish in my life for the new year i'm getting married i hope all my family will happily stay together for china's president meanwhile she jingping has been touring a neighborhood here in beijing extending new year's greetings and also trying a bit of dumpling making eating dumplings at this time of year is of course very popular indeed even amongst chinese leaders. and on monday night some eight hundred million people tuned in to watch the annual chinese new year television this is the most watched television program in the world even more people watch this than the super bowl which of course was shown in the united states less than twelve hours earlier many of the people you see here in the town park are domestic tourists they've come from other parts of china to feast and to celebrate and it's a celebration that for many people will last until the weekend. video

along with the latest news analysis and comments at the web sites if you haven't already take a look sometime al-jazeera dot com. it is good to have you with us hello adrian said again here in the headlights and i was there a u.s. president donald trump has used his state of the union speech to call for political unity on immigration especially in a wide ranging speech he told republicans and democrats that they must join forces to confront what he's calling an urgent national crisis congress has until february fifteenth to end its stead lock over funding for a border war with mexico to avoid another government shutdown. i stand here ready to work with you to achieve historic breakthroughs for all americans

millions of our fellow citizens are watching us now gathered in this great chamber . hoping that we will govern not as two parties but as one nation wreath of the. the i will lay out this evening is not a republican agenda or a democrat agenda it's the agenda of the american people well during his address the president also confirmed that hold a second summit with north korea's leader kim jong un at the end of this month a two day meeting in vietnam will begin on february twenty seventh trouble's been seeking a second summit to firm up north korea's commitment to denuclearize ation but as

well an opposition politicians are in colombia preparing for the transfer aid and supplies from the u.s. trucks were sent after request for help by the softer pled interim president on. rival factions from the central african republic of signed an initial deal to end six years of fighting agreement between the government and fourteen rebel groups was reached on sunday after two weeks of un led negotiations in sudan a more detailed agreement is due to be signed in the sierras capital borg on wednesday five countries from africa's a hell region of asked the united nations for help in their fight against armed groups violence has surged in the region since chaos engulfed libya in twenty eleven the meeting coincided with two attacks the ability to fast as border with mali as the headlines more news here on al-jazeera after today's edition of the stream. as venezuela is on the brink. with two men facing off for power. one of them self-proclaimed interim venezuelan

leader. talks to al jazeera. and here in the stream today we speak with native american activist to explore why must. the symbols. and how racism activists are advocating for change the stream of course is driven by you our community and today show was put to us on twitter by john little who we'll be hearing from in just a moment but first check out the trailer for his twenty seven thousand documentary film more than a word narrated by native american musician and former stream cast. one.