bit by. the stories we don't often hear told by the people who lived them mothers of rain could be this is europe on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. hello i'm a saucy a ten this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. we are not going to give any president democratic or republican a blank check the u.s. house votes to cancel president trump's declaration of a national emergency over his border wall. where just hours away from the vietnam summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korea's leader kim jong un. nigerian president

mohamed hari extends his lead and his supporters are claiming victory. the u.n. security council meets on the venezuela crisis with well it's palace divided again . well u.s. president donald trump is getting ready to meet north korea's leader that while he is away his immigration policies are under attack at home a new report is detailing accusations of abuse at american immigrant detention centers and the democratic led u.s. house of representatives has voted to block trump's declaration of a national emergency along the border with mexico the president used the palace earlier this month to get funding to build the war on the frontier john hendren has more from washington. two hundred forty five the nasal one eighty two using their newfound power house democrats leveled a direct rebuke. president trump table the house voted to reverse trump's

declaration of an emergency on the mexican border the vote followed a spirited sometimes contentious debate how many dead americans does it take for open border advocates to support border security democrats say trump is exceeding his constitutional authority going around congress after it passed a spending bill that specifically denied him money for a border wall building a wall much faster is not an american city that's political theater dot's political posturing for twenty twenty. plans to use that declaration to access eight billion dollars in emergency funds to build the wall ninety percent of the drugs and the big stuff goes out to the desert makes a left and goes where you don't have any wall i'm going to call it a wall and you know they're likely to call it a barrier to wall it's a big beautiful powerful steel wall the bill now moves to the senate where if all

forty seven democrats vote together they would still need for republicans to join them to pass it they appear to have at least three republican senator susan collins lisa murkowski in thom tillis say they will vote to overturn drum's order if republicans in congress line up behind the president the message will be clear he can do what he wants if some republicans even a few say no that might at least you know provide some reason for him to be carefully if the senate votes with the house the president would be forced to veto the measure as he's promised to do and congress is unlikely to muster the two thirds majority it needs to override him but there would be no mistaking when it comes to declaring an emergency on the border the president is largely going it alone. even if opponents of the president's emergency order fail with the white house in congress they could still succeed with the third branch of government the courts where they are already arguing that there is no emergency south of the border john hendren zero washington and new figures suggest thousands of immigrant

children have been sexually abused while in government custody in the u.s. the department of health and human services say there have been more than four and a half thousand complaints in the past four years from on the company of minors and on top of that the chairman of the u.s. ethics committee hearing a case on the trumpet ministration and its immigration policy says the department of justice has received more than one thousand complaints that figure includes one hundred seventy eight accusations of sexual abuse by stuff at refugee and resettlement centers as you callahan joins us now live from washington d.c. clearly the president's immigration policy is under attack from two different fronts so let's start with these shocking figures of children being abused in custody where is all of this image from. well this is all coming from democrats in the house of representatives as john mentioned they're using their newfound power to investigate the president and his policies and his policy of separating children

from their parents at the border was incredibly controversial it was very unpopular he pretty much quickly tried to rescind the policy the courts got involved and said no you have to reunite the children with their families so now the congress is investigating the policy what went into it whether they were ready for whether the children have actually all been reunited when a judge has been told they have it and the government saying it might just simply be too hard to find all of the children that have still been separated from their parents so now the congress is digging into this so they asked for information which they can do from any government agency and the democrats say that they were given a stack of paper about this thick and there were a couple pages in there which outlined these reports now there was a coup testimony today on the hill it got pretty testy pretty fiery the man in charge of the purpose said listen these hundred seventy people who. staff to have a violated these miners that they were contractors and the democrats fired back even one instance doesn't matter they work for you it's still horrific so where is

all this going well they're not done the hearings are going to continue they've sent subpoenas to they voted to subpoena some people in the trump administration they're in the hall than before their congress they're going to put them on camera and they're going to ask the question as to why did you do this did you think it through and where the kids and patty took us through also what's likely to happen next now that the house has voted to have a ten times declaration of the state of imagine see. well the big question is john mentioned in his story is the senate there now they have eighteen days where they have to take up the measure because of the procedural her vehicle that was used they have to take it up three of said they're going to vote against the president the question is are more going to follow and that is what we're going to be watching in the white house has been pushing really hard on republicans to stay in line they need to know that they still fear the president if they vote to rebuke him on this that could start to weaken his power now if you look at polls trump is

overwhelmingly unpopular with the majority of americans but he is incredibly popular within the republican party so these senators have been unwilling to stand up to him even though privately many will say really negative things about him and his policies they are concerned that they will simply lose their jobs if he turns his twitter rage against them so the question is are they going to stand up for one two three maybe more going to stand up join their three colleagues say this is not a national emergency risk the ire of the president while we wait to see but if in the recent history of the first two years of the term the ministration republicans in the senate have been unwilling to do so will they change because many do say that this is completely and over grab it over grab it against the constitution well we'll find out in just a matter of days out as there is patty how hand watching all of a is developing for us in washington thank you patty. well the next test of relations between the united states and north korea will

happen in the coming hours donald trump and kim jong un are in vietnam for a second summit eight months after their historic meeting in singapore the big question is whether they can reach an agreement on the denuclearization of the korean peninsula shortly we'll go to rob a bride in seoul that fest out different as had james bays is in hungary james trump and kim are expected to meet this evening what's on the agenda for today and how to avoid. well president trump has been taking a bit of a rest we don't know if he's been sleeping he certainly hasn't been tweeting yet but when he does awake which i suspect will be about now because he has his first meetings in a couple of hours he i'm sure things are not disconnected from each other he'll be aware of what's happened in congress watch closely whether there is a response to that here in vietnam because domestic pressures on president trump are great and they don't go away just when he's on the foreign trip like this as

a say in two hours' time he'll have his first meetings but not with the north koreans clearly of it now the host here when you are the u.s. president visiting another country you have to pay with pay your respects to the leadership so he'll be meeting the president of it now and then he'll also be having a meeting with the prime minister of vietnam will have some pictures of those the reporters will be allowed in see the beginnings of those meetings a possible that in a couple of hours time we might hear the first words of donald trump here in vietnam talking about this crucial summit going forward to the end of the day that is when he has his first meeting with kim they have twenty minutes together and then a working dinner three a side dinner with key members of each of their team that will be a relatively social event clearly they will deal with some of the substance but

then the really detailed talks are happening here in hanoi on thursday where we expect in twenty four hours time for them to be basically sitting down about this time of day. we appear to have lost james bay is there we will come back to him as soon as we get him back but for now let's speak to rob mcbride who is in seoul rather that this summers is obviously being very closely watched as well in south korea what are they hoping will come out of this summit. so this this is being closely followed throughout south korea but none more so because during the blue house the presidential office itself president mungy in here is seen by many as the instigator the architect if you like of this whole process of reconciliation moon

has been sending statements passing all his good wishes to both the participants in this summit really heaping praise on both trump and kim talking about the strength and about their courage in taking this further forward of course south korea's attempts at building into korean relations really depend on a successful outcome from hanoi it's known that both north and south korea want to embark on joint economic and tourism projects they can only do that if there's going to be some progress at least on maybe giving some exemptions to these crippling sanctions and also it will pave the way it is hoped for and historic visit by kim jong un to south korea possibly as early as april this is widely supported still in south korea a majority of people are still behind this whole process in fact in the last week or so moon jay and popularity ratings have gone up by

a percentage point or two but there are still obviously critics here in south korea especially from the more hard line conservative right wing groups who are very fearful of this whole process they're believing it leaves south korea exposed to what they see as the danger from north korea fearing that there could be some unilateral step taken by president trump for example to reduce the numbers of u.s. troops here in south korea so there are critics we are expecting to see protests for and against out on the streets of seoul there is also criticism of course that this whole process while addressing the nuclear issue has done nothing to address the allegedly a. holding human rights record of north korea and in particular it's an issue here in south korea which concerns many people are still the thousands of people from south korea who were abducted during the korean war and whose families who still

are surviving members of those families still know nothing about what became of their loved ones more than six decades on decades after the fighting ended they are the korean war lingering victims whose faces are gradually fading into history but for their living family members they are painful reminders of stolen lives lekan chan was just twelve when he last saw his father taken by invading troops along with thousands of other south korean men back to north korea from which they never returned because i had six brothers and sisters and my mother had to bring us up by herself she got a job as a cleaner our life was horrible the south korean government has been keeping the issue alive recently opening a museum close to the demilitarized zone separating the north and the south the abductees were mostly technicians and did ministry to us who were of value to north

korea the north has always denied they were taken against their will most are thought to be long since dead but son could still be alive. and the organization representing their families wants their plight to be included on summit agendas. and to get it i want they should give him now for all future talks and for north korea to be responsible for resolving this issue. and it's my hope that the remains of the ep the keys are returned to their families we want the north koreans to recognize what they have done and our holidays for it behind the summit smiles a dark shared history still waiting to be resolved so that is a continuing issue here in south korea but of course there is also the problem of status here of the thousands of north koreans who according to international human

rights monitors still languish in this system of goo like some one hundred thirty thousand prisoners many of them political facing allah daily bases according to u.n. reports starvation torture even summary execution then again that their plight may not well be addressed in this summit that is a concern for human rights monitors and the un but then as supporters of this whole process will tell you any kind of positive engagement with north korea must be good to try to get this once hermit kingdom as it was often known to engage more with the outside world that has to be good in dealing not only with the question of nuclear weapons but also its human rights record out of here as much rubble pride in seoul thank you for that rob well we've had james bay is back now in hanoi and james can you tell us a little more about what we expect to see from kim gallant today what's on his agenda. well we don't know because they've

not released any details there is some talk that he's going to do a tour of a factory here in vietnam to see the amazing economic growth story of this country because of course if you look at the history since the second world war the u.s. has been involved in asia and has been involved in it in conflict in asia and the two notable countries are vietnam and north korea the vietnam war and the korean war and clearly the norm now relations are back to normal since the one nine hundred ninety four the trade embargo was lifted this country has good relations with the u.s. it's still technically a communist country but you wouldn't think that if you walked down on the streets and looked at the capitalist trade going on here so the thought is this could be a sort of model for north korea and that kim might be impressed by that

and in return may be willing to give up his nuclear capability what's not clear is whether there is anything that's been pre-work to head to this summit the white house has talked about some what they call deliverables that could come out of this summit but the reason they're having this summit at this stage for the second time the north koreans are getting a face to face meeting with the president of the united states is because the talks at other levels between the secretary of state and his counterpart between the nuclear negotiator and his counterpart they stalled and they need to bring the big guys back in to restart this process also worth noting that south korea's continued its the primacy in north with north korea and south korea keen to make this not just about the nuclear issue because they know that just on the nuclear issue north korea pushes back trying to make it a bigger issue about peace and unity and reconciliation on the korean panetta.

president trump it seems from his comments is not going to put too much pressure on the north koreans at this summit because he wants to keep this process going for him domestically at the moment what he's achieved on the north korea file is a win our diplomatic editor james bay is there in hanoi we'll be hearing a lot more from him in the coming hours thank you james more than sixty people are feared buried after the collapse of an illegal gold mine in indonesia rescuers are searching the size and north soon always see at least one person has been found dead while fourteen others have been rescued the national disaster agency's says the mine collapsed because of unstable soil and the large number of mining holes. plenty more ahead on this news hour including lawyers say they have new evidence linking the saudi government to the nine eleven attacks in new york. an indian bombing raid into pakistan dramatically increases tension between the new neighbors

. and in sports twenty sixteen english premier league champions leicester city have a new manager will have that story. heading for a second term as nigeria's president based on results so far from the electoral commission a.p.c. party officials say they are preparing to celebrate. by nearly two million votes but the electoral commission says it continent's the final results yet the main opposition p.d.p. accuses the ruling party of trying to rig the polls well al jazeera joins us now from the capital of how we we're still waiting for an official declaration of the winner. people are waiting to have not been made to see the reason for the delay is because they want to avoid what

happened in some other previous elections where there were logistical issues queries and allegations board so right now no one really knows when the final announcement is going to present biharis supporters are confident he's won some of them i hear at the. hearing for they're going to. rally security has increased significantly in there on the area we believe a lot more soldiers some roads have been dropped but. generally across the country people waiting in the windows but they were going to get. and how to tell us a little more about these allegations of just what is the opposition claiming this happened. i have been working with the president and his people to try and steal this election. buying up intimidation and threatening opposition they couldn't go to the polls

because they say in some cases machines or some machines were systematically targeted so a lot of people couldn't vote they. denied by the ruling. terms of what the opposition is planning a way we don't know if they have the on happy with it their recent statement saying that they are asking the election commission to stop any more results until the investigation we know that election officials will kindly in meetings right now discussing when to announce these results but at the moment it is. telling their supporters don't go to the streets wait for the official results a lot of people they could be violence if this election despite. the nigerian capital watching developments thank you very well the u.n. security council has been discussing the venezuela crisis the u.s. special envoy to venezuela is calling for other members to sanction nicolas maduro

government for destroying aid shipments at the border we ask that others join us in sanctioning those who've been involved in the violence over the last weekend and who are fastened by the spoils of the manure regimes corruption we ask of member states contribute to addressing the humanitarian situation in venezuela as dozens of nations already have generally have generously done and we need to recognize the nature of the regime and question question the purpose and likely outcome of so-called dialogue with someone who would rather block and burn donated medicine and bread than see it in the hands of venezuelan children. russia's representative to the un has accused the united states of trying to back in the border crossings into venezuela while avoiding official routes about a tear in support. of the guy who wants to do if you will in the world on february

twenty third we witnessed an attempt at legal state border crossing of unknown cargoes colleagues at the security council which of your countries would have acted any different one even wants to build a big wall of the border of another country to prevent illegal crossings how is this any different to nine hundred eighty six when humanitarian assistance to nicaragua turned out to be an arms consignment to the contras the units let's call a spade a spade it's not humanitarian assistance if the u.s. wanted to help the venezuelan people they would have operated through any of the u.n. agencies accredited in that country as has been done by other countries. as mike hanna has more from the u.n. . the last emergency meeting on venezuela was held in the security council exactly a month ago and it's very clear that the dynamic within the changer has not changed at all basic differences among security council members on the one side a group led by the united states who are insistent that the claims often guy go to

the leadership often as well or should be recognized on the other side a group of nations led by russia who insists that any such recognition would amount to an interference in the internal affairs of a member state there was a lengthy address to the council from the venezuelan foreign minister using the word regime change with regard to u.s. actions in the region also great discussion about the issue of humanitarian aid as members put it some of arguing very strongly that this was in a way weaponized aid in a big to change the government within venezuela but russia and the united states also both said that they have resolutions that they are drawing up they will introduce them in the next few days in a bid to get some form of agreement in a council that remains deeply divided now opposition leader is expected to return

to venezuela this week and as our latin america is when you see in human reports there are questions about what will happen to him once he's back in caracas. there was certainly a degree of demoralization among opponents of president. this moment following the failed attempt to bring in food and medical supplies into venezuela from colombia and brazil over the weekend now opposition leaders are arguing that in any battle in any political conflict you never win in the first battle they say that supporters have to keep up the momentum of the last six weeks that they should maintain their optimism but there is a key element missing in that is their leader. he violated a supreme court order that banned him from leaving the country and now president little says that he will face justice if he returns to the country however political analysts. told that there is no question that has to return to venezuela . one thing is clear if it isn't.

because because he represents the hope of to people because you feel the vacuum of your position which had become weak if you stays approach that vacuum will return. in fact one of those closest aides tells al-jazeera that his return to the country is imminent although he would not say exactly how or where he would return to venezuela now it is a high stakes to say the very very least but if he is arrested that would unleash a whole do series of problems for the embattled president if he decides to go through with it still ahead on al-jazeera the price is wrong drug industry bosses in the u.s. face pressure from the senate to reduce the cost of medicine to consume news. gathering momentum and thousands of students trying protests in algeria the president's decision to seek a fifth. and in sports

a formula one legend watches his former team set the pace and pre-season testing is here with that story. helena it's not really a whit time of the year but once again we've got cloud emanating somewhere around the bay of bengal disappearing up into the high ground of you now which may well generate yet more rain or snow and the picture looks wet east towards shanghai and then back along the yangtze towards her hand which is fairly familiar picture science of this mr for jan and then to hong kong it's warmer and quieter now hong kong up to twenty five as you can see hanoi looks potentially cloudy but probably dry the next couple of days whereas the rain sits where it is

a bit early for spring rains this but nevertheless there's clearly rain and to the west of that just over the border thing from johnny you see rain of course now given platter size of it all still quite for the philippines most the southeast asia very few showers around you know even in borneo you don't see much generated sort of way sea remarkably dry not so if you go towards west papua a scattering of the concentration is a bit further west a bit further south sumatra maybe and occasionally singapore you'll see the wettest weather but this is the anomaly to note at the moment through the northeast of india and bangladesh we've seen rain the last two days and sheryl's are still generated there could well be there again on wednesday. the weather sponsored by count our employees. on this week's authorize a new method of cremation is helping him live television become more environmentalists friendly and we visit a danish community and enjoy taken sustainability to new heights just over there in

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again i missed a reminder of the news this hour the democratic led house of representatives has voted to block president donald trump's declaration of a national emergency along the us mexico border trump used executive palace idea this month to get funding to build the war along the frontier. bihari is heading for a second term as nigeria's president the electoral commission has yet to confirm the results but biharis a.p.c. party is preparing to celebrate victory. the u.s. president and north korea's leader will need and vietnam's capital in the coming hours for a second summit the talks between donald trump and kim jong un are expected to focus on denuclearization of the korean peninsula. well returning to the vietnam summit way u.s.

president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un a set to meet very shortly we tend to just be kim who is a professor of international studies at u. how women's university and author of persuasion the hidden forces that influence negotiations he's in so just that you specialize in negotiation tactics what would be a win for trump and a win for kim coming out of this meeting a win on both sides would be just not know him a deal would stand for hugely assured destruction we want this relationship to continue that's from the perspective of both trump and kim and both of their legacies from their perspective they think is really rooted in keeping this relationship going further and we have a very awkward type of love relationship between these two they both need each other and they're using these words as if they're on a sort of romantic interlude with one another because they know that their legacy it's better in their legacy that this relationship continues you talk about these romantic was can we realistically expect any concrete commitments to come out this time around which is again in type a relationship i think it's hard to get

a concrete commitment right away and that's why these two are basically just trying to sort of court one another trying to feel each other out get a sense of you know what's within their plays only if you will and i think they're both getting a better sense of that it's not that will get a concrete end of war and this is it the end of all agreements type of agreement here i don't think if they do it's going to be a success but if it's not i don't think you classify as a failure i just think it's one more in a ration as they go she ation it's very complex it took over half a century in duration in terms of a conflict between the u.s. and north korea so it's not going to be solved in a half a day well venue's for negotiations can also be very strategic and influential tell us about your thoughts of the choice of vietnam. well vietnam i mean this is the second venue obviously behind singapore and i think what's interesting from the both the u.s. and north korea's perspective is that it sort of paints

a picture of the future or a possible future from north korea's perspective if everything goes well and i think so far i mean kim jong un the leader of north korea is trying to get a sense of do i want this for my country and do i really wanted that bad enough to take a risk and take a bet on it and also there's the p.r.c. of course is another benchmark that north korea is looking at so what kim jong il is trying to figure out is i mean i love the optics of it and i think he'd like the media play on it but is this doable in terms of economic progress for north korea i mean in my view i think it's a definite yes if you take a look at the success story economically of vietnam is something that really is impressive it joined the deputy oh it's g.d.p. rates are really astounding and robust and that could very well be north korea is sort of what the optics and what the substance is trying to say right now well just president trump has also been claiming credit to bringing kim jong un to the negotiating table but could that be simply a function of how far along pyongyang's nuclear program is what's

a function of that yes it's true but it's also a function of you know sort of sometimes you have to create crisis to basically create action and i think that well if things were just normal in north korea would have just basically tested one missile after another and we could have had a very high escalation here in the korean peninsula i mean whether it's purpose or accidental so i think that you know basically where we are now if you take a look at what the scenario the alternative scenario might be if these two were talking i think it's much more that they are talking that they're not talking i think these two are better off together than apart and hopefully it will be encompassed in an agreement at some point or another doesn't have to be today doesn't have to be tomorrow but i think just a little bit of patience is what we need jasper can speaking to us from seoul and negotiations experts thanks for being with us on out there and q. . well there have been more casualties in cross border fighting between indian and pakistani troops in kashmir pakistan says four of its civilians including two

children were killed and another ten injured india's state media say five of its soldiers were injured the fighting follows indian as strikes near the border with pakistan administered kashmir reports from new delhi these pictures released by the pakistani military show the damage it says was done by the indian air force near the town of balakot inside pakistan on a hillside in a force did uninhabited area a spokesman said there were no casualties but india says the airstrike hit a training camp a jaish e mohammad the armed group that claimed responsibility for this month's suicide bombing that killed forty indian troops indeed it ministered to schmear. indian officials say they chose to attack after pakistan failed to take action focused on has no concrete action to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism on its soil. was deceived the moment was attempting other suicide dead attacks in various parts

of the country india has not provided any proof it hit its intended target and analysts say the reason for that may partly be not to further antagonize baucus don but on the streets of new delhi use of the strike was welcomed. india has given a perfect applied to pakistan and this reply was a much needed one. and vs countrymen are extremely happy and we want to tank in the forces. that make it one finished istead it isn't right to give them an answer if they keep it to be able to finish them. but the government is trying to keep the situation because indian officials are calling the air strike preemptive because their intelligence showed jaish e mohammad was planning another suicide attack there also describing it as nonmilitary because no pakistani military was targeted their explanation is being seen as a way to deescalate tensions between the countries but since then there have been raids and clashes in indian administered kashmir. indian security forces conducted

morning raids against separatist leaders in srinagar imposing a curfew on the city and shutting off the internet. but a number of protesters defied the curfew and clashed with security forces. people living here say they've been on edge since the suicide bombing the deployment of ten thousand paramilitary troops at the weekend sparked rumors a major incident was going to take place and locals tell us they feel caught in the middle. what did happen. back to the both of the countries and all the neighboring countries to do shooters on a discussion moot issue to the right. but resolution seems a long way off baucus on asserts its right to retaliate and india put its forces on the border on high alert that leaves the people have indeed and minister to me are fearing that whatever happens they will be caught in the middle as al jazeera you

doug. well al jazeera is kemal high to has more from the capital of pakistan administered kashmir and the off to mad dog and indian tag inside bugger started getting to the weights buggers don said did not kill anybody on the ground and i did india and had to drop the bear load after day so i challenge my bugs on the interceptors the indians of course saying that they have killed hundred of paper to the military spokesman on the other hand saying that their dad was true there would be funerals bollock ordered a populated area and people would come out and body their dead if their dead indians had already tried to spring a surprise and he said earlier that he did not expect the indians to get away with that separate thing that buggers down right now bring their sobriety of it's own the bugger sunny prime minister had already called a national security committee of the cabinet he's met the military leadership and

also the people of pakistan should be ready for any eventuality the buggers on the foreign minister also ahead emergency meetings in forming their own roy who didn't islamabad about what had happened buggers down rubbishing their claim and ignored the buggers on the foreign minister had to say i don't pakistan cricket and if there is aggression against pakistan we have the right to defend our country and this situation is unfolding at a political level on a diplomatic level and at a military level dr stone is planning and pakistan will respond the taliban and the u.s. special envoy are close to reaching an agreement on american troop withdrawal from afghanistan taliban spokesman said how shaheen said the deal will include guarantees that afghanistan will not be used again as a staging or enough anti american attacks senior taliban leaders are holding talks with u.s. special envoy zalmay khalilzad in cata. the u.s. president's former personal lawyer is testifying to congress about donald trump's

contacts with russia and his alleged criminal conduct michael cohen with the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors he's said to serve time in prison for lying to the committee in twenty seventeen on wednesday he'll be giving public testimony on sensitive and potentially explosive topics. a u.s. federal judge is hearing arguments that could see saudi arabia hand over documents related to its alleged role in the nine eleven attacks families of those killed in the world trade center eighteen years ago believe the saudi government helped the plane hijackers they want to suit the kingdom kristen salumi reports from new york . dozens of nine eleven survivors and victims' family members made their presence known in the court as the judge considered motions in the lawsuit against the saudi government for its alleged role in the nine eleven attacks be the tourney's for the

families and their victims say that there is new evidence in this case to link saudi officials with the hijackers on nine eleven who carried out the nine eleven attacks you'll recall that fifteen out of the nineteen hijackers came from saudi arabia and the victim's family members have long contended that they had help from the saudi government and now they are asking the court to order the saudi government to turn over more documents specifically related to two officials in southern california who had contact with two of the hijackers and helped them settle in the united states in the run up to nine eleven now saudi officials say they've handed over what documents they have and that the allegations against the government are baseless they are asking the judge to provide secrecy in the case and to not release some of these documents to the public the plaintiff's attorneys

want more transparency and more information the judge is expected to make a decision in the coming days. the heads of seven top pharmaceutical companies in the u.s. have been urged to do more to lower drug prices for consumers the industry leaders were testifying before a senate finance committee on the rising cost of medicines and expected to be a major issue in the twenty twenty presidential election campaign from washington alan fischer reports. the unusual public hearing after the drug companies asked for it to be in private is a sign america's congress is running into patients over the price of drugs we here in congress urge warring legislative options to determine companies to deter companies from engaging in these practices a key drug braces high for patients. today we expect open honest answers each of the company bosses submitted statements to the committee one said the companies use their profits to invest in important research and

development of new drugs we go where the science leads us which means we don't focus only on diseases in wealthier countries the goal is to save lives even where no viable commercial opportunity exists i just want to know this is the first time lawmakers have demanded answers from pharma companies about rising prices the government is among their biggest customers buying billions of dollars for various government programs senators acknowledge the importance of research it was pointed out drug companies enjoyed more than two hundred billion dollars in government grants to develop drugs and they can write off a lot of the cost of himself against taxes one senator says americans deserve a better deal and american taxpayers we are happy to help you be able to develop these drugs but i can tell you people in michigan just feel that the bargain not to be that the are to be able to afford the medicine after they has had it they have helped to develop it my constituents are dying nearly five it was

a tense exchange when one senator accused the drug companies of acting recklessly by pushing drugs on patients to boost profits and companies like janssen and produce pharma fueled this epidemic employing deceptive and truly unconscionable marketing tactics despite the known risks rask drug makers see other players in the industry help high prices and rebates league gives aren't always passed on to the consumer the president donald trump has promised he's going to make more drugs more affordable for american drug prices are famously complicated with one government report stating it's almost impossible to follow the money and while the pharma companies are reluctant to see government action drug prices is shaping up to be a key issue in the next presidential election that's alan fischer question. pru center for national emergency operations says at least fifty people have been killed in flooding since the monsoon season began in september prolonged heavy rains in the north of the country has also led to landslides in mountainous regions

increasing the death toll meteorologists blamed the increased rainfall on the el nino effect a warming of surface waters in the pacific ocean which has a dramatic effect on weather patterns around the wilds. thousands of students in algeria have joined protests against the president's bid to end to extend his twenty year rule but a freak seeking a fifth term in office despite years of ill health alexy o'brian reports i believe i demanding change and defying a ban on protests in the capital algeria's most of these young people have only known one president i see one year old abdelaziz bouteflika. he's rarely seen in public after stroke and twenty thirteen and his opponents question whether he's fit to lead the country the man who says they go for such a month only here to demonstrate against the fifth we're fed up with it twenty years of high authority twenty years it's enough was. students at the

university of algae as well locked inside campus to stop the demonstrations spilling onto the street i but their anger already stretches beyond this fence with protests in the port town of and above and algeria seeking c.c. i i think you are against the fish and against the system the system has to change they have to be they all have to be. the relatives began on friday after beautifully because candidacy was announced the president hasn't directly addressed the protests about his army chief is warning they'll only have dangerous consequences brian al-jazeera still ahead on al-jazeera. we don't want to keep people in sports tells the manager merit serious sorry has his say on the future of the club's record signing.

now it's time for sports. thanks very much two thousand and sixteen english premier league champions less the city have a new manager they've confirmed brendan rodgers will take charge just spend the day at les's king palace stadium finalizing a deal to leave scottish champions celtic he signed a three year contract or just watched his new team from the stands they beat brighton two one he'll be in the dugout for sunday's match at watford. in order to

leave celtic celtic is a club that's a huge club you know we're. club and work with the players that have we ever have great success of this last three years. but when the opportunity came to talk to lester and i was able to analyze it allowed me to probably think maybe. probably achieved and taken the club members of his father could at this moment then the opportunity to speak with lester and find their own visions and more we can grow the club the training facility and of course the big attraction for me is the as welcome of the players. so young scored a very dynamic squad huge potential and i can say that some other players was with really good experience also so were so there's a number of factors of being here and like to say. it but cup will be hoping the

rajah's can bring some much needed stability cloudier ronny ery managed leicester to the biggest title in the history in two thousand and sixteen the club won the premier league having started the season's five thousand to one outside is maintaining those standards hasn't been easy when the area was fired in two thousand and seventeen and two manages been gone since then claude was sacked on sunday in tragedy is also hit the club late last year lest his own of the shine seated on a problem was one of five people killed in a helicopter crash correspondent lee wellings says there have been plenty of highs and lows for the club leicester has been an incredible story of triumph and tragedy over the past few years in fact i'd start the story back in twenty fifteen when they were very nearly relegated from the premier league which is a powerful around the globe but their managers are not a person miraculously kept them in the league he was citing kung cardio and yairi i

won that league title in twenty six states i've never seen a sports story like. value him self was sacked his replacement was psychotic shakespear and then we had something to put over this incident spectator which was the tragic helicopter crash the i don't know of course was one of five people who died which i shivered at a problem. this was months ago of course they say these are and this wasn't just about the football. this was about the city the city so proud of its club were in mourning and still are so in extent because quickly football moves on now we have the one who carried himself with such dignity campolo sacked and in comes a new man brendan rodgers which causes its own turbulence brendan rodgers has won all eight of scotland's domestic trophies that were available since he came in to grant's going in the summer of twenty six stay in for him leaving shows how scottish football itself has problems these days with its status and standing aside

from sosa usually and it's the premier league and the lure of the premier league and the money as well that the premier league can offer as well as the glory meanwhile scottish champions celtic have moved quickly to fill the void left by rodgers they've brought back neil lennon who helped them to three league titles and two scottish cups when he was manager between two thousand and ten and two thousand and fourteen as a celtic captain lennon made three hundred four parents says he'll take charge until the end of the season chelsea manager he has made it clear he's a man you just don't cross goalkeeper kept at it is learning that the hard way the italian says he's undecided about whether his headstrong player will start against tottenham on wednesday sorry was left fuming when his team's ninety three million dollars signing refused to be substituted during sunday's league cup final match against manchester city kept at has since apologized and been fined a week's wages by the club he said sorry to the technical staff about was not

enough. and then he said the story to the mates to the club we don't want to to kill him he made a mistake big mistake there are some consequence. if the courses were to play he has to be ready to play youth because that where is the bench he has to be the lead to do good to do bench well madrid coach santiago claims there is no rift between him and his forward gareth bale bale has been on the bench for rails last two games and refused to celebrate after scoring the decisive goal in his side's two one victory over live on tape on sunday mail take on barcelona in the semi final of the spanish couple wednesday tie is poised at one one after the first leg before they got a demo solo out of we've done a lot of talking about carrots our thinking is now set on our next game we've got

a huge match coming up we fought hard to get this far so we have to be one hundred percent focused on the return leg doris's all the players are all united and share the clear objective of winning. fernando alonso may have quit formula one but he couldn't resist a visit to pre-season testing in barcelona the two time f one world champion is now focused on trying to win the indianapolis five hundred takes place in may his former team mclaren had a good day in spain the nineteen year old british what he learned on norris setting the fastest lap time the new season gets underway in melbourne next month. no matter how hard humans try animals just tend to be better athletes like this dog named his handler jude threw him a frisbee as part of the halftime show at a football game in orlando florida and yuri ended up stealing the show with this seventy five to catch. his impressive betting set

a new world record for the longest frisbee catch during a live sporting events. and that's always but for now more later. one of the world's youngest orchestras the cast off at harmonic is celebrating its tenth anniversary it was formed to prevent western and arabic music to audiences at home and abroad the jury again the reports. kyung in leaking the name it's a concert to celebrate a musical milestone. the cattle for the money plays in the qatari capital doha to mark ten years since it's a new group of former loony. excess so emotional for me especially because i spend a third of my life in qatar that's it became my home and cut off and i want to orchestra is one of the biggest experience i've made in my life it is really

a place where everyone belongs to everyone on we respect each other and you know even though if you have if you are not true in harmony with your colleague you have to be how many in your state and you have to do things together. the orchestra is made up of ninety five musicians from twenty eight countries a third of its members all women. hold a job is to from scratch really from zero and when i think ten years and today to the best we have all been taught to go and we have achieved a lot of really does increase the castle for monaco construct of films concepts such as this all over the world and in cattle it plays a prominent role in promoting western and arabic music i think it's fantastic we've only been here in doha for about six months but we've already come here three or four times and it's always great quality and the musicians it's just great to be here i mean it's just refreshing to see an orchestra that's performing as novel and

not struggling to find itself which is the case in most cities in the world economic policy car money markets try to spend all their time scraping together the funds to keep operating. the cattle in the morning history has a busy year hangs with performances in doha and to prove that this concert is a chance to celebrate all that's been achieved. it's first decade on the world stage that tori gates and the al jazeera to her. well that's it for me all for this news hour but funny but to be here i'm just i'm i'm.

flying cancer i always experience the world is like never before cats are always going to places together. for some it's murder says for others it's a way of life. a battle is raging between the whaling industry and conservationists as the future of whaling in icelandic waters is decided. people in power are killing whales on a jersey or. al-jazeera

. where ever you. know it does look more and more like bangladesh is becoming a one party state give me one good reason why the opposition should have been voted into power isn't the problem the human rights watch describes how. position members have been arrested killed and even disappeared maybe hassani goes head to head with a gal who is free to forget do you want to do it develop you know what is distributing the economic revolution will recall saying this is a positive development is not the same as democracy head to head on al-jazeera.

al-jazeera. where every. we are not going to give any president democratic or republican a blank check the u.s. house votes to council president that cooperation of a national emergency over his border wall. watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha also ahead but just hours away from the vietnam summits between u.s. president donald trump and north korea's leader kim jong un when live in hanoi. nigeria.