the libyan situation room we say no to the military rule and no to an individual rule but yes to a civil state the protests come after the white house said president donald trump spoke on the phone with puffed out earlier this week offering his support and praising the warlords fight against what he called terrorism and securing libya's oil many are angry about that development. will of course trump support tough because who were initially brought into the limelight after it was put on hold so they can have someone to replace gadhafi and now they have brought him back to take over the libyan people are against and against after we want civilian rule and freedom. i have to us forces in the east have been fighting to take control of tripoli from the internationally recognized government for the past few weeks since then violence has escalated and more than two hundred people have been killed and there are efforts to find

a political solution. in the center stage. and there is a powerful forces. behind this it's not the endorsement after its offensive after. two weeks ago now. and doesn't really. he wants to go on his own want to this is much more about and also. the u.s. . do have military assets on the ground. libya has had two rival governments since twenty fourteen and violence has followed among their rival militias many libyans now fear the next few months could bring even more instability. al-jazeera. well still to come on al-jazeera sudan's protesters make plans to take charge of the country. plus it's been twenty years since the columbine high school shooting shocked america we'll examine what's changed.

hello there was a a fair amount of cloud over the northern parts of asia at the moment you can see it on the satellite picture coming out of china here and across towards the extreme eastern parts of russia that system will sink its way south was as we head through the next few days it's not really giving us a great deal of what weather but it is making things rather gray but as we head through into monday it will begin to break up altogether so monday should be the brighter day then and well one as well with tokyo up at around twenty three sold at twenty four and force in beijing we should also be up at around twenty seven but other towards the south and it's far more unsettled across the southeastern parts of china at lots of cloud around on quite a few outbreaks of rain and some of that rain will be quite heavy it's going to stick around as we head through the day on monday so yet more heavy downpours are expected hong kong should get to around thirty degrees but even here expect

a large amount of cloud at times and there is the chance of the gold shower before the towards the south and forth across many parts of the philippines and towards the west as a lot of dry weather around at the moment the southern part of the philippines there we are expecting a little bit more in the way of clouds for sunday and a few outbreaks of rain those are going to work their way towards the west as we head through into monday further towards the south plenty of showers here over the southern parts of borneo through java and across in some into some ultra is the king wet at times. this was rome to teach children week from their parents and heard them into a school against their will there was no mother no father figures they put his big player in and we sort of looked after so i don't remember the children's.

home for your kind of his dark secret on al-jazeera. welcome back let's recap our headlines here now just here and now egyptians are voting in a referendum that could keep president up the fact that sisi in office until twenty thirty they're also deciding whether to allow the president appoint top judges and to expand the role of the military in afghanistan a gun battle is underway in a government building in central kabul fishel say three gunmen stormed the communication ministry after a suicide bomber targeted the entrance. police in northern ireland have arrested

two young men in connection with the murder of a journalist a vigil is being held for lyra mckee who was killed on thursday during a riots in london during. the opposition group that's led months of protests in sudan says it will name the people it wants to take charge on sunday it's demanding a civilian government to take over from the military rulers who pushed out president bashir earlier this month. joining the sit in is like stepping into a new sudan people are taking power into their own hands these civilians are now guarding the border and they're greeting people with songs and smiles. was so. almost a pleasure and they'll work involuntarily. while this crowd craves the heat to put out a message of change has helped to keep them cool money is being donated

drinking water is provided i food is served for free for a while but a medical doctors have left their paid jobs on joint efforts to set up makeshift clinics. to help those who protested last night just yeah we worked in hard conditions there were days when we couldn't handle the sheer number of people who came for medical help we could hardly sleep for days we were doing both the humanitarian and national juta by being here. these people are here in front of the army headquarters to make sure a complete revolution is achieved and a military coup doesn't just lead to another period of rule like bashir but as i see it in medicine he said the military council must tend of the power to a transitional civil and government which is protected by the army will fulfill all the objectives of derivatives so far we have only cut the head of the tree we still

need to remove the roots a message that's being eco that on sudan ordinary people now take center stage the blood that's been shed for this moment he's on the walls as are the young women who acted with courage and leadership this is where some of the deadliest blasts took place on the morning of course when thousands of protesters walk up to the crossfire members they didn't go to those classes they displaced the special facilities where folks actually came from the streets and that is what it's not a percentage. basis of this uprising it's like a fire ball that's building itself a sense of the old regime. the uniforms of those snipers who are caught hank here as a mark of shame to those who fought change but many here say the deep state is still intact and only the facade of the former regime has been removed i think that.

they didn't they just removed some debt and put more tax in its place we don't want any national congress members in the government. and that's why the polluters must and their rule slogan whether or not the regime has fallen. here. comes to. the latest now from morgan she joins us live from hard to hear but what is the general of the you trying to achieve there we know is on a visit yes i mean he arrived less than a two hours ago and it will not be the first time he's meeting members of the military council of the it will be the first time he's meeting the head of the military council at the harm the african union has already said that it does not recognize the military council as the government of sudan and that the council should hand over power to an independent transitional government that has the floor and the military to take over that has ousted president bashir and they say that if

the council does not hand over power then the aspirations its where it's at the aspirations of sudanese people has not been met but let's not forget that the military council has said that the ball is in the political party's court and that the political parties will be the one to decide how the transitional government should be formed how soon it should be formed and what it should look like we're already seeing political parties differing on how that should happen some parties want a period of one year while others want a period of up to four years and people on the streets are listening to the sudanese professional association the body that has been spearheading the call for protest now that body is going to name its nominees are met cabinet members for the transitional government tomorrow but people on the streets are waiting for the african union to say that they will be put in for pressure on the military council to hand over power but more than that they're waiting for the military council itself to announce that it's going to hand over power to a civilian transitional government all right thanks for the morgan the. now to the

fallout from the public release of the u.s. special counsel's report into suspected russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election the department of justice has dismissed a congressional subpoena from requesting an uncensored copy of the report as premature and unnecessary an edited version was released on thursday can really help it has more from washington. as u.s. president donald trump arrived fur golf game at his club in florida back in washington democratic members of congress renew demands and issued a subpoena for an unproductive version of special counsel robert muller's report by may first on a working visit to northern ireland during a congressional recess nancy pelosi the top democrat in the u.s. house of representatives again played down talk of impeaching the president that this time she didn't rule it out the congress of the united states will honor its

oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states to protect our democracy we believe that the first article article one the legislative branch has a responsibility of oversight of our democracy and we will exercise that the conclusion of congressional democrats after reading what they call the selectively redacted four hundred forty eight page report is that while the special counsel declined to prosecute a sitting president did call on congress to investigate whether trump obstructed justice and tried to stop the investigation into russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. election on friday morning trump tweeted using profanity he lashed out at recollections of his statements in the report calling the fabricated and the investigation an illegal hoax congressional republicans are promising their own investigation into whether law enforcement agencies like the f.b.i. may have exercised political bias to destroy trump's presidency democrats have

announced they will hold a conference call on monday to discuss next steps this is far from being over and i'm sure that the health and the senate oversight committees are going to be looking at every piece and turning everything because just looking into what the special counsel looked at. the possibility impeachment i think everything's on the table and. this is not the end of anything but what happens next is now in the hands of congressional democrats newly empowered by the special counsel to act potentially dictating not only the terms of transfer mading time in office but also whether he might win reelection the twenty twenty presidential race can really help get al-jazeera washington the first democrat to declare for the twenty twenty us presidential race is calling for donald trump to be impeached senator lizabeth warren says the house of representatives should begin proceedings the position is

different to that of several of the leading party figures who say the process would be counterproductive particularly during an election campaign. so today marks the twentieth anniversary of the columbine high school shooting in the u.s. twelve students and one teacher were killed when two teenagers carried out a planned attack in colorado several mass school shooting since calls for gun laws to change there's alan fischer reports anti gun campaigners believe change is finally on the horizon. it was until then the watched school shooting in american history a nation watched twenty years ago as terrified students run for their lives the lucky ones could hug their parents but twelve students and one teacher never would they died when two students took their guns and the rage into the corridors of the high school and columbine became new in the world over among the community it's among the american people there really was at the time

a sense that ok maybe maybe this will be a change maybe change will will come from this and there was quite a popular appetite to see it happen but the colorado shooting brought copycats and contagion it wasn't the first mass school shooting but somehow it became a fresh starting point and a heart breaking list that grew every year. for junior tech with thirty two people were killed. sandy hook in connecticut where twenty children were shot dead and moved the president to tears the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages of five and ten years old. roseburg in oregon parklane florida and many places in between eleven more mass school shootings eleven places that said enough eleven places changed forever. but not in the we many hoped in australia after

a mass shooting where thirty five died they changed the laws in scotland where children were gunned down in a school in dunblane the change the laws and the recent attack on two mosques in new zealand brought an almost immediate change in gun laws so this new generation to really are the ones that are going to be the ones to bring change because they've grown up knowing nothing but the fear of school shootings their entire life columbine was twenty years ago. people who were born after columbine are now voting and that matters because they don't want this fear for the next generation they had a memorial service for columbine this week they wanted to send a message of hope and strength to the community which has lived with the tragedy every day for twenty years and the other places that no must also live with the same pain the same scars alan fischer al-jazeera but as white an opposition leader one guy though is calling for mass may day protests i. i.

said his supporters need to continue showing president nicolas maduro people will not accept water and electricity shortages anymore. or pope francis is there the good friday mass in rome for friday before easter sunday is when christians commemorate the crucifixion of jesus christ is the leader of the roman catholic church decried all those suffering in the world especially children migrants saying they were bearing crosses but they didn't refer to sex abuse scandals involving the church. teaches who the cross of migrants you find doors closed because of fear and hearts hardened by political calculations as the cross of the little ones wounded in their innocence and in their purity in the cross of humanity roaming in the dark of uncertainty and in the darkness of a temporary culture. hundreds of people in the french capital paris have gathered for a good friday ceremony held near the not so dame cathedral to reflect on the fire

that destroyed much of the building earlier this week. in haiti thousands of people have taken part in good friday prayers in the country's capital port au prince the catholic bishop has led the ceremony to pray for change he said the country needs in bolivia two hundred fifty artists of work together on good friday to patrol the passion of christ in sand sculptures. and in demonstrators use good friday to gather frantic government protests demanding president daniel ortega steps down. corals in a remote area of australia's great barrier reef is showing signs of recovery off the site clones and heat waves devastated the system but scientists warn the elevated sea temperatures any further if they elevate any further might do further damage to the great barrier reef and destroy countless of species who

depend on it for food and shelter the six hundred thousand year old great barrier reef. has not faced a temperature change as fast as it has over the past century. it was a dead zone it was just like dead branches everywhere. it was devastating and i remember like crying in my mosque and it's something that you can hear all the researchers saying here but it's it is really devastating it was almost no fish. i was looking for my clean efficient course. really hard to find and it was again like i'm studying climate change but i was now very expecting that i could see defects in my lifetime while i'm doing my ph d. and it was really devastating to see that. let's take you through some of the headlines now egyptians are voting in

a referendum that could open the doors for president sisi to stay in office until twenty thirty voters are also deciding whether to allow the president to appoint top judges and expand the role of the military rights groups are concerned though the referendum won't be free or fair in afghanistan the gun battle is underway the government building in central kabul fishel say gunman stormed the communication ministry after a suicide bomber targeted the entrance of taliban have denied responsibility. is in kabul. they have managed to evacuate hundreds of people from this particular area so the ministry of communications evacuated people from there which is where the attack is happening some people remain in there and they are in safe rooms and then there is another ministry ministry of information and culture which is mixed and they've evacuated hundreds of people from there also so the area is on lockdown there's a lot of congestion in kabul this is the start of the work week in kabul happened

at lunch time there are a lot of people in the area it's right next door to this arena hotel now that is the main hotel where westerners stay you've got diplomats and journalists in there that is on lockdown police in northern ireland have arrested two teenagers in connection with the murder of a journalist a vigil has been held for a liar in the key she was killed on thursday just days before the anniversary of the east are rising of irish republicans against british rule in one hundred sixteen politicians from all sides in the region which is part of the u.k. have condemned the killing there is anger in the libyan capital of the us president donald trump spoke to the warlord general hurley for hotdog in an apparent reversal of u.s. policy president trump offered support to half the jury in a phone call after is leading an offensive to seize the capital at least two hundred thirteen people have died in the two week battle to control tripoli it's

inside story now stay with us. robert muller support is out but the controversy over donald trump's ties to russia is far from over u.s. attorney general the sentence is false on thursday that democrats and many journalists accuse him of misleading the public to protect the president this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey president on this declaring

total victory after the release of a censored version of robert muller report on collusion between his two thousand and sixteen campaign and russia but outside trumps inner circle many are reacting very differently it began with al jazeera jordan on what the long awaited mullah report does and does not tell us. donald trump's two thousand and sixteen campaign team was dogged by charges it was working with russia to throw the election his way but when robert muller was chosen to investigate those allegations this was trump's reaction oh my god this is terrible this is the end of my presidency now bowler's investigation is done and the four hundred forty eight page report with many sections blacked out is del public the special counsel's conclusion stated at least three times accordingly while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime it also does not exonerate him as far as the u.s.

attorney general is concerned trump is not in legal jeopardy bill barr says just because muller's report is filled with details about contacts between the campaign and russian officials doesn't mean anyone committed a crime we collect this information we use that compulsory process for the purpose of making that decision the report confirms what the u.s. intelligence community believes russia did meddle in the two thousand and sixteen presidential campaign between trump and hillary clinton russ upon tax with members of trump's inner circle where betty including with his son donald jr who is not be charged with any crime his lawyer michael cohen and campaign manager paul bana fort both kohen and man a ford are now headed to prison for a lawyer to the government about their actions however muller and his investigator say there's not enough proof of

a bigger conspiracy or of presidential interference if we had called didn't after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice we would so state based on the facts and the applicable legal standards however we are able to reach that judgment. but mohler it gets never compelled to sit for an interview in the interest of time raising questions in congress and the general public about how thorough this investigation really was rosalyn al-jazeera washington an hour before the report was released attorney general william barr spoke to reporters he was later criticized for mischaracterizing some of the report's findings and for acting like one of president trump's personal attorneys rather than as a neutral law enforcement official in assessing the president's actions discussed in the report it is important to bear in mind the context president trump faced an

unprecedented situation as he entered into office and sought to perform his responsibilities as president federal agents and prosecutors were scrutinizing his conduct before and after taking office and the conduct of some of his associates at the same time there was relentless speculation in the news media about the president's personal cope ability yet as he said from the beginning there was in fact no collusion our defendant throughout the press conference saying the president cooperated fully with miller's investigation but the report did criticize trump for refusing to agree to an end person interview with the special counsel and for refusing quote to provide written answers to questions on obstruction topics or questions on events during the transition or also said that trump had done nothing to obstruct the investigation but according to the report trump ordered a top white house official to fire miller and then when that official refused

ordered him to lie about it perhaps most importantly bar repeatedly said that the report showed there had been no collusion between the truck campaign and russia but it actually says the russian government didn't try to help trump's campaign and that the campaign quote expected they would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through russian efforts. and to bring in our guests now joining us from philadelphia is joe watkins republican political strategist and former white house aide to george h.w. bush here in doha wilcox professor of government at georgetown university and again from philadelphia on skype claire finkelstein professor of law at the university of pennsylvania law school welcome to the program all of you clyde i'm going to start with you because we began this discussion yesterday right before the press conference when you joined me here on al-jazeera and you had some concerns going

into the press conference for a number of reasons even the fact that there was a press conference before reporters or congress that had a chance to see the report now that the press conference happened and the report has been released what are your thoughts on the things that the attorney general said many of which clearly do not jibe with the report. two things first of all obviously the attorney general was doing a campaigns even for donald trump but secondly i just don't understand the logic of the press conference at all because an hour later we have the report and we can see that most of what he said or much of what he said was at least more complicated and often just wrong and so i don't know what the audience for that press conference was joe. here is a representative of the republican point of view what was your take on the things that bill bore said and the fact that at least some of those things clearly ended

up not being true or at the very least were a mischaracterization of what the report actually said. well from a political standpoint what the bill barr said was helpful to the president attorneys general are generally supposed to represent the united states government to be the chief prosecuting officer for the for the u.s. government but in this case attorney general barr saw fit to hold a press conference which was very helpful to the president trump and what i mean is that for the majority of americans who will never read the over four hundred page report all they wanted to know was whether or not the report. concluded that the president had obstructed justice or had colluded. participate in collusion with the russians and when attorney general barr said that the end of the day the report shows that there was no collusion and the obstruction of justice for millions of americans that was enough certainly for people in the president's base but also for

lots of voters around the country who were never going to read the report for them that was enough so what the attorney general did from a political standpoint was very beneficial to the president does actually let me go back and clear on this before i follow up on that claire do you agree with that assessment that there was already concern going into this about the choreography of this and the order of this and the fact that the reporters in the room weren't going to have the benefit of having read the report to ask pointed questions but do you agree with those point that what will probably happen going forward no matter how much reporting there is the takeaway for a lot of people will be the words that that bill barr said and people won't actually dig into the report do you agree with that. i do and the biggest concern that i have is the stress that bill barr laid on the fact that he was not found in dateable for obstruction of justice on substantive grounds barr

seem to suggest when miller stresses all the way through the report the long standing tradition of the justice department of not indicting a sitting president it seems therefore highly likely that muller was trying to send this to congress that he was very concerned about evidence of obstruction of justice that the fact that it was the president of the united states we were talking about and the justice department policy which a lot of people don't agree with was really the reason for his not moving ahead or at least a very large reason for his moving ahead and so it's a technical point bill barr however has really spun the narrative on that one and i think that's concerning. ok let's he said a lot there so we're going to come back to a lot of it i first though i want to do want to ask you about the clip that we played a moment ago where. after bill maher said all of what he said that he pivoted and said let me put this in context and then started trying to explain it from his

point of view why the president had been frustrated perhaps did the things he did it i don't know if it's the tweets i'm not really sure but explain the role of the attorney general yes the attorney general is nominated by the president but explain for our viewers what the role of the attorney general supposed to be. the attorney generals the chief law enforcement officer of the united states he is not the president's personal lawyer and what's really shocking is that when you have a report that details were russian interference to subvert our election you would think that the chief law enforcement officer of the united states would be out there saying i am really concerned about the role the russians played in trying to impact our election and we are going to make sure that we are doing everything we can on law enforcement side to ensure that it doesn't happen again and you don't

find any expressions of that his primary focus has been on exonerating the president it's not an appropriate role for the attorney general or to be massaging the rollout of this report in any way joe does that concern you that we haven't seen any pushback or anger from the president or even largely from the republican party about the fact that clearly russia did involve itself in the election perhaps tampered with are you concerned just from a national security perspective that we haven't seen a real effort to make sure that doesn't happen again joe. well in a perfect world there would have been no press conference yesterday because the thing would speak for itself that is to say the report would have spoken for itself and there would have been no need for a press conference but there was and as i shared a little bit earlier it was politically very helpful to the president look at it politically republicans don't have anything to gain from from continuing the debate

. about the miller report in the year two thousand and twenty which is a presidential election year and also a u.s. senate and u.s. house election year they know that voters will be looking to. economy issues the health care as hard as just a moment and i do want to talk about those things i do but i just kind of want to pivot back to the question i asked are you or the republican party concerned about the fact that russia meddled in the election and the president has shown no anger about that clearly republicans and many republicans are concerned about the fact that there was mentally in the election and many have called for to take steps to make sure that that doesn't happen again and i think that from the president on down there would be concern on the part of the republican party but as a political issue that clearly is not front and center while efforts will be made by by republicans as well as the.