as a new witness he says this is over but it's not alan fischer i'll just read up on capitol hill washington still ahead this hoffa wiki leaks co-founder junior seau as he is sentenced to fifty weeks in jail in the u.k. and preaching his bail conditions. and south carolina caster semenya loses an appeal records rules forcing her to lower her testosterone levels balance if it weren't for her back. however it got some also pushing into southeastern parts of australia already seeing some rather lively showers along the spells of right swirling for the by easing father reese woods kangaroo island sixty one millimeters of right here in twenty four hours and that west the weather will continue to drive its way further

a switch good parts of victoria will face a possible toria pushing up into central areas of new south wales see some pretty useful right heavy rainfall as we go through thursday further west well sixteen celsius in adelaide still a few showers coming through here we need the right has been particularly dry safe ah this year dry and settle there for perth nineteen celsius on thursday getting up to twenty five as you go on through friday there and hopefully wind coming through so some pleasant or some sunshine coming through at this stage but said feeling a little more autumnal down towards the southeast fifteen celsius in adelaide eighteen degrees there in melbourne still raining useful rainfall pushing across a good part of new south wales said possibly a little bit of localized flooding that has many right a chance any flooding certainly into d.c. today over the next couple of days it's going to be five had the sunshine coming through says seventeen celsius that across church eighteen degrees on thursday therefore all cleaned them a keep that five and seven weather as you break out way to the weekend.

it's all too familiar and innocent lives ended in an instant. then grief anger and the debate around firearms but for survivors and families of the four then reality often changes forever. faultlines investigates the long lasting trauma inflicted on communities the aftermath mass shootings in america on al-jazeera. and one of the top stories on our. anti government protesters in venezuela clashed

with security forces as may day rallies are held in caracas it comes a day after president nicolas maduro said he had stopped an attempted coup by the opposition. played a protest in the french capital have descended into violence after police fought with dozens of anak it's at least thirty eight protesters were injured and three hundred eighty arrested. the u.s. attorney general has defended his handling of special counsel robert minutes report into russian interference in the last presidential election william barr was testifying before senators but the justice department says he will not appear before the house judiciary committee on thursday. let's get more on our top story now the power struggle in venezuela president nicolas maduro is currently addressing his supporters in caracas he's accused washington of being behind tuesday's coup attempt to justify a minute she invasion. but on it can't get them us out of money run up bubba home

again. is there going to be a civil war that's what the opposition wants to bring us to a civil war they proved that yesterday we had all the special forces and tanks ready to face up to the handful of koolaid is what would have happened if we used the what would have happened to venezuela a massacre we would have killed each other there would have been a candidate venezuelans they would have celebrated in washington they would have celebrated and then justified a military invasion to occupy the bolivarian homeland that's what they were seeking . america to tennessee and even joins us live on the line from caracas oh my dearest saw sounding defiant as ever and it also seems that perhaps the opposition momentum the stalled a bit has none. if you type with a law or not a positive mother is still speaking of fact he's saying that the loyalty of the armed forces has been proven he says that at this hour the intelligence forces and the police are hunting for who we called traitors who are still at large in that

sooner rather than later they would pay for their quote treason and crimes it was unclear whether that includes opposition jo kwon bly dull who indicated when he spoke to supporters earlier today that they are trying to arrest him that the government is out to get him he said that if this happens it would be the equivalent of a coup against him since he considers himself now the legitimate president of venezuela but he said that it wouldn't matter because then his wayland's already know now what their roadmap is and that they would continue to try to bring freedom to that israel of a certainly a model is now sounding far more triumphant than why dog there was a lot of oppression against opposition members today and they were not able to have the huge nationwide mobilization that the opposition had been hoping for lars and what about the interference or the kind of influence of foreign powers at the moment how is that ramping up and how do you think that's going to play out. that

is that's a very good question i'm not sure how it's going to play out my google is certainly making the most of what he's been painted as that this failed up military uprisings than ridiculing the united states and especially u.s. national security adviser john bolton who he says was the main organizer of this failed attempt. you know that over and over now he's talking about how u.s. imperialism is trying to basically put the ball over the eyes of the venezuelan people because neither their sanctions have worked nor these marches or attempts to get the military to slip by on my google so they're trying to demoralize the opposition and so far at least the u.s. pressure on mother has not worked in human thank you very much indeed the saudi led coalition has launched more than a dozen ass trucks targeting and their base next to the airport for yemen's capital

and the coalition says it will planes struck an air base near santa that hooty rebels used to launch drone and missile attacks a t.v. station controlled by the whose he says port was also targeted. leaks founder julian assange has been sentenced in any twelve months in jail in the u.k. for skipping bail of a separate hearing on thursday to determine whether he should be extradited to the united states the american authorities have charged assault with conspiring to break into a pentagon computer system and even bother has a history month. well there was plenty of support outside coat here for julian our signs well inside his defense lawyer handed out a letter from julian assange in which he apologized unreservedly for disrespecting anybody who felt they'd been disrespected in the way he conducted himself over the last few years he said that he had acted in the best and only way that he thought possible now what he meant by that was outlined by his lawyer in

a series of mitigating factors that he hoped would really to reduce sentence to the underlying thing being that gina signed had always been acting through a genuine fear that he'd be sent home to the united states if britain extradited him to sweden and when he lost his appeal against that extradition that was when he sought asylum in the ecuadorian embassy now his lawyer pointed out the chilean assigned heads a consistently offer to cooperate with the swedish investigators and he was actually questioned in the embassy by swedish officials and soon after that his lawyer said that was when the allegations were dropped but the judge here said that julian assange had not like his lawyer had claims been held in prison like conditions that he had been free to leave the embassy at any time to cooperate with justice stress nobody should be above the law and sentence him to fifty weeks in

jail now on thursday mr assange extradition hearing for that request by the united states will begin but that process is likely to be extremely long and drawn out according to most legal observers. the british prime minister to reason may has sacked her defense secretary blaming him for a leak about the chinese telecom giant weiwei kevin williamson was fired after details of a national security council meeting were leaked to the press the leak revealed the u.k.'s plan to grant wahl way a role in building britain's five g. network in a letter the prime minister said an investigation found compelling evidence that williamson was responsible he denies he was involved in the leak the giant tornado has swept through southern rumania overturning a bus and injuring several people local media say the storm which began with lightning and hail now really missed a village but still managed to rid the roofs of ten buildings meteorologists say a tornado was the result of a cold front moving from bulgaria in the south and colliding with woman have

reached a speed of ninety kilometers per hour. aid workers in mozambique say remote areas and small islands off the coast are still waiting for supplies almost a week after psycho and kenneth struck. thousands of people remain stranded and more flooding is expected it's the second storm in six weeks to lash the southern african nation killing at least forty one people are in which us are reports from the city of pemba. this church in the coastal town of came by has opened its doors to almost one thousand displaced men women and children. the dogs we received information in our area that we should have back your way to a safer place that night i grabbed my family and came here is the first time two cycles of hit mozambique in one season. heavy rain and flooding is expected to continue for the rest of the week those on the coastline have moved inland and on

to higher ground sister rosa martin to silver has seen a sharp rise in the number of people turning up at a school with nowhere else to go lie or are you going line by africa over there is the river and there it was water all around so this was the area where people sought refuge those whose houses were getting flooded have been coming here yesterday received two hundred fifteen people. the united nations on tuesday confirm that nearly thirty five thousand homes in mozambique have been destroyed leaving hundreds of thousands of people without shelter food and drinking water and at risk of diseases like malaria and cholera more way and i expect that in the coming days which will worsen from being done much towards and the hand of humanitarian access more challenging in water for us people have lost everything they are the is the death toll will rise some homes that used to be in this area are washed the wagering the floods as the rain intensified it caused my slides and

the landfill site over they collapsed on top of some of the houses local say some people are still missing. steve lost his home in the flooding he and his neighbors are assessing damage course the village. the low i'm alone and asking for her. to build a new house i have two children and a wife i don't have anybody to assist you. some people have chosen to stay in their homes but for some of those that do they risk being cut off from my needed aid and with more to arrange the rain and flooding on the way aid agencies say they are facing a critical situation they are in desperate need of more funds al-jazeera mozambique olympic and world champion athlete custer so many are has lost her appeal against new rules that will force her to take medication in order to compete so many are has high levels of the male hormone testosterone and when i have to take special drugs to reduce it if she wants to defend her titles our sports correspondent lee

wellings has more. this was a verdict as much to do with human rights as a threat aches cost as a menu was appealing against a rule that would force her to take medication to reduce her testosterone level and still be allowed to compete in women's competition she lost her appeal against the rule of the court of arbitration for sport in liaison such discrimination is a necessary result of all kinds of socialist means of achieving the ideal believes of objective of preserving the integrity of female atlantics in sunday's strike you dance international competition studies from four hundred meters to one my. athletics while governing body the. maintains it is striving for fairness it said it was plays that the regulations were found to be unnecessary raise the ball and proportionate means of achieving the legitimate time of preserving the integrity of fame that takes the effort has been criticized for its handling of the issue which

included the suggestion that women with rice testosterone should switch to compete against men so many responded to the verdict immediately on social media sighing sometimes it's better to react with no reaction but later she released a statement accusing the i w f of having always targeted by a specific way for a decade has tried to slow me down but this is actually made me stronger she's yet to indicate if she's prepared to consider medication in order to remain a champion i hundred mater's she's a multiple olympic and world champion but can't now defend her title at this year's world championships in doha unless she takes the chemical route she can switch to long distance and did win gold in a five thousand meters at the south african athletics championships last week but the treatment has been questioned by the united nations human rights group by the south african government who called it a gross violation of human rights. while sport tries to adjust to gender issues so

many years words when collecting an award last year. underlined the need for compassion and respect along with science and competition just in rather go you know i grew up in a dusty place. i really appreciate you know the support the love you know also for appreciating you know us for being who we are so we can be the best that we can be lee wellings zero london japan's new monikers vowed to follow his father's example by devoting himself to peace and paranoia hito has formally taken over from his father. abdicated on tuesday the country welcomed its one hundred twenty sixth emperor at a simple ceremony in tokyo during which he was given japan's sacred imperial sort of jewel. a sword which is part of japan's imperial regalia is called. it's regarded as a divine object in japanese culture and the tradition is being kept alive by joe

steel mica. he. thought i'm. supervisor of me. steel makers. but according to myth shinto gods the son all descended upon the mountains here and slew an eight four to serpent would form a sacred sword laid out heard from its body. the titus steelmaking has more than a thousand years of history and tradition. and the fire is a sacred flame of the little bundle transforming iron sand in charcoal into quality jewel steel. the development of steel making contributed greatly to the prosperity of japanese culture and civilization. and we are here trying to preserve it and pass it on for eternity.

we work for three days and nights. tending closely as though raising a child giving it love that they are prepared to do what it takes to produce magnificent steel. are for you have to do or the heat when working at it is very hot and dusty. it requires physical strength but also mental toughness to work consecutive days and nights for. wolf we work as a team leader for the following specific methods of the charcoal cannot be fed randomly it won't burn while. the strength of the flame which is just sound of the sizzling and the sound of the wind through the vent holes. i make sure i take no video of the colors and sounds. i watch the

flames and i go there prepared to pour the iron sand into the best spot. it's burning hot. this process takes place in winter because it's. more effective to work in the cold. we band together in our efforts and that is how the iron bloom is created. when the new steel is made after long days working i feel elated as if my own child was born. top stories here under their protest as in venezuela have clashed with security forces after opposition to one of the largest march in the country's history police fired tear gas and water cannon at several hundred demonstrators who were trying to block a highway there were attempted to start

a military uprising on tuesday thousands gathered to support the again the army to help and oust president nicolas maduro president maduro has been addressing his supporters in caracas who's accused washington of being behind tuesday's could attempt to justify a military invasion but it didn't give the mass on a monkey run up but oh my goodness. is there going to be a civil war that's what the opposition wants to bring us to a civil war they proved that yesterday we had all the special forces and tanks ready to face up to the handful of. what would have happened if we used what would have happened to venezuela a massacre we would have killed each other there would have been a candidate venezuelans they would have celebrated in washington they would have celebrated and then justified a military invasion to occupy the bolivarian homeland that's what they were seeking . u.s. attorney general has defended his handling of the miller report after complaints he

misrepresented the findings to protect president trump william barr has been testifying before the senate judiciary committee and follows revelations that special counsel robert mueller expressed concern about how his report on russia was portrayed the justice department now says barr will not appear before the house judiciary committee on thursday meanwhile the committee says it's considering a contempt of congress resolution because the justice department is not complying with a subpoena for the full report the limbic and world champion athlete cost us the menu has lost her appeal against new rules that will force her to take medication in order to compete in a sport world's highest court has ruled that so many and far and other female runners must take special drugs if they have high levels of the male hormone testosterone and want to participate in certain events those are the headlines next stop faultlines explores the trauma of mass shootings in the u.s.

meantime it was catch up with our website that just about is al-jazeera dot com twenty there on the crisis in venezuela that's it for me bye for now. americans are struggling to pay their rent a problem isn't just limited to make the city. of global governance of the indian several banks cast doubt on earth but. we bring you the story of the shipping big economic we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. the truth is that an active shooter attack on campus is what we do the most frightening experience of your life the more we care the more we produce in your world. the more. the. mass shootings have become a grim part of american life. there were more than three hundred and two thousand

and eighteen alone all of which have four more victims who were killed or injured. to highlight the reality that when it comes to gun violence no place is sacred malls movie theaters places of worship even schools. but these shootings continue to happen this is where i carry curse everyday with me. little baby earth. and that's why i carry him with me all the time. in the is as crazy as it sounds this really does give me peace doesn't it does that i have him with me all the time. even though he's in there a little piece of humans it in there it makes me feel good that i still carry my son with me. in this episode of faultlines we explore the long lasting trauma of mass shootings on a generation of survivors and victims' families. and the new normal that day and

the country continues to reconcile. two thousand and eighteen was the worst year on record for gun violence in us schools. and the majority were killed in two mass shootings. one of those was in a small city south of houston texas called santa fe. the worst thing you have to worry about missing a flake is literally get run over by cow i said that. and here i am rushing to school because most saw got shot. that i had bought a credit. card to shoot that only one down there you want out on. american. i started running in the a c. like cops running. but i don't really remember much. of the

heart i don't aren't going to go under fire are. often. seen moms crying in seeing people reunited with their kids and. it was just waiting for chris. who we met at work. who. are tracking new developments in the planes crash last year at santa fe high school in texas. i'm eighteenth two thousand and eighteen this became the side of the twenty ninth mass shooting that year. say the suspect carried out the attack with a shotgun and handgun all taken from his father after planting explosives inside the high school. the seventeen year old gunman a student at the school killed ten people. among them was this football team a chris rosie stone song. he was interested in the middle kid. he was

not shot a cry. he was a mama's boy one hundred percent mama's boy. we met rosie and chris is older sisters angelica mercedes at her brother's home about a five minute drive from santa fe high school. when i took him to prom his junior prom the saturday before most kids don't want their mom and dad there. he wanted me there. but that's just too chris was i i taught my. family was everything. for christmas sisters were living happy memories help them cope in the months afterward. the three amigos. he was only one had committed so goofy face. but the trauma of losing chris changed their lives in ways they're still coming to terms with your good days where you don't cry as

much. you don't want to just stay at home all day. and then you have your really bad days where you just want to talk to them. even when it's. chris would have wanted to. put my life on the field. and i haven't. but every day i think about him. that phone call i think about it constantly like one phone call changed my life forever like that second and every moment while chris is being killed. will she never have to think of their kid or their brother or sister like that. it's been particularly hard for rosie. she told us she hasn't been able to sleep for more than three hours

at a time since her son was killed. there is not a place in my home. and that's what makes it hard. so what i do is a spending couple of hours every single day at my house. i haven't tried to stay the night there yet. eight months on and you haven't spent the night back in that house you know i can't. i really can't. just a lot of memories so it's hard for her to. do it. like little things from taking up the trash like chris took out the trash chris felt the dogs like it's just hard. to see instead finds peace in an unlikely place. where the shooting happened. right here see that door. that's the art room where my son was and it's going to ministration there's plenty to tear

down the part of the building where people were killed or rosie has been fighting to keep it i literally go in there and i sit in chris's spot and i'll sit there for me about thirty forty five minutes nobody talks to me or not then i don't say nothing i just sit there. and when i leave i feel a little better because. that's when chris took his last breath. you know i was there when he took his first one and i wanted to be where he took his last one of. those he is haunted by how chris is death could have been avoided. and like many others in santa fe which sits in the heart of texas gun country our focus has been on improving school safety measures not gun control . i don't blame the gun. it wasn't a gun that walked in there by itself and killed my son parents need to be held

responsible gun owners need to be held responsible rosie supports expanding background checks for people buying far. she also believes that guns can keep her and her family safe in fact after christmas rosie and her daughters got licenses to carry concealed handgun i do feel like it's a safe tool i don't like that now our students feel that way and i don't like that that our kids feel like they have to have some kind of weapon in order to make it in this world but that's the reality that we live in. that reality means that as parents in their kids to school they're now thinking of ways to keep them safe there. and there's a growing industry to help them. lockdown drill right now if this was your classroom this is the only door in and out where would your teacher have you go and go there now go go go. this is

a class for kids as young as eight years old called school say. it's one hundred eighty eight tactical a private company in omaha nebraska. it's meant to supplement the lockdown drills which are now conducted in nine out of tempo schools across the country what it is representing to us six desks we have to tell you what does your teacher tell you to do the state cry until the bad guy leaves. right know what if the gun shooter comes in your classroom. if somebody came in that door right now and pointed a gun in this direction. do we know that dust is going to help out. no so what would we what would we do if someone's pointed a gun in this direction over the course of two and a half hours. the kids learned different self-defense strategies based on the run hide fight model we're going to run away. from the bad guys are you guys ready.

to go with. the instructors retired police sergeant and believes the kids need more perforation to evade and even fight off an attacker when they're currently getting in most schools will go go go go go run. so. why not. try to scare and we're not trying to turn them into swat commander or anything like that is just to give them some information and give them some strategies so if something were to happen in their little part of the world they would have an idea what to do. i'm just going to come in with my hands open like this like a catcher and i'm going to come in and grab this here. and hang on tight right somebody's coming in here what does that say about our effort to educate our children that they are in their minds preparing to potentially be killed in their own school i mean as unlikely as it is it doesn't feel that way to or kids we don't

know how that's going to affect an entire generation we john cox is a reporter for the washington post who's investigated the impact of gun violence on children including the psychological toll of lockdown drills at schools someone has to get the gun i'm shooting people right now school shootings are no more common now than they were in the one nine hundred ninety s. and the likelihood of a child dying in one remains low. but after each mass shooting the demand for schools and kids to be prepared goes up the hill so we know that lock downs can be incredibly frightening but should we not have the kid do the drill and then the day comes and they have no idea what to do that's probably not a trade that parents or teachers would make you know but something. that is the reality until we as a country make some really significant chain. ages for the shootings from occurring in the first place your bill paying off we talked about running i mean fighting we

haven't talked about giving aid all right this is just a brief little thing about pleading control and it will work on kids your age. will tie one not whom but the pencils in there. was watching your presentation i thought this was curious enough to talk to kids about a woman get shot in the bleeding on the mall what do you think about that he took this talk about why did i believe our kids know about this kind of stuff all right and i don't believe in a lot of respects that we give our kids credit enough for being able to handle what it is that needs to be talked about and because of that that's where we were very blunt or just very straightforward it's going to hurt the other way about see that . anything in that presentation was that scary or was it. really. kind of i was scared for how the.