and certainly we know from what the democrats have been saying in the last couple of hours that that is probably the case that they have a simple majority there and would be able to do that but donald trump believes his strength is in the senate and says that republicans are holding together pretty well there there has been one voice of dissent that has been mitt romney a former presidential candidate himself no the junior senator from utah he says he's concerned about some of the things that donald trump has been seeing but he hasn't said that he would vote for his impeachment and that's the problem that the democrats have well they're building up this body of evidence they really need to get try and convince republicans to switch over because they need a boat 2 thirds of them to vote with the democrats in the senate if they were to impeach donald trump the donald trump says there has to be a full house fought nancy pelosi says that's not the case it still stays with the oversight committees they are calling for plenty of information from the white house donald trump

a stone wall them in the past and when asked about at this time he gave this response i don't know that stuff is the lawyer i know the lawyers think they've never seen anything so there they've never seen that they think so i just i've been president now for almost 3 years and i've been a guy for this for almost 3 years it's almost become like a part of my day and now house committees involved in the impeachment inquiry have os for documents from vice president light and it's about any role he might have played. that's right well there are observers here in washington who would suggest that might pence was thrown under the bus by the president at his news conference last week when he said well you're talking about my phone calls with ukraine what about mike pence's phone calls with your create well all the house committees that have the oversight thought you know what a boat might pay and so they want to talk to him about what he knew about the phone calls in may and also in july what briefings he was given what went into his

briefing but it was their full transcript there they also want to know about the meetings that might pens had with the ukrainian president himself and any notes that they have no they said they want these documents by october the 15th that's 11 days from now and how are they going to get this well they said that if you do not produce these documents that will be considered evidence of obstruction that's a very important phrase because that's exactly what they got richard nixon on it wasn't so much of the crime of organizing the break in at watergate it was the cover up and the holding back documents from the house and the senate that was considered evidence of obstruction and that went in to the minutes of impeachment for richard nixon so there sensually saying to mike pence. you've got to produce this or we're going to start impeachment proceedings against you the republicans will immediately rage about this because they'll say look what they want to do is a pretty good move don't trump my pants that would make nancy pelosi the president

we're a long way from that point at the moment mike pence says there is no daylight between him and the president that they're very much as one but no he is under pressure from the house to produce these documents or he is going to realize that he needs support as well thank you very much from washington alan fresh air. much more still ahead on the program a surge in 1st time voter registrations we meet the young people who could potentially sway a 2nd bag that referendum. and a paralyzed man walks again using a mind controlled access gallatin i'll explain this is scientists helping the breakthrough is having the potential to transform patients' lives.

we've got some rather wet weather just pushing across the foss out of a strategist rolling through the right australian bite down into that southeastern corner then we will see some wet weather just sliding its way into victoria for a time some shower as they stand in their way down into tasmania but some rather lively storms are going to continue rumbling their way away across the foss out of the way for a time in grassy making the whites the east with behind that perth around 21 degrees celsius will see some of the temperatures on the other side of the country from melbourne and to sydney the northerly wind coming in across satellite we could touch the 63 degrees as we go through sas they make the most of it it's all change as we go on into sunday 21 celsius when swing round will the southwest be something the southerly busta coming through here but at least those temperatures will pick up in melbourne there was some more weather just pushing its way into tasmania some damp weather pushing in here then across the other southern tasman sea you can follow that same area cloud into new zealand it's going to be

a rather disturbed weekend for many so some cloud and grace with me through possibility of some snow as well for good measure in nudging a little further north which as we go on into sunday sunday does look like a somewhat dry a day a fair amount of cloud all time with a high of 70. on counting the cost germany's heading for recession put aside of concerns about that to stimulate the economy farmers in brazil's amazon fear their livelihoods are under threat and the billions of dollars in black gold locked away in patagonia. counting the cost on al-jazeera.

welcome back quick look at headlines now at least 10 people have been killed off to iraq he security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the capital baghdad an emergency parliament session will be held on saturday to try to end 4 days of civil unrest which has left more than 50 people killed. protesters in hong kong have been defying a ban on face masks which is now in effect groups of demonstrators have come out in parts of the city vandalizing subway stations and starting fires on the streets. the u.s. president says he won't cooperate with an impeachment inquiry till the house of representatives is voted to approve the investigation the white house is facing a deadline to turn over documents to congress or democrats say they will issue

subpoenas. demonstrators of again taken to the streets of haiti's capital demanding the resignation of president. protests to set tires on fire and wave signs reading noise must leave now as they march to the united nations office in course of prince opposition leaders a needs a national community to withdraw their support from morey's friday's march is the latest in almost 4 weeks of demonstrations which in which 17 people have reportedly been killed well it's an eel is an economist a professor at the kids k. university and he said that haiti is facing many systemic challenges and problems and that this current crisis won't be easy to resolve. do the crisis in the is very deep it is a systemic crisis it's not going to be easy for for anybody to do the power and to change days very drastically it's going to need time and it's not easy but

at least i do know and we've done has turned out he doesn't have the capacity and maybe he doesn't have the wheel to change things because it's almost 3 years now of presidency and is all broken promises over lagging and that's why i have. to ask and a reason why people outside asking for his nation are so many now as you mention of corruption bad governance and there's a lot of work and promises and you are a cost of living which is very very high your highest 'd living the years now and the currency rate is going very high also 'd and actually we freeze to the humanitarian crisis and that day we we had some of that which is actually very difficult for us to accept of bags to embark and as i said it's not going to be easy caused the crisis is very deep now doubt time

a funeral has been held for palestinian protesters shot and killed by the israeli military near the fence dividing gaza and israel 28 year old had gathered along with 6000 others for a weekend demonstrations demanding palestinians right to return to the lands they fled in the 1948 war that created the chair state gaza's health ministry saying 40 others were wounded 18 of them by live fire training military says some in the crowd held explosive devices towards the fence. a national dialogue aimed at ending cameron separatism crisis has wrapped up in the capital eon day summit finished with the adoption of resolutions recommending special status and greater decentralization for the countries to english speaking regions to talk so boycotted by separatist groups have been fighting for 3 years to break away from the french speaking majority and create their own state i'm an interest has more now from the day the national dialogue conference has made recommendations that include the do

some for allies edition of such an active just for example reduce will have more revenues to run their day to day activities as well as execute projects and then the locals will be able eventually to vote their own officials including governors instead of those officials being appointed by the federal government then there is also the establishment of traditional rulers councils to establish or to empower local administrations in the day to day running of affairs of the people now the main opposition as well as analysts said the recommendations of course are an important step to a stabilising couple there are factions that have harbors more deep seated hatred that it may never be possible to convince them but these now look must not overlook that there are pockets of grievances across the country people who have

never actually been if they have never felt included in the process now a lot of people are watching closely what this will mean to the greater group will that encourage rebels for example who have already indicated that they're not happy with their recommendations especially the issue of autonomy to the regions saying that what they were looking for was independence now but of government officials as well as opposition figures are saying that this is an important 1st step whether or not general builds on that is a different matter altogether. greece's prime minister is accused of appearing to exploit hears migrant crisis during a parliamentary debate kerry echo smits attack as said on crack can and must control migrant flows to the continent greece is dealing with a rise in the number of people reaching its islands by boat from turkey after a relative 3 year lull the influx has increased the pressure on its overcrowded migrant camps turkey's foreign minister says his country is being unfairly blamed

for the refugee crisis well now court documents have revealed that the u.k. prime minister barak's johnson will send a letter to the e.u. asking for brics it today if a deal is not sickly by october 19th a scottish court is considering whether johnson could be jailed if he takes the u.k. off the block without a dale johnson has said he will comply with a needle which forces the government to prevent an ideal bright said on oct 31st johnson submissively of proposals to brussels on wednesday which he hopes will allow person to leave the deal at the end of the month island's deputy prime minister says a deal is still possible. we we recognize that this is a serious proposal from the british but we also acknowledge that there are a number of big problems with us. and so if it is the basis of a stepping stone if you like to a proposal that can be the basis of a deal then i think it's a really good thing. well the deepening political turmoil of a decision. is galvanizing the youth vote in the country and young people in

universities are being encouraged to register so they can vote in any upcoming general election a referendum and the heywood has the story now from southampton. it's an exciting time for new students in southampton at 18 the hope and ambition living away from home and with the prospect of being old enough to vote in any upcoming u.k. election there are starting college life in sport and prepares to leave the e.u. the result of a referendum they were too young to vote. the fact it's taken 3 years and like it was now i would have been able to vote whereas like i wasn't able to vote i feel like it's affecting the. vote maybe things may have turned out differently. about. making it so difficult for us please don't think i stick by this bridge 2 of the student leaders are calling on young people to get on the electoral roll so

they can vote if there's a general election the u.k. prime minister is reported took wanted october the 15th as an election day so fewer university students would have had time to register so soon after starting a new term she didn't have such a powerful voice but so often that marginalized is disgraceful because that's a. new generation of leaders and they should be having a say southampton is split politically at the moment so every vote will matter the student population here runs into tens of thousands so if they choose to vote they will have a big impact on the result here if there is an election and of course here in southampton there is a highly marginal constituency at the last election there were just $31.00 votes in is in 2017 younger people tended to vote and other smaller parties rather. the both conservative yet the older generation still go to the polls in bigger numbers

younger voters are certainly a significant part of the electorate in any forthcoming general election one thing that's important to say though is that as we have an aging population and rates of turnout still higher among older voters it's easy to overestimate the extent to which the youth vote is going to swing it in a particular constituency and that since you know every vote counts when this generation of students graduating 2022 the impact of britain's plan departure from the european union on younger people looking for work should be clear i mean he would there in southampton. for the 1st time a paralyzed person has been able to walk again with the aid of a mind controlled access skeleton research is the university where nobel in france have developed this technology to translate the man's brain waves into mechanical movement the excess skeleton suit is still a prototype but it offers a glimpse into a future where people's brains can help we gain the power of movement paul brennan

has more. 4 years ago this man was paralyzed in a fall even today his spinal cord is too badly damaged to transmit signals from his brain to his limbs and yet he can walk. by using the power of the mind of the 65 kilo x. or skeleton. what was performed was movements of an avatar or on screen and an exoskeleton in all 4 limbs and that's new it's never been done from the brain controlling all 4 limbs so that's exciting for this amount of research the test subjects name is t.-bo a 28 year old french optician. 2 years ago back in 2017 the researches implanted 2 senses into both skull other side of the sensory motor cortex that's the part of the brain which controls movement the electrodes detected those brain signals and

then a computer algorithm processes those signals and within 350 milliseconds the algorithm translates the brain's electrical impulses directly into this mechanical suit the exoskeleton tivo moves literally using the power of his mind 1st he practiced on controlling a computer avatar now he's learned to move all 4 limbs of the exercise gullets and suit this may look slow and unsteady but in technological terms it's a massive leap forward the french scientists behind the success guillotine were not available for interview on friday an official media launch takes place next week. excalibur are not new the particular ability assistance has been developing rapidly in recent years but experts say that harnessing brain power is still in its infancy people with very high levels of completer are able to control for example electric wheelchairs by puffing and sucking with a device now so if this brain implant is really to transform that and

bring the promise of people by their thoughts controlling their mobility and their environment it's got a long way to go. the road ahead may be long but every journey begins with a single step. paul brennan al jazeera. so al jazeera dot com is. much more detail on our top stories but all saying you can watch us on life streaming there as well. just a quick look at headlines now at least 10 people have been killed off to iraq a security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the capital baghdad an emergency parliament session will be held on saturday to try to end 4 days of civil unrest which has left more than 50 people dead protesters in hong kong have been defying

a ban on face masks which is now in effect groups of demonstrators have come out in parts of the city vandalizing subway stations and starting fires on the streets they are angry at chief executive kerry lands use of a colonial era law to enforce the ban and to gain greater freedom to clamp down on pro-democracy protesters u.s. president donald trump says he won't cooperate with an impeachment inquiry until the house of representatives as voted to approve the investigation democrats have now issued subpoenas demanding the white house turn over the documents but trump says he needn't comply until a vote has taken place but it comes as text messages reveal how u.s. officials work to push the ukrainian president to investigate trump's leading opponent joe biden i don't know that stuff is the lawyer i know the lawyers that there ever seen anything so there they never say that they think so it's just been

president out for almost 3 years and i've regarded through this for almost 3 years it's almost become like a bar the 5 day. microsoft says a cyber group believed to be linked to iran has targeted the u.s. presidential campaign now the u.s. tech fund is saying the group called phosphorus has tried to hack into hundreds of accounts since august including those of current and former u.s. government officials microsoft is saying phosphorus is also targeted journalists and prominent iranians living outside iran. and the funeral has been held for palestinian protesters shot and killed by the israeli military near the fence dividing gaza and israel the 28 year old had gathered along with 6000 others for weekly demonstrations gaza's health ministry says 40 of those wounded well that's it for myself and the team here in london new york today will our top stories this hour more news coming out later off to counting the cost which is coming up next. with

a record number of nominations the world waits to see 2019 well peace prize and then found committee when announced the winner on friday al-jazeera has been awarded exclusive international rights to interview the way now to avoid sound december the nobel prize on al-jazeera. hello i'm sam is a that this is counting the cost of al-jazeera the weekly look at the world of business and economics this week germany heading for a recession well i'm going to merkel put aside their concerns about that and splash the cash this stimulate the economy. the worst wildfires in decades and the rising threat of desertification farmers in the amazon fear their livelihoods around the threat. of dollars in black gold along the way in patagonia could

help end argentina's economic problems but does the country have a plan to satisfy oil explorers and environmentalist. germany is europe's engine of growth right now its splattering though and could slip into recession finds itself caught in the middle of the u.s. president's trade war with china that's hurting global growth and as one of the world's leading exporters it's one track that can't escape or vats tips german industry which accounts for a 5th of its economy into recession and unemployment is holding up at almost wreck hold levels that's just one positive for the economy and has also been running budget surpluses over the last 5 years and has enough headroom to stimulate the economy but chancellor angela merkel isn't willing to travel down that road that when it came goes to the heart of the country's problems. the production line is

a busy place these cars will be on the road very soon helping drive the german economy as they themselves are driven and yet for some time their overall direction of travel has been worrying the construct is under god as a car making country with high export numbers germany is facing considerable challenges the politicians need to take urgent steps to strengthen the country as an industrial location again particularly on the international stage we need rapid consistent implementation not long discussions one complicating factor for manufacturers is their commitment to low and eventually no emission vehicles part of a revolution in thinking whose cost implications are considerable discussion if you would the world. as of. yet some.

just in this. journey it's what i feel much better my. job. because assembling an electric car takes 30 percent less work than does a conventionally powered one some models on the market today have more than $100.00 fewer working parts than petrol powered alternatives all of which worries trades unions a glance at the figures shows the scale of the problem last year vehicles represented almost 17 percent of all german export revenue amounting to more than $263000000000.00 in the 1st half of this year overall germany exported more than $750000000000.00 worth of goods down to 6 point one percent compared to the same period one year earlier but in one key economic indicator the situation is more rosy unemployment is at its lowest since 1980 such figures give confidence to

germany. political leaders who recognize potential recession is close at hand and are willing to consider some kind of stimulus package one as mine as it is there's a constant stream it with solid financial foundation as we are in a position to counter an economic crisis with many many billions of euros if one actually breaks in germany and europe will really do it there because it's coming i cannot mix an active policy against the crisis is it about jobs mostly that yes i have done what i what makes the carmakers predicament standout is that other areas of the transport industry are still growing as in berlin with the increasing number of east scooters and electric mopeds one firm says it's experience has been very positive you can apply the service to every big city where the needs of an easy and more flexible transportation is there. since the beginning was started in

2016 with balances then we expanded every year and one new city except this year 2019 we expanded in our active cities with 500 meters pers it. other industries also expanding such as in construction right turn over in building completion work was up almost 5 percent in the 2nd quarter of this year on the same period last year and the number of people employed in construction was up 1.4 percent on last year which explains perhaps why at least in public ministers are upbeat about. exams what's most important of course is that the state's total debt is on the decline so the clout of this yes will follow below 60 percent of g.d.p. this means that for the 1st time since 2002 germany will stick to the upper limit of the masters treaty what's noticeable is that public perception of the threat of

recession has not grown yet analysts say the absence of negative indicators is the reason as of monday when see when you look at the economic expectations it's clear that consumers see a rising risk for recession at the same time they don't see any direct effect on themselves yet they believe their consumption can remain unchanged as a 2nd which allows the major most a manufacturer is to continue to hawk their way as as here in the frankfurt motor show at b.m.w. they say the risk of recession is not something they worry too much about well we're actually doing quite well in the german market so with our new products we are gaining market share in the german market so in that sense we are actually quite optimistic we see a positive impact of our new vehicles and yet the underlying reality is that overall the car industry here is proving less popular abroad for 2 years the trend

of export sales has been downward and explains why this is the one part of the german economy where alarm bells on now ringing dominic cain al-jazeera speak. well joining me now via skype from brussels is out of us he's a senior fellow at bruegel good to have you with us so should the german government be considering a stimulus package right now. the german economy shows very serious signs of weakening and in particular eurozone economy and orders from the eurozone and also he car so i seemed it would be indeed a time to consider some piece because the most in germany this would also be motivated by defect that in the past 7 or 8 years germany or this had a much better budget position than planned so the order is somehow other than the budget that is but it turned out to be better it means that germany has

a lot of fiscal space and icing it should use this fiscal space now to be a stimulus to germany and that would also benefit that arrest of the euro area for a talk about how to use that fiscal space then business is often complain about the poor infrastructure do you think that's an obstacle the growth of the government should be addressing with that fiscal space yes the number of reports which look at public infrastructure and many of these reports indicate that there are major investment needs there so clearly public infrastructure is one avenue and the other avenue would be to providing tax breaks for investment because investment is very low in germany so anything that can stimulate affleck investment and also private investment but very much welcome there's always a question of how far you go in using any fiscal space do you think the government should give up on the balanced budget rule that it's been following that

a more fundamental question with the current balance budget rule public debt of germany will be used to very very low levels. now the most recent forecasts of the i.m.f. suggest that gross public debt and g.d.p. in germany will decline to just about 40 percent in tente 24 hour which is barely below the masti 60 percent where you and i think a country like germany could afford having a larger public debt and also there are major investment needs at least for the transition to a carbon neutral economy so i saying that the budget rule should be considerate and much more forceful investment program need to be implemented in germany that's interesting and when you when you listen to not only what you're saying there about what the outgoing head of the european central bank mario drug has been talk about

when he said you know central governments need to do more is it indicated that really the european central bank is at the limits of its sort of policy abilities are more needs to fall on national governments in europe going forward i think so on the e.c.b. has slightly kind of that was its rate from minus 0.4 minus 0.5 percent to 10 hours that it feel resume government want purchases but only $20000000000.00 euro spent months which is just one force of the amount of the mass the amount the e.c.b. perches in 2016 so clearly the e.c.v. is reaching the limits of its monetary actions and now i think even before i mean many many years ago in my view fiscal policy should have taken a much more stronger or in supporting the euro eurozone economy but especially now when the e.c.b.

reaching its limits fiscal policy should be even more important why when you look at the unemployment picture for example in germany it's holding up pretty well how might that change if the country heads into recession. unemployment is very low germany almost just see percent at the same time it's also important to emphasize that labor force participation is going up which means that more and more people would like to work even those who in the past the kids didn't want to go or which is a good news but either recession a number of jobs will be at risk we are hearing very bad feeders from german manufacturing and sooner or later it might lead to decreasing employment i think it is still take time even during the global crisis of 200789 german employment had quite well partly because employers moved their employees to 2 part i

position so you sort of laying them off the offer than it was a chance and thereby they were able to reduce. routed out actually more people and they expect that something similar would happen in an next recession but if so then if the recession be last long there sooner or later that you know you're in unemployment figures or i thank so much for your thoughts on that. well as we move toward 5 g. mobile technology there are growing concerns that with more devices connected to the internet cyber attacks could also increase and nothing exists in isolation you see the world leader in 5 g. technology is china's while away which is at the center of that try.