perhaps the greatest among them is the blessing of being protected by the most exceptional virtuous military on the face of god's earth. this evening we're delighted to be joined by many incredible faith leaders it loading. just a terrific i've gotten to know him his wife i don't know i think she might even be better than him james and surely dobson where are you james. thank you james got to know each other well a friend of mine who was on television before i know him and he kept saying you know we're listening to president trump they're speaking at the evangelicals for trump conference in west kendall in florida touching of course on the assassination of the runs from and the tree commander kassim so the money and making many of the points that he had made before as a well about an hour ago saying that the u.s.

is a peace loving nation a bat that they were going to hunt down terrorists so going back then to our top story of course the assassination of kassam so money in iran and it really has left the middle east on a knife edge so the money died in an airstrike near baghdad airport along with a top iraqi paramilitary commander mohan these iraq's prime minister says their deaths will light the fuse of a destructive war in iran angry crowds protested after friday prayers condemning the assassination and chanting death to america supreme leader ali khamenei who had a close relationship with some the money vowed severe revenge for his killing as leaders around the world expressed concern and condemnation the u.s. ordered all its citizens to immediately leave iraq its forces and israel's are now on high alert simona fulton reports now from baghdad. a long hard break in the

upper ranks of the iranian military at the official announcement of the death of major general custom so in money the commander of iran's quds force the revolutionary guard unit responsible for foreign operations so the money was killed in a u.s. drone strike in baghdad. and a spontaneous outbreak of joy in iraqi cities over the passing of a man many see as the embodiment of iran's meddling here i sure wish i didn't have to listen to me i feel happy about killing somani the reason is because of his foreign interference in iraq would you accept that our intervening in all the families issues everything has been trees. in the early hours of friday morning shortly after arriving at baghdad international airport a u.s. strike targeted a convoy of silly money and his close ally hondas the deputy head of the iraqi popular mobilization forces an iranian backed part military group other members of the group were also killed for iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali common

a soul in money was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle and he warned there will be revenge the cruelest people on earth assassinated the honorable commander who courageously fought for years against the evils and bandis of the world sulaimani is martyrdom well make iran more decisive to resist america's expansionism and to defend our values with no doubt iran and other freedom seeking countries in the region will take his revenge. already. while there is talk of revenge many iranians don't want to see war their own fear with our support and it will definitely increase violence but i fundamentally disagree with violence and conflict i believe people moving toward peace and negotiation to reach the goals is much better soleimani enjoyed some support when he led the charge to displace islip from iraq a strong. holds but many iraqis now blame iran for instability and interference in

their country and soleimani directly for a violent crackdown on anti-government protests which began in october the us assassinations are the most extreme escalation in tensions between to head on in washington in recent years and many in baghdad fear it will continue to play out on iraqi soil and if an indistinct has she you may say are we condemned this it's unacceptable for something like this to be happening in our country it's a tween america and iran and in the end we will be hurt our situation is already not stable many iraqis oppose iranian and american interventions alike. earlier this week mohandas himself let a crowd of popular mobilization forces supporters as they attacked and besieged the u.s. embassy in baghdad he walked alongside of another senior military leader of the pro iran group who has now called on his followers to take up arms against the american presidents iraq's caretaker prime minister abdullah abdullah the to condemn the

u.s. strike as a violation of iraq's sovereignty and the rules of engagement of the american presence here he called the death of mohandas an aggression against the iraqi state . parliament is due to hold an emergency session on sunday but analysts say the government beleaguered and divided after 3 months of anti-government protests will struggle to mount a decisive response iraqi government is very weak for the time being there will be no more the statements coming out of the. caretaker prime minister or from the ministry of foreign affairs other than that i don't expect anything from the iraqi government but probably the iraqi parliament will. call for an immediate session and do will discuss the current. americans in iraq agreement and probably they will ask for the department of the american forces from iraq.

whether their response to u.s. presence in iraq will be political or military assassinations have put an end to a precarious balance of power that had us far accommodated both u.s. and iranian interests in iraq the iraqi capital already a battleground for tensions between the u.s. and iran is bracing itself for the aftermath of the biggest escalation yet with both u.s. and iranian backed troops on the ground the country risks being caught in the middle of a military fallout between washington and tehran similar 14 al-jazeera but that full iran's national security council has vowed to retaliate and the quote right place and time after holding an extraordinary meeting on friday. in tehran has more now on some slim line is life and the reaction to his death. shock and disbelief at the events that have led to the assassination of the head of the police force hossam so the money have now turned into anger and frustration and vows of revenge

the supreme leader has been at the home of custom soleimani and where he's been speaking to his surviving family members and passing on his condolences and we've also heard a statement as issued by the supreme national security council of iran headed by president some rouhani where they said that they will respond appropriately to the actions of the united states now all this happening while the iranians have said that after the attack took place there was a message that was sent to tehran via the swiss embassy from the americans about the decision they took and the iranians have now since responded now we don't know the contents of these messages that have gone back and forth but it is something interesting to watch in the coming days but let's take a closer look at the events that unfolded earlier today. in his hometown of care mon in central iran thousands gathered to say goodbye to a man many saw as more than just the head of iran's elite force major general

essential imani came into the role more than 20 years ago and had been one of the masterminds of iran's military strategy in the region whatever anyone else thought about so they money he was revered and admired by many in the islamic republic because. i heard it on the radio in the taxi this morning i was waiting for the names of those killed when i heard general salim on each name i said oh god he was martyred on with us the former unfortunately it's clear that wherever the u.s. enters it is after domination for its own interests general shalit money was one who stood up bravely especially fighting i saw. he was a key figure 100 percent they were targeting him they knew where he was surely a role won't leave it on on sort of will do something silly money rarely. spoke in public but gave this interview in october saying iran's revolutionary guard had expanded what he called islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon the

cuts force runs iran's foreign military and clandestine operations so they money delegated iranian diplomats to meet u.s. officials after the $911.00 attacks and they brutally worked together against the taliban. but that relationship didn't last long. the u.s. and iran's pirate is aligned once again in the fight against eisel but then evolved beyond the battlefield in april last year the u.s. designated iran's islamic revolutionary guards corps as a terrorist organization but so in money had the full support of his government the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei awarded him iran's highest military honor last year cause i'm still a money has survived many attempts on his life both here in iran and abroad and now his death will likely embolden the groups he supported as a rainy and mark 3 days of national mourning many here are looking to see what will happen next door. to iran well and the gallagher is live from west

kendall in florida where president trump dresses evangelicals even jealous calls for trying event at the horse when the president campaign back in 2016 campaign then one of his main issues was he was going to pull out of the middle east he was going to. get america out of all these wars in the region and these actions have at the very least cost 3000 soldiers to have head back to the to the middle east so in light of that wormy action of you met there when it comes to the base how are they viewing this killing. well overwhelming support remember if president trump does have a clearly defined base then evangelicals on it 80 percent of evangelicals voted for president come back in 2016 and we spoke to several people here in fact one man completely unprompted came over put his hand on my shoulder and said donald trump

is the president that we need in fact this is the launch of donald trump's evangelical coalition for his next election with a particular focus on both black and hispanic evangelicals of course florida resident stream the important state and the upcoming presidential election now apart from the 1st few minutes he really hasn't mentioned drone strike really hasn't mentioned the death of the could command he just thanked the u.s. forces he said that we got him and then he's now moving on to talking about religious freedom about how people can now say merry christmas so he's back into full campaign mode despite the fact that some people thought he might go back to washington d.c. with such an important you operation under way he's now very much focused on the people that will help getting reelected in 2020 this church behind me holds about 7000 people incidentally we think it's almost full to capacity but just to give you an example the president is in full campaign mode he said there were thousands of people waiting outside this stadium but as you can see behind me there are just

a few 100. but i guess the few 100 that are there are as you mentioned his base loyal supporters so they may approve of the killing of this in their minds but is there any talk of the include trying trial which of course the president is facing as well because i guess some cynics might think that the this take the light off the impeachment trial. i mean i don't think for the most part evangelicals are concerned about president trump being impeached remember there was a controversy about a month ago when there was an editorial in a christian newspaper that said president trump's behavior is immoral it was a big outcry when that was published some of the journalists quit from the newspaper they left the newspaper because of that editorial but i think on the whole certainly for the people we've met here tonight impeachment isn't even in there on the horizon that this is their president this is a man that's putting the right people into the supremes court protecting the lives

of the on board and neighboring people to say merry christmas again the support amongst the evangelicals in this country is what helped president trump what in 2016 and that's why he is here tonight and one of the largest evangelical churches in miami amongst one of the most important demographics he really wants those hispanic evangelicals those african-american evangelicals he wants to expand that base and solidify his support going into the election so. the impeachment process is not on people's minds the overwhelming support for this military operation is here this in many ways is president trump's best and most opportunistic echo chamber gallagher with the latest there from a scandal in florida and they think you are well under the same silliman his leadership iran's could force has been instrumental in building a network of proxy armed groups across the middle east this string of non-state alliances began with hezbollah in lebanon after the overthrow saddam hussein iran

was able to become a dominant force in iraq where it all and then trained the paramilitary groups who made up the popular mobilization units who helped in the feisal now iran has provided significant support for syria during its civil war and that includes training and intelligence services iran's influence extends to the southern tip of the arabian peninsula where it's been backing the who these in the war in yemen well for in their. so doing by holy the middle east analyst and nonresident fellow at the atlantic council thank you so much for being with us again i'd like to ask you about the domestic u.s. policy afterwards but 1st of all it means is that what you think is the u.s. is primarily a mean this is us nation but generally its policy towards iran to curb iran's expansion across the region this is certainly what the trump administration has been aiming from the get go when they withdrew from the iran nuclear reman in may

2018 part of it was not just to make a better deal with her on but to curb its aspirations in the region so yes ok we were just speaking as before to any gallagher who is of florida that meeting of the even jelly calls for trump obviously it is campaign a year how do you think just with his base but in the u.s. in general how do you think it's playing over there well i think this is definitely seen as a very big win for trump this is the 2nd high profile middle east arguably terrorists according to the u.s. government the chump of misfortune has taken out with them once 1st being. the leader of isis so in their eyes this is something very big something i think trump has been boasting something obama never did and something that should have been done a long time ago having up and said i've also seen people rescreening on twitter one of trump's many tweets over the years that have been evergreen which is that in order to get reelected obama would start a war with iran and i think it's

a reflection that some people are very suspicious of the trumpet ministrations hense with iran that this is actually a long term goal of regime change and possibly a war just like in iraq and afghanistan there seems to be an old the trump tweet for pretty much every occasion but when it comes to reaction from iran because they still haven't announced what kind of retaliation they're going to take could this backfire on trouble could it backfire on a president that's campaigned in the past about pulling true. loops out of the middle east about not getting the u.s. in tangled in foreign wars i think it certainly has the possibility of backfire i think there's a sumption that when you take out a leader whether it's of a daddy or awesome salomone that you basically gotten rid of the whole problem but that's not the reality. continues to live in its own way g.c. will continue to live. lived after osama bin laden so i think it's really naive and very simplistic to think that things are done but when you're trying supporter

and we hear the death of hossam so money you think well this is a big deal and trump has done something very big and it's great for the united states but in reality when you're sending several 1000 troops into the middle east after something so big like this it's almost sending people into the lion's den in that's a very dangerous precedent in this time of tensions we haven't seen in a very long time in the region because as you mentioned of course killing of baghdad it doesn't mean that you've killed off i saw what impact do you think the killing of the customs of the money will actually have on iran itself so not so much ina deescalation the potential this collision between iran and the u.s. but all the it rainin military forces i think there's definitely if there was always a sense of being on the defense the u.s. which are from the iran nuclear agreement but i think that defense sense of defense against the west pacifically the united states has grown 10 fold this is a country that's been. dealing with the threats of war regime change and sanctions

for for decades now so they've been ready for this but it's this time that we haven't seen this kind of precedence for the tensions between the u.s. and iran that they are i would say be very calculating and as you probably covered earlier their best bet is a signature warfare and what that means and when that will be happy when that will happen is very unclear right now but it's something that we should be paying attention to happening in the future absolutely holy the gress middle east analyst and on resident fellow at the atlantic council thank you. now still to come in this half hour wind nearly as 1000 children died in an indian public hospital last year .

hallo ahead of a cult front temperatures are always hard in the winds pick up this is the cold front of the heat is into the east as i was such a stroller into victoria and in new south wales well very quickly as a front approaches temps will drop behind as adelaide will be dropping down to 24 melbourne starts at 29 i think you'll find by the time we get to sunday you have dropped as well now it would like to say that the rain on this front will help with dumping some of the fast time but more likely the wind ahead of it will make the worse is not a good situation still heat in the outback in new south wales with the major cities will back down to normal come sunday sit about $34.00 so certainly on the up once more the wind to seeing in japan is pretty in washington doing the mountain tops of some of honshu and these things here all showers it's cold enough for some of the street shots likely are carter to be of snow but the most part will be of rain and the good to the sunshine in between the korean peninsula a good part of china northern china it's fine and quite unsettled there is cloud

for the sas could be a bit of rain in 100 certainly wants to develop and of course the snow to the north on its way to beijing might even get there by sunday night until then just gradually clouding up. on counting the cost 2020 we pick through what could be the whole geo political and geo economic topics of the year for the most important election in the free world and we ask if the world can come together the type of global warming inequality a globalized. counting the cost on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. every.

time for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera iran's supreme leader has vowed harsh revenge after its top military commander manny was killed in a u.s. air strike in baghdad iraq's prime minister warns the act will light the fuse of at the war us president double trouble says he or the drone strike to stop the war not the start one he says so the money was planning imminent attacks on american diplomats and military personnel. in other news and the other day of catastrophic fire conditions are expected on saturday across much of australia temperatures in many places are expected to be well over 40 degrees celsius hundreds of holes have already been lost but property will not be the focus of fire

fighters they say that they will be determine the success of no further lives are lost felicity davey reports from sydney. australia and prime minister scott morrison seen for himself the latest areas devastated by bushfires in new south wales the day after he was confronted by angry residents in the town of go this woman refusing to shake his hand the funny thing was that the prime minister said he wanted to offer comfort to those affected by fires on using and he's not surprised at their reaction people are angry it is something that i was there before as we've it is something that i understand it's not something for me to talk personally it's peak holiday season but with the state of emergency declared in the states of new south wales and victoria tens of thousands of people have been leaving tourist areas traffic has been backed up the many kilometers on major

highways as people try to get home or at least to safer areas. about a quarter of the 4000 people stranded on a beach in the town of malibu in victoria have been taken on board naval vessels to escape the fires have been a process not yet. well dad for sure it's something that i want to get evacuations will continue as fire conditions on saturday a forecast to be catastrophic when making every preparation possible for what will be a very difficult day shamar weather conditions are very unpredictable we know the temperatures will still be in the mid forty's in many parts of. thousands of firefighters are in the field with additional helicopters on standby. fortunately very likely we will lose homes tomorrow but will be very happy and will call exists there's no lives lost that is that single focus tomorrow a focus on saving lives in the face of an unprecedented bushfire season felicity

davey al jazeera sydney the best toll from floods in the knees u.s. capital has now risen to 43 nearly 400000 people in jakarta have been displaced following extreme uncertain rains and landslides which began on new year's eve some residents have been able to return to their homes and a major cleanup operation is underway as katrina you know every ports. jakarta's commercial district is usually bustling with shoppers but for now it's mud and sludge not customers keeping store owners into tenach are busy they've begun cleaning up after 2 days of heavy rain caused some of the worst flooding in years by in my heart and i have suffered big losses i cannot seem goods to my clients everything is wheat we so busy cleaning up we can't take care of sales i don't know who i can blame in the situation but us common people have become the victims. who are submerged jenny set your shop and 3 warehouses she says the

damage will cost her more than $20000.00 but many others have lost much more yeah. i'm disappointed because the government is not helping us business owners i wish they would pay more attention to us because we've lost all our capital most of my goods can no longer be used i can't sell them. torrential rainfall began on new year's eve quickly overwhelming the city's rivers and canals streets were turned into rivers and strong currents hampered rescue efforts dozens of people died tens of thousands have been displaced. the indonesian capital frequently floods but analysts say the city was ill prepared for a storm of this scale. the impact of this flood is bigger than the years before it's massive more people or a directory and indirectly impacted households stores and companies all their

assets are gone their houses destroyed and the cars damaged. authorities have promised to push ahead with the flooding infrastructure to prevent future disasters but that's little comfort to those whose homes and livelihoods have already washed away the city of rivers have returned to normal but with more heavy rainfall expected this month residents say the cleanup is far from over. al-jazeera an investigation has found that a shortage of medical equipment at a public hospital in india state of register was partly to blame for the deaths of nearly a 1000 infants last year the deaths of 100 babies last month's lead to the inquiry it also revealed that hygiene conditions were so poor that pigs were living in the compound until 4 of reports from. reka has just heard her yet unnamed 15 day old daughter has died. a mother in law

a nod by his holding back her tears to console the young mother the child was finding it hard to breathe when they brought her to the hospital. to going to get. the doctors didn't say anything and they took her blood and everything but only the doctors know what happened. since december more than 100 babies have died here at this public hospital. in india's northern state of roger's town. a government watchdog says at least half of the life supporting machines like ventilators were not working. and pigs were roaming around the grounds. it says conditions were on hygenic. many of the infants died because of septicemia a blood poisoning that's often caused by bacteria and of pneumonia and infection

made worse by the cold weather. and yet the protective glass beams on several windows in the wards were missing. also if you don't like i've lost a 5 month old son tejas to pneumonia she says he was sleeping in front of an open window and succumbed to i schooled agreements. where there were going to be need their kid again will get us out there was no hito all the windows were broken and the window in front of the bed with my child 2 doors were also open dianora that there to create out there i met him. and suddenly over a dozen women had descended on the hospital with. some windows were being fixed. over the last few days as news of the deaths in march the state government ordered a quick cleaning of the hospital earlier on friday we witnessed a truck full of garbage leaving the premises and painters refurbishing the walls

and still many possible hospital are not clean and parents complain of dysfunctional life sustaining equipment. perhaps the measures were all to please the state's health minister he was visiting the hospital for an inspection. his government says the number of infant deaths at the hospital has come down over the last few years that they needed in order to see them you know i'm not saying they're. not working we'll be working in couple of days we have ensured it but this is not the 1st time or the 1st hospital or the 1st state where babies have died in large numbers. the indian government spends a little more than one percent of its g.d.p. on health care but experts here say it needs to spend a lot more to ensure its youngest citizens get a chance at life. al-jazeera just india.

and you can find out more on that story and everything else the we have been covering on our website the address al jazeera dot com. and now a quick reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera iran's supreme leader has vowed harsh revenge to its top military commander kasim sulaimani was killed in a u.s. airstrike near baghdad airport iraq's prime minister warns the act will light the fuse over the struct of war while the strike was also rise by u.s. president donald trump he says the attack does not mean that washington is seeking regime change in iraq we took action last night just stop a war we did not take action to start a war i have deep respect for the iranian people they are

a remarkable people with an incredible heritage an unlimited potential we do not seek regime change wherever the iranian regime has aggression in the region including the use of proxy fighters to destabilize its neighbors must stand in my stead now the u.s. has ordered its citizens to leave iraq and close the embassy in baghdad american and israeli forces have also been put on high alert israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has reaffirmed his support for the united states saying president trump deserves credit for acting swiftly and decisively just as israel has the right of self-defense. the united states is exactly the same right to the money is responsible for the deaths of american citizens and many other innocent people he was planning more such attacks president wrote deserves all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively israel stands with the united states and its just struggling for peace security and self-defense in other news one of the

largest evacuations in australia's history is underway with warnings that strong winds and hot weather will worsen the raging bush fires weather conditions for saturday are being described as catastrophic and firefighters a say homes will be lost tens of thousands of people have fled to safer ground well those are the top stories that stay with us counting the cost is coming up next looking at what could be the hottest geo political and economic topics of the year more news in half an hour thanks for watching by. millions of workers a big in slaved in the british india one i want to waste explores how satellite technology is now helping to set the brain on al-jazeera.

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