this is how it is there are u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi speaking live in washington d.c. right now incoming president trumps war powers let's listen in a presidents are now a member of congress putting forth a resolution of this week last week in our view the president could be administration conducted provocative just portion that airstrike against iran which endangered americans and did so without consulting congress when i was informed of this. attack at that initiation and took responsibility for it over the weekend i said why did you not consult with congress well we held it in closely with held in close close you know you have a responsibility to consult with congress and we held it close what whoever close means as you see there has been criticism from the republican about the briefing that would that was put forth yesterday by the administration on this

subject some have asked do you agree that this is the worst. intelligence classified briefing that congress has received from this administration as some of you've heard me say there is stiff competition for that designation as a nation of the worst so here we are to protect american lives and values we are passing today a war powers resolution to limit the president's military actions administration must use the escalate and must protect prevent further violence america and the world cannot afford law some of you've heard me say that in december a trip a bipartisan delegation the 75th anniversary of the battle of the balls it was just so remarkable to meet our v.i.p.'s here are our veterans who served at the battle of the balls some of them also at normandy imagine the courage to major's most of

them at the time but the compelling message from the veterans who's the veteran who spoke for them along with that came the belgium and the archduke of luxembourg and the president of germany that are and he spoke he spoke about the better than the brothers he spoke about allies working together multilateralism spoke about the challenges they faced in those winters reminding me really of washington crossing the delaware because it was and december and it was snowing and they were not as prepared for snow and camouflage from snow and they needed to be but just seeing their patriotism their courage those young people and this veteran coming to speak for them 90 some years old at the end of his remarks he said i just want mourn message and i don't know if it's appropriate to say but i

will pray for peace. pray for peace that's what we all do protecting the american people is our 1st responsibility. protect and defend an oath we take not only of our constitution but of the american people pray for peace that's what we must do and so what happened. in the view of many of us is not promoting peace but an escalation not that we have any confidence in the goodness or the good intentions of of iran and we certainly do not respect and i from my intelligence background know just how bad so money was it's not because we expect good things from them but we expect great things from us now in terms of impeachment you of keep asking me the same question i keep

giving you the same answer as i said right from the start we need to see that the arena and which we are sending our managers is that too much to ask in october put forth. 660 which is has a resolution which talked about the terms under which we would proceed further to further proceed with the investigation so that people knew what the battlefield was look like we expect to see that hear of hear different things i hear that they might want to give you probably heard one way or another some of them have suggested they might want to dismiss dismiss equals cover-up dismiss it admission that your fate of the facts the truth the witnesses and the documentation we would have hoped that like as with the clinton. process that there would have

been a bipartisan resolution. determining how to proceed contrary to what the majority leader says he says this is like the clinton no it's not at all and i sent our members yesterday 6 points in which it is 6 of the points in which it is different but nonetheless it's some point we would hope that we would see from them but the terms of engagement will be we are ready we are proud of our defense of the constitution of the united states we are concerned. that the senators will not be able to lived up to the oath that they must take to have an impartial trial so much for that at the same time as this is all going on it's important to note that there are so many other things of concern to the american people. one is the assault on the affordable care act

that this administration is engaged in and the courts and the congress and we are fighting them in the courts in the congress and in the country but right now they are in the court instead of defending the law of the land as is the responsibility of the justice department the cid ministration is fighting the law of the land. that means or i believe that the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi speaking live in washington d.c. on curbing president trumps war policy also spoke about the impeachment process saying that she knows exactly where in the she'll be transmitted the articles of impeachment against donald trump pushing back against comments that the time has come to stop the senate trial let's go live now to capitol hill visitors hardihood joe castro was listening in to that what do you make of it heidi.

voyager and see is starting this conference by talking about the order of business which we have before us today on the house floor which is debate and voting on this war powers resolution this is a democratic resolution that pelosi laid out which is in response to what she called and she repeated these comments just now again which she calls the disproportionate and provocative actions of president trump when he ordered the drone strike that killed so i money now this resolution seeks to end u.s. military hostilities toward iran within $30.00 days unless trump goes back to congress and receives congressional approval of course democrats are citing the us constitution that says the power to make war is one that is shared equally between the 2 branches the executive and the legislative well the debate hasn't quite

started on this measure and is expected in the coming hour or so and then a vote by the end of the day here in washington and because the house is controlled by democrats and this war war powers resolution is expected to pass now the senate is looking at a very similar measure they're not officially debating yet but we also heard statements from senators today and yesterday regarding that. and what's notable adrian is that there were at least 2 senators yesterday who were say these are republican senators who said that they would support this senate war powers resolution and they came to that conclusion after getting the intelligence briefing on what trump's intelligence was before he made that call to kill general so lemony and those 2 republican senators said that they were insulted by the briefing because it offered so little information and did not allow them to debate they said that was the executive branch over taking too much of the pie really cutting trying

to cut out congress in enacting its jew power which is the co-equal power of congress to make war and so we know that at least 2 republican senators have said they would support this resolution that really what handcuff the president going forward to limiting these military aggressions against iran to 30 days and lest congress says otherwise but even he thinks that how does your castro couple hill not so far away is a white house correspondent kimberly with us now what is the president think of these efforts to his belief. he doesn't like it very much and he's letting us know about it on twitter the u.s. president pushing back on that debate taking place in the house of representatives to limit his ability to respond militarily to any sort of threat from iran or if for him to act unilaterally without congressional approval here's what he writes

hope that all house republicans will vote against crazy now see palosi as war powers resolution also remember her speed and rush in getting the impeachment hoax voted on and done well she never said the articles to the senate just another democrat fraud presidential harassment it's not presidential harassment it's constitutionally mandated particularly when it comes to the discussion of war it must be debated it must be something that this is discussed and approved by congress so the us president can push back but the reality is that this is a law and he has no more power than the us congress he's not the only one pushing back his vice president is doing it to yeah and it is how did you cast her mention there there have been briefings that have been taking place on capitol hill and it's not just democrats that don't like those briefings that have been coming from the president's top security advisers it's also some members of his own republican

party they feel a couple of things haven't happened they haven't justified that strike on general soul of money they also say that this is a sasa nation in no way was imminent at least they haven't seen the evidence of that vice president mike pence a saying yeah we can show you the evidence they are going to have to trust us. if we were to share all of the intelligence and in fact some of the most compelling evidence that that solomonic was preparing an eminent attack against american forces and american personnel also represent some of the most sensitive intelligence that we have it could compromise those sources and methods so look i'm not in a trap and i do that respect i have tremendous respect for senator mike lee i recognize he's had a difference of opinion with our administration over self defense measures the president authorized in yemen will welcome those debates going forward but i can assure your viewers that those of us that have seen all the evidence that saw

the evidence in real time know that president trump made the right decision to take because some solomonic off the battlefield america's safer the world is safer. and fortunately those assurances aren't sitting well with many members of congress because the fact is that many remember a generation ago when similar arguments were made about the threat of weapons of mass destruction in iraq using intelligence that couldn't be shared well that invasion took place only later for americans to find out that intelligence was in fact flawed our white house correspondent given how could reporting live from washington could be many thanks indeed to joseph is an associate professor of political science at texas and m. university in castle he's with me here in the studio what do you make of that language by the president that presidential harassment he's calling it president trump makes a habit of maximizing the sort of the scope of domestic economy

a political conflict of sort of exaggerating the degree to which normal political debate between republicans and democrats sort of a unique attack against him. because the presidents of both parties of congress push back on their decisions as commander in chief and what you know is sort of a normal domestic debate about military action of course the president casts in these extreme terms and they say he must be aware that. as far as the executive branches of power are concerned he's equal to the congress here again president trump has sort of shown time and again that maybe the intricacies of of the constitutional system are not especially important to him and i think just as a matter of his rhetoric he is apt to say that he has unilateral authority when in fact to the constitutional system gives congress a role to to constrain the president so what if congress does as expected vote to

constrain the president's day what happens then well the course the measure need to go to the senate and pass there were the republicans hold a majority have heard news that senator paul from kentucky senator leave from utah may join democrats but remains to be seen by. their majority can be cobbled together there if the measure dies in the senate than than presumably president trump put interpret that as having a free hand to continue to do what he wanted in iraq with respect to iran ok but but if it does by some fluke. it is president trump able to ignore it once and i mean he will be able to veto it as he did with the war powers resolution with respect to yemen just this last spring so congress does have this authority but as with all things that shared congress has other tools at its disposal right they can use their power to control the federal budget to maybe withhold funding for war in iran or syria with iran but you know

this is. a classic case of conflict in the separation of powers and american government always comes to you just as many thanks indeed for being with us now way back at the beginning of this program some 15 minutes ago i told you about iran remaining defiant and that acedia revolutionary guard commander has warned of further missile attacks of u.s. forces in the region for more on that let's go live that attack iran. is with us from what did this revolution regard come on the same door step. well the comments were made by the head of iran's revolutionary guard aerospace division brigadier general. made the comments about the attack that was carried out on the u.s. base in iraq he was gave very specific details about how many missiles 13 ballistic

missiles were launched on to that base the general said that they weren't intending to kill any u.s. personnel or troops their target were the military equipment that the u.s. has at that base that was what they wanted to do what their intention was by striking it with the missiles that they did he said that the attack was a direct response to the assassination of their money and that the missiles they launched a number 13 many here believe is significant because it was on the. iranian calendar was on the 13th day that the general was killed and he also said that they expect that the americans to respond within hours of the attack but americans didn't they remain silent for many many hours following the attack and then they didn't respond at all he said iran was prepared to launch another 100 elicit missiles to various bases and the americans did not do anything he said that this shows that the united states president is very weak he's all about just talk and when it comes to

actually just he's too scared to act it was almost as if he was taunting u.s. president donald trump in the way he was speaking he was flanked by a series of posters belonging to hezbollah and the shabby and the iranian revolutionary guard so there was a podium he was standing in front of had these flags behind him was very very significant because it pointed to the fact that iran's influence is not only within iran itself it's also has far reaching allies in the region the main goal of iran right now is to seek revenge as much as the mayor. i want they can pray for peace as nancy pelosi asked they should pray for peace the rains here are praying for revenge they've said that the death of us and so the money crosses a red line he was not only the head of iran's quds force but he was also a very close friend and confidant to the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei the 2 have known each other for over 4 decades they were very very fond of each other

so this assassination is being seen as a direct hit to the highest authority in iran the supreme leader himself who has said that this missile attack that kerry was carried out of wednesday morning is just a slap in the face there is a lot more to come to so many thanks indeed going to show you some live pictures now from the united nations where the security council is holding a debate on upholding the u.n. charter for international peace and security it comes of it the growing tension between washington and tehran following the assassination of general so the mahdi besides the u.s. congress the legality of that attack is being questioned right now at the united nations let's get more from our diplomatic get it to james bays live for us at the u.n. this is something of a a mammoth debate james. yes absolutely agent we're now watching live pictures of one of the permanent members of the security council

france speaking to the security council just moments ago just finishing his speech though another permanent member of china. who is the chinese ambassador to the u.n. said that there had been recently in the gulf acts of bullying and he said he entirely blamed unilateral military adventurism of the united states so strong words from the chinese ambassador in this debate about the u.n. charter the u.n. charter the governing document of the u.n. and the key document in international law it's interesting that while congress is looking at the legality of president trumps actions in terms of u.s. law here it's the focus of the security council and whether what was done by the americans and for that matter the iranians was illegal under the charter and it's interesting that in the last 24 hours we've had a letter from the u.s. ambassador to the security council and a letter from the iranian ambassador to the united nations that's also sent to the

security council and both those nations are saying that their action in recent days has been. under the charter under article $51.00 of the charter which says that you can act if it is in self-defense the other focus of this meeting is the absence of the iranian foreign minister he wanted to come here he didn't get granted a visa and i can tell you that already the south african ambassador has condemned that and says it's a contravention of the host country agreement between the u.s. and the u.n. right and back in to get early days of the u.n. in 1907 and another person who criticized it was the chairperson of the elders that committee of elders states women and men mary robinson. it is my understanding that iran's foreign minister zarif was due to address this chamber today he was going to speak about the role of the u.n.

charter in supporting international peace and security but has been prevented from doing so as tensions have arisen between iran and the united states this is highly regrettable it is precisely in time such as these that we need to hear the voices of all concerned indeed chapter 6 of the u.n. charter as the secretary general has reminded us requires parties to any dispute that threatens international peace and security to hold negotiations or use other peaceful means to resolve their conflict mary robinson the french ambassador speaking out we are in the next half hour going to hear from the u.k. from russia and the u.s. will monitor should roll a moment meeting as you said here aged 111 speakers this meeting will actually go on on friday as well our diplomatic as james pays life there at the u.n. james many thanks indeed turkey's foreign minister says he doesn't want to see iraq

become a war zone for foreign powers have not cover show low is in baghdad that offered support to iraq's president bottom sally as well as caretaker prime minister other of the lucky he says that iran of the united states must respect iraq's sovereignty . he does not wish to see iraq turn into a battlefield for foreign powers iraq has its own difficulties and problems iraq is combat ing terrorism and terrorist organizations like p.k. qaeda eisel iraq is also addressing a very critical task which is the rebuilding of the country al-jazeera said in carcillo in istanbul explains why the turkish government is focused on the escalation. turkey it has stepped up to play a meditation role between mainly the united states and iran this is what they have set out loudly and the purpose of this visit by foreign minister job shoulder to iraq is also again for this meditation let me 1st state that turkey always supports

the territorial integrity and sovereignty of neighboring countries mainly iraq syria and iran because also they have some kurdish communities and the output kurdistan workers party are also active in those countries that's why the turkey believes that the neighbors territorial integrity and so very nitty is also the same for itself and turkey and iraq has both economic relations and political cooperation and from time to time they come together especially for combating terrorism issues like fighting against isis and p k k is a very important issue but this was it was specific with set up to the escalate the current tension between iran and the united states and that's why a foreign minister childish all the suburb of turkey welcomed the role that's overly positive statements by both the us president donald trump last night and from the iranian side turkey says it is committed to. committed to help iraq in its

reconstruction the u.n. envoy to libya has welcomed calls by turkey and russia for a cease fire to be implemented by sunday to support opposing sides in the conflict moscow backs the libyan war order khalifa haftar whose forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april turkey has begun deploying troops to support the un recognized government based in the capital the e.u. was warned that libya could become a 2nd syria if a cease fire is reached soon. ukraine has declared a national day of mourning after ukrainian commercial jet crashed in iran killing all $176.00 passengers and crew 737 went down after takeoff from tehran just hours after iran had fired missiles at u.s. forces in iraq canada's prime minister says that his country will be part of the investigation $63.00 of those killed were canadian citizens laura burden manoli reports. friends family

colleagues coming together in grief. these were the 9 crew members of ukraine international airlines who was supposed to land this tumbling a wednesday are still set to head to the source it's a tragedy for the whole world for ukraine and every one of us this is a grief which is difficult to express in words ukraine's president vladimir the lansky joined the chill he says ukrainian investigators are helping iranian authorities to find out why the boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran airport joining up over the do i will speak with iran's president to step up cooperation with ukraine to establish the truth i'm appealing to the international community especially to canada to take part in the investigation. most of the passages were iranian. as well as more than 60 canadians. in

toronto and elsewhere in canada there were more candles more flowers and pictures of those who'd been killed it really shocked me as well as the iranian community and the world that this heartless i mean just think about the lives that were lost and this was so i necessarily canada's prime minister just intruder says his country will make sure there's a proper investigation our government will continue to work closely with its partners to ensure that this crash is thoroughly investigated canadians have questions and they deserve answers video and social media appears to show the boeing 737-2801 fire before it crashed in a city suburb. emergency crews on the ground work to recover evidence from deborah that was scattered for several kilometers ukraine has cancelled flights were run

and says it expects to see a transcription of the black box cockpit recording the airline says the plane was one of its best and the pilots among its most experienced it's a major setback for boeing which is struggled to regain trust after the grounding of a 737 max aircraft following 2 fatal. within 5 months there were many national board as people gathering grief around the world investigators will want to find out why the flight with 176 passengers and crew never reached its destination. about among the al-jazeera a taliban commander has been killed in an afghan government operation with support according to the ministry of defense that happened in the district of herat province late on wednesday the government says it's investigating reports of

civilian casualties. unions in france of call for more nationwide strikes against president of mario macross pension reform plans demonstrates this gathered in paris where the protests of course travel disruptions for over a month now literacy ations between the government and transport unions are set to continue on friday. a group of diplomats from 15 nations on a 2 day visit to indian administered kashmir it's the 1st time that foreign diplomats have been invited by the indian government to assess the situation after new delhi revoked the region's autonomy in august so iran reports now from india's capital. a 2 day visit by a delegation of diplomats based here in india has begun in kashmir they consist according to the indian media of those such as the united states ambassador and diplomats from africa and latin america they have been insistent that they did not

want to guided tour of kashmir since article 370 that gave the region its autonomy was removed in the middle of last year and they did want to meet former chief ministers searchers who were musty. and for a dollar who at the moment continue to be under house arrest now of course the only pictures that are emerging from the region on this visit is a convoy from the airport taking these diplomats to a military base where they will then meet apparently members of civil society and other politicians a select group of domestic journalists have been invited by the indian government to cover the event but those that don't quite see eye to eye domestically with the indian government have not been invited is expected that we will get comment from these diplomats when they come back to the capital new delhi but what is most interesting is that the representatives of the european union are not in attendance they sighted it was too short notice to go and that we will wait to see whether

they are invited on to further trip in the future hundreds of protesters have marched across india's capital after a group of people broke into a university and beat up students and teachers earlier this week demonstrators demanding justice for the victims they spent widespread violence after a controversial citizenship law was passed last month university campuses have been at the forefront of protest against that decision students affiliated with the governing b.j. pete are accused of carrying out the attack but they deny any involved. it is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to here in the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. house of representatives is debating a bill that would limit president donald trump's ability to attack iran is controlled by democrats the resolution is largely symbolic. we are passing today a war powers resolution to limit the president's military actions in ministration

must just be escalate and must protect prevent further violence america and the world cannot afford to war but what happened. in the view of many of us is not promoting peace but an escalation not that we have any confidence in the goodness. or the good intentions of of iran and we certainly do not respect an actor my intelligence background know just how bad so money was not because we expect good things from them but we expect great things from us the crisis between the u.s. and iran has been part of the sharp focus of the un security council meeting which is gathered to discuss upholding the u.n. charter but he has the opportunity to call for a deescalation reason worrying events in the middle east evermore underscore the

most importance of upholding the job of its specially principals the use of force respect for the sole rinty and territorial integrity of states and peaceful settlement of disputes this respect for the chapter and international law on the other hand has been posing serious threats to international and regional peace and security and challenge the very relevance and lead to tbilisi at the united nations. a senior iranian come out a says that surrounds missile strike in iraq on a base hosting u.s. troops is just the beginning of an operation in the region he said the wednesday's attack was not bred to kill but to damage the u.s. military machine as the headlines more news on al-jazeera after radicalized youth thanks to.

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