records and in the process mobilize his her community as long as people are free to talk and there is no check and the feeling of being watched on al-jazeera. the in. the best. trying to rally his supporters for donald trump's 1st campaign event in months brings empty seats and controversy. play watching al jazeera live from doha with me fully back to bore also ahead egypt's president puts his military on notice suggesting they may be deployed to intervene in libya a top new york prosecutor who's been investigating donald trump's allies finally

agrees to step aside after a standoff with the white house press i didn't know anyone in the city there does not have the will to put the. running out of water in zimbabwe environmentalists are pointing the finger of blame at government officials and develop this. donald trump called it the kickoff for his presidential reelection campaign but is for us ronnie since a coronavirus outbreak in the u.s. fell short of expectations the event in tulsa oklahoma draws smaller crowds than expected and his appearance was mired in controversy with some saying the event poses a huge risk to public health she have a tendency reports. that have been reported that this really was intended not just enjoys the pro. supporters but to lift the spirits of

a man who's craved the adulation of his base during the long months of lockdown you are so lucky president that's all i can help you with the trump campaign's hopes of a turnout of 100000 supporters inside and outside this great american comeback rally fell short in fact the president cancelled what had been planned as a pretty rowdy address at the outdoor overflow area because of a lack of numbers those who filed into the 20000 capacity arena had their temperatures checked having waived their right to sue the trump campaign if they contract it covert 19 earlier it had been reported that 6 members of the trump advance team had tested positive for the virus and on saturday tells them the location of the rally hit a new daily record of infections but the president mocked caution and suggested throughout his speech that protesters have been causing trouble outside and discouraging attendance but there were few protesters and no incidents reported

before he spoke you are warriors thank you we had said very people out there was the usual blame for the chinese too but here with racially offensive language has more names than any disease. i can. come flu and blame for public health officials for the spread of the virus in the u.s. when you do testing to that extent you can find more people are going to find more cases so i said to my people slow to test things out please the administration officials quickly briefed journalists that the president was just joking as for the unprecedented demonstrations banning race and close across the country against police violence and systemic racism the president once again presented them as unchecked anti american anarchy and he presented his general election opponent joe biden as a man with a questionable. record on race in failing mental health amid these historic

protests if the democrats cave. then the riders will be charged and no one will be safe and no one will have control joe biden who's not the leader of his party joe biden is a helpless puppet of the radical left by far the longest section there was a defense of the president's cautious use of a ramp following his speech of the west point military academy the week before that had led to speculation about his health it had no handrail it was like it ice skating this event wasn't simply about abusing the president there a 1000000 people were reported to have registered for the event giving the phone numbers as well as email and whom addresses this is essential information for ensuring turnout in november election especially as a significant proportion of trunk space owned regular voters these events all crucial for the trump campaign is momentum we will know 2.

that the rally did seem like a public health experiment what would happen if you packed thousands of people into an indoor arena many refusing to wear or take a minimal precautions for several hours of singing cheering and shouting in a city experiencing a surge in crude 1000 infection we should know in 2 to 3 weeks she every time see algis or. a top federal prosecutor in new york has agreed to step down after a standoff with donald trump and the u.s. attorney general jeffrey berman initially refused to resign continue his corruption investigations into president trump's associates in another legal battle the white house has failed to block a tell all memoir by the former national security adviser my cannery for some washington respect from bolton was president trump's 3rd national security adviser and had a front row seat to some of the administration's most sensitive and perhaps controversial

decisions now he's set to release a book about what he witnessed and it's not good reading for the white house that's why it tried to stop the book's publication but a federal judge has now ruled that while bolton had gambled with national security the administration had not shown how it would suffer harm if the publication of the book went ahead and he refused to grant an emergency injunction the phrase used by the judge was the horse is out of the barn he also indicated the administration may have heard greater success if it had brought the injunction at the time that john bolton allegedly walked away from the review process and before the widespread publication of quotations from the book it's been a rocky few days for the attorney general william barr and his justice department late friday he tried to demote the prosecutor of new york's powerful southern district court. but jeffrey berman refused to step down they should just tell you

that over the last night i have nothing to add to that. this morning i'm just here to do my job just waiting in his office though was a letter from the attorney general confirming that president trump had agreed to fire him with immediate effect on the 33 year old bar. where you know that the carbon fiber farm. but we have a very capable very early on i got it. says berman's deputy will run the department until the president's new choice is in place and he will now supervise among other cases the investigation opportunities bank that has been indicted on fraud money laundering and sanctions offenses we've had a great relationship in his book john bolton alleges turkish president no one asked president trump to use his influence to get the charges dropped and the president

said to aaron i want one point look those prosecutors in new york are obama people wait till i get my people in and then we'll take care of this and i thought to myself and i'm a department of justice alumnus myself i've never heard any president say anything like that ever they're highly classified as usual the response of the white house is to attackers president trump lashed out at john bolton in a series of tweets pointing to the judge's criticism as i quote a big court when he continues bolton broke the law and has been called out and rebuked for so doing with that really big price to pay he likes dropping bombs on people and killing them now he will have bombs dropped on him. or. we. will. say we got to be the federal judge has ensured the public will be able to read john bolton's allegations in full on tuesday that president trump appears

adamant civil or criminal charges against the former national security adviser inevitable economic times mike hanna al-jazeera washington. in other world news the un recognized government in libya is denouncing egyptian threats of military intervention president abdel fattah has warned the army could be sent in g.n.a.t. forces advance on these are important city of sirte in the past month forces have captured significant territory from warlords 25 task forces who are backed by egypt's. you are ready to carry out any missions what i witnessed is a living proof for keeping ability as i can see egypt's army is one of the mightiest armies in the region i am certain if we need a few sacrifices like those being carried out over the past 7 years along the borders with libya you are prepared to carry out any mission with no home soil or

if required beyond our border lines and turkey is calling on have taught to pull his forces from the city of sirte in order for there to be a sustainable cease fire a spokesman for the turkish president has accused france of jeopardizing nato security by backing the warlord after us forces have been pushed back from tripoli to search in recent weeks after they failed to seize the capital in a 14 month offensive china has this update from misrata. libya's internationally recognized government thus the g.n.a.s. denounced will cease his remarks on saturday saying that this constitutes a threat to their national sovereignty and that is a threat to their secure their national security now i spoke to the commanders here on the ground and they say that they are adamant about entering sirte they say that they want to liberate all of libya from have to control they also say that their agreement with church is a legitimate one the g.n.a.t. and turkey signed

a military and maritime agreement in november this has helped the d.n.a. in capturing western western libya retaking western libya from have 2 forces and they want to continue on now to sirte and they say after that towards the eastern oil ports what we are seeing is a real effort from the d.n.a. to continue on they say that they will not accept a cease fire until have to force is really a retreat from sirte and from a jew from. they what they want they will not negotiate with huffed or when i speak to mehmet cheli about this his managing editor at the daily newspaper and joins us via skype from istanbul thank you very much for being with us so abdel fattah el-sisi says it is a red line and is strengthening taint of in militarily why do you think this is why set a red line for egypt and how is this being viewed by turkey which has been supporting

the jna forces advancing on steroids. well 1st of all i think. president egyptian president is replying with fire that could further complicate the situation in libya and escalated patients that are already really bad with regards to the war that has been going on for a while and secondly i think he's also playing this aggression to his domestic power but at the same time he's doing this to plan for a post huffed our. postoffice our scenario because i think most of the backer are now not necessarily calculating their equations without star in it but rather they are focusing on post huffed our situation so how this will how this will play into egypt's hand in the post after era is what makes. sisi to have this aggression.

towards g.n.a.t. and in libya i mean i don't think this is necessarily. anything more than beating beating drums of war but right at the same time i think i think his this is more of an aggression then an concrete determination. of war or you know showing flexing money so you're saying is frankly taxing his muscles he has said though the egyptian president that the government of libya the jna forces should stop at the current frontline inside negotiations to reach a political solution to the crisis in libya is there appetite to do that i mean turkey has also said in the past that it wants a peaceful solution to the conflict in libya is this not the opportunity then for that i mean why would the g.n.a.t. want to continue to push on when they've got this cold in cote olive branch being offered by egypt to end i have to ask forces. well 1st of all i think again

this. aggression and these remarks coming from egypt is due to the fact that the u.n. the u.n. recognized and libya's legitimate government has been making events against our forces which are you know nothing more than a war warlord and a push is general so you know yes they are offering these all of branches but again libya needs to be liberated from all these you know illegitimate forces that are backed by saudi arabia the u.a.e. france and russia what i intend to title hell so back in the government of national court forces would they be one of those which are legitimate forces that you're talking about. no i mean i mean we cannot say that the d.n.a. is an illegitimate force tookie is invited by the g.n.a.t. which is the un recognized legitimate government so if the help to our forces if we if you are considering then considering them as legitimate forces then we can make

this argument but at the moment they are not necessarily the legitimate government or legitimate forces in libya fighting against illegitimate entity that is backed by the united nations so i think we need to conceptually need to define what we consider as legitimate in libya so that we can see which actions are necessarily for the libyans or the for the liberation of libya and which are further complicating the situation on the ground. i mean we have recently you know heard you it saw u.n. reports with regards to mass graves and several mess grapes in fact more than at more nearly a dozen mass graves that were you know found in the areas controlled by after so if a force like that is being backed i don't think this is something that we can say it is for the libyans and it is legitimate yes turkey wants a political political solution and took it believes that

a political solution is the only way to actually establish a stable. future for libya but however we cannot say that this should be you know containing some illegitimate forces i mean libya so egypt offering these all of brains comes from a sense of panic as a result of g.n.a.s. advance messman they have made towards the east and now they say that you know search and for example jus for the next that they will continue on their investment but all these recalculations are being met the main i think for a pause toughed are. you know said now are you and i think backers are have already . are making these. calculations without him so that they can have political leverage and military leverage in strategic points where there is gas storage and oil rough rough an aries so this is rather egypt goes back and forth

with regards to that showing that sense of good will for 'd political so brazil lucian but at the same time i think there are stuck in between whether to continue supporting hopped our own whether to align or be you know a tool of some other powerful actors in the region i think reconciliation would be ok for coming from iraq is important but i don't think egypt or c.c. government is ready or sincere about that thank you for sharing if you with us. managing editor at the daily sabai joining us now from istanbul thank you for your time and i still ahead on al-jazeera is that clip from brazil's most famous sounds in a bit to slow the spread of 19 us. because of protests hundreds of businesses have been boarded up artists are using that as an opportunity i'm give

rolls on to a new york that story coming up. however i get the impression they're rather more showers around where they shouldn't be in what's technically the dry season for indonesia but as you can see very little land is visible except covered in showers and they have been certainly packing themselves in further west of sumatra calle singapore to ensure my lazy and up through thailand where rather more expected sort of ways is still covered in shasta and java sees more than its fair share. she's had something like a month's worth of rain in the last day well initially or from the last day so they're calling for forecasts which his sons told sun storms and rain with little wind is not exactly promising for what should be a fairly tri time of the year rather more on track there is australia's weather

this killing law is moving slowly through the bass strait and is moving slowly though the winds around it are quite strong regs like in south coast victoria showers inland in new south wales the rain proper tasmania and probably moving study across the tasman sea where the frontal its way through purses well temperature weren't changed much you just get a spell of rain like his melbourne's forecast about our fridge frankly it's breezy that it's not there it is again with rain likely on tuesday and again on thursday. a. reminder tends. on our planet things on the pants down to scenes documentary by week compelling way i mean the reality on. the hollow. being wind the games with magazine city under siege.

in the one in my lane. on al-jazeera. the i am. talking back our top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has held his 1st reelection rally since the coronavirus crisis began the crowd in tulsa oklahoma was smaller than expected after critics said the events threatened to spread corporate 19. a top federal prosecutor in new york has agreed to step down after a standoff with donald trump in the u.s. attorney general jeffrey berman initially refused to resign and vowed to continue

his corruption investigations into president trump's associates and the un recognized government in libya is denouncing egypt's threats of military intervention president up to 5 has warned the jewish nami could be said to any of g.n.a.t. forces advance on these are t.j. ward city of sirte. as spain has opened its borders to visitors from most of its neighbors a government announced saturday that either member states citizens would be allowed to enter without the 14 day mandatory quarantine the land border with portugal will remain closed until the 1st of july at the request of lisbon spain has been one of the worst affected countries in europe with more than 28000 deaths and nearly 300000 cases in brazil police have cleared people from one of its most famous beaches in rio de janeiro officers in copacabana were enforcing coronavirus restrictions brazil is a 2nd worst affected country more than 1000000 people have been infected and nearly 50000 have died now despite the rise in deaths across latin america countries in

the region are pushing to lift restrictions and reopen. reports. the police make sounds of some much needed relief to this for rio de janeiro. at the computer the band play their weekend internet streamed set on a roof overlooking the shanty town. of brazil mourning so many deaths from coronavirus people here say music helps and call. those coming back from work and those who stay at home don't have much to do so the music has become an emotional escape for lots of people but the response can only be temporary as the number of infections and deaths continues to climb not just in brazil but across much of latin america. mexico surpassed the 20000 mark on friday cemeteries in part of the country are struggling to find grave space for the dead

while funeral workers try their best to protect relatives from the same fate. but despite the rising death toll quarantine restrictions are being eased allowing many shops in factories to reopen. without dorothy's struggling to find the right. balance between the need to save lives and economic recovery. the epidemic continues and we have to be extremely careful in the reactivation objective it is in our streets where we congregate there is no doubt that we need to start recovering our public life as other countries have done because our daily sustenance depends on it and half the country lives from day to day. in colombia where the virus has had less impact there was a frenzy of shopping on friday as crowds took advantage of a day without value added tax the government promoted it to revive business activity although critics including the mayor of bogota are calling the measure

irresponsible and most of the novel was published on the up on well this is not a party we are in a pandemic if you want to buy something it's better to buy online with that you don't run the risk of crowding after months of lockdown people across latin america are understandably tired of staying home and countries eager to jump start their economies even if the number of cases in debts can team used to set new records and there is still little clarity on when the outbreak will begin to subside alison that i'm here i'll just. the 1st major election since much of europe went into lockdown is taking place in serbia voting has begun for a new parliament election was originally planned for april opinion polls predict the serbian progressive party of president alexander church will get around 50 percent of the vote but some opposition parties are boycotting saying the election won't be fair because of his influence over the media. china's controversial new

security law could be imposed on hong kong within weeks regimes top legislative body has announced a 3 day session starting next sunday but is not specified if it is directly related to the proposal details of the law emerge saturday revealing mainland courts will have jurisdiction over certain national security cry. to zimbabwe now which has suffered from years of drought 10 environmentalist brain property developers for making it worse they're accused of causing a drastic fall in groundwater levels by building homes on protected wetlands. has a story from harare. and dorothy wakeling strongly objected when a property developer tried to build houses on this protected area is one of several with lands in had any ecosystems such as marshes and urban areas that soak up and store extra rainfall and water all over. these open spaces that i lived

and fortunately that is the developers with. these. scientists say when it lands purify instal groundwater which is then gradually released into rivers and lakes years of drought in zimbabwe have made these water bodies even more precious in history you've had to seize over the thousands of years that have dried up and people have moved away from those cities we heading in that direction and i cannot say that strongly and. we are i don't know. anyone in the city does not have a water problem. many dams rivers and lakes are slowly disappearing several parts of the country apart just as the economy worsens was a bobbins are coming to harare from smaller towns and rural areas and it's a method $2000000.00 people live in and around the capital putting a strain on its already depleting water sources. city council's approved

development permits after an environmental impact assessment has been done municipal officials deny allegations made by some environmental activists that they are purposely allowing landowners to build illegally on with lands and more of that is being used to draw the board for action guns. meaning other institutions. can be used to predict december. they're full of going toward tourist just took a board woodlands but as they are not fond of coming to council. to release a piece of land that they presume is works in predicted zimbabwe is a signatory to the international ramsar convention a cittie for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands but as urban migration increases the even more pressure to build and grow food in marshy areas conservation a say protecting these few remaining water bodies left in urban areas needs more political will and environmentally friendly policies. al-jazeera.

as americans grapple with coronavirus and black lies matter protests artists in new york are displaying their vision of hope and healing a protest art is on boarded up store fronts in the soho district. takes us along for a look. where some people see an eyesore artists see it candice the stores in new york's soho district 1st closed in march because of the covert pandemic but then were boarded up for protection during the recent protests and spread occluding and now weeks later the entire neighborhood has become an open air art gallery of sorts of protest art work on almost every block artists have converted boarded up businesses into artistic statements to mark these unprecedented times i think. we're living through the greatest period of change. in. i don't

know maybe think the berlin wall found on one corner we find artists trevor croupe painting his 2nd we're all in the neighborhood hundreds of people of the bank you to me as they're walking by. you see an outpouring of creativity some artists i haven't painted for years are painting out here on another street lydia benny ery she's originally from greece and has painted faces of black people that have been killed by police and we have 30 members of them not to forget them this is the. thing that the states it works in process because every few days they continue to kill somebody eventually all these stores will reopen and this would be it's been put here to protect the doors and windows will all be taken down and with it all of this art will be lost forever. it's already happening with the looting over shops

are preparing to reopen a group called soho social impact is trying to preserve as much of the art as possible and there is a lot from the hopeful to the defiant to the art that makes you think telling the story of new york and america the past few weeks on the most unlikely of canvases gabriels on to. new york. again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has held his 1st reelection ronny since the coronavirus crisis began the crowd in tulsa oklahoma was smaller than expected after critics said the event threatened to spread called the 90. 1 american ship watch left wing radicals burn down buildings. destroy private property your

100 year dedicated police officers. these police officers they get injured they don't complain they're incredible and. sounds huge upon thousands of people only day here the rather go. saying what a beautiful rally it was. one of new york saw federal prosecutors has agreed to step down after a standoff with the u.s. attorney general geoffrey burman had initially refused to resign volleying to continue his corruption investigations into president trumps in a circle the un recognized government in libya as denouncing egypt threats of military intervention president abdel fattah el-sisi has won the egyptian army could be sent in if d.n.a. forces advance on these or teach a clean port city of. spain has opened its borders to visitors for from most of its e.u. neighbors the government announced saturday that citizens of e.u. countries would be allowed to enter without the 14 day mandatory quarantine the

land border with portugal will remain closed until the 1st of july at the request of lisbon spain has been one of the worst affected countries in europe voting is underway in said for europe's 1st part of entry election since it went into coronavirus lockdown 3 months ago opinion polls predict a win for president and xander which is progressive audie some opposition parties are boycotting they say the vote is a whole. and china's controversial new security law could be imposed on hong kong within weeks beijing stop legislative body has announced a 3 day session starting next sunday but has not specified if it is directly related to the proposal details of the law m h saturday revealing mainland courts will have jurisdiction over say national security crimes those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year its rewind stay with us. currently because that's the economy's time current job losses increase government that's ahead it will be levels it's

a record high divorce from reality plus the pandemic devastates indigenous communities across latin america. counting the cost of this era. and welcome again to rewind on many of the products since we launched al-jazeera english more than a decade ago we have tackled many difficult and sensitive stories across the world today we rewind into august 2014 when the faultline series traveled to ferguson missouri and the midst of street on red.