treat and don't interrupt a discussion. from our london broadcast center. u.s. president donald trump refuses to sign a relief bill and threatens the benefits of close to $14000000.00 americans. there i missed as you tan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a court gives the go ahead for the election in central african republic despite fighting between the rebels and the army. to be like the most you want and they will you like better of us nearly a 1000 refugees and migrants are stuck out in the freezing cold on the bosnia

croatia border. and a team activist tells her story about trying to put an end to child marriage in bangladesh. the millions of americans will see their unemployment support payments stop at least for now the president on trump refused to sign a massive coronavirus relief and spending bill he had until midnight washington time outs this hour to do so in order to avoid any disruption of the $900000000000.00 package was considered a done deal after it was approved by both republicans and democrats in congress part of it though includes a one time coronavirus relief payout congress agreed to $600.00 for individuals but truck wants that increase to $2000.00 now if he continues to hold out a government shutdown looms roslyn jordan has all the latest for us from the

capital. the u.s. president donald trump has refused to sign a $900000000000.00 bill that would provide economic support to americans and their families to businesses and to the overall u.s. economy he says it's because the one time stimulus checks that would be given to many americans just isn't enough the deal that was struck between republicans and democrats set aside $600.00 per person but the president has insisted that every american adult get 2000 dollars and that their children each get $600.00 now this is something that congressional republicans who normally support the president don't want to do they say that would vastly increase the federal budget deficit will democrats for their part are taking sides with the president because they say the suffering is deep and is only getting deeper and that any money will make a difference now refusal to sign this legislation isn't just about stimulus checks

it's also going to affect whether unemployment checks can continue to go to the estimated 14000000 people who had been relying on that money since that many of them lost their jobs during the pandemic it also means that there's a big question as to whether people who have not been able to pay their rent could suddenly find themselves a victim after january 1st that's because the moratorium one of the actions expires on new year's eve and finally there is the question of whether the federal government itself can continue to operate after monday night that's because there isn't a budget in place to fund the government and this bill would have allowed that government operations to continue so there's a lot riding on donald trump's decision to sign this bill or not sign this bill and so far it looks as if everything comes to a grinding halt over the rest of the weekend on that state and to the snyder has

a public policy professor at george mason university and he joins us now from washington d.c. now it's taken already months and months to get any kind of agreement this could now drag out even fathom so what happens now both on capitol hill and for millions of americans. well republicans are guessed that what the president is doing he's playing games with people's lives it's not just unemployment benefits and protections for renters it's also aid to businesses and to schools it's money for back scene distribution there are a lot of things that are at stake here that the president simply doesn't seem to care he is demanding that that be europe would be not to be given to everyone employed merican going way up to 2 $1000.00 which republicans in congress say is far too expensive while his decision then to break with his eye in person what is his strategy here i i imagine given that the treasury secretary of state of michigan he was part of the discussions that some republicans are feeling

a little confused even potentially betrayed that's right minucci unclaimed or they believe he was speaking for the white house but the white house appears not to believe that at all they weren't part of those negotiations the president is interested in only one thing it's now become clear he's interested in forcing the congress to discount the election results from last month and declare that he has won the electoral vote they cannot do that they will not do that he needs period to republicans in congress because when congress meets on january 6th to count the electoral vote he wants republicans to object to the electoral votes count of they were can ask for job on but if they do that they'll sacrifice their own careers because it will outrage american voters the president thinks he's right and he thinks the election was stolen from him and he's waiting for republicans to stand with him i want to come back to the future of the republican party in a minute but just sticking with the bill for now president trump has also been

complaining about the so-called pork on the ballot right the additional bits of legislation that have been added but that's pretty standard isn't it is this package small pork is unusual. this is absolutely the same kind of package republicans pass all the time scope or barrel legislation something for use something for me something very one else and that way everyone both for it is it because everyone gets something that's the way congress works and the president doesn't seem willing to accept that so where do we go from here now he could potentially sign it off the debt on what's the process going forward well if he signs it out to the deadline which a lot of people believe the deadline has just passed a lot of people believe he will have to do just to keep the government running and the vaccine distributed if he signs it later those benefits can be restored richer actively so the idea is there won't be very much harm done although he would be scaring $14000000.00 americans to death and possibly face it would be forcing them

to pace the a bichon from their homes because that protection is no longer employed in in place and they'll also be saying a president joe biden and less than a month what does all this mean for his administration or also in terms of how they're going to deal with the pandemic well dealing with the pandemic or fall into the hands of joe biden was promised that he has plans to deal with it as it were emergency basis he appears to be taking it part more seriously than president trump has although trump claims that his heroic achievement as president was to operation were speed which speeded the way to the back scene development but he simply lost interest he lost interest in the coronavirus he lost interest in the pandemic the only thing he's interested in doing is getting himself reelected president and he's depending on the republicans in congress to stand with him and that is his plan and that is why he is not signing this bill although wet to now for the republican

party that is there a bit of a reckoning around identity of the posse going up. oh sure there are a lot of republicans who are becoming exasperated with president trump he still has the support of great can probably republicans all over the country so congressional republicans have to be very careful in challenging president john because he has been until now a real hero to republicans who are in the country and they've stood with him most republicans have even doubted that biden was elected clearly they believe and trump says that the election was stolen but what we're seeing is that his influence is diminishing right now in congress and it will soon diminish among rank and file republicans though he will always have a hard core constituency that will stand with him no matter what only continuing to watch all of this play out very closely indeed bill schneider their public policy professor at george mason university always great to get your thoughts and out there thanks for being with us but i'm moving on and in just under

an hour polls will open in central african republic after the constitutional court there ruled that the election can go ahead as planned and comes amid intensified fighting between the government and rebels more u.n. peacekeepers are arriving as well as soldiers from russia to try to help maintain the law and order an alliance of rebel groups says accusing president fast enough shows to adair of planning to rig this fight out of there as catherine so i reports now from the capital bangui. loral god-i is a driver and shows us pictures from a recent walk trip to a town 300 kilometers north of the capital. shortly after he took this fossils he says on demand attacks and he had to flee he's worried about relatives who live in the town he blames rebel groups calling themselves the patriots coalition for change or c.p.c. for the latest security crisis in the central african republic. tone the tone is

almost empty some of the men are asking civilian to give up their electoral college others in the charge as far as they know that cannot be a proper election in bossangoa. president faustina shuns to our data has asked people to come out and vote those in to be vigilant with concerns the violence may intimidate who says and undermine the point the government is looking to provide reassurance of countries throughout the world. there is no. let see. and when. people decide not to vote and you have a level of 0 for what it is but a submission which is no it doesn't mean this election is not pretty but more than $12000.00 peacekeepers from the un mission are backing c.-r.

security forces troops recently sent by one doctor russian military instructors and private security contractors are also on the ground all of this instability that you were. arrested part of the country that's been ongoing for. a petition filed by 7 opposition kind of is to postpone the election was rejected by the constitutional court 17 presidential candidates have been cleared to run for the election one has withdrawn his candidacy citing security reasons most promising to finally bring peace back to central african republic revive the economy and provide basic services. are has numerous gold. deposits as well as other natural resources yet it's one of the poorest and most unstable countries in the world more than half the population of

5000000 needs a good some people here in the capital told us all they want is a dignified life and to get to the other side of the poles safely. 0. 0 so the north west new share will also be voting in elections on sunday that are set to deliver its fast peaceful handover of power president obama who came to power in a coup before being elected in 2011 is stepping down after 2 terms his chosen successor mohamed leads a 30 strong field of candidates we share a struggling with a violent armed movements and widespread poverty. almost always it's a big job because there are 2 elections at the same time there are the presidential elections and the local sort of elections who stakes are high we have to make sure that the ballots that have to go to the ballot box for the presidential election good beer and those for the locals motive elections go to the ballot box with the representative elections so we try to organize ourselves as well as possible while

still ahead here on al-jazeera more questions than answers after a christmas day explosion in the southern u.s. city of nashville we'll have an update from there. and one of the thousands of course amman's deported from the u.s. this year describes how the conditions he fled on now be. miles. how do that as a hint of winter in the weather across the middle east at the moment we have got a a weather system just straddling saudi arabia sinking further south was a fresh breeze coming in in the process says some west of weather there over towards the red sea further north it is generally dropping see how the temperatures are struggling 12 or 13 degrees there for damascus and for baghdad and even

struggling here in doha by monday and the late great pagan temperatures back to around 22 celsius to the chance of want to show is over towards the red sea further south it is generally dry just around the horn of africa plenty as shallow as over towards lake victoria pushing a further west was right to the heart of africa tanzania seen some big down post will see some of the showers just sinking their way south which across the democratic republic of congo with some wet weather all the way down across zimbabwe seeing some showers longer spells of rain some wet weather too just easing across towards northern parts of namibia over madagascar here we have a tropical cyclone that's bringing some very heavy rain in some parts could see maybe 100 to 200 millimeters of fright as a tropical side plans and tao makes its way further east was easing into the mozambique channel and heading to my sam peak. but. a secret mass grave in arlon discovered at an institution run

by catholic nuns is. a nation in shock to its core. people in power investigates a scandal that destroyed families cost thousands of lives and still raises profound questions about the ties between the catholic church and the irish state's. arlen's mother and baby scandal. on a. rule for her for the world. hello again i'm a saucy attainder let's remind you of our top stories this hour millions of americans will see their unemployment support payments stop after president on

refused to sign a massive koren of virus relief spending bill one of the sticking points is a one time payment to americans to help them during this pandemic says he wants people to receive a bigger payout. and polls are just about to open in central african republic a day after the constitutional court allowed at the election to go ahead there's been escalating violence between government forces and rebel fighters in the run up to this verse and preparations are also underway for sunday's elections and it would be its 1st peaceful transition of power between an elected leader it's. all returning to our top story now and as we mentioned millions of americans are all set to use the government funds they've been depending on this year. is president of the food reception action center which works to eradicate poverty related hunger in the u.s. he says it's outrageous that president trump would hold up support that so many people are relying on. there are

a bunch of benefits that were part of this package in particular are going to zation is very concerned about any increase to the supplemental nutrition assistance program or snap that was in there but one of the things that we know is that for every one needle that's provided by the feeding america network the largest in this country the program 5 that is currently being increased the program that's currently being withheld snap to provide not and so the scale of one to 9 is incredibly important thing for people to understand in terms of how to deal with hunger problem at scale and also the snap benefit has incredible. positive economic benefits as well for this country that we can really use what we seen is as many have the credible miles of cars lined

banks and dramatic aerial shots that are in place and you know our memory on this and this is why the delay in getting this benefit out is so unconscionable we have the solutions at hand we've known about them and now not only do we know that we have a deal where people were standing ready to receive these benefits but now that it has been delayed and millions will continue to suffer. several people have been injured in a large fire that broke out at a syrian refugee camp north of tripoli in lebanon there are reports that it started during all to cation between residents of the camp and people living nearby the united nations says several tents have been destroyed that campus home to about 75 families and more than a 1000 refugees and migrants are stranded in a burnt out camp in bosnia-herzegovina a fire there this week destroyed much of that camp near the town of b. hoc on the probation border. reports. these migrants have

nowhere to go they're stranded in a refugee camp and most are herzegovina their goal is to reach western europe but for now their focus is surviving the winter storm the lip of camp near the croatian border has no heat and no proper facilities lined outside in subzero temperatures refugees wait for a donated meal and perhaps a sleeping bag from the red cross we are living like and the most human and well they're like better. so please i request. you i know i us all and yours to help us because if they cannot help us we really die so please help us a fire broke out on wednesday the same day the camp was meant to be shut down a un official says it was likely said by migrants frustrated with the schedule closure and lack of alternatives now most of the infrastructure that house more

than 1500 people is destroyed or damaged diddy's it no anything and no blankets and no. better place for sleep and you know that there is a many problems and i think will we be doing that there are reports of frostbite and hypothermia proper shoes is a luxury many here can't afford the e.u. has warned bosnia thousands of migrants face a freezing winter without shelter but politics is getting in the way. plans to relocate migrants have been met with protests and resistance from residents and authorities have so far failed to find new accommodations rebell thousands of people from asia the middle east and north africa the situation has been described as a disaster opon a disaster and the u.n. is concerned things could get worse katia locus of the young al-jazeera. at

least 3 people have been shot dead at a bowling alley in the u.s. state of illinois 3 other people also injured in the incident which happened in the city of rockford police say a person of interest is in custody and is being questioned well federal investigators in the u.s. are searching a home as they look for cleary's into a christmas day explosion in the southern city of nashville 3 people were hurt and about 40 buildings damaged the house that's being satch belongs to someone that police are also calling a person of interest john hendren reports out from nashville. in what could be a crucial break federal investigators searched the home of a person of interest in the nashville christmas the role of the man identified as 63 year old anthony quinn warner is not yet clear the top prosecutor in the case has his own name for whoever is responsible this this is ultimate scrooge on christmas morning instead of spreading joy and sheer decided to spread devastation and destruction u.s.

authorities pursuing more than 500 tips and leads expressed confidence after finding what they believe to be human remains near the site of the explosion saying there is no manhunt and no risk of a follow up attack at this point we don't have any indication that we are looking for a nother subject but again there's $500.00 leads were running through so there's all kinds of individuals we're looking for i am fairly confident we'll be able to identify an individual or ascertain what has occurred those remains found at the scene might belong to a bomber who was killed in the attack but it is unclear if anyone was inside the recreational vehicle when it detonated. block after block in the woods country music capitol were damaged and windows completely caved in. and it won't be up immediately and next thing you know already heard screams and sirens going off the explosion was heard miles away.

turning restaurants and live music venues to rubble and disabling mobile phone networks the explosion l side of an 880 transmission center it was apparently aimed at property not people it happened in the predawn hours before tourists would have been filling up this part of town and before it exploded the recreational vehicle broadcast a warning for people around it to evacuate. 6 p. . these officers ran toward the danger clearing out residents just before an explosion that arrived before the bomb squad i'm grateful to the team behind us. and national depending on them to do a great job and our resolve as a community to both rebuild 2nd and to find the culprit is is very great that city is now piecing itself back together as hundreds of investigators puir the

scene of a christmas day bombing for clues as to who was behind it how they did it and why john hendren al-jazeera nashville tennessee. now despise appeals from neda's for a pause during the pandemic the united states has continued to deport central americans back to their home countries thanks to more than $20000.00 guatemalans just this year and they found conditions that even western when i left john paul reports. it's been a desperate homecoming for me gayle settle he was deported from the u.s. in september after 2 years of working illegally in miami. now he's back in his village in the guatemalan highlands to find the harvest has failed the young man 20000 guatemalans have been deported from the u.s. this year according to the country's migration institute and they're coming back to find the conditions they fled and now even worse the economy's projected to

contract due to the pandemic and experts say the country's also increasingly affected by climate change some of its regions are part of a dry belt spreading throughout central america and guatemala is also just been devastated by 2 november hurricanes they destroyed the crops in miguel's village and now food is scarce to bring other pollutants in it's those natural disasters many of those deported also struggling to pay off debt. that's because people smugglers often charge migrants $10000.00 or more to take the north the idea is they'll pay it back gradually once working in the states. but it's a gamble and those that are kicked out have to pay the money anyway as the parents of miguel and his cousin who was cool with him and now discovering the business in your book when my son arrived i feel glad that we still have this debt to pay for suffering it's $7700.00 and i'm trying to celeb it of land to pay it as

a father i want to help my son but instead of getting ahead we only get poorer healthy but in our hearts we have the pain what can we do we're going we go now we have nobody to support to suit us. the guatemalan president has recently said the answer to the problem is to create prosperity in communities like ship you so that people don't have to leave in the 1st place. being coming by the ministration this place to spend $4000000000.00 on central america to do just that but it's tough to make sure the money gets to where it's needed past efforts so that it won't be a silver bullet to stop migration. john heilemann does either. globally $23.00 girls under the age of 18 unmarried every minute the u.n. forecasts that up to $13000000.00 may be forced into marriage over the next 10 years we spoke to dr a teen activist from bangladesh she and her colleagues have stopped more than 600

child marriages just in the last 2 years. hi and. basically i like to talk with among them. how was your childhood and what is the best memory you have used. so that then my mom was not that good to say because my mom mostly gave matt it activated so just because of from that i have got inspiration on this issue so then i see that. there is a child from. problems national from basic go get salad are going to wear it you don't know walking through stopped and also want to create an environment where cute and fun enjoy their rights and more than a computer for that so do down here through fascinated graining on ending jan maris and i am most active in. community. and we have.

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does the age of that and why they're giving jen marriage so then we went to. the family and i asked them that why did you binge and made their way of saying they don't want based on this go and they don't want to be at the cost of education so they're so they're giving gen myers then would drive through ad book and we've got family and motivated them and in finding to restock that generates these is 14 years old and. ring this bandini in last 2 months in october these go was at them to get married and somehow with data from the news and such as we have stopped this jet where we need that if we get married and that is and maybe hard chad good story our childhood memory we also destroyed it. and we have a plan or we have a mission recently like we want to quit just that from internationally where if you don't can frequently walk and they will go about their rights and they will watch out for other strikes because we believe that you're going to understand. ancient

fast food up that will be open again soon in italy but sadly visitors won't be able to place any orders archaeologists working in pompei have unearthed. what appears to be an l. shaped counter that stuffed hot food to ancient romans until it was destroyed in a volcanic eruption 2000 years ago the menu is thought to have intuited a variety of dishes from snails to paella. there in the stalls you tend to howl with the headlines here on al-jazeera millions of americans will see their unemployment support payments stop after president obama trump refused to sign a massive koren of virus relief and spending bill one of the sticking points as a one time payment to americans to help them during this pandemic trump says he wants people to receive a bigger pay roselyn jordan explains the impact of the president.