sir largely they're leaving residents lined up in their cars for food and water. president joe biden says he's declaring the entire state that is asters. there is hope sustained temperatures above freezing beginning saturday. this bill represents historic historic victory for the american people the $1.00 trillion dollar coated 90 relief bill passes its final heard the u.s. house of representatives approves a huge stimulus package which would offer financial help to millions of americans. out there i mean this is out there in life and also coming up on the program libyan politicians approve an interim government part of a u.n.

brokered roadmap to hold elections and unify the country often years before. his arrest led to days of violent protests and some to go opposition leader has been some kind of tells out there he's committed no crime. marching for justice protests is an election tina demond on says into the death of football star diego maradona who died last year after a heart attack. so it is a stimulus plan in the u.s. president joe biden says will give millions of americans a fighting chance the house of representatives has approved a $1.00 trillion dollars cave in $1000.00 relief bill it's one of the country's largest economic relief packages an official joins us live now from washington d.c. so allan that this will come as welcome news to millions of people. already been welcome by wall street the numbers there are up but as we know the stock market

isn't the full economy in the real world there's some good news for workers already american airlines which is going to lay off 13000 workers have essentially sent out a note to the malls saying you know that note we sent that there could be changes come march rip it up we're no examining what exactly has happened with the house passing this bill joe biden believes this will benefit millions and millions of americans and i'll know be up to him to sign it into law. thank you scott applause the host delivered joe biden's wife's significant victory as president a $1.00 trillion dollar covert relief bill and all done without a single republican vote in support this is a momentous day in the history of our country because we have passed historic consequential and transformative registration thanks goes to the senators who are

standing here are great committee chairs and all of our senators who pulled together as one unit beating back killer amendments making sure the bill was as strong as possible the bill has overwhelming support across the country 61 percent approval but republicans claim it spends far too much and delivers far too little we are here today mr speaker because democrats made a choice. i choice to put their own partisan political ambitions ahead of the needs of the working class the deal delivers $1400.00 stimulus checks to every qualifying american targeted mainly at lower incomes there's 350000000000 dollars for states cities and tribal governments 130000000000 for schools 40000000000 for further education and 50000000000 in relief for small

businesses the package was a big pre-election promise from biden he wanted to do it with republican support but was happy to push on without it. everything in the american rescue plan addresses a real need including investments to fund our entire vaccination effort more vaccines more vaccinate tours and more vaccination sites millions more americans will get tested including home testing schools will soon have the funding and resources to reopen safely a national imperative biden is expected to sign the bill when it hits his desk on friday the administration says the 1st checks could start going out soon with many people receiving their money before the end of the month so $49.00 days after the inauguration joe biden gets a big win but it's also a political gamble he said before the election that he was going to deliver on corporate relief and also make things a lot easier for american families if in

a year's time the economy is putting along things are on the up and the recovery is under way then he'll be able to see its success if that isn't the case that he might pay the price politically when it comes to the 2022 midterm elections are in fact that's not official the reporting from washington d.c. . former brazilian president louis enough he alluded to silva and slammed what he called the government's moronic handling of the pundit mic it's once again recorded the new daily record of death that it was speaking for the 1st time since the supreme court overturned his corruption convictions on monday the surprise decision paves the way for the left is needed to challenge the president's job also or in next year's election but leader has not confirmed whether he will be running that's enough from want to communicate has more from rio de janiero. i think what we're going to are divided whether he made

a speech or not i mean there are those that don't like lula and still will not like him but he spoke like a statesman that at a moment where the country is going through a very difficult situation a very we're at the peak of the pandemic yet again the 2nd highest number of deaths after the u.s. and no policy no federal policy so. that was one thing the other thing is that he had a very moderate speech where he was trying to appeal to not only the left wing but also the middle the center of brazil so it wouldn't be such a radical thing between him and old son not over the right wing president it would be with everybody i mean the left wing parties not only his own party but also all those that are in the center and he said do not be afraid of me of me he said of themself of course because referring to the markets don't be afraid of

a left wing government but he did say that he would be against privatization of state owned companies and because that would not be the way of getting more drawn. or let's say this on we can speak now to gabrielle a lot or who's professor of public administration of the julio vargas foundation joins us via skype from sao paulo a career thanks for joining us sir later it seems back in business but how do you think this affects the political scene numbers will. look at these artifacts in very different ways so we have a feisty take that is about the symbolic then mention of who love being a candidate again this is because this is the season reinforces the narrative that brazil had been them fair election in 2018 and create the idea that if lula was allow it to run better like since he would have one run and then he would have won and we would be in a different scenario so this isn't reinforces all that and i'm not remember but at

the same time it changes the whole race of the elections because of course we don't know yet if it's raining that next election not but in any case the line tracing the race changing the positions of the can't. and we have a very paradoxical situation right now because on the one side lies the biggest strengthens against both and i don't because the law has all these mammary better kountry and better economy and he threatens both and i don't always also muslim a lot of so forth but at the same time most time i don't want a very divided election because the best scenario for all somehow to wean is if he has their lights and i guess ok so do you think again do you think luna will run. we don't know because actually did the say this isn't just can so but judgment but they decided that the law will have a new judgment and he can become damaged in the new judgment so maybe he will not

be allowed to run in the next elections that's why he is not saying he will be a candidate so the belsen are as his allies they'll betray miller is a radical left threat when they and to what degree do you think they've been surprised they've been blindsided if you like by this decision. i think that bush as i said just votes on i don't know is good for votes and i don't bet if law lives allow it to rate to to run the lection but that the same time he has to fight against all these these narrative that lho was a very good president and that he could try this and that it better than bill and i did so right now bill so not is just changing his whole i discovered just today he said that he will vaccinate the whole the whole population and next week he was sane a lot of things against the vaccines so he's change and also his positions now that

lays out the game it's hard to argue with little his record that he did govern over the most prosperous period in brazil's recent history didn't. yes he did and at the same time he has all of these. critics about the corruption there in that moment so bad is it that he has to fight these idea that he's corrupt and brings back these memories of the people that he's also a very good moment for the county and actually was in terms of economic and the so show inclusion the governor described get your perspective depreciate that's a that's a lot of the professor of public administration of the jet unit of august foundation thank you thank you very much. to libya where the parliament has approved a new interim unity government as part of a un backed deal it will be responsible for holding elections later this year libya has been divided between 2 rival ministrations supported by groups and foreign governments and there's been no rest since an uprising toppled movement enough in

2011 training has more now from misrata for it's been a very long and difficult road to bring the m.p.'s libya's members of parliament together they've been divided pretty much since they were elected in $2141.00 of course the tobruk based parliament with these headed by a gala sala is based in the east while a rival parliament is based in tripoli and peace began this rival parliament one leaf after began a military operation to take control of the capital of course he failed after 14 months but it's a very actual historical day for for libyans for especially for members of parliament who were able to actually come together they came together on monday 132 members of parliament met in the city of sirte they've been negotiating for the last couple of days and today they voted in this new interim government so it's

seen here by many as a historical day. so let her down to sarah the u.s. sector state throws down the gauntlet to china the head of a high level meeting next week. will a fish still be a safe dish contamination worries in japan 10 years after the meltdown at the fukushima nuclear. there was seen some welcome rainfall pushing across the western side of the u.s. recently still gets some showers along with spells of right and some snow over the high ground just rolling through here really wet weather that's going to be across the of the plains as we go on through the next couple of days this weather system here just currently located around the canadian prayer is pushing across into one

cherry will continue to slide further east was that west of weather coming down across the plains snow in the northern flank of that into ontario easing across into quebec ahead of that still warm there around the east coast d.c. at $22.00 celsius 19 in new york side looking good quite a weather coming in behind it quite a few wintry showers there still across the rockies as we make our way it's a friday i will say that wintry weather just not in a little further east with all heavy rain just coming in across the central plains at that stage i'm going to say just feeding over towards the eastern seaboard but still want to bad for those temperatures like it was a northeastern corner for new york and for d.c. still a bit of snow there it's a quick hack at this state southeastern parts of the u.s. looking lousy fine in try lots of fun and try to across the caribbean but we have got somewhat of weather just around hispaniola showers along the spells frame here that weather spreading across into the western caribbean.

once city to alice. now posted to a movie logistics. follows the personal journeys of we women teachers daily struggles with isolation and battles with physical hardship. sacrificing their family lives for the education of future generations. women in the wind on al-jazeera. well again you're watching out there what about top stories in the u.s. house of representatives has approved

a $1.00 trillion dollars pandemic relief bill will provide stimulus checks to millions of americans as well as extended unemployment benefits and tax prayers. for my brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva has slammed what he called the government's moronic kind of leader of the pandemic the country's once again recorded a new data record of deaths believe it was speaking for the 1st time since his corruption convictions were overturned on monday. libya's parliament approved a new interim unity government as part of a un backed deal be in place until elections could be held later this year libya has been divided between 2 rival administrations till the recent few still. fans of football great game are done to have gathered in argentina's capital to demand justice for the little who died of a heart attack last november right on a diet weeks after having brain surgery his supporters believe his death was caused by medical negligence i don't convene biology teachers public prosecutor is investigating whether to bring a case or wrongful death let's speak to her as

a bill on the to join us live now from what is there is a target tell us more about what's happening. while you might have known now is the man been fired have lots of passion here in argentina people are thankful for him winning in 1906 world cup but if death has not been able to stop that we're right in the center of what a sight is that there were hundreds of fans who came here to demand justice they're convinced that divorce might i don't ask him to rush the people that surrounded him before he says are responsible for his death people glauca this road you can see lots of movement around here there's lots of police there's been some small clashes between the police and fans just about an hour ago you know but. and as former wife his daughters were also present here it's like it's like a soul call for that's being all going with confrontation same cord between deal what i want to children his ex-wife's among something else but what the prosecutors

in argentina are saying is that he's into russia was responsible a documentary that was released recently revealed some audios that were exchanged between his doctor his psychiatric 1st where our people are very very angry of what was said for example that we're talking about giving him alcohol and drugs so that he could attend to certain events and profit from that his daughter my loan at said that deal was being kidnapped that he was held by just people that were profiting from him that they were trying to get close to him and they were not allowed the other revelation that came out is that his daughters wanted him hospitalized after he had brain surgery well his lawyer and his doctor wanted him to take him to a house and take care of him where he was giving psychiatric medications alcohol and other things and that's why their daughters are taking this people to court tomorrow night is a man who vatel deal with addiction with alcohol addiction drug addictions but

still prosecutors in argentina are convinced that he's into raj is responsible for his death just look at his grow to demonstrates a popularity of this national icon so it turns 100 next in terms of the investigation and when we learn the outcome. what we know for now is that 7 people have been prosecuted because of of being involved in what they say was his death that a minister of justice for example created what is a medical comedy that is investigating his death we don't know how long this is going to take what they're saying is that what happened in face confirmed is that it was a neck against on the. side this is something that in argentina will be up to 10 years in prison and the people that they're looking out to as i said before it was his doctor his psychiatric someone who were response. to the ideals that were

revealed you could hear how they were saying about giving him what he want out i'll call years wind up but also a psychiatric medications at least 7 of them that combination prosecutors say is what and that up with be about i don't i thought i let late last year all right extraordinary scenes there and what is there is said to reza thanks very much to deter the brother in argentina. the us extra state says washington plans to take further action against those responsible few for human rights violations in hong kong the warning for monday blinken comes ahead of a primary next week with top chinese government officials he says he'll be laying out his concerns on a range of issues including the enforcement of a controversial security law in hong kong and china's treatment of ethnic minorities i think it would be very important if china claims that there is nothing going on that it give access to the international community to the united nations if they have nothing to hide show it to us show show the world and so we'll be calling for that and then i think there's

a series of practical things that are very very important for example we should make sure that we are not exporting and others are not exporting to china any products that can be used for the repression of their people and their minorities similarly we shouldn't be bringing into this country products that are created by forced labor including from changing when i say enough rosalynn jordan who's in washington d.c. and she says the u.s. has identified china as its number one rival. we've heard secretary blinken say it several times now in the past week that the u.s. is going to be cooperating where it can with officials in beijing and climate change is course one of those issues there's a very small working group that is going to set up under the auspices of the g. 20 currently being run by the u.s. treasury department along with the their chinese counterparts tomorrow on already these sorts of issues involving the warming planet but that does not mean that the

u.s. as we heard from blink ins testimony on wednesday that the u.s. is going to be overlooking china's human rights record particularly against its minority community in the western part of that country. ministration is taking the position that the previous administration talk which is that what is happening to the weaker community in china is in fact genocide the 1st has been declared a national day of mourning in senegal for those killed in 1000 government protests and rest was sparked by the detention of the opposition politician who's been so cold out he has committed no crime nicholas down with him in the capital dhaka. for some months on co is one of senegal's rising opposition leaders for others including the state prosecutor he's a rapist responsible for public disorder after protesters upped it following his arrest last week but sancho who is out on bail says the allegations against him are

politically motivated. i have committed no crime we can't trust the justice system in the way the case is being carried out against me the trouble is by altering the law and the process to sentence political opening the prosecutor is not working for the state but. the government deployed extra security forces including the military to end days of nationwide demonstrations rights groups say hundreds of people are being detained at protests stopped after president monkey cell called for calm and dialogue in a nationwide address but song go is calling for more protests what we are seeing right now is a revolution but this is not a privilege to overthrow president. it's a smart revolution we need to organize local elections that are 2 years overdue then the parliament election in 2022 so that the people can freely elected

a new leader 2024. songs who describes himself as the anti establishment candidate for the 2024 presidential election critical of senegal's relationship with former colonial power france he accuses the government of corruption favoring french corporations our relationship with friends like in other countries need to be more balanced it has to be a win win relationship not a one way relationship critics say some goes nationalist discourse is dangerous during the recent protests his supporters are accused of burning and looting french supermarkets. those looting are due not because they support me but because they need provisions these are people that walk past the spot markets unable to enter because they can't afford it the looting trolls the feel of the seat. scores were killed in many injured by security forces since some cause arrest last

wednesday president mikey blames the economic fallout of the pandemic for the unrest for sanko the crisis calls for political change those that died were 141618 years old they know the future is at stake in our and to them and all those that are politic are prisoners of much is how we can't give up the fight . but this is a movement that goes beyond politics it's a call by young senegalese tired of being ignored wanting to be heard some go believes he is the best suited to carry that voice nicholas hawke al-jazeera the car now the united states is imposing sanctions on 2 children of mir mas military leader i mean flying over violence against anti cooper testers washington has frozen all their assets and is blacklisted 6 companies that they control so actions have already been imposed on flying and other top nutri figures the u.s.

condemned what it described as her 5th attacks against protested at least 65 people have been killed in protests since the military seized last month. the u.n. world food program says conditions in yemen have become hell when is pleading for funding to help some of the world's most formidable people they would be easy says that millions are knocking on the door of famine with half of all children under 5 projected to face acute malnutrition this year the un's food agency needs $1900000000.00 for food assistance for yemen and 2020 want to learn and up you have pigs active director says quote the answer is simple we have a vaccine to this it's called food. after 6 years of war and tremendous economic deterioration lack of money lack of resources i'm standing here in this hospital room where this little bit on the verge of death because they don't have food they don't have the equipment medically and otherwise take here so we've got millions of children who lives are various give that about 400000 children are on the risk of

dying right now we need this war in and we need support financially food nutrition medical supplies and we need it and they are in it's a horrible situation to disgrace on humanity was had here. ivory coast prime minister. has died in germany 2 days after his 56th birthday like yoko was seen as a possible successor it's a president tell us on the top he was flying to france for medical treatment last month and then the 2 in germany president were tara says that back in your car died from cancer. somalia is a former president mohammad has died aged 822 time leaders seize control in 1901 and for 6 years before being reappointed under a peace deal he left office in 2000. a surgeon migrants reaching the united states border is challenging president joe biden's promise of a more open approach to immigration 100000 migrants have been reported along the

border with mexico in february and it is the highest monthly figures since a major border surge in mid 2019 it comes as the president reopened controversial temporary shelters to help deal with the numbers the scars remain 10 years on from an earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands of people in japan a particularly bleak area is the fukushima nuclear plant where there's still a risk of contamination or as. it was the biggest quake japan has ever recorded. creating devastating tsunami waves that crashed into towns and communities along its northeastern coast it left around $20000.00 people dead or missing and it caused a meltdown at the fukushima nuclear power plant that led to more than 150000 people being evacuated from surrounding areas 10 years on and just 10 kilometers from the plant the town of tommy yoker still hasn't recovered u.-turn was just 14

when he was evacuated with his family residents were allowed to return only 4 years ago but parts of the town are still off limits and strewn with bags of radioactive soil over 30 they used to haul a teddy blossom festival here and this in order to fill it with food starts and people further along the coastline away from the contaminated areas lives have been rebuilt and sea defenses strengthened the government has turned the reconstruction effort into a symbol of national revival coinciding with the delayed summer olympics but the games remain in doubt and the decommissioning of the reactors poses a challenge for years to come. as of now i think we should keep our current plan to decommission within the next 30 years more than a 1000000 tonnes of contaminated water has now built up at the site amid

speculation it might be released into the sea there is widespread opposition in spite of government assurances that the water has been treated your hanging on they're going to go in and i'm concerned about what will happen to the fishing industry in the next 10 years there is talk of releasing the water and i'm very worried for many this anniversary will be a time to reflect on a natural disaster that took so much from this part of japan and that is still dealing with the legacy of it some precedented force mcbride al-jazeera. if you go to the take your games could be a last minute goal the head of the international olympic committee has promised a safe and secure events which is due to begin in 4 and a half months time but after being reelected president thomas back says he is prepared to wait before making a final decision on allowing overseas fans to attend there is a fear that they will spread corona far. and lose over more. this is

a decision which will have to be taken as late as possible we need to leave the door open in order to take into account all developments that may take place even a mail june there are several stages regarding this decision taking. or let's have a check of the headlines here knowledge is there and the u.s. house of representatives has approved a $1.00 trillion dollar pandemic relief bill it will provide stimulus checks for millions of americans as well as extended unemployment benefits and tax breaks it's a stimulus plan the u.s. president joe biden says will give millions of americans a fighting chance everything in the american rescue plan addresses a real need including investments to fund our entire vaccination effort more vaccines more vaccinate horse and more.