this is. honoring those working to make the world a better place three salty human rights activists a former anti-corruption crusaders in guatemala and a scientist specializing in reforestation they're all winners of an award known as the alternative. is also coming up tonight quit or will he be fired u.s. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein were summoned to the white house today have

been speculation that his job is on the loan is the u.s. president about to decide the fate of the man in charge of the russia investigation . i'm going to have you with us we begin tonight with good news he says we shine a spotlight on those working to make the world a better place each year the right livelihood award those creating. one of the awards goes to three of the most prominent defenders of human rights in saudi arabia all three are in prison for challenging the country's ultra conservative rulers. mohammad khatami and while they. are serving ten to fifteen year sentence is now their crime. advocating separation

of government powers supporting a transition to a constitutional monarchy and demanding equality for everyone which includes abolishing the system of male guardianship that deprives women of basic rights we're joining me tonight from new york is why lead. lawyer daniel our shock mr orszag is going to have you on the program what does this award mean for your client. care so thank you for having me the award is incredibly important the. the the loss of one's freedom doesn't mean that the fight for freedom stops in fact it's just the beginning and maintaining well lead and the other winners in the public consciousness as as they deserve to be is incredibly important in keeping the fight alive for freedom

and freedom to speak in saudi arabia in two thousand and fourteen your client was sentenced to fifteen years in prison you know simply because he was advocating shimon rights is there any hope that he will be able to leave prison before those fifteen years have been served. well look we hope we hope that those around the world who are in a position to pressure the saudis to do the right thing will do that but sadly the government that's in the greatest position to do that the united states is playing patent case with the saudis because they know that the saudis will spend billions of dollars on arms that are used to bomb civilians in syria the truth is that the only way to pressure the saudis to permit constitutional monarchy to be created within that country is if the other countries that they

trade with stop accepting their blood dollars to buy guns and ammunition to kill civilians i want to ask you about your client two years ago he went on a hunger strike to protest against prison authorities for refusing to provide him medical care and you have regular contact with mr al care i mean how is he doing now you know i had regular contact up until about eighteen months ago that was cut off and i had not been able to speak with him since that point in time and i do hear from others that his health is still tenuous he has diabetes he doesn't get the health care that he needs the one thing that would solve this problem for the saudis would be if he died in prison and and he is bonded determined to keep on the fight for freedom in saudi arabia as long as he continues

to breathe. daniel are shocked joining us tonight the attorney for while the care mr we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight thank you thank you for having. and if you want to learn more about the other winners of the right livelihood awards you'll find them on our web site that's d.w. dot com. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world german chancellor angela merkel has apologized for being out of touch with voters that's after public outrage forced her government to reverse its decision to promote the domestic spy chief following controversial comments that he made but despite merkel's apology observers say the affair has further weakened her already fragile government coalition. heavy monsoon rains in northern india have triggered landslides and flooding in the state of

a macho project emergency teams had to rescue more than a dozen people trapped by floodwaters strong currents also washed away a bus that had been parked fortunately with no one on board see it right there u.s. president has dismissed the sexual assault allegations against his supreme court pick brett kavanaugh as politically motivated trump said that he's quote with him all the way kevin and his accuser are due to testify before a senate panel this coming thursday another woman has also claimed sexual misconduct by kavanagh thank him out in the new yorker magazine. are staying in the u.s. the white house says that president trump will meet with his deputy attorney general rod rosenstein on thursday now this after rosenstein was summoned to the white house today amid speculation over whether he would be fired or whether he was quitting rosenstein has allegedly suggested that aids secretly taped the

president's conversations he also is reported to have raised the idea of invoking the twenty fifth amendment of the u.s. constitution to declare trump unfit for office rosenstein has been in charge of overseeing the investigation into the truck campaign's connections to russia after his boss the attorney general jeff sessions had to recuse himself from those duties . are let's bring in our washington correspondent miles way to good evening to you miles so u.s. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein now he is going to meet with the president on thursday what rosenstein fate after the confusion that we had today. rosenstein still has a job for now we do know about this meeting coming up on thursday so thursday is going to be a very big day here in washington d.c. there's been

a lot that sort of tumbled out in the past few days after this new york times article alleging as you said that rosenstein had suggested taping the president we also know that last week after this story broke rosenstein offered his own resignation now it does actually matter whether or not rosenstein is fired or resigned if he resigns what that means is trump gets to nominate the next person and the thing you have to understand about rosenstein is he is the boss of robert muller the man who is overseeing the investigation into this allegedly meddling in the u.s. election by the russian government and rosenstein has really been acting as a human shield between the mole investigation and the trump administration because we know that the trouble ministration is no fan of what's going on in the justice department right now and if rosenstein resigns rather than being fired it is very

possible that trump could install someone who is less sympathetic to robert mohler and could potentially dismantle this investigation is then once the drug is wanting to happen do they want reasons dean to quit instead of the president far in him because if president were to fire him there would have broader implications for the troll presidency wouldn't it certainly paints a murky or picture if he is fired rather than if he resigns we do know that. the dismissal of various justice department officials including rosenstein was discussed throughout the summer and even last year this is something that trump has been harping on a lot. basically because he doesn't like the fact that this russian vest a geisha is continuing and rosenstein is standing between him and muller he has repeatedly discussed trying to dismiss various people including both rosenstein and

mohler and there is a lot of concern over whether or not he would install a simple crony to head us of be the next deputy attorney general if rosenstein were to somehow leave his job one way or another so for now the facts on the ground for now are rosenstein so have the job the russian destination is still going forward well mot of that could change on thursday a lot of that looks like it was coming to the foreground today yeah all these are on thursday in washington d.c. that's for sure our correspondent myers were here on the story for us tonight in the u.s. capital michael thank you. well it is being hailed as a medical milestone scientists in the u.s. are reporting success in helping patients with paralysis to stand and even to take steps again it's all thanks to when electrical implant that zaps the spinal cord

along with months of intense rehab the research is giving new hope to people suffering from spinal cord injuries. it's one step at a time jerry chinalco is able to walk again five years after an accident that left him paralyzed to be able to move. my legs and. to walk even a stand it means a lot. that there is hope for not only me but other people. because one of three patients taking part in two separate studies in the united states aimed at getting them to walk again albeit assisted the twenty nine year old was the first patient at the mayo clinic in minnesota to have an electrical stimulation device implanted near his damaged spinal cord. the original function of the electrical stimulator was to treat chronic pain. but it's being used

experimentally to try to activate dormant circuitry in the spinal cord. and allow movement. because we were able to see the late the wreck plea the spinal cord itself and we believe that that was very important to be able to regain volitional control or voluntary control and. just one month after surgery chinnock moved his toe on his own again he underwent forty three weeks of intense physical therapy and stimulator adjustments at one therapy session chinnock managed to walk the length of a football field but for him it's not about the distance. the hopeful side of that maybe i'll gain or i can leave the wheelchair behind even if it is to walk . to the refrigerator and back in his hometown hero like not very far. and hope is one chinook has given to those with spinal injuries who never thought standing up. or walking would ever be possible again. well the

world of football is focusing its attention today on an announcement from one den that's where the sports world governing body is hosting the best football awards now they recognize the world's best male and female players and for the last decade the top award for men as gone to one of two superstars. christiane or naldo and you know messy have dominated the individual footballer what's for ten years that this year there's a new comer in town creation style new car madre mess he was left out in the cold when it came to the future play of the year shortlist that means margaret will be up against his former re on madrid teammate ronaldo or. any of a poor forward more. those close to moderates think he deserves it. he or the best player in the club or the cup in the third world cup and you don't know. i

hope the look of which will take place this or. moderate doesn't come close to the forty four goals that were naldo and solid banked in four reanimate dritte and liverpool respectively but his genius isn't measured in goals the midfielder was the creative force that drove reality rick to a third straight champions league title. then he played an inspirational role as krishna reach the world cup final and that won him some high profile fans. shock and all but they have a great season with real madrid by winning the champions league yet a beautiful world cup and was a finalist in the tournament so logically he should win but i don't know it's not me who makes the final decision but i voted for him and said to me so i think he's a fantastic player a wonderful footballer but also great mentality. physically for somebody that's not good in stature is alive into it with the way it was the last day if moderates

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