d.w. . this is g.w. news live from berlin breaking news on president trump's plans for a border wall between the u.s. and mexico the white house says that the u.s. president will declare a national emergency so that he can divert the billions of dollars to building the wall that he wants it without congressional approval democratic leaders say that

they may file a legal challenge. also coming up a year after the u.s. mass shooting that mobilized young people on gun control parkland school students in florida holding a moment of silence to remember the seventeen victims and we're joined by hundreds of thousands of cross the country what has happened since. plus. another day on the path to britain's exit from the european union another tough defeat in parliament for prime minister theresa may and there are just six weeks to go now. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program we begin with breaking news this hour the white house says that u.s. president donald trump intends to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall. the border with mexico trump has said that the move would give him the

power to divert money from other projects to construct the wall of the white house also confirms that the us president would sign a bill of hurting a potential partial government shutdown that bill gave trump only a fraction of the five point seven billion dollars that he wants for the wall. joining us now from washington is you have you correspondent helen humphrey now helen we have a very dramatic move here it's one that trump has really been hinting at for months the fact that he might indeed do this just walk us through how exactly this is going to work. right sarah has been hinting at this for months but in the last few hours it seemed that this bill would pass in both houses of congress and then would be on track to avoid a government shutdown that still could potentially be the case but now what could then happen according to senator mitch mcconnell is that trump at the same time is

signing the bill to avoid the government shutdown would also occur a national emergency regarding the border with mexico so by declaring a national emergency essentially he then chance first this decision to another branch of power that means that he would bypass congress and then he would be able to potentially by executive order able to himself take the decision on taking money for his promised border war which he still continues to promise that he will build he says says that it's very much on the way that much of it's already been built he would take that from other budgetary monetary part poults were talking about things like aid budgets for example money which would have been perhaps attributed to disaster relief in places like puerto rico or for example for expanded military spending on military bases we know of course that trump is you know long promised to take more money out of military engagement so we have to see where he would then

go with executive order to take that money for this promised border war but at the same time this could all be challenged by courts by civil rights organizations for example in near the mexico border who contest this of talk a little bit more about those challenges helena because i mean we have the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives nancy pelosi already saying that the democrats are going to quote her here she said that they will respond appropriately if trump does indeed declare a national emergency but i mean ultimately because he doesn't need this congressional approval what can she really do. right that's the question is now i was just listening in to those comments there from a nancy pelosi she said that this is not a national emergency of trump wanted to declare a national emergency he should declare it regarding gun control laws in the country i mean the democrats can also launch appeals and remember of course they are now in control of the house so they have more weight they could be appeals and we have to

remember that it was a very difficult time here in the united states with so many federal workers when they were furloughed for thirty five days the longest government shutdown in history what analysts here and now saying is that what couldn't see you although we may avoid a government shutdown on friday what could ensue in fact is something more even more turbulent than that as we see appeals coming from organizations from the democrats and so on so turbulent times potentially ahead as groups try to contest this and say that this is not an executive order that the president should be allowed to carry out helen humphrey in washington thank you. well meantime also in the united states hundreds of thousands of students and adults in the u.s. have observed a moment of silence to mark the first anniversary of the shooting at a high school in parkland in the state of florida americans were shocked when

a nineteen year old killed seventeen people at marjorie stoneman douglas high school last year the shooting rampage has fueled the debate over gun control what's different this time is that students at the high school have turned into political activists they launched a movement called march for our lives with the aim of tightening america's gun laws . valentine's day two thousand and eighteen students at marjorie stoneman douglas high school run for their lives after a gunman opened fire in the school hallways killing fourteen students and three stocks. all your. years ago. grief i lost friends and siblings quickly turned into activism. only six weeks after the popcorn massacre more than a million young people took to the streets across the u.s.

in one of the biggest youth led protests since the vietnam war. the main event in washington d.c. alone drew a crowd of eight hundred thousand poppin students where the driving force behind the movement which they dubbed the march for our lives. among them and welcome solace one of the main voices of the protest. the time that i came out here. it has been six minutes and twenty seconds the shooter has ceased shooting and will soon abandon his rifle blend in with the students as they escape and walk free for an hour before a rest fight for your lives before it's someone else's child. i but the gun lobby soon hit back the national rifle association claim to come pain was destroyed by gun hating elites chemical and fellow activist david hong who are accused of being paid actors. and president trump how the n.r.a.

is back the solution to school shootings teaches he told delegates at the annual convention in the wake of the protests there is no shawn more inviting to i mare's killer then or sorry that declares this school is a gun free zone come in attack us. we were born here on poplin students continue their campaign hoping the tragedy that turned them into activists may help to change america's gun culture. now british prime minister theresa may has suffered another defeat in parliament over her strategy lawmakers voted against a government motion asking them to reaffirm support for her plan to see changes to his brakes a deal are lindberg's the tears interest amazing own party after to abstain from the vote saying that the prime minister is moving in the wrong direction the vote

does not force the government to change tack but it's likely to undermine e.u. leaders confidence that made can when parliament support for any revised to three. d. to be a correspondent erica now for more on she's covering all these events in london so what exactly has been happening here. well it's more of a symbolic vote but also such a symbolic defeat that reason may have suffered essentially was you saw asking for time to go back to brussels and negotiate the withdrawal agreement something that e.u. leaders said they're really not willing to do but anyway this is tourism a strategy and she has suffered a defeat by her own party of people basically abstaining and not backing her so it's really not a good look for treason maybe if she calling even have or own party beside her behind so basically another day another vote that we're seeing here and yet more political tennis in the u.k. house of commons what happens next. well it's

seems like the drama is not ending to reason may has said that in two weeks' time she will come back and she will yet again present a house of commons with i have well she says a solution she wants to go back to russell's and she wants to have another results you want to have something that's legally binding that is a commitment by e.u. leaders to change somehow the position of northern ireland yet the leaders we know are really on willing to do that so her critics here in the labor party mostly accuse her of really running down the clock of trying. she was something that is already clear she called the chief and then she really runs down time so that at the very end of this process at the very end of march when he the u.k. has to leave the european union that there is no choice but for those m.p.'s in the house of parliament here to back somehow whatever deal to reason may will have

hammered out that so that she is just buying time and this is the fear here in london also by business who say we need clarity we called live anymore with this on saturday it's affecting business already and there is a lot of criticism here in london in the u.k. as far as tourism a strategy is also of course there is a concern on the e.u. saw if they somehow give in to had the moms and change the backstop go for a different compromise can she even get anything through the house of parliament so how trustworthy of a negotiating partner is she that's what e.u. leaders must be asking themselves even more after this defeat tonight so many open questions in london thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world a court in turkey has ordered that german turkish journalist and social worker a delta mer g. be released from jail in istanbul he spent ten months in prison over alleged links

to a far left party that turkey considers a terrorist organization is trial is still ongoing and he's not allowed to return to his native germany. at least forty police officers have been killed in a suicide car bombing in an indian administered kashmir pakistan base is the most group joshie muhammad has claimed responsibility it targeted a convoy of security forces on the main highway on the outskirts. are the main city in the disputed region in bus carrying police officers were destroyed. and around three thousand farmers wearing orange vests have rallied in rome to pro. test against what they say is a lack of government support last year is damaging frost a plant pathogen have caused a significant loss of crops protesters are calling on the government to declare a disaster and to compensate them for their losses. well now to the top international business story of the day european plane maker airbus is ending

production of its super jumbo passenger jet the a three eighty after just over a decade in production the company had hoped that the a three eighty would revolutionize air travel but airlines have been cautious about committing to the costly double decker planes the final straw came to caroline's quantas and emirates cancelled their orders. a look now at the world's biggest airliner. the optimism alone could have lifted the massive jet liner at its two thousand and five unveiling in toulouse to a three eighty wasn't just the future of aviation but the symbol of what the e.u. strive to be unified industrious competitive as is stunned triomphe it's a triumph of european science of and european engineering schools but the a three eighty was more than a symbol it was a product in a competitive market and that market was indeed moving to bigger jets when air bus began talking about a super jumbo in the early one nine hundred ninety s.

the company flirted with a joint project with rival boeing before starting work on the a three eighty in two thousand and two production was carefully divided across the e.u. the wings in the u.k. the landing gear in spain assembly in germany and finishing in france billions of euros in government subsidies kept things moving and angered rival boeing the final product brought volume to the airlines they could pack in more than eight hundred fifty passengers in a single flight if the market increasingly demanded the opposite smaller twin engine planes that could fly directly to their final destinations like the boeing dreamliner or airbus is a three fifty the massive a three eighty travel between hubs as competition grew across the industry and margins tightened unsold seats in the a three eighty became even more expensive for the airlines. emirates was said to be the only airline that could operate the jet on the necessary scale as late as last year it seemed the airline might keep the a three eighty aloft embers and i have no doubt with we will

produce a great three eighty s. . even ten years from now that hope quickly faded emirates waffled on its order and has now announced it will reduce the number of the new jetliners for air bus and perhaps the e.u. as well an abrupt end to a thirty year old vision. and with that now you're up to date on t w news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching have a great day. crimes for against humanity. civilian society come with six of. their recorded edges travel around the globe just social media. but what is propaganda fiction and what is fact digitally investigators combed through the

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