this is deja vu news live from berlin and opposition to president trumps emergency declaration hardening. sixteen states joined forces to challenge the president's move to bypass congress and deliver his southern border wall they say plans to divert funds for it are unconstitutional also covering up. allegations of sexual abuse sweep india's catholic church to w. talks to a non who's refusing to remain silent also coming up. in a city that the beatles made famous

a certain german is gaining legendary status of his own. the best not to say. the name you're going club maybe just a few football victories away from joining the liverpool list that includes the beatles his team hosts fire in munich tonight. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us sixteen u.s. states led by california are suing the trumpet ministration over the declaration of a national emergency they claim the plans to appropriate funds to build a wall on the border to mexico violate the constitution the president's emergency declaration has also been drawing opposition from activists. who are doing it in through view of the white. house. in new jersey.

texas. and in south carolina. and in colorado a grass roots show of force and opposition to the us president in colorado we will be on the side of the rule of law. the end because colorado will be over by this illegal watching having funds that are dedicated to be spent here elsewhere we will be joining in action to challenge it was there among sixteen states to challenge what they see as a cash grab taking disaster relief money to pay for a more than two thousand kilometer long vanity project on the mexico border the wall standoff came to a head on friday when president trump said he would invoke

a rarely used power bypassing congress to fund his campaign promise i could do the wall over a longer period of time i didn't need to do this but i'd rather do it much faster for his opponents that statement appear to undermine his case there's a crisis president trump got it right when he said. he didn't have to do this but i would now pressure is mounting from within his republican party with senators objecting i think it's a bad idea whether the last currently written permits it or not if it does then i think it's a moment to sort of study whether congress is delegated to much power to the executive but i actually i just think it's about. arrived back at the white house donald trump may have missed the protests but the brewing political right will be harder to escape. as brigand scott lucas professor of american studies in birmingham for more on this good morning to you scott there is already speculation

that the case being brought by sixteen u.s. states will be winding its way through the through the court system all the way to the u.s. supreme court what happens next what kind of timeline we're looking at here on that case. where it's not just this case there are already other cases such as in texas that was filed on friday all of these cases will work their way through the lower courts and then as you noted mention it could get a spring court that process will take months because of course each court will take time to liberate each court will take time to rule so don't expect like an overnight decision which is going to withdraw the national emergency ok so this could take months now in the interim can the president use the emergency funds that he wants to build the wall on the southern border. now that's a great question because the legal position is will any of these courts issue an injunction so for example the case in texas is filed by a nature reserve and landowners who say look we don't want you to take our land to

seize it to build this wall so that poor could in theory issue an injunction that says no action can be taken while we continue to hear this case and of course that injunction would be appealed by the government and will continue but in the interim it least in that area no president trump could not divert the money but beyond that there's the political fight and i think this is even quicker mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader told altaf last week when you issued this national emergency you have two weeks to make the case if you can't make the case then congress might pass a bipartisan resolution to override your national emergency and that's the more immediate challenge to tromp that congress could block not only a diversion of money but the emergency itself ok what kind of popular support does the president have right now on the wall on the emergency declaration a number of polls are showing that it doesn't fact have strong backing nannied to correct you there one poll which is rasmussen has a majority favoring the wall but rasmussen is well known for being an outlier poll

that tilts about ten percent toward strong on every issue all the other polls show that a majority of americans by varying amounts right against the wall and more significantly they show that by about a two to one margin americans oppose a national emergency to take the money for the war. ok so what do you see happening . i think we're going to see increasing pressure on the trumpet ministration politically and legally which means that the money will not be seized from the military to build the wall but i think the game is longer i think trump is advisors may know that the wall will not be built they're using this as a campaign issue in two thousand and twenty in other words we're trying to save america from the supposed invasion but look congress and the courts are preventing us from being the valiant saviors who deserve to be in the white house for four more years scott lucas fessor of american studies and burping him in britain thanks very much for that scott thank you now for

a look at some of the other stories making the news today india's top military commander in the disputed kashmir region as accused pakistan's main spy agency of involvement in last week's security attack on a security convoy at least forty soldiers killed in the car bombing it was claimed by a pakistan based militant group islamic law denies any complicity. two police officers have been killed and three wounded in the egyptian capital cairo they were chasing a suspect when the device he was carrying exploded government sources say the man was suspected of an attempted attack on a police patrol in western cairo on friday that suspect also died in the blast. brazilian president i have also naro has fired one his most senior cabinet ministers over a campaign funding scandal savo very honest as secretary general of the president's office. resilient markets fell on the news with investors fearing this case could hinder also nars chances of passing key pension reforms. well the catholic

church is facing a new storm of sexual abuse allegations this time involving a nun in the southern indian state of get like all too many others this case follows an all too familiar pattern allegations of abuse and then cover ups by top clergymen one of the most shocking cases a bishop accused of raping a non thirteen times over a period of two years and in that case as she was ordered to remain silent as church leaders close ranks whatever fellow sisters is encouraging other victims to speak out our india correspondent sunny fall in the corps as more. it's early morning in kerala the church here has always been a powerful institution but in recent months its foundations have been shaken by six scandals loss of timber a nun and get alone accused an influential bishop of repeated rape when officials

built actually a group of nuns rallied around the victim and held unprecedented public protests. one of those who joined those protests was sister lucy. she cravat from a home here in the district of why not to support the alleged victim. the nun is wary about being filmed public she chooses an empty auditorium to speak in the thirty six years that she's been a nun she's come across many instances of sexual abuse by the clergy. sex abuse in the charts by creates to that now it's happening but it is silent a lot of story i have all the day. got shared by the sisters and i don't how do three experiences like that prompting me them to me to their own ambition that they're trying. to sit with them that a lot of mistakes and said that hurts but they're not ready to. do.

this for. instead of that they're covering up all this. the catholic church in india has largely stayed silent on the allegations against the bishop who was arrested last year following the protests and then grill east on bail even here and why not officials were relieved to see one priest who did agree sort to downplay the issue. my position is my remember. over sixty years. brought. are brought up in the public discussion so that's our ignorance of that speaking out against the powerful catholic church and drawing attention to sexual abuse is never easy especially in a conservative state like. nuns who are dead to break the culture of silence faith

ridicule isolation and even disciplinary action from their congregations this is. just apart from joining protest sister lucy has written articles criticizing the church silence on sexual abuse she's received warning letters from her congregation ordering her to stop speaking out she's been accused of causing harm to the church and belittling the catholic leadership says it. like that last anybody can speak freely and frankly all but only to the world if i am abused to saw the knowledge that can be made to them been a stat that so many are coming to the site many many are coming openly. to that society today to talk there is not if there is no cult like that we are all the slave. in this case. despite the warnings the

nun has no plans of backing away. i must. think. sister lucy is hope is that the latest scandal will shine a light on the church speed leagues and make some much needed reforms. we have some sports now and turning to europe's top club tournaments and the round of sixteen in the champions league tonight's premiere match up sees england heavyweights liverpool hosting byron munich the reports german coach jurgen klopp is hosting and hoping his team and dominate on their home field has brought new energy to liverpool and is gaining almost legendary status there. in. liverpool loves its legends among them the beatles and hometown club liverpool f.c. since its foundation in one thousand nine hundred two the club has won eighteen league

titles but it's been twenty nine years since they were last a champions under coach you're going to cut off their farms are allowing themselves to dream big again jurgen klopp is the best manager. for any given even his. club has been in charge at liverpool since twenty fifteen where his management style is popular with most of the supporters past year his side reached the champions league final but lost to real madrid. if they want to keep their hopes alive of reaching the final again they'll need to get past german giants barn unic . long way to go and to finish the season and you don't think about it. only if you think about it. the night a really big one and there again one of these games if i would be not involved i'm really happy about being involved by a. german team has never won a champions. or european cup match and on field. byron have tried on three

occasions coach nico is familiar with klopp who used to coach dortmund only respect for him. doesn't keep those he doesn't give up he's a fighter he just keeps going you can see that with his team well we're expecting this on tuesday and in the second leg which we don't know about and if you're going top of manages to lead liverpool to champions league glory he may well become one of the club's legends. now to a new sport the force is strong with the french their country's fencing federation has voted to officially recognize lightsaber dueling as a competitive sport that's right promising jedi masters or even sith lords will no longer have to travel to a galaxy far far away to hone their craft the replicas used by the duelists even come with a sound chip to emulate the crackle of the economy star wars weapons francis

promoting the sport to encourage physical fitness among the nation's youth. don't forget you can always find out more about these and other stories that are a web site that have you dot com for now though for me brian thomas of the entire news team thanks for being with us and rita be with you except. for state school. or first clinging lesson. or as grandma with arrives. joining a reckoning on her journey to freedom. in our interactive documentary. an orang utan returns home on d w dot com tanks.