this is the news live from berlin democrats in the u.s. congress launch an impeachment inquiry into alleged crimes by president. the actions at the time presidency of the theology the sound of hard facts of the president's betrayal of his oath of office. of a national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections the president must be held accountable no one is about the law. also coming up the british prime

minister is returning early from the u.n. after the country's supreme court ruled the suspension of parliament was illegal what kind of reception might he get if he shows up today at the same parliament he told to go home and is now set to resume. and working for a better world we talk with a tribal showman protecting the indigenous way of life in the amazon he's one of the winners of this year's alternative to the bell process. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us after more than 2 years of jousting over president trump's conduct to ground has suddenly shifted in congress with a move towards impeachment nancy pelosi the democratic speaker of the house has now . congressional committee will launch an inquiry its goal to gather the evidence

necessary to impeach donald trump for alleged tribes is the 1st step on a long and uncertain path that has as its final goal removing the president from office it was a long time coming. but nancy pelosi has finally made the announcement many in her party have been waiting for the actions of the trump presidency revealed dishonorable fact of the president's betrayal of his oath of office betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections the president must be held accountable no one is about the law strong words from the speaker but why now a complaint about donald trump from a whistle blower has focused her attention it alleges that the president put pressure on ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden and his son biden is one of the potential challengers to trump in the american presidential

elections next year. we have a president who believes there is no limit to his power the president believes he can do anything and get away with it but the president believes he's above the law . pursuing the leader of another nation to investigate a political phone go for this election is not the conduct of an american press. chunk knew the inquiry announcement was coming and he was an impressed. look it's just a continuation of which are the worst which a good political history gives the strongest economy because then you have the best unemployment numbers in the. trunk has faced down multiple scandals since taking office with the republicans controlling the senate even if he is impeached whether he is removed from the white house is another matter entirely. let's go straight to washington now and did their views all over salad joining us on this good morning

oliver this is a real gamble on the part of the democrats what are the chances at this stage that their impeachment bed will succeed. let's be honest bryan the chances that eventually the president will be impeached out of office are very slim of this point there are several hurdles for the democrats to take and the 1st step is quite straightforward once these impeachment proceedings have delivered substantial evidence that the house of representatives will have to vote on the outcome that is pretty easy since the democrats are holding the majority in the house right now in a simple majority is enough but then the 2nd step will be that these findings will have to be confirmed by the senate they will have to speak the final verdict and the senate is controlled by the republicans and in addition to that 2 thirds of the senators are needed to finally impeach president trump and that would mean that

half of the republican senators would eventually have to change sides and if you consider the partisan politics that we've been witnessing here in washington in recent months and years this is a very highly highly unlikely scenario so for the democratic party this all looks like a leap into the unknown you know oliver leap into the way to put it the president for his part wants to undercut dismayed by releasing today the transcript of the conversation in question that the donald is rolling with the ukrainian president well can we expect later today. well the president of course must feel very safe for being willing to do so and we further reports already that the expectations should not be too high the this transcript does not deliver substantial evidence that it's very weak in fact that we will learn 3 later today of course but this is also not only about

a phone conversation between the ukrainian and the american president this is about all the allegations against president trump that has been made also as part 3 of the mahler investigation league ations all full of structures of justice right now and then of course abuse of presidential powers but all eyes really are on the on the whistleblower himself who's supposed to testify later this week or even as soon as today at the intelligence committee where he will deliver some evidence we don't know exactly what his complaint is the pressure mounting on him is certainly very high. the timing is also very interesting on this how will this impeachment play a role in the democrats' strategy for the 2020 elections will this be the central theme of their campaign. well it seems like it has to be really since the likeliness excess fully impeaching trump all the fault is very

small now of course they can call too late by simply thinking that bringing more evidence to public would damage the trunk i'm pain but this might as well backfire and you know and in a giant defeat before the senate for the democratic party ok we'll know more about the release of this transcript today where this is heading for now all over thanks very much for that mustard. over his part the u.s. president has been at the united nations where he's been striking a softer tone on iran during his speech at the u.n. general assembly he stopped short of urging any specific action over the attacks on saudi oil facilities which the west blames on tehran now there's a european bid underway today to arrange a meeting between trump and arabian president hassan rouhani at the u.n. . u.s. president donald trump has said all along he suspects the rand is behind the attack

on saudi oil sites but at the u.n. he refrained from threatening military action opting instead to turn up economic pressure in response to iran's recent attack on saudi arabian oil facilities we just impose the highest level of sanctions on iran central bank and sovereign wealth fund. all nations have a duty to act. no responsible government should subsidize iran's blood lust. as long as iran menacing behavior continues sanctions will not be lifted. germany along with britain and france have joined the us in pointing the finger at iran or whatever it was that chancellor angela merkel used at the gathering of world leaders to hold separate talks on the sidelines with both donald trump and iranian president hassan rouhani. is what it is because i

would very much welcome talks taking place between the united states and iran but sanctions being lifted before talks are held to isn't likely to happen. just this week if. the drone attacks earlier this month targeting key saudi oil facilities had temporary ripple effects on world markets and added to the tension in an already unstable region. while yemen's sheo with the rebels say they carried out the attacks many experts are convinced that iran was behind the airstrikes. but tehran insists it had nothing to do with the attacks president rouhani traveled to new york to lay out his country's case. he's held by lateral talks with french president manuel mccrone as well as german chancellor angela merkel. un secretary general antonio has warned against any further escalation in the region and above all we are facing the a lot of being

a possibility of armed conflict in the gulf. the consequences of which the world cannot afford the recent attack on saw the day b.o.i. facilities was totally unacceptable in a context that a mind that a miscalculation can leads to a maze of confrontation we must do everything possible to push for reason and restraint. outwardly at least it seems no side is willing to risk a military confrontation. make this brief you know some of the other stories making news at this hour opera megastar placido domingo has called 'd off performances at new york's metropolitan opera that after allegations of sexual misconduct the main go had been due to appear in a new production of macbeth starting on wednesday dozens of women have come forward accusing him of harassment which he's denied to. the chinese president xi jinping has officially opened beijing's new super airport located in the south of

the city the airport cost $16000000000.00 oppose the world's biggest terminal building this starfish like structure designed by the late architect zaha hadid it will eventually handle some 100000000 passengers a year. at least 5 people have been wounded in a bomb attack on a bus carrying police in the southern turkish city of a donna it's not yet known who is responsible for the attack authorities are investigating. as to britain now where prime minister boris johnson could be facing lawmakers in london again today and the same parliament he suspended earlier this month the supreme court has ruled that move was illegals throwing it more confusion into the box a process johnson has promised he will take britain out of the e.u. come what may october 31st. judges filed into the court room to deliver their highly anticipated ruling their verdict unanimous

a stunning rebuke to the prime minister. the court is bound to conclude therefore that the decision to advise her majesty to perreault parliament was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of parliament to carry out its constitutional functions without reasonable justification the effect on the fundamentals of our democracy was extreme. no justification for taking action with such an extreme effect has been put before the court. the court said the government suspension order was no and void and that parliament should resume business immediately. common speaker john bercow confirmed m.p.'s would sit again starting wednesday. news of the ruling reached prime minister johnson in new york where he's been attending the u.n. climate summit so obviously this is a budget that we will respect with respect the judicial process i have to say i

strongly disagree with what the justices and i don't think. it's right but we will go ahead. while the ruling doesn't affect bragg's it directly it does mean parliament won't have to wait until mid october to have its say in the process. the decision like drags it has divided the public but these protesters welcome to the judge's decision. have great day for democracy a great victory for british democracy it's good to see the courts reaffirming the rights of the electorate sisters and eyes through its elected representatives what the government's doing on threats of a night like opposition leader jeremy corben who's been struggling with labor's own drugs and divisions at the party's annual conference called on johnson to step down for a trial i added 5 minutes late i think on this an elected

prime minister should never really thought. the way the prime minister's next move may be anyone's guess but he'll return to london to face growing pressure over his brags that strategy and his leadership. ok let's go straight to the british parliament now cross over the views for a lot of pots following this for us today so it's a good day to you when parliamentarians return to that building behind you today what type of reception do they have in store for boris johnson that is if he shows up today. well it's going to be a very cold reception for boris johnson here the labor opposition party we've just heard in the piece they are calling for his resignation and so do the scottish national party so boris johnson here in a really dark deep hole he's on his way from back from new york right now way he attended the general assembly yesterday he's rushing back he's cut his trip short

and we have to say yesterday's supreme court ruling really was extraordinary and really a setback a big big blow for the government for boris johnson unanimously 11 judges ruled that he broke the law and the question really is for boris johnson how long can a prime minister that broke the law who broke the law really cling onto power that's one of the questions out there you know after the court's decision we have the parliamentarians coming back can you walk us through what happens now what comes next well it's all a bit unclear of course because this is absolutely unprecedented what happens next and we'll be sitting again from 1130 this morning and they will if boris johnson shows up ask him some questions about his breakfast strategy how he intends to move forward in this saga but we have to keep in mind parliament is very very divided no majorities essentially they have to decide now which way they are choosing to move

forward how they want to move on in the brics that saga and with all of that said brics it is looming the next deadline is around the corner ok what does all this mean for will britain still be leaving october 31st that is one of the big issues out there. absolutely you have on the one hand boris johnson the prime minister who insists we will leave by october or on october 31st do a di i will negotiate a deal if that doesn't work we will leave with no deal then on the other hand you have the parliament saying we definitely won't leave on october 31st they have pasta law that would force boris johnson's hand and make him ask for an extension at the european union so you really have this supreme court ruling had a huge instability to the u.k.

political system because the question is who is really in touch is it this weekend prime minister or the strength. and we really have to see moving forward who wins that power struggle and what plan exactly one thing is for sure a break that is around the corner $36.00 days to go so they really have to come up with a plan ok we should have a hint where the power struggles going later today in the building behind you we'll see how that turns out if the prime minister shows up today shalonda for now thanks very much. or we're turning now to the people working to make the world we live in a better place the winners of this year's right livelihood awards have been announced also known as the alternative nobel prize the award honors people offering solutions to our problems this year's honor you were going to a pro democracy activists from western sahara minutes who hired her she spent 30 years campaigning for her homeland independence from morocco offer vertues the

gandhi of western sahara the 2nd prize winners well she's a chinese human rights activist what she's done is she's set up china's 1st legal advocacy group for women's rights. the 3rd prize winner has become a familiar face climate activists create a tune berg the 16 year old has galvanized the protest movement calling on governments do more to combat climate change and the final prize winner is an amazonian tribal sharman davi cope in our campaigns to protect the amazon and his tribes way of life. let's bring in julian crone for more on this she's a jury member for the right livelihood foundation thanks so much for coming in can you tell us what sets your group's award apart from the nobel prize and how is it different well 1st of all 4000 ward everybody on this planet can nominate

anybody so we call it a people toward the 2nd thing as we don't have predefined categories because we firmly believe to result today's problems you have to work across topics you cannot work for the environment without education and so on and we are looking for practical visionaries this year as laureates a practical visionaries who combine ideas how to resolve the most pressing issues but who also create tremendous impact and what they're doing so this is a very unique. feature of the laureates we pick ok so it's about impact the award then it's recipients their gratitude emberg is among one of the right livelihood reward recipients this year she's getting massive media attention of course at the moment why did you choose her when there's already some speculation that is she could be receiving on a bell price. well the jury doesn't pick the laureates based on the attention we're

going to talk about a laureate who is representing a topic which has completely no attention we pick the laureates based on achievements and although greater is quite young she has achieved as much as the other laureates she said par in terms of creating impact in terms of. embodying right livelihood she's a big can of hope for millions not only of young people in our generation but also across generations. and she's the most kalighat voice so far when it comes to the climate battle so again we don't look for attention we look for the achievements and she's absolutely up to it ok well to bring isn't the only winner for efforts to protect the environment davi coppa now as an activist for indigenous rights in the amazon we'll talk more about him in a minute let's find out more 1st about what he's doing or his did eunice tribe in the amazon davi company is one of the world's leading indigenous rights

activists as a shaman and a leader of the amazonian tribe the yanomami has fought for decades to protect the rights and the culture of this indigenous group in brazil. but the land has to be respected probation noise now land is our heritage and a heritage which protects us so for us indians the land belongs to us so we can plant hunt and be healthier more it is our home we will leave for the rest of our lives. he's president of the hutu car yanomami association which unites spread out gena mommy communities to fight for their rights politically and their protect the rainforest from miners ranchers and other groups who pose a threat to their way of life. the association was instrumental in gaining recognition for huge protects its own in the amazon rain forest larger than the size of greece

the campaign so davi travel as far away as london to speak to parliament the prize organizers want to rally the world support for the fight have begun to mommy and other indigenous groups for the protection of our planet and. julian to tell us more about the decision to choose davi well the amazon is burning so this is certainly a very timely laureate but it's not just the the trees and the land i mean we talk about biodiversity which is being lost increasing speed and davi cup and fighting to preserve biodiversity and what we also call the pharmacy of the planet he and his tribe consider themselves to be the guardians of the rain forest and we seeing when it comes to indigenous rights we seeing currently backlashes to redraw the borders of indigenous land to let in loggers and miners developments

which a really really warring and here we have somebody who has been fighting all of his life to keep not only the language and the culture but to preserve the land and hand down to the next generation what it means to be the guardian of the of the i was only an ok preserving and we are afraid we are afraid that the protection aspect will play in we very very concerned about the situation in brazil ok your concerns and you think this is all about are the words all about protecting the environment we have great term burge we have dobie open our of course the do you think that environmental concerns have a clipse all the other press pressing issues our planet's facing right now war famine inequality just just a few of them. no i mean we have 4 laureates and we have laureates representing other top topics as well but we certainly think that the climate crisis is. on the top of the list right now and i mean we seeing that the climate is changing

with create is increasing speed but again there are other topics which are covered by our 2 other laureates julia julian cronin thanks so much for coming in today a board member and jury member for the right livelihood award thanks very much thank you. and we're staying in the amazon where brazil's president hire balls and arrow has been defending his environmental record before world leaders at the u.n. general assembly choosing his critics of lying about the wildfires currently raging in the amazon and he rejected outside interference saying the fate of that rain forest is a matter for brazil alone famines and rain forest is burning at its highest rates in almost a decade images like this worry environmentalists say see the rain forest is the world's along with an antidote to climate change and they accuse brazil's president

of allowing the forestation to go on checks but at the un jaya both in our i met fire with even more fire telling his audience the amazons a matter for brazil 8. it is a fallacy to say that the amazon is the heritage of humankind. using and resorting to fallacies certain countries instead of helping light in the media and behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit. the man nicknamed captain chainsaw has promised to open up the amazon for farming and mining but the clearing of trees has encroached on land belonging to indigenous communities representatives of those communities were in new york to hear both scenarios speak . his speech at the un was to please economic sectors mining timber harvesting and i grew business these 3 the economic sectors of the ones causing and

promoting genocide of the brazilian indigenous peoples. both in our own maintains his policies will improve the lives of everyone in the amazon and he calls it progress but it what cost. we have a sports out of now and in the rugby world cup in japan where your it why have surprisingly beaten fiji $3027.00 in a group game but the match was special in that it was played in a stadium built on the side of a school which was destroyed in the 2011 tsunami. it to may she memorial stadium stadium will host one other game in the world cup the school would formally stood there was a vacuum weighted prior to the tsunami and a few falls were sick. let's get your minder now of our top story this hour democrats in the u.s. congress have launched an impeachment inquiry into alleged crimes by president donald trump has claimed he pressured ukraine to investigate former vice president

joe biden and his son. that's all we have time for i'm brian thomas the entire team thanks so much for being here and don't forget there's always more at our website e.w. dot com or you can follow us on twitter block.

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