during this time . thank you very much for being with us. donald trump has apparently stormed out of talks of the democrats over the border wall the us president condemned the talks as a waste of time. after the democrats refused to sign off on the funding for its construction trump apparently said he'd end the partial shutdown of government if the democrats. do not in the majority in congress agreed to give him the near six billion dollars rerequired nancy pelosi replied with a flat no. chuck schumer democrat leader of the senate --

well unfortunately thehe president just got up and walked down -- he asked. us speaker pelosi will you agree to my wall she said n. and he just got up and said then we have nothing to discuss and he just walked out. again we saw a temper tantrum. because he couldn't get his way and he just walked out of the meeting. her eyes and when the developments coming fast in the us we go straight to a white house correspondent for the crowd the who's been observing everything for us for that yet another. headline a development where you are. yeah and thiss one would be contested by the way by republicans and hasn't been you heard that from the senate minority leader chuck schumer. he says what he saw meeeetig and what he believes happened but the thing is that we've also now heard from the vice president mike pence and from republican leaders who were in that same meeting. they say the exact same thing happened that the president asked nancy pelosi the democratic speaker in the house of representatives whether he would get funding

for the border wall if he wants to reopen government. and she said no to that and then he left the room all sides are confirming that story right now both republicans and democrats who in the white house situation room. for this latest round of negotiations to somehow get the government open and of course from the president's point of view get the financing for his promise border wall between mexico. and the united states so in other words the two sides well they what negotiating ready to start off with but this is really a come to a head they don't agree on anything - it's difficult to see how the next round of negotiations will happen it also is very difficult to see how this partial government shutdown will come to an end and at the same time it looks very improbable that the president is going to get his funding. for r a b bordr wawall that is not exactctly popular w with thehe amemern publicic right now this wasa a very public disagreement that we still have cameras were not therere in the in e situation room in the white house. but we hahave now heard from participants all of them

confirming a very tempestuous meeting where the president decided to get up and leave the room and leave those negotiations and date it makes a great headlines for that does that but what happened to those people who are waiting to b. paid for instance those people whose salaries have been blocked by this government shutdown what's likely to happen next. well the bone day is friday that is the day when it seems pretty clear at this point they will not be getting that paychecks that's the day those paychecks should be coming in. around eight hundred thousand federal employees are currently not working that means that they've either been furloughed that means that -- ththat thehey're stayiying e they've beeeen deemed nonessential by the government some have also been asked to come in and still continue doing that work as usual budge without pay. now what to what tends to happen with a government shut down and i have been so many here in the united states over the last few years. is that these federal employees get back paid they get that money in the end just not right now and some families of course are finding it hard to make ends meet they will get it be

getting that money in the end but how do they actually paid. the bills right now federal employees right now the longer a government shut down -- it runs its course of course the more annoyed and the more angry those federal employees get and maybe also the american public generally because according to the polls they were. too concrete realities here for the president first of all most americans see donald trump as being responsible for the government shut down not democrats in the u. s. congress secondly most americans don't want. a border wall between the united states and mexico does so this is a very difficult situation for the president to be hand in he sees this very much as his last chance. to keep that election promise that promise to build a border wall it doesn't look like he's going to get this despite. oval office addresses yesterday despite negotiations with democrats despite angry tweets it looks like this is a stalemates that's today got

that litittle bit worse. for the crowd as ever thank you very much indeed for the crowd that our white house correspondent. next to reason may suffered his second defeat in the british parliament in two days this latest setback means that she and her team will have more pressure to come up with. a plan b. for breaks it. may has insisted there is only one deal but you spacing of a defeat on that's when she takes it to parliament next week. today's losing vote means should be restricted to just three dadays to find that alternative breaks it plan. rebel lawmakers in her own party turned against a today up as you leave the germ recording called for a general election. also cats corresponded benedict patheos latest from london. this was t the m make no mie about it is is sent back -- that's works is clearly well cleaear to everyone -- and the prime minister's. advises while minimizingg what's -- was a n new.

twtwist and turn i in this - wewell these draramatic developmpments that we are living hand reporting on in the united or not so united kingdom. over this process of brexit so what was due to happen we knew today was the start of a five e day debate before. the new a state that we have since the eleventh of december was at the last minute -- you'll rememberr that meaningful t that was councs delayed and that crucial vote hisistoric vote on the new withdrawal deal that has been. hard for one but it's by the u. k. and negotiators on the prime minister has also on the t twenty seven other. coununtriess is due to be vd on on to the prime minister once was going to try to get that green light -- on tuesday evening at but what happens a are off to te primee minister is a weekly. session in parliament square

she also questions from her own party into the opposition was actually an amendmdment that is being called the g grieve amendme. which is not to the to grief but she may be greetings amendment. because it looooks like -- well that's additionanal pressure on whwhat it concretely means is that the rebels within the conservatives and also joined with the labor and all this in the opposition [inaudible] to foforce the government if the v vote is lostst byy treeses made by e governrnment next tuesday. and thahat's easy you withdw deal is not approved by the house of commons thenn instead o of having twenty e working days to come back. to parliament up dust amendment means that the government w will have to do so within three days so that is huge extra pressurur on the prime minister and this government and this brings the process. many popular london correspond who continues to actual developments for us. next multum has begun taking migrants from rescue vessels

in the mediterranean after an eigight yearr a agreemeno re h house them l.. sweat within the block it's and system it's of the over the fate of forty nine people. rescued at sea by the german anand g. o. c. watch. on dry land lost these migrants had been stranded for nineteen days at sea importing conditions. stuck in limbo on the humanitarian vessels of rescued them as a u u. leads debated that fate. they've now disembarkeded in multi will be re distributed among eight countries in the block. i reiterate as i did before will not act as eight presidents and i have the reassurances that we would have the support of the european institutions. on this matter. the e. u. broken deal also includes a decision on the fate of two hundred and forty nine other migrants who picked up in the final week of twenty eighteen of the total two hundred ninety eight migrants a hundred and

seventy six will be sent to germany. france portugal island rumania luxembourg the netherlalands and a silly. another seventy e eight to e allowewed to stay in malta. and forty four bangladeshi migrants will be sent back to bangladesh. italy is part of the deal dedespite the fact that it's populist anti immigration governments began turning away migrants last summer. the ngo see which which runs a rescue vessels has demanded a lasting solution for migrants who attempt to make the dangerous crossing. from north africa to eururo. thee only sustainable outco. is. a a europe wide -- solution. where all the member states i'm are involved in thee solution? i'm we stop with this. kind of pain coming from. one maririne. rescue coordination center to another each saying guys

not my problem. according to the un refugee agency some a hundred and thirteen thoususand four hundred and eighty two migrants cross the mediterraneaean to reach europe lasast year. whwhile two thousand twoo huhundred and sixty twowo pe lost their lives went missing makining the perilos journeney. this controversy over the french presidentnt's plan to resolve the yellolow vest crisisis t the foreign minir who's been tasked with chairing a committee of inquiry has resigned. this in a row over her monthly salvation told you on those pay a fifteen thousand euros per month. he's fififteen times the salary that some of the process to say that have left after tax. putting the focus back on president microns national debate. the french government wants to put the controversy surrounding the salary of it organizer behind them. i've acted upon the unfortunate resignation that being said that i'd like to

say that this is just a distraction from what really matters. what matters isn't so much who organizes the debate but rather the debate itself? sean does run -- a former minister stepped down off to criticisms surrounding hell almost fifteen thousand euro a month salary. for t the pubc commission she heads with almost organize a nationwide consultation to appease the yellow vest crisis. set to start on january fifteenth french people will be off to take part in discussions in town halls market and what places. the four topics will be housing transport heating. taxation democratic practices and public services. government has ruled out talks on the death penalty or gay marriage. controversially michael's tax cut for the super wealthy going to o be on the table eva despite it being one e of the main demand for the yeah the faith. that leads match was born out of anger against the fuel tax hike and rising living costs that grew into

a weekly and sometimes violent anti governrnment protests. there the dememonstrations f lost steam some participants continued to take to the streets. with this debate mackerel often criticized as being out of touch with the electorate hopes to win back public opinion. the government has promised to listen to grievances without giving details about how they'll implement the debate's conclclusion. now results are expected in the democratic republic of congo's presidential election. there is tension in the capital kinshasa location of the numbers the dlc has never had a peaceful. transition of power since its independence in nineteen sixty this time around the favorite is emmanuel robert sandy. should dari the candidate backed by the outgoing president joseph. kabila will our correspondent thomas nickel is in kinshasa. there will always be provisional results tonight in contract from the

electoral commission would. remark on the sixth of january but it was unable to do so. compiling balloons go from all around the country could go longer than expected knew all congolese advice worked in europe. choose to collapse the groom now the final results supposed to be a knock on the fifteenth of january but it will also depend on how the population we are. truth conditions the mountain dew later on wednesday -- one of the electoral commission going down to level up. he won the election and a lot of people a lot of work with [inaudible] at that. the electoral commission -- only announced.

voting machines are that. one of the election delayedd result -- this story will be joining him of course -- soon as we have -- word from kinshasa the resultlts are coming in thas the results in the presidential election and the democratic republic of congo. next the beauty queen who is standing up to racism. can you just. ben how mood says she won't be dauaunted in the face for marks about her skin color in the wake of being crowned miss algeria critics say she doesn't represent the true beauty of a country. misspent how movies from the south and a dry region people that are darker than other algerians the region is based. on going discrimination it's been going on for generations according to people who left at all based on their skin color. i could you has received much support though from many sources within her own country. and as you might expect from online that so. then you miss algeria

fifighting back against rac. time to business committee joins as the us and china have concluded three days of negotiations on that trade dispute. and i'm wondering what progress has been made kate will provide some months there's still only some answers that i have to say because not a lot of details have been released mark. up both sides broadly optimus the world's two largest economies wrapped up those negotiations a u.. s. statement said the american team was heading back to washington. to report and consult on next steps we also said china had pledged by a a substantial amount of agagricultural energy and manufactureded goods as well as other goods and services from the u. s.. but progress on tougher issues like intellectual property rights and technology transfers remains elusive and the broader relationship rocky. really wants to come to a deal with chinese president she's in pain i would be stunned if on march first the deadline for these new

tariffs to come online if trump would actually say we're gonna move 225% tariff that won't happen. but while there will be some level of agreement on trade the broader u. s. china relationship is actuaually heading in a much more negative directionon. this still gonna be stealing american ip for example companies like google and facebook are still not gonna have any access to the chinese market. you're still gonna have really big challenges in terms of a fragmentation a cold war in technology between the american companies the chinese companies on things like five g. the fight against while way. you can see that full interview with ian bremmer on people in profit this week on air and online. no checking on today's trading action most responding well to those trade developmements the nasdaq performing best the dow gaining about sixty points to post a four day winning streak. investors also welcome suggestions from the us federal reserve that will be patient its pace of interest rate rises going ahead. major european indices ended

in positive territory as well accountants acts each getting about eight tenths of 1% on the clothes. moving on from the days of the business headlines now. apple is said to be planning to scale back its production of iphones by 10% over the next three months.. move first repeported by y e nikkeiei asian reveview underscores the tech giant's woworriess about its flagshp flagship product. last week apple slashed guidance on revenue partly because o of lower than expected phone sales in china. thank you regulators in europe could have could have called for the block to bring in new regulations on crypto currencies. european banking authorities has the patchwork of rules in different countries is not enough to oversee the developing sector. reports as well there is no immediate threat protection is that going to tear him and other currencies become more prevalent. and the citity of paris is double the amount of fines issued on illegalal sublet n the last year. homeowners using sites like airbnb received two point one million euros of

penanaies in. twenty eighteen compared to one point three million during the previous. twelve months. the big winter sales are kicking off across france today and stores are especially anxious to attract shoppers.. as they tryy to make up f fr the losses occurred during the yellow vest protests. some stores in paris close their doors on protesters in december and the sector reported a sharp drop in sales figures. kick off of january discounts comes new figures show that household confidence in france fell to its lowest level in four years in december julie seeker explains. well the january sales in france survived the yellow vest protests. that's the question on every french retailers lips. the weekly demononstrations that have been rockingng the entire country for the last two months have already affected shops. into the latest figures turnover fell by nearly 7% in november and 25% in dedecember. please send the only on sasaturdays all stores will

sales drop 40% genererally speaking. in reality we also noticed customers adopting that purchasing behavior either they went shopping earlier in the week on fridays well they postponed a punch says it until sunday. january sales are important period for retailers as it usually accounts for an average of 20% of their yearly turnover. according to the governrnmet so far profit losses could range from two point five to four billion euros. they were cost mainly because clients decided to stay at home but also because the elvis protesters actively targeted stores especially high end boutiques. not that it's what we need to know now is how long this time a the one last and if it's just a situational shock or not. it doesn't present job then we'll be able to get everyone back to watch. the sales period will officially last for six weeks with some retailers arguing it should be extended in the wake of the protests. your higher than usual

stakes at this time around mark kay suzie tomorrow because the sales on is that right. i'll probably try to make it in time alike it first for this class but you think. year -- they give us kate thank you very much he loves the james creed now are you suffering on our great decision that. you've been lolooking directions to donald trumpms oval office speech there on the southern border that's the border with the us and mexico courses just stormed out of talks about generator so that's me so. give us some more the raptors polarized by magicc the latest iss t that he tweeted just after meeting with chuck and nancy a total waste of time talking about that kind of sexy homeroom nancy pelosi that's right. and it's not set the tone for kind of all of the that the comments that that preceded it. in in in other words itt remains as polarized as ever night we we saw coming and it essentially it with with. a democratic leaders call for equal air time to rebut trump's immigration speech out because there was a sense that was gonna be full of madison and misinformation so prior to the speech ever taking place this was.

the reading things and you can see in the headlines. as i said the polarization. splish trump declares border crisis democrats say he is chosen fears so an entirely kind of opposing at reading of things at this is the washington post's thing that he tried to create thee border cririsis in fact the border crisis is put in inverted commas by the guardian so a lot of space skepticism. as to whether or not a crisis exists at all in the firstt and if they were doig it fox news is doing as wel. couple the came through top part is perhaps surprising because they're usually very content with that president trump. statistics show that there's less violent crime but the undocumented immigrant population the by the general. population this is at its -- trump issued kinda scary warnings about by the murders murders by immigrants amount on the statistics just don't bears all potentially also drugs be imported across the border in fact is a far more hair when the gets into the u. s.. viet cnn seaports and

airports not across south of the bororder so the f fact checking was sort of bringingng all those. inconsistencies inaccuracies and what not and this is the daily beast of the myth of the criminal immigrants so again he was equating. illegal immigration with violent crime that actually statistically in study after study doesn't bear all either to o scrutiny to the where a lot ofof short cutsn that speech. at i'm just very quickckly s some peoeople think that t e speech itselelf and it was simply -- ifif y you like scary a a aa smokescreenn to distractct m all the othther problems s n his administration that's what. this particular political cartoon here is suggesting sun up if you look at these things in a cold logical way journalistically. and you come with something that trump and his team disagree w with the cold fae news noted that they have a much in his supporters will be seen all of that listening to you right now. i'm thinking maybe just that because i much in their reaction to trump's speech very different. i mean you you really are dealing with two so at we we

have. to in terms of reading the things that i thought said lets on at republican senator lindsey graham at meanwhile a lot of people -- instead of you know okay. saying how truthful trump was they were attacking at nancy pelosi and and and chuck schumer you can see them here standing side by side. at this is a foxnews com entry thing that they're pathological liars i've done nothing for border security in forty years now the the pathological mathis it's it's strong language on both sides went out -- they've research them what they base on sorry so right now what i mean it's it's it's yeah it's with very much opinion now. optics here got a lotot of commtsts add thihis kind of goes w way o off - -- policy a and what not but te fact thahat they w were stag side by side. at a lot of people sourcing things on for things like senior march what not but also very much a moment on type image you know what i wonder is not on purpose because he was standing really side by side they didn't. have any space between them was a to sort of give this parental. authority versus trumps petulance and seeee as it is often depicted we're not

model just disappointed your full and i take turns. talking to matt and indeed it. did that one come comparison those brought up again and again and again and again was at this a very famous as american gothic painting by crime toward i think again it's just that that that the image of a man and woman standing side by side but at you know. the gothic aspect the comin. talk about filled the many nice comments regarding my oval office speech a very interesting experience he be well advised not to read the comments there because it kind of goes downhill fast i wonder what the people who may not get paid this friday will be thinking it because of the government. shutdown amount and let's move on will move back to france maybe get john i know michael left the lease a palace state to open a handball center. but he couldn't escape asian asian yellow vests you couldn't hear me is a dissident humble it's i believe at the world championship starting tomorrow. at the french female humble team did very well in

december they received in the events have had a stellar reputation right people they've definitely really well enough. and so this was a humble center being opened in could tie in the southern suburbs at umass amongst others at handicap tumble players ass well. and at well it'll seem pretty good in the official photos but actually as its headlines as he attempted to sort of put his nose prudently outside the door of the lease a policy. and if he did he was matched with scenes such as this no it did there were no scenes showing the president's car anything i thought come in direct contact with. a digital genre will not push at b. fmm tv here -- this one taking a little while to load but they did say. that's not the right link will move past us but let's just say add their their bar classes in the streets at and i think cam. and very said if this this video here shows the i suppose the area the arrival of call today so it was a huge crowd but it's it's

somewhat embarrassing mark from the point of view all of this being the first. visit by the president to any sort of a happening on occasion in a month. the last time he went to pre owned la in awe of avenue -- because perfect your was burned down there and his car was sort of he he was booed and the car was -- at followed by people running after it and apparently according to one r. t. l. at rtl radio analysis of this. and he was traumatized by the house as certain of his ministers at i have ever been as i've said that the episode was like an electro shock for the president at because i guess he relates extent to which the lesion on our extremely riled up and hungry. justifiably or on justifiably islands that his person has become the targets for much of fast so at this dot trip on the fourth of december traumatizing this was his first trip outside the door in a month. and there was still on a degree of unrest even if you didn't get covered -- directly and that

01/09/19 01/09/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! pres. trump: this is a humanitarian crisis, a crisis from the heart and a crisis of the soul. amy: as the government shutdown enters its 19th day, we look at president trump's prime time oval office address demanding $5.7 billion to build a wall on the southern border. after trump gave a speech filled with falsehoods, democrats offered their response.