down in part of the uss presidet has dececlared a natational emerergency to o find his border wall with mexico. donald trump says united states rison invasion of drugs criminals and gangs. the declaration means the president will be able to divert funds budgeted for military construction projects and counter narcotics programs. from says he expects his administration will but he will appeal all the way up to the supreme court and he's confiden. he'll win.

we have an invasion of drugs and criminals coming into our country that we stop but it's very hard to stop. with a wall it would be very easy so. i think that we e will be very successful. in court i think what willll happen. is sadlyly will be sued and sad- it'll go through a prorocess and happily will win. so donald trump has declared a national emergency but what does that mean and how will the president end up getting the funds he needs to build that border wall with mexico. catherine vs has been n finding out.. ththe national emergencieses act grants the u. s. presidedent certain powers during times of nationalal crisis. freeeeing thehe white house from many legal tax on the executive branch. since the law was updated inn nineteen seventy eight fifty eight national emergencies have been declared. perhaps the most well known use of the act was president in turnn more than a hundred and ten thousand japanese americans

after the nineteen forty one attack on pearl harbor. george w w. bush also invoked emergency powers in the wake off the seseptember eleventh attacks signing off on extensive wire tapping an enhanced interrogation methods. and barack obama used it during the h. one n. one flu epidemic. donald trump says migrant crossing constitutes a national security crisis using the act gives him access to billions of dollars to fund his border wall. critics have accused the president of attempting to use the act as a blank check to get what he wants by circumventing congress. and republblicans are worried ts could set a dangerous precedent that could also eventually benefit democratic president. the president in the white house scenic r really strong backlash from republicans in congress saying look we we really don't love the emergency declarationon idea because what happens if there's a democrat in power you know. yoyou can have somebody needed w president who decided for instance to declare global

warming and national emergency and and we're concerneded aboutt that can. use of executive authority. but the national emergencies act can be blocked congress can terminated of both houses built for it and the president doesn't issusue a veto. if there's a presidential veto it can still be stopped by congressional super majority what's more likely is the act would get bogged down in court with lawsuits which could go all the way to the supreme court. that's what happened to president harry truman when he tried to nationalize the steel industry d ding the kokorean wa. eightities president has broken his s silence stays off the political turmoil spilled out onto the streets of this countr. giovanna marie saying he won't resign and leave haititi in the hands of armed gangs and drug traffickers. at least seven people have died in the pro protests over the government's misuse of development funds naomi lloyd reports.

after a week of political crisis and violent protests in n haiti which if left at least seven people dead. debbie new word from the president. the demonstrations against him showing no sign of ending jovana marie's finally broke his silence announcing he would not be stepping down what kind of what i have listened to the people. i know what you're being faced with that that's one i've asked the prime minister to comeme and explain them and two adults them quickly. it out so that we can end tables misery i immediately. are you seven emojis head of ststate so. i won't leave the country in the hands of armed gangs and drug traffickers. the latest protests have been triggered by the country's inflation and skyrocketing prices. and a scandal over development loans made by fha is uele with billions of dollars unaccounted. for the court report last month suggested that president movies had been involved in irregularities.

during his election campaign he promised food on every plates and money in every pocket. played haiti struggle to make ends meet and face inflation that has risen 15% since his election. to mom's for the president to step down are unlikely to go away. indian prime minister narendra movie has won neighboring pockets sauna for crushing response to thursday's terror attack on soldiers in indian controlled kashmir the attack which was claimed by j. she mohammed. killll forty one people menu dei has laid the blame squarely on islamabad for its role in harboring terrorist organizatio. an insinuation flatly rejected my pocket son get early reports. burning an effigy of pakistani prime minister imran khan knees protested blame islamabad the deaths of the the forty indian security forces in a suicide attack on thursday.

what? we demand the government if it is actually angry with pakistan it if it actually hates pakista. to immediately cut all ties with pakistan. yeah india's hindu nationalist prime minister narendra modi's has vowed to that those responsible will pay the price. is the what is it. i fully understand the anger in the country. people's blood is boiling because of this attack. the expectations that the country currently has. and the emotions to do something about this. are completely natural. warner southern around the the new delhi says pakistan will noo longer h have the least favored natition trade status witit ind. and added that it woulul ramp up efefforts to isolatate it neighr from t the international commun. i could standd howevever denies accusatitions of helping insurgents the country's ruling party suggested that lady was

ratcheting up tensions ahead of his upcoming reelection beds. if you shed by some analysts who warned that multi strategy could backfire. this under bugs on rhetoric to be high from now to the elections of that remains the hawks in buckets on it also then going to become needs he has not think it's gonna be very difficult even if -- prime minister more the comes back after the electionsns -- to restart the dialogugue becaue in kashmirir. addition of both countries stake a claim on the region and have fought to fully fledged wars for it. in the past thirty years around seventy thousand people have been killed i in this ongoioing conflict. more on the story we can bring in john who has seen senior fellow at the cnrs here in paris good evening within thank you very much for joining us on the program now prime minister narendra modi's as indian force. had been given total freedom to deal with militants over in cashmere what are his options

really. well if we compare the current situation to what happened -- almost two years ago only twenty sixteen when there was another attack on indian forces in cash mia -- mody boss that -- he has been able to give some sort of phone sir fruity cold. choose a g. called strikes yeah they had the surgical strikes across the board -- we sheila to dean dailies some people saying well -- nova smoked in off -- in fact to the attackk of yesterday's the deadliest since. two thousand one so in a way -- narendra modi's -- using affects because of lee it's now -- electoral time in india not bee. in a couple of months time am and the paul telfer easily too

rate we like specs so ma.. deep in search. of bill on field around we know of that -- visit sui said boom the was not coming from back east on it was a you'u'll from -- village where of the attack on v. sporty's convo yes been convicted.. but certainly. the gesture morore med which is one of the key g. id pakistani organization. claim to be behind the attack and rejection when it is known for being based in pakistan and threw her more. easily do a is no freee in pakiststan. so it'ss a and allll requests -- by engine government -- to owns the u. n. s section released which is not shared with kids of any rejection more meds defined by the u. n. as being a terrorist organization now india's launch a diplomatic drive to isolate pockets on on

the international scene. but how many friends there's a box on really have besides china and a couple of countries in the middle east because they no longer have the support of the united states. well. things have changed because of course we can remember what was very devastating tweaked a for president trump -- not january last january saying factor no one country spec is done but things were [inaudible] changing -- bebecause of of going to ststar- verse specialal reprerentative f the miller trump of coney stone- easing gauge regularly now in talks we've i've gone tidy bond. and you know way washing donna son signaled by t. does recognize what pakistan a spray of positive role for facility team still. so -- overuse leave of the us administratition is speaking moe

to in ththe oven to pakistan but pakistan you cannot draw back is tough notot drop by his son i i any with the he's being seeds -- usually when attack but let's talk about the response f from washington if you will because normally after terror attack in india you know the white house would come out in support of india given that it's fallen victim to a terrorist attack. but this time yesterday we had a response from the white house where. the united states called on pakistan to immediately and the support and safe haven provided to a all terror groups operating on its soil lisisa pretty harsh words coming from washes but itit's critical. it's not the first time that -- wishing tone with -- movie iss the president velvety really vented to the kind of discourse that you have for years now. and in fact --

the thehe tweet of trump about draft was precisely -- ununderlining that v varies dupd about was the real policy off of pakistan us s far as accommodatg to rose group when he's the saudis consume. so there is nothing new in fact but current time -- one is or should you choose see world. wide to accuse us widely investigation on v. incident does not chips as thought. but of course -- investigation -- will calm of the question is. beyond the question of it's what his son. yes and the she regained -- it's an old story vector we sheer -- anytime there is incident. was still use ness of four of the last attack -- and the political context is the proverbial defining the a pretty

harsh we joining us on the program today. in other news spain will be holding a geneneral election at the end of april the spanish prime minister forced to take the decision. after parliament rejected his off budget on wednesday federal sanchez lost the vote on the catalan separatists joined opposition lawmakers and hold it against the budget. sanchez said he was left with little choice but for spain to continue to look ahead. in people. interested in this. method may two in the two options doing nothing and carrying on without a budget old convening to give the spanish people a choice. i'd choose the second. the proposed order the sort of young i propose the dissolution of parliament and announce a general election for the twenty eighth of april. more troubling news for the catholic church authorities in france say they're investigating a sexual assault complaint made against the vatican's envoys to france now seventy four year ol.

luigi ventura is accused of molesting an official act the mayor's office here in paris ventura has been in france since two thousand nine and is covered by diplomatic immunity. for more on the story here's fonts twenty fourth kathananar strength rereporting. french officials havee confirmed that the vatican's envoys to franz luigi ventura is being investigated over allegations he committed sexual abuse. allegations date back to the seventeenth of january this year to an event at paris city hall. a new year's speech given by the mayor of paris and attended by diplomats from around the world. and then i read made employee of paris city hold a man in his thirties at claims that the vatican envoy groped his ball took several times at least onc. in public view. now he reported those claims to his bosses sue referred them to the police.

but now french investigators are still looking into these claims they haven't announced yet whether they will formally press charges or not. the vatican hasn't responded to the allegations apart from saying that they learned about this investigation from our friendship media reports. the vatican envoy himself as a very experienced diplomats luigi ventura seventy four year old bishop who was previously posted enough recurrent booking a fast so. the ivory coast a new share was what second diplomats to have been accused of sexualal miscononduct. and just t to go back to one of the storories we told youou abot earlier spapanish p prime minisr pedro sanchez has announced a general election at the end of april the softer the cut he is - drunk budget was shot down in parliament earlier this week for more on the story we can bring in and dowling senior lecturer in hispanic studies at cardiff. university good evening thank you very much for joining us on the program today. now ephedra sanchez has any hope

of keeping his job he's going to need the s support of regegional parties in catalalonia whichch s unlikely to geget isn't itit. it's notot unlikelely to get it because the program hee has the slight advantage thahat from the point of view the pro independence parties they did the consnservative side of thee three parties thatt m make up. the conservative block -- a much west prospect check may be posossible for pattersrson jf to form a government but things are very very open at the momen. now the people's party is a naturallyy celebrating this call for general elelections thehey'e likely to make a comeback if they form a coalition with the center right. cicivil dononald's and the far t vox. in days and date a am i think is a very as ass i mentioned i is a veryry open spanish general election i thinknk it's s gonna. it's gonna be quite a polarizing and quite a puller on n s campaign i think there's a lot to pay for o on both sides. and i think in one sense the fact that traditional spanishsh

conservativeves are prepared to ally with the far right may actually produce. lotsts of disenchanted left wing via to stay time they may end up goining t to the polls to stop. what they perceive as ththe far righght having too much influene so that gives a slight advantage to patterson check? in your opinion how is it possible that the spanish political scene get shaken up so dramatically in short spans of time. well i thinknk i am readydy to s is is one and so w which is t te economic crisis the economic crisis. that begegan in two thousand i just still playing i i is still disrupupting politicalal life nt just in spain but in the rest of europe. and spine is now facing -- what w what what w was once a to party system is now i've been completely eroded and and it's currently five party system? with noo party capable of obtainining pasass on a signn ts the most likely scenario that the absolutely certain c cynara rather is that no sisingle party can win a victory f for the foforeseeablble future a and sp. so insnstability is likelely toe

ththe new normal going forwardso instability is likely to prevail under dallington after leaving th thank you very much for joining us on the program today. now thousands of students cut class in france and the uk this friday they're calling on the world's leaders to take decisive action against climate change. the youth movement that started in sweden has slowly taken on a global dimension. materia reports. french students are the latest to join what has become a global youth movement to demand more action against climate change. several hundred of them gathered in front of the country's ministry for ecological transition. they had two specific requests - yeah the o one was to reduce by% our annual carbon gas emissions starting today. andd the second request is for the constitution to change. and for a firstst articles image solidarity and ecology gone off to cripple yeah they say this is just the beginning.

every monday they will come forward with new and if it does not comply the following friday they will organize countrywide protests. and acts of civililisobediencnc. france's minister for ecological transition said he welcomed their concern for the environment lusatia placing a drug to help protesters outside my ministry saying we're not doing enough for the environment we need to act quickly and boldly. which is exactly what i think that that was the people saying stop we're going too fast and too far the ideas of italy large student protests also took place in thirty u. k. towns and cities on friday. while in many other countries including ireland belgium canada and the us use have been demonstrating against climate change for weeks. the movement started in sweden where fifteen year old greta thunberg began a weekly school strike last year miss time she became famous after she told world leaders gathered at the called the twenty four to wake up. you only talk about momoving forward.

with t the same bad ideas that t us into this mess. even when the only sensible thing to do is pull the emergency brake. the student movement is building up to a global day of action on march fifteenth. and now for the business news with uncut lula grieving on kinda want to now we've been talking about the us president declaring that national emergency over in the united states -- where he's gonna get some eight billion dollars to fund that border wall with mexico that's a lot of money where is it coming from? but i think it's so interesting about donald trump are declaring a national emergency the r reasn he decided to do that is because that allows him to re direct funds in federal. in the federal government without asking congress for permission so when i see the staff mick mulvaney. broke down where the president plans to fish for those funds you can see here pretty long list -- the first around one point four billion dollars is coming frorom the government funding bill the one the trump just signed when he said didn't go far enough on

border security issues. and the biggest chunk three point six billion so friends no. they said there's around twenty one billion dollars in this fund it's meant for military hospitals airplane hangars maintenance shops. critics are saying that if they take money from this fund it will decrease militaryy readine. another two point five billion dodollars is from counter drug programs in the defense department. however the problem here is that some estimates sure there's only eight hundred million dollars worth of funds in the counter drug coffers. in which case donald trump would likely have to shift funds from other defense department programs. and another six hundred million the final six hundred million is coming from the treasury department's asset forfeiture fund. this fund currently holds three point seven billion dollars in cashsh and more than seven point six billion dollars in assets according to the aclu. and that's all the property of add that the government has

confiscated when they have suspicions that the property was being used for criminal activit. for example fancy cars mansions cash o other assets like stocks sometimes. however t there are limits to wt this money can be spent on and that's what the aclu is arguing here it's saying that donald trump's border wall does not fall under this. very specific -- realm of law enforcement purposes that these funds can be used for likely to start seeing challenges to donald trump using this in the fufuture. now while i he was talking about to the border wall he also addressed another thing in his news conference another important issue in the united states trade negotiations with china. round three wrapped up in beijing on friday with both parties boasting that progress has been made trump called the negotiations very complicated. but said that he could potentialllly extendnd. when you as a parent on chinese goods are set to sharply increase? enter the details it's still relatively light to a lot of sticking poioints havaving yet n

resolved. including the us demand that china drop certain r regulations that make it hard for foreign compmpanies to operate there. trump seemed optimistic saying that he will meet with his chinese counterparar chahanging papaying sometime next week. gogoing to do it where -- very much -- working very clolosely with chia and president she who i respect a lot. very good relationshship that te have. and we're a lot closer than we everer were in this country wit. having a real trade deal. we're covering everything all lf the points thatt. people have been talking about for years it sasaid couldn't be dodone whether we staffff to or. anything anything the unfairnes. meanwhile the trade deficit between the united states and europe has hit a record high potentially jeopardizing trade talks between them. european union reported and nearly a hundred and forty billion euro surplus in goods

trade with the u. s. last year. a 17% increase from. twenty seventeen trade between the block and the united states has increased overall in both directions. european exports to the u. s. grew eight us exports to europe grew around. for another trade related topic eight airbus's decision to wind down production. eighty three eighty could reignite a trans atlantic trade route. the united states and boeing have long accused the european union of illegally subsidizing the toulouse based aerospace giants. now the e. you could have a stronger hand as it defends itself posting -- has more. it's one of the world's longest running in costly as trade disputes and now that their buses halting production of the eighty three eighty jumbo jet the case could take yet another turn. the united states and the european union are locked in a dispute at the world trade organization at the heart of the conflict use subsidies for airbus. the u. s. first accuse the u. of

breaking free competition rules by giving airbus nineteen point five billion euros in state aid including foror the a three eigy last may the wto cited in part with the u. s. paving the w way for the country to impose retaliatory tariffs on european. imports as separate wto panel has yett to decide how large those could be. but it could all change soon according to reuters the e. u. is preparing to argue that a three eighty subsidies no longer exist because the aircraft is taken off the market. that could throw wrinkle into the case which also covers the eighty three fifty jet. meanwhile airbus has leveled similalar accusations at boeing saying the washington based aerospace giant benefitits from billioions of euros state eight itself. airbus is estimated to have one billion euros in unpaid state loans tied to the a three eighty however the company says that due e to risk sharing agreements with governments. it may not need to pay that money back. let's wrap up by taking a look at today's trading action at u.

s. stocks were gaining on optimism that us china trade talks are advancing in the right direction. thanks jp morgan and goldman sachs lifted the dow jones up nearly one and a half percent. aeronautics group boeing also that index here in europe a positive close across the board auto stocks rallied sending the docks to a close up one point 9% purses get governments also up one point 8%. well the o one that's good for e business update when you have the closing word on wall street in forty five minutes time uncut thank you very much for that uncle that there was a look at the day's business use. we're gonna take a quick break stay with us more calm to sponsor me

02/15/19 02/15/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from washington, d.c., this is democracy now! >> i have just had an opportunity district to president trump, and i would say to all of my colleagues, he is prepared to sign the bill. he will also be issuing a nationonal emergency declaration at the same time. amy: as congress passes the government spending bill, including nearly $1.4