nowhere in the bible is it written that jesus presided over an electoral commission it's very dangerous when people try to mix religion and politics. in the capital kinshasa people say. they've been waiting for a long time to hear their president speak. the president has said that he respects the constitution each show up by ensuring the election happens yesterday development as he said but with election things will just get worse. a presidential election was supposed to be held in sixteen at the end of kabila second and final time the electoral commission say security logistical challenges have forced the delay preparations have finally began with a vote to take place but opposition politicians still do not trust the process the president is under a lot of pressure to step down he said he will but once the reason new head of state to take its place the electoral commission insist that the election which has been postponed twice now is going to happen at the end of this many congolese are hoping that they will finally get to vote in december but more importantly that the paul will be fr

nowhere in the bible is it written that jesus presided over an electoral commission it's very dangerous when people try to mix religion and politics. in the capital kinshasa people say they've been waiting for a long time to hear their president speak many. former. president has said that he respects the constitution each show up by ensuring the election happens yesterday development as he said but with an election things will just get worse. a presidential election was supposed to be held in twenty sixteen at the end of kabila second and final tom the electoral commission say security logistical challenges force the delay preparations have finally begun for the vote to take place but opposition politicians still do not trust the process the president is under a lot of pressure to step down he said he will but was the reason new head of state to take his place the electoral commission insists that the election which has been postponed twice now is going to happen at the end of this many hoping that they will finally get to vote in december but more importantly of the. paul will be free

president joseph kabila stam ended a year ago and the electoral commission has since built to organize an election citing logistical security and financial problems the opposition on the other hand has been we can't buy in tunnel wrangles most people in the democratic republic of congo like those who are barren jews if a tacky say they're angry and frustrated catherine saw al-jazeera kinshasa. argentina's former vice president armada who has been released from prison on bail after being held for two months over corruption charges he was detained because of fears he could interfere with the case who is one of a number of high profile figures accused of embezzlement also of another former president cristina fernandez de kirchner she's also accused of corruption but has immunity after winning a senate seat in october. now several of argentina's high profile union leaders are facing corruption charges many had organized mass protests against government cuts to salaries and pensions to raise a boy reports from you require where the latest arrest took place. this house in the small city of n

that the power position has been taken by the charge is going to put more pressure on the electoral commission to organize a credible election without delays and on president kabila to peacefully step down but some political analysts say by organizing. street protests the catholic church has overstepped its wrong and somewhat lost its neutrality whether expenditure to do is to continue to denounce this regime to denounce this government and say that maybe strongly and frequently and follow up and hopefully that may lead to. some momentum that we got one of the call is lead to a river of water mission by the people not by the church president joseph kabila ended a year ago and the electoral commission has since built to organize an election citing logistical security and financial problems the opposition on the other hand has been we can't buy in tanel wrangles most people in the democratic republic of congo like those who are barren jews if a tacky say they're angry and frustrated catherine sorry al jazeera kinshasa now the torch for the two thousand and eighteen pyong chang winter games as ar

the electoral commission says agnes child cannot be a candidate because hope party's political platform violates the territories electoral laws twenty one year olds a member of a hong kong group that wants more autonomy from china. the government's move to disqualify me is telling us telling the world that the people of hong kong are not allowed to vote according to our free will we can only choose candidates that beijing favors we can only choose people that beijing accepts this is not an election political persecution does not only affect me and demo sisto they are also persecuting the ends higher younger generation their gopalan has more from hong kong many people here say they're concerned about the wider implications of agnes childs disqualification they say there's no diggle basis for the government's decision and at stake is hong kong's rule of law now many of the speeches here i've been highlighting how the goalposts keep moving especially when it comes to closer mock you see candidates basically the message as interpreted by hong kong people is that beijing wants to crack down

in december he was banned from taking part in the presidential race the electoral commission cited his previous conviction which the anti corruption activist says was politically motivated in the first place president vladimir putin has also made his position on the politician clear he usually refers to me in vague descriptions and refuses to name his name in public reactions to mentioning his name on the street are mixed i mean. because russian state television hardly talks about it and even the president never mentions him. and i would guess that a lot of people don't even know who he is. mourning over the news the western puppet policies of it nationalistic. one but that's a close these trying to create chaos he's trying to bring russia of course and i don't like it. meanwhile at the st petersburg office and the other volunteers and staff are steering their own course they are planning for the upcoming protests discussing how to deal with possible arrests herself was briefly detained at a recent demonstration but she's decided the cause is worth the risk. i want to show that there i

make sure the very selfish and supervision of international observers over the whole election electoral commission out to make sure that there are acting truly and fairly and efficiently throughout the process otherwise we really cannot guarantee that there will be any free faile action we also need to make sure that this security forces aren't and probably with broke out to peace when there was strengthens we also need to get the opposition and all of our parties to work with government to make sure that they have permission to actually go on campaign runs and demonstrations when that's done then it's because of the government to make sure that they actually can guarantee this safety and security of campaign in and free and fail actions ok to some go in london is that they are see capable at the moment of holding free and fair elections whenever they may be this time this year year next. the election time has already been possible any time in the congo let me huge animation a few things before our very important question i regretted to hear some comment to mention about michael i think we have to

the electoral commission called the announcement a desperate effort to create a nonexistent reality. opposition leaders are preparing to hold the so-called inauguration next week of their candidate and protest of the real threat -- of the current president. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalist and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. noon in new york at 5:00 p.m. in london. i am vonnie quinn. shery: i am shery ahn. welcome to bloomberg markets. ♪ vonnie: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, here are the top stories we are following. latin america political calendar hot as nine countries hold elections and for constitutional referendums. we will assess the impact on the region's economic recovery. tepid u.s. growth for last quarter adding to pressure on the greenback to resume is march. where will be right take the u.s. dollar next? four years after going private, dell considering going public again. new details. first, halfway into the u.s. trading session, the friday one. we are seeing records. abigail dool

they hope that the power was being taken by the church is going to put more pressure on the electoral commission to organize a credible election without delays and on president kabila to peacefully step down but some political analysts say by organizing street. protest the catholic church has overstepped its wrong and somewhat lost its neutrality whether expenditure to do is to continue to denounce this regime to denounce this government and say that maybe strongly and frequently and follow up and hopefully that may lead to. some more mental that god one of the core will is lead to real information by the people not by the church president joseph kabila stam ended a year ago and the electoral commission has since built to organize an election citing logistical security and financial problems the opposition on the other hand has been we can't buy in tunnel wrangles most people in the democratic republic of congo like those who are burying jews if a tacky say they're angry and frustrated catherine saw al-jazeera kinshasa there's ambien government plans to reopen an international school as well as

while the electoral commission the fled. to the victim a voting his supporters still believe he is the rightful president. why is it that when at right at what? is being sworn in and all the media studies as i shut down why. people will start a lecture on what he's twenty and everything was shot. while whites so we would be asking that question why did that all the media that shut dow. can use a tiny general has fresh investing a could face charges of treason. a crime punishable by death. despite warnings from the security forces the ceremony took place with little incidents. media hundred people have been killed since the vote. mostly in clashes between adding this of course is and please. services in yemen are close to taking full control of the southern port city of aiden this tuesday they surrounded the presidential palace i in the governmnmens effective capital. this i'll be back coalition was allied with the separatists and together drove whose evils out of their southern strongholds. but tensions between the allies be

president joseph kabila stop ended a year ago and the electoral commission has since built to organize an election citing logistical security and financial problems the opposition on the other hand has been we can't buy in tunnel rumbles most people in the democratic republic of congo like those who are jews if a tacky say they're angry and frustrated catherine saudi al-jazeera kinshasa but they say they have contained rioting on the outskirts of the zambian capital asarco after protests broke out against emergency measures to stop the spread of cholera at least seventy people have died in the outbreak since september the government says it's confident the disease will be stamped out in a few weeks on a hundred ports. street vendors had arrived early only to find they were illegal market stalls shut down they quickly turned their anger on the security forces broughton to send them home they'd sit up shop in defiance of emergency measures that banned public gatherings and imposed a curfew the government says marketplaces like the breeding grounds for cholera and while it excepts the new

government headquarters off to rip pro-democracy activist was banned from standing for election the electoral commission says agnes cannot be a candidate because a party's political platform violates the territories electoral laws. the south african city of cape town is facing its worst water crisis in a century and protesters say the government is to blame the taps are expected to run dry on april the twelfth reservoir and was have not been filled for more than three years because there hasn't been rain. the founder of the swedish furniture store ikea has died and volcom pride was ninety one the company says come from died at his home in sweden on saturday he started ikea in one nine hundred forty three when he was seventeen and now has stores run the world and it's made to come five a billionaire those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story i'll see in about half an hour of life enough. detained in an anti-corruption drive some have been released after deals with the government. the key figure the crown prince has plans for his country so was the crackdown only abou

evening tweeted that he was withdrawing his candidacy just twenty four hours before egypt's electoral commission was due to publicize the timeline for the twenty eight thousand election this isn't the first time leaks of emerge from deep inside egypt's military intelligence in two thousand and fourteen polls involving sisi himself were made public including recordings of how the united arab emirates funded and orchestrated the protests which paved the way for the military coup in egypt five years ago for some the recordings further prove how cc's egypt controls the media doesn't support the palestinian struggle for liberation for others it simply confirms what they've known all along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside egypt has its weak spots. of jazeera. a seven month long blockade imposed on cat are is being discussed as of today gulf cooperation council summit in quaid in his address the emir of kuwait urged nations to settle their differences. said there has been some progress to settle the dispute between cattle and for blockade in countries but h

elections just over a year ago but they haven't happened they seem postponed repeatedly the electoral commission says it's because it doesn't have the resources to put everything in place to hold a presidential election this means that president joseph kabila has stayed in power beyond the end of his second and final constitutional mandate instead very little about it opposition saying he's trying to overstay in power illegally so that's seen protests in the capital kinshasa just in the last week several people were killed there and it's also seen an escalation in conflict across democratic congo particularly in the near the border with uganda here a lot of western diplomats of expressed concern that the lack of an election and the lack of a democratic process will worsen congo's conflicts that many congolese have a more skeptical interpretation a lot of the people you speak to here think the powerful people in kinshasa or in the capital are trying to stoke the complex to make an election very difficult or even impossible to hold marcum do we know any more about which group or who it is that's b

evening tweeted that he was withdrawing his candidacy just twenty four hours before egypt's electoral commission was due to publicize the timeline for the twenty eight thousand election this isn't the first time leaks of emerge from deep inside egypt's military intelligence in two thousand and fourteen polls involving sisi himself were made public including recordings of how the united arab emirates funded and orchestrated the protests which paved the way for the military coup in egypt five years ago. for some the recordings further prove how cc's egypt controls the media doesn't support the palestinian struggle for liberation for others it simply confirms what they've known all along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside egypt has its weak spot. i'll just see it or turkey's to extend its state of emergency for a further three months it was due to expire on jan or the nineteenth this is the sixth time it's been extended the state of emergency was imposed after a failed coup attempt in july twenty sixth seen thousands of people suspected of involvement hav

sure this house but the government and the electoral commission will examine these reports very carefully we must be open eyes about the actions of hostile states like russia. i was concerned at first that some of the social media platform companies did not take this threat seriously enough to get these ads and posts were a very small fraction of the overall content on facebook but any amount is too much . facebook will now prioritize so-called trustworthy media outlets and downing street has announced the creation of a fake news rapid response unit if there is now that any subsequent plaints about censorship could be dismissed as the will of the people. london. guards at a prison in paris have been in a standoff with police trying to block the transfer of an inmate being moved to trial on extremist charges however the man suspected of playing a role in the twenty fifteen paris terror attacks has been moved to court that standoff was part of a wider action by prison guards over the past ten days they've set up blockades at two thirds of jails across france the demonstrators a demanding be

evening tweeted that he was withdrawing his candidacy just twenty four hours before egypt's electoral commission was due to publicize the timeline for the twenty eight thousand election this isn't the first time leaks of emerge from deep inside egypt's military intelligence in two thousand and fourteen polls involving sisi himself were made public including recordings of how the united arab emirates funded and orchestrated the protests which paved the way for the military coup in egypt five years ago. for some the recordings for their prove how sees egypt controls the media doesn't support the palestinian struggle for liberation for others it simply confirms what they've normal along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside egypt has its weak spot. now the greek government has won a temporary injunction that will suspend the asylum status given to a turkish military pilot the soldier who was initially granted asylum in december fled to greece on a helicopter with seven others following a failed coup against turkish president reza. twenty sixteen the case wil

he won the presidential election last august the electoral commission. the winner but challenge the results of the supreme court agreed the result of what it called irregularities the court ordered a new vote in october which. of electoral reforms. where thousands of people why here to witness the swearing in and it was a bit anticlimactic for many of them who left disappointed and we talked to some of them would say the reason why they're disappointed is because three of the main opposition coalition partners did not show up including. who is. supposed to be sworn in along alongside people are disappointed that did not happen they're saying the president would have shown that the opposition is really united . he is going to give details as to why those principles did not show up other people we talked to here say that it doesn't really. warn the bible to protect and serve the people of kenya as the. president so people that we talked to us saying he supports us saying that the pegging their hopes on him that he is to change that opinion move so going for

national park in nairobi for this ceremony claims he won the presidential election in august the electoral commission declared who are now out of the winner of being a challenge the results and the supreme court agreed and nullifying their results because of irregularities so the court ordered a new vote in october which can one day a boycott of that vote citing a lack of electoral reforms catherine soy has more now from nairobi. i have some of the developments in the last few hours a week or so coming occasion of florist's and that is the government i mean the case and body blocking light signals all some of the country's main media stations currently the opposition leaders are having a meeting in imagine meeting to discuss that and on spec of this meringue and we've also seen some preparations going on of the days since some politicians passed through that is an indicator that guy's going to be here at some point for this flaring ceremony he's supported have been waiting for him since very oddly the morning we haven't seen any security presence in. since morning and his supporters very passionate a

claims he won the presidential election in august but the electoral commission declared the hurrican yet another winner they can challenge their results and the supreme court agreed nullifying the results over irregularities the court ordered a fresh vote in october which kenyatta won i think a boycott of that vote citing a lack of the electoral reforms athens oyez live in nairobi for us so we haven't where this is exactly supposed to be there is a lot of uncertainty about what whether or not it would happen what it's really supposed to be about what the swearing in is what can you tell us. i'm very sorry there's been a lot of us are talking about this day and we are expecting right at some point to congo for this ceremony these supporters have been arriving it's very odd that in the morning they've been taunting. the song's very passionate about this they really believe that's the oldest and which was invalidated by the supreme court. a lot of pressure from the supporters to make this day happen this event has been postponed twice before and that disappointed a lot of his support do

the electoral commission says agnes child cannot be accounted because her party's political platform violates the territories electoral laws the death toll from saturday's suicide bomb attack in afghanistan's capital kabul has risen to one hundred three hundreds of people gathered for funerals and waited to hear from their loved ones outside hospitals the president has declared three days of mourning protesters in the south african city of cape town are blaming the government for the worst water crisis in a century the city's limiting each household to fifty liters of water a day reservoirs of not being filled for more than three years because there hasn't been enough rain to celebrities of the this year's grammy awards are showing solidarity with people facing sexual harassment in the workplace stars are wearing white roses to the new york ceremony in support of the tines up movement that was formed after months of sexual misconduct revelations earlier this month stars wore black to the golden globe awards to protest against sexual harassment and abuse. and those are the headlines th

shift tweeted that he was withdrawing his candidacy just twenty four hours before egypt's electoral commission was due to publicize the timeline for the twenty eight thousand election this isn't the first time leaks of emerge from deep inside egypt's military intelligence in two thousand and fourteen polls involving sisi himself were made public including recordings of how the united arab emirates funded and orchestrated the protests which paved the way for the military coup in egypt five years ago. for some the recordings for their prove how sees egypt controls the media doesn't support the palestinian struggle for liberation for others it simply confirms what they've normal along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside egypt has its weak spot. the greek government has won a temporary injunction little suspend the asylum status given to a turkish military pilot the soldier who was initially granted asylum in december fled to greece on a helicopter with seven others following a failed coup against the turkish president resit there or the one in twenty six

the electoral commission says agnes chan not be a candidate because of her party's political platform violates electoral laws the twenty one year old is a member of the hong kong group that wants more autonomy for china. the government's move to disqualify me is telling us telling the world that the people of hong kong are not allowed to vote according to our free will we can only choose candidates that beijing favors we can only choose people that building except this is not an election bacon's political persecution does not only affect me and demo sisto they are also persecuting the entire younger generation. the us has delivered the final shipment of blackhawk helicopters to jordan to help secure its borders with syria and iraq jordan has received twelve of the aircraft over the past nine months is being among the most active members of the u.s. led campaign against i saw jordan's been stepping up security over concerns eisel fighters could try to infiltrate as they're pushed out of syria. still ahead here on the al-jazeera news our. using problems trump as far as i'm concerned. bu

shift tweeted that he was withdrawing his candidacy just twenty four hours before egypt's electoral commissionwas due to publicize the timeline for the twenty eight thousand election this isn't the first time leaks of emerge from deep inside egypt's military intelligence in two thousand and fourteen polls involving sisi himself were made public including recordings of how the united arab emirates funded and orchestrated the protests which paved the way for the military coup in egypt five years ago. for some the recordings further prove how cc's egypt controls the media and doesn't support the palestinian struggle for liberation for others it simply confirms what they've known all along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside egypt has its weak spots. al-jazeera. french prosecutors are investigating tech giant apple after method last month that deliberately slowed down older phone models the inquiry focuses on a commercial practice forcing consumers to periodical replace products this is illegal in france apple says the slowdown is intended to extend the l

happenings of the past week it was just a few days ago i'm january eighth that the egyptian electoral commission said and announced when the elections would be held a march of this year it was the seventh that the former candidate actually said he would not run it was just a day after that that we heard of the possible charges here sami and i and then today the president himself coming on and similar scenes that this is not really how elections are conducted i'm going to block a look at the vestiges of democracy for there to be an announcement just eleven days ago that elections are going to take place just eight weeks from now and that candidates have to submit their names by the twenty ninth of this month you have to announce your candidacy submit paperwork get signatures from all governments in egypt assemble a campaign team campaign for president and have election monitors in place in eight weeks now this is not really how a democratic process works and so what we're seeing is that egypt's returning to this rubberstamp democracy we're going to have shook is called an election but there reall

shift tweeted that he was withdrawing his candidacy just twenty four hours before egypt's electoral commission was due to publicize the timeline for the twenty eight thousand election this isn't the first time leaks of emerge from deep inside egypt's military intelligence in two thousand and fourteen polls involving sisi himself were made public including recordings of how the united arab emirates funded and orchestrated the protests which paved the way for the military coup in egypt five years ago. for some the recordings further prove how sees egypt controls the media doesn't support the palestinian struggle for liberation for others it simply confirms what they've normal along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside egypt has its weak spot. in watching the news here on out is there a still to come. course to secure another historic term in office has anyone got what it takes to unseat russia's vladimir putin. a small this simple solution the choice is trying to tackle its big homelessness problem in sydney's famous opera house lights up to celebrate a

coming from nairobi now writing their claims he won the presidential election in august but the electoral commission declared who are coming after the winner challenged the results on the supreme court agreed nullifying the results over those irregularities because ordered a fresh vote in october last year which can be up to one. boycotted the vote science and a lack of electoral reforms catherine soy is our correspondent in the capital nairobi and we already knew was going to be a very tense situation how would you describe it now at the moment catherine. catherine if you can hear me we news always beginning to be a very tense situation how would you describe it now quite noisy behind you. i can barely hear you sahil i think something has happened to the sound like asking about today's event and i thought that intro into talking about this yes it was by . some people just feet in the sense that there was one thing important to us she seemed bored and us she was while and i have so much to development in the last few hours we still. coming in oh sorry see that's the government i mean the kitchen bod

shift tweeted that he was withdrawing his candidacy just twenty four hours before egypt's electoral commission was due to publicize the timeline for the twenty eight thousand election this isn't the first time a leaks of emerge from deep inside egypt's military intelligence in two thousand and fourteen polls involving sisi himself were made public including recordings of how the united arab emirates funded and orchestrated the protests which paved the way for the military coup in egypt five years ago. for some the recordings further prove how cc's egypt controls the media doesn't support the palestinian struggle for liberation for others it simply confirms what they've normal along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside you dropped has its weak spot. and israel says its restored full power supply to the gaza strip after the palestinian authority agreed to resume elektra's city payments allison and president mahmoud abbas withdrew payment guarantees in april last year in an attempt to loosen the grip of the ruling class posse it left gaza's two million re

shift tweeted that he was withdrawing his candidacy just twenty four hours before egypt's electoral commission was due to publicize the timeline for the twenty eight thousand election this isn't the first time leaks of emerge from deep inside egypt's military intelligence in two thousand and fourteen polls involving sisi himself were made public including recordings of how the united arab emirates funded and orchestrated the protests which paved the way for the military coup in egypt five years ago. for some the recordings further prove how cc's egypt controls the media doesn't support the palestinian struggle for liberation for others it simply confirms what live normal along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside you dropped has its weak spot. or gary and police are investigating the killing of a prominent businessman in broad daylight better her staff was shot outside his company's office in an upmarket district of the capital severe forty nine year old on one of the country's biggest dairy businesses you also had ties to bulgaria's ruling center righ

the electoral commission says agnes chao cannot be a candidate because hope party's political platform violates the territories electoral laws the twenty one year old a member of a home call group that wants more tanami from china it's the latest move in the government's crackdown on opposition politicians. the government's move to disqualify me is telling us telling the world that the people of hong kong are not allowed to vote according to our free will we can only choose candidates that beijing favors we can only choose people that beijing accepts this is not an election political persecution does not only affect me and demo sisto they are also persecuting the end tire younger generation there has more from hong kong many people here say they're concerned about the wider implications of agnes childs disqualification they say there's no diggle basis for the government's decision and at stake is hong kong's rule of law now many of the speeches here i've been highlighting how the goalposts keep moving especially when it comes to closer mocker see candidates basically the message as int

rolo digger claims he won the presidential election last august now the electoral commission declared who can yet are the winner of that vote didn't get a challenge the results on the supreme court agreed nullifying the result over what it called irregularities now the court ordered a new vote in october which can yet are won again during a boycotted the vote citing a lack of electoral reforms catherine soy is our correspondent in the capital nairobi and there was certainly uncertainty around the overtaking it did happen catherine the opposition leaders seem to be strongly supported. absolutely and it's you can't imagine that just a couple of hours ago this place was full of people of full of supporters of the opposition coalition waiting to witness this symbolic swearing in of loading up but it was also a day that was back to for many who left disappointed and we talked to some of them and they said the reason why they're disappointed is that the three other main corelation partners did not show up including colognes almost. deputy and was supposed to be sworn in alongside dry allowe

kenyatta amounts to treason while claims he won the presidential election last august the electoral commission declared kenyatta the winner of that vote a challenger results and the supreme court agreed with him not to find the result over what he called irregularities the court ordered a new vote over which kenyatta won odinga boycotted that vote citing a lack of intellectual reforms let's bring in our correspondent catherine soy who is in nairobi catherine we saw quite unusual scenes earlier today in kenya talk us through what happened and what the reactions have been to what raila odinga did. it has been quite a day for you the police for weeks had been saying that they will not allow anyone to go to who park for this ceremony telling people that you go to who park at your own peril then suddenly today a police force is withdrawn from who park people are allowed to gather thousands of people go to but on the same breath the police the government through their communication thore this is the government communication body shuts down live transmission of some of the country's main media statio

money for elections we have a date for any actions and the did it for a commission ended the walk over to the station of electoral of what does what. ok. so we're just very briefly minister because we have to bring in our other guests what the president's message be to the people who are taking part in these protests against him right now because they have nothing to say. we have an. escape route but the. core problem we shall have elections. will be. free and. fly for everybody we want to run for the election decided not. so popular what. will be. or will not be candidates so out of question are to speak about ok but a step many thanks for being with us on inside story today all right so let's talk with our guests about what we just heard. in london what do you make of that yesterday's. thank you very much you didn't first of all amy said sensory condolences to those people have been killed in the congo as a result of this barbaric regime and i regret to hear what the minister have to say in regard to this is counting the number of people try to minimize those people being killed as a small number i don't know w

we must appoint an independent commission to investigate foreign meddling into the electoral system before the 2018 federal election. we must break down barriers to voting, not build them. we must make registering to vote easier, not harder. we must ensure elections are competitive and not guaranteed. we must restore the right to vote for felons who served their prison sentences. we must and gerrymandering. we must protect the's entity of our elections and restore the body rights act. dr. kingdr. king knew that it ws important. as i go to my seat, i want to thank my fellow -- colleagues. "i onceng grace says ."s lost, but now i am found how serving with those in the united states congress has saved a wretch like me. >> she is an educator and is always teaching. with this teaching we are conducting i would like to yield to my colleague, the honorable choice -- from the third district. >> thank you to my colleague who hails from the second district of pennsylvania. thank you for leading us tonight and thank you to our congressional black caucus chairman cedric richmond for allowing us to com

we must appoint an independent commission to investigate foreign meddling into the electoral system before the 2018 federal election. we must ensure elections are competitive and not guaranteed. we must restore the right to vote for felons who have served their prison sentences. and we must end partisan jerrymandering. we must protect the sanctity of our elections and we must restore the voting rights act. . dr. king knew it was important. as i go to my seat, i want to hank my colleagues for their endurance, because as amazing grace says, i once was lost but ow am found, and how serving with these great people in the united states congress has saved a wretch like me. yield back. mr. evans: she's someone i have watched, she's an educator, she's always teaching. with this teach-in we're conducting, i'd like to yield to my colleague, the honorable joyce beatty from the third congressional district of ohio. mrs. beatty: thank you so much to my colleague, congressman dwight evans who hails from the second district of pennsylvania. thank you for leading us tonight and thank you to our congressio

the troll commission says agnes chao cannot be a candidate because her party's political platform violates electoral laws the twenty one year old is a member of a hong kong group that wants more autonomy from china can see. the government's move to disqualify me as telling us telling the world that the people of hong kong are not allowed to vote according to our free will we can only choose candidates that beijing favors we can only choose people that beijing accepts this is not an election beijing's political persecution does not only affect me endemol sisto there are also persecuting the ends higher younger generation still ahead on al-jazeera refugees are sleeping rough on the streets of northern greece is growing number as prost the turkish border. and african leaders try to end months of deadlock over a controversial dam project. welcome back we'll look at the weather across asia and the northeastern areas we have this frontal system pushing clearing out of japan still have the flow coming in from the north so still some pretty cold air here which has been the feature over recent days of that o