withhold aid for palestinian refugees the trumpet ministration says the u.n. agency responsible for the money needs reform palestinians say they are being punished for defying the u.s. over jerusalem so it's humanitarian aid being used for political blackmail this is inside story. welcome to the program. or to give it its full title the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from u.n. members the u.s. is the single largest donor and gave more than three hundred fifty million dollars last year its first installment for two thousand and eighteen was due this month but this week the trumpet ministration cut in half the one hundred twenty five million dollars it had pledged in addition it suspended forty five million dollars in emergency food aid it promised in december this all follows president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and his threats to cut aid unless palestinian leaders agree to resume talks emraan hashmi has more from the gaza strip. this house

the palestinians through the united nations relief and works agency now this means the trumpet ministration is freeing up just sixty million dollars of the one hundred twenty five million dollars it had initially promised for. now the u.s. state department says the decision is aimed at encouraging other countries to also provide aid to the palestinians this is not aimed at punishing anyone the united states government and the trumpet ministration believe that there should be more so-called burden sharing to go around. audra is providing vital services to the palestinian refugee population both in the occupied territories and in jordan in syria and in. lebanon. those services are of extreme importance not only for the well being of these populations and there is a serious humanitarian concern he but also in my opinion and they'll be that is shared by most international observers including so he's really ones it is an important factor of stability let's go live now to our diplomatic editor james phases at the u.n. headquarters in new york we were half expecting this a tweet had a letter this

this speech fused that religiosity with as often the near total political support of the trumpet ministration for the government of the watching benjamin netanyahu including its position on iran i have a solemn promise to israel to all the middle east and to the world the united states of america will never allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. he said the u.s. would back a two state solution if both israelis and palestinians agreed and israel's security could be guaranteed and put the onus on the palestinians to come to the table mr trump gave them jerusalem i mean what an honest broker that is the deal of the century in which jerusalem plays a major role above all this speech threw into sharp relief the different realities which the united states in israel on one side and the palestinian leadership on the other an operating in the palestinians this was further damage after donald trump's december declaration further evidence the united states could not be an honest broker for israeli ministers they were calling it emotional inspiring even zionist netanyahu later added his voice calling it

can play the role of mediator we don't know if the trumpet ministration is going to present some kind of peace plan the ultimate deal the deal of the century that he's been talking about i think it's very unlikely that he's going to put something on the table that both israel. these and the palestinians can agree to it is likely to be like prior american proposals much more to the israeli position than the palestinian position in which case there won't be agreement and the israelis and the palestinians won't be able to reach a negotiation that will enable them to sign on the bottom line and find a solution for jerusalem and the two state solution the issue of borders the issue of settlements the issue of refugees the security relationship the. ownership and the management of the water resources all these issues need to be negotiated between the israelis and the palestinians and it's unlikely that the trumpet ministration is going to pull the the rabbit out of the heart and find an agreement for all of these issues i don't have those expectations now i heard you say before that the ame

can play the role of mediator we don't know if the trumpet ministration is going to present some kind of peace plan the ultimate deal the deal of the century that he's been talking about i think it's very unlikely that he's going to put something on the table that both the u.s. . when the palestinians can agree to it is likely to be like prior american proposals much more bill are used to the israeli position than the palestinian position in which case there won't be agreement and the israelis and the palestinians won't be able to reach a negotiation that will enable them to sign on the bottom line and find a solution for jerusalem and the two state solution the issue of borders the issue of settlements the issue of refugees the security relationship the. ownership and the management of the water resources all these issues need to be negotiated between the israelis and the palestinians and it's unlikely that the trumpet ministration is going to pull the the rabbit out of the hat and find an agreement for all of these issues i don't have those expectations now i heard you say before th

crying because of this decision i mean what are we going to do the trumpet ministration says t.p.s. was never meant to be permanent and that social disruptions caused by the earthquakes no longer exists. last year the trumpet ministrations stripped temporary protective status from tens of thousands of people from eighty to nicaragua living in the u.s. . el salvador is one of the world's most dangerous places it had the highest murder rate of any country in two thousand and fifteen powerful gangs operate with near impunity and poverty and unemployment are dire escobar does not want to bring his family there but they you know i worry a lot about my children if my son goes there they'll force him to join a gang and if you refuses they'll kill him activists say political pressure is needed to reverse the decision and that many children of salvadoran parents were born in the u.s. and thus are american citizens boarded two hundred dollars for u.s. citizen children then you're been voting your age so today i'm asking are to be as rogue or families and both undergrads who stayed home are u.

aid will threaten security across the region that follows an announcement by the trump of ministration that it's withholding half of the one hundred twenty five million dollars allocated to that body that's a far cry from two thousand and sixteen when the obama administration gave three hundred fifty million dollars in aid to palestinians most of that went to the un relief and works agency for palestinian refugees better known as that same year on paid for the education of half a million palestinian children and more than seven hundred schools that funded more than nine million doctors visits at almost one hundred fifty primary health clinics and total helped an estimated five million people living in camps in the occupied. west bank gaza strip jordan lebanon and syria at the mattick editor tim space has more. after years of conflict and poverty millions of palestinians rely on they will be devastated by this announcement or an element of a they should not cut the aid people here are sick and poor and have nothing to support themselves people here can't afford to buy bread so why does

that with regard to drilling and safety tyson yes so just a nother big bombshell from the trumpet ministration they announce the largest expansion proposal of offshore oil and gas drilling for the entire pacific coast of the united states the entire atlantic coast all of the coast surrounding alaska and the eastern gulf of mexico which borders on florida this is unprecedented and it's already seeing a lot of pushback even from some republicans that represent some of the coastal districts that will be affected so you can be sure that over the next several years this is going to be a huge fight between some of the oil and gas interests that are pushing the trump administration and some of the more moderate republicans in these coastal so i'm concerned i know that people have concerns about drilling but at least there are those safety precautions that we put in place after the b.p. spill right well unfortunately those are also going to be on the cutting room floor because at the same time that they're talking about this unprecedented expansion of offshore oil drilling they are also talking about

. >> more americans believe that the trumpet ministration has made the economy better.ut a majority disapproves of his overall performance. his trip to switzerland overshadowed by special counsel robert mueller's investigation. the president told reporters that he is eager to be interviewed. >> there was no collusion, whatsoever there's no obstruction whatsoever and i'm looking forward to it. >> whether or not president donald trump will be interviewed by special counsel robert mueller's team remains to be seen. in washington caroline shively. ktvu fox 2 news. >>> an earth quake just off the coast of humboldt county. people who felt it said it was like a rolling earthquake it was a 5.8 magnitude. >>> son, clouds, hail, rain. what could go wrong ? >> it's a little bit of everything. we've had more thunderstorm reports popping up. looking out toward the mount diablo. of those dark clouds out there. that is an unstable atmosphere. here's the live camera looking out towards the san francisco bay. those are striking photos. the main system has moved out. it did produce snow

going to be a huge fight between some of the oil and gas interests that are pushing the trumpet ministration and some of the more moderate republicans in these coastal so i'm concerned i know that people have concerns about drilling but at least there are those safety precautions that we put in place after the b.p. spill right well unfortunately those are also going to be on the cutting room floor because at the same time that they're talking about this unprecedented expansion of offshore oil drilling they are also talking about doing the way with every single one of the post b.p. deepwater horizon offshore safety rules the obama administration in response to the deepwater horizon catastrophe in two thousand and ten administratively reorganize the entire agency that oversees offshore drilling and imposed stringent new safety standards to protect workers the and the environment and the trump administration under secretary of the interior is proposing to do way with every single one of those safety measures. ok we only got a couple seconds left can you give me a quick take on what you think is

assistance would threaten regional security it follows an announcement by the trumpet ministration that it will withhold half of the financial aid it had allocated to the un agency is a diplomatic editor james pace reporting from u.n. headquarters in new york. after years of conflict and poverty millions of palestinians rely on they will be devastated by this announcement that they should not cut the aid people here are sick and poor and have nothing to support themselves people here can't afford to buy bread so why does the u.s. say it's taking this action it has of long been a concern of this administration here and of the administration about annorah and how it handles itself and how it manages its money under the u.n. relief and works agency for palestinian refugees to give it its full title is one of the oldest agencies in the u.n. system founded almost seventy years ago the u.s. has been its biggest funder providing money for among other things clinics schools and social services for palestinians beyond the borders of the territory long disputed by palestinians and israelis in nei

the of previous that previously ministrations did not emphasize. cyber security -- the safeguarding of i.t. systems will continue to work doing the lapse. the parks, national monuments, private concessions are open. yesterday, we will not be picking up the trash or cleaning the bathrooms. number five, trade negotiations. during the last shutdown, the obama administration canceled a new high-level trade negotiations. by contrast, the ustr will use its funding flexibility -- the ability to use transfer of funds from one account to another to continue a round six of the nafta negotiations later this week. finally, the last example i have is the merchant marine academy was closed during the 2013 shutdown and will stay open. another example that does not compare apples to apples from 2013, but is evidence of how we are managing this differently than the democrats did during .he 2013 shutdown after working closely with the white house, with omb to review the exceptions allowed in the law for agencies to continue to operate if their work is necessary to p

to drill down on workforce participation rate. , think i heard to see 2.8% what can or is then ministration doing to get that number of 270, 75 and higher. -- italked about it thought about the first friday of every month when the unemployment number comes out, we've had to really disappointing components of the unemployment rate -- report, not just this year but the last 345 years. we have had no wage growth in the united states and our participation rate has remained stagnant at best. part of our tax reform plan was to get people back into the workforce. we need to create more jobs. by creating a tax system that allows us to compete locally with the rest of the world, we are now at a 21% corporate rate, we are at a very effective rate for personal businesses that allow them to compete with the rest of the world. when you compete against the rest of the world, you grow your business and higher people. when you hire people, you compete for labor. to see wage growth in this country, something we haven't seen in almost a decade. as we see wage growth, we will make it economically realistic fo

touting cleanups at several of the nation's most polluted signature of a compliment in the trumpet ministrations effort to reduce the number of superfund sites. but records show the work was completed before mr. trump took

the troubled ministration wants to open almost all of the u.s. coastline to offshore drilling energy companies are cheering several coastal states found to do whatever it takes to stop it happening. the five year plan calls for forty seven new offshore leases opening waters that have been off limits for decades including areas off the california and florida coasts is a move that the u.s. interior department says is in the nation's interest but it is a clear difference between interview we've made. and under president we're going to have the strongest energy houses. are we certainly yet it's a do that the proposal follows last week's announcement of plans to roll back or even repeal safety regulations adopted under the obama administration environmental groups have vowed to oppose the move and are organizing protests offshore drilling is is inherently dirty it's an awful lot of work there will be an oil spill such as was the case off the coast of santa barbara in two thousand and fifteen where hundred thousand gallons of oil spilled into the ocean

iran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the bammer ministration the great iranian people have been repressed for many years they are hungry for food and for freedom along with human rights the wealth of iran is being looted time for change these lawmakers public has been erupting in rallies and bryant says people have been swarming the streets both against and in support of the government people died the tweet hasn't gone unnoticed in iran urging against the violence president rouhani denied to trump the right to sympathize with the nation well when done with the middle east trump couldn't help but pay the classic twitter tribute to his one and only rocket man. sanctions and other pressures are beginning to have an impact on north korea soldiers are dangerously fleeing to south korea rocket man now wants to talk to south korea for the first time perhaps that's good news perhaps not we will see well apparently this was donald trump's knee jerk reaction to south korea offering to hold high level talks with the north after pyongyang suggested the countri

well i think i think the trumpet ministration is going to step into a real mess it's kicked over our hornet's nest with regard to this. announcement of a border security force turkey's not going to have a sit ins are not going to have are and the cons are making a huge mistake and alone themselves could be used as a proxy by washington in this with events clearly not learned the lessons of their recent history that remains york in one thousand nine hundred one will be the first administration the bush one an administration promised the kurds of iraq that if they were to raise up against saddam then he would help them only to leave them in the lodge and so this is happening again i think with regard to syria. trumps trumps notion of multilateralism is clearly lacking and elegant i think will be looking very very seriously at his commitment not only to any alliance with the us but his commitment to need to turkey of course being a need to remember so i think this is going to rupture key u.s. ally in seas in the middle east but the trumpet ministrations clearly made the calculation and

demonstrators gathered in front of the white house monday protesting a decision by the trumpet ministration to take away temporary protected status or yes for more than two hundred thousand salvadoran they had been permitted to live in the u.s. following disastrous earthquakes that struck their homeland in two thousand and one the troubled ministration says t.p.s. was never meant to be permanent and that social disruptions caused by the earthquakes no longer exist. el salvador is one of the world's most dangerous places it had the highest murder rate of any country in two thousand and fifteen powerful gangs operate with near impunity and poverty and unemployment are dire activists say political pressure is needed to reverse the decision and that many children of salvadoran parents were born in the u.s. and thus are american citizens after two decades living in the u.s. how are some of these salvadorans responding to the decision and the possibility that they may have to leave and joining us now is milady of us she is a t.p.s. holder living in the u.s. state of texas welcome to the show mila

the outcome of the meeting in a tweet according it quote a foreign policy blunder by the trumpet ministration money america's top diplomat has been quizzed by washington support for the iranian protests. you said that you want to support quote. elements in the country that will lead to a peaceful transition of government that sounds like regime change or through the iranian people have suffered under this regime we do not support violent crucial of power but we do support political pros as. well we discussed the security council meeting with the independent rights that i support for rick and she believes the u.s. has appeased the purpose of the organization. what the united states is going to do an actual security council meeting should be offensive to all members not just u.n. security council members but all u.n. members they're making a mockery of the united states on the one hand all legitimate process around the world no to actually ignore it every other normal country would. vote says to take place and more often than not there is good reason but that. as with anywhere else in the world

nikki haley claims that the trumpet ministrations. policy in afghanistan is working with pace being closer than ever however the un recently reported that almost half a million people were displaced in the country in two thousand and seventeen alone let's have a look at some of the latest pictures from afghanistan. the u.s. powerfully on afghanistan is working. hard . we are all were victims of the bombing is ongoing. a lot of houses have been destroyed and several villages about sixty seven thousand displaced families are living in this camp. closer to talks with the taliban and the peace process than we've seen before. as we were a taliban and i said we're fighting with them government forces launched a military operation against our houses were destroying our lifestyle. we do not want afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorism any more and so we continue to go down that path twenty one international terrorist groups operating in this country dozens of suicide bombers are being sent we are under siege we do everything we can to co

and it has been just over a year into the trumpet ministration time now for an economic report card look at year one here with a closer look at our team's nicholas o'donovan. donald trump came into office under the promise of puts in america first on every front and obviously the economy was and still is an important part of that message and we're going to start spending here we're going to start spending. and with that being said we're going to protect our country over the past year the stock market has boomed g.d.p. growth has improved and unemployment is at an almost seventeen year low good numbers that allow trump to be optimistic we're hearing numbers that nobody thought possible certainly not in this time and the numbers going up are going to me much better than anybody anticipated in fact they're going to say that trump is the opposite of an exaggerator if we take a look at the markets the dow jones has set record highs seventy times rise in five thousand points in a year for the first time in history and corporate tax cuts have been met with enthusiasm by the us business and fina

the trouble ministrations announced plans to open early all the u.s. coastal waters for oil and gas drilling the decision goes against a ban imposed by barack obama at the end of his mind against his efforts to protect the environment to the u.s. interior department now says it will lisa areas in the arctic the gulf of mexico and the atlantic during the five year program it will also include pacific coastal zones or activities been off limits for almost fifty years interior secretary ryan zinke believes the move could cost the country's revenue fifty billion dollars but the project spot waves of criticism. it's not consistent with our vibrant tourism fishing and recreation their concern is their livelihood to the local economies we all saw what happened to the gulf coast with the deepwater horizon trance trying to turn our oceans into oil fields and this plan opens the floodgates to dirty and dangerous offshore drilling threatening coastal economies that rely on clean and healthy oceans offshore drilling represents a critical threat to our coastal econ

the face to donald trump and from there it went on to talk about how the you know the trumpet ministration has undone many of the key policies of dumb trumps predecessor barack obama now the article went on to point out that around the world the usa and their political system is up held as kind of an icon as a system that is just an ideal it's the best way for countries to operate in this is kind of the view of what they call the developed world of the u.s. political process but they pointed to the government shutdown and the extreme disagreements and the kind of gridlock in washington and in the chinese press it was widely argued that this was a sign of political chaos and a chaotic system being in place in washington d.c. . all right thanks carol we know that as a story develops the fall out from both sides starts making its way to the media you'll be staying across it for us all right there in the states for us. prison officers across france have blockaded dozens of jails in protest over a lack of security that after numerous attacks by inmates on staff. this is a nationwide strike of p

future palestinian state i prez's visit to israel is a first by us politician since the trumpet ministrations controversial announcement that it recognizes jerusalem as israel's capital israeli arab lawmakers made their opposition to the move clear right from the start of mr pence's speech. the protests kicked off even before mike pence had begun his speech out of his really lawmakers were ushered from the knesset after waving signs at the u.s. vice president following donald trump's incendiary move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. are you saying showed east jerusalem including the holy and the al aqsa mosque as a message that we had against trumps declarations east jerusalem should be capital of palestine west of islam capital of israel. pens he was given a much warmer welcome by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was unrepentant about the move he said that the u.s. was only recognizing fact over fiction as a first step towards a new peace negotiations between israelis and palestinians the united states appreciates your government's declared willingness to resume direc

but under new regulations put in place by the trump ministration all u.s. travel has to take place an organized tour groups that's bad news for some small providers. at last daljit car cuba tourists can rent the classic cars have ana is famous for the owner has an idea about why u.s. tourists are facing tighter rules again. when americans see the reality of cuban life when the hear the testimonies of cuban businessmen from the private sector they realize that everything they have been told are lies. tighter regulations are not american tourists still flock to the island but some small businesses won't benefit from their visit until after the trump years. difficult times for fans of. well they're struggling just to keep their spot at the top but they already have a big problem in munich they're looking pretty unstoppable at the top of the bonus league table they've beaten sunday's opponents braman in their previous fourteen encounters bonus league a record for the longest winning streak against one club braman have been languishing in the lower end of the ta

ministration there was a lot of chaos there and they thought that you know bringing on. the author who could you know give a tale that was you know promoting their goals you know was a great idea we've often seen as we've seen this new u.s. military we've seen this elsewhere this is something that is not particularly problematic trump issue but we've seen this many many times and now all of a sudden this guy turns out that he found a source benon who will say things that can gravely damage demonstration that is unexpected and so you know i think the journalist who wrote the book mr wolf you know got access because the pain thought it was a great and wise idea and that often backfires because journalists in the end have often you know their own agenda they want to sell the book and in the end that's more important you know than what the trumpet ministration had them for and it has us all talking about it in the process down to how far the german marshall fund thank you for spending time with us. next to the race to find a fix for serious security flaws in computer chips a

from the trumpet ministration israel seems to get only praise and never pressure james pays zero davus the us ambassador to the un nikki haley told a security council meeting that the palestinian leadership lacks the courage needed for a peace deal an accusation rejected by her palestinian counterpart kristensen the united nations. the united states and palestinians exchanged accusations during the security council's monthly debate on the middle east palestinian ambassador riyad mansour spoke passionately about how his people had been demonized and humanize and accused of disrespect while the israelis were rewarded for building settlements on palestinian land he pointed out that jerusalem status according to previous international agreements should be decided in negotiations but the united states ambassador nicholas accused palestinian leadership of walking away from peace talks . and response to repeated this torsion of our position i am compelled to clarify further our position is not intended as this respect i repeat this respect and should not be translated as such by anyone in the

so the risks for offshore drilling are simultaneously going up as the trump the ministrations trying to push into areas that are undeveloped into secretaries and did say that this was part of a consultation process if there are people who are against this what action can they take that's right this is to follow now when there will be environmental reviews and scientific analysis that will be done there will be opportunity for public comment opportunity for members of congress and governors to weigh in this is not the first time united states has gone through an offshore drilling planning process it happens every five years the obama administration went through a similar planning process and the word they got back from the public and from coastal states in particular up and down the atlantic and pacific coast was we don't want drilling here now the other important fact to keep in mind is the oil industry itself has tried to go into arctic waters in the united states and has come back saying it with a big boondoggle shell spent several billion dollars trying to drill in the arctic just

aid will threaten security across the region it's also an announcement by the trumpet ministration that it's withholding half of the one hundred one hundred twenty five million dollars that it allocated to that body it's a massive cut from last year when the us gave more than three hundred fifty million dollars to aid and palestinians most of that went to the un relief and works agency for palestinian refugees better known as are helps pay for the education for half a million palestinian children and more than seven hundred schools more than nine million doctor visits at almost one hundred fifty primary health clinics and total has helped an estimated five million people living in camps in the occupied west bank gaza strip in jordan lebanon and syria a diplomatic editor james ray's asked for. two years of conflict and. millions of palestinians. they will be devastated by this announcement. they should not cut the aid to people who are sick and poor and have nothing to support themselves . people here can afford to buy bread so why does the us say it's taking this action it has of long b

central council our boss rachel waited that he will not accept the trump of ministration as a mediator and talks with israel and call for an internationally led process tromps decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital has sparked worldwide condemnation and protests across the region but palestinian groups hamas and islamic jihad did not attend the meeting saying there's a lack of agreement on how to deal with washington emraan khan is following events in ramallah. it was a very strong speech from president bush we do boss he said the true slim was the jewel in the ground states in the capital of any future of the state the state criticised of the us president all the time for removing jerusalem from any future palestinian state fire tweet you can also be very critical of these very mystical language let's just take a listen to what some of the language sounds like. in this yes we have right now. we say that politically driven is our capital in our religion it's our capital idea graphically it's our capital but. but it was removed from the map with a tweet from mr trump as say

you you lose about fifty percent a little goes back to the united states in the form of ministration administrative expenses just to make this little arrow there are those we are not dependent does the money come directly to the palestinian authority than on law it does but big part of it is devoted to security cooperation to security needs of israel and more than that let me explain we are not dependent on foreign aid as a matter of fact the total amount of money that is coming from europe from the states and from other countries is no more than sixteen percent of the budget of the palestinian authority while the public palestinians are paying with their taxes eighty four percent of the cost of the palestinian authority in my opinion. that money is not is not going to affect us seriously so he can take it away but what would affect the palestinians badly is his plan to cut of support. which is the united nations agency that is providing humanitarian aid in the form of education and health care to palestinian refugees were ethnically cleansed by israel from their homeland palestine a

aid will threaten security across the region and follows an announcement by the trump of ministration that it will withhold half the financial assistance that it allocated to the body. that decision has drawn an angry reaction from the palestinian liberation organization it says palestinian access to humanitarian services is not a bargaining chip but a u.s. and international obligation twenty countries have a great to push for tougher sanctions on north korea over its nuclear program after a summit in canada russia and china war invited to the meeting which they say could jeopardize improving relations with pyongyang. more on our top story now the u.s. decision to slash aid for the u.n. agency for palestinians. as head of the palestinian and non-governmental organizations that work he says the funding will make an already bad refugee situation worse. to asian or the post right now. with spanking outside the post injuries mainly due to fiji's communities was suffering due to the shortage. it is about two hundred million dollars which is a chronic shortage of founded on the only one org