ambassador to mexico her resignation a bit strained relations between the two countries roberta jacobson told embassy staff assure leave the post in a times between the two neighbors have been tense with president donald trump pledging to build a border wall. and u.s. politicians are considering changes to cardinals following last month's school shooting in florida in which seventeen people died that's been told of change before but this time the campaign seems to be making headway one hundred has the story. arrived across the u.s. a crusade by the country's young is pushing for gun control the youth of our nation are shaming the adult world into action in florida the teenage survivors of the parkland high school shooting are pressing state lawmakers devote on a new three day waiting period and raising the age limit to buy a gun in oregon the state legislature is barring stockers and domestic abusers from owning firearms and in illinois the state house is backing a new law to license all gun sellers restrict sales of assault weapons in ban bump stocks. which allow a semiautomatic weapon

he is now ready to find coalition partners to try and form a government but it could be tricky as roberta tell you we have deal making lie ahead but it's thought that italy will end up with a center right governing coalition the five star movement didn't have a campaign partner but there are other groupings to consider may be the end immigration league party teamed up with four time prime minister silvio berlusconi he's back on the scene again never went away really from go italy and the people of freedom party of course he himself is banned from holding office for a while more yet for another year because of a previous fraud conviction meantime league party leader matty o. salvini trying his chances he's already put his name in the hat to be italy's next prime minister. in europe but is all we are now under obligation to form a center right coalition we have a right and a duty to rule in the coming years. other developments one person who's already ruled themselves out the former prime minister material renzi he's quit as leader of the center left democratic party in power at the moment

ambassador to mexico has announced her resignation of a strained relations between the two countries roberta jacobson told embassy staff chile the posted may ties between the two neighbors have been tense with president trump pledging to build a border war those were the headlines more news in half an hour the stream is next . more than forty thousand africans are facing deportation from israel is awarded more than one person for. almost zero point one per cent of the two of those in danger of being thrown out of the country in which they sold refuge . at this time. ok and you are in the stream today how long people changing the conversation on u.s. government form the student led never again movement is demanding a major changes to gun laws following an attack on the module stoneman douglas high school in florida seventeen people were killed when a former student opened fire with an assault rifle and that was two weeks ago i really could be within days about assault in the park when students marched to the state capital tallahassee and major reform on television and social media now they're

announced her resignation amid strained relations between the two countries in a note to embassy staff roberta jacobson said she will leave her post this spring she didn't detail why she was stepping down but said that the situation was difficult because now is a crucial moment in the u.s. mexico relationship france's far right leader marine le pen has been placed on the formal investigation for posting violent images of i saw atrocities online the investigation relates to three graphic images of isolate secu shuns the ship posted on twitter in two thousand and fifteen they were traitorous more from paris . a judge in non-tenured just outside paris decided charges could be formally brought against marine le pen after years stripped of her parliamentary immunity by the national assembly last november the charges will be of disseminating violent images and she could face three years in prison or a large fine seventy five thousand euros if she's found guilty she has self has reacted to the whole affair as saying this amounts to a political persecution of her and the actual event was that in twent

ambassador to mexico has announced her resignation amid strained relations between the two countries roberta jacobson didn't give an explanation for her decision but she told embassy staff that she'll be leaving her post in may the ties between the two neighbors have been tense with president trump pledging to build a border war. hollywood gives out for the office filmmakers a drawing attention to the lack of jobs for women in the industry as a glimmer of hope in this year's academy award nominations but for many change is still coming too slowly but reynolds reports from los angeles. in this classroom at the art center college of design the numbers of male and female aspiring film directors are about equal and the women feel they have a fair shot at making it professionally the main thing i think as a woman so make is that you have to focus on is really not being intimidated not being intimidated by the amount of male colleagues you have and the amount of the spirit and gender that you would encounter on set outside the classroom the gender disparity in the film industry is stark amy adrian

ambassador to mexico has announced her resignation amid strained relations between the two countries roberta jacobson didn't give an explanation as to why she's decided to leave but she told embassy staff that she will leave her post in may ties between the two neighbors have been tense with president trump pledging to build a border wall. forces from the european union have been training soldiers in the central african republic in an effort to rebuild the national army is all part of an international attempt to stabilize the country after years of conflict but skepticism remains about just how much progress can actually be achieved with most of the country still under rebel control as a lot of al-jazeera special series catherine soy reports from a training camp in the capital bangui. it's an intense six month program by the european union training mission in central african republic this men and women will eventually be deployed across the country much of it controlled by armed groups after the training they'll be given new weapons from russia following an exemption to an arms embargo by th

ambassador to mexico has announced her resignation amid a strained relations between the two countries roberta jacobson told embassy staff should leave the post in may the ties between the two neighbors have been tense with president trump pledging to build a border wall blizzards are causing widespread destruction across europe for the third day at least forty people have died across the continent heavy snow falls calls to road and airport closures in france and switzerland the u.k. and ireland have issued their most severe weather alerts those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera its inside story about. a leaked un report blames regional powers for much of the violence in libya the u.a.e. and egypt are singled out for supplying weapons to rival armed groups in violation of un sanctions so what can be done to stop this this isn't story. hello and welcome to the program. libya has been a heightened state of violence for much of the past six years the overthrow of leader moammar gadhafi has created a dangerous politically divided atmosphere the country has two rival seats of power alo

ambassador to mexico has announced her resignation amid a strained relations between the two countries roberta jacobson told embassy staff to leave the post in may the ties between the two neighbors have been tense with president trump pledging to build a border wall blizzards are causing widespread destruction across europe for the third day at least forty people have died across the continent heavy snow falls calls to road and airport closures in france and switzerland the u.k. and ireland have issued their most severe weather alerts those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera its inside story about. a leaked un report blames regional powers for much of the violence in libya the u.a.e. and egypt are singled out for supplying weapons to rival armed groups in violation of un sanctions so what can be done to stop this this is inside story.

ambassador to mexico roberta jacobsen will resign her post this spring, in the wake of escalating tensionsetween both countries. mayresignation takes effect 5. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am jessica summers. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: i am emily chang and this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, doordash becomes a unicorn after a funding round led by softbank. 100 billion dollar vision fund lottery. platforms have a deadline on hate speech and terror propaganda. we're live with an update from london. one year ago tomorrow, snap officially went public but , employee morale is an all-time low. we look at the hard year that was for the social media company and the road ahead. first to our lead. u.s. stocks continued to selloff, all the major averages tumbled more than 4% after president trump promise to impose substantial tariffs on foreign metals. tech stocks were also hard-hit with tesla, nvidia and alpha that among the biggest decliners. we are joined by an editor in new york. walk us through the day that w

now, roberta popito here from homemade delicious.m. >> hi, guys. >> you're making a, what do you call this, a guiness stout cake? >> guiness chocolate stout cake. >> i've heard of those. >> yes, very rich, very decadent, basically what you're doing is taking your beer. >> beer. >> ten tables spoons of but ther. >> okay. >> ten? >> good lord. >> is that normal. >> sure ago, sure ago, and you're buying that altogether. >> and you're bringing the chocolate like the cocoa, blooming that. so, and then you will add that syrup, all of that butter mixture into your flour mixture. >> it creates a cake. >> yes. >> now why have you cut a hole in it so it looks like a tire. >> because we will put some lucky charles in there. >> oh,. >> marshmellows. >> just the marshmellows. >> how long did you spend picking out the marshmellows? >> to boxes cents, took a little bit. >> ya. >> so this would be on cookie sheet normally in the kitchen? >> right. would you put this actually on what you want to is her of it on. obviously, because there is a hole the

we had roberta potito making what?gin us stout chocolate called filled with lucky charles, just the marshmellows. >> but had pastry bag filled with chocolate, right? >> yes. >> it was my job to squirt it on top of the cake. well, i overly squirted and the chocolate -- foot -- >> only me. >> oh, baby, common. >> you don't have to do that much. we shoul be good, mike. >> are we good? >> yes, bill willing up. >> oh, you got it on my shoe! wait a minute. >> ew. >> you think this will come off? seriously? really? oh, my gosh. >> these are suede. >> oh, they are? >> yes, this is not good. oh,. >> almost something sexy about it. >> well -- >> well, kind of. >> sure. >> so what did you do about it? that's so hard to get out. >> well, i blurted outcome-on, i'll buy you a new pair of suede pumps, then i realized how expensive suede pumps are, so i run out of the studios 10:00 yesterday. >> and i ran out after him. >> jewelers row, great little shoe repair shop over there. so i think i'm running by myself? look at this. >> where

this is a 30 year career civil servant, a former assistant secretary for the western hemisphere, roberta jacobson reportedly she is not in the meeting. the message that sends also to the state department career people of how they are perceived in my value that is extremely negative. it forces us to do difficult diplomatic work with one hand tied behind the back. >> i wonder, regardless of your opinion on the administration's rationale for its diplomatic policy right think about the strategy, to get the sense that the trump administration knows what is doing diplomatically? [laughter] >> i would not want to make such a blanket certification. quite seriously, the number of diplomatic challenges we face is no less, arguably more than in recent years. yet, we do not have the experience personnel on hand to deal with it. given we are over a year into the new administration plenty of time to have qualified people nominated and confirmed, we don't. that suggests, as does the president's budget request that there is a devaluation of diplomacy and development as tools of international policymakin

. >> and roberta jacobson, as well as jared kushner, they thought they were making some progress toward a visit where they could make some announcements about common border moves, something on trade, something on drug addiction, and they knew they had to have this phone call done before they could schedule a trip. i think they thought this would be a rubber stamp on that opportunity. instead the president's insistence on his own aagenda, which is a political agenda, are resigning. >> people have resigned for a variety of reasons. >>> stick around. he says he's the biggest fan to the second amendment of the constitution. but now it looks like people are scratching their heads. which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase. he gets the best deal on the perfect hotel by using. tripadvisor! that's because tripadvisor lets you start your trip on the right foot... by comparing prices from over 200 booking sites to find the right hotel for you at the lowest price. saving you up to 30%! you'll be bathing in savings! tripadvisor. ch

roberta jacobson who served the u.s.or more than three decades says she's stepping down, quote, in search of other opportunities, adding she's leaving, quote, with mexico in my soul and in my heart. jacobson was reportedly viewed highly among both mexican officials and the public even as relations between the u.s. and mexico have drastically evolved under president trump. jacobson's resignation will take effect on may 5th. >>> and among reports of a hue priced overhaul to his office, ben carson has asked to scrap the the order for the costly furniture. the white house and hud announced that the $31,000 new dining room that had been ordered for carson late last year has been canceled. however, carson's business manager said stating the order might not be possible stating that the person contracted has already spent $14,000 to make the new table. and it is unlikely the government will recoup all its money even if the dining room set is never ordered. hud officials say this order was made without carson's knowledge. the two

this is a 30-year civil servant and roberta jay could be son and she is not in the meetings. the message that that sends to the career people about how they are perceived and what value they are able to add is extremely negative. difficultces us to do diplomatic work with hands tied behind their back. mr. johnson: regardless of your opinion and what you think about the strategy, do you think that the trump administration knows what it's doing? [laughter] dr. rice: i wouldn't want to make such a blanket certification, no. i think -- quite seriously, the number of diplomatic challenges are no less, arguably it's more than in recent years and yet, we don't have the experienced personnel on hand to deal with it. given that we are a year into the new administration, plenty of time to have qualified people to be confirmed and that suggests as the president's budget request that there is a devaluation of diplomacy and development as tools of international follow si making. and -- policy making. i think those are self-evident facts that one can't dispute and leads you to ask why and

of land across south america and one of the compilers of that report is with me now about ok chime roberta tell me why this map you have produced is so important to the middle without the map well it's very important i mean when we talk about sharing this this veto resource this water that we have in common the first step is to have at least a common map so this map was was has and together with the same methodology and procedure logical survey we all stood this several buildings to get our neighborhood technicians so we teach them the methodology so we work together this map and behind the day are just showing the map to some some some visitors and we're wanting to know where the aquifer we have to talk a lot of a map like this and to to get this map done amongst five countries that's a big issue it's not very easy and i mean we have done it and we are very proud of having done it the way with a bench in the five countries brazil argentina bolivia paraguayan europe why neighbors but they haven't always got on in many other aspects of political life but you've managed to work together to p

roberta jacobson has been ambassador for nearly two yearsk and for the state department for more than 30 years. she noted today that u.s.-mexico relations are at "a crucial moment," but said she wants to explore other opportunities. in syria, no relief again today for rebel-held suburbs of damascus. syria's military has been pounding eastern ghoutle its ally, russia, has called for a daily, five-hour truce. in geneva today, u.n. officials complained their call for a 30- day cease-fire is being ignored. they dismissed the russian plan as unworkable. >> but i have to declare that iu know nnitarian actor, zero humanitarian actor who thinks that five hours is enough for us to be able to deliver relief into eastern ghouta. >> woodruff: the russians, and syrian state media, claim the rebels in eastern ghouta are blocking or even killing civilians who try to leave. it is now a crime in poland to accuse the polish nation of holocaust crimes committed by nazi germany. the new law took effect today. warsaw says it is not an effort to deny locaust. opponents say nationalists wanta to blo discuss

the last ten days we have had the resignation of the most preeminent of the asia specialists and roberta jacobson, all of latin america. ambassador to mexico but previously assistant secretary for the region. we have vacancies at assistant secretaries, acting secretaries everywhere and vacant ambassador posts in key posts, riyadh and key embassies around the world. >> mike pompeo is smart, he will move quickly to fix that. he will quickly appoint ambassadors to fill these open embassies, many of them are going to be career appointments. there are some things that pompeo ought to find no-brainers as he comes in. he has one thing going for him that tillerson never did, and that in some ways was fatal. tillerson could never speak for the president in a way that was credible. it was known around the world that this was a bad relationship, a bad marriage between the president and secretary of state. >> partly because of jared kushner and initially steve bannon setting up the riyadh summit which was not a logical place to begin your diplomacy overseas. >> tillerson was undercut and humiliated

and in sports roberta. seals the second eighty title on the scene. it's never been a show.because prime minister says he's revolted by friday's attack on an army headquarters and french embassy which eight people were killed all culverts he made the comments while meeting the army chief at the site in the capital ouagadougou by the assault took place security forces killed eight of the attackers and several arrests have now been made. this is the irony of the nation the main artery of the capital ouagadougou and this is where a taxi packed with explosives on friday drove up this road and detonated a bomb inside the military had ordered simultaneously down this road a few hundred meters away in the french embassy different cultural center there too and it took place these are supposed to be some of the safest and most secured areas in this country people here say if attackers are able to penetrate these areas then no one is safe of an attack now earlier today the prime minister visited the site of the attack now there are many people wounded there are no official numbers the

and us want to read a few of them a tweet from roberta who said let's summarize all of this in one sentence money talks and you know i'm pretty sure that's what anna sell to crazy i guess that in his first answer as well that pretty much money can buy you anything in this case also a facebook live comment from nicholas who said way syrian human british government sold them all the military equipment train their pilots etc it's the british government which is directly responsible that's in response of course to what's happening and yemen at the moment i think that's what a lot of people feel quite strongly about that the british selling arms to the south to saudi arabia which is then being used in this war in yemen which has been going on for well three years now to keep the thoughts coming in facebook dot com sound as there is with a live stream is the what's that number is plus one seven full five zero one triple one four nine if you are watching us on facebook live well larry nasa probably name you remember the gymnastics doctor who was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison fo

four goals as liverpool thrashed watford five nil the egypt striker also provided the assist for roberta from a neo second half strike cell and now has thirty six goals for liverpool in all competitions this season but when takes you're going club side up to third in the premier league standings and more is going from test the going gets for sure but i would always use in life you have to if you have to skills and have to show it constantly. produce comes consistency is very very good for us as lot the boys. lot of playing together with me loves playing together with them so it's good. rugby six nations competition concluded on saturday and it was a st patrick's day to remember for champions ireland they'd already secured the six nations title last week but a twenty four fifteen victory over england at twickenham meant they also sealed the grand slam for winning every game in the tournaments it's just the third time in history ireland have achieved the feat every kid grows up dreaming the plan for our play for our next event is when something in the green jersey and i think to win someth

ambassador roberta johnson into the meeting. if he has experience on u.s.ations it's news to me. what does it mean? is there any precedent for not inviting the u.s. ambassador of that country into a meeting? >> there's no precedent for it. jared kushner who, i'll be generous, doesn't bring to the job great experience but the ambassador has to be there the day after and the day after that. the whole idea is to empower your diplomats. he won't be in mexico 364 days a year, she is. so the idea that he would carry this out withouter in the room. plus, it's part of a larger pattern. where is rex tillerson? why does he allow this to go on? he has to stand up and defend his department, defend his professionals and in many ways he's leading the charge against him, one of the tragic legacies among this administration will be the dismantling of a significant part of our diplomatic capability. >> in a big way. >> one final question, mr. ambassador. brexit. where are we right now in the negotiations and what long-term impact is that going to have on great britain? >> w

well, roberta jacobsen's retiring and that is surely within her right. with that early transition. withe administration. 39 people have left key posts in this administration. of many of the policies you are trying to set out. well, the secretary of state will be here. and with the belief that he was leaving. to bed and let people know he is the secretary of state. and he is staying. how are you adapting to the job? because it is tough, isn't it? you told me a little earlier that you get up at five in the morning. how do you cope? and other people call me... people like me come calling! they say they need an answer right away. and secretary. it's a great pleasure to have you here in london. thank you very much were talking to us. thank you for having me, iappreciated it. of state, fascinating talking to him today. today. hope hicks gary cohn or the rest, but he is still hanging in there. but he is still hanging in there. what sort of power does he have, do you think? you think? but then he is often undermined by president trump. president trump. in instances across a variety of issues, n