has instructed his ministration to halt funding for the world health organization us president says the w.h.o. failed in its early response to the coronavirus he the us president himself has come under fire for his handling of the pandemic said the w.h.o. should have done a better job of investigating initial reports in china u.n. secretary general antonio terris responded by saying that the time to end support for the w.h.o. he said its work was absolutely critical to the global effort to combat kovac 19. the w.h.o. failed in its basic duty to save lives those were the words of president trump a freeze on funding for the u.n. agency today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted as the organization's leading sponsor the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability. has repeatedly criticized throughout the pandemic this time claiming it's biased towards china is responsible for the viruses rapid spread to other parts of the world. had the w.h.o. done its job to get medical experts into china to objectivel

in ited states has announced its formal withdrawal from the world health organization us president donald trump threatened to leave the w.h.o. and permanently cut funding to the organization back in may over disagreements about how to respond to the global coronavirus pandemic trump accuses the un agency of quote pushing chinese misinformation although he had praised china's handling of the outbreak at beginning of the here the us was the largest financial contributor to the deputy. is australian city of melbourne is heading back into lockdown for the next 6 weeks after a spike in corona virus cases there officials from the state of victoria reported 134 new infections on wednesday it's in contrast to the rest of the country where the numbers have remained in the single digits. normally an invisible line between a stray leads to most populous states now being controlled by police offices cars line up for i was at the border between victoria and new south wales after was closed for the 1st time in 100 years those in border communities rush to get permits to cross for essential reasons like

this is t w news coming to you live from donald trump freezes funding for the world health organization us president accused us of covering up the spread of the corona virus and mismanaging its response to the pandemic trump has come under fire this is not under logical steps by the president. himself because to protect ourselves in germany or in america. former british prime minister gordon brown warns that the west will be to blame if the w.h.s. efforts to help contain the virus.

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trumpet ministration on the international world order in the midst of a global pandemic the us president says he is halting u.s. payments to the world health organization he accused it of failing to carry out its basic duty and said lives could have been saved if the w.h.o. had better investigated early reports about the virus from china today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted to assess the world. health organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the corona virus everybody knows what's going on there american taxpayers provide between $400000000.00 and $500000000.00 per year to the w.h.o. and contras join it contributes roughly $40000000.00 a year and even less as the organization's leading sponsor the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability time to take a look now at other news around the world its former u.s. president barack obama has endorsed a democratic contender joe biden in the race for the white house mr obama announced his support for his former vice president in a video message describing biden as the right leader to

united states is downstate its formal withdrawal from the world health organization us president on trial threaten to leave the w.h.o. and permanently cut funding to the organization back in may over disagreements about how to respond to the global credit virus pandemic trump accuses the u.n. agency of quote pushing chinese misinformation although he had praised china's handling of the outbreak at the beginning of the year the best was the largest financial contributor to the w.h.o. well for more now i'm joined on the line by professor paul of braverman and she's the director of the center on social disparities in health at the university of california in san francisco thanks for being with us professor know you are among 750 scholars and health professionals who signed a letter to congress condemning the trump administration's decision to withdraw all from the w.h.o. why do you think it's the wrong. i think it's a bit odd if trump 60 and that's not entirely clear i must say but if he did succeed with it it would represent a huge step backward for humanity for united nations and its core

due to the you knew saliva from berlin and donald trump freezes findings of the world health organization the us president accuses the body of covering up the spread of corona virus and mismanaging its response to the pandemic also coming up on the show. the international monetary fund that warns of a bleak forecast for the world with the coronavirus smothering growth of the i.m.f. says 2020 could be the worst a downturn since the great depression. and south korea holds the world's 1st national election in the coronavirus era people there are casting their ballots wearing masks and plastic gloves while staying at least a metre apart. i'm claire richardson welcome to the show as donald trump a faces criticism of his early handling of the coronavirus crisis he has delivered another blow to the international order the u.s. president says he has halting u.s. payments to the world health organization he accused it of following failing in its response to the pandemic saying lives could have been saved if the w.h.o. had done a better job investigating early reports in china. the w.h.o. filed in its basic jussi t

funding of the world health organization the us president accuses the world body of fate here and disintegration and its handling of the coronavirus and denecke. to the dow this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up this is a crisis like no other the international monetary fund says the coronavirus is sending the world to what the worst.

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news that live from dell that donald trump freezes funding to the world health organization the us president accuses the body of covering up the spread of corona virus and mismanaging its response to the pandemic also coming up on the show. the international monetary fund a warns of a bleak forecast for the world but the coronavirus smothering growth the i.m.f. says 2020 could be the worst downturn since the great depression. and south korea owns the world's 1st.

world health organization director general there in his. statement the director general said that he regrets the decision by the us president to put a hold on funding to the world health organization then he said that he would be reviewing the impact on the world health organization's work of a withdrawal of u.s. funding and will work to fill any gaps that was what he kept saying to the journalists who are asking questions there this he said is a time for us to be united in our common struggle against a common threat a dangerous enemy when we are divided the virus exploits the cracks between us let's get some analysis from our diplomatic editor james bays at the u.n. in new york just over 30 minutes ago james when you and i were talking you said that the director general be diplomatic he was certainly that there's no doubt about it that he was highly critical of president. yeah he he regrets the u.s. decision he mentioned the president directly which the u.n. secretary general and tony good terrorists in his statement even didn't even mention president trump but he was diplomatic he was dignified because he knows that he doesn't want to get

funding of the world health organization the us president accuses the world body of failure and disintegration and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. alarm can but al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up this is a crisis like no other the international monetary fund says the coronavirus is sending the world toward the worst financial downturn since the great depression. and election in the time of a pandemic south koreans carefully head to the ballot box also. a kind of leadership doesn't just belong in our state capitals and mayor's office belongs in the white house. former u.s. president barack obama breaks his silence and endorses joe biden. u.s. president donald trump says he will suspend funding to the world health organization the u.s. sends 402500 1000000 dollars a year to the w.h.r. trump says the organization botched the initial response to the corona virus outbreak and spread what he called this information from china which made things worse the u.s. is the chose biggest fund. we have deep concerns whether america's generosity has been put to the best use possible.

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funding of the world health organization while the us president accuses the world body of failure and dissent from ation its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. straight through action from the un saying now is not the time to keep funds from a group on the front lines of the world's most dangerous challenge. but i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an election in the time of a.

funding of the world health organization world the us president accuses the world body of failure and dissent from ation handling of the coronavirus pandemic but swift reaction from the u.n. saying now is not the time to keep funding some a group on the front lines of the world's most dangerous challenge. hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an election in the time of a pandemic south koreans carefully head to the ballot box plus. this is a crisis like no other the international monetary fund says the coronavirus is setting the world towards its worst financial downturn since the great depression. hero's welcome for nurses who traveled across the u.s. to lend a helping hand in new york city hospitals. u.s. president donald trump has announced he'll hold funding for the world health organization the top u.n. body at the forefront of the global response to the coronavirus pandemic trump is accusing the w.h.o. of both a cover up and a botching the initial response to the outbreak he says the group has made things worse by spreading disinformation from

our top stories donald trump has made good on his threats a halt funding to the world health organization the us president said his administration had quote deep concerns as to whether american generosity had been put to the best possible use of it. the work. of the international monetary fund expects the global economy to contract 3 percent this year due to far reaching measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

funding of the world health organization while the us president accuses the world body of failure and dissent from ation handling of the coronavirus pandemic but swift reaction from the u.n. saying now is not the time to keep funding some a group on the front lines of the world's most dangerous challenge. hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an election in the time.

us in sanaa thank you very much indeed. despite calls from the world health organization to stop politicizing the coronavirus pandemic the us president has once again criticized the actions of the w.h.o. donald trump says the w.h.o. has been unfair to the world by taking decisions that favored china on tuesday trying to threaten to cut funding to the agency while the number of deaths in the country's hardest hit states has continued to rise new york recorded its highest single day death toll the nearly 800 fatalities more than 6200 people have died fighting over 19 in new york mike hanna is live for us in washington d.c. the numbers still very bad coming out of new york and yet we still also have this spot between the w.h.o. and the president indeed president tran continued to vent about the relationship with the deadly what and get him in particular it seems is the w.h.o. recommendation at the end of january that international travel should continue this just a few days after president trump had imposed a travel ban on flights from china but president trump making very clear that his administration is going to review the funding for

us donald trump has instructed his administration to. halt funding of the world health organization says that failed in its early response to the coronavirus us president who has himself come under fire for his handling of the pandemic said the w.h.o. should have done a better job of investigating initial reports in china u.n. secretary general and tony harris responded by saying that now is not the time to end support for the w.h.o. he said its work was absolutely critical to the global effort to combat cope with 19. the w.h.o. failed in its basic duty to save lives those were the words of president trump place united states freeze on funding for the u.n. agency today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted as the organization's leading sponsor the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability trump has repeatedly criticised the w.h.o. throughout the pandemic this time claiming it's biased towards china is responsible for the viruses rapid spread to other parts of the world. had the w.h.o. done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situatio

warning from saudi arabia's health minister hundreds of thousands could soon become infected with the coronavirus. the us president has criticised the world health organization for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic donald trump has accused the agency of being china centric and threaten to cut funding trumps attack on the w.h.o. comes as the us recorded 1619 links deaths in a single day the highest number so far the only half of those deaths were in new york state. that is the largest single day increase. and we talk about numbers but that 731 people who we lost behind every one of those numbers is an individual is a family is a mother's a father's a sister's a brother so a lot of pain. again today for many new yorkers and there are no thoughts and prayers france has become the 4th country to register more than 10000 deaths the government is expected to extend a lockdown that's been in place since mid march to try to stop the spread of the virus that britain's prime minister remains in intensive care for a 2nd by boris johnson has been given supplementary oxygen but it's not a ventilator he said to be in good spirits well i would update on boris johnso

with us hello adrian for going to hit doha the headlines on al-jazeera the us president has criticised the world health organization for its response to the coronavirus pandemic donald trump accused the agency of being too china centric of giving bad advice his comments come as the us recorded nearly 2000 virus link deaths in the last 24 hours according to the johns hopkins truck they actually criticised in disagreed with my travel ban at the time he did it they were wrong they've been wrong about a lot of things. there's a lot of information early and they didn't want to do very they seem to be very china centric. we have to look into that so we're going to look into it we pay for it give a majority of the money that they get they called it wrong they call it wrong they really they missed a call they could have called it months earlier they would have known and they should have been and they probably didn't francis become the 4th country to register more than 10000 covert 19 links deaths the country's been in lockdown since mid march the government has expanded to be expected to extend those restrictions the u.k.'

funding of the world health organization while the us president accuses the world body of failure and dissent from ation its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. swift reaction from the un saying now is not the time to keep funds from a group on the front lines of the world's most dangerous challenge. hello i'm daryn jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up an election in the time of a pandemic south koreans carefully head to the ballot box plus. this is a crisis like no other the international monetary fund says the coronavirus of sending the world to was the worst financial downturn since the great depression. u.s. president donald trump has announced he will hold funding for the world health organization that's the top u.n. body at the forefront of a global response to the coronavirus pandemic what trump is accusing the w.h.o. of both a cover up of botching the initial response to the outbreak he says the group has been spreading this information from china where the virus was 1st detected which he says made things worse we have deep concerns whether america's gene

world health organization does not commit to major substantive improvements within the next 30 days make my temporary freeze of united states funding to the world health organization permanent and the us president is accusing beijing of being partly responsible for the w h o's actions and i think they've done a. very see the list period of time. and again the united states pays them $450000000.00 a year china pays them $38000000000.00 a year. and they're a puppet of jonah. jonah centric to put it nicer but they're a puppet of jonah for more on china's reaction has katrina you in beijing china's foreign ministry has responded to trump's letter by painting the us as a rogue state that is not abiding by the rules of the international community it says that it's the obligation of every world health organization member state to pay their contribution in full and on time it also says that the trump administration is trying to mislead the public about china while politicizing its relationship with the world health organization saying that it's simply trying to divert attention away from its or mishandling of the crisis back home another interesting point raised by the foreign ministry during tuesday's

meanwhile the director general of the world health organization can graduate us president elect joe biden vice president elect come away harris on monday on their victory in last week's election adding that it will take strong leadership and the world coming together to overcome this pandemic we need to remind you leadership. on the me truly trust me to have accountability. to end. the fundamental you quantities to live on google saw many of the world's problems exciting part of i wanted to lead. from the ravages of this fundamental and i just wanted to get a division started only drive last time that into their trial is over i'm healthy i'm safe and i'm fresh out of the future. while this may seem like a very political statement from the w.h.o. it should be noted that earlier this year the trumpet ministration took steps to terminate the u.s. relationship with the organization however leaving requires a 12 month notice setting an exit date of july 6th 2021 now following the announcement back in july then the candidate joe biden said he would rejoin the w.h.o. on his 1st day in office. so

president wants schools to reopen after the summer break. the trumpet ministration has begun the formal process of withdrawing the us from the world health organization the president has been critical of the w.h.o. for its handling of the current virus outbreak accusing it of being influenced by china. thousands of protesters as parliament against plans to reimpose tough coronavirus restrictions they've called for the resignation of president alexander veatch it he's put a weekend curfew back in place after the worst day of the pandemic with 13 deaths. russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolution that would have extended cross border humanitarian aid to $3000000.00 syrians for a year the operation which is also revised until friday brings in supplies from turkey without interference from the syrian government china has opened an office to enforce the national security law it's imposing in hong kong that will serve as a base for chinese spies to operate in the city. those were the headlights i'm back with more news here on al-jazeera in half an hour but next on our there it's the listening post do stay with us. al jazeera explores p

world. i'm mike embley. president trump halts us funding to the world health organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the reality is that the who failed to adequately obtain, vet, and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. more than one in five deaths in england and wales is linked to coronavirus, as figures show 6,000 more people died than expected at the beginning of april. polling is under way right now in south korea's parliamentary election. the result is expected to be influenced by the government's handling of the pandemic. bringing a little music and light into these uncertain times — grammy award winner mary chapin carpenter performs for us from her living room. president trump has announced a suspension of funding of the world health organization. he alleged that the who had failed to show accountability in its response to the coronavirus outbreak. he went on to accuse the un health agency of having failed earlier this year to investigate reports from the chinese city of wuhan that conflicted with official accounts about the virus emerging there. this is what he ha

world health organization does not commit to major substantial substantial improvements within the next 30 days i'll make my temporary freeze of the united states' funding to the world health organization permanent and the us president is not shying away from his criticism of china he's accused beijing of being partly responsible for the actions. but i think they've done a. very see the list period of time. and again the united states pays them $450000000.00 a year china pays them $38000000000.00 a year. and they're a puppet of jonah. china centric to put it nicer but they're a puppet of jonah are let's get the reaction from beijing and our correspondent katrina you joins us now live so what are they saying in china about the threat to the w.h.o. and also a trump sakis ations. well state media here in china are painting president xi jinping in opposition to donald trump that donald trump is really out for america while she jinping is out for the world as is a leader in trying to restore global order at least that's the image on state media there they've hailed president xi jinping as a speech at the world health assembly online yesterday as a as quote a triumph as a bold move saying that president xi jinping welcome

world health organization while a review is conducted to assess the world. health organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the corona virus us president donald trump has announced that he is cutting u.s. funding to the world health organization accusing the organization of conspiring with the government of china to suppress important information related to the corona virus pandemic in the middle of january it parroted in publicly endorse the idea that there was not human to human transmission happening despite reports and clear evidence to the contrary that delays the w.h.o. experience. into playing a public health emergency caused valuable time this decision and previous statements by president trump regarding china and the world health organization has been widely criticized around the world many have argued that the united states is essentially politicizing the world health organization w.h.o. the organization that does so much a vital and important humanitarian work at a very moment when their work is really needed and it has been warned by leaders of the world health organization that this decision could result in body bags death

us a way to leave safely this year. that was margaret harris from the world health organization talking to us a little earlier the u.s. president donald trump has repeated disputed claims about the effectiveness of the drug hydroxy chloroquine in treating the coronavirus that's despite his own food and drug administration revoking its status as a coven 1000 treatment and warning of the potential risks of heart problems trump told reporters he believed the drug was safe. but many doctors think it's extremely good and some people don't some people i think it's become very political i happen to believe in it i would take it as you know i took it for a 14 day period. and i'm here i happen to think based on what i've read i've read a lot about hydroxy i happen to think that it has this. comes just days after twitter and facebook removed a video containing misleading claims about the drug and i'm joined now by a report a job all right has been following this why is trump talking about the struggle against well the background to all of this is that over the past few days donald trump has been sharing links to a controversial video abo

despite calls from the world health organization to stop politicizing the coronavirus pandemic the us president has once again criticized the agency's actions donald trump says the w.h.o. has been unfair to the world by taking decisions that favor china on tuesday tom threatened to cut funding to the agency meanwhile the number of deaths in the country's hardest hit states continues to rise new york as recorded its highest a single day death toll of nearly 800 fatalities more than 6200 people have died fighting code 19 in new york it losing more body bags i think we would have done. and he would have been much better serving the people that he's supposed to serve if they gave a correct analysis i mean everything was i said china centric everything was going to be fine no human to human keep the borders open he wanted me to keep the borders open i close the borders despite him and that was a hard decision to make at the time we're all together made a decision against the world health organization i can't believe he's talking about politics when you look at the relationship they have to china so

world. i'm tim willcox. president trump halts us funding to the world health organization — over its handling of the coronavirusandemic. the reality is that the who failed to adequately obtain and fat and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. more than one in five deaths in england and wales is linked to coronavirus — as figures show 6,000 more people died than expected at the beginning of april. the international monetary fund warns the world is facing a recession far worse than the crisis of 2008. polling is underway in south korea's parliamentary election — the result is expected to be influenced by the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis... and, coming up... why does covid—19 make some people much sicker than others? a new study in the uk is trying to find out. you were watching bbc news. let's start with some breaking news. within the past hour president trump has announced a suspension of funding of the world health organisation. mr trump alleged that the who had failed to show accountability in its response to the coronavirus outbreak. he went on to accuse the un health agenc

funding of the world health organization president tropic used the u.n. body of failing and its efforts to response the crowd of ourself right although he's been under fire himself for his handling of the pandemic for its part the w.h.o. says it regrets trump's move. the world health organizations response to the white house on wednesday was clear the world's most vulnerable may now be at greater risk. w.h.o. works to improve the health of many of the world's poorest and most notable people. is not only fighting could be benign to trump's decision to cut w.h.o. funding amid a pandemic has stunned the global community and drawn criticism from experts back home. you know credible. concerns. absolutely can be raised right now from that. perspective we believe that the president should reconsider. despite the backlash trump on wednesday reiterated his concerns over the w h o's handling of the early stages of the outbreak. and you see what happened in italy you see what happened to spain you see what happened to france. w h o's guidance had failed to control t

relationship with the world health organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs president began the process to pull us out of the world health organization this at a time of raging pandemic and action joe biden insisted he would immediately reverse as president president trump pulled out of the paris climate accords often labeling climate change a hoax something that joe biden has pledged to rectify on the subject of russia president trump has stressed the need for cold your relations and has dismissed accusations about moscow's interference in the 2016 election joe biden says president putin is assaulting the foundation of western democracy by seeking to weaken nato thereby the european union and undermine the us electoral system yes yes i accept your nomination to run. for the right to run biden says he'll offer an international policy rooted in gears at the highest level of government. drawing on relationships with the will lead is built up the senator and vice president but the trump legacy is likely to linger the 14 dress aspect of the trump foreign policy is that it is really interest and burn p

delhi world health organization member states have backed an independent of the investigation into the un agencies handling of the global health emergency this follows sharp criticism by the us president donald trump is accusing the organization of being controlled by china has threatened to cut off its funding. the war of words between donald trump the world health organization and china has continued into a 2nd day after the us president threatened to leave the w hey china on monday basically they have to clean up their act they have to do a better job they have to be much more fair to other countries including the united states so we're not going to be involved with them we're doing a separate trump post at the open letter on twitter stating that if the world health organization does not commit to major substantial improvements within the next 30 days i will make my temporary freeze if you know it to state funding to me . and reconsider our membership in the organization. china's foreign ministry criticized the u.s. president's threats. me winning the. the let's tried to mislead the public in this plausible way to launder china's prevention and control efforts and shock the us is r

funding of the world health organization while reviews condemn the us president accuses the world body of failure and to distance from a ship and its handling of the coronavirus and. convert all this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. this is no time for politics and it is no time to fight new york's governor calls for more cooperation from president trump in the fight against covert 19 rejecting his push to open the economy soon. stock warnings from the i.m.f. that the global economy will enter its worst recession since the great depression calling this the great blocked. and at election and the time of a pandemic south koreans carefully head to the ballot box. it's 23 g.m.t. and in the past few minutes u.s. president donald trump has declared that he will suspend funding to the wall health organization he's accuse the top u.n. health body of covering up the coronavirus pandemic he says the w.h.o. baulch the initial response to the outbreak and spread what he calls disinclination from china which made things worse the u.s. is the biggest funder of the organization which is i

the trumpet ministration has begun the formal process of withdrawing the us from the world health organization the president has been critical of the w.h.o. for its handling of the crowd of virus outbreak accusing it of being influenced by china. russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security resolution that would have extended cross border humanitarian aid to $3000000.00 syrians for the next year the operation which is it authorized until friday brings in supplies from turkey with r.t. to ference from the syrian government. the u.k. says it will resume selling weapons to saudi arabia more than a year after it was forced to stop because of allegations of war crimes and you have and that decision comes just a day after the british government announced economic sanctions against dozens of individuals accused of human rights abuses including 20 saudis involved in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi calls those was abuse headlines a back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next to this is europe east and undertake to stay with us reporting in the field means i often get to witness not just new

house correspondent kelly how could his life for us in washington can be is it even in the president's power to cut funding to the world health organization. no it's in congress's power so many are scratching their heads wondering how the us president believes that he has the ability to do this nonetheless right now there is this review underway in the united states of the world health organization and it's one that the house speaker nancy pelosi has pushed back on calling the decision by the white house dangerous illegal and will be swiftly challenged now the white house for its part is defending the america 1st approach the u.s. president in a statement saying we will never hesitate to take any necessary steps to protect the lives and health and safety of the american people the white house is accusing china or rather the world health organization of parroting the claims of the chinese government essentially that it was claiming in january that there was no human to human transmission of corona virus and that the white house says was in contrast to what some doctors were saying it will have province where of course the virus originated

us u.s. president donald trump is threatening to withdraw the united states from the world health organization and permanently end the u.s. funding in a letter to the director general accuse the w.h.o. of mishandling the global coronavirus response and he demanded changes based on his criticisms. within 30 days beijing has described trump's comments as a smear campaign. the war of words between donald trump the world health organization and china has continued into a 2nd day after the us president threatened to permanently leave it up you hate show on monday basically they have to clean up their act they have to do a better job they have to be much more fair to other countries including the united states so we're not going to be involved with them and do a separate trump posted the open letter on twitter stating that if the world health organization does not commit to major substantial improvements within the next 30 days i will make my temporary freeze if you notice states funding to the w.h.o. permanent and reconsider our membership in the organization. china's foreign ministry criticized th

president's power to cut funding as the world health organization. the short answer is no in the united states it's congress that controls budgets the us president puts forward his proposal but it's congress ultimately that approves this budget and we should point out that this sort of attempt to cut the budget of the world health organization at least in terms of the u.s. contribution is nothing new in fact the u.s. president had already reduced his request to congress for the world health organization and already it was raising eyebrows and there was an attempt to mitigate essentially the effort by the white house to try and cut this budget now there has been a reaction on capitol hill to the president saying that he is withholding funding pending a review of the world health organization house speaker nancy pelosi saying this that the decision by donald trump is dangerous and illegal and will be swiftly challenge so it's very clear that the members of congress who oppose this decision are going to use every sort of tool in the tool box if you will from a congressional side it's a co-equal branch of government with the white house in order to make