pledge. eisenhower did. he helped. a june 1954, 4 months later the law change in the pledge, putting thought into it had passed congress and was signed by the president. when he signed the legislation on june 14, 1954, which was flag day, eisenhower said he was pleased from that day on millions of our schoolchildren will proclaim in every city and town the dedication of our nation and our people to the almighty. he went on to anyone who truly loves america, nothing can be more inspiring than to contemplate this rededication of our youth are each morning to our country's true meaning. with walter cronkite and announcing it was a ceremony with the music playing onward christian soldiers marching on to war with the cross of jesus going on before. for nearly 50 years after that, god, chablis in the pledge of allegiance until the year 2000 in historic intervention of one man named michael new dell know it's pronounced. who grew up in the bronx, new york and new jersey. he was a graduate of brown university. he's also might th

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-- there could be a pledge that the trade war will not intensify, and that based on negotiations, thedent will hold his fire.p. rajini crowley, thank you for joining us. p.j.: a pleasure. rajini: do ugay with us thut the weekend where we will have full coverage of the g20 summit, including the high-stakes meeting between president trump d president xi. earthquake struck causinghorage, alaska, extensive damage and multiple aftershocks. many structures could not sustain the nature tremor. they are still assessing the situation, but so far there is no word of casuaies. the bbc's james cook reports. james: alaskans are used to earthquakes, but sometimes you need luck on your side, too. this struck at 8:30 in the morning.bu ling roads and leaving this car stranded but safe. inside, there was confusion. earthquake drills are all very well, but reality is quite different. a some pupils weeady at school. this boy's instinas to start filming as the children took cover. thfirst quake caused the damagenside buildings, forcing all of the local tv stations off the r. many people returned to their

claus rally i'll ask them as we go to break here the numbers of the closings were a fascist back in a pledge. when a loved one is murder it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murderer i would prefer it be in the death penalty just because i think that's the fair thing the right thing research shows that for every nine executions one convict is found innocent the idea that we were executing innocent people was terrifying just no really doesn't mean that we're even many of the times families want the death penalty to be abolished. the death penalty here is because that's what murder victims' families what that's going to give them peace that's going to give them justice and we come in and say. we've been through this this isn't the way. welcome back the yellow vest protests rocking france are threatening to become a full scale political crisis performer investment banker and their president over there french president mandel mccrone on just their third weekend of action the largely leaderless protest against fuel taxes taxes and other cost of living increases escalated to a new level

president trump also thinks he has got a pledge to reduce ta riffs thinks he has got a pledge to reduce on car is coming into china. but that is essentially a reset. they were due to go down from 25% to 1596 they were due to go down from 25% to 15% anyway. they went back up in a move of retaliation from the chinese, and it now looks like it has been reversed again. so essential it takes us back to where we we re essential it takes us back to where we were before the trade war blew up .so we were before the trade war blew up . so this is a true is we were before the trade war blew up .so this is a true is not a resolution to the underlying issues, it seems? no, it is not at all. and i have to say there is huge scepticism about weather there can be any significant progress on the core issue, which particularly for some in the white house is this issue about market access, theft of intellectual property and technology transfer. in this 90 day period the americans are insisting both sides have agreed immediate negotiations on that — and that is not even being reported here in china. and can

ethiopia is set to begin moving its troops from its border with eritrea it's the fulfillment of a pledge made by ethiopia's prime minister back in september in order to ease tensions between the two sides eighty thousand people died during the two year war between ethiopia and eritrea which ended in two thousand. one of christianity his biggest splits in centuries will be formalized this weekend as ukraine creates a new independent from russia's influence since the fall of the soviet union ukraine's dominant orthodox church has been divided into factions pro russia and pro ukraine shiela ballasts reports. a place to worship goes over russia the cathedral of nativity is at the same. of a theological rift in ukraine the orthodox faith is split into factions russian lives and ukrainian laid priests and of tony's church is one of more than twelve thousand that aligns itself with russia on saturday he must pick sides orthodox priest will meet in queue to civil same trees on ties with russia and creates a new independent church. we will not recognize its legitimacy this is not a council this i

. >> chanelle is the first luxury brand to make this kind of a pledge. de from materials like crocodile, python, or stingray were a huge cash cow. but it is getting difficult to source it ethically. animal rights groups feeling the move as an example other luxury brands should follow. >> now time for the press review. >> with me on the set to take a look today. if will start with international reaction to the french government decision to suspend the fuel tax hikes. attempt to a piece the anger of the yellow vest movement, it won't be enough. macron kazen, but the yellowjacket protesters vow to stay on and are planning more protests later in the week. slamming the government for not attacking the real issues at the heart of this, they need better and more forsions all french workers. crumbs are not enough, the paper says. roosters portrayed as a who has his head cut off, presumably by yellow vest movement. >> politico says the fridge leadership has played his hand in the yellow vest movement has called his bluff. the street power is back on in france. thi

i pledged that a long time ago, and i will pledge it always. we have done a really fantastic job with what we have. we can do it almost perfectly if we have the wall.

tariff on chinese imports from ten to twenty five percent which was to begin on january first for a pledge from china to buy more american products president trump as usual was eager to fill the void of specifics on the deal with personal puffery and unfounded claims on twitter of imminent major benefits from the deal for farmer. who have watched major chinese market share chinese authorities notably declined to confirm the claims in mr trump's tweet moving forward u.s. trade representative robert light hisor who is taking a harder line in contrast to treasury secretary steve i'm a new mission we're portably be the point person for further negotiations with china and some have questioned if this is just a delay or a period of time when something could actually be done and negotiated here's what u.s. treasury secretary had to say on the subject i think there is a specific understanding that we're going to now turn the agreement that the two presidents have into a real agreement over the ninety days obviously some of the issues are are going to need to be phased in some of the issues may nee

soybeans fell off to china and post retaliatory tariffs on american soil president campaigned on a pledge to slash america's trade deficit. to worry germany's conservative party will elect a new party leader he or she will succeed. among the candidates fatally here melts a close ally a former finance minister. now now says the german chair of the world's biggest and most powerful wealth manager of black rock and he says he's ready to return to politics and move the party back to its conservative roots his our very own ben visited with more. germans hate career politicians so he's someone who's made it in the private sector mance the millionaire he's been on the boards of banks and insurers even a toilet paper maker but it's black rock that gets everyone talking this is going to. black rock is not a locust it's a wealth manager yes the biggest in the world but wealth managers are trustees. globally the american firm manages over six trillion dollars double germany's economic output it has the biggest foreign stake in the dax which is in all the top listed companies here and that's not just

sacked for refusing to sign a pro israeli pledge u.s. school therapists food texas or parties over the mandatory that's in place in more than a dozen other states. traditionally crossing the line that's wrong doesn't sound right you go to work to work you don't go to work for your outside life you should be able to have your own political views outside of your work. and denmark has decided that shaking hands is something more than just the sign of friendship the country has adopted and all that makes you shake hands at the danish citizenship ceremony. shaking hands is a personal choice there are many members of the jewish community who would choose not to share cards of the opposite sex it's a sign of friendship if you don't want to be friendly if you don't want to mix in with the coach if you don't want to be tolerant go. great to have you with us this saturday morning this is our t. international with me. but first this hour a partial shutdown of the united states government has come into effect the senate has failed to approve billions

i took a pledge to defend this country from foreign and domestic enemies so when these illegal aliens come into our country bringing drugs and everything else, this country needs to defend this country's borders. i have some numbers for them that will be clear. the united states americans are number one so that is not hard to figure it out but keep the government open the republicans and the democrats to defend the borders. >> thank you very much as we go forward i am just a little confused because everybody said build the wall. nobody minds laying people off. but to get together to think about the people of this countr country. >> here in texas we have 25000 children. what is that purpose of the wall clicks this is wrong. it is totally wrong to shut down the government and they will give us benefits. >> that is true. thank you for the call. republican line. >>caller: and with the government shutdown however the senator, senator cruise came up with a suggestion and the suggestion was that all the money we have confiscated, drug money like l chopper that is on trial right now all that

there is also a pledge to meet. there will be talks on reconstruction of the country.rogress has been made. peace talks were held where no breakthrough was made. hopefully with this court, we beingee more food and aid allowed into the country. the situation concerning the airport, that was on the table. be reopened after years of closure. the airport has not yet been agreed upon. more aboutll hear that as the time goes on. >> we did see the yemen foreign minister and the rebel leader shaking hands at the end of the conference. let's look at the business news with stephen. you have been staying on top of our top story, the twist in brexit and how the market is reacting. >> sterling as the lightning rod for the brexit drama. we have seen signifificant moves in sterling. there was a drop when theresa may canceled the planned vote in westminster. a further one as she faced leadership challenges. today, after we saw the conservative vote to keep leader, youin as a can see a slight gain on those markets. on the stock market, things are er compared to previous days. fairly mo

plenty more still to come here on the news for you including a pledge from ukraine's president the relatives of a naval crew detained by russia last month. will have the latest on the twists and turns of bricks it. be approach a crucial vote. sportsman's ask will have a chance to go twenty games unbeaten but they'll have to get past one of the fiercest rivals to do it details in the sports news in about half an hour. a monthly meeting between israeli and lebanese military leaders has taken on new significance softer israel launched an operation to destroy tunnels along the border between the two countries on tuesday the talks are being facilitated by the un peacekeeping force in syria israeli commanders say they destroyed the tunnels to counter a threat from hezbollah in any future conflict. joins us live from in southern lebanon welcome back to the news what's going on with you today. peter called prevails along this volatile border u.n. peacekeepers the lebanese army they've stepped up patrols they've stepped up their presence along this border and that this if we just zoom in you could ac

. >> reporter: a pledge of allegiance. >> i'm a proud western chauvinist. >> reporter: devotion to a common cause. >> i refuse to apologize for creating the western world. >> reporter: and then a bizarre rite of passage. >> cheerios, frosted flakes, cocoa puffs. >> reporter: these initiation ceremonies are played out across the world as men join the ranks of a controversial self-described fraternity called the proud boys. >> proud of your boy. >> reporter: their rallying cry is what they call western chauvinism. >> proud of your boys. >> reporter: their founder is gavin mcginnis, known for what some call incendiary claims like these from his rebel media show. >> be dubious of muslims. if you see something, say something. the data says that women have become less happy since feminism. okay? and i blame them being ripped out of the kitchen. >> reporter: in the two years since the proud boys founding, fair or not, violence has seemed to follow in their wake. in portland. seattle. and just recently, in new york where after a speech mcginnis gave at the metropolitan republican club, this

will convene a high level pledging conference in geneva co-hosted by the governments of switzerland andsweden the fifth areas the most important and that's the parties to continue to engage seriously with martin's process including implementing the agreements reached in sweden mr president the five points. are to remind you a package not a menu we need more action on all of them notwithstanding the good news in sweden is a long way to go i have a. detailed discussion on yemen with the heads of all the key un and other operational humanitarian agencies our collective assessment is that the good news we've heard this week has not yet had any material impact on the millions of people who need assistance access the economy and resources major priorities the lesson is twofold progress is absolutely possible but we need much more of it right now. i again ask for practical and political support from the council in the five areas i have outlined thank you very much. outlining what he says needs to be done to actually implement. progress in yemen but saying there at the end progress is absolutel

but i think there will be minor concessions what the trumpet ministration wants though is to hear a pledge from china's leader that it's going to win this system whereby american companies that do business here in china forced to hand over their technology to their partners as a condition for doing business here there's also the issue of forced technology transfers and the feeling among corporate america that they simply do not find a level playing field here in china now those are big demands but i think the president will try to go some way towards meeting them but we've heard pledges and promises made by china's leaders before and they simply haven't been met that the words haven't matched reality the history of relations between china and the united states over trade is really one marked by you know failed promises. frazer how he is an independent analyst and author he says the trade dispute with the u.s. has put china in a vulnerable position this states as the upper hand at the moment because if you're just looking at the trade flows because it runs such a deficit against china it si

a. pledge that winston. churchill. being told what it was things are starting to move the. thing that makes you feel it was the one. who went to some people to see how they were feeling the time . that this is the only thing out here they keep them happy in a just each time a territory adds to even though nothing him i have nothing else in life. lisa has been homeless for two years now she's battled alcoholism drug addiction and a little girl home who lives with their older sister. in a she asks me nearly every day and some i say yeah. yeah when i'm in the back on the end she's starting to stop asking now has been said but i didn't. qualify for a lot of the hospitals because i wasn't mentally ill enough i didn't score enough points to not play. in order to get social housing permits person must meet a number of different criteria since lisa doesn't tick the right books since she faces an uncertain future. but yeah yeah i have it's own time now is just a lucky break wolf i can't get past because i can't let my thoughts down consistent to face like six weeks at least if i was

pact as the country prepares to vote in sunday's divisive and long delayed presidential election a pledge was aimed at averting post-election violence after weeks of political unrest. trump is blaming the opposition democrats for the deaths of two guatemalan children in u.s. custody this month the u.s. president criticized what he called the pathetic immigration policies of the democrats. on donald trump has also been tweeting about what he says is major progress towards ending his government's trade war with china the president and china's xi jinping confirmed they've spoken over the phone about resolving their differences washington and beijing began imposing a series of tit for tat terrorists earlier this year a two year old yemeni boy whose mother fought for a visa to visit him at his deathbed in the u.s. has been laid to rest he died on saturday mourners farewelled the house and at a service in california it's kind of a cost now. more with more diversity. of the u.s. congress what it needs for the first time on january third will what it means for the democrat and for president donal

break out has there been a comeback a pledge from ukraine's president to relatives of the naval crew detained by russia last month. and secret videos expose a looming environmentalists asked one of the most remote parts of me and more in the stay with us. from brisk news in few words. to the womb trying groove tubes of southeast asia. we've got thickening clavicle rain and some wintry weather making its way to same through parts of china at moma dance will see se is not see about it so hong kong will see temperatures still getting up around twenty four celsius a little more clout that just driving its way through this thickening cloud really gets is that to gether as we go on into thursday i think you may well see some of that rain turning to snow said the northern flank as it sinks is why further south was dragging those temperatures down in the process but some places have plowed into the philippines as well but here is heat of the day showers bring up not too much to speak off here the showers there the seasonal rains there into malaysia into indonesia some of these of course on th

a pledged $1 billion in investments in the free-trade zone area as we've seen elsewhere, chinese tradeand investment comes with strings and can produce a death trap, a strategy to create long-term pendency that benefit the chinese state and economic institutions, not the recipients of these loans. this chinese influence runs counter to our model in which we incentivize market-based reforms to help nations grow economically without jeopardizing their own sovereignty. we've encouraged commercial tiesbetween the us private sectorand the region , helping the us company invest in iraq, make more efficient use of the gas , selling power generation equipment in libya or iraq to increase electricity output, investment in the region help us and our partners. the socioeconomic and demographic pressures facing the region are the second long-term challenge that i am focused on. corrupt system that circulates, not the people have taken a toll. lasting stability is possible only in societies of the middle eighth that face up to these challenges. america can only do so much area we offer assistance t

falling ascks investors shrug off a pledge by the government to do more to support companies. a look at how futures are pricing. we are looking at japan's futures pointing to a possible higher open. this is bloomberg. ♪ brad: he built a machine that played tic-tac-toe as a teenager growing up in huntington, new york. a few years later, he made his way out west, becoming a faculty member at stanford university in 1977. four years after that, he brought together researchers to develop a technology known as risk, which is now used in 99% of new computer chips. today, john hennessy sits on the board of directors of google's parent company alphabet after serving as president of stanford for 16 years. some of silicon valley's best and brightest were educated under his watch, including larry page and sergey brin. joining me today on "bloomberg studio 1.0," google chairman, former stanford president, and director of the night hennessy scholars program, john hennessy. thank you for joining us. john: thank you. happy to be here. brad: i want to take you back to huntington, new york, wher

where the next twenty still ahead on al-jazeera a pledge from ukraine's presidents or relatives of the naval crew detained by russia last month and the u.s. gives russia and ultimatum to save a cold war nuclear weapons treaty. once again we got another round yet another round of wet weather making its way to the eastern side of the mediterranean into the love and loss of cloud here lots of showers and those showers that in the longer spells of rain that continue to drive their way in across syria lebanon jordan pushing right across into iraq some snow there to the north of that just around georgia armenia might see a little bit of snow a possibility of somewhere and wintry weather at times also edging towards azerbaijan as the system continues to drive its way through the race would stools that western side of iran but as you can see lots of cloud of rain around that brings back the potential for flooding for many try and find over towards afghanistan towards pakistan warm sunshine here wolf sunshine to across much of the rabid peninsula so a lot wetter weather just around that northea

when i'm the pain became leader of the national front in twenty eleven she made a pledge to support his kids i mean said there's a moment to the tragedies you see that so soon the nuclear will develop. this is. the most commonly full someplace adult. on this and. that they're not as the course to show it when the songs in the big. book mining of primitive because when marine le pen became president of the national front. the first concern was to demonize the policy. by kicking out those whose racism anti-semitism was shown in the media to see it for. she did this to break the national front selectric glass ceiling and to get most votes. proves that it. dozens of members were accused of extremism and kicked out of the party i think looted her father who she'd replaces leda for statements he'd made about the holocaust. down from the pa. if built from the ground john mackey the band no longer has a place in the national product. le pen's plan to d. demonize the national front appeared to be working. in the twenty seven thousand presidential election she polled more than seven million votes

you know it is tough to end an address with a pledge or saying that holds a special meaning. have chosen one that we all know by heart. one that we all learned in school. my great hall in -- in this great hall to stand and join me in this. we all know it. flagdge allegiance to the of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. [cheering] ♪ [cheering] announcer: tomorrow on the washington journal we dedicate our first hour to remembering the late former president george h w bush. he died at 94 on friday. later we will hear from john lawrence, former chief of staff. discussing the future of democratic leadership in the 116th congress. ka talks about gor the mother investigation and the trump administration national security policy. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. live as 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. announcer: this morning we

we want silicon valley to know just how ethical and honorable a tradition the military is the president of the multinational is pledging to hand over his latest know how to the u.s. military despite resistance from the employees this story on roll after a quick break. i've been saying the numbers being something they matter to us is over one trillion dollars and. more than ten points over time stamp this. eighty five percent of global will you want to be ultra rich eight point six percent market so thirty percent is one of your some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building two point one billion dollars industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need remembering what one does that shows you know for a myth. welcome back to the program the boss of microsoft says his company will supply the u.s. army with all the technology it needs the decision was taken even though some of the tech giants employees have expressed concern. we are going to provide the us military with access to the best technology to all the tech

tough -- it isis customary to end an address with a pledge or saying that holds a special meaning. i have chosen one that we all know by heart. one that we all learned in school, and ask everyone in this great hall to stand and join me in this. we all know it. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. [raucous applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [la bamba] ♪ >> para bailar la bamba para bailar la bamba se necesita una poca de gracia una poca de gracia pa(ra) mi pa(ra) ti ♪ arriba y arriba y arriba y arriba, por ti sere ♪ >> members of the house and senate will take part in a house in ceremony for the format list president george h.w. bush and the capitol rotunda on monday. after that, the public will be able to pay their respects from 7:30 p.m. monday through 7 a.m. wednesday morning. we will have live coverage beginning at 5 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ when the new congress takes office january, it will have the youngest, most diverse freshman class in histo

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you know, one -- you know, it is customary to end an address with a pledge or a saying that holds a special meaning. and i have chosen one that we all know by heart, one that we all learned in school, and ask everyone in this great hall to stand and join me in this. we all know it. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. [applause and cheers] ♪ ♪ hymn] ♪ ♪ ♪ [when the saints go marching in] ♪ ♪ [la bamba] >> para bailar la bamba ♪ para bailar la bamba se necesita una poca de gracia una poca de gracia pa(ra) mi pa(ra) ti ♪ la bamba la bamba para bailar la bamba para bailar la bamba se necesita una poca de gracia se necesita una poca de gracia arriba y arriba para bailar la bamba para bailar la bamba se necesita una poca de gracia ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer 1: members of th

refusing to sign an oath to a school therapist in the united states texan all for it is over a mandatory pledge which is enforced in a dozen other american states. particularly crossing the line that's wrong doesn't sound right you go to work to work you don't go to work for your outside life you should be able to have your own political views outside of your work. life news twenty four seven this is r.t. international from moscow with me calling right now one am on sunday here this is your news for this hour or so clashes again on saturday with yellow vest protests throughout the french capital across the country more than thirty eight thousand gathered for the latest anti-government notches. below the i. they say that they made a hundred forty two arrests in paris once again riot officers were out in force using water cannons and tear gas to do but get reports. from chaotic scenes here just outside the hotel de ville in paris just think a look over here see a gas raining down as the protests just look like they were trying to push towards the island we're not sure dumb the thing this cathedra

eu leaders are considering making a pledge they would continue to negotiate a big, ambitious free—tradeh the uk even if the irish backstop came into force at the end of the transition period. this will be the start of the two stage rear storage process that will start tomorrow and continue with officials working on more language or documents which will be published injanuary in time for a final vote in the house of commons. it is a draft and the document could change. these things can change at the last minute and plenty to quibble with four people here. is it legal? right at the top of the document says the substance of the document says the substance of the document says the substance of the brexit deal so hated by the people who voted against mrs may tonight will not change when they are non—negotiable. so we will still be asking the question for some time, is that enough for mrs may to get the deal through parliament? thank you. the prime minister urged conservative mps today to think of the voters and what they would make of today's developments. 0ur political correspondent alex fo

at their existing off austin offices the announcement move apple significantly toward the filling a pledge made in january to hire twenty thousand workers and invest thirty billion dollars in the u.s. by twenty twenty three. and speaking of austin and apple we now take a longer look at apple stock with danielle say of simpler trading which is based ironically in austin although today she joins us from seattle that's ok we'll talk amazon stock at a moment there of course there in seattle danielle welcome back. thank you so much good to be again so what do you make of all of this down in austin you and your colleagues there simply are trading this a good thing and it's an addition so it's not like it's a big new move but it's a lot of people. oh absolutely it is a lot of new people and first of all i would have to say that i think that the selection of austin by apple was perfect i mean austin is a great tech hub there's a lot of potential for growth there's a really low cost of living i personally love living in texas and the cultures amazing so i think it's a good selection on apple's part

s approach a push old vote thus a pledge from ukraine's president to the relatives of a naval crew detained by russia last month. from the meal nights of asia. to the sixty minutes which seems. out of that deep cold that's hanging around in eastern europe for what a month or so has been pushed out of the way eventually by the atlantic a you still see that streaming in by the cloud here but this is where it's got to more or less ukraine is still cold beyond that and it's got opposing winds coming out of the caucasus so southern russia southern linus' no not particularly heavy but persistent and as though it's certainly warmed up it's also turned foggy is on cases rather smoky sorry avery in particular suffering from that now although there's not much more progress eastwards over not to be wednesday and thursday the atlantic weather still prevails in western europe were in the teens temperature was at london and paris cloud often brings rain it's not quite cold off a significant snow except at height in the alps as you can see but some stowe for low ground in either germany or poland but the

chinese imports from ten to twenty five percent which was to begin on january first for a pledge from china to buy more american products president trump as usual was eager to fill the void of specifics on the deal with personal puffery and unfounded claims on twitter of imminent major benefits from the deal for farmers who have lost major chinese market share chinese authorities notably declined to confirm the claims in mr trump's tweet moving forward u.s. trade representative robert light hisor who has taken a harder line in contrast to treasury secretary steve i'm a new mission we're portably be the point person for further negotiations with china. and some have questioned if this is just a delay or a period of time when something could actually be done and negotiated here's what u.s. treasury secretary had to say on the subject i think there is a specific understanding that we're going to now turn the agreement that the two presidents have into a real agreement over the ninety days obviously some of the issues are are going to need to be phased in some of the issues may need more

has had a tough time, i'm sad for lord lester and his wife and his family, and i want us to make a pledgewomen who try to remake our world. we want an equal society and you came and we will only achieve that when there is mutual respect between men and women. i'm not saying and i have never said that the house should believe lord lester rather than ms sanghera. i do not know who is telling the truth about this matter and i am not naive. i recognise that otherwise respectable men do very odd things in relation to sex. i have constantly argued that the only fair and effective way to determine who is telling the truth is to follow the procedures which include cross—examination which are accepted in courts of law and in other disciplinary tribunals. there is no effective representation of the accused. there is no oral representation by counsel. there is no cross—examination of the relevant witnesses. these defects, and i regard them as defects, are especially important when of in the case of ward lester, the allegations relate to events some 12 years previous. —— in the case of lord lester. i

we've all read the other day before the election of israel's prime minister says he's received a personal pledge from brazil's president elect to move his country's embassy to jerusalem and minutes on you know whose daughter told him it was a question of when not if the move will go ahead the incoming brazilian president is hosting netanyahu and other leaders for his inauguration on tuesday he is under growing pressure to keep the embassy in tel aviv to avoid hurting lucrative exports to arab countries israel's military has killed more than two hundred palestinians during months of protests at the gaza border fence thousands more have been injured in the weekly demonstrations the new york times has released a damning investigation into israel's use of live fire on protesters its report focuses on the death of a twenty year old medic who was killed by gunfire during a protest in june after analyzing over one thousand photos and videos the times concludes that rozen notches killing was intentional and she did not pose any security threat and was standing more than one hundred meters away from the

original results are expected in the coming days israel's prime minister says he has received a personal pledge from brazil's president elect to move his country's embassy to jerusalem and you know who says both sonari told him it was a question of when not if the move will go ahead the incoming brazilian leader is under pressure to keep the embassy in tel aviv. more than one hundred forty seven thousand security force personnel will be deployed across france a new chief say cool yelling vest protesters say they will be gathering in paris to continue that anti government demonstrations yellow vest movement began in november for a rise in coffee and taxes. all right up to date with headlines got more news here on al-jazeera right off to why no one. on counting the cost the economic factors to watch be ringing in the new year why columnists are predicting a rocky ride for the global economy and from china to the middle east find out why and where financial storms could be proved. counting the cost of al-jazeera. the marshall islands is a tiny pacific nation with a very big problem. once ground ze

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the big screen with the help of the documentary filmmaker organizers of the film festival here in a pledgeto help him reach his goal. reports. the one had been missing for seven months that's how it has been taken to get to this is why. we have been a. the price of free an award winning documentary has been online for only a few days and already it's been seen by more than two and a half million people. goes looking back slavery has been abolished. the film explores chi lies that the efforts to expose the plight of young children once you are trafficked into forced labor group in south the r.t. is now taking his mission to another level i am going to create to pay paul. all through this campaign that hundred million you want and children can become the chain makers into embryos for the cause off hundred million left out sisters and brothers of them and this film is going to believe that process. that message was reiterated at the sixth annual film festival in doha as a special guest at the event such the arts he was recognized for his work and took the opportunity to reach out to young peo

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over a mandatory pledge which is enforced in a dozen other american states well. it's ridiculous. that's wrong doesn't sound right you go to work to work you don't go to work. you should be able to have your own political views outside of your. shaking hands is something more than just a social gesture it's been made part of the country's citizenship ceremony not everyone sees it as a friendly move. many members of. the opposite sex it's a sign of friendship if you don't want to be friendly if you don't want to make similar if you don't want to be. welcome to world news from international. clashes have erupted in paris this saturday with protests happening. throughout the french capital more than twenty three thousand people gathered in total for anti-government marches across the country. by. the gift. if. you're. over one hundred forty arrests reportedly been made during the day in paris with police using water cannons and tear gas shellac to bent's people. but chaotic scenes here just outside the hotel de ville in paris just think a look over here see a gas raining down as the

well the next bit still ahead on al-jazeera a pledge from ukraine's president to relatives of the navalcrew detained by russia last month. and the u.s. gives russia and ultimatum to save a cold war on. hello we've got clout on the right i'm finally clearing the way from florida bright skies to come back came behind we have got hold of also talking as well as have a look at these temperatures betty getting about phrasing in new york of a sort of phrasing there for ross who are four celsius and they say even atlanta well down it's a single figures in my view a twenty four that's on the chilly side as we go on into thursday still plenty of cool air around qwest sunshine should we call a little more cloud coming in across the plains pushing up towards the lakes by this state central iris monna six a top temperature minneapolis but that still ten degrees warmer than what it. was the western side of north america wet weather there for california that's good news we'll see some out of right coming in across a good part of the state as you make our way through the next couple of days basin plac

i pledged that a long time ago and i will pledge it always. >> he tweeted a one line olive branch to democrat yesterday about how both sides of the aisle should come together to avoid a shutdown but then attached further video blasting democratic leadership as hypocrites so schumer and pelosi firing back last night saying they are not giving any there, schumer claiming there are no additional appropriations to pay for the $5 billion wall the president is demanding and nancy pelosi telling reporters the president doesn't seem to understand how trade agreements work after insisting mexico would pay for the wall. a fiery exchange on the house floor as members scramble to get to a legislative fix. >> you know what the solution is? sitdown with us and come to a compromise. not that it is your way or no way. these are bills that are your bills that we compromised on and we are prepared to vote for 99%, 99%. >> reporter: the president's border patrol chief chiming in on fox news yesterday in support of her boss. >> we do need a wall. talk to any border patrol agent they will tell you this i

authorities over a mandatory pledge which is enforced in a dozen other american states. ridiculous crossing the line. doesn't sound you go to work to work you don't go to work. you should be able to have your own political views outside of your work. shaking hands is something more than just a social gesture it's been made part of the country's citizenship ceremony but not everyone sees it as a friendly move. shaking hands is a personal choice many members of the jewish community. it's a sign of friendship if you don't want to be friendly if you don't want to make similar if you don't want to be told a problem. there it's midnight say in moscow now sunday the twenty third of december here international money welcome to news. paris is again on. today with a yellow vest protests throughout the french capital across the country more than thirty eight thousand gathered for the latest anti-government marches. five. fifty. five. if. you're. a play say they made one hundred forty two arrests in paris once again riot officers were out in force using water cannons and tear gas ch

weather next bit plenty more still ahead on al-jazeera a pledge from ukraine's president to relatives of the naval created tainted by russia last month. secret videos exposed environmental disaster in one of the most remote areas of myanmar. from a fresh coast to breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. hello once again we've got another round yet another round of wet weather making its way to the east the side of the mediterranean into the levant loss of cloud here lots of showers and those showers and in the longer spells of rain that continue to drive their way in across syria lebanon jordan pushing right across into iraq some snow there to the north of that just around georgia armenia might see a little bit of snow possibility of somewhere and wintry weather at times also edging towards azerbaijan as a system continues to drive its way further race would stores that western side of iran but as you can see lots of cloud of rain around that brings back the potential for further flooding for many try and find over towards afghanistan towards pakistan warm sunshine he

starts for refusing to sign a pro is ready pledge a school therapist in the u.s. to texas or dorothy over the mandatory those bills that are in place in more than a dozen other states. particularly it's costing the mind that's wrong doesn't sound right you go to work to work you don't go to work for your outside life you should be able to have your own political views outside of your work. instead mark decides the shaking hand is something more than just a friendly greeting has been made times of the countries that it isn't ship ceremony. shaking hands is a personal choice there are many members of the jewish community you would choose not to share cartoons of the opposite sex it's a sign of friendship if you don't want to be friendly if you don't want to mix in with the coach or if you don't want to be taller i'm calm. great to have you with us this saturday morning you're watching r.t. international with me becky airing our top story violence flares in boston alone as pro independence protests erupt in spain's council lonia region more than sixty protesters and