question of how much more they'll have to lose before this political fight is over political gain al-jazeera washington a large brown is the director of the graduate school of political management at george washington university she says trump's campaign promise for a war has unraveled. this president did run on building a wall across the southern border the reality is during the campaign he said mexico would pay for this wall mexico said they would not pay for the wall in two thousand and seventeen he came back and essentially said well we need to advance mexico the money to pay for this wall and then in twenty eighteen he is essentially said that his new renegotiation of nafta the north american free trade agreement which now is just a us canada mexico agreement is purportedly paying for this wall but none of that is in fact true and most democrats are saying look we do have one point three billion in border security funds in the package that the house passed last night and it is the same package that the senate passed three weeks ago and the president is still not accepting it. one of the first musl

either way most agree the language used by the congresswoman was not helpful to gallacher al-jazeera washington. the u.s. says it does not believe saudi arabia is version of the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and will continue to push for answers the state department official says the kingdom's investigation and handling of the killing lacks credibility and accountability the u.s. secretary of state is expected to step up the pressure on the kingdom for answers when he visits rio next week. day visit to the middle east would include the united arab emirates egypt and cata the u.n. weapons today reiterated its call for an independent investigation into the crimes roselyn jordan has more from washington. eight countries eight days not much time for sleep a lot has been packed into the secretary's agenda here not only is he going to be putting pressure on riyadh to elevate its credibility about the story that it has been telling about the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi it's also going to be putting pressure on all eight countries that he is visiting to was do more to try

either way most agree the language used by the congresswoman was not helpful to gallacher al-jazeera washington. members of the religious minority the z.t. community appealing with the u.s. not to withdraw troops from northern syria a report by the free years e.d. foundation is warning if washington leave syria before i solicit defeated the young group will make a comeback the report also requests the establishing of a no fly zone over northern syria to prevent a potential turkish assault on kurdish strongholds moments ago joins us live now from the turkey syria border so mohammed is it just the z.d. community who have worries about the u.s. troop withdrawal. not pretend it's also the minority christian community in syria that cause similar concerns and it's no one in the city or iraq that understands the brutality eisel fighters are capable of more than this. minority groups you know i'm talking about the thousands of years the demand killed in villages along this in a mountain range you know on those along the border between syria and turkey when i still fight is.

behavior al jazeera washington well the mother investigation has tried to get as close to the. as events in a circle as possible will than thirty people have been indicted all pleaded guilty so far more than one hundred charges these are the most significant developments troubles for manoir michael cohen admitted to several charges including tax evasion campaign finance violations and lying to congress he'll begin a three year prison sentence in march the form a national security advisor michael flynn admitted to lying to the f.b.i. about conversations with the russian ambassador traumas former campaign chairman paul manifold was convicted of financial fraud and pleaded guilty to conspiring against the us and charges have been leveled against russian intelligence officers and another group of russians for social media campaigns designed to influence the election and hacking of e-mails lots to talk about and we're joined now by steve clemons he is the washington editor at large for the atlantic magazine and he's joining us now from the u.s. capital mr clemens very good to have y

the public that they can solve the most difficult of political problems russell and jordan al-jazeera washington. or president trump has described syria's war as sand and death while defending his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from the country ski. king at a cabinet meeting on wednesday trying didn't provide a timetable for the military exit he announced last month against the advice of his defense chiefs but he did say he wants to protect kurdish people in syria has been accused of abandoning the kurdish white b.g. who have been key allies in the fight against. i know this is fast or slow but i think what's behind us but as somebody said for months but i didn't i didn't say that either i'm getting out we're getting out of syria look we don't want syria obama gave up syria years ago when he didn't violate the red line i did when i shot fifty nine missiles and but that was a long time later so syria was lost long ago it was lost long ago and besides that i don't want we're talking about sand and death that's what we're talking about what but we want to protect the kurds never the less we want

al-jazeera washington what is the u.s. or state michael perez in the middle east of these drought to step up efforts to put pressure on iran he's also using his eight day to its reassure washington's allies about trump's plan to withdraw troops from syria stephanie decker has more now from amman so the message from the u.s. secretary of state might pump aoe is clear that the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria will not hinder its fight against eisel and it will also not affect its fight to lessen to contain iran's influence in the region there was a press conference between your state mr damian counterpart touching on the issue of syria that both sides wanted to see a political solution to it was a touching on the issue of iran and also briefly mentioning the israel palestinian conflict and certainly the jordanians saying that they saw this as a key issue that needed to be resolved when it came to conflict in the middle east now where the sect of state will be heading on to egypt where he's expected to give a keynote speec

weekend this will become the longest ever government shutdown in the nation's history mike hanna al-jazeera washington. the north korean leader kim jong un has rocked opposite to china to china a day earlier than expected was the talks with chinese president xi jinping could lay the groundwork for another meeting with donald trump but was little detail on his schedule provided by either side but south korean media is reporting that kim for broader no contribute has this update now from. kim jong un's train was seen leaving beijing this afternoon and ever since the leader arrived in beijing on monday evening this trip has been shrouded in secrecy there have been reports that the leader visited some traditional chinese medicine factory on the outskirts of beijing earlier this morning before we're heading to beijing to have some lunch with some top beijing officials possibly even president xi jinping himself but we have received nor details about the visit from either the north korean all the chinese government we do know that president xi jinping met with them to win yesterday for about an hour and they

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behavior al jazeera washington. the news out in the southern philippines have raised hopes for an end to one of asia's longest running conflicts. hostilities between iran and israel could soon boil over a syria's war winds down. and in sport the west indies told mundane lives cricket has to make it mission impossible for the tourists involved a dos pizza well how about stories later in the news. the world's largest oil company fails to become public tap and. all the kingdoms of the company inseparable here the world's largest oil producer and you don't list in the world's largest stock exchange that definitely felt something al-jazeera investigates the politics of oil the middle east's most potent economic weapon. saudi arab. the company and the state on al-jazeera. when the news breaks a few minutes ago we were able to hear a huge explosion fifty people are still missing when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told we need to invest in development removed and best making sure the people on the left b

weekend this will become the longest ever government shutdown in the nation's history mike hanna al-jazeera washington. the north korean leader kim jong un has wrapped up his visit to china a day earlier than expected it was hoped the talks with the chinese president xi jinping could lay the groundwork for another meeting with donald trump there was little detail on that schedule provided by either side but south korean media is reporting that kim schieffer about an hour which really you has this update from beijing this trip has been shrouded in secrecy we do know that this afternoon his train was seen leaving they were doing and there are reports that kim jong un toured a chinese traditional medicine factory this morning then had some lunch with some top chinese officials perhaps even president xi jinping himself before boarding the train shortly after now there has been no official information so far either from the north korean government or from the chinese side there were reports that yesterday. met with president xi jinping for an hour and they were expected to have discussed a possible meeting

presidential election season about to get underway the same post to where we're headed alan fischer al-jazeera washington. all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen the address al-jazeera dot com. our top the quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera venezuela's self-proclaimed interim leader one quite door says he's held secret meetings with members of the security forces he wants for the chiefs to withdraw their support for president nicolas maduro the united arab emirates says the saudi led coalition in yemen struck ten who think training camps outside had data on wednesday as been more fighting around the port city of the past few days threatening a cease fire deal reached last month and the us republican and democratic senators have launched a new bid to end washington support for the sat in that coalition in yemen. when yemenis see made in usa on the bombs that are killing them it tells them that the united states of america is responsible for this war this is not a message the united states should be sending to the world the united states should not be supporting a cat

after the first summit so now it appears the two sides will try again and soon patty klein al-jazeera washington. so what progress has been made with denuclearization of the korean peninsula since conjunction with double trump in june well the americans say they've made concessions by putting joint military exercises with south korea on hold but really isn't sanctions on north korea is not an option president trump insists that they will remain in place until the u.s. sees positive results on the nuclear issue in his new year message and repeated his pledge that north korea will make or test nuclear weapons. well joining us live now from seoul is beyond a research fellow at the university's institute for north korean studies thanks for joining us on the program what's going to mean help to mystic is a second summit but in fact it needs to produce more concrete results than the first meeting last june or we have to wait and see if it is a good sign that our special envoy to north korea mr stephen began. to meet his counterpart here to get things going on the ground there i mean is there not only

behavior al jazeera washington. still ahead on the news hour. before. we ask people about their hopes to change under the new call the latest president. how a policy change in china has helped create a plastic waste problem for another asian country and. how to make the semifinals aspect. of the action. from dusky sunsets if you spring savannah. to summarize the top and metropolis. hello get a welcome back to your international weather forecasts where across china we are looking at basically partly cloudy to clear conditions across much of the area now we do have a few clouds across parts of the interior but in terms of rain really not seen too much over the next few days winds coming from the north for shanghai so lucky for you a little bit cooler at six degrees there on kong looking at a nice day few at twenty two but as we go towards a sunday we are going to be seeing much of the same over the next few days maybe a few more clouds over towards taipei but attempt a few of twenty degrees there as are make our way down here towards the south of course w

unchallenged by his cabinet by his party in congress but that seems to be changing now decline al-jazeera washington well even before he moved into the white house donald trump was known for using language against opponents that no president had ever said at least publicly and that hasn't changed once he reached the oval office jumps accusing rival democrats now of wanting to quote let murderess flood into the country and it's creating concern that he is permanently up ending american politics and provoking violence alan fischer reports. and the radical democrats president donald trump thinks nothing of attacking opponents using claims and nicknames to win political advantage as angry as presidents get congress and the bureaucracy and reporters and their news organizations other presidents have not tried to deal agenda minus them and so i think that's an important difference because he wants to degrade them as institutions in october last year a number of pipe bombs were sent to a points of president trump a florida man a trump supporter has been charged with sending thirteen devices one target says

gabriels rondo al-jazeera washington. still ahead on al-jazeera refugees and migrants setting off from hundred euro's tell us why they're prepared to risk the long journey to the us mexican border. a lie said touch how digital activists in the occupied west bank are using humor to promote the palestinian cause. and in sports and other russian is done for typing lia we'll have those details. hello there was a lot of rain and snow ahead its way into parts of north america once more for a look at the satellite picture we can see most of it is over the western parts at the moment and that's a problem because we've had wildfire in the not too distant past and that has given us a problem with some scar areas that are likely to give us a problem with some land slips as well so more rain is expected and snow as we head through the next few days or if that gradually edging eastwards all of a system is in the east is not too intense but it could bring a little bit of disruption if it runs its way towards the northeast bringing some

question of how much more they'll have to lose before this political fight is over particle hane al-jazeera washington laura brown is the director of the graduate school of political management at george washington university she says mr trump's campaign promise for a wall on rival. this president did run on building a wall across the southern border the reality is during the campaign he said mexico would pay for this wall mexico said they would not pay for the wall in two thousand and seventeen he came back and essentially said well we need to advance mexico the money to pay for this wall and then in twenty eighteen he is essentially said that his new renegotiation of nafta the north american free trade agreement which now is just a us canada mexico agreement is purportedly paying for this wall but none of that is in fact true and most democrats are saying look we do have one point three billion in border security funds in the package that the house passed last night and it is the same package that the senate passed three weeks ago and the president is still not accepting it. one of the first muslim

of how much more they'll have to lose before this political fight is over particularly in al-jazeera washington. laura brown is the director of the graduate school of political management at george washington university she says trump's campaign promise for a war has unraveled this president did run on building a wall across the southern border the reality is during the campaign he said mexico would pay for this wall mexico said they would not pay for the wall in two thousand and seventeen he came back and essentially said well we need to advance mexico the money to pay for this wall and then in twenty eighteen he is essentially said that his new renegotiation of nafta the north american free trade agreement which now is just a u.s. canada mexico agreement is purportedly paying for this wall but none of that is in fact true and most democrats are saying look we do have one point three billion in border security funds in the package that the house passed last night and it is the same package that the senate passed three weeks ago and the president is still not accepting that a wall street stocks

repudiation of president trump's repeated claims concerning threats to the united states mike hanna al-jazeera washington. five people have been arrested in connection with friday's dam collapse in southeast brazil the number of dead does risen to eighty four twenty three hundred people are still missing three of those detained work for the mining companies owners the other two engineers who are responsible for the dam safety. fell qatar's reached the final of the asian cup for the very first time beating host the united arab emirates for mail in a semifinal grudge match khattala now face four time champs japan on friday so how manic reports. it was dubbed the blockade darby qatar taking on asian cup hosts the u.a.e. one of the four arab nations imposing a blockade on them since two thousand and seventeen but despite the political tension there was plenty of goodwill on show before kick off good at the thirty year old could once the action started though it didn't take long for things to heat up that the michigan or the dear little so we were told to qatar despite playing in the stadium with little suppo

more than eight hundred thousand government employees once again not receive them mike hanna al-jazeera washington. also to come here and al-jazeera including mexico's president is looking for ways to stop fuel said stuff that pipeline explosion killed nearly a hundred people. on the foreign language move that could break new ground and. just not what more in that state. from cool brisk nose and fuel. to the warm trying to ease of southeast asia. how it got cold enough to snow last night in lower ground and further west this is london it's not just a dusting said little bit more than that it wasn't just london out of the snow of course fell in belgium and in france and it's still going to fall that during the day the winde being a northerly which is always of course cold and it's plunging all the way down towards the peyronie's by day expects significant snow in the swiss alps up in the pyrenees highs rain at low level most pop highest temperature in london about three degrees which still beats berlin this is where the real cold sits and therefore snow in ukraine but the cold air that comes down t

repudiation of president trump's repeated claims concerning threats to the united states mike hanna al-jazeera washington. still to come here on al-jazeera an abrupt end to an international observer mission in the israeli city of hebron. and why kenyans displaced by the hunt for al-shabaab fights is that too afraid to return home. however got a few showers coming into the east this side of the mediterranean we got a few showers also pushing across afghanistan law so clouds showing up here where the thickest cloud is when she weather was course as it makes its way towards that western side of the himalayas two degrees celsius high in kabul celsius in tashkent to four massey.

more than eight hundred thousand government employees once again not receive them mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well more still to come here on al-jazeera including mexico's deadly pipeline explosion proves to be a test for the country's new president. why not year round is one of the highest poverty rates in africa even though it boasts rich oil and natural resources on the students. hello there the weather is all quite messy over parts of europe at the moment in the south of got this huge massive cloud that's given us a lot of rain and snow and that's gradually marching its way towards the northeast and then as that works its way away from us we're seeing yet more cloud and rain work its way and that's also giving us a fair amount of snow but in the north it's breaking up and then going to be in the south where we see that system intensify as we head through wednesday so more rain and strong winds here and that working its way across italy and across the other side of the adriatic as well so watch that system then as it works its way north woods it's working its way across the southeastern p

al-jazeera washington. welcome back its time sport that here's andy thank you so i will serino williams's bits equal a record of twenty four grand slam singles titles has come to the unlikeliest of ends at the australian open in the deciding set of a quarter final against carolina plus given the american lets a five one lead and fought match point slipped before crashing out of the talent pool race triples serena williams was looking formidable even in the pre-match pleasantries but this would prove one of the few times in her career when the air of invincibility left in spectacular fashion hints of it came as carly in the post cover won the first set and battle for control of the second but serina swiftly levelled the match at one set all i before taking what looked to be an unassailable five one lead in the decider i q match point. q the turnaround. for much points in total would go begging and perhaps crucially a roll of the ankle as things swung back in place given his favor. incredibly from five one do

question of how much more they'll have to lose before this political fight is over particle hane al jazeera washington the murder of journalists is likely to be on the agenda when the u.s. secretary of state needs saudi leaders next week my pompei owings also looking to reassure allies of the president trumps decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria. the un human rights office says a trial in saudi arabia of suspects in the murder of ji is in their words not sufficient it wants an independent and international investigation sadie frost pewters are seeking the death penalty for five of the eleven defendants private data of german politicians including chancellor angela merkel has been published online it includes home addresses phone numbers and credit card details it's not clear whether hacking or leak were to blame under the police have been deployed in melbourne australia where far right groups are rallying against crime they blame on people of african descent a counter demonstration is being held by a group supporting multiculturalism counting centers in the democratic republic of congo's capital

tricks soon to find out if he crossed the line from controversial to criminal political hane al-jazeera washington and as you mentioned that the indictment describes a senior trunk campaign official being directed to contacts to an i suppose a big questions now about who that individual is what's been the reaction from the white house. well the white house is reacting as they have in every one of these cases saying this is nothing to do with the president sarah sanders the white house spokesman came out and said it is ridiculous and insulting to even ask whether this would involve the president and the other lawyers are saying look this shows there's no conspiracy there's no collusion charge in this indictment it's true if you read the indictment there are no charges of conspiracy but it is the closest miller has come yet to to outline a potential conspiracy it goes to wiki leaks this is what the u.s. intelligence community says is a front for russia obviously wiki leaks has denied that pretty vehemently but they're basically saying there was a connection between the trump campaign senior official

a different signal that the standoff is no longer one on purely partisan lines mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well in mexico central americans hoping for asylum in the u.s. having following the president's repeated calls for increased border security john heilemann reports now from tijuana. that these central americans watching president trump speech from the miscue u.s. border the main reaction was indignation as he once again depicted them as prospective criminals here but it's here in the sense that what he said is offensive to me because we're not all the same there are criminals everywhere he should give us an opportunity to cross the only thing we. launches to work in support of family as president trump hopes his message will help him get the funds for a good will which he says will stop them along with drugs and terrorists despite the fact that the last two overwhelmingly come through legal entry points if you want to improve port security right now start with places like where we're standing right now to the land ports of entry where all this commerce goes through we're more than ei

repudiation of president trump's repeated claims concerning threats to the united states mike hanna al-jazeera washington. katsav reached the final of the asian cup for the first time that beat hosts the united arab emirates for help in a tense i mean final in abu dhabi so hell malik has more of them it was dubbed the blockade dobby qatar taking on asian cup hosts the u.a.e. which one of the four arab nations imposing a blockade on them since two thousand and seventeen but despite the political tension there was plenty of goodwill on show before kick off to the top thirty zero zero zero i can once the action started though it didn't take long for things to heat up that the regime of the will do little so we were told to qatar despite playing in the stadium with little support would be the ones to go ahead that's. my love while i'm kooky gave them the lead just twenty two minutes in but it got better for the qataris before the break. through their stand out player of the tournament as early making it to nil with his eighth goal of the campaign zero three seven the home crowd however didn't take what they

al-jazeera washington. around us the director of the graduate school of political management of george washington university is the campaign promise has an ravelled this president did run on building a wall across the southern border the reality is during the campaign he said mexico would pay for this wall mexico said they would not pay for the wall in two thousand and seventeen he came back and essentially said well we need to advance mexico the money to pay for this wall and then in twenty eighteen he is essentially said that his new renegotiation of nafta the north american free trade agreement which now is just a u.s. canada mexico agreement is purportedly paying for this wall but none of that is in fact true and most democrats are saying look we do have one point three billion in border security funds in the package that the house passed last night and it is the same package that the senate passed three weeks ago and the president is still not accepting it. heads to the middle east next week the invest

a different signal that this standoff is no longer one on purely partisan lines my kind of al-jazeera washington. your sector of state might pump is in egypt's where he'll be giving a major speech on the trunk administration's middle east policy his stopping car it was part of an eight day tour of the region the city is where former president barack obama delivered his address to the broader muslim world in two thousand and nine well on wednesday palm post stopped in iraq to meet u.s. troops and reassure government officials about america's commitment to the. fights against eisel in about an hour from now pump air will meet egyptian president fattah el-sisi and then later on thursday there's his policy speech where he's expected to address increasing pressure on iran and troops decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria he will also hold talks with the egyptian foreign minister some minister create. ties between a donald trump and c.c. have grown despite egypt's controversial human rights record egypt is one of the biggest recipients of u.s. foreign aid is also one of four arab countries that s

that goal seems all but impossible more talks are being planned for friday she ever turns the al-jazeera washington. well al-jazeera is under gallagher joins us now live from washington d.c. and the breakdown for us what happened today democrats say they'll be introducing new legislation tomorrow to try to end the shutdown but we're already seeing reaction from the republicans. we're seeing lots of reactions but basically what you have here is a president putting his foot down saying this is not simply politics this is a national security issue remember his pledge to build a wall along the u.s. border was his signature promise to his supporters who voted him and made him president so he's sticking to his guns and what you've got is the democrats saying that they will put some proposals forward on thursday that would get the government started again they would actually give the trumpet ministration over a billion dollars to enhance security along the border not build a wall just in answer security get those department of homeland security workers doing their jobs once again and they're just some of

legitimate leader and more are threatening to do so unless new elections are held christian salome al jazeera washington what al-jazeera has been denied permission to report from venezuela but there is about as be monitoring developments from argentina as complex one of us. shortly after the united states and nouns that people were seizing various way left assets that they reassess assets in the united states one way to go and i thought it was starting a plan to take control of venice with us for in africa and also naming new directories of venezuela's state owned company based that and also a sequel which is the subsidiary company in the united states of by the way so why go also announced that it was going to request twenty million dollars worth of for aid and turn into the country if not here yet how he's going to do this because they were asked by the would have said that humanitarian aid was not going to enter into the country unless it's cordy mated with the united nations and why though he's also calling for more protests the next one is expected to happen on wednesday and then later on on saturd

question of how much more they'll have to lose before this political fight is over particle hane al-jazeera washington. joins us live now from washington d.c. gabe so there seems to be mixed signals coming from washington so when could this and then will they be negotiating over the weekend. yes nobody knows when this is going to end there and that's just the bottom line here because we are getting a lot of mixed signals listen there have been twenty one partial or full government shutdowns of the federal government in u.s. history so they are they have happened before but this one is different and primarily it's different because both sides seem so dug in and there seems to be no sense of when this could possibly end and that's what makes this so different we are hearing mixed signals in one side we're hearing from donald trump that hey this could in faster than anyone could maybe imagine but in the he also saying that it could go on for months or even years now most people think that that would you know going on for years is probably not going to happen but nevertheless you're just getting these why

a different signal that the standoff is no longer one on purely partisan lines mike hanna al-jazeera washington. sources have told odds are that turkey is prosecutors working on a list of saudi suspects accused of murdering jamal khashoggi indicating the trial in absentia is likely to take place in the country where he was killed just a few days ago saudi arabia announced its own trial for eleven suspects but has yet to name them thursday marks one hundred days since the journalist's murder. there are reports that a heathy drone has struck a yemeni government military parade in the which province it was several people reported killed and some who think rebels have been fighting the yemeni government which is backed by the saudi emira military alliance well the attack comes a day after the u.n. special envoy for yemen updated the security council on his peace efforts our diplomatic editor james pace has more now from the united nations the u.n. security council was told a fragile shaky cease fire continues to hold in her data almost a month after a little peace deal was signed in sweden has been

question of how much more they'll have to lose before this political fight is over particle hane al-jazeera washington. joins us from washington now both sides are continuing to dig in their heels on this cable bill how lengthy could this government shutdown. nobody knows that's the simple answer to that question nobody knows you know we've had twenty one government shutdowns in the history of the united states federal government but this one is unlike any others in the sense that there really is no way that you can see any side relented easily here both sides are dug in as we've said and this could go on for a while it's going to go on for years or months like donald trump says probably not to however you just don't see any any way that this could get resolved quickly we have seen some activity of vice president donald vice president mike pence excuse me meeting with some staffers from key congressional lawmakers today but beyond that no indication whatsoever that they're making any progress on in doing this impasse and what about government employees and the people they provide services to how much

questioned after this attack but he's still not showing any signs he will reconsider pedicle al-jazeera washington. people killed in tuesday's attack in nairobi hotel have been held in kenya bury the bodies of two men who worked for somalia based charity at least twenty one people died and. dozens of people still unaccounted for there off is. catherine sawyer she's in nairobi conference. bit about the police investigation what we're hearing from the. investigations are going on trying to trace the steps of this gunman trying to find out. who their friends with. helping them where was this planned. and things like that yesterday we saw. this neighborhood in a neighboring county. had been meeting this since march. talking about a man a kenyan national who was very friendly and they recognize of. one of the vehicle that was used to. be used to be very very loud. so police are saying that they have arrested two people one of those people we believe is a woman in that house. saying that used to believe that how's this. for renzi. this still gathering evidence yes we had some explosions during the day w

weekend this will become the longest ever government shutdown in the nation's history mike hanna al-jazeera washington john all that has been following the journey of hundreds of asylum seekers from central america who are trying to cross into the united states airports until one in mexico where people fail then a five by trump speech. we were in one of the impromptu shelters that been set up into one a mix code to try and help central americans trying to get across the border into the united states and give them some support and shelter this one's in a church we would we watch president from speech with them in the first reaction here was really people quite offended especially his depictions as some people crossing illegally as criminals he told stories about a murderer and about a rapist they said you can't just stick his head in the same bucket there's a lot of good people here trying to get there they were talking about why they've gone in this dangerous journey north of the president trump actually alluded to saying that things are so tough back home they didn't have a lot of choice even because

behavior al jazeera washington. the un special rapporteur for human rights in myanmar says the head of the military should be prosecuted for genocide young needly is investigating crimes against evil hang a minority that have forced hundreds of thousands to flee the country. the independent mechanism that i recommended be established last year has been formally established and funded and when president has started justice for victims in say it will see. really the question of evidence of crimes committed in the creation of case files against the legend perpetrators these cases will be ready for prosecution in a credible international or international court. while he says myanmar isn't interested in and there will hang at every turn i go named reports from bangladesh . the ruling a refugee crisis has become a fast growing regional problem with global repercussions that's the latest assessment of the un special rapporteur on human rights in me and mark young he cited the recent deportations of rohingya refugees by sau

by his cabinet by his party in congress but that seems to be changing now particularly in al-jazeera washington meanwhile u.s. and chinese officials have kicked off a pivotal round of trade talks in washington it's hoped the two day meeting will produce a way out of a months long trade war president dump and chinese president xi jinping equate a ninety day truce and to say.

repudiation of president trump's repeated claims concerning threats to the united states mike hanna al-jazeera washington and sudan's security chief has ordered the release of people detained during weeks of protests for that's failed to calm down the anger against the president omar al bashir. the. protests are continuing in several cities demanding an end to bashes thirty year rule the demonstrations started over cuts to bread and fuel subsidies in december dozens have died in clashes with the police so far has more now from the capital khartoum. this announcement it came as a news line on social media sent by the ministry of information and it followed a visit to one of the prisons in khartoum today by the head of intelligence after that he was quoted as saying about all those detained during the current wave of protests that has been going on for six weeks now will be released however we don't know exactly how many are detained by the government the government. two weeks ago gave a figure of eight hundred plus but social media sources protesters sources and jos talk about between one thousand and two

questioned after this attack but he's still not showing any signs he will reconsider political hate al-jazeera washington and the lives of displaced syrians living in camps under threat again from a second severe winter storm the u.n. says tens of thousands in northern lebanon including many children battling the freezing temperatures in makeshift shelters fifteen children have died in camps inside syria in the past month and a honda spoke with people in close to the border with syria. fatma is very ill. the two year old is suffering from respiratory problems temperatures regularly drop below zero during the winter months in this corner of lebanon but this year is particularly harsh and these children refugees from syria are the most vulnerable they live in tents made of flimsy plastic sheeting it is a struggle to keep warm and it is hard to stay dry. most united nation gave us money to buy gasoline for the whole winter but their multi-cam purchase is not enough what a month and a half we need ten dollars a day i have three kids it's hard for fathers like up to when they can't buy medicine and meet the n

al-jazeera washington. let's get more on this from erica him as here is the defense and foreign policy analyst at the cato institute he joins us live from washington d.c. eric were expecting the summit to take place within weeks this is an encouraging development. i think so yes i'm pretty confident actually about the prospect of the summit i know that there was a lot of criticism that the first one was sort of more of a photo op but i have more confidence that the second one might produce some actual measures that the north koreans in the united states could work towards solving the do need for ization if you let me ask you about that area because i mean i'm curious about what's happened since the first summit in singapore kim jong un himself seems to have been quite active and improving his relationships with by its soul in beijing since then yes and i think that the south korean model that they have pursued has been a very successful one where they had an initial high level summit between kim and wendy an

weekend this will become the longest ever government shutdown in the nation's history mike hanna al-jazeera washington as go live now to our white house correspondent kimberly harkat in washington d.c. and can the house this televised address from donald trump being received. it doesn't appear that has moved the dial at all laura seems that those that supported the president supported his effort to keep the government closed in an effort to try and get that five point seven billion for physical bare along the southern border with the united states and mexico that they still support him and those that were opposed still are opposed it doesn't appear that not only did donald trump persuade the american public but a similar criticisms are being leveled against the democratic leaders that spoke right after him namely nancy pelosi the house speaker and also chuck schumer the top democrat in the senate so what we have here is just sort of a digging in of heels even further the gridlock that donald trump was supposed to when he was elected sort of try and break up a new washington over sorry hardly seeing ev

question of how much more they'll have to lose before this political fight is over particle al-jazeera washington or gabriel is on the is live for us in washington now so the plan is to have negotiations over the weekend but with both sides sticking so families that positions is a liking to be any progress. well i think there's a lot of pessimism in this city right now i don't think anyone is expecting anything a media to happen in terms of progress they are meeting president mike pence is meeting now or was within the last hour or so first with staff members from various lawmakers from the senate and the house of representatives but the negotiations between the key principles here which would be donald trump and nancy pelosi the speaker of the house those are the two people that really hold the keys and key in all of this we don't expect them to meet today or in any time this weekend so it's slightly lower level meetings at this point that's not giving a lot of confidence to a lot of people that hope that this ins soon this is really just become a battle of wills so to speak both sides have dug

question of how much more they'll have to lose before this political fight is over particle hane al-jazeera washington is on the joins us live now from washington seems to be mixed signals coming from back when could descend and will it be negotiating over the weekend. well there will be negotiating going on over the weekend especially here saturday in the next couple hours or so are expected that some staff members from key congressional leaders will be coming to the white house or near the white house to have meetings with some white house staff members but this is a staff on staff meeting it's not between donald trump and nancy pelosi or anyone else that are principals in this negotiating so there's really a lot of skepticism here in washington that this will result in any immediate resolution to this and we are hearing mixed messages on one side we heard from donald trump that he says this could be resolved much faster than anyone could imagine but in another site he says that this could go on for months or even years now a lot of people saying that it would be unlikely that this would go on for y

presidential election season about to get under way the same post to where we're headed alan fischer al-jazeera washington. top officials from the united states and china have begun two days of talks in washington trying to bridge differences which of course the world's two largest economies towards a trade war and trying to. as i say bridge these differences. the ongoing dispute has seen beijing and washington tax each other's goods and on monday u.s. prosecutors filed new criminal charges against chinese tech giant wow way it's been revealed that the united arab emirates took advantage of spying software to hack the i phones of activist diplomats and rival foreign leaders a reuters news agency investigation found the u.a.e. use the tool known as karma to monitor hundreds of people in two thousand and sixteen and seventeen among the targets cutters and their senior turkish official and human rights activists but two of the reuters journalists involved in the investigation that's christopher being in jail shipman have been speaking to rogers or they gave more details on how the hacking happened and the to

bargaining again the longest ever government shutdown could be brought to an end rob reynolds al-jazeera washington. u.s. senator lindsey graham has a gang war in saudi arabia over the killing of journalists. on a visit to turkey.

rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. it was u.s. astronaut neil armstrong who made history when he said that's one small step for man one giant leap for mankind becoming the first person to step foot on the moon now almost fifty years later it's china making moon history it's landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon the first time a probe has ever been sent the before could offer insights into the mint's origins and evolution getting to the dark side of the moon was key to what the chinese president has called his space dream to join in even need the world's space race now the historic landing really demonstrates china's ambitions to catch up with the u.s. and russia to become a major space power by twenty thirty it's often called the dark side of the moon because it can't be seen from previous spacecraft have seen it before from a distance twenty four lunar probe carried a rover with it and it's right now getting to work studying the moon's terrain and it'll eventually send back samples to china's space trains don't stop the

question of how much more they'll have to lose before this political fight is over particle hane al-jazeera washington lara brown is the director of the graduate school of political management at george washington university she says donald trump's campaign promise for a wall has now unraveled. this president did run on building a wall across the southern border the reality is during the campaign he said mexico would pay for this wall mexico said they would not pay for the wall in two thousand and seventeen he came back and essentially said well we need to advance mexico the money to pay for this wall and then in twenty eighteen he is essentially said that his new renegotiation of nafta the north american free trade agreement which now is just a us canada mexico agreement is purportedly paying for this wall but none of that is in fact true and most democrats are saying look we do have one point three billion in border security funds in the package that the house passed last night and it is the same package that the senate passed three weeks ago and the president is still not accepting it. one of the f

unchallenged by his cabinet by his party in congress but that seems to be changing now how decline al-jazeera washington when as donald trump faces criticism for comforting his intelligence chiefs the president has been offered praise by his press secretary. says trump was chosen by god to win the twenty sixteen election i think either calls all of us to fill different roles at different times and i think that he wanted donald trump to become president and that's why he's there and i think he has done a tremendous job and is supporting a lot of the things that people of faith really care about at least nine people have died in extreme cold weather in the u.s. and some parts of the midwest and northeast and states the deep freeze has plans to minus thirty degrees celsius the coldest for a generation john hendren has more now from willis in michigan. in arctic freezing envelops the american midwest bringing dangerous cold in record low temperatures this is an event unlike any we've seen in a generation and i think it's really important that we protect people the arctic air of the polar vortex is sweeping

either way most agree the language used by the congresswoman was not helpful to gallacher al-jazeera washington. members of the religious minority years eating community are pleading with the u.s. not to withdraw troops from northern syria a report by the free years any foundation is warning that if washington leave syria before eisen is defeated the armed group will make a comeback the report also requested establishment of a no fly zone over northern syria to prevent a potential turkish assault on kurdish stronghold obama though joins us live now from gaziantep that's on the turkey syria border mom and so they use evening commute chutney very worried about u.s. troops being pulled from syria how real of those concerns. for it's real and that they're not just. the these but all for other religious minorities like the christians of syria and also of course the region there are a ton of is a really red. possibility now no community almost group of people how they how draconian i still can be self id's. over the years they have been holding sway in some of the lands in syria and iraq cut it out s

most serious to date and vowed to do what's necessary to find out if it's true mike hanna al-jazeera washington in the us a former police officer has been sentenced to eighty one months in prison for murdering a black teenager in a case what sparked mass protests against police brutality police dash cam video revealed how jason van dyke saw macdonald sixteen times four years ago john hendren reports from chicago this video has spawned global outrage and now a prison sentence for a chicago police officer i think my findings are an appropriate sentence would be eighty one months in the illinois department corrections two years minutes or so it's jason vandyke was sentenced to six years and nine months the cost of gunning down a seventeen year old black man here this man has clearly committed murder and in the murder in which he has as committed have been shown all over the world everyone in the civil and conscious mind knows that this is murder and the reality of it is we have to do something legislatively to change this this sentence caps the trial of a half century in chicago where a police off