alan fisher is at the white house. he has more. >> this process has been ongoing. it started when mike pompeo came into the administration. what is clear is the sudan government decided it would pay 330 $5 million in compensation to the u.s., particularly to take care of the victims of the east african embassy bombings in 1998 it and the attack on the uss cole in 2000. also, the murder of a diplomat and sudan itself. that money went into the

or alan fisher is of course following the story joins us live now from the white house and allan we've been talking about uncertainty and confusion there but i guess that's characteristic of what we've seen over the past few years what's known about president trump's condition at the moment. well they're trying to things in place so that the unknown doesn't become quite so scary the president is in the building behind me he's self isolating in there that is the residence of the white house to my left is the west wing where the oval office is but that's where he is in the residence and there are plenty of rooms there and he of course we are told is walking there he is on the phone regularly with his advisers he will self isolate for at least the 14 days that he was of their recommendations joe biden well he is he's been tested in the last few hours as well he of course shared the stage with the president on tuesday he has been told that he is negative but he like many others sending his best wishes to the president and to the 1st lady

succeed in rushing this nomination through the senate before the next president takes office ok alan fisher is joining us live on capitol hill dianne feinstein there essentially really getting to the heart of one of the key concerns for democrats. and lindsey graham acknowledging the real politic and his opening statement saying that they're probably going to vote along party lines on this committee which would mean 12 republicans voting yes to the nomination 10 democrats voting no and then moving to the full senate but you can see dianne feinstein is laying out the battle growing that they are going to attack this idea of the nomination on the basis that it could well jeopardize the affordable health care act she's making the point that the supreme court on november the 10th will hear a case which is called texas against california which is about protecting preexisting conditions she says that if there is a conservative majority on the court particularly with someone like amy who is expressed concern about the affordable health care act or obamacare as it became widely known then that whol

and bahrain already signing up to stablish diplomatic ties with israel alan fisher has a latest as for donald trump well he seems to embrace the idea of making small deals across the middle east rather than focus predecessors trying to build one all the compazine middle east deal he believes that this changes the reality on the ground you already got a deal signed between the united arab emirates and bar room to recognize if you'll remember the abraham accords were signed here at the white house just in september just over a month ago really believes that there are 5 other countries who are ready to sign up to this deal libya's rival factions of signed a permanent ceasefire agreement the u.n. brokered pact which orders all foreign fighters out of the country comes ahead of political talks next month it was signed in geneva after nearly a decade of conflict. tensions been growing in guinea where the army has mobilized after results show the president winning a controversial 3rd term security forces have to spur opposition protesters with tear gas 17 people have been killed in the unrest

wanted it to happen after next month's poll she replaces ruth bader ginsburg who died last month alan fisher is joining us live from washington d.c. donald trump had promised that he was going to do this and this gives him a victory so close to the election. 30 days from nomination to confirmation and remember the event where she was nominated was a super spreader event that didn't stop donald trump from going ahead with another event in the white house this evening just in the last hour with him equally about it sworn in as the new justice of the u.s. supreme court but it all happened too quickly for the democrats they were arguing 1st of all that they should have been delayed pointing to the fact that 4 years ago when there was a supreme court vacancy 8 months before the election the republicans felt it was appropriate to wait till after the election so the democrats wanted that this time around pointing out that up to 30000000 people have already voted early in the u.s. presidential elections they also tried to get public opinion behind them suggesting that im equally bad it as a justice

alan fisher, al jazeera.r: still to come, soldiers, civilians, and churches under fire as the battle rages on, despite france and russia stepping up cease fire efforts. and the austere beauty of her work earns one of america's most celebrated poets a nobel prize. ♪ >> hello. we have warnings in force for tasmania, southeastern parts of australia seeing nasty weather. an intense area of low pressure circulating here. blustery winds, winds in excess of 100 kilometers per hour certainly possible the next 24-48 hours. heavy rain, as well. that's going to sweep through the tasman, pushing towards new zealand. blustery conditions in eastern parts of victoria. for much of us, as you can see, generally fine and dry. a few showers to the far northwest. in perth, temperature as we go on through the weekend. by the weekend, it should be dry towards the southeast, a little on the cloudy side, but improving conditions and the winds starting to fall away. the wet and windy weather is making its way towards new zealand, par

alan fisher is at the white house. he has more. >> this process has been ongoing. it started when mike pompeo came into the administration. what is clear is the sudan government decided it would pay 330 $5 million in compensation to the u.s., particularly to take care of the victims of the east african embassy bombings in 1998 it and the attack on the uss cole in 2000. also, the murder of a diplomat and sudan itself. that money went into the account. donald trump said he was going to remove sudan as nations regarded as state sponsors of terrorism. that opens up a number of opportunities. suddenly, sanctions get dropped. there are a couple of problems. it has to go to congress. they have 45 days of consultation. if there is a joint resolution, it will not go through. and then donald trump can put it in place. that means israel was able to forge some sort of deal. he is trying to do little deals here and there rather than like his predecessors one big piece deal. he believes doing those small deals changes the reality on the ground and therefore will help these and a

and bahrain the palestinians are calling the move a new stab in the back alan fisher has more from washington d.c. i want to just congratulate from the oval office another part of u.s. president donald trump's middle east peace plan falls into place even if he isn't submerged.

following this is alan fisher who is on capitol hill.tion in the next couple of hours likely? >> it is almost certain. chuck schumer, who is the leader of the democrats in the senate, put forward a motion saying the senate should adjourn until after the election unless there was a covid deal to discuss. there was a vote on that. it went along party lines. hold on a second. there should be 42nd -- 47 democratic senators. kamala harris did not vote but we are told he will take part in the final vote, which we are expecting in 19 minutes. the democrats have been hammering away at the message they have been since she was first announced 30 days ago, which is a vote for amy coney barrett reinforces the conservative majority on the supreme court. if you look at some of her previous decisions, that puts the affordable care act and therefore the coverage of pre-existing conditions for more than 100 million americans at risk. republicans are saying look, she is a jurist. someone who looks at the constitution and then makes a decision. she is not

and a hurricane the palestinians are calling the move a new stab in the back alan fisher has more from washington d.c. i want to just congratulate from the oval office another part of u.s. president donald trump's middle. least peace plan falls into place even if he isn't submerged in the detail we consumed and wanted to do it here and there was in particular because they essentially bear war with israel for. a long time i don't know if it was fighting i don't know that but probably there's been a little the trumpet ministration says it's a deal years in the making it's involved secretary of state might pompey or flying to sudan and israel's prime minister making an official visit. to dan has agreed to pay $335000000.00 in compensation to victims of the 1908 east africa u.s. embassy bombings the attack on the u.s. school in yemen in 2000 and the family of a murdered u.s. diplomat that's cleared the way for sudan to be removed from the list of nations the u.s. considers state sponsors of terrorism and that puts israel in place to establish formal relations and there was no relationship

senate confirmed her nomination her appointment gives the top court a large conservative majority alan fisher house. 30 days after her nomination him equally bad it became the one justice on the u.s. supreme court they held an event at the white house. during. the initial sentiment he was a super spreader event for covered $1000.00 with many attendees including the president contract in the virus that didn't deter president donald trump who wanted a political victory so close to the election this is a momentous day for america for the united states constitution and for the fair and impartial rule of law the speed of the process is upset democrats they say the choice of a new justice should have been left to the next president may win this vote but in the process he will speed the precipitous decline of face in our institution our politics the senate and the supreme court you will give in already divided an angry nation a fresh outrage the democrats tried to bring public pressure to stop the vote the argued there were more important things they argued that the republicans wouldn't even conside

still being made but the republican controlled senate is expected to approve donald trump's nominee alan fisher is on capitol hill with the debate is taking place the democrats have tried everything they possibly could divide argued that this is being rushed through one senator saying it's going so fast it would make you see in the olympic sprinter jealous that they have tried public opinion by saying look this is going when people are voting there's more than 30000000 people that haven't cast their early votes in the u.s. presidential election and therefore should wait until the next president comes in they have argued that it's going to be a threat to the affordable care act because the supreme court will be holding a hearing on that one week after the election but the reality is they simply didn't have the power to stop this. president's regime heard one has called on talks to boycott french goods as tensions rise over emanuel plans to reform islam in france mcconnell has called for tougher laws to prevent what he calls separatism in french society that are unquestioned president marcos atti

rapidly confirm ballot before november's election and expand the court's conservative majority alan fisher has more from capitol hill. you can see dianne feinstein is leading the battle ground that they are going to attack this idea of the nomination on the basis that it could well jeopardize the affordable health care act she's making the point that the supreme court on november the 10th will hear a case which is called texas against california which is a vote of protecting preexisting conditions she says that if there is a conservative majority on the court particularly with someone like amy expressed concern about the affordable health care act or obamacare as it became widely known that then that thing is at risk and she's hoping that that might ple into public opinion outside the chamber russia's foreign minister has indicated that turkey will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of nagano color back as a by john has proposed its ally turkey be involved in discussions armenia and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating a humanitarian cease fire. funerals hav

thank you very much mike hanna with the latest there from the walter reed hospital and of course alan fisher has been following developments from the white house where we had seen this video allan of the president trying explaining that he is heading to the hospital really giving a message of reassurance to people also saying that the 1st lady is doing is doing very well i suppose trying to project an image of strength and to show that this is just a precautionary move. exactly maybe just to to send a message of calm particularly to supporters he did look slightly pill but you would expect that if he's running a fever and not been feeling terribly well all day i don't believe for a minute that while he was self isolating in his residence behind me that he was wearing a suit and tie he probably did that just for the the walk to the helicopter and then his arrival at the white house. walter reed. and so it's really about projecting strength you'll want to sure that. i've got covered not well but not as bad as some people might have you believe and so that is why he put out the message and then

to rapidly confirm her before november's election and expand the court's conservative majority alan fisher has more from capitol hill you can see dianne feinstein is leaving the battleground that they are going to attack this idea of the nomination.

to alan fisher reporting from capitol hill today she is playing it absolutely straight down the line and becoming the beret isn't she obviously prepared for what she knows that going to be controversial issues. what is interesting is that the democrats are trying to paint her as someone given her past writings and things that she's ruled on in the past as a conservative ideologues to a degree not sticking many times when they've asked her what would you decide about this what would your view be on the she simply said i'd have to wait to see the case and then to decide things on the law the one time that there was almost a crack in the is when dick durbin who's a democratic senator from illinois was questioning the affordable healthcare act that's important because the week after the election the affordable health care act will be before the supreme court and it will deal with the preexisting conditions she said look because of things i've written about past decisions from the supreme court that may have been hostile you think i'm hostile to the affordable healthcare act that's not so

to rapidly confirm her before november's election and expand the country's conservative majority alan fisher has more from capitol hill you can see dianne feinstein is leading the battle ground that they are going to attack this idea of the nomination on the basis that it could well jeopardize the affordable health care act she's making the point that the supreme court on november the 10th will hear a case which is called texas against california which is about a protecting preexisting conditions she says that if there is a conservative majority on the court particularly with someone like amy chua who's expressed concern about the affordable health care act or obamacare as it became widely new in the den that thing is at risk and she's hoping that that might plea into public opinion outside the chamber russia's foreign minister has indicated that turkey will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of i'm gonna care about azerbaijan has proposed that ally turkey be involved in discussions armenia and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating a humanitarian since fire. fu

across or against the nomination and wanted it to happen after next month's presidential election alan fisher is on capitol hill the democrats have tried everything they possibly could divide argued that this is being rushed through one senator saying it's going so fast it would make you seen the olympic sprinter jealous that they have tried public opinion by saying look this is going when people are voting there's more than 30000000 people that have cast their early votes in the u.s. presidential election and therefore they should wait until the next president comes in they have argued that it's going to be a threat to the affordable care act because the supreme court will be holding a hearing on that one week after the election but the reality is they simply didn't have the power to stop this. the world health organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track in their battles against new surges of coronavirus infections the agency admits a certain level of fatigue has set in but it's cautioning against giving up on the fight president of egypt a part of one has called on turks

to rapidly confirm her before november's election and expand the court's conservative majority alan fisher has more from capitol hill you can see dianne feinstein is leading the battle ground that they are going to attack this idea of the nomination on the basis that it could well jeopardize the affordable health care act she's making the point that the supreme court on november the 10th will hear a case which is called texas against california which is about a protecting preexisting conditions she says that if there is a conservative majority on the court particularly with someone like amy who's expressed concern about the affordable health care act or obamacare as it became widely known then that thing is at risk and she's hoping that that might play into public opinion outside the chamber. russia's foreign minister has indicated that turkey will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of the gorno care about azerbaijan has proposed its ally turkey be involved in discussions armenia and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire funerals have

and the palestinians are calling the move a new step in the bank alan fisher has more from washington d.c. i want to just gradually you know from the oval office another part of u.s. president donald trump's middle east peace plan falls into place even if he isn't submerged in the detail we did soon they wanted to do it here and there was a particularly nice because they essentially better war with israel for. a long time i don't know if it was fighting i don't know that but probably there's been a little bit trumpet ministration says it's a deal years in the making it's involved secretary of state might pompey or flying to sudan and israel's prime minister making an official visit. to dan has agreed to pay $335000000.00 in compensation to victims of the 1900 east africa u.s. embassy bombings the attack on the u.s. call in yemen in 2000 and the family of a murdered u.s. diplomat that's cleared the way for sudan to be removed from the list of nations the u.s. considers state sponsors of terrorism and that puts israel in place to establish formal relations there was no relationship what

to rapidly confirm her before november's election and expand the country's conservative majority alan fisher has.

macone barrick confirmed ahead of next month's election something that democrats have criticized alan fisher has been following events from capitol hill. the goal to have him equally bonneton the u.s. supreme court before the presidential election the 1st step the senate judiciary committee hearing kicking off 16 days after her formal nomination from the committee chair a lament that politics play such a big part in nominations now the bottom line is justice ginsburg when asked about this several years ago said that a president serves 4 years not 3 there's nothing unconstitutional about this process this is a vacancy this occurred 4 years ago republicans refused to even hold hearings for judge many garland nominated to fill a vacancy caused by the death of a conservative justice new hearings in an election year be insisted judge amy corny but it's nomination will almost certainly imagine from the committee even if democrats boycott the final vote that will send it to the fill senate for confirmation and that's where the democrats are going to do what they can to stop this going through 2 rep

to delay the republican push to get any kone baratz confirms before election day in 3 weeks time alan fisherhas more now from capitol hill. the goal to have him equally bonneton the u.s. supreme court before the presidential election the 1st step the senate judiciary committee hearing kicking off 16 days after her formal nomination from the committee chair a lament that politics play such a big part in nominations now the bottom line is justice ginsburg when asked about this several years ago said that her present serves 4 years not 3 there's nothing unconstitutional about this process this is a vacancy this occurred 4 years ago republicans refused to even hold hearings for judge meant garland nominee did to fill a vacancy caused by the death of a conservative justice no hearings in an election year he insisted judge amy corny but it's nomination will almost certainly imagine from the committee even if democrats boycott the final vote that will send it to the fill senate for confirmation and that's where the democrats are going to do what they can to stop this going through to republican sen

bader ginsburg her dying wish was for her replacement to be chosen after the presidential election alan fisher is joining us live on capitol hill amy connie barrett is. it's going to be subject to some of the most intense scrutiny in the senate hearing isn't it. but that the democrats have got to be careful how they frame this because they got a great deal of criticism after the way they conducted. themselves during the hearing into just this break cavanagh you'll remember that lindsey graham is now the chairman of the judiciary committee attacked them for trying to destroy a man after he was accused of sexually assaulting someone at a party in his teenage years so they've got a fine line to trade here their argument is that this should not be taking place a toll to go back to 4 years ago when. justice antonin scalia died and the republicans refused to allow a vote to be held in the senate for justice merrick garland who was nominated by democratic president barack obama this time around they say it's different because the president is republican but the senate is largely controlled by the pub

alan fisher is a correspondent on capitol hill following events for us allan before we get on to thedetails of what have been said just seeing i mean it's still sitting there and taking question after question it's actually it's a it's a long and arduous process particularly for her. and you were there for at least another 6 hours because every senator on the committee gets to ask questions for 30 minutes and she'll be back again to morrow because every senator then gets a 2nd round of 20 minutes to ask questions she's doing this largely with oh no and she hasn't heard to any note books or any books she's been courting case law that has been quite interesting she's come to being questioned by him a closure a democrat who of course ran for president she asked about the position that the president has put forward on twitter saying that he would hope that the new supreme court justice would help overturn the affordable care act which of course we know as obamacare here in the united states and she said quite simply that she couldn't speak to what the president says on twitter but she ha

become a justice on the united states supreme court also play for that thank you very much that's alan fisherjoining us live from capitol hill we are following these hearings for amy courtney barrett's donald trump supreme court pick were listening in to lindsey graham the head of the senate judiciary committee making the case for e-coli baratz you can see on your screens there that stand feinstein she's the she's the senior ranking democratic senator on that committee as are hearing from alan justice judge barrister beg your pardon will be facing robust questioning for quite some time to come so we'll dip in and eights of those hearings as and when but certainly a long road ahead for corney let's take a quick check on the weather now. rob mchale way is here with you weather thank you would have done to south china sea again the tropical psyco nunca it's been designated a tropical storm which means the winds have come up now they extend as far north as hong kong but only is gale force so hong kong's line is number a signal it's got 2 more to take it up to thai food it won't get the same numbe

also her body is going to give us the reaction from israel's fierce with general rival iran 1st alan fisher's report from washington i want to just gradually you know from the oval office another part of u.s. president donald trump's middle east peace plan falls into place even if he isn't submerged in the detail but we did sudan and wanted to do it here and there was a particularly nice because they essentially better war with israel for. a long time i don't know if it was fighting i don't know that but probably there's been a little the trumpet ministration says it's a deal years in the making it's involved secretary of state might pompey or flying to sudan and israel's prime minister making an official visit. to dan has agreed to pay $335000000.00 in compensation to victims of the 1908 east africa u.s. embassy bombings the attack on the u.s. call in yemen in 2000 and the family of a murdered u.s. diplomat that's cleared the way for sudan to be removed from the list of nations the u.s. considers state sponsors of terrorism and that puts israel in place to establish formal relations there wa

we're across all the fallout from this alan fisher is in washington d.c. and he's watching the biden campaign and keeping an eye on the new york stock exchange is kristen salumi that he is in london for us dominic cain is in the german capital and our white house correspondent is at the white house in washington d.c. but 1st rob reynolds begins our coverage the news came in a late night tweet from the white house president donald trump wrote tonight the 1st lady and i tested positive for covert 19 we will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately we will get through this together it is not known how despite elaborate precautions and constant testing of white house officials the white house press corps and others in contact with trump the president contracted the virus but earlier one of trump's top aides hope hicks was confirmed to have tested positive hicks accompanied the president to the debate in cleveland ohio on tuesday trump phoned in to a fox television program earlier on thursday and talked about hicks having been exposed it's a tough

democrats no nominee to the supreme court has ever been confirmed this close to a presidential election alan fisher is live for us on capitol hill where that senate vote will take place in the coming hours so what can we expect from the proceedings on capitol hill today allan how will democrats and all this. well the vote fully we're expecting in just over 5 hours time $730.00 here in the united states we're expecting that the republicans will win there is only one republican senator who has said that she is not comfortable with voting for a nominee for the supreme court this close to a presidential election so she will withhold her vote the other senator who was wavering and the democrats thought might be able to flip she has said that she will vote to confirm him equally but that means she will take up her position at some point on tuesday having been sworn in at a ceremony we're expecting at the white house at some point this evening she will become the 9th justice on the u.s. supreme court and will essentially solidify a 63 conservative majority on the court the republicans very much in favor o