meet alexia. >> [ speaking spanish ]. >> dating back to the 1400s and the aztec indians, the quinceanera is considered a rite of package for girls transitioning into womanhood. back where her parents are from in guatemala, this ceremony would take place in a church. but here in southern california it's taking place at a fancy country club. get it. the party has a hollywood theme, and they've gone all out. how all out, you ask? well, that's not our camera crane. that's their camera crane. we couldn't afford that. and it's all for alexia. man, i wonder if it's too late for me to have a quinceanera. >> i've been dreaming of this day since a little girl. >> really? >> yeah. >> which day are you more excited for, this day or your wedding day? >> this day. >> really? why is that? >> because you only turn 15 once. >> that's true. you can get married a lot of times. >> yeah. >> salud, alexia. >> alexia's father is as proud as a man can be, who is probably also doing everything he can to not think about ho

biggest protests in years thousands gathered outside parliament blocking key roads and lighting fires alexiabrought reports that. anger and frustration boiling over and lebanon's capital beirut. security forces fired tear gas and lucia cannon on crowds demanding the government resign. the dutch these protesters say they can't take anymore that years of economic failure have left them struggling to survive. i said how many of them sadly at the end of the day if i stay hidden behind social media and i don't go out into the streets how can i dare ask for my rights where do i start 1st of all i want to fight corruption i want to ask those in charge why do you have this you are living at this level and i am running out of bread. the crowd marched on palm and angry over proposed taxes on tobacco and petrol the backlash has already forced the government to scrap plans to charge uses of the messaging service whatsapp all part of next year's budget as politicians look for ways to reduce its massive debt the 3rd highest in the world and $611000000000.00 in foreign aid to share we are staying on the st

with a look at "axios" and political reporter for "axios," alexia mccann non.ng for today? >> good morning to you guys, and thanks for having me. we hear a lot about how president trump is spending gobs of money on digital ads at a national scale. when you drill down and look at the local state by state breakdown there's a totally different story being told. there's a major outside democratic group that is outspending president trump on digital ads on facebook in the key battleground states of florida, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania, and that matters because while presidential candidates across the board have so far spend $61 million on digital ads that's at a national scale and the state by state breakdown we have on a chart at "axios" matters. that's where this election will be decided in key battleground states. >> talk to us about how the president's aggressive spending push online is reshaping the ground game for democrats in some of these battleground states? >> i think aggressive is a really good use of a word for this because president trump is b

that's the kind of thing alexia morrison was in morrison versus olson. it's the kind of thing can star was when he was investigating president clinton -- it's the tarr was when ken s he was investigating president clinton. but that expired in 1999 and has not been reenacted to congress. enter the department of justice. just for the independent counsel ,tatute was set to expire attorney general janet reno promulgated regulations -- not a statute. this is unilateral executive action -- providing for an office of special counsel. those regulations took effect on july 1, 1999, and assuming they are valid, which they are not, they are still in effect today. ther these regulations, attorney general can appoint a if proceedings by the department of justice would present a conflict of or extraordinary circumstances, it would be in the public interest. notice that the special counsel has to be a lawyer with a reputation for integrity -- nobody else has to be a lawyer with a reputation for integrity, including the solicitor general. just has to be learned in the l

well as the magic blog from here from luzhniki also on the you tube channel called a raw steak was alexia cheska reporting from luzhniki stadium in moscow polluting coming up very shortly for you that he went back in 30 minutes time with the latest global news updates see them. join me every thursday on the alex simon short and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you there. i am i am. i am. i am into and and we meet with me to. public support for a piece when proceedings is growing and it what point should donald trump and the g.o.p. worry bill mccollum former congressman from florida one of the managers of bill clinton's 1998 impeachment is here with us to give us his take on this edition of politics. was the politicking on larry king according to several polls all recently public support for the impeachment of donald trump is growing in a washington post poll released this week nearly 6 in 10 americans now support the actions of house speaker nancy pelosi in launching an impeachment inquiry how worried should down from be about those

universities closed on friday the government could now be facing another kind of emergency altogether alexia brian al jazeera the mexican police failed to capture one of the sons of notorious drug leader you walk in guzman also known as el chapo. or bigger there's been a spate the rest of the security forces were surrounded by heavily armed cartel fighters vehicles were set ablaze to block roads into account as gun battles broke out between cartel forces on the police the security minister said officers had to retreat from the scene to protect lives money from mexico city. it was a chaotic and confusing day in the mexican state of siena low in the capital city of yet count which is normally exempt from the sort of violence that takes place from from cartels that control certain regions of the state and we see that it was confusing because it was violence on the streets from heavily armed men against police officers that it was an announcement say that the violence was rooted in the apprehension the detention of you who smile of the son of the new tourist cartel leader chapo guzman there was

alexia has chosen to be tested and has the gene, which means she will have symptoms.or myself. having an anxiety disorder, the not knowing was much worse for me. i felt kind of stuck in limbo that i could not move on with my life and make big decisions. without knowing what was going to... you know, what my outcome would be. so, for me personally, itjust made sense for me to find out, so i could make decisions for the rest of my life. has it reduce the anxiety, knowing that you have huntington‘s? ina way, knowing that you have huntington‘s? in a way, it has. even though obviously the result wasn‘t what i had hoped for, it means that i can be proactive in research. me and my husband can make decisions regarding having children, we can have ivf, which means i won‘t pass on the gene. because the embryos are screened? and gene. because the embryos are screened ? and you gene. because the embryos are screened? and you only implant ones that don‘t have the gene? screened? and you only implant ones that don't have the gene? exactly, i know even though i will become ill at so

scotland in moscow tonight st petersburg is one of the host cities for the euros our correspondent alexia spoke with the president alexander chair for when he told us why he hopes russia will qualify. in any case if countries fail to qualify how how more much more challenging with that become in terms of logistics for the organizers for the logistics not much much more challenging but the problem is that whenever the home team doesn't qualify take some spirit out of the competition but still you have to know that 30000000 people will have the chance to be in the stadiums during the euro until july we've got 19000000 the quest for tickets. so everything will be sold out for sure i would love as many host teams to qualify but we cannot influence that. on the full version of that interview should cancer watch it is available on the web site r t that comes to bring you up to date so if you're interested the results are that much currently goalless with around 4 minutes to go until. today with that much throughout the evening join me for updates on all of our top stories in half an hour. the b

responsibility for the attack in the taliban says it wasn't involved and it's condemning the violence alexia brian reports that. they went to the mosque the peaceful contemplation but minutes later dozens were injured the house of prayer destroyed. it was time for friday prayers and everyone had gathered in the mosque when suddenly a bomb exploded and many people got hurt. in the 1st one victim says about 3 how.

universities closed on friday the government could now be facing another kind of an agency altogether alexia brian al jazeera. and selim is professor of international affairs at notre dame university in lebanon he joins us on skype from by reverse a nice of you to join us there has been these economic stress and strain for years right now but clearly this is being treated and we're seeing the number of people out on the streets what can you put this down to specifically they're getting people out in these numbers with this much anger. well they love it and we have been in an economic crisis for many months now but this is not only cause for this outburst of violent and to spread to my station across the country in lebanon as i know it is the sauce is everywhere that is and i think is the deadlock which has been developing between coalition parties as a government and this is demonstration of a byproduct of the deadlock and i think the thing has missed and efficient division was sent up not so much fun i was up to date when i was a participant and 2nd i've been a misstep something that john j

responsibility for the attack in but the taliban says it wasn't involved and is condemning the violence alexia brought reports. they went to the mosque the peaceful contemplation but minutes later dozens were injured the house of prayer destroyed. it was time for friday prayers and everyone had gathered in the mosque when suddenly a bomb exploded and many people got hurt that. was the 1st one victim says about 300 people were packed into the building in rural hoskin main and manga had province when the blast happened and the roof collapsed on to those prying below. the no wonder the enemies of religion and their homeland blew up a mosque during friday prayers the afghan security forces arrived in the affected area immediately and helped to transport the wounded and remove the dead from the rubble. there aren't enough ambulances in afghanistan so the wounded were lifted into any car available and rushed to hospital. but. outside chaos as a state stream that vehicles books in the injured. both the taliban and i select groups are active in the east so the message that has come from the government

to become priests they're also calling for women to be given a higher ranking role in the church alexia brian explains. there's a lot in this scene at the vatican that would have looked exactly the same hundreds of years ago but some sentries old traditions of the roman catholic church could be about to change. and reform there are some things to reform the church always has to reform itself. pope francis has been hosting bishops nouns and community leaders from the amazon to discuss challenges such as the destruction of the rainforest. but the most hotly debated question was whether to allow some married men to join the priesthood in remote locations where there aren't enough clergy to perform regular mass. the majority of the bishops also called for the vatican to look into whether women should be ordained as deacons a role currently reserved for the lame in who are allowed to preach bêtise witness marriages and perform funerals the pope admitted the church had yet to grasp the significance of women as women this 130 we need to underline this we do not realize the role of women in the

universities closed on friday the government could now be facing another kind of an agency altogether alexia brian al jazeera. to more go and it is a journalist and former editor of english she joins me from beirut it's nice to have you on the program tomorrow i want to get a sense from you just watching those images in clearly hearing the frustration that people are feeling with these austerity measures and that the downturn in the economy to get a sense from you how people have been feeling this and experiencing this downturn in their daily lives. well we've been seeing at the theory ration of government services for the past 30 years and people have been seeing gradual erosion of the state over these years gradually and and over this time they kept taxation kept increasing and the cost of paying for any services also increased over this period of time so this has been ongoing we wouldn't get here today because small tax here is more tech so this is a path that we've been on for 30 years and this is and this was the final straw would you say 30 years but sometimes it takes something to tri

biggest protests in years thousands gathered outside parliament blocking heroes and lighting fires alexia brian reports that is out of. anger and frustration boiling over and lebanon's capital beirut. security forces fired tear gas and water cannon on crowds demanding the government resign. i. cut these protesters say they can't take anymore that years of economic failure have left them struggling to survive. i am satisfied to have any evidence i'm sad let me tell you at the end of the day if i stay hidden behind social media and i don't go out into the streets how can i dare ask for my rights where do i start 1st of all i want to fight corruption i want to ask those in charge why do you have this you are living at this level and i am running out of bread. the crowd marched on palm and angry over proposed taxes on tobacco and petrol the backlash has already forced the government to scrap plans to charge uses of the messaging service whatsapp all part of next year's budget as politicians look for ways to reduce its mess of did it the 3rd highest in the world and secured $11000000000.00 in

become priests they're also calling for women to be given a higher ranking role in the church as alexia bride. there's a lot in this scene at the vatican that would have looked exactly the same hundreds of years ago but some sentries old traditions of the roman catholic church could be about to change. and would of course. there are some things to reform the church always has to reform itself. pope francis has been hosting bishops non's and community leaders from the amazon to discuss challenges such as the destruction of the rainforest. but the most hotly debated question was whether to allow some married men to join the priesthood in remote locations where there aren't enough clergy to perform regular mess. the majority of the bishops also called for the vatican to look into whether women should be ordained as deacons a role currently reserved for lame in who are allowed to preach bêtise witness marriages and perform funerals the pope admitted the church had yet to grasp the significance of women if you notice what i mean this 130 we need to underline this we do not realize the role o

responsibility for the attack in but the taliban says it wasn't involved and is condemning the violence alexia brought reports that. they went to the mosque the peaceful contemplation but minutes later dozens were injured the house of prayer destroyed. it was time for friday prayers and everyone had gathered in the mosque when suddenly a bomb exploded and many people got hurt that. was the 1st one victim says about 300 people were packed into the building in rural hoskin main and manga had province when the blast happened and the roof collapsed on to those prying below. the no wonder the enemies of religion and their homeland blew up a mosque during friday prayers the afghan security forces arrived in the affected area immediately and helped to transport the wounded and remove the dead from the rubble. there aren't enough ambulances in afghanistan so the wounded were lifted into any car available and rushed to hospital. but. outside chaos as a stately stream of vehicles books in the injured. both the taliban and i select groups are active in the east so the message that has come from the gover