nations have been focusing on tackling corruption and conflict across the continent and as mohammed atta reports seventeen years after it was established leaders have also been discussing different ways to fund the african union. the african union summit ended with up tough warning to those fighting in the conflict in south sudan an african union chairman will suffocate mohamad say see it's time to slap sanctions on anyone broken peace in the country. u.n. secretary general antonio terrace well tended the summit promised support for the african union can put the warring parties on religious belief yesterday this is the kitchen in india do with those easy to use assess the legalization form the illusion be seen but also to be sure this is the most insane and proceeded to be subjugated communist e.g. take it wasn't the only conflict discussed at the summit though the war in libya the fight against boko haram in was the fricker conflict in the eastern democratic republic of congo all debated by the you peace and security council on somalia the pan african bodies hoping the u.n. security cou

. >> yeah, miller got that atta-boy from the president via tweet. saying he wanted to talk about things that were policy driven but he was the one that kept going back to praising the president. the interview did reveal a few other things, didn't it? particularly the moment of contradiction involving this draft letter and miller either having a hand in it or not. the sequence of priorities on that draft about the russian investigation. let's listen to these explanations that came by way of miller. >> the final draft of the letter has the same line about the fact that there is a trump russia investigation that this has nothing to do with. >> i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> is this the white house attempting to change the story, make that lester holt/president trump interview go away? what's happening here? >> i think this is a continuation of the dissonance that's been coming

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they struck -- shelter some 800,000 civilians, some are atta by earlierer fighting in the syrian civil war. france, russia, and the u.s. have called on turkey to act with restraint to avoid civilian casualties. has announced new sanctions on 25 people and companies over their links to syria's chemical weapons program. it comes as 30 international diplomats including the u.s. secretary of state are meeting in paris to push for action against perpetrators of deadly chemical attacks. the french initiative after russia repeated vetoes entered -- ended an international inquiry as to who is to blame for using toxic gas against civilians in syria. fight for their brereath, dozensns of residents treatment after the syrian government forces bombarded a rebel held enclave. >> they used chlorine gas on civilians. >> they suspected chemical weapons attacks sustained less than two weeks after a similar one in a nearby neighborhoodod. 130 toxicays at least gas attacks carried out in syria between 2012 and 2017. bobby west blames bashar al-assad, u.n. investigators find evidence of nerve gas and only

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. >> reporter: with 400 pieces of equipment on the road and 500 workers, deldot says it's atta attacking the storm. the cold winter wind is biting back. >> honestly i love winter but this is a pretty rude awake kenning to winter. this is not the winter i'm used to. >> reporter: i think deldot has done really pretty good job of cleaning upstate roads here in delaware, but they've got real challenge apparently in sussex county where there was a snow emergency. they've gotten hammered with the snow down there. they're asking that only official vehicles stay on the road. worry here, though, along naamans road in northern wilmington. things are moving pretty well. it's just really cold out here. live in wilmington, jeff cole, fox 29 news. iain, back to you. >> all right, jeff, thank you. stay warm out there. septa doing its best to let you know the state of things in light of this big storm. as of right now, all regional rail trains are operating on a normal schedule schedule but lines of course can experience delays of as long as an hour as well as cancellations. trollies are also operating

with corruption and finding solutions to conflict will be among the main issues on the agenda mohamed atta reports from at this hour of they come together from all over the continent in the city that give to the concept of african unity the issue of independent financing for the african union and white out of formal the organization. and tackling corruption in africa will also dominate discussions here but it's tough to be skeptical lou with time city and mr. regrowth is. this what good reading. hours until. the african union will name prison muhammadu buhari of nigeria as its first of on to corruption champion for the year two thousand and eighteen it's an endorsement seen as article permission for present biharis efforts in the fight against graft in. all eyes will likely be on this month rwandan president paul kagame it will not only tickle boss chairman of the a huge general assembly but is also expected to use this year of the home to push through the agenda he developed far more independent. money has always been a sticking point at the u. . it now wants to hobbits activities bungled

as you can see we had a technical issue there with mohamed atta's so we will try to reconnect with him in the meantime leaders of sudan egypt and ethiopia are due to meet on the sidelines of the summit over a controversial dam project our reports from. the cloud of uncertainty hangs over the african union's annual gathering in addis ababa . a dispute between some of its members over the dam is building on the nile threatens to undermine the unity of the pan african organization the african union is extremely encouraged by is that the different countries are meeting direct directly and bilaterally to try and sort out their differences for this for the situation to be dealt with in an amicable and in a direct manner between the states involved and that is encouraging for the african union but recent developments on the ground appear to suggest otherwise egyptian president of the. perceived real action has expressed concerns over the megaproject known as the great if the european. saying it will disrupt the flow of water to his country but at the dam is crucial for which is eager to becom

finance itself completely but now most of its money comes from foreign donors al-jazeera is mohammed atta is in ethiopia's capital. a governing office to fly for leaders majority of them coming from. widespread corruption and discussing my thoughts seems. so many people are skeptical whether they can deal with option. other seems. like they have not come to understand there is some. use in prison. until i can a man who has taken. something that many see. loses a lot of money on the feeling here is that one dollar loss to ease one dollar less full funding education and health care and all the needs of the peoples of the continent and that it's time to not only talk about it but also go a step farther than deal with it's whether they can do it in the show tom still up in the. u.s. president donald trump has called for decisive action against the taliban after it claimed responsibility for saturday's suicide bomb attack in afghanistan at least one hundred three people were killed in kabul more than two hundred thirty others were injured by explosives that were hidden inside an ambulance the

mohamed atta met has always identified himself as a sudanese from the bush era tribe which comes from the border area but that makes it difficult to get goods and resources to reach the little town of all safe where he lives that's because all safe in northeastern sudan is the closest town to the disputed border between sudan in egypt and the triangle known as hell which egypt continues to hold. you know some people say that the bushite is a now part of egypt but in our hearts we are not a traditions none of us say we are egyptians and even egyptians don't accept us as part of them. mohamed says he has looked in permits from egyptian authorities to cross into hell i as do many people who live in or safe but have families in the triangle the dispute over a region rich in oil and minerals started when sudan gained independence in one thousand nine hundred fifty six and borders were drawn up over the past few years the dispute has escalated with sudan accusing egypt of harassing its citizens when they crossed into the region and executing dozens of them in the past twelve months alone th

despair at a time of year when there is usually at the very least a small semblance of hope mohamed atta bethlehem the occupied west bank. they've been long queues outside supermarkets in venezuela after the government ordered them to slash prices the cost of items was reduced as rampant inflation in venezuela has risen to above one thousand percent that's led to widespread shortages of food and medicine president nicolas maduro blames economic crisis on an international conspiracy. simply because we arrived early but we couldn't get in the prices were much lower last night but today the prices a normal they were dickie prices elevated compared to the income of venezuelans well most venezuelans. i mean we understand that supermarket chains have a right to increase prices because it's relative but none such an exorbitant manner three hundred percent i think there should be a bit of control and if there were some control we could purchase the us. a prominent republican senator says there is no evidence u.s. diplomats in cuba were targeted with an unknown weapon possibly a sonic a time sena

african union a gathering for their annual summit in ethiopia's capital addison from where mohamed atta reports. what of all the woodcutting option the biggest problems afflicting and continent but key in the discussions that will happen here today on moral issues all institutional and financial hold all that up the union how can the organization representing with the five african countries be more robust and also how can it be bankrolled by its own members one of hong kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists has been barred from standing for election the government says that agnes chao cannot be a candidate in a byelection because her party's political platform violates the territories electoral rules china's pass he wants more autonomy from china u.s. president donald trump is calling for decisive action against the taliban after the group claimed responsibility for saturday's suicide attack in kabul at least ninety five people were killed more than one hundred ninety others injured when the bomber detonated explosives that were inside an ambulance. turkey's military says that it

complicating syria's almost seven year long war stephanie decker zero on the turkey syria border mohamed atta takes a look at the key players in the battle for free and what could happen next. turkey has always been an easy with kurdish control of areas on the other side of its border with syria it's now engaged in a must of assault on the kurdish forces known as people's protection units or why p.d. in a free and district turkey considers the us backed y p d an extension of the kurdish rebel group p k k that it was for four decades and korea has been angered by the y.p.s. expansion in more than syria after the us backed into the group and the fight against all but of the washington state it will train an army to patrol the border region with the wipe india as a key component tuckey responded with its own military. offensive air strikes and ground up tuck's potentially puts turkey in conflict with its nato ally and turkey say this may expand its operation in mosul in syria to the city of mumbai each after our freedom has been cleared the task of taking of a member it will fall off auction of

despair at a time of year when there is usually at the very least a small semblance of hope mohamed atta bethlehem the occupied west bank. still to come here at al-jazeera. the most violent year in mexico's history the murders the six politicians lead to fears for the upcoming elections. and queues form outside supermarkets in venezuela and the government ordered shops to reduce prices. welcome back it really is summer across parts of australia the moments of very high temperatures being recorded across southeastern arizona data a very warm one in sydney during sunday temperatures pushing the forty degree mark looking more unsettled up across the gulf of carpentaria into the top and there darwin seen some heavy showers out across western australia looking pretty warm there for perth at twenty seven degrees through into monday not a great deal of change here the showers continue across northern areas but it will cool off for sydney thirty degrees but still pretty pleasant i would have thought across towards new zealand and here we've lost the area of low pressure which will give us very d

despair at a time of year when there is usually at the very least a small semblance of hope mohammed atta bethlehem the occupied west bank. jordan says the arab league will seek international recognition of a palestinian state after trump's decision on jerusalem but some members of the league betty in the jordanian capital amman jordan has seen a wave of protests against the u.s. and israel following trump's decision to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. become our goal is to overturn the american decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and to assert that it has no legal effect. we have specific requests the most important of which is the recognition of the palestinian state with jerusalem as its capital according to the june the fourth nine hundred sixty seven borders now the new york times is reporting that egypt has asked media in the country that to play down opposition to president trumps jerusalem decision it leaked to phone recordings a senior intelligence officer reportedly told leading t.v. talk show host to influence their viewers to back the

nigerian president mohamed el behati he says it's affecting development across the continent mohamed atta has more from the ethiopian capital most of the day was spent on discussing is on financial reform of the african union african you know wants to see itself moral past and independent to find out why it's on them as it was a scheme in which it wants its member states to live a zero point two percent on imports and that money will be used to finance the programs operations and activities of the organization one president. to come over the leadership of the african union general assembly the highest position making and their high hopes a sees them on who drafted a u. reform plan it must act now to save africa from permanent provision scare is essential we must created a single continental market integrity our infrastructure. and infuse our economies with taken already. the theme of this year's summit is how to tackle corruption in africa it's a huge problem according to the african union fifty billion dollars a lost by the african continent every year through corrupt depths now presiden

the many reasons why few believe the suffering of the yemeni people will end any time soon mohammed atta a member of the qatari rule family who said he was being held against his will in the united arab emirates has not been released should have been fanny has now left of a dobie for kuwait on sunday here east a video statement saying that if anything were to happen to him qatar would not be at fault the u.a.e. had denied the allegations saying he was free to leave whenever he wanted too. spanish m.p.'s elected in the catalan regional vote last month will be sworn in on wednesday but parliament's expected to be emptier than usual as many who won seats are either in jail or self-imposed exile facing criminal investigation following october's outlawed succession referendum. reports. so far the chance of freedom for the prisoners have been ignored as catalonia is parliament reopens handful of elected separate as politicians remain in jail others fled abroad. demonstrations we are trying to. keep we can say the flame you know but if someone things that. will give up they don't know. the firs

fact is, if you look at the outcomes of people, whether it's welfare use or income or radiational atta educational attainment for people from somalia or honduras it's not great. people who come with higher levels of human capital end up doing better. and so this is why the idea of using a merit based system so that you don't decide, okay, you're from somalia, we don't let you in, you instead judge people based on the level of education and skill and what have you. that's what's likely to lead to much better outcomes in the long run for the u.n.. >> but, obviously, at some level it's a truism people who are more educated will do better than others. the boat people who came from indochina were not selected on the basis of some elaborate merit system and have done very well. indian-americans, some of whom came on kind of a merit system, many of whom came through the chain migration that trump denies have done well. the broader point to me it seems human talent is sprinkled equally throughout the globe. the idea that you want to avoid people who come from countries that are screwed up or c

why so many they aye tac-- atta in one area in this city. you to remember in the past two, three years both the taliban and islamic state expanded their areas of recruitment. these are areas that would previously provide soldiers and policemen to the afghan national army and police. so a lot as happened. at the same time, the american military and the afghan government and other international forces are killing mid and high level commanders both from the taliban as well as the islamic state. and then, you know, the further complication that one can hardly understand is the pakistan element. because both kabul and washington really wants pakistan to move against the leadership of taliban as well as the pakistan best militant network. the leader of the haqqani network is the head of the operations for the taliban and kabul simply wants pakistan to go after him and other commanders and stop supporting the haqqanis and many other taliban leaders. >> all right, journalist bilal sarwary joining us there live from kabul. many thanks to you. >>> ahe

. >> reporter: it was 10:30 on the morning of august 1st when the 19-year-old woman was atta attackedbehind in norristown farm park. a gun pressed to her head, she never saw her rapist but the montgomery county da believes this is the attacker. >> we actually do know who this attacker is. because the rapist left behind his d new jersey a. >> reporter: using the dna and three to four grand of the county's money steel has turned to a reston, virginia, tech company that predicts what suspects look like using technology called feign know typing. steel has placed the photo on an information wanted poster and is urging the public to help. >> this is the case that keeps us up at night. we need help. we need the public's help to put a dangerous rapist behind bars where he belongs. >> reporter: it seems near desperation has driven the da to do this. investigators have hit a wall in the case after dozens of interviews says steel. while its developers claim it's highly accurate on skin, eye and hair color, the technology cannot predict other important factors. >> there's only so much that we can

despair at a time of year when there is usually at the very least a small semblance of hope mohamed atta bethlehem the occupied west bank. now jordan says the arab league will seek international recognition of a palestinian state herter the trumpet administration recognizes jerusalem as israel's capital last month now some members of the league met in the jordanian capital amman jordan has seen a wave of protests against the u.s. and israel following trumps decision to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. become our goal is to overturn the american decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and to assert that it has no legal effect. we have specific requests the most important of which is the recognition of the palestinian state with jerusalem as its capital according to the june the fourth nine hundred sixty seven borders now the new york times is reporting that egypt has asked media outlets there to play down opposition to president trumps jerusalem decision in leaked phone recordings a senior intelligence officer reportedly told leading television talk s

in the near future adding another note of uncertainty during a time already full of concern mohamed atta who put iraq up in occupied east jerusalem egypt has extended its state of emergency for a novel three months as follows two deadly attacks against coptic christians in the one district south of cairo on friday night egypt first imposed a state of emergency in april after two church bombings killed at least forty five people but into syria where a spike in violence has killed dozens of civilians it's part of a government assault on rebel held positions near damascus four hundred thousand people have been living under siege in east and go to for the past four years and desperate need of food and medicine and hunger ports. markets are being hit civilians the victims civil defense volunteers who rushed to help those who are still alive in recent days at least. killed in what opposition activists described as indiscriminate bombardment. airstrikes believed to be carried out by syrian government warplanes have intensified in the rebel controlled area of eastern. and it is residential neigh

. >> democrats have been runni-- f you make the most sipelosi atta decision as a republican -- >> youo not want to make this a race about donald trump when he's got a 35% approval rating. you want to make it about local concerns, you want to have the candidate distance himself not just from donald trump but from local republicans and run a race that's localized. >> mitt romney is finally going to unveil his papers and start doing things you have to do to run a senate campaign. i don't know if you can win by acclimation in utah, but i guess it's possible. i joke about that, but i have a feeling somebody who is pretty, you know, pro trump, maybe just for publicity sake decides to primary romney just to get the attention. >> i think there are a lot of trump supporters around the country that would be really happy to see someone at least punch him in the nose, whether or not romney winds up winning, i'm not sure that whoever challenges him would have a chance of knocking him off, but at least make him fight for it a little bit. >> when you see in this case, the presidential nominee, was i

. >> the only way her day can get worse is if donald trump tweets an atta girl at her. >> they're all euphemisms. this was an extraordinary admission of ignorance about the single most important job the president of the united states has to protect the security of every american. even donald trump has recognized that as the number one job of the president. you cannot protect the security of americans without understanding the foreign intelligence surveillance act and the 702 amendment to that act. he has been in office a year. i was absolutely dumbfounded that he had no idea what fisa was and 702 was. as various people have pointed out. the president's daily brief every day is filled with information from 702 and fisa. the fact he didn't know what that is questions the very core of his ability to do the job. >> so you know what i thought? stay here with me, all of you. so again, i don't have access to classified information anymore. but when i did, and sarah was in the white house at the time as well, the shoe bomber. remember richard reid? now i don't remember if it was just an inter

on the border here but morgan reports on how the dispute is affecting those well if their mohamed atta met has always identified himself as a sudanese from the bush era tribe which comes from the border area but that makes it difficult to get goods and resources to reach the little town of where he lives that's because all see in northeastern sudan is the closest town to the disputed border between sudan in egypt in the triangle known as hello which egypt continues to hold. bashar in the us the you know some people say that the bush ids are now parts of egypt but in our hearts we are not of the commissions none of us say we are egyptians and even egyptians don't accept us as part of that was the. mohamed says he has looked in permits from egyptian authorities to cross into her lie as do many people who live in or save but have families in the triangle the dispute over a region rich in oil and minerals started when sudan gained independence in one thousand nine hundred fifty six and borders were drawn up over the past few years the dispute has escalated with sudan accusing egypt of hara

corruption champion it's a move seen as a recognition of his efforts to fight graft in nigeria mohamed atta al-jazeera at a subway theo. all news from the philippines now why they have been protests against a chinese research expedition to an underwater region called and rise it's an important marine area in the philippines seen with untapped resources and the un has declared that it belongs to the philippines jamil island dugan explains. in two thousand and twelve the united nations confirmed that the bene rise is part of the philippines there are tree it's an undersea plateau located on the country's eastern coast it's at the center of the planet's marine by a diversity and its resources are untapped with more than thirteen million hectares believed to be rich in minerals and gas. which travelled to bynum rise a few months ago back then the philippine military boasted of a long term plan to improve its patrols of the area the agriculture ministry also plan to build a reserve that will be a refuge for filipino fishermen the behnam rise was seen as a possible solution to the country's food

been focusing on tackling corruption and conflict across the continent and as others there as mohamed atta reports now seventeen years after it was established the leaders have also been discussing different ways to fund the african union. the african union summit ended with up top warning to those fighting in the conflict in south sudan african union chairman will suffocate mohamad say so it's time to slap sanctions on anyone broken piece in the can. un secretary general antonio terrace walked into the summit promised support for the african union can put the warring parties on religious belief in history this is a tradition that each of you in here do with those beliefs to give you success those little legalising form the illusion to be seen but also to be sure this is the most effective and proceeded to be subjugated communist e.g. take it wasn't the only conflict discussed at the summit though the war in libya the fight against boko haram in was tough rico and conflict in the east and democratic republic of congo all debated by the you peace and security council on somalia the pan afri

corruption champion it's a move seen as article condition of his efforts to fight graft in nigeria mohamed atta. at his ababa ethiopia. a south african city of cape town is facing its worst water crisis in a century and protesters say the government is to blame the taps are expected to run dry by april twelfth victoria explains. our anger on the streets of cape town over a water crisis these protesters say the government should have prevented the city is completely mismanaging the water they're not fixing the leaks not to be using the placing of the pipes they already know what the management devices that they know are defective and that but no plan the springs they're not allowing people access to so they are strangling the water supply reservoirs have been full for more than three years because the hasn't been enough rain. the city is limiting each household to fifty liters of water a day that's the quicker than to one full blast with eighty people in the house up till now we've managed to bring up with the consumption from one thousand kilometers per month we put all the down now last month

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so can we make those offerings, can we create more choice and make the offerings more atta attractivefor a better risk pool that helps the taxpayers and people in the market. i fully share that commitment and i want to work with states on the 133 2 waivers and more affordable and make it to what they feel they need. >> thank you, next question for you is on the opioid crisis that we're having throughout this country, the last 2016. there was 64,000 deaths related to open ideas. that's a crisis. in south carolina, 616 folks lost their lives, 9% increase, i would love to hear your commitment, not only to address the issue from washington, but my ask of you, let's get outside of washington, that's go to the rust belt. let's go where people are suffering today because of opioids and let's create remedies that actually work, that are not top down simply, but truly bottom up evidence suggests that the best remedy so far has been created through a collaborative effort starting at the local level and moving its way up. i would love to hear you commit to not only running the hhs, but going to