house, a restaurant serving cuisine from nepal, india and bhutan. >> the dream came true here for us>> garrett: but that dream may be available to fewer and fewer. an executive action issued by president trump gives state and local governments power to refuse refugees. >> no other president would be doing that. >> garrett: but not in utah...where the state's republican governor sent the president a letter asking for more refugees. >> i think our president would like for it to be partisan but it just is not. >> reporter: jackie biskupski is the democratic mayor of salt lake city. >> when we see there is a need for other refugees around the world to have a safe place to land, we want to be that place. >> garrett: michelle kaufusi is the mayor of heavily republican provo. >> they are some of the most hardworking, dedicated people you'll ever meet that's what i hope president trump would see. >> garrett: the mayors also hope the president would see people like asma dahir, born in utah within weeks of her somali mother arriving from a kenyan refugee camp. >> this land gave me all these op

museum but on the inside it's a society that protects and treasures its culture but is everyone in bhutan really happy for you as you are different people are you happy. if you need ok. if. we have. girls who civil to you consider yourself. where much. of it. every few years the happiness commission i ask the public how happy they are the last poll indicated around 75 percent of boots on knees are indeed happy. today as one of them. say if we could have 2 rice harvest a year but there's no need once enough we just don't need more we're happy with that. they allowed us and you know most. capitalists would despair here maximizing profit is a foreign concept so is stress. indeed the country has its own rhythm when pre-date announces that dinner is ready. many come running 3 generations live under one roof of course people in many parts of the world see togetherness as being important but here it actually happens. why should we leave this place the house the fields our parents gave all of this to us we'll pass it on to our own children we have work we have food we're all happy. as. her husban

using buildings monasteries and the landscape in general a little luck never hurts when flying into bhutan every landing is different but these professionals know what they are doing. to fulfill this exact thing and it is. me that list that the 50. ton is different it's the only country in the world where welfare is measured not in terms of gross domestic product but by gross national happiness. anyone who wants to find out more about this should be ready to wear traditional dress. and that's how we got into the government quarter in the capital the former monastery and fortress is now government headquarters we were advised to bring a gift for our hosts a bottle of whiskey properly wrapped. perhaps that's another path to happiness sound economics is also important for. all countries. in the uk is what we also see is we have to ensure that. it does that at the cost of play environment culture and tradition if the policy because this. is back to the idiocy of the happiness commission the think tank can be nerve center of the government whatever takes place in these halls of bureaucracy is a

this is really something that is shaking up the market as a whole professor from the university of bhutan if thank you so much for your time pleasure to hong kong now which was formerly a shop till you drop paradise but it's once mighty retail sectors facing a gloomy christmas the retail association says over 10 percent of the territories retailers and that's thousands of shops could close in the next 6 months and its economic uncertainty because of the democracy protests. hong kong is legendary for chopping but there was little festive cheer for hong kong shops this year christmas shoppers are staying away after months of protests protesters are taking aim at hong kong's key retail sector to press home their demands for democracy. the mood is downbeat among shoppers at times square. police are really. really bad and is not saved to go out and yes and not happy at all we are not very in the mood and not happy hong kong this is a really hard moment yet the hope to hong kong will be better but is maybe have a. very long time that the day you expand us than before this because to do it durin

if a lot of people are muslims in one demonstration in eastern india close to the borders of nepal bhutan and bangladesh people were seen burning an effigy of the country's home minister as they marched through the city of silly guru and protesters claim that the law is not only discriminatory but also frankly unconstitutional they say as the country's opposition threatens to take the case now to the supreme court hundreds of join the hunger strike in india's northeast where troops have been deployed on the internet shut down let's go to new delhi live get the thoughts there was something particular university as well sure i was there that a true of the web site scroll dot in the hey there good evening thank you times so 1st let's focus on this university and what's maybe been happening there hard to work out who is tear gas canisters were going off or shots being fired but anyway we believe this university shutdown to journey the 6 after some water evidently violent scenes or what have you got that from there if you got any more confirmed reports of what may have happened. so what we hav

from other people excludes muslims and one demonstration in the northeast close to neighboring nepal bhutan and bangladesh where people were seeing their burning an effigy of the country's home minister that was in the city of siliguri and then protesters claim the law is not only discriminatory but also unconstitutional they say as the country's opposition threatens to take the case now to the supreme court hundreds of joined hunger strike in india's northeast as well where troops have been deployed in the internet shut down i talked earlier to the editor from new delhi news cited told me fear and confusion is gripping india as big changes are taking place there now. what we have now is the police into the university sometime earlier this evening which in itself is a huge violation you you the please don't enter university grounds the matter what the provocation and the police used an outrageous amount of force the police clear in that this was in response to violence that the good that protesters had done earlier but you know there's really no confirmation to now who did that violence bec

we need to do away with the way evil because it stops conversation where should we get our land to bhutanmeets the eye candy this is the beginning of friendship this is the beginning of love you know we're getting somewhere we can really break through the barriers studio unscripted on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello there i'm al and i had seen in doha with the al jazeera news are coming out for you in the next 60 minutes. university students across india voiced their. against a controversial new citizenship wall. protests in the gambia over a broken promise thousands rally demanding the president step down in. the search for a new prime minister is perspire in lebanon as protests this are still demanding a complete overhaul of the pool.

. >> we have anything from dc to bhutan. >> you want to make sure your password is up-to-date. >> all. >> rosemary, right? gabe, is going to take us to 20 different vacations in 2020. >> i'm going to ponder that one. >> get out the calendar. getting a look here across the san francisco area. we are we going up with those guys. here's another view of san francisco. it is a cool start out there. mainly drive one. we are mainly dry before a return in scattered showers. years a look at the rainfall amounts. we could use more rain 57 in oakland. 67 san jose. santa rosa you're looking good of 100% there. we are with the scattered clouds and dry weather. here's a look at the next system that will bring us some rain by tonight. if you're traveling to this year as there is still advisories there. i-80 as well as high refute the slick road days and has it is driving conditions and a few inches of rainfall expect that. here is the look at what we can expect for us. by tonight notice we got some blue over areas of tahoe. we will have a possibility that we will see scattered showers. we will call