day deadline for the administration to provide the committee with a full and final report we want to make sure this happens and the committee to protect journalists our colleagues from reporters without borders from the justice for jamal campaign from pan american and the thousands of other people around the world who are demanding justice want the administration to take this deadline seriously and issue an unclassified report that details the administration's findings on jamal's murder including involvement by the saudi crown prince and whether the administration will impose further sanctions we are also calling for transparency because according to news reports and u.s. senators who were briefed by the cia the cia has concluded with high certainty high confidence rather that the crown prince ordered the assassination there are also strong indications that the u.s. government had information that about the threats to jamal prior to his murder so given the international importance of this case and its implications for press freedom the need for answers far outweighs any justification for secrecy that is why the committee to protect journalists an

or download the software so all of the guidance that we've provided for example the committee to protect journalists as provided to journalists about you know their digital security avoiding. and all of that is of limited utility if this is a push versus a poll scenario and also you put all your contacts out there because to a journalist says it's really easy right. i am concerned again as a journalist who worked in the emirates i got fired for an article i wrote and had to leave the country i now work in press freedom advocacy so i think everyone is you know in this realm is concerned and especially after we see reports again that this is just the latest escalation in technology and how it's being used against journalists in the reports that perhaps she had pegasus on his phone so we need to deal with this now not wait cooney thank you so much for coming in this is a story that will continue to follow and now we move on to egypt way to taman to human rights lawyer to campaign has her abdomen name. not on the. well i don't remember. and. i knew i was. going to. be. so with us on our set we have jiha

montevideo attempting to find a solution to the political standoff in venezuela the committee to protect journalists is calling for a strong response from the us government and donald trump to saudi arabia over the murder of jamal khashoggi. and one of the largest aid convoy since the start of syria's war has reached the remote rock band refugee camp on the border with jordan home to forty thousand syrian refugees. the u.s. president is predicting victory over eisel as early as next week donald trump told coalition partners at a meeting in washington that there will be a formal announcement very soon he says coalition forces have quote liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by eisel in syria and iraq but some u.s. military officials say thousands of us will fight as remain in syria and they could be a reserve one trip once troops are withdrawn from mosul in iraq was once the capital of isis self declared caliphate it was taken over in twenty fourteen and was a fierce battle ground before the armed group was driven out three years later the city is still in ruins and sounds remain h

outside the white house they are a news conference from the committee to protect journalists about. remember there is an investigation into jamal khashoggi to going on it's led by the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions that is that lady that man who was in turkey last week on a fact finding mission you can see an in-depth discussion on what she may or may not be able to achieve with the inside story there are episodes of course in the show's section about dot com. now so if you've heard this one before but the president of the european commission has told britain's prime minister that the brig's that deal she negotiated can't be renegotiated junko younger and theresa may have agreed to meet again this month but it's not looking good for tourism a protesters actually greeted her as she arrived in brussels trying to get to her car there she was there to urge e.u. leaders to accept changes to the break that agreement britain of course you to leave the european union on the twenty ninth of march but the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland remains a

thank you there's another organization seeking action as well for killing that's the committee to protect journalists c p j it's called for accountability at a news conference in front of the white house earlier on thursday once the trumpet ministration to send a stronger message to the saudi government the most chilling message sent by the murder of jamal her show she is that no one is safe from saudi arabia's brutal reach. but this need not be true a strong response from the u.s. government and from president obama himself and other governments would send a message to the saudi authorities that acts such as the murder of jamal his show she will not be tolerated or moving to other news and talks aimed at ending venezuela's crisis have begun european leaders in latin american ministers meeting in europe capital montevideo president nicolas maduro is backing the dialogue the opposition is more skeptical. iraq if you could. i ratify the support of a full staged plan of the montevideo is mechanism integrated by the government of mexico fourteen countries of the caribbean and i believe we are proposing w

to trump of a top democrat in the senate foreign relations committee is already planning new legislation to escalate their sons to hushmail g.'s killing and adding to the pressure of the committee to protect journalists spoken to reporters outside the white house demanding action the most chilling message sent by the murder of jamal . is that no one is safe from saudi arabia's brutal reach. but this need not be true a strong response from the u.s. government and from president trump himself and other governments would send a message to the saudi authorities that acts such as the murder of jamal. will not be tolerated. now some in the u.s. so they have made it clear if the white house will not add to the senate will take a bloodless lation that would basically end arm sales saudi arabia make it official that u.s. military planes could be used for refueling in the war in yemen it also will sanction people involved possibly including the crown prince that's already passed the senate once in the last congress and this time it looks like the house would take it up the question is do they have enough votes to override any potential presidential veto. to venezuela now where all eyes are on the border where

outside the white house the campaign group the committee to protect journalists held an event to mark the fact that february eighth is the deadline for president trump to take action against saudi arabia shoji case under what's known as the magnitsky act even if mr trump decides not to act there are many in congress who made it quite clear they will not let this case drop james pays out jazeera at the united nations . the u.s. state department says it will continue to consult with congress to hold those responsible for democracy to account the department of state shares the deep concern and outrage. over the killings of jamal khashoggi expressed by members of congress and we have consulted and corresponded with the congress regularly since jamal khashoggi is october second killing including briefings by the secretary of state john yearwood as an executive board member with the international press institute and he joins us now via skype from miami john a you hopeful that these initial findings by the un special rapporteur brings justice any closer. i think it does first of all let me g

let's speak to dr courtney radge in new york, she's the director of advocacy for the committee to protect journalists is a strong report, do your time. it is a strong report, do you think it will actually change anything? i think it is very important that turkey allowed agnes callamard to enter turkey and facilitate the investigation and it is an important first step it is not a replacement for a high—level un criminal investigation and it does not let the trump administration off the hook for responding to congress as required under the magnitsky act act. the trump administration is not shown much keenness to respond, has it? any action would require cooperation from the turks and the saudis. yes, this is not an easy case the result that the fact is there are now several reports and intelligence agencies, the un special rapporteur, that is pointing directly at saudi arabia's responsibility and complicity for this murder and it is important that we hold not only those who carried out the murder but also those who ordered it and according to intelligence, it is looking like thatis intelligence, it is

outside the white house the campaign group the committee to protect journalists held an event to mark the fact that february eighth is the deadline for president trump to take action against saudi arabia on the crucial g. case under what's known as the magnitsky act even if mr trump decides not to act there are many in congress who made it quite clear they'll not let this case drop james bays al-jazeera at the united nations. the wall street journal says the u.s. is preparing to pull its forces out of syria by the end of april on wednesday u.s. president donald trump said he was expecting an announcement soon declaring victory in the fight against. he said coalition forces have quote liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by eisel in syria and iraq but some u.s. military officials say thousands of ice or fighters remain in syria and they could be reserved once troops are withdrawn well the largest aid convoy since the start of syria's war has reached a remote refugee camp on the border with jordan on one hundred trucks brought food and medical supplies to thousands o

about what happens next in washington outside the white house the campaign group the committee to protect journalists held an event to mark the fact that february eighth is the deadline for president trump to take action against saudi arabia on the khashoggi case under what's known as the magnitsky act even if mr trump decides not to act there are many in congress who made it quite clear they will not let this case drop james bays al-jazeera at the united nations while the u.s. state department says it will continue to consult with congress to hold those responsible for such as murder to account. these still part of the state shares the deep concern and outrage. over the killings of jamal khashoggi expressed by members of congress and we have consulted and corresponded with the congress regularly since jamal khashoggi october second killing including briefings by the secretary of state white house aide jared christer will travel to the middle east later this month he'll be visiting to present part of his peace plan for the region president trump son in law will visit all mon behind saudi arabia the u

expect that there could be hearings moving forward but also we're seeing groups like the committee to protect journalists continuing to keep this in the spotlight not just having protests outside the white house as we saw last week but today there will be a panel discussion at the national press club in order to try and keep this in the spotlight committee thank you. u.s. president donald trump will address a rally in the texan border city of el paso later on monday where he will no doubt speak about his proposed war with mexico which would run down the southern edge of the city well it comes as california's governor is reported to be ready to withdraw all three hundred sixty of his state troops from the southern border with mexico governor gavin newsome he represents the opposition democratic party is supported as saying he does not want the national guard to take pass in what he calls political theater. seventeen australian residents are believed to have been detained in china as part of a crackdown on the muslim minority activists say the individuals were visiting relatives when they were arrested abo

about what happens next in washington outside the white house the campaign group the committee to protect journalists held an event to mark the fact that february eighth is the deadline for president trump to take action against saudi arabia on the khashoggi case under what's known as the magnitsky act even if mr trump decides not to act there are many in congress who made it quite clear they will not let this case drop james bays al-jazeera at the united nations. speak to andrew deputy washington direct to human rights watch he joins us live from washington d.c. thanks for being with us so what's your reaction to this initial report from the u.n. . i think it's a great first step and it's very clear that we need further investigation but what's really helpful is that the u.n. has made clear that the killing of jamal khashoggi was not some rogue act it was officially sanctioned by saudi officials what we need now is for saudi arabia turkey and even the u.s. to provide all of the information that they have to the u.n. investigators. how important is this u.n. route because it feels as though a lot of

outside the white house the campaign group the committee to protect journalists held an event to mark the fact that february eighth is the deadline for president trump to take action against saudi arabia shoji case under what's known as the magnitsky act even if mr trump decides not to act there are many in congress who made it quite clear they will not let this case drop james pays out jazeera at the united nations . the u.s. state department says it will continue to consult with congress to hold those responsible for jamal khashoggi to account for the department of state shares the deep concern and outrage. over the killings of jamal khashoggi expressed by members of congress and we have consulted and corresponded with the congress regularly since jamal khashoggi is october second killing including briefings by the secretary of state. weather is next but still ahead on al-jazeera the british prime minister is back from brussels where once again she's been looking for a compromise on the withdrawal of deal. and promises to build a new central african republic after a historic casteel

about what happens next in washington outside the white house the campaign group the committee to protect journalists held an event to mark the fact that february eighth is the deadline for president trump to take action against saudi arabia on the khashoggi case under what's known as the magnitsky act even if mr trump decides not to act there are many in congress who made it quite clear they will not let this case drop james bays al-jazeera at the united nations well the u.s. state department is saying that it will continue to consult with congress to hold those responsible for hostages murder to account. these are the part when a state shares the deep concern and outrage. over the killings of jamal khashoggi expressed by members of congress and we have consulted and corresponded with the congress regularly since jamal khashoggi october second killing including briefings. by the secretary of state still ahead on al-jazeera the u.s. president's advisor and son in law passed the table part of his middle east peace on and in step with everything in iran now we look at the powerful role played by its re

according g to the committee to protect journalists, at leleast 126 journalists have been killed covering the conflict in syria. in somalia, u.s. airstrike killed 24 al shabab fighters according to u.s. military wednesday officials. the air raid is the so far this ninth year. at least u.s. 45 air raids on al shabab targets were carried out in 2018. earlier this month, al shabab militants attacked a hotel in kenya, resulting in the deaths of at least 21 people, plus five assailants. the environmental protection agency is expectcted to refrain from setting limits on harmful chemicals found in drinking water, raising alarm among public health advocates and some lawmakers. these chemicals are the same as those found in common household products, such as teflon and scotch-guard. scientists have linked the a number of diseases, including cancer. in boston trial in under way , a against pharmaceutical executives who prosecutors say ran a criminal enterprise by bribing doctors to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray to patieients who dididn't need. john kapoor, the founder of insys therape

the committee to protect journalists put out a report that showed donald trump tweeted negatively against300 times since becoming a candidate. those tweets have increased versus his tweeting about other things has decreased. but his attacks against the media and journalists has increased. do you know that there -- they also put out a report that said there are 28 journalists jailed around the world this year because of fake news allegations in other places across the world when there were only nine at this point last year? this is reverberating, not only in the united states but across the world. it's making journalists and those of us in the media less safe. it's emboldening these crazies out here who are looking for reasons to do things they shouldn't be doing, like this guy, this coast guardsman. who knows how long he had been plotting that. or the guy sending the mail bombs in october, where snan was evacuated and there were other journalists targeted. who knows how long they've been thinking about that. they see the president of the united states continuing to put these things out th

thousand and three invasion of iraq and he calls it propaganda but despite that the committee to protect journalists this week called on that as well is to stop blocking news outlets and internet and it says on january the twenty third security forces raided at least three news newsrooms in southern venezuela took at least one television outlet off homeless case of reporting equipment and forced members of the press to delete their material the ongoing ongoing crisis is going to be continuing so do follow us on the news with all those updates sara thank you very much and an interesting discussion on inside story on venezuela's crisis the u.s. has announced as you heard tough sanctions on that as well as oil industry cutting off president maduro's main source of income but can they force him to step down. and watched the show by clicking on the show. and then inside story and some comments here from all of us on the venezuela crisis how me too says wake up venezuelans don't allow the u.s. to plunge your country into chaos and dorothy also on facebook says the venezuelan people deserve humanitarian co

washington post seeks to do just that with write scripts showing their support such as the committee to protect journalists amnesty international and also human rights watch and they flew a banner on the eve of the super bowl over the stadium in atlanta using the hash tag justice for jamal and that's before a planned media conference outside the white house later this week the day before the top administration is due to deliver a report. to the u.s. senate and in previous years other companies have built a reputation for themselves over their super bowl ads such. coca-cola commercial and twenty seventeen was a rerun from the ad five years ago where an american anthem is sung in several languages including spanish tagalong and hindi to show diversity in the u.s. some question whether the message from coke was political because it was born after president trump announced a travel ban on may in the muslim majority countries and also two years ago a pennsylvania based building material supplier spent over fifteen million dollars on an ad that showed the migrant journey of a mother and daughter to the u.s. but

she is the rector of advocacy at the committee to protect journalists were in addition to working to ensure justice for khashoggi will hear about later, she advocates for the safety and freedom from harassment, prisma and, torture and murder of hundreds of journals run the world many who are working in developing countries for the freedom of the press which is often times disregarded. thank you all for joining us. many of you here today are familiar with the case of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. a washington post, last who was assassinated in the study consulate in october by saudi government agents. will be talking about that case, recent new development from friday related to it and its a vocation for bob-broader press freedom. i thought it would be good idea if we got the history about this underlying body of evolving human rights law that is enable public scrutiny around the khashoggi case and congressional involvement that would likely otherwise be not occurring. so, congressman, one of the reason i was keen to have you on this panel was because of your unique history as bot

or download the software so all of the guidance that we've provided for example the committee to protect journalists as provided to journalists about you know their digital security avoiding. and all of that is of limited utility if this is a push versus a poll scenario and also you put all your contacts out there because to a journalist says it's really easy right get i am concerned again as a journalist who worked in the emirates i got fired for an article i wrote and had to leave the country i now work in press freedom advocacy so i think everyone is you know in this realm is concerned and especially after we see reports again that this is just the latest escalation in technology and how it's being used against journalists in the reports that perhaps she had pegasus on his phone so we need to deal with this now not wait cooney thank you so much for coming in this is a story that will continue to follow and now we move on to egypt way to taman to human rights lawyer to campaign his heart a name. and i'm not going. well i don't know. and. i knew i was. well and i'm going to. be. so with us on our s

committee to protect journalism. just as a background just as the background was systematically track all of the killings of journalists and it's important to contextualize the murder of train for and the response and the lack of response in a broader background in which we have seen record numbers of journalists killed for the past several years. last year there were 53 journalists killed and 34 of those are murdered representing an 88% rise in the number of journalists murdered for their work. it's really important we look at the response to what happened to jamal khashoggi, who again was murdered in the saudi embassy in istanbul, which means that it also brokered international diplomatic norms about safety and consulates and from the very outset we saw that saudi arabia did not speak truthfully. they lied about what has happened and it has happened for a period of months. so, we saw pretty quickly after the initial deterrence turned in reports about the murder of the gruesome details about what happened came out, and that congress stood up and said okay we have this tool, the magnitsky act. we are going to trigger a

committees with a specific political agenda. they should be treated as such. the first amendment protections that we see traditional outlets have, they should not be privy to those. no journalistic entity would do that, they're not going to blackmail somebody, put it in writing, and go after the world's richest human being. this is something congress needs to look at, was there a nexus, communication between the trump administration, the trump white house, and ami as this bezos story unfolded. trump has tweeted repeatedly many, many attacks against bezos. and he's revelled in any type of controversy he's come under like the clip where he says it's going to be beautiful. did he have any inside information? was he asking his good buddy, his good friend to go after one of his political enemies? and if so, the american people deserve to know that, and congress should investigate it. >> let's go to david kidd johnson on that. we know about the relationship, we know where the catch-and-kill agreements to either put out -- to bury stories about potential sexual affairs by donald trump and also that there were negative stories, nasty stories about his political enemies published in the