and in cities right across europe asia and australia live doubts who were on suicide estabrook who is in washington d.c. so what are we expecting to happen that day diane. what we're seeing a lot of people many more people pouring into pennsylvania avenue just in front of the capitol we just saw somebody walk by with a sign from alaska we talked this morning to some students from new york north carolina of virginia maryland who all say the same thing that they want their lives and their safety to become a priority now this event's going to be kicking off in a couple of hours we're going to hear speakers that are students from across the united states most notably from marjorie stoneman douglas high school where that shooting took place about a month ago that killed seventeen people will be hearing from those students who organized this event and we're also going to be hearing from a student from right here in washington whose brother was the victim of gun violence who died a year ago we're also going to be hearing from performers entertainers who speak to this generation common is goi

threats came just weeks of this she had agreed to sell details of her affair to a magazine diana estabrook has and will i realize exactly what i'd gotten myself into. harry go in a highly publicized television interview that aired sunday night adult film star stormy daniels detailed an alleged sexual encounter with president donald trump more than a decade ago daniels whose real name is stephanie clifford is suing the president to avoid a non-disclosure agreement she signed for one hundred thirty thousand dollars days before the election you thought that there would be some sort of legal repercussions if you didn't sign back as a matter of fact exact sentence use was they can make your life hell and many different ways the daniels lawsuit and two others filed by women in the past week are the latest distraction for a white house mired in a special investigation about possible collusion with russia former playboy model karen mcdougal is suing to be released from an agreement she says requires her to keep quiet about an alleged affair she had with trump a decade ago and a new york supreme co

trade and immigration are particularly welcome in rural communities across america but as diane estabrook reports from bairds town in illinois immigration has helped tons to thrive particularly in the midwest. on the banks of the illinois river quiet beardstown illinois is getting a second wind diners flock to la familia bakery for lunch. workers at amigos tire busy themselves rebuilding a car engine and su casa grocer rafael trujillo welcomes a beer delivery. though diverse these businesses all have one thing in common their own by immigrants. a lot better than mexico. for roughly one hundred seventy five years beardstown was an all white community but its racial composition started changing three decades ago when immigrants started working at this port processing plant after many local workers quit in a dispute over wages today forty percent of beardstown residents are hispanic or black they've helped the town maintain its population and are propping up the economy realtor buffy tillett says immigrants account for more than half of the homes bought and sold in beardstown they'll buy a h

tighten gun control and tighten gun laws very interesting diane thank you very much for that is on estabrook joining us live from washington d.c. thank you. now the european commission's president has threatened to impose tariffs duties on some of america's most well known products like harley davidsons bourbon and levi's jeans it's in response to u.s. plans to put a twenty five percent tariff on steel imports a growing list of steel producing countries are considering vitaly tree steps. one of the big issues at the heart of trade friction between the u.s. and china right now is alleged copyright theft chinese firms along going to accuse to these crimes but now they're fighting back in u.s. courts and winning china correspondent adrian brown reports. just over a decade ago this electrical components firm in eastern china faced an uncertain future it was being sued in a u.s. court over intellectual property rights the chinese company for the action eventually able to prove that the plugs and other devices manufactured here were not copies the case lasted seven years chen whooshing the company

will than estabrook is amongst the marches in washington d.c. hi there diana what have people been telling you today and how would you sum up the atmosphere well as you can see around me the crowds are starting to disperse but just a few hours ago the streets were teeming with hundreds of thousands of marchers and it was a very energetic it felt to me a little bit or a lot like i guess i would say the women's march in twenty seventeen although i don't know that the numbers were that big and we talked to people from all over the u.s. there was a family here from as far away as alaska north carolina i even talked to a family from ontario canada who had driven eleven hours to come to washington to stand in solidarity with these marchers we're lot from students teenagers and their parents who talked about the fears they have of becoming the victims of gun violence. sometimes that worried that something back like that like that a person like ben might break into my school or even my house it's a shame that you know we send off we send us kids off to

al-jazeera as diana estabrook is there for us so that what are we expecting to happen today. will it rain right now we're seeing many of these tens of thousands of marchers who were going to be here today assembling if you can see behind me on pennsylvania avenue between the capitol and the white house so what we're going to be seeing today is speeches many speeches from teenagers from around. the country many of whom were students at marjorie stoneman douglas high school where that shooting took place in park one word about a month ago they'll be speaking up but we're also going to be hearing from teens who live in other communities where there has also been gun violence in fact a student here right from right here in washington d.c. whose brother was killed a year ago we're also going to be hearing from entertainers who speak to this generation. common will be performing ariana grande day demi lovato miley cyrus so the event the main march is going to be kicking off in about three hours around noon washington d.c. time and this is really an amazing gathering and really thin

robert muller's original focus was on contacts between donald trump's campaign and russia diane estabrook has more on the story. so it appears that robert muller's investigation is not just now focused on russia and whether or not it influenced the campaign and the election of two thousand and sixteen and potentially the white house but whether other countries might be trying to buy access to the trumpet ministration as well and that brings us to this lebanese american businessman george nader and gerard cushion or nader is this advisor to the u.a.e. he's been a frequent visitor to the white house and has in fact met with jared cushion or which is raising some eyebrows this past week it's cushion or was stripped of his top secret security clearance as an investigation into his background continues and one of the things that's raising a red flag is question or spam lee's extensive business ties around the globe and whether or not he is susceptible to influence by outsiders like a george nader and in fact on one of the sunday talk shows a senator mentioned that he's very concerned about a g

but it certainly doesn't look that way now it looks like it could go on for several more months in estabrook with the latest from washington dan thank you. the months of political uncertainty have ended in germany the social democrats vote as a coalition giving angle a miracle a fourth term as chancellor. welcome back we'll start by look at weather conditions across australia and for many days now we've had this line of cloud gives some really severe storms across parts of queens an exceptional rainfall falling here still the risk of some flooding the great changes expected showers across the top and generally darwin the scene wanted to downpours across western australia snowy looking fine is looking pretty hot there with person temperature of thirty six degrees celsius actually warmer than alice springs was a move of forecaster in to choose day thirty seven is the max from here we mow across southeastern areas temperatures which you'd expect into the mid twenty's for melbourne and for sydney so across into new zealand seen a few showers effect on the western side of both north and south isl

trump and says the current political climate has made it impossible to find new investors diane estabrook reports. after millions marched across the u.s. for tougher gun laws new york based remington outdoor company filed for chapter eleven bankruptcy protection remington is one of america's oldest gun manufacturers it built its first rifle in eight hundred sixteen and both on its website of building america but the two hundred year old gun company which makes weapons for hunting military and law enforcement says it's burdened by more than six hundred million dollars of debt the eight air assault on your second amendment freedoms has come to a crashing and remington blames some of its money trouble on the election of donald trump anticipating hillary clinton would win the white house and push for tougher gun laws remington and other gun makers ramped up production expecting gun enthusiasts would stock up on firearms but that didn't happen with trump in the white house the day after trump was elected the stocks of these gun manufacturers actually took a big hit in the days following his el

remington is the second american gun manufacturer to file for bankruptcy in the past few years dion estabrook al-jazeera still ahead on the al-jazeera hour sloane stephens stuns her spaniard opponent in miami about stories coming up in sports. well again pakistan's government is taking steps to avoid a devastating environmental crisis two hundred million people there may run out of water within the next decades so leaders are being urged to build more reservoirs and improve an extensive network of irrigation canals built more than one hundred years ago come on hydro has more from. where farmers say their livelihoods are at risk. it's another big. strike made on the outskirts of shell grain is laid out in the shandra drive devoted to shameful cleaning and polishing write. downs of major foreign exchange. but all that may change because of water shortage gauge the production of cash crops such as right then we are in danger the rice reloader who goes to a farm all fears for their future let me out of our young man up on the gulf water is very crucial to both technical and domestic use but that

are suits that could be prolonged and continued to be a distraction for months if not years diane estabrook reporting that joe watkins is a republican political strategist and for me an aide to president george bush she joins us from philadelphia joe watkins welcome to news and clearly we don't need to know who did what to whom with a copy of fortune magazine not interested what is pertinent is why an american lawyer spontaneously gave a former porn star one hundred thirty thousand us two weeks before the election. well that doesn't course sound right to most people watching and i think mr cohen is probably going to have some challenges going here is certainly he has one big challenge already which is that the group common cause is file the complaint with the federal election commission and also with the justice department about that one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment saying that it amounts basically to an income and campaign contribution and of course that's in excess of the the allowable amounts and so i think that that's going to be a charge it will likely stick and. they'll cau

betfair a bit more of the voices who have been out in those marches going through the streets dion estabrook is that and she's been talking to some of. a lot of the people who have turned out today to march at this rally are teachers who are concerned about what is happening in their schools they're concerned about possible shootings that could affect their see. tunes and potential shootings within their communities and one of the teachers that's come out today is kim fitzgerald lennon she is a teacher in virginia what's your concern as you walk into the school every day you know i'm a teacher at twenty eight years a veteran teacher and my main concern when i walk into school is educating students and i want that to remain our main concern is having kids come to school and feel safe and be safe and to learn and increasingly here in our society that our focus is on our kids' safety and of course you know i'm concerned with that but i don't want that to become our main concern and i think that we need to do something here in this country that will curtail the violence that we're seeing in our

more months and this is going to continue to be as a distraction for the trump white house they end estabrook with the laces from washington d.c. fan thank you. germany's social democrats have voted to approve their party going into another coalition giving the conservative chancellor angela merkel a forced term in office it brings an end to months of political uncertainty but many in the party i'm happy to be propping up another merkel government from berlin dominic cain explains. for much of the past six months since the federal election failed to find a clear winner the social democrats have appeared divided stuck between the ideological desire to oppose angle america and the pragmatic need for germany to have a stable government on sunday the party's grass roots had their say it. will not annoying on the eyes it's thousand two hundred thirty nine thousand six hundred four is speedy now it's worth one hundred twenty three thousand three hundred twenty nine in speedy members voted no this represents a two thirds vote and one third of those. this was a decision of the head not the heart many