we start with senator fischer.o you support allowing special counselor robert mueller to finish the investigation into president donald trump? deb fischer: of course. the american people want the results of the investigation. we need transparency and we need to see what is going on. people are getting frustrated because we have not seen too much news on it. we want to make sure it is a thorough investigation and we want to see results. the senate intelligence committee is also conducting an investigation into russian interference with the elections and i am waiting, along with my colleagues, to see what comes in that investigation. some congressional democrats are calling for president donald trump to be impeached because of the collusion allegations. do you think there are grounds to impeach the president at this point? that is part of the problem in washington, where we see democrats and republicans rushing to state a position without knowing all of the actual facts surrounding the investigation. it is critically

fischer: thank you very much.e have together but the democrats pullout of the plan when it was time to come to the floor and vote on it. that would have cut health care costs by 40%. that did not happen. yes, we need to look at the plans out there and take care of people with pre-existing conditions. when we did this through transparency, flexibility, and through competitive pricing and competitive health care plans, we will see the premiums come down. we have seen it this year because we repealed the individual mandate which hurt those families that make $50,000 or less who were hurt by that mandate. councilwoman raybould: because she disparaged the democratic plan and proposal, that is washington speak for a senator who says i can be bought by accepting $120,000 from health-care special interest groups who told her how to vote. senator fischer, that is corruption, plain and simple. you are to be ashamed, and you should give that money back. senator fischer, last word before we go to immigration. sen. fischer: we

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fischer. mr. fischer: senator, good morning. thank you so much, senator, thank you. as always, jennifer is there helping me turn the button on. if i may, with the fischer family, are you all here? everybody here? ok. presiding member young, ranking member merkley, and distinguished members of the committee, i am honored to appear before you today as president donald j. trump's nominee to serve as the ambassador to the kingdom of morocco. first, i would like to express my profound thanks to the president and the secretary of state for the confidence they have placed in me and the opportunity to represent our country. presiding member young, i know that you and the members of this committee have a profound dedication to serving the american people and representing american interests around the globe. the opportunity with your consent and approval to work with you and your colleagues, the secretary of state pompeo, and the devoted members of this committee on behalf of the president is both humbling and invigorating. i am strengthened every day by the love and support o

has yet been sick for his trial alan fischer i'll just you know the white house. earlier turkish president recep tayyip erdogan said diplomatic ties will be tarnished by what he called washington's threatening action and language. these threatening remarks against us will not benefit anyone we showed the best solidarity with the united states in nato we have acted together with them in korea together we put up many fights such a threat against turkey a country that still fights together with the united states side by side and shows topknot solidarity in nato is not fitting for them and excuse us but we do not give credit for such threatening language moreover pearson's a former us ambassador to turkey he says the sanctions a bun to affect other aspects of turkey u.s. relations in the future. i think at the moment it's an argument over the kind of relationship that turkey in the us are going to have going forward there are three other us employees of the our embassies in turkey and consulates who have been arrested and imprisoned for some time mr bronson was arrest

sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti we're just stacy is a former state department official who served in the obama administration he says the increasing number of civilian deaths has forced the u.s. to turn down its support for the saudi led coalition. well it shouldn't be surprised that at this point in the conflict of the u.k. and the u.s. are beginning to have some serious concerns that they're actually airing publicly in a slightly new way of course speaking privately to the saudis and the iraqis for some time these concerns have been expressed of course these are strong allies in the gulf and in the west with each other and across these regions and they have been for years and of course the u.k. and the u.s. support their intelligence logistics weapons and things have been in place for some time but what the u.s. and the u.k. can no longer continue to support is the ongoing toll.

fischer and ambassador miller, mr. rosenblum, mr. tom, ambassador yamamoto, for being here today and for being willing to serve in critical posts for our nation around the world. i have seen the work agencies have performed, the food and agricultural sectors during my congressional delegations abroad. i'm glad to see a nominee for ambassador for these vital institutions. and i'm pleased to see on this panel civil servants who have come to their positions with years of experience. ambassador miller, saturday will mark one-year anniversary the start of the brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the burmese military against roguea which is relevant to your position because of the 700,000 refugees that have fled the violence in burma to neighboring bangladesh. i look forward to hearing from you how the united states can assist bangladesh in addressing this very, very challenging situation. and i'm also pleased ambassador yamamoto's nomination is moving forward. i visited somalia in march of this year and know the challenges tha

and thank you very much alan fischer and as alan says that demonstration due to meet at lafayette square very soon will be monitoring that situation for you thank you alan . polling station worker has been killed in an attack by an armed group in northern mali this as millions vote in a presidential runoff likely to return incumbent abraham go back to power on the first round of voting in july was marred by violence three election workers killed and voting materials destroyed opposition leaders so my life who won nearly eighteen percent in the first round alleges voting fraud mom at valhalla more from the capital bamako. the final hours of sunday have seen a little better turnout here in this holding center where i'm standing in marco in comparison to earlier in the day and also to what we saw on july twenty ninth body has a bad history of turnouts and this one is not different apparently the opposition has been largely demoralized by the results that many of the opposition leaders got in the first round and many of them have refused to stand behind. the c.c. who is now running against t

senator fischer. senator fischer: thank you for being here today. many of my colleagues have already discussed this issue but i would like to also visit with you about small refinery exemptions. as you know, the law allows refineries that produce 75,000 barrels or less per day to seek an exemption from the rfs. for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship. the epa in consolation with the department of energy must consider the findings from a 2011 doe study and quote other economic factors. this disproportionate economic hardship is the critical factor in determining whether small refineries are awarded an exemption. how is that calculated? that is what is of great interest to small refineries because it could decide whether they have to comply with the rfs or whether they get a free pass. my constituents in nebraska and others for whom the rfs is a very important item would be interested in how you interpret that process. for the purposes of making sure the law is being upheld and for congress to understand how you calculate disproportionate

sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti. were just stacey's a former state department official who served in the obama administration he says the increasing number of civilian deaths has forced the u.s. to turn down its support for the saudi led coalition. well it shouldn't be surprised that at this point in the conflict both the u.k. and the u.s. are beginning to have some serious concerns that they're actually airing publicly in a slightly new way of course speaking privately to the saudis and the iraqis for some time these concerns have been expressed course these are strong allies in the gulf and in the west with each other and across these regions and they have been for years and of course the u.k. and the u.s. support their intelligence logistics weapons and things have been in place for some time but what the u.s. and the u.k. can no longer continue to support is the ongoing full of civilian deaths and human rights violations which of course is happening on both sides but i think what we're hearing from secretary madn

at least twenty two children and young men struck a camp for displaced people in their data alan fischer reports from neighboring djibouti. civilians again the think tim's after saudi led coalition is strike in yemen. really interact with the fighters say at least thirty one people including women and children have died in an attack on their vehicles in the western province of although some sources say the number of dead is lower. dead children and women are disgusting crime. victims were trying to escape a camp in which the coolish and ses was being used to launch missiles. they hit this was we were on the road. this little boy survived but it's just two weeks since another thirty coalition air strike hit a school bus that killed forty children and eleven adults in what surrey arabia declared to be an appropriate military action it was promised to investigate. as more themes prepare to weep over their children's graves the charity save the children estimates an average of one hundred forty children have been killed every day since the beginning of the circulate coalition strikes against

but this is donald trump's white house if you want something to happen then it could and soon alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. all right so let's go and bring in our panel joining us in washington d.c. hillary mann leverett former white house. house and state department official with responsibility for iran in tehran. a professor of world studies at the university of tehran and in geneva john mark rickly the head of global risk at the geneva center for security policy welcome to you all hillary i want to start with you so here is yet another shift in tone from donald trump earlier this month he threatens iran now he's saying that he's willing to meet with iranian president hassan rouhani with no conditions is there some kind of strategy here or is this a spontaneous statement. well it's hard to say for sure with president trump and in particular the wild swings in rhetoric make it more difficult but i think a sober analysis of it trumps moves and what he's done on the world stage and who he actually speaks to and from what we understand listens to in washington i think there is

let's go live now to alan fischer who's near the white house at lafayette square allan tell us about what's happening there. well you can see the police are just moving in behind me here that's essentially the step that they will take before they start opening up the roads here the roads here being closed for the last few hours across in the park farragut park which can see right next to the white house just on the other side of the park pennsylvania avenue splits the park from the white house there's still a few hundred protesters but certainly the heavy rain that you can see year and the thunderstorm that we had an hour or so ago certainly took the numbers down not only that but the fact that the number of so-called all right white supremacists who turned up for this event remember they were given a pair met for up to four hundred no more than a couple of dozen actually turned up here so there were thousands and thousands of people here to confront them to drown them out the blood them when they had people speak so the chances of anyone hearing anything at the other rally on the ot

silence on the attack two weeks ago and this most recent attack is nothing short of shameful alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti human rights watch has criticized the saudi led panel investigating alleged war crimes in the amman the group looked into the panels work over the last two years and it found the investigations lacks credibility transparency and independence most of the time the coalition concluded it acted lawfully or made a mistake or did not carry out a report to the sack and investigators failed to provide redress to civilian victims. christine bakaly is a yemen research or a human rights watch she says the coalition members of failed in their legal obligation to investigate alleged war crimes. and i think perhaps more damning is it paints a very different picture than the one we see on the ground that the one yemeni groups are reporting on human rights watch amnesty and others are reporting on in terms of the absolute devastation that coalition airstrikes continue to cause and the many coalition air strikes that appear to not only violate the walls laws of war but the potentia

veteran will fischer says his organization, votevets, didn't always see eye-to-eye with senator john other issues.what the future of the va looked like we had some disagreement in some of these areasbut despite those differences, fischer says mccain was always respectful and worked to improve services and programs for america's veterans and active duty military.senator mccain was a former navy pilot and prisoner of war--who was himself tortured as a pow in north vietnam. because of that background, fischer says mccain was not afraid to take on his own party on controversial issues like waterboarding and other so- called enhanced interrogation tactics. fischer: in terms of being opposed to torture because it runs so counter to the ideals of human solidarity flags on capitol hill are now at half staff in honor of senator mccain.earlier this year congress passed and the president signed the john mccain 2019 national defense authorization act the bill was named in mccain's honor by his colleagues in the senate... one of them...democratic senator tim kaine said in a statement:" john has u

doing all they can to deal with anyone trying to influence voters or attack alexion software alan fischer reports from washington but in two thousand and sixty they're known as the big beasts of intelligence gathering and law enforcement in the u.s. in an unsettled appearance they arrived in the white house press briefing room to insist they were better prepared to combat foreign interference in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections the president has specifically directed us to make the matter of the election meddling and securing our election process a top priority just days ago facebook revealed it had removed fake profiles and pages from its platform and instagram which it also owns the head of the f.b.i. says this shows greater partnership we're sharing with them actionable intelligence in a way that wasn't happening before we understand better what they need they're sharing information back with us based on. they find this white house is particularly sensitive to reports of foreign interference given the ongoing investigation into alleged russian collusion with the trunk campaign befor

let's go live now talk osp on it alan fischer he's joining us from the counter demonstration in washington d.c. and most if not all of the action actually happening way you've been out. exactly and if you look at the park behind me with the white house just over pennsylvania avenue you can see the most people have no actually gone home the heavy rain that we've seen over the last couple of hours played a part in the there was a thunderstorm but also what played a part was the fact that there were thousands and thousands of anti right wing protesters here gathered in the square to make sure that their voices were heard that the drone doat right the white supremacists would go a permit to protest up till eight o'clock but left after probably no more than a noble joining me know life here is an eye on who is one of the organizers with b. y. p. one hundred and i would you consider this a victory for you the fact that there were so few white supremacists who turned up probably no more than a couple of dozen and didn't stay that long yes yes i think that it was a victory not because there was so

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about the thousands of internally displaced people in yemen the festival isn't a time to cheer alan fischer reports from neighboring. there's no place for celebration here this is a time for survival and little more. for thousands of families who escape the fighting who data you know stay in an old school block in sanaa it's somewhere to live. but not a place anyone would call home. eat used to be more joyful is used to celebrate the occasion with our families relatives and friends on the contrary it here in the camp is filled with sorrow and grief as we are leaving the tragedy of being away from home and our loved ones however we thank god for what we have for many here a moment of joy when a smile breaks across the face is a stone moment. a chance to forget the reality of where they are and what they are each of us in the past we used to celebrate aid with family and friends today we feel like we're being imprisoned in this camp we cannot go out or have fun we used to visit our relatives and friends joining used to go to the beach or the park but here there's nothing at all. most of the f

has yet been set for his trial alan fischer i'll just you know at the white house . well earlier turkish president of egypt to once said diplomatic ties would be tarnished by what he called washington's threatening action and language and it is . these threatening remarks against us will not benefit anyone we should the best solidarity with the united states and nato we have acted together with them in korea together we put up many fights such a threat against turkey a country that still fights together with the united states side by side and shows topknot solidarity in nato is not fitting for them and excuse us but we do not give credit for such threatening language or robot pearson's a former us ambassador to turkey he's joining us now from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for your time sir just give us some context first of all would you is this an argument over the u.s. posture or are the wider issues at stake here i think at the moment it's an argument over the kind of relationship that turkey in the us are going to have going forward there are three o

parties are also accused of recruiting children forced disappearances and arbitrary detentions alan fischer has more from neighboring djibouti none of clean. a u.n. panel three experts investigating and a damning conclusion individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction proportionality and all precautions which may amount to walk crimes. the u.n. top human rights body commission the investigation into the ongoing fighting in yemen of war that has lasted almost four years the panel of experts meet fourteen fact finding missions spoke to victims and eyewitnesses and express concern about the targeting of civilians the use of child soldiers and the use of sexual abuse as a weapon which was described as horrendous. conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifty or using them to participate actively in a still it is is a war crime. the panel called for an end to the fighting and without naming names or to the international community to stop providing w

alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti. changes in coal mining technology could be behind the rise in black lung disease cases in developed nations including the us it's now being diagnosed in many younger miners as dion easterbrook reports last time that you remember that your breathing was perfectly normal that your lungs were fine seventy year old chris byron recently traveled halfway around the world from australia to chicago to find out how far his black lung disease has progressed to heart. he was diagnosed two years ago after forty years of mining i kept getting my new. lady of the lungs from the two thousand. and four. byron was among a half dozen australian coal miners undergoing testing at this black lung clinic at the university of illinois and northwestern hospitals. long term exposure to coal dust causes the disease the respiratory illness began declining in the u.s. in the one nine hundred seventy s. and was thought to be eradicated in australia decades ago because of better regulations but both countries have

alan fischer al jazeera washington. all the news of course on our website there it is on the screen the address al-jazeera dot com. a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the first wave of u.s. sanctions on iran will come into force in a few hours it's now ninety days since president donald trump formally was through the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal iran's president is accused washington of waging psychological warfare that's cassy chasm of our kind of heart it showed him that the person who was abandoned because the asians his trump and his government and he is doing something which is against the iranian people against the interests of iran if there was honesty iran would come to negotiation what. the u.s. sanction is contradict any intention to negotiate on a minute how can he be honest about wanting to negotiate if you but. action was against children and sick people in. saudi arabia state airline is suspending flights to and from toronto in an intensifying diplomatic row with canada on sunday riyadh f

satellites and spacecraft from attack alan fischer reports from washington d.c. .trump has been pushing for the creation of a new branch of the military for months he talks about it often that is wrongly we may even have a space force his vice president says donald trump's vision will become a reality while too often. previous administrations all but neglected the growing security threats emerging in space president trump stated clearly and forcefully that space is in his words a war fighting domain just like land and air and sea the new force will be used to protect u.s. satellites in space which provide vital services like communication it can also protect spy satellites which direct military operations and there is the growing commercial space market too it's not a new idea in one thousand nine hundred three president ronald reagan called for a space based missile defense system just a year after congress demanded the establishment of a new space force the defense system dubbed star wars by critics never got beyond the research phase the u.s. already has a space

that's another battle alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti. aid agencies in india say it could be days before the full extent of flood damage in the state of carol is known there's been no rain for the last three days but the vast areas of the tropical region remain under water many people still don't have drinking water or electricity and thomas has this update. and team has moved away from where the worst of the flooding is in kerala so i'm not suggesting by any stretch that all of the water level has dropped to this sort of level nevertheless it has been sunny across the state on wednesday and that means that water levels are dropping that's good news of course but it does mean that pull out of water like best are being left behind this is getting pretty stagnant it's smelly it's the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes and that's a big concern because mosquitoes of course carry diseases now the relief efforts continue they're not yet into a reconstruction phase they're all about getting food and water and other things like that is essent

sponsored peace talks starting on september the sixth alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti just stacy isthe former state department official who served in the barbara ministration and he says think creasing number of civilian deaths in yemen has forced the u.s. to tone down its support for the saudi and the rotty led coalition. well it shouldn't be surprised that at this point in the conflict both the u.k. and the u.s. are beginning to have some serious concerns that they're actually airing publicly in a slightly new way of course speaking privately to the saudis and the iraqis for some time these concerns have been expressed course these are strong allies in the gulf and in the west's and with each other and across these regions and they have been for years and of course the u.k. and the u.s. support their intelligence logistics weapons and things have been in place for some time but what the u.s. and the u.k. can no longer continue to support is the ongoing toll of civilian deaths and human rights violations which of course is happening on both sides but i think what we're hearing both

bomb island in the province the coalition reckons the boats were being used to smuggle weapons alan fischer is in neighboring djibouti sent us this update. as ever with breaking news coming out of yemen the picture is slightly confused what we were told initially was that seventy pressure men were missing after the coalition targeted three ships near this island that has no been revised media reporting that nineteen pressure men are missing presumed dead although no one can get to the area of what exactly what has happened certainly the saudis are saying that they targeted three boats that they believe were carrying weapons to the no that comes just twenty four hours after the u.s. stopped a ship which they say was carrying one thousand seven rifles again heading towards there who think but it's not clear at this point if the coalition tried to stop these vessels all they just simply attack there are those who would suggest that these were simply fishermen going about their mission but certainly it shows the concern that fisherman along the red sea have they believe they're being targeted b

parties are also accused of recruiting children forced disappearances an arbitrary detentions alan fischer has more from neighboring djibouti. none have clean hands a un panel three experts investigating and a damning conclusion individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction proportionality and all precautions which may amount to walk crimes. the u.n. top human rights body commission the investigation into the ongoing fighting in yemen of war that has lasted almost four years the panel of experts meet fourteen fact finding missions spoke to victims and eyewitnesses and express concern about the targeting of civilians the use of child soldiers and the use of sexual abuse as a weapon which was described as horrendous. conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifty or using them to participate actively in the last of that is is a war crime. the panel called for an end to the fighting and without naming names or does the international community to st

alan fischer. debility. in other world news canada has rejoin talks with the u.s. to try to salvage the north america free trade agreement or a new version of the patent canada is under pressure after u.s. president donald trump announced on monday he'd reached a deal with mexico that could replace nafta all three countries have been working on a new agreement since last august but mexico and the u.s. recently began negotiating on their own now the north american free trade agreement or now after i came into force in one nine hundred ninety four the trillion dollar dealings half a billion people in canada the u.s. and mexico three countries agreed to remove trade barriers between them along with tariffs is the world's largest trade bloc the member economies generates around twenty one trillion dollars in gross domestic product every year nafta has increased competition against other large economic powerhouses like china and the european union it's lowered the price of many goods and improves diplomatic relations between member countries but it did lead to the loss

that's another battle alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti. a massive cleanup is underway in southern india's carolla province after the worst floods in a century more than a million people are living in camps with aid workers warning of more damage even as floodwaters are receding andrew thomas has more from kuala. india's government has been offered more than a hundred million dollars by other governments towards the relief effort predominantly those in the middle east where a lot of people from terror work but according to a report in the times of india india's government is going to essentially say thanks but no thanks india can stand on its own two feet the relief effort is really going at full speed now one hundred million people still in refugee camps and they are being targeted for with food water medicine as we've seen all of that but some people are choosing to leave the evacuation camps and beginning to head home. we've met daniel thomas in an evacuation camp fisherman rescued him from his home on friday now he wanted to go back but

ok for more details on this being cross over live to alan fischer and washington so alan can you give us a little context as to what's happening. well things between the united states and turkey haven't been good for a while if you go back to even the coup in twenty sixteen turkey accuses the united states of harboring the man who they believe was behind all and refusing repeated requests to extradite him if you just go back a week ago then the united states took action against turkey because of the continued detention of an evangelical pastor by the name of andrew bronson he's being held at his home and is mere now if you're the touch you see that he was a key figure who helped for men the twenty sixteen if you're the united states you see he was an evangelical pastor who spoke to many people in his community many people who were interested in this church and did absolutely nothing wrong there was a visit by a turkish delegation to washington just this week and they went to the state department and the treasury department to see if there was some way they could get over this issue of

silence on the attack two weeks ago and this most recent attack is nothing short of shameful alan fischer al jazeera djibouti. saudi arabia is reportedly reportedly looking to borrow money from international banks to help stabilize its economy according to the financial times riyadh is seeking eleven billion dollars in loans the decision comes after plans to listed state oil company around co in the stock market were delayed crown prince mohammed bin solomon has been looking to use new revenue to launch economic reforms including investing in high tech companies like over and tesla for m. co is thought to be the world's largest oil company but a drop in oil prices and the war and yemen have affected saudis economy. senator and chief of international interest a current affairs website he says saudi arabia's political and economic situation has changed since the i.p.o. was announced. i think what we have to remember first and foremost is the context to which the idea was originally announced it was technically designed to build confidence to show the world that nothing is off limits that si

alan fischer al-jazeera washington. more news no shutting on the web site al-jazeera dot com you can also follow us on twitter and facebook as well we will update the headlines for you in a couple of seconds from now. welcome if you just joining us he said i'll be here in doha this hour these are the headlines new u.s. sanctions on iran have come into force exactly three months after washington pulled out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal this first round targets the iranian car industry food production and competent sports and unlikely to further weaken its currency the real but the e.u. which is also part of the twenty fifteen deal has called on its companies to increase trade with iran. we are encouraging small and medium enterprises and particular to increase business with in iran. as part of something that for us is a security priority i want to make this very clear because we're talking about trade and economic relations with iran because this is part integral part of the nuclear deal in indonesia rescue workers ar

parties are also accused of recruiting children forces appearances and arbitrary detentions alan fischer has more from neighboring djibouti. none have clean hands a un panel three experts investigating and a damning conclusion individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction proportionality and all precautions which may amount to walk crimes. the un top human rights body commission the investigation into the ongoing fighting in yemen of war that has lasted almost four years the panel of experts made fourteen fact finding missions spoke to victims and eyewitnesses express concern about the targeting of civilians the use of child soldiers and the use of sexual abuse as a weapon which was described as horrendous. conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifty or using them to participate actively in the midst of that is is a war crime. the panel called for an end to the fighting and without naming names or to the international community to stop prov

alan fischer. djibouti what jeff stacy is a former state department official who served in the obama administration he says the increasing number of civilian deaths must force the u.s. to tone down its support for the saudi that coalition well it shouldn't be surprised that at this point in the conflict both the u.k. and the u.s. are beginning to have some serious concerns that they're actually very publicly in a slightly new way of course speaking privately to the saudis and the iraqis for some time these concerns have been expressed or so these are strong allies in the gulf and in the west with each other and cross these regions and they have been for years and of course the u.k. and the u.s. support their intelligence logistics weapons and things have been in place for some time but what the u.s. and the u.k. can no longer continue to support is the ongoing full of civilian deaths and human rights violations which of course is happening on both sides but i think what we're hearing both from secr

include and the billion dollar funding request for their new space force in the next budget alan fischer al-jazeera washington. let's now get the thoughts of our guests joining us in lubbock texas via skype oliver mcgee an advisor to donald trump and former u.s. deputy assistant secretary for transportation in beijing in our tangan a china political analyst and sidney morris jones a space analyst and author of when men walked on the moon a warm welcome to all of you all over again let me start with you i mean it does sound like something out of a. star wars so why did they actually is a space force and then what is it different from the current space command. well this isn't time for us to move from reagan star wars which was really about ending the cold war two trumps spaceports which is about ensuring global peace world peace. the space. force is really like you said in your opening segment the six military agency and it's very important for securing space it's about navigation we're talking it says and. communications and this is all about trying to make sure that we don't have. poor

in in november and that would leave the iran nuclear deal a shelf and struggling to survive alan fischer al-jazeera washington asked farhad on al-jazeera and quoting tense times in the democratic republic of congo with people waiting to see who will run for president and the next because a new president is proposing to deal with being a tory astride gangs. welcome back as we look at weather conditions across southeastern parts of asia you see this massive cloud extending from southern parts of vietnam across the philippines and northern parts of borneo again some very large rainfall totals being reported here the forecast suggests very wet weather all the way across thailand through cambodia into southern parts of vietnam and northern parts of the philippines so again it could be a very wet one in manila says much of borneo actually should be much better during the course of choose day charge for bali through towards long but weather conditions here eyes she looking so moving through towards wednesday not to much change so dry conditions in the south of the region so move out through the

saudi funded projects in the middle of the civil war people are skeptical of riyadh smooths as alan fischer reports from neighboring puti. the land lies beer and empty but initial work had clearly begun to turn key states in the government into a soda military b s four places have been identified across southeast yemen the local authorities give the go ahead and local stone don't two weeks later be shut down construction the see it as provocation. then admission are going to be handed to lay the presence of these massive forces in so card. can't be understood nor justified either here or there early this month yemen's president and dr newman seward hadley announced eight new infrastructure projects an armada funded by the saudi government but social media in yemen has suggested as well as a hospital in a new power plant the saudis want to expand and control the local port to handle oil exports and that would be protected by saudi soldiers beast in newly built camps locals have already protested about the growing presence of sodium in iraqi forces in the area staging protests demanding their

in in november and that would leave the iran nuclear deal a shelf and struggling to survive alan fischer al-jazeera washington and already in place have to tame the deputy chief of the central bank arrive she was arrested for several others as part of a crackdown on financial fried famous probably has more from tehran. the detention of ahmed iraq iran central bank's top official in charge of foreign exchange comes just twenty four hours after he was fired and replaced now less than two weeks ago the head of the central bank was fired and replaced and all this comes on the eve of u.s. sanctions going back into effect against iran also foreign minister jobs reef is expected to address parliamentarians in the morning about the country's foreign policy matters specifically about u.s. sanctions and later that day president hassan rouhani is expected to make a televised address to the nation this government no doubt wants to be seen to be doing something about the allegations the perception of corruption amongst top officials and especially in light of the fact that the result has fallen so dr

has yet been set for his trial alan fischer i'll just you know at the white house. well before the sanctions were imposed his present recipe are the ones the diplomatic toys with the u.s. had already been tarnished and it was. these threatening remarks against us will not benefit anyone we should the best solidarity with the united states and nato we have acted together with them in korea together we put up many fights such a threat against turkey a country that still fights together with the united states side by side and shows topknot solidarity in nato is not fitting for them and excuse us but we do not give credit for such threatening language. the u.s. is planning even higher tyrus on chinese imports raising them from ten percent to twenty five the move will target two hundred billion dollars worth of goods one high profile casualty of the trade battle is soybeans which are a crucial part of the chinese diet china correspondent adrian brown has more on what that means for farmers in heilongjiang province farmland is precious in china only fifteen percent of the