helen humphrey is following all these developments from washington for us and she joins us now so helena what else can you tell us about this summary of robert muller's report. it was a very brief summary it was only a full page letter which we received from the attorney general we involved we imagine of course that the justice department. essential obtained a tome of documents this investigation of course from miller took over six hundred days to complete but this letter says that it found no evidence of weighting collusion between donald trump his aides and russia during the twenty sixteen presidential campaign it did not draw an out right conclusion into obstruction of justice but remember that the president never actually sat down with special counsel robert mueller during this investigation for a one on one interview now mother has also said that he will not exonerate exonerate excuse me the presidential nor indict him with this report and to critics i think it will be said that he essentially passed the buck to the attorney general william barr who has said also that you know he is

findings have not been released some details about his report are coming to light correspondent helen humphrey has more on this. what we do know so far is that the special counsel has reportedly not recommended that any more indictments be made so far thirty seven people have been indicted in this investigation including those close to the president paul man a force his former campaign manager was sentenced to prison time as was of course michael cohen his fixer as well now not since the watergate scandal as the american public been so mesmerized by an inquiry all of this sort certainly the president and other high ranking republicans have called this a partisan probe they have said that it's a witch hunt and even if no criminal wrongdoing is exposed in this report what may be exposed are misdemeanors which the democrats may then further investigate so although they say has been a long process in the report now has finally been handed in is expected now to be a far lengthier process now to some of the other stories making news around the world. prayers have been held in the more mosque in chri

all right we want to dig into this a little bit more i want to cross over now to our very own helen the humphreys she is standing by in washington she's on the story for us tonight good evening to you helen that remind our international viewers if you would why this is such a big deal when an israeli leader first of all netanyahu when it comes to washington and you know was invited for a two day visit at the white house why is in such a big deal. brant it's always a big deal because the relationship between israel and the united states has long been a special one since the establishment of the state but with trungpa netanyahu we are seeing something which is becoming stronger a closer relationship between the two countries in fact at that proclamation ceremony at the white house today u.s. president donald trump that says that israel and the united states now have never been closer and he signed off on this proclamation saying to benjamin netanyahu take this give it to the people of israel now this recognition of golan heights being part of israeli territory now from the united states i mean esse

hands of the attorney general nonetheless some aspects of an already come to light correspondent helen humphrey has more on this. what we do know so far is that the special counsel has reportedly not recommended that any more indictments be made. in thailand voters are gearing up to cast ballots on sunday in the first general election since a military coup nearly five years ago the election has been billed as a contest between the country's representative military junta and democratic rule prime minister. hopes to gain legitimacy after seizing power in the coup in two thousand and fourteen its government as an act of a constitution that critics say tips the electoral process and favor of the military. cases of cholera and malaria have been reported in the mozambican city of beirut following the catastrophic flooding triggered by side by a days after the cyclon struck the homeless hungry and injured are slowly making their way to barrow from devastated inland areas the city was heavily damaged itself but has emerged as the nerve center for rescue efforts to mozambique. to madagascar and now the

helen humphrey reporting from washington d.c. thank you very much. all right let's turn now to some other news and the norwegian cruise liner viking sky has it docked in the port of molder after a close call it seems the ship sent out a mayday call on saturday after losing power and drifting towards dangerous reefs passengers and crew have been disembarking from the huge ship police say seventeen people were taken to the hospital with injuries about a third of the almost fourteen hundred people on board were airlifted to safety while the viking star was still at sea. the other stayed on board as the ship was brought safely to shore. if i can sky flights into harbor. to mark a cruise ship looks invulnerable but the passengers and crew like the sleepy put city of malta is a welcome sight. engine failure in the target waters off the norwegian coast to coast many of them to fear the worst. the rolling city had shaken the ship by the forty passengers starting furniture and falling ceiling panels. norway's maritime rescue service intervened editing half of

expect to hear from the president likely on his platform of choice of course which is twitter helen humphrey in washington thank you very much for your reporting. germany's national soccer team begins at zero twenty twenty qualification this weekend and they don't come much tougher than an away match against the dutch coach nervous hoping shake up will cast off the gloom that surrounded the team since the world cup germany's national team took a break from their training pitch in wolfsburg to visit the towns of both swag and assembly line germany have been far from a well oiled machine lately they need to click into gear ahead of their tough euro two thousand and twenty qualifying clash against the netherlands coach you he loves under pressure he's trying to remedy dismal performances in the world cup in nations league by dropping mainstays thomas. tank and mats hummels but their recent one one draw with serbia showed his new young team need some fine tuning the experience of manuel neuer marco royce and midfielder tony cross will be needed against the dutch. some of course we know that ever

when we hear from barr we can expect then to hear from donald trump washington correspondent helen humphrey thank you so much for your reporting a lot of. now to the united nations where officials there say the death toll from cycle or need a has now risen to more than six hundred the storm caused catastrophic flooding in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi more than a week after the cyclon struck victims say they are not getting enough food and assistance the port city of barrow was heavily damaged but has emerged as the nerve center for rescue efforts in mozambique. not much remains oval custom and there is home. like most houses in beirut it was destroyed but she returned with the children because she didn't know where else to go she hoped basic repairs would at least given a roof over their heads. it was horrible to see how badly the house was wrecked. all alone with my kids i don't know where we can sleep where we can go it's so hard to try and find food for the kids. hundreds of thousands of people in mozambique waiting for help some are still waiting to be rescued from floodwaters and man

expect to hear from the president likely on his platform of choice of course which is twitter helen humphrey in washington thank you very much for your reporting. u.s. backed syrian fighters are claiming victory over the so-called islamic state they say they expel the self-proclaimed caliphate from the last remaining territory controlled in syria rebels from the syrian democratic forces fought for weeks to retake the village of bug. back. what remains of the caliphate now just a torn up field littered with clothes and twisted metal. on this small patch of land the diehards of these state made their last stand. but they were forced to surrender. after years of war the syrian democratic forces a kurdish led to group backed by the us celebrate their hard won victory. today the syrian democratic forces officially announced the end of all battles and a victory against the group calling itself islamic state that name is now wiped off the map here in northeastern syria. the so-called islamic states territory one stretched across vast parts of iraq and syria years of military efforts by iraqi and sy

when we hear from barr we can expect them to hear from donald trump washington correspondent helen humphrey thank you so much for your reporting a little. many retirees take up relaxing activities such as knitting cake baking in sightseeing but those pastimes aren't for one eighty four year old american athlete florence fillion miler slow for short is a competitive pole vaulter who's been training six days a week in preparation for the twenty nineteen indoor world masters athletics championships in pole. laced up in ready to go flo has already set pole vaulting records at age seventy seventy five and eighty and she still loves competing. it's challenging you really have to work in that you have to have a core you have to have tiny and i i just love it because it's challenging according to her coach the eighty four year old is not only inspiring but fully dedicated to doing well at the upcoming world masters athletics championships endure in poland where she'll be doing more than just the pole vault. it has been early to make sure she's worked up enough she goes home and such as a lot of pre

i washington correspondent helen humphrey has been following this for us helena tell us is donald trump now off the hook. i think it depends on how you define the reach of that hook if you're talking about this weekend and certainly it was a moment of vindication for the president and he says this is a win but i think it's important to take a look at the language in this both from the attorney general william vonne special counsel. no collusion is one thing that said miller said that he did not have enough evidence to rule that there was no obstruction of justice one of the reasons for this likely is due to the fact that he was not able to sit down for a one on one interview with the president during the course of his investigation so what it did was essentially people will say is pos the block to attorney general william barr who then ruled that no crime had been committed remember of course bob was hand picked for the post by the president himself certainly the president faces many of the legal battles any nugget switch. uncovered during the course of his investigation he then distrib

contested we have to say election this time around it's definitely facing a real challenger this time helen humphrey in washington thank you very much we want to take the story now to jerusalem our correspondent tanya kramer joins me on the line from jerusalem tanya good he need to use or garbageman that yahoo oh and said he's facing his own reelection bid at home how is his visit with u.s. president donald trump is that going to help or hurt him with israeli voters. well i think the prime minister netanyahu the visit at the vide has a very important and as has an a in washington said you know. very close to have the same style of politics they they understand each other and mr trump is also very well liked in israel if you look at surveys he's considered a true friend of israel showing his strong support not just about by words but also by actions has recognized jerusalem as a competition of his and now he has recognized the golan heights as israeli territory now for mr netanyahu running the elections at the moment he does that mainly actually a bit like mr trump as well on social media and by meet

divided as ever so is the president now off the hook for that question to washington correspondent helen humphrey. if you're talking about this weekend that it's in the it was a moment of indication for the president and he says this is a win but i think it's important to take a look at the language and they spoke from the attorney general william vonn special counsel. no commission is one thing that said what is said that he did not have enough evidence to rule that there was no obstruction of justice one of the reasons for this likely is due to the fact that he was not able to sit down for a one on one interview with the president during the course of his investigation so what did was essentially people will say is possibly up to attorney general william barr who then ruled that no crime had been committed remember of course paul was handpicked for the post by the president himself and the humphrey in washington now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least seven people have been wounded by a rocket attack on the north east of tel aviv in israel officials say the rocket

democrats in that vote from as promised to veto the proposed let's pull in our correspondent helen humphrey she joins me now from our studio in washington good evening to you alan and so is this is this more than just bad p.r. for the president are we are we looking at the erosion of republicans support for him. well we did see twelve republican senate is there break ranks with their party we know that the white house had previously said that it was hoping to contain those quote unquote defectors to a number of around ten so we saw you know slightly more that today that said i do think that the president was well aware of the potential challenges to his national emergency and when he set out that national emergency on the white house nor in a matter of weeks ago he said that he anticipated legal challenges he anticipated it going all the way through the legal system here in the united states he's also said that he will veto it and in fact he would have needed needed eight more republican senators in order to have a supermajority so that he wouldn't have to waive his veto pen for the first t

our correspondent in washington helen humphrey has been following events for she sent us this is us. the united states and israel have long held a special relationship but that bond grew stronger on monday at the white house u.s. president donald trump referred to the israeli prime minister using his nickname calling him bibi netanyahu responded calling the u.s. president dear friend donald and indeed netanyahu was granted a gift from his dear friend to sign a proclamation to recognize the disputed golan heights as part of israel now that on day decades of u.s. foreign policy the golan heights are of strategic importance they were captured by israel in the middle east were nine hundred sixty seven and then annexed by israel in one thousand nine hundred one in a move which was not recognized internationally but now it seems that israel has the united states on board as it does on a number of other key issues under the presidency of donald trump the united states has recognized jerusalem as the country's capital it has halted aids to palestine and it has exited the iran nuclear deal no

our for more on this let's go to washington now our very own helen humphrey is on the story for us tonight good evening to you helen and so i mean it is is it looks bad for truong how bad of a setback is it for his wall project brant i would say that it's a setback that the president himself knew was coming when he declared this national emergency on the lawn of the white house a matter of weeks ago he said that he anticipated resistance that he anticipated this to go through the court system what is a setback for the president is the number of republican senators who essentially broke ranks we saw twelve senate says that wasn't enough though to rule out the possibility of a veto when the president says that he will veto and about twenty minutes ago i did just see a tweet from the president just in capital letters just saying the word veto so what we can expect now is this to go through the legal system potentially all the way up to the supremes court it'll be really interesting that because this is about the separation of powers but at the same time the new chief justice brett kavanaugh h