we have not really heard justin trudeau.nd people expected him to be the e kind of open and frarank, different kindnd of polititicia. the fact he is sort of hiding behind the old politicians barrier and saying little is part of the problem. phil: an attorney general and a finance minister, ththose are to significant resignationsns. are more likely to follow? campbell: it does not appear that more are likely to follow at t the moment. ththere are one or two in cacabt that we think probabably sympathized, the firstst one beg the minister of justice and the attorney general jody wilson-raybould. but it seems they are all on board for now. these are two very important cabinet ministers, not only because of their positions, but because of who they were. jody wilson-raybould was the first indigenous woman appointment in canada, which was historic. the second person, jane philpott, she is known for being highly principled, highly ethical and confident person. and those two strong people in cabinet saying we do not have faith in jus

nada: justin trudeau is not usually one to shy away from the prime min.sure to see you tonight. da: but the prime minister's star power is giving as he fights the bigcrst political is of his career. it stems from allegations by former attorney general dy wilson-raybould, who said she faced political pressure by the prime minister'fice to abandon prosecution of a bequÉbased engineering firm. >> i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many in the government. nada: she accuses the prime minister of being more concerned about votes than principles. today trudeau's close confidant and aide who resigned in the wake of the scandalold mps nothing happened beyond from operations of government. >> i know it from long personal experience with the pr minister, if something improper had been happening, and the impropriet to him, the prime minister would have p a stop to it, even if the impropriety were his own.de nada: justin t thought he could contain this crisis, but he misjudged how badly the scandal would undermine the very brand he crafted for himself.

kind of as prime minister justin trudeau has admitted to making mistakes in the handling of a growing political crisis but he insists that nothing illegal has happened to trudeau blame the scandal that has caused him to ministers on a breakdown of trust and communication if only justice moves to jodi will smith she's accuse him of pressurising her to help one of canada's biggest construction firms avoid a bribery trial. well let's get more on this from campbell clark who's chief political writer kind of as a globe and mail newspaper welcome to t w so the center of this is the prosecution of this massive canadian company s n c live on and over corruption explain to us how a court case has become a political crisis. so this as you say is a bribery prosecution where the companies accused of having bribed the libyan regime of moammar gadhafi to get big projects in libya between two thousand and one in two thousand and eleven so the prosecutors have the power to halt the prosecution and instead come up with a negotiated agreement essentially they'll take fines and promised never to do such

this is the premier's line from no mr nice guy says justin trudeau no longer gets a respectful hearing pressure builds after a second cabinet minister he has questions over a construction bribery scandal also on the program one of the us democrats. control see over the semitism. criticizes america's progress. and now the house will vote on a resolution criticizing her. france's president macro rights open letter to europe's voters ahead of the e.u. parliament elections in may he calls for major changes to defend europe's borders to defend nationalism and to defend against what he calls the digital jobs. the ones who went home to watch thousands of refugees who fled to poke around the back of the nigerian town that is no safer than when they left you'll hear from me and gio championing the plight. i'm still get welcome to the program. support for the once highly popular canadian prime minister justin trudeau house full of them for the first time behind the main opposition party this is according to latest opinion polls it comes after a second cabinet minister quit in protest of the way

snc—lavalin, and justin trudeau believes thatjob losses could result from that company being prosecutedraud. this is quite a big shock and surprise, when she made that choice. it puts the prime ministerjustin trudeau in quite a tricky position. when he was elected, quite soon after donald trump was a late did in the us, he was seen as this poster boy for a new era in politics, everyone hailed him, he had huge diversity in his cabinet. where is he now? is he in a crisis? this article implies it is the worst crisis he has seen? crisis? this article implies it is the worst crisis he has seemm crisis? this article implies it is the worst crisis he has seen? it is a crisis by canadian standards. we have to remember an election is coming up in october, so not great to have something like this happen so to have something like this happen so close to that. second, he had promised his government would be different, a clean and ethical government, and therefore to have two cabinet ministers resigning, the most two cabinet ministers resigning, the m ost rece nt two cabinet ministers resigning, the

this is news live from berlin no mr nice guy canada's justin trudeau no longer gets a respectful hearing as pressure builds after a second. he has questions to answer over a construction bribery scandal also on the program. france's president. response from european leaders to was open letter to. citizens calling for major changes to defend europe's borders and to defend against what he called. and it looks like the end of the road for some of. the national team coach. three of his long standing regulars a radical change after the country's debt of the world cup in russia. the program support for once highly popular canadian prime minister just in truth has fallen for the first time behind the main opposition party according to the latest opinion poll it comes after a second cabinet minister quit in protest at the way he's been handling a scandal involving a construction company and bribery. justin trudeau still knows how to work a crowd but his days as politics mr nice guy may be gone for good just as he's campaigning for reelection a clear favorite only months ago he suddenly fighting

justin trudeau thought he could contain this crisis but misjudged it.tate his image ahead of upcoming elections.” rehabilitate his image ahead of upcoming elections. i think certain things are coming to rest. i think justin trudeau is a bit shallow and it is proving itself through all this. maybe he made mistakes but, with the options we have on the table for the next election, i think it is still the best option. experts believe there is still time to turn things around before voters head to the polls in october. if you want to save your government, act as if you are not perfect, you have crossed the line and maybe canadians will forgive you and move on. justin trudeau promise to bring on an area of transparency, the scandal will make it hard to oppose the attack that he is just another politician. the television presenter of long running quiz, jeopardy, has confirmed he has stage four pancreatic cancer. i have been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. normally the practices is not very encouraging but i will fight this. alex trebek announced t

also on the day what's gone wrong for the golden boy of world politics canada's prime minister justin trudeau admits making mistakes in dating with a corruption case against one of the country's biggest engineering and construction firms but will it be enough to save his political career. almost every day as prime minister i learn new things so i can tell you without a doubt that i have taken and will continue to take many lessons from these recent days and weeks. the chinese tech giant twa away soon the united states for limiting its access to the american telecoms market huawei is challenging as unconstitutional the american government's use of a particular law to label a company a security risk and federal agencies from buying that telecom products the legal challenge comes at a critical point in the ongoing trade dispute between the u.s. and china for years while way has sought to reassure the world of two things that it is not under the control of the chinese government and that it doesn't spy on consumers. shift in tone from defense to accusation the u.s. government brand is probably ri

who began their article prime minister justin trudeau has become a progressive icon due to his liberal party's championing of climate change action and refugee rights as well as trudeau's youthful looks and often charming that's not even that bad compared to the original version all of that paragraph which read winky face winky face hard unicorn. this is perfectly normal when reporting on possible criminal activity by the leader of a foreign country you know even from their earliest days in the twelve hundreds npr's reporting gave falling introductory lines such as this one from twelve twenty one days the ganga's khan long beloved for having the largest man of any color on this side of the mongol staff. so n.p.r. is reliable and unbiased when talking about the dreamy dreamy super dreamy justin trudeau. but i have to admit he doesn't quite do it for me not as much as bad as immigration activists. patricia okumu she's the woman who was arrested for climbing the statue of liberty in a protest demanding that ice to be abolished it was. already. pretty hardcore it well it was difficult for

looked to as a brand—new face in politics, emmanuel macron, the french president, kind of like justin trudeaue rode this wave of euphoria after he was elected, a brand—new party in politics. he was very vocal about his vision for europe, and he has published his vision for europe in 28 newspapers across europe, and his ideas were in the guardian in the uk today. yes, emmanuel macron has always been very pro— europe, and i think he is positioning himself as the person who will take on the mantle as the leader of the eu and its defender at this time of rising populism, and the chancellor, angela merkel, has been phasing out being in that position for so long. he has published in typical french flair across all of the 28 states, this call for a european renaissance. it is really to strengthen and embolden and deepening european ties. some of

justin trudeau came into powerpr aing to be different -- honest, transparen inclusive.ow he is facing allegations thatffice improperly pressure the former attorney neral to shield an engineering firm from a corruption trial. in a press conference meant to put the controversy to rest, trudeau defended his government's actut admitted mistakes. prime min. trudeau: over the past months there was an erosion of trust between my office and specifically my former principal secretary and the former minister of justice and attorney general. i was not aware of that erosion of trust. as prime minister and leader of the federal ministry, i should have been. nada: former attorney genera jody wilson-raybould contradicted the prime minister's account and accused his office of demoting her in retaliation for her refusal on a dealwould have kept snc-lavalin out-of-court. ms. wilson-raybould: i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by people in the government to interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. nada: justin trudeau won praise for his commitment to women and m

philpott — the head of canada's treasury board — said she had lost confidence in the prime minister justin trudeau'scase involving one of canada's biggest engineering and construction companies. mr trudeau has insisted that his conduct is lawful. ramzan karmali has more. it's probably prime minister trudeau's biggest political crisis since he took office in 2015. the snc—lavalin affair has now seen three high—profile departures from government. treasury board president jane philpott became the latest to step down. while i am disappointed, i understand her decision to step down. mr trudeau struggled to give his reaction to the news at an event in toronto. i want to thank her... commotion and yelling 0k. in democracies, you get people with a wide range of perspectives and voices and we need to leave room for as many of them as possible, and i think that's an important piece of it. so i want to thankjane... cheering and applause in her resignation letter, jane philpott wrote: she goes on to say: the snc—lavalin affair centres around a quebec—based engineering firm, which faces fraud and corruption char

made in prime minister justin trudeau as more by conservatives and accused of being a fake feminist in the wake of a corruption scandal that threatens to topple his government. it's nine o'clock here in moscow and you're watching international live from our studio with me. into the program. u.s. special counsel robert mueller has finally submitted his long awaited report on the alleged russian involvement in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election the company document has been submitted to the justice department which says miller has not recommended any new indictments. is in new york with the latest. report has been submitted the final report from bob mohler the special counsel appointed years ago to look into allegations that donald trump had colluded with russia during the two thousand and sixteen elections and at this point no further indictments are being called for we're hearing from the white house which has spoken up and said the next steps are up to attorney general barr and we look forward to the process taking its course white house has not seen the report does not kno

justin trudeau won praise for his commitment to women and minorities.inent indigenous woman. yet this scandal has pitted him against her, and it's not a good look for the prime minister, even as he tries to assert that he did nothing wrong. with a general election looming in october, trudeau is on thin ice with canadians. i think he should offer some kind of apology. he's a politician. i mean, he's doing the work of politicking. i think he should resign and call an election. trudeau's star power was cemented when he took on president trump, china and saudi arabia, but controversy at home could remove him from the world stage. nada tawfik, bbc news, 0ttawa. a new study suggests rain is becoming more frequent in greenland, accelerating the melting of its ice sheet. scientists have been particularly surprised that even during long polar winter nights — when the temperatures should be well below zero — there can be flows of warm air bringing rain. scientists say the total disappearance of greenland's ice sheet would see the world's oceans rise by seven metr

new polls from canada show support for canadian prime minister justin trudeau has fallen for the first time behind the main opposition party it comes after a second cabinet minister quit in protest at the way trudeau has been handling a scandal involving a construction company and bribery. justin trudeau still knows how to work a crowd but his days as politics mr nice guy may be gone for good just as he's campaigning for reelection a clear favorite only months ago he suddenly fighting an uphill battle after second minister quit his cabinet over a bribery scandal trudeau tried to put a positive spin on the resignation. of democracy like ours and in the space where we value our diversity so strongly we're allowed to have disagreements and debate we even encourage chain fill pot was in charge of canada's finances until she resigned on monday she accuses the government of putting political interests above the rule of law global conglomerate s. and c. level is the major player in canada's construction sector it stands accused of paying kickbacks to secure lucrative contracts in libya if con

in particular i don't have the country of amount of regard for for for justin trudeau. well i was thinking of policies like universal pension and standard working hours and i think the universal health care system in canada has worked reasonably well it has its problems but i lived in the us in the health care system there certainly has its problems. it's the radicalization of the left that concerns me and the polarization that's a consequence of that and mostly it's the emphasis on equity or equality of outcome because i think that any attempt to pursue equality of outcome is doomed to a totalitarian tilt because it's technically impossible to equalize outcomes across all possible identity groups and then there's the problem of identity politics in general which i think is a real catastrophe where each person is viewed in the light of their sexuality or their race or their ethnicity instead of being treated first and foremost as an individual which i think is the great contribution of the west to let's call it interpersonal discourse and relationship and and social str

justin trudeau won praise for his commitment to women and minorities.ndal has pitted him against her, and it's not a good look for the prime minister, even as he tries to assert that he did nothing wrong. with a general election looming in october, trudeau is on thin ice with canadians. i think he should offer some kind of apology. he's a politician. i mean, he's doing the work of politicking. i think he should resign and call an election. trudeau's star power was cemented when he took on president trump, china, and saudi arabia, but controversy at home could remove him from the world stage. nada tawfik, bbc news, ottawa. a new study suggests rain is becoming more frequent in greenland, accelerating the melting of its ice sheet. scientists have been particularly surprised that even during long polar winter nights, when the temperatures should be well below zero, there can be flows of warm air bringing rain. scientists say the total disappearance of greenland's ice sheet would see the world's oceans rise by seven metres. and we'll be taking a second in—d

in canada, where a corruption scandal is rocking justin trudeau's government, one of his former aidesurise the formerjustice minister despite claims to the contrary. two senior cabinet ministers have already resigned. nada tawfik is in ottawa with the story. it stems from allegations where he faced political pressure for months on by mr‘s office. i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people in the government. she accused the government of being more worried about votes than principle. she told mps that nothing happened beyond normal operations of government. i know from long personal experience. something improper had been happening in that impropriety have the main note to him, the prime minister would put a stop to it. even if the impropriety we re stop to it. even if the impropriety were his own. justin trudeau thought he could contain this crisis but he misjudged how badly the scandal would undermine the very brandy crafted for himself. the question now is if he can rehabilitate his image ahead of upcoming elections. now is if he can rehabilitate his image ahead

you're watching us he said had the canadian prime minister justin trudeau is being challenged over his feminism we've got the details on the press of the stories to just off the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you that. i don't think the number means they've come out of us with over one trillion dollars of debt more than ten white collar crime families the big. easy five percent of global wealth you long to be ultra rich each week six percent of the world market goes thirty percent some would say one hundred to five hundred three for chicken per second and this one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overall. the only number you need remember one one busy show you know bored to miss the one and only. leg. hello again our petition calling for breaks it to be can't sort has now reached over four million signatures since wednesday setting a wreck order for the website it comes amid

justin trudeau won praise for his commitment to women and minorities.uld, who is a prominent indigenous woman. yet this scandal has pitted him against her, and it's not a good look for the prime minister, even as he tries to assert that he did nothing wrong. with a general election looming in october, trudeau is on thin ice with canadians. i think he should offer some kind of apology. he's a politician. i mean, he's doing the work of politicking. i think he should resign and call an election. trudeau's star power was cemented when he took on president trump, china, and saudi arabia, but controversy at home could remove him from the world stage. nada tawfik, bbc news, ottawa. el salvador‘s supreme court has freed three women who spent a decade injail after being accused of aborting their babies. the women say they suffered miscarriages but were convicted of aggravated homicide. they were welcomed by well—wishers and activists near the capital san salvador. ramzan karmali has more. after a decade behind bars, alba rodriguez, maria del transito orellana an

and as long as justin trudeau is the answer to that, he will continue to have support. and then what will happen to sbc lapland. they say that this is lies, that the federal government could still do the thing that the original attorney general did not want to do and sparked this drama in the first place. david: that would take some courage at this point. now we would turn to maria in brussels, because we have heard a lot about huawei here in the u.s., but there is also news in brussels, as i understand it. maria: they are on a charm offensive in europe, just opening facility in brussels. and there is a reason why the selected brussels, that is because all of the digital innovation, 5g, will come out of the european commission. huawei said the allegations against them are unfounded, they are as good as any american company, and that really the u.s. is playing politics. none this has been proven. the reality is european officials are not naive. they are aware of the practices and they are concerned about the allegations, the industrial espionage, and a lot of it doing wi

justin trudeau won praise for his commitment to women and minorities.inent indigenous woman. yet this scandal has pitted him against her, and it's not a good look for the prime minister, even as he tries to assert that he did nothing wrong. with a general election looming in october, trudeau is on thin ice with canadians. i think he should offer some kind of apology. he's a politician. i mean, he's doing the work of politicking. i think he should resign and call an election. trudeau's star power was cemented when he took on president trump, china, and saudi arabia, but controversy at home could remove him from the world stage. nada tawfik, bbc news, ottawa. let's get some of the day's other news. in pakistan the man who led a campaign to expose one of the country's most notorious so—called "honour killings" has been shot dead in the city of abbottabad. afzal kohistani drew attention to the case in 2012 in which a group of women were allegedly killed after being filmed singing a wedding song while two men danced. medicins sans frontieres says the respons

justin trudeau says the lack of communication with his former justice minister led her to resign. he denies her claims that he and senior officials tried to persuade her to help an engineering giant avoid prosecution for alleged bribery in libya. the prime minister addressed it in what has shaken his government. what has become clear to the testimonies is that over the past months, there was an erosion of trust between my office and my former principal secretary and the former minister of justice and attorney general. >> justin trudeau and his aides say they were only pointing out the prosecution could endanger thousands of people's jobs because a conviction would make the company and eligible for government contracts. evacuations continue in syria where hundreds more suspected islamic state members left the last area of the country that had been held by the extremists. they were screened and search for explosives when they left. thousands have trickled out in the last few days. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and an

the damage to justin trudeau's reputation may already be done. >> justin trudeau simply cannot continuethat justin trudeau, youthful, strapping, some say sexy, now gone from that to this. >> is it feasible that this could be the end? yes. government can fall. trudeau can simply resign. >> reporter: after his aides reportedly pressured the attorney general to cut a deal for a company accused of bribery because a conviction would bar snc from government contracts. today, the fightback. >> in regards to standing up for jobs and defending the integrity of our rule of law, i continue to say that there was no inappropriate pressure. >> reporter: the honeymoon is over. we're now three kids in, and the babies up screaming all night, kicked off by a newspaper expose, then former ag going public. >> i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. >> she resigned today, almost an apology. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: situations were experienced differently and i regret

justin trudeau says he has done nothing wrong.an sachs could get find is more than $9 billion. says -- om citi the scandal involves the firm raising money for development fund. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm kailey leinz. this is bloomberg. vonnie? vonnie: kailey, thank you. bill gross retires today. he sat down with erik schatzker for a discussion. includese topics alexandria ocasio-cortez. and ishe is a fresh face like her courage. obviously, i am more inclined to think about health care from the standpoint of of theing the universe population to receive it. a common sense observer would have to tell -- would have to know that it takes a long time. but yeah, i think health care has to be a critical question --mand it is something where a critical question, and it is something where they will make that known at the ballot box. erik: you admire her courage. do you admire her ideas about health care or beyond? example,ree

to say this is politics as usual that's what's under question here let's remind everyone that justin trudeau came to power in a general election in two thousand and fifteen and he promised a new kind of politics open transparent government an end to business as usual where lobbyists in the capital ottawa were seen to be setting policy well that's exactly what seems to be a to have happened here s.n.c. level that lobbied for a change in law that would benefit it with a deferred prosecution agreement and the trudeau government or at least his inner circle tried to get that imposed on the system and the system stood firm this is a scandal that's not going away this is an election year and his poll numbers are terrible at the moment there's going to be a lot of recriminations in liberal party circles in the days and weeks to come that you know like with the latest on that story from toronto that he will thank you. now in a surprise move the former nissen chairman carlos go in has been granted bail he's already served just over three months in prison for accusations of financial misconduct after

justin trudeau promised a new kind of politics when he became canada's prime minister in two thousand and fifteen open government progressive policies it earned him plaudits at home and abroad as did his first cabinet with equal numbers of men and women ministers because it's twenty fifty. four years on it's much less positive trudeau is lost two of his most high profile female ministers in a growing scandal over accusations of attempting to politically influence the justice system s.n.c. level and one of canada's largest engineering companies is charged with paying bribes worth tens of millions of dollars to the government of the late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi if found guilty the company faces being blocked from bidding for lucrative canadian government contracts in extraordinary testimony to a parliamentary committee the attorney general said trudeau and his advisors tried to make or accept a plea deal to avoid a trial. for a period of approximately four months between september and december of two thousand and eighteen i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many p

justin trudeau's government releases its budget. what it means for the canadian economy. and we have an interview with as an sea level and president neil that hasthe firestorm been engulfing the engineering and construction giant. let's get you caught up on the markets. we are on the back foot right now. if you look at the major averages, on town ahead of that fed interest rate decision. financials are leading the way and it is actually being exacerbated somewhat by headlines we have seen from donald trump, saying the tariffs on china could be in place for a long period, and until they comply with a trade deal. not enough to see a trade deal done but perhaps looking for them to comply before taking off tariffs on some $250 billion worth of goods. a rally in the u.s. bond market, yields are coming down. this of course, coming to the lowest levels we have seen since the beginning of the year. shery: investors focused on those brexit headlines as prime minister may just asked the eu for a short extension of three months for the brexit deadline. a surprise move that increases

to got caught -- the story justin trudeau i seem to got caught in.the ramifications? are there real consequences to justin trudeau's leadership or his party leadership in canada? josh: is too early to say, but it is by far the biggest crisis he has faced yet. his previous attorney general said he tried to make a legal problem go away. he says he didn't break the law, but he was trying to save jobs of this iconic company in quebec. some polls have shown him coming down. the key question for him will be if other shoes dropped in other cabinet ministers speak out, to speak out orrs is there any police investigation coming to light? barring that, he is trying to weather the storm. the chinese government has taken notice, saying you try to meddle our country, why can't you release the huawei cfo. caroline: when you look at what the canadian dollar did today, you have the concerns about a recession over there. toh: i think they are ground a halt. i would expected, but not to this extent with canadian crude prices cratering last year. the big question is, i

but now justin trudeau's political scandal has threatened that voice. ump refers to him as justin from canada. just an act hurt when called out, donald trump said in us that of her tariffs, very dishonest and weak, another tweet about the prime minister. that was in june when a photo the president sitting as world leaders look around the world as donald trump left the g7 summit in canada. since then scandals heated up over a worldwide construction contractor that allegedly bribed officials in libya. a conviction in canada, a 10 year ban on bidding for federal contracts. justice minister jody wilson testified trudeau encouraged her to, quote, find a solution saying if there was no plea deal there will be many jobs lost and lava lynn would move its records from montrÉal. she left the justice ministry and resigned the cabinet laying bare the division in trudeau's government. >> there were many inappropriate conversations and attempts at political interference. >> reporter: trudeau says he wanted to save jobs in quÉbec. they employ 3400 people, but claims he

justin trudeau commenting on this.ne other person who has left the prime minister's office in the wake of this scandal that really involved whether or not there was inappropriate pressure applied by justin trudeau to the attorney general to try and seek a deferred prosecution agreement for fnc rather than allowing the case to proceed in the criminal court. the news here, another person close to justin trudeau announcing his resignation in the wake of the scandal. this coming just a day before the federal government in this country announces its budget, anch will election -- and be election platform as we head toward the end of the year. shery: let's turn to ipo news. hoping to raise $2.1 billion in its ipo, valuing the firm at almost $20 billion. at that range, the offering will be the business from the tech startup since snape went public. to talk about recent developments, we have startup reporter eric newcomer. how is this list selling itself to investors? >> this roadshow is just getting underway and it's a very to

now to canada with a second member of prominence to justin trudeau his cabinet has quit. phil paul to serve as budget minister says she's lost confidence in how the government has dealing with the worsening scandal a departure follows the resignation of justice minister jody wilson raybold last week also the rebel testified that she was pressured to help the construction of a. of what a corruption trial when she was attorney general let's get more on this now we're joined by correspondent daniel lak he's live for us in toronto this is a longstanding case daniel talk us through what this massive construction firm is accused off. well elizabeth this goes back about nearly twenty years now the firm which is s.n.c. level based in the city of montreal is a global forum that builds infrastructure airports ports around the world it's accused of paying thirty five million dollars in bribes to the government of the late libyan leader moammar gadhafi the case has been going through the courts now for a couple of years or at least through the prosecution process and the scandal invo

this goes constitutional crisis the political crisis there will be a problem in the election and justin trudeau those leadership is definitely in question now the idea was that if. face prosecution. it might have to move headquarters away from canada so and also. since eleventh is in writing where trudeau is directly involved the more writings you win the more chances you have been in your knowledge it must have been very important for trudeau to have taken such really. amateur measures and he thought he could he could pressure his justice minister. in a bid to ease the humanitarian crisis in yemen the un has raised more than two and a half billion dollars at a high level pledging event in geneva but all that said it's well we're short of a target some of four billion dollars to fulfill the she's a plan on top of that it seems many all of the donor countries the exact same ones linked to an almost four year conflict in yemen either by fighting or selling arms . don't know most twenty four million yemeni is in need of a of some sort i don't want they have to see salaries because they are sleepin

i and my staff always acted appropriately and professionally since the allegations surfaced justin trudeau his approval rating has fallen from forty one percent in january to thirty three percent and that has cast doubts over his chances of winning a new term as the elections in october. we can now cross it to an independent political analyst thanks for being with us here in arts international as always. so as we mentioned michael moore nick is the fourth senior official in canada to step down since the scandal broke how serious is this for the pm. well i mean we've had big pieces falling since a month ago i don't think it's as big as the former just and justice minister sorry. jody. raybold. but. it's still indicate an indication of what's happening within the canadian government they've they're trying a lot of. shall we say cosmetic. approaches to to make to improve the look of the government today they unveiled the budget so the and it purports to be a very pro middle class trying to get middle class voters of course to keep the support for the party but some of the policies seem a litt

again good morning this is us international the senior advisor to canadian prime minister justin trudeau's resigned in an ongoing corruption scandal michael wernick is the fourth senior official to step down over trudeau's alleged interference in a bribery case and involves s n c level and one of the world's largest engineering and construction firms in twenty fifteen seems the company was charged with bribery and fraud in libya that allegedly paid ninety eight million dollars in bribes to gadhafi era officials to secure lucrative contracts including the world's biggest irrigation project now the firm claims that all the people implicated in the case of since left the company prime minister trudeau though has been accused of pressuring the attorney general to drop the investigation it's something he denies and he denies any wrongdoing. i and my staff always acted appropriately and professionally since the allegations surfaced justin trudeau's approval rating has been hit it's fallen from forty one percent in january to thirty three percent now and that's their forecast his chances of winni