we won't remove kenyatta... you don't want to remove uhuru kenyatta from the state house?ent? do you accept his presidency? no, we do not recognise his presidency. because we say it lacks legitimacy. and he says that you have committed high treason. do you accept you have committed a treasonous act? no. i have not committed treason. we are saying that uhuru kenyatta does not have legitimacy because october 26 less than 20% of the voters... you have explained that. do you want a third election? we want another election. when do you want that third election? by august this year. why did your colleague say the state has declared war and we will not relent until justice is achieved? the state has declared war on you? you can see the way the state is acting, it's acting completely contradictory to the constitution. it has actually set aside the constitution. you see, they are not being court orders, they are arresting people, holding people hostage, in spite of the court orders. these are your supporters, around a dozen, just around a dozen or so, including miguna miguna, your

it is me, not kenyatta.e between religious and business leaders and so on to help create unity. they add political conflicts and differences have destabilised the country. why do you not pursue that kind of strategy, say let's come together, as kenyatta said in his inauguration in november, we have to have the courage to embrace the future and free ourselves from the baggage of past grievances. go down that path. that is the part i suggested. we have been talking about dialogue. do you know how to resolve this impasse, to resolve these contentious issues? kenyatta is pretending there is no contention, that there is no crisis. he wants to talk about his development agenda, what they call the four point agenda. we have issues to talk about before development. we have issues of electoral justice. before development. we have issues of electoraljustice. they will not die away. the point is the people in kenya, one businessman says we are more concerned about the country not stagnating. we want the country to stab

i put it to you, uhuru kenyatta's legacy has been tarnished through corruption.ave suffered from. it is a reflection of the society in which we live in. in fact, in a time that the opposition has talked about corruption, i've always asked him, which one? the one you were involved in? the one raila was involved in? the one kalonzo was involved in? in terms of... kalonzo was raila odinga's running mate. yes, running mate. they were all involved. they all have skeletons in their closet. they all have... and so does the president? not that i know of. isn't he kenya's wealthiest man? well, one of the things... or at least one of the wealthiest. yeah. well, i would say so. i don't know his net worth. i've never really bothered to investigate that, but you can explain where his wealth is coming from. he is not a tentrepreneur. now... is he the right person, uhuru kenyatta, with all this family wealth, the divisions we are seeing now between the opposition and the government in kenya, and people worried about the economy and so on. is he the right person really to lead k

at some point somebody in the kenyatta government presumably the president himself would have made this calculation what would be worse. a piece of political theater televised divide to put the legitimacy of the government in question or. denying the media the right to broadcast the earth sets a vent countrywide what thrown into that the signal that sends the perception it creates. it might have seemed like a good idea in the short term as a as a show of force but what it is what it does in the long term is it says we are going to undermine the public's right to information for the sake of security the short term power and that's a real threat to democracy and i think if they hadn't given it as much attention as they did it would have just been a footnote in the political history of the country the first thing is the dollars that the government itself does not feel that it is bound by the constitution and by a lot. more force really significant. media form when. government came in pretty much behaved like this government can be their friend they thought i would buy them some protection.

presidential election in kenya was not exactly a textbook exercise in democracy the incumbent who kenyattaone the august election which his main rival rylan odinga said was rigged the courts agreed with that ordered another vote in october which would then go then boycotted saying it was never going to be a fair fight so kenyatta was eventually sworn it but i didn't hasn't gone away this past week he held his own swearing in ceremony declaring himself the people's president now k t n was one of three kenyan television networks that plan to cover that event the authorities ordered all three of them off the air so katie and provided live coverage online we're leaving you now with some images from both swearing in ceremonies kenyatta and odinga us note the similarities and the katie an anchor struggling to characterize this latest swearing in ceremony that really wasn't we'll see you next time here at the listening post. as president of the republic of it was. was this. year and i thought it. was. right. that it was. a day that kenyans have been waiting we did bated breath because maybe doubt

at some point somebody in the kenyatta government presumably the president himself would have made this calculation what would be worse. a piece of political theater televised divide to put the legitimacy of the government in question or. denying the media the right to broadcast the earth sets of rules countrywide went through and into the way the signal that sends the perception it creates. it might have seemed like a good idea in the short term as a as a show of force but what it is what it does in the long term is it says we are going to undermine the public's right to information for the sake of six short term power and that's a real threat to democracy and i think if they hadn't given it as much attention as they did it would have just been a footnote in the political history of the country the first thing is that. the government does not feel that it is bound by the constitution and by a lot. more force losing. media from when. government came in pretty much behaved like this government can be their friend they thought i would buy them some protection. and what they're now learnin

amy: the lid of his city councilman kenyatta johnson.e want to thank our guest today, aaron glantz, senior reporter at reveal, and vincent hughes, democratic state senator of pennsylvania who serves as the democratic chairman of the senate appropriations committee. and that does it for this segment. you can go to democracynow.org or we will link to all of the pieces and investigations at reveal in the center for investigative journalism has done. when we come back, we will talk supreme court. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "power in union" by utah phillips. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: on monday, the u.s. supreme court heard arguments in a key case that could deal a massive blow to public unions nationwide. the case, janus vs. american federation of state, county and municipal employees, deals with whether workers whhave benefited by union-negotiated contracts are required to pay a portion union dues if they opt to not become members of the union. the le

. >>> councilman kenyatta johnson held a down hall last night. kraz nar announced the change last month saying the bail system took advantage of poor and minority members. the only thing the has has released so far is that a former top official from the obama administration is joining his team in a key leadership role. >>> parents in philadelphia learned last night if their children will get to attend the school considered one of the best in the country. hundreds of parents watched and waited to see if their kids will be go to the math, science and technology charter school. they chose 150 students at random for admigds. that's only a small fraction of the 150,000 applications. we caught up with one mom who was breathing a sigh of relief. >> today with her it was nerve-wracking. >> the charter school is a national blue ribbon school for 2017. the school's waiting list has q quadrupled since 2011. >>> get your sea legs ready. the atlantic city boat show set sail today. >> this is obviously one of the best opportunities to get one organizers say. t

attempting to broadcast a mock inauguration ceremony of opposition leader raila odinga, who alleges kenyatta won fraudulently. two of those stations are back on air, but a kenyan daily says there is nothing to celebrate about this, as it was illegal to take them off there in the first place. the state-media relationship is never meant to be rosy, but it is upon the media to provide alternative crews -- views and cut government access. genie: you found another article that is quite critical of raila odinga. analyst: this is from "the star," which is reportedly close to the government. you might take it with a grain of salt. the writer says odinga should not have held a mock inauguration. the promise to his followers is wearing thin cup of tea is past -- thewearing thin promise to his followers is wearing thin, and he is past his prime. genie: this is the centennial since british women got the right to vote. .nalyst: it was 100 years ago the representation of the people act was signed, allowing landowning women over the age of 30 to vote, the first step in allowing all women to eventually vote

one boycott about polls citing a lack of electoral reforms who are kenyatta was then sworn in as president of kenya in november come on this says speak to abdulai how lackies east africa researcher for amnesty international he previously worked as a journalist in kenya and as documented the conduct of the recent election extensively his rise caught from nairobi thank you for your time first of all what's your reaction to this court's decision today do you think this is going to be a lasting reprieve for kenyan media yes it is i mean it's also a demonstration that the cold steel remains one of the last twenty years when it comes to protecting civil political rights in kenya however we have to be cautiously optimistic because this is we've seen in the recent past this administration disregarding all orders but he's a very private again and media talk to us about some of the challenges the media has faced the restrictions and limitations perhaps have faced when covering this political crisis. i think one of the things that we need to be in mind is that the kenyan media have played a fundament

i am saying that kenyatta has no legitimacy. october 26, less than 20% voted for him.y august this year. the kenyan opposition leader, raila odinga, talking to zeinab badawi there. and you can see the full version of that interview on hardtalk at 4:30am gmt, right here on bbc news. theresa may has called on more women to enter politics in a speech in parliament this evening to mark 100 yea rs parliament this evening to mark 100 years since some women were given the vote for the first time. addressing female parliamentarians and campaigners, she said the suffragettes deserve greater recognition for their struggle 100 yea rs recognition for their struggle 100 years ago. we were there. in the oldest part of the palace of westminster, tonight reserved for hundreds of female parliamentarians, past and present. theresa may said this was the living legacy of the suffrage movement. every one of us is here today because the of the heroic, tireless struggle of those who came before us. women who led a campaign, not just for themselves or theirfamilies, but for generations as yet

local clergy, members of town watch, police and councilman kenyatta johnson went door to door to talkneighbors. >> the federal corruption trial continues for the mayor of allentown. the prosecution could rest as early as today after nearly three weeks of testimony. democrat ed pawlowski is accused of trading city contracts for campaign cash. jurors have heard from witnesses and secretly recorded conversations involving the mayor. pawlowski says he's innocent. if the prosecution finishes today the defense will begin presenting its case tomorrow. >>> federal wildlife officials will be in trenton to try and scare away as many as 30,000 crows. the birds are making a mess of the capitol city plus they are noisy and present a danger to planes. officials plan to use methods ranging from pyrotechnics to lasers flashing lights effigies and the playing of audio of birds in distress. residents in trenton can expect to get an earful and an eye full from 4:00 to 9 p.m. today through friday for the next two weeks. >> it is 5:06 and the eagles winning the super bowl has not only been good for liftin

was next to a dingle last week when he declared himself the people's president rejecting her or kenyatta's reelection a british judge has turned down an initial request by the wiki leaks founder julian assange to have his arrest warrant canceled lawyers for a song she was in the ecuadorian embassy in london say they will continue to fight him of course and seek a shore and says he will not be sent to the u.s. on the israeli army says it killed a palestinian man who was wanted over the death of a settler last month that twenty one year old ackerman gerar in janine in the occupied west bank he was accused of killing rabbi. in an illegal israeli outpost last month those are your headlines stay with us here on al-jazeera the stream is coming up next i'll be back in about twenty five minutes. ok and your history today should u.s. president donald trump be actively resisted i guess today has been a vocal part of that movement for more than a year now you may not know his name but it's likely that you know it's to day week michael skolnik and imo they could be loud and i'll be bringing the questi

last week when he declared himself the people's president thereby rejecting who kenyatta is reelection me a quitter is an africa policy analyst he says kenya's political instability is causing concern through the region. i am hoping that this who are generally nettlesome steam i do know that westing capitals are very very worried and behind the scenes the address to deescalate this situation. you know is divided and there tahsin is that between mr odinga. and the government support is but beyond kenya is so there is the whole world in some issue also madiao which is rocked by a civil war terror war and then further north across the red sea you have you have . yemen and therefore this is a very dangerous area western and western countries depend on kenya to help deal with that situation apart from kenyans own importance in its own right the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has held talks with the colombian president juan manuel fantails in the colombian capital bogota missa tennyson's said the u.s. shares responsibility to help combat colombia's drug trade adding that it would cont

was next to last week when he declared himself the people's president thereby rejecting all who kenyatta his reelection. is an africa policy analyst he says kenya's political instability is causing concern throughout the region. i am hoping that this who are generally let off some steam i do know that westing capitals are very very worried and behind the scenes they are drying to deescalate the situation. you know is divided and there are tensions that between mr odinga. and the government support is but beyond kenya is so there is the whole worry some issue also madiao which is rocked by a civil war terror war and then further north across the red sea you have you have . yemen and therefore this is a very dangerous area western and western countries depend on kenya to help deal with that situation apart from kenyans own importance in its own right if it is foreign minister says there's a real risk of i suffices returning to europe on the boats used by migrants to cross the mediterranean angeleno our final was speaking at a conference that hayes hasting in rome to discuss migration and s

and his supporters believe the president kenyatta the election win last year was rigged. and of this is going to just. over the world. go on of us different we're. going to go through in this. global government the government deserves going to. its own laws and the constitution. at least five previously on reports range of muslim mass graves have been uncovered in myanmar according to these seated press the un special rapporteur has called for a fact finding mission to be given access to the sites more than six hundred ninety thousand ranger fled me and since a military crackdown has launched an orchestra last year for around nine hundred fifty mine is in south africa a stuck underground storm knocked out power the big tricks goldmine is near the city of welcome in central freestate the company says the mine is a not in danger and that sixty four people have already been rescued the f.b.i. is questioning the accuracy of a secret congressional memo which accuses it of abusing its surveillance powers to target the trump campaign during the two thousand and sixteen president

we are working directly with counseling kenyatta johnson to initiate the local hearings in philadelphiaand because of the federal government walking away from its oversight responsibilities, it really is going to require cities, local communities, states to initiate their own action to try to address this racist, disiscriminatory behavi. and that is what we're urging folks to do, not just in pennsylvania, but all across the country. acrossu have small towns in states across the country that don't have the size of the city of philadelphia who depend upon homeownership to keep their communities going, but local neighborhoods cannot get a loan, they cannot get a mortgage, they cannot create the wealth in their families, in their communities, as i said before, it has a tremendous ripple effect across the board in every other aspect of a person's reality and a community's reality. amy: let's go to a clip from a pbs newshour video accompanying the investigation. >> adrian stokes has owned her home for decades. she lives there with her pitbull. there's a lot of new investments in the area and

opposition leader rather and into the danger and his supporters believe that a president who are kenyatta selection when last year was right. furthermore and that this is going to turn. over it don't. go on different we're. going to go differently in this. drama government the government does serve the brunt of this of. its own laws and accounts. at least five previously on reported revenge a muslim asked graves have been uncovered him in mark quoting to the associated press the u.n. special report has called for a fact finding mission to be given access to the sites more than six hundred ninety thousand for him to have fled meanwhile since a military crackdown was launched in august last year. around nine hundred fifty minus in south africa are stuck underground after a storm knocked out power to bigotries gold mine is near the city of welcome in central freestate the company says the mine is a not in danger and that sixty four people have already been rescued. yes the eyes questioning the accuracy of a secret congressional memo which cues it of abusing its surveillance pounds to target

protests in kenyatta a mock inauguration of opposition leader plus. is a cesspool of flu. right now the u.s. suffers its worst flu outbreak in a decade. a memo criticizing the f.b.i.'s investigation into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election has been released after being declassified by president trump was written by republicans and says the f.b.i. and department of justice abuse their power and showdown to trump bias while investigating the alleged ties between the campaign team and the kremlin well the f.b.i. had argued against its release saying it had grave concerns the document contained what it called material missions of fact in a statement the agency's director christopher wright told staff he stood by them democrats say the members and directing the special counsel robert muller's investigation into the trunk campaign's alleged links to russia white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. republicans promised a bombshell that would destroy any idea the trump campaign colluded with the russian government during the twenty sixteen presid

assembly and engaging in organized criminal activity opposition leader a danger rejected president hu kenyatta as victory in last october's elections more now from catherine sawyer who joins us now from nairobi suck after what more can tell us on this. absolutely. this very fiery opposition politician also the self declared leader of a national resistance movement that was started by the opposition last year to push for electoral reforms through what they say peaceful resistance now that group has been declared by the government an organized criminal group going to himself was arrested last week very dramatically we covered the fact and the judge last week ordered that he believed on bail pending his pending his case that did not happen on monday the judge again ordered that he be presented before before him before the courts in a ruby again the government defied done the police defied the order and the judge said he must be present and pass in the lead by the inspector general of police and the director of criminal investigations this morning at six g.m.t. that's nine am law call and then we'

us live on al-jazeera sir it seems that desperate times call for desperate measures and either mr kenyatta or his government must be pretty worried to have acted in this way. i think. at the same time though you know i'll go out on a limb been say there might be. a silver lining on this because events moving too quickly the government is reacting quickly on the other and mr a his so board is pretty incensed still about what went on in the in the elections now. deportee mr me. the silver lining may be that may be allowed things to to calm down because the trying to charge him in the courts the minute that he was i rested and brought to court today in kenya tuesday in kenya we know the street protests broke out in kisumu and i've up parts of western kenya which is the stronghold of nasa and mr odinga so i am hoping that this who are generally led on some steam i do know that westing capitals are very very worried and behind this is the address to deescalate the situation is not the case that do you think that there are real concerns about the legal system you charge somebody with treason tha

before transferring to riverside and back to burlingame, began his career at usf, transferred to kenyattabefore finding a home i can on the hilltop. >>> he is proud of where he's from, san francisco. >>> i've been around in my fair share of places and it's nice to be back and see familiar faces and feel comfortable and that has helped. >>> whatever the reason for robbery -- frankie ferrari is thriving. >>> you don't want a peak in november they see want to peak in march, could be dangerous in the upcoming weeks. >>> as for driving his namesake.>> i would like to own one but it's out of my price range. hopefully one day they'll be cool. >>> cisco scott reese ktvu fox 2 news. >>> they are pretty good hoping to get a bid to the nit, 17 wins, be specific, they host san diego tomorrow. >>> he will get the car yet. >>> excited to bring you the chance for the san francisco chinese new year parade. >>> a lot going on including the best in the west clam chowder contest. rosemary orozco has or we can watch. >>> heading into the weekend, a few events happening around the bay. the chinese new year ce

why a museum like this >> sports is the great leveler , it brings people nothing in or society and kenyatta mentioned this as well people together, doesn't matter what your race is, young, middle-aged, we canour teams. that shoe shine guy his opinion about who should start at the eagles is as relevant as richest guy in town. >> t>> museum is set to open up next spring, and this will be a big hit. that area other than sports stadium that area is in the wellop them using that space in such a cool way. >> i'm totallymuerum and that f, tomorrow and rest of the week aim not quite s ups and down but i would echo the sentiment of ed rendell i can tk of that besides sports that unifies people thatrt eclipse ft august. i feel like everyone got into that. so very same thing sometimes. take a look the a the live neighborhood network we heistan. some of our eyewitness weather watchers have been reporting field cameras. this is in berks county. here's thelo watching just a cof little showers work their way through, even door just now and only out for the daylight hours, you will be umbrella but later th

was next to a dingo last week when he declared himself the people's president rejecting a rule kenyatta's reelection and the british judge has turned down an initial request by the wiki leaks founder julian assange to have his arrest warrant cancelled lawyers for sancerre is in the ecuadorian embassy in london say they will continue to fight in the courts and to seek assurances he will not be sent to the u.s. those are your headlines al-jazeera world continues next on back in about twenty five minutes. somalia has been without government for the last twenty three years. of day children. old people. government of the shows the decisions but. every time i want to go to get a good government. disinterest skin people. get in people for the new movie but what i know it. islam doesn't get your vote in innocent people. everybody has his own story and most of the why here they don't care for themselves . most of them don't imprison their fun that is everybody but invade goods on the spot maybe or his relatives that's been there to present and given by home to the community we have blessed us to b

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. >>> kenyatta johnson teamed up with police and local clergy going door to door in southwest philadelphiarecent gun violence. the group held a public safety walk from 75th and elmwood avenue to the 2400 block of south 75th street handing out public safety information. >> ♪ >> all right, happening tomorrow, the man accused in the stabbing death of a woman in yeadon, delaware county is expected to appear in court. 37-year-old byron allen is charged with first degree murder and other offenses in the september 2016 killing of natasha gibson. gibson was killed as she was walking from a bar to a friend's house on bailey street. police say gibson was that stabbed more than 20 times. >> the school district of philadelphia saying goodbye to polly styrene or styrofoam serving trays. the district announced today it will begin rolling out the use of compostable round plates at its middle and high schools trying to do better for the viral. the district plans a pilot program among high schools to compost the plates. according to school officials it means 284,000 less items in the landfill every month.

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odinga boycotted a revote in october, paving the way for an easy victory by incumbent president uhuru kenyatta. in the united kingdom, the labour party is considering forcing homeowners to send lots -- sell lots to construct affordable housing. the proposal comes after party leader jeremy corbyn said this week that if elected prime minister, he would immediately purchase a dozen homes for homeless residents. in the pacific island nation of the maldives, a court has thrown out terrorism charges against former president mohamed nasheed and several other former politicians. mohamed nasheed was the maldives' first democratically elected president, known internationally for his work on climate change. in 2012, he was ousted in what he called an armed coup by supporters of former dictator maumoon abdul gayoom and has since been living in exile in great britain. in cape town, south africa, officials have ordered water use cut in half as the city is it actedo run out of water on april 16th, a day that's been dubbed "day zero." officials say a combination of urban sprawl and climate change is responsib

he began his college career at usf, transferred to kenyatta college, before finally finding a home again on the hilltop.>> the crowd knows him. >> been around, tonight it's good to be back and see familiar faces and finally feel comfortable. i think that has helped a lot this year for sure.>> whatever the reason, ferrari is thriving, and the don's are winning, just the right time.>> i feel like we're hitting our stride right now, we could be dangerous in the upcoming weeks.>> and as for driving his name steak --'s namesake? >> i like to own one but it's a little out of my price range right now. hopefully soon.>> reporter: scott reiss, trend to news. -- ktvu news. >> i think ferrari should get him a car. >> when he shows up to the gym, people say hey, there's a ferrari guy, you know? >> he's got great ball skills two. >> very nice story from scott. weatherwise today, we have a lot to talk about, sunshine, clouds, showers, hail, wind, and even some snowfall as well, with some very cold temperatures. clouds are still lingering around portions of the bay area. the cold air will still be arou

odinga's supporters say president uhuru kenyatta rigged last year's election. back in this country, the state , partment's top career diplomm shannon, announced he's retiring after 35 years. he cited personal reasons. his departure comes as president trump faces criticism for not filling a number of top diplomatic posts. lle arizona state house today ex a republican lawmaker over allegations of sexual harassment. don shooter is believed to be the first state lawmaker to be dismissed since the "me-too" movement began. others have resigned or been stripped of leadership positions. and on wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained 37 points to close at 26,186. the nasdaq fell 25 points, and the s&p 500 lost almost two points. still to come on the newshour: should the white house release a controversial memo about the asssia investigation? urkey clashes with u.s. backed kurds, i speak to the ecrkish ambassador. thomics of fighting cancer, and much more. >> woodruff: as we reported earlier, while the political fighting match over the release of the nunes m

local clergy members of town watch, police and councilman kenyatta johnson went door to door to talko neighbors from the federal corruption trial continues for the mayor of allentown. the prosecution could rest as early as today after nearly three weeks of testimony. democrat ed pawlowski is accused of trading city contracts for campaign cash. jurors have heard from witnesses and secretly recorded conversations involving the mayor. pawlowski says he is innocent. if the prosecution finishes today, the defense will begin presenting its case tomorrow. >> federal wildlife officials will be in trenton today to try and scare away as many as 30,000 crows. the birds are making a mess of the capitol city plus they're noisy and 14y present a danger to planes overhead. officials plan to use methods ranging from pyrotechnics, lasers, flashing lights, effigies and playing audio of birds in distress. residents in trenton can that expect to get an earful and an eye full from 4:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. through friday for the next two weeks. >> after wild swings last week yesterday was better go of it for s

last month kenyan president kenyatta instructed the main country's television stations not to cover an opposition event and when they refused, he shut them down. turkey is now the world's foremost jailer of journalists according to the committee to protect journalists. let me underscore that are fact. the government that has imprisoned more journalist than any other is democratically collected. and one year after the failed 2016 coo attempt, a u.n. report found that at least one 77 news outlets had been shut down in turkey. it might be possible to brush these stories aside as the inevitable back cracking of developing countries. but what to make of the turn of events in hungary and poland? two places that wholeheartedly embraced democracy off the fall of the soviet union. they have used a series of tactics to muffle the u.s. they have taken over public broadcast, showered media with advertising money and cut advertising spending in critical platforms. many of these same tactics are being plid in poland which has been a poster child for the stellar economic reforms since the fall of com

left was the next year last week when he declared himself the people's president rejecting huda kenyatta as reelection good or holds both canadian and kenyan passports. the supreme court of the maldives has revoked its earlier order to release several imprisoned opposition leaders a day after the president declared a state of emergency and arrested two of its judges you mean a bill to you is accusing them of being part of a plot to overthrow him he's also ordered the arrest of a former president who says half brother assam a binge of his reports. just hours after the state of emergency was declared in the island nation of maldives this board carries a prominent opposition leader to the country's main jail on a remote island the. moment of the un was arrested on charges of bribery which the opposition says this politically motivated. his family released a video earlier in which he urged his supporters not to lose hope. when this police came to arrest me i'm going with them i don't even know why they are arresting me i've done nothing wrong or unlawful i urge the people to be strong and st

to step out or to not get involved in this particular issue we have to look at the fact that who kenyatta and william ruto were you know i see suspect and during that time they were very defendant or defending of you know domestic politics so it feels like a rock and a hard place for diplomats to actually say something and actually have something that they say listen to katherine i'm on those thanks so much for your report catherine and for joining us this morning with those insights overstaying in africa in the south african police have raided the home of the family wealthy friends of president jacob zuma the raid comes as part of an investigation into influence peddling allegations in the government the family and zuma are both denying any wrongdoing zuma is later expected today to respond to a recall order issued on tuesday by the governing a and c. the a.n.c. has threatened to use parliament to remove zuma from office if he refuses to resign but it has not given a deadline for his removal. well for many around the world today it's a day of love and affection as millions mark valentine