opposition and a backlash from taxpayers has forced the online retailer to abandon the project kristen salumi reports. the announcement that amazon was canceling plans to move to this new york neighborhood brought cheers from city council member jimmy bramer and a grassroots coalition of opponents amazon chose to walk away rather than fight for what it believed in. but not everyone was celebrating. god some local residents came out to heckle the politician a minute upset over the loss of jobs amazon had promised to bring twenty five thousand of them and local investment these guys didn't act on the behest of the community act in the behest of their own political careers period new york's mayor and governor were among dozens around the country that fought to woo amazon offering nearly three billion dollars in tax incentives and construction grants to bring the company right to this neighborhood in new york city but almost as soon as the deal was announced there was opposition and backlash. local legislators who weren't consulted on the deal held hearings and citizens paraded amazon representat

of galaxy phones but would it be enough for the industry leader to overcome a shrinking market kristen salumi reports from new york. the next generation samsung smartphone will also serve as a tablet with its fold it has a four point six inch display it's compact and perfectly portable bot. when the device opens up your world as to not surprisingly samsung's newest device is called the fold and it was unveiled with all of the fanfare you've come to expect from the world's leading smartphone maker. but shares where things get really the call it goes on sale in april but it and samsung's new as tannen as ten plus are being released amid faltering worldwide sales people have a little bit of phone fatigue all the phones look the same they feel the same this new galaxy s ten is not really going to break the mold but we've seen some hints of things that are coming in the future that might get people really excited the issue whether buying samsung or an apple device is increasingly price with the fold costing about two thousand dollars samsung will have to convince consumers that they just have to h

this time instead focusing on its existing offices and expansion plans elsewhere in the country kristen salumi al jazeera new york. this is just zero these are the top stories now the u.s. congress has passed a bipartisan bill twelve void another government shutdown it does not include money for a dog or to war with mexico instead he plans to declare a national emergency to secure the funding john hendren has mall from washington d.c. . the opponents of the president's now have two options they could pass a bill forbidding him from using these funds for a border wall that would likely pass the house of representatives where democrats are in control but it would likely not pass in the senate in even if it did the president could veto it and then there would have to be a two thirds majority in order to override that so they're unlikely to succeed in that route the other option they can take is to go to court and say this is not a national emergency. president nicolas maduro has invited dard trump's new special envoy to venezuela to visit caracas in an interview with associated press he also reve

if you talk about democracy it's really democracy in action when our kristen salumi has been following reaction to all of this from washington. president trump gave away very little in the way of details when asked about venezuela reiterating what his cabinet officials have been saying since the united states first put its support behind the opposition leader won. that all options are on the table including a military option but he declined to say what would justify intervention on the part of the united states when pushed he also said that he had turned down a request to meet with nicolas maduro the president in recent months would not answer the question as to whether he would meet with him in the future to perhaps try to persuade him to step aside saying that the process was already far a log from the national security advisor john bolton we know that the united states is preparing to deliver humanitarian aid to venezuela in the form of medicine surgical supplies and nutritional supplements the problem for the united states is that the material government has refused to allow this a

of galaxy phones but would it be enough for the industry leader to overcome a shrinking market kristen salumi reports from new york. the next generation samsung smartphone will also serve as a tablet with its fold it has a four point six inch display it's compact and perfectly portable but. when the device opens up your world as to not surprisingly samsung's newest device is called the fold and it was unveiled with all of the fanfare you've come to expect from the world's leading smartphone maker. but shares with things we call it goes on sale in april but it and samsung's new as tannen as ten plus are being released amid faltering worldwide sales people have a little bit of phone fatigue all the phones look the same they feel the same this new galaxy s ten is not really going to break the mold but we've seen some hints of things that are coming in the future that might get people really excited the issue whether buying samsung or an apple device is increasingly price with the fold costing about two thousand dollars samsung will have to convince consumers that they just have to have it pretty

rights apply to everyone but are particularly geared towards protecting the rights of black people kristen salumi explains. in new york's harlem neighborhood so-called natural hairstyles are born with pride. but what is common to african-americans from braids to afros to twist. often comes at a price because we've been so indoctrinated to thinking that straight hair is better and has a more appropriate and more professional looking it makes it difficult for people to wear their hearing actually and to be seen as being professional i think that's changing roberta alloway used to straighten her hair when she worked in a corporate environment. the women here in. the supervisor would walk down women in the one changing history but stylists a natural hair is healthier a lot of work a lot of money it's not. a transformation appears to be taking place at least a new york. legal recourse to any individual who's been harassed punished or fired because of their hairstyle in york the city's human rights commission considers such acts racial discrimination the commission released the guidelines after this vi

country adding that she doesn't mind human trafficking because she opposes his mexico border wall kristen salumi joining us from washington d.c. to talk us through this significance of this particular interview considering it's super bowl day christina what more did the president have to say. yeah it's super bowl sunday here in the united states during the super bowl of course the championship game for the n.f.l. american football league here the biggest game in the biggest sport in the country the most popular sport and millions of viewers tune in for the game and it's become a bit of a tradition for the president to grant an interview on super bowl sunday to the network that carries the game and president trump actually bucked that tradition last year refusing to give an interview to n.b.c. but this year amidst this border wall fight president trump sat down for his first television interview since the shutdown as you said since he was forced to back down basically from a demand that congress include five point seven billion dollars for his border wall in the legislation that was necessary to

this time instead focusing on its existing offices and expansion plans elsewhere in the country kristen salumi al jazeera new york well the u.s. has a new attorney general the senate confirmed william bob bringing the lawyer about to a child he held more than twenty five years ago will head the u.s. justice department over saying special counsel robert muller as an inquiry into possible russian interference and the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election. two films telling the little known stories of people who risked their lives to record crimes against humanity being shown at the balland film festival one deals with the nazi occupation of poland the other with a manmade famine in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the reports. were twenty third. the left the street looks like. everywhere you go you see. an entry from emmanuel ringle bloom's diary he was instrumental in jews hiding a huge cache of documentation in the warsaw ghetto during the nazi occupation. right. largely young told story forms the basis of who will write our history showing at the berlin film festival. this documen

this time instead focusing on its existing offices and expansion plans elsewhere in the country kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. british m.p.'s have handed out another defeat to prime minister to resign mayor after rejecting a motion to endorse our government's approach to bragg's that m.p.'s voted against continuing to support may's plan to see changes to break that deal from brussels proposal from the opposition labor party which would have forced the government to give parliament either a vote on a revised brigs that deal or a debate on the next steps by the end of this month was also checked. the final campaign rallies have been held in nigeria ahead of saturday's presidential and parliamentary elections the youth vote is likely to be key but unemployment and high inflation has left many young nigerians frustrated report some of the job. absolutely mohammed says he's voting for the first time in saturday's election but he is frustrated the twenty year old finish school and can't find work to try and survive he sells water on the street take it a lot of the my life here i want the govern

they accuse the saudi government of helping the hijackers watch the two thousand and one attacks kristen salumi has will. they came to court to demand the saudi government cough up more information specific documents that survivors of the attacks of september eleventh two thousand and one believe will shed new light on the hijackers responsible for the deaths of nearly three thousand people fifteen of the nineteen were saudi citizens filed a lawsuit because beyond wanting justice for the murder of our loved ones who want the truth and we want the truth to be told to the world we want everyone to understand the role that the saudis played in financing and eighteen a bad one thousand hijackers their attorneys presented new evidence suggesting that the saudis have not shared all pertinent information about these two. man for the mary and omar al by you me saudis on their government's payroll who were living in southern california and helped two of the hijackers find a place to stay there the plaintiffs have long argued the hijackers would not have been successful in their mission without governmen

this time instead focusing on its existing offices and expansion plans elsewhere in the country kristen salumi al jazeera new york. hello i missed. and these are the headlines some news just coming in out of spain prime minister petra sanchez has called a general election which will be held on april twenty eighth the announcement was expected to parliament rejected the minority government's budget proposal this week this will be the third election in less than four years that as well as embattled president has accused the u.s. of trying to destabilize his country in an interview with al-jazeera nicolas maduro also criticized european nations for supporting u.s. military intervention. i think that some europeans made a mistake when they supported the american war in iraq can you ask any of the coalition countries was it necessary to intervene militarily in iraq and divide it and kill millions of its people i think they also made a mistake when they bombed libya and killed more than one hundred thousand civilians can these errors be corrected i think they mean mistakes in their destructive polic

years ago believe the saudi government helped the plane hijackers they want to suit the kingdom kristen salumi reports from new york . dozens of nine eleven survivors and victims' family members made their presence known in the court as the judge considered motions in the lawsuit against the saudi government for its alleged role in the nine eleven attacks be the tourney's for the families and their victims say that there is new evidence in this case to link saudi officials with the hijackers on nine eleven who carried out the nine eleven attacks you'll recall that fifteen out of the nineteen hijackers came from saudi arabia and the victim's family members have long contended that they had help from the saudi government and now they are asking the court to order the saudi government to turn over more documents specifically related to two officials in southern california who had contact with two of the hijackers and helped them settle in the united states in the run up to nine eleven now saudi officials say they've handed over what documents they have and that the allegations against the governm

this time instead focusing on its existing offices and expansion plans elsewhere in the country kristen salumi al jazeera new york flights were temporarily grounded at devise main international airport after a suspected drone activity air traffic was suspended for a little over thirty minutes as airport authorities investigating the situation answering calls delays and morning departures and arrivals and the region's busiest airport flying joins us for habited within five kilometers of the airport and carries a strict penalty case. i'm richelle carey these are the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says he will declare a national emergency to secure funding for a border wall with mexico earlier congress passed a spending bill without money for the border to avoid another government shutdown trump is expected to speak within the hour. and israel's president has accused the u.s. of trying to destabilize his country in an interview with al-jazeera nicholas wonder oh says the call by the opposition back by the u.s. to bring in aid next week he says it's nothing but political theat

this time instead focusing on its existing offices and expansion plans elsewhere in the country kristen salumi al jazeera new york the us senate has confirmed william barr as the new attorney general bringing the know about to a child he held more than twenty five years ago the position means will head to the u.s. justice department overseeing special counsel robert muller as inquiry into possible russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election the senate voted to launch me along party lines and could be sworn in within the next few days. the news for years has likely to play a major part in nigeria's presidential and parliamentary elections on saturday jobs are increasingly scarce and the cost of living is rising. young people in the capital of bridger who are looking for change. mohamed says he's voting for the first time in saturday's election but he is frustrated the twenty year old from his school and can't find work to try and survive he sells water on the street play killed a lot of them are lucky i want the government to look after the poor and give us jobs i also

kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. well bridget todd is the editor of afro punk an online magazine which focuses on race politics and music she joins us live via skype from los angeles madame thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera now i don't know whether you could see the report that we just played out but we showed the image of the black young teenage boy you had his red locks cut off a basically by the refrain order to participate to a wrestling match and watching it like that everyone would record oil but actually how coleman do you think in your experience and from what you have heard and know how common is this kind of discrimination and it's very common i think it's one of those things where when you see it explicitly of course we all be quite well i watched that edge of that young man having a char cut and i really felt for him but oftentimes i think it left explicit it's not only someone explicitly telling you your hair is unacceptable the way it grows from your ad sometimes the comment it's a it'

these tense in these countries all right krista salumi giving us the update from washington kristen thank you so the intermediate range nuclear forces or i.n.f. treaty called for both sides at that time to destroy and never again deploy any ground based for listing on cruise missiles within a set range by nine hundred ninety one a total of two thousand six hundred ninety two missiles were destroyed under the treaty that's according to the us state department and as we mentioned since then both sides have accused each other of violating its twenty four t. in washington accuse moscow of testing a weapon at a restricted range before deploying it in twenty seventeen and last october nato backed the u.s. and declared russia in violation of that agreement moscow has continued to deny the allegations. get top of those joining us here in the studio to give us some perspective on what's going on so we find ourselves in a situation right now where putin is saying we're withdrawing too and not only that we will start working on creating new supersonic missiles but we won't deploy them unless the u.s

united states let's get the view from washington krista salumi is there so did the white house expect putin to follow the u.s. is lead and so quickly kristen well the critics were predicting this would have been everyone from former u.s. secretary of state colin powell to the private group known as the arms control association a disarmament group that warned that it was not likely to bring russia into compliance the u.s. withdrawal and in fact could spark a costly and dangerous missile competition between the two countries going forward and the united states forecast that it was going to do this it threatened it was going to do this more than a year ago and russia didn't budge even now with nato coming on board and supporting the u.s. maneuver saying that it wants russia to get into compliance with the treaty russia doesn't seem to indicate that it's going to change of course a lot of near putin says that the united states is. not taking them up on any negotiation offers and that in fact they aren't they are in compliance they deny that they have violated the treaty anyway so i don't think it's unexpected but for the united states this is