libby casey has more from washington. >> antonio, this weekend the clinton campaign sends out popularsurrogates on the campaign trail on new hampshire. actress lena dunham and soccer player abby bullock abou. women in iowa with their own opinions and points of view about a hillary clinton presidency. >> i think it would be awesome. >> the model for the united states. >> i'm not completely sold. >> the clinton campaign is eager for women's vote but it's hard to be all things to all people. >> honestly i get a more solid feeling about bernie but i know he has got a lot of people, got that burn, got tao that fire ignited for people. >> clinton's main rival, bernie sanders, is appealing tomennials. rutgers university political scientists kelly ditmar says hillary clinton has a particular challenge for young women. >> looking at young women as a monolithic block is dangerous. >> women over 45 are more supportive of her than younger women. winning over minutials will be a key to a clinton presidency. because millennials traditionally voas democratic. >> they support more women than men, an

libby casey, al jazeera, washington. >> the world's biggest retailer is announcing big cuts, closing 264 stores worldwide, smaller express locations, in all about 16,000 employees are affect. walmart hopes to transfer many of those employees to other locations. closures will start at the end of the month. >>> chipotle will briefly close down all of its 2,000 restaurants in the united states on february 8th. executives say they will hold a can company-wide meeting on how to better ensure food safety. hundreds have fallen sick after eating at chipotle restaurants in the last few months. >>> decorations are down, christmas trees kicked to the curb but as jonathan martin reports from louisiana some of those trees are being put to good use. >> in new orleans the season is changing from christmas to carnival. but before the revelry comes community service. >> i'm a member of a dance group called the organ grinders that was founded in 2010 and not only do we do mardi gras parades, we do restoration projects. >> volunteers recently spent a saturday morning tossing trees into a boat and placi

libby casey is live for us in washington, and libby if republicans already know the president is goingto the bill, what is the point of voting on it in the first place? >> reporter: del, this time it is different, because as you mentioned this senate has approved this bill, and it's the first time in scores of house attempts that they have the senate on board. in that was able to happen before the holiday because of a process called reconciliation, where senate republicans just needed a simple majority. so this is an advancement for the republican cause of defunding obamacare, and defunding planned parenthood. but as you point out, it's still dead on arrival, because president obama plans to veto. so why do it? the optics and symbolism are still very important, and republicans are trying to set their own agenda for 2016. >> with this bill, we are standing for life. we are confronting the president with the hard honest truth. obamacare doesn't work. >> reporter: democrats are equally eager to use this opportunity to push back against republicans, and they are calling this attempt pure p

al jazeera's libby casey is live in washington. the proposals are already drawing opposition from the right. what are they saying? >> absolutely, dell, it's no surprise, because the president and republicans have fought over the issue of gun control for years now. with this, the final chapter of the obama administration beginning, the president is putting the issue front and center. congressional republicans here in washington who wanted to set the tone and give their own agenda a lot of attention this january are finding themselves on defense. >> it didn't take long for a partisan battle to ignite over president obama's latest plan to battle gun violence, using executive action to increase background checks and tighten rules. >> president obama's executive actions limiting gun rights will restrict our law abiding citizens, not the criminals for the terrorists who target them. >> several republican lawmakers and presidential candidates have already come out against the move, saying it won't actually reduce shooting deaths and that

libby casey has more from washington. >> reporter: david, this evening's vote broke down as expected. this is a battle with the outcome already known. a presidential veto. republicans are waiting, and they believe the act forces them to push back at planned parenthood and affordable affore act. one thing that both sides agree on, the ultimate outcome will be decided by the presidential race. >> yeas, 240, the nays, 181, and the motion is adopted. >> reporter: more than 60 republican attempts to roll back the president's signature healthcare law, but this one is different. >> this is the first time in five years, that we'll finally put a bill on the president's desk that defunds obamacare. for years, the senate democrats have been blocking the bills. >> reporter: they have been using reconciliation, a process that only needed a simple majority to pass. despite a veto threat from the white house, republicans are still declaring a win, focusing on gop priorities in 2006. >> we are standing for life, we are confronting the president with a hard honest truth. okeechobee doesn't work. >> re

aljazeera's libby casey is in washington for us, and libby, does this news put the controversy to rest for planned parenthood? >> it certainly is a win for planned parenthood, tony, not only that the organization wasn't charged. but the scrutiny is on the anti-abortion activists who are is attacking about, thank you busy not stopping republicans from going after planned parenthood. officials in texas are vowing to continue investigating planned parenthood. but the announcement that a grand jury will not charge the organization and instead charge the activists who went undercover has changed the debate. the leader of th the anti-abortn rights group, center for progress s. centered on violating a texas law for purchasing humor organs, and using i.d. cards with the intent to fraud. a statement saying, the only people engaged in wrongdoing are the criminals behind this fraud. after the center for medical progress released undercover video online last year, saying that it caught a planned parenthood official trying to sell aborted he fetal tissue. ing? that they denied. and republicans thre

libby casey has more from washington. >> nine justices appointed for life, their influence affect long after a president's term. >> so that means we're talking about potentially two decades of what is possible in this country being decided by one vote in november of 2016. >> reporter: and presidential candidates are talking about that potential power and influence. >> there are few if any issues that matter more in this presidential election than the supreme court. and what i can tell you is i have spent my entire life fighting judicial cavism and there is no decision i will take more seriously than appointing a supreme court justice. >> reporter: the next president's timing could be especially significant. >> we need to recognize something that has received almost no attention in this election which is that in all probability the next president of the united states will make between one and three appointments to the united states supreme court. >> former president bill clinton appointed two justices both during his first term. two decades later ruth bader ginsberg has risen to become

libby casey, thank you. >>> foreign policy is expected to be a big part of the president's address, and it comes after a bold attack in turkey. killed ten foreigners, and nine of them journalists. [ sirens ] >> the square in the heart of istanbul. millions of tourists flock here to wonder at the blue mosque and museum, but one turned to horror on tuesday. this was the square an hour after the suicide bomber struck. >> it was a suicide bomb, yes. i went back to see it, and it was chaos and everyone was running around. the police didn't see this coming. they were upset, and at the same time, they were trying to evacuate the area because they said that a second bomb could go off. >> reporter: ten people are confirmed killed. eight of them german tourists, and people of various on nationalities are wounded. somereporting that he was syrian, and others that he was saudi born. the turkish deputy prime minister visited the wounded in the hospital. and the prime minister promised to unmask it. >> the perpetrators of this attack will be unveiled and get the punishment that they deserve. i call o

office to tackle what he is calling the most frustrating issue of his presidency and al jazeera libby caseylive for us in washington and libby there has already been republican push back ahead of announcements and what are politicians where you are saying? >> immediate reaction dell from republicans both on the campaign trail and from washington lawmakers with house speaker paul ryan calling this a dangerous level of executive over reach that americans won't stand for but the white house says these are common sense moves that are in line with existing law. and the president's executive actions are being called modest and small steps because without congress on board there is only so much he can do. it didn't take long for a partisan battle to ignite over president obama's latest plan to combat gun violence using executive action for background check and rules. >> president obama actions limiting gun rights will restrict our law abiding citizens, not the criminals or terrorists who target them. >> reporter: several republican lawmakers and presidential candidates have already come out agains

libby casey is in washington. libby. >> reporter: john, good evening. young women voters will be key to successful democratic run, because they tend to turn out in larger numbers. for hillary clinton, getting young women to trust her and believe she has what it makes to be present, showing them she's authentic. women in iowa, with their own opinions and points of view about a hillary clinton presidency. >> i think she would be awesome. >> i'm not completely sold. >> the clinton campaign is eager for women's vote but it is hard to be all things to all people. >> honestly, i just get more of a solid feeling about bernie, but he has got a lot of people, got that burn, got that fire ignited for people. >> clinton's main dre democratic rival, bernie sanders. rutgers university kellie ditmar says hillary clinton has a particular challenge for young women. >> looking at women voters as a sort of monolithic block is very dangerous. >> women more likely than men to back clinton and more supportive of her over 45 than younger women. young women tend to vote democ

as al jazeera's libby casey reports, the g.o.p.opes to use the veto to send a message to voters. >> ayes 240, nays 181. the motion is adopted. >> more than 60 republican attempts to roll back the president's signature healthcare law, but this one is different. >> this is the first time if five years we will finally, put a bill on the president's desk that defunds obamacare. for years, senate democrats have been blocking and filibustering these bills. >> reporter: republicans finally, able to get the senate on board in a vote last month using reconciliation, a process that only nealed a simple majority to pass. despite at veto threat from the white house, republicans are still declaring a political win trying to focus on g.o.p. priorities in 2016. >> we are standing for life. we are confronting the president with the hard, honest truth. obamacare doesn't work. >> it's her judge, not their judge. >> the democrats say the fight over planned parenthood is one they can win in congress and in public opinion. >> every woman in america sho

libby casey is in washington with more. >> reporter: john, this evening's vote broke down along party lines as expected and the outcome is already known. a presidential veto. but republicans say their base wants them to fight the affordable care act, and fight planned parenthood. frankly democrats see their own political opportunity here to show supporters they are willing to push back. one thing both sides agree on this fight may be determined on the presidential race. >> the motion is adopted. >> reporter: more than 60 republican attempts to roll back the president's signature health care law but this one is different. >> this is the first time in five years we will finally put a bill on the president's desk that defunds obamacare. for years senate democrats have been blocking and filibustering these bills. >> republicans finally able to get the senate on board on a vote using reconciliation, a process that only needed a simple majority to pass. despite a veto threat from the white house republicans are still declaring a political win trying to focus on gop priorities in 2016. >> we

libby casey, al jazeera, wasn't. >> up next, christmas on the bayou, how louisiana is using old treeso save the coastline. two weeks into the holiday season, christmas trees kicked to the curb. but as al jazeera's jonathan martin reports from louisiana, some trees are being put to good use. >> reporter: in new orleans, the season is changing from christmas to carnival but before the revelry comes community service . >> i am a member of a dance group called the organ grinders that was found in 2010, and not only do we do madi gras praised but a large portion of what we do is philanthropic work. >> valerie is over one of over 50 christmas tree restoration project. they are delivered to a marina where volunteers recently spent a saturday morning to thing trees into a boat and placing them in to cribs built out of two by fours to create a marsh fall. >> with this wave energy striking these structures so it's not striking the shoreline. it allows the shoreline to grow into a marsh. >> the project is focused on two miles of shoreline in part of the bassin, the fattest eroding basin in the u

. >> well, john, joining me now is our congressional correspondent libby casey. e's at statutory hall across the building. libby, the president recently used his executive action to push a number of gun-control initiatives. but the reality is that congress holds the purse strings for some of the things that the president wants to do. >> that's right, namely components of the president's plan like boosting mental health funding and enforcing existing law. just as president obama has chose on it go around congress, he has used his pen and his phone to get things done, congress is also flexing its muscle, in this case it's fiscal muscle. they'll try to use that mechanism to stop what he's doing. let me give you some examples. the chairman on justice, a tex texan, as president i don't need a bill. i don't need an amendment. i can stop the justice department by building an electric fence around it. by cutting off the funding, he'll stop what president obama has in mind. >> the issue of gun has been personal and emotional for president obama. we went to his hometown of