rachel schmidtke from the mexico institute. parliament votes on the government's brexit deal with the rest of the eu. on tuesday evening, members of parliament defeated the government and passed a vote that may make a "no—deal" brexit less likely. as the countdown ticks away, our reporter rob watson explains what mps will be voting on and what happens if they say no. what's in the deal? there are two parts. first is the nearly 600— paid withdrawal agreement, the legally binding international treaty that sets out the terms of britain's divorce from the eu. second is the much shorter non— legally binding political declaration which looks forward to the future relationship between the eu and the uk but with precious little detail. now, who doesn't like it? strongly precious little detail. now, who doesn‘t like it? strongly pro— brexit mps and the governing conservative party and all the opposition parties. why do people like it? amazingly, the deal unites remainers and brexiteers alike in opposition. brexit supporters say it leave

solution now are listening to eric olson now who's a senior advisor with the wilson center is mexico institute he's joining us via skype from washington d.c. thank you for talking to us that the president has gone to great lengths to paint this picture of a national emergency of being an influx of illegal migrants crossing the border down in the south of the country many of whom are criminals and they're bringing in drugs with them how would you describe the situation at the border with mexico. well there's no doubt that there is the legal migration entering the united states but the numbers speak for themselves that those numbers are all way down. you know in the last fifteen years it's dropped by over a million people a year trying to enter without documentation in the united states we have seen an increase in central americans i mean to the united states but in general the central americans especially the families and children are coming to the ports of entry seeking asylum out of fear for the by a lot and the lack of governance in their countries so the situation is obviously grim for thos

city of tijuana on tuesday as part of a hardened immigration policy, an official at mexico's national migration institute said. somebody has been doing some amazing negotiating in order to make that happen, where mexico would agree to take back some folks that are claiming asylum. as i understand, we may have more people going back to mexico pending their hearing. as we heard from secretary nielsen back in december, before ur committee, where walls, barriers in place, it cuts illegal immigration by 90% to 95%. that is something that works. nothing's going to work 100%. but that is amazing at how well it works. and i would like to recognize and yield to my good friend, congressman gaetz, for such time as he may use. mr. gaetz: i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding. and as we gather here on the floor, the gentleman from texas and i would note that most americans are working on a wednesday afternoon at 3:20 eastern time. most americans are trying to advance their careers, their lives, their families. and i'm just tragically disappointed at the lack of work going on in this congress. i think one of t

as of this weekend mexico's institute for national migration official score card keeper 11366. 6249 minors registered at mexico's southern border. according to people i spoke to over the weekend this number is expected to grow. that's in addition to the 2,000 plus in the caravan who crossed illegally with the doors wide open. we were there when that happened. they are on the march to the u.s. border. they are on the outskirts of mexico city this weekend. so, when you talk about these numbers, it's well over 12,000 an unprecedented number we have seen in recent years. officials in tijuana are certainly concerned about these numbers where they saw the last caravan gather. it is white house chief of staff mick mulvaney who took to the airways this weekend who said look the president is committed to what is now a crisis. >> he is willing to do whatever it takes to secure the border. he does take this very seriously. this is a serious humanitarian and security crisis. and as president of the united states, he takes the security of the nation as its highest priority. griff: here's the

he re-instituted the mexico city policy so now know american foreign aid goes to organizations that supportbortion around the world. president trump has kept his promise and appointed more conservative men and women to our courts of appeals than any president in america -- in american history. president signed legislation, and i had the privilege to cast of the tie-breaking vote to empower states to defund planned parenthood. the truth is president trump is the most pro-life president in american history. and we are grateful for your support. from the white house to your house, life is winning in america once again. we gather here today because we know we still have much work to do, so we urge you to stand strong, stand with love and compassion, you stand for life and know that we will stand with you until that great day comes where we restore the sanctity of life to the center of american law. you just don't have to take our word for it. it is an honor to address you our high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the 45th president of the united states of america, here is a mess

. >> mexico's migration institute said that central american's entering mexico surged. 80% from hondll come to the united states. as for the u.s. border i spoke to agents in texas, arizona and california. they told me the situation is getting worse and spreading. most central americans used to primarily go to south texas they're showing up in greater numbers in yuma and other places. on monday agents apprehended 150 central americans that scaled the wall with a ladder. migrants jumping over a vehicle barrier in el paso. agents tell you that barriers are critical in urban areas. they deter, stop and slow. technology and cameras and drones compliment but not a substitute for a barrier without which they would be overrun. agents are supporting the president's call for a barrier 250 miles. half that will go into the rio grande valley. they aren't happy. they're working without pay. families are struggling but somebody has to guard the border. >> bill: good reporting in los angeles. >> sandra: president trump going on offense slamming his former attorney this morning after michael cohen p

protecting life in global assistance policy known as the expanded mexico city policy known as the global gag rule, president ronald reagan institutedthe policy in 1984 and announced it in mexico city, the nickname at a score prohibits federal funding for nongovernmental organizations if they perform or actively promote abortion as a form of family-planning. since reagan it has been rescinded and reinstated a number of times. democrats that in the oval office, it went away. of a republican set in the oval office it came back. donald trump brought it back and expanded it playing into things like the president's emergency plan for aids relief and the malaria initiative. and only one clinic around, forgiving someone and abortion referral, a lot of people might not have access to all the other things they do like making sure people have information related to hiv prevention, and supporters disagree. the susan b anthony list pro-life group says house democrats are trying to foist a radical pro-abortion agenda on the nation by including a provision to get out of this policy in their proposal to reopen the government. it makes american tax

he became head of the new institute for urban planning in mexico city. i mean if there aren't many buildings by meyer who spent ten years in mexico but we don't have a single one. nevertheless harness my influence an entire generation of mexican architects say it will negatively influence them as i can say with absolute certainty that bars have a huge influence on many mexican architects who stuck with the mario party for example. in may he called me and partner has been a major influence on me i'm sure that hundreds meyer had a big effect on him and his letters from mugabe's. architect tatiana bilbao is interested in social housing. less does in the lead even though in may he. situation in mexico is very difficult a man that there's a huge demand for housing. and the housing that is available is poor quality very rundown. she wants to build affordable housing that does more than just meet minimum government standards. i'm interested in the structure and my idea was to design the structure for a house that could be extended to become larger than forty th

mexico city policy. president ronald reagan instituted in 1984.s core it prohibits federal funding for nongovernmental organizations that they perform or actively promote abortion as a form of family planning. it's been rescinded and reinstated a number of times. president trump brought it back and expanded it, flying into things like the president's emergency plan for aids relief and the malaria initiative. critics argue there are communities where there is one clinic. if that clinic loses funding forgiving someone at abortion referral, a lot of people might not have access to all the other things they do like making sure people have information related to hiv prevention, bed nets to keep malaria carrying mosquitoes at bay. supporters disagree. the susan b. anthony list says house democrats are trying to "foist a radical pro-abortion agenda on the nation by including a provision to get rid of this policy in their proposal to reopen the government." they say it makes american taxpayers complicit in the exportation of abortion. tonight the house re

mexico. well for now we're joined by tyson barker from the aspen institute germany based here in berlin good to see you tyson good to see you know president trump has used his first oval office address to the nation to drum up support for his border wall he said it was an appeal for common sense as he put it in a compromise in the name of national security what do you make of a well i mean we have to ask ourselves why now i mean you know he's been in office for two years this is something that he ran on this was kind of one of his big three catch phrases during the campaign and you know for a long time for the majority the entire time of that two years he had unitary control g.o.p. control of congress and for some reason this acute situation this humanitarian crisis is arising now and i think that the reaction of the of the american public has been why now why does this seem so manufactured which is a word that you heard a lot from his critics and from the press now what he did not do is declare some sort of national emergency which would have allowed him to bypass congress affective lead to

however, despite mexico best efforts, these cartels have exploited vulnerabilities in governmental institutions at all levels. allowing the economic expansion beyond drug trafficking. the profit-earning potential of mexican cartels exceed the mexico government allocated to homeland security which amounts to less than 1% of mexico annual budget. the governments of the united states and mexico have developed a common understanding of the impact of mexican cartels are having on both countries and currently view addressing this burden as a shared responsibility. ondcp engaged directly with the government of mexico and as a participant in high level bilateral meetings including the security cooperation group and the high level dialogue on disrupting transnational criminal organizations. moreover, the tri-lateral north american drug dialogue shared by the department of state brings together the government of the united states, mexico and canada to expanse counter drug operation in north america and allows all three countries to cooperate closely on the tcl threat throughout the couldn couldn't -- con

mexico is the merit initiative. the merit initiative has been the primary vehicle and it is administered by the department of state with the four pillars in order to build strong communities, build institutions, build capacity and go after transnational organized crime. since its inception ten years ago, the initiative funding has been about $1.3 billion to the government of mexico. and it made a substantial difference in mexico's capability to be able to deal with this problem as a partner. a lot of the activities that we have with the government of mexico in terms of the professionalization of the military forces, the training and capacity-building for their police to things like prison reform and transitioning to the new criminal justice system including one of the programs that i mentioned in my opening statement, are funded through the initiative and that is a very important component of what we're doing with mexico. it is not exactly analogous but follows the same model of being able to handle the physical problem on the ground and then build capacity of the forces themselves. >> the rest of youave a comment about that, chief? >> just to comment, sir. you're exactly right, working with

mexico. third, they have talked about professionalizing and modernizing the migration institute. so they both respect human rights and the high standards of integrity. while also channelling into legal channels and having real enforcement teeth. they talked about investing in central america. these are things we should think about how to partner with them. there's some opportunities for us as well to think about our asylum system. we have more than a border crisis and asylum crisis. my colleague who ran under both democratic and republican administrations has proposed a rule change that allow officers to make the first decisions to speed up processes. we can be both fair and timely in how we do this. et with don't need to narrow. we need to be timely. that would allow people to be removed who don't qualify quickly as well as relief who do qualify. and let me say quickly because i'm over time. there's a lot we can do in terms of asylum thinking about in country processing in mexico working with the mexican government. tough to do, but possible. we can think about going after the w

did institute this new program called "remain in mexico," so you will stay here while the u.s. here's your asylum claims. we are expecting a court challenge. advocates complain about it, but those who spoke to yesterday said they didn't mind. >> are you comfortable staying in mexico? >> as long as they offer protection and care, they are willing to wait. she's fine with it. she's in the shelter and she feels secure. he said that he doesn't have any problem, he understands that he needs to stay here for a couple months. in the meantime, since he has already a visa for mexico, what he's trying to do is just be able to find work so he can find a place to stay and wait for the process. >> of the president said yesterday he's going to ask for another 2,000 active-duty troops to be deployed along the border. that will bring the total number to about 5,000 right now. harris, as you know, the border patrol is shorthanded. those active-duty troops will put in concertina wire, backed him up, handle monitoring, drugs, surveilled a kind of thing. we are also telling you that san diego is n

captioning institute, narrator: on this episode of "earth focus," climate change is forcing people to migrate in search of food and shelter, altering traditional lifestyles across the globe. in tijuana, mexicohaitians fleeing devastation are building a neighborhood as their dreams of entering the united states dwindle. while in mongolia, the traditional herding lifestyle is threatened as drought forces a new generation to the capital in search of opportunities.

a policy was instituted by which thousands of children were separated from their parents as they attempted to cross in the united states from the southern border of the border with mexico this was well before the highly publicized zero tolerance policy was put into effect in twenty eighteen and around april or may that led to a huge public outcry and forced the president trump to reverse himself signing a proclamation. ending the practice the really disturbing thing in this new inspector general's report is that there apparently is no record of exactly how many children were taken away from their parents or whether how many or any of those children were eventually reunited absolutely shocking development to an awful story rob reynolds of the latest from washington thank you. but you're watching al-jazeera still to come on the program as britain's prime minister consoled so rivals on the way forward for bret's it france activates it it's no deal plan plus . the bones of belgrade ring out as crowd crowds welcome russian president vladimir putin on a visit to his serbian counterpart. and i there is certainly is a rather hot for some of us in australia temperature records

community record only institution the national assembly take on the responsibilities at all times you can count on. dozens of people are still missing after an oil pipeline explosion in mexico which killed seventy three people crowds were gathering fuel from an illegal tap when the blast happened on friday in the state of dago that's north of mexico city a six point seven magnitude earthquake has hit the coast of central chile it struck me a claim about four hundred fifty kilometers north of santiago a shallow quake rattled buildings in the capital money patio has retained his w b a welterweight title of to beating american adrian broner on points this was the filipinos first fight since turning forty despite being more than twenty years older than his opponent akio through twice as many punches he's won titles in eight weight divisions and this was the sixty first win of his career after the big trip back you know said he was keen for a rematch with floyd mayweather who beat him four years ago. let's have a quick check of the headlines here an al-jazeera the runner up in the democratic republic of congo's presidential elections calling for nationwide protests after the con

assembly is the only institution that right now is controlled by the opposition although it has no power but they don't agree on that but interestingly enough just a short while ago mexico and order why proposed an international conference to be held on february the seventh to be attended by other neutral countries as well as international organizations and i understand that includes the u.n. who want to find a negotiated settlement to this a way out of this without putting the government up against the wall without hopefully there being any more violence on the streets we'll have to see where that leads right now both sides seem to be very very separate and they can't seem to come to any minimum common ground thank you very much with the latest from caracas our latin america editor you see in human reporting from venezuela meanwhile the u.s. is stepping up the pressure on the government of nicolas maduro the national security adviser john bolton as brokers and trade as not to dealing commodities like gold and oil which he said was stolen from the venezuelan people also carlos vecchio the u.s. representative appointed by one has met with officials in washington in the l

mexico, first time ever. steve benjamin had the idea of a smart cities institute and we went to new york city and joined with the president of new york university to create the first smart cities institute and we went to montgomery, alabama, with our brother, brian stevenson, to see the lynching museum and launched our compassionate center, inclusion and compassionate center. and we went to bristol, england, to be with other mayors around the nation. and we went to san francisco talking about climate when nobody else would. for six months he has not stopped. ladies and gentlemen, here is six months of 2018, here is the united states conference of mayors, here is the pure, unadulterated person fiction of leadership, steven benjamin, the 72nd president of the united states conference of mayors. roll the video. you ain't seen nothing yet. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible [ inaudible ] . >> -- led by head and heart, but also by really intentional leadership. >> for those of you who may not know, the united states conference of mayors has taken a leadership role in the area of climate change and reducing greenhouse gas

institutions. here in the western hemisphere, we will be building relationships with the newly elected governments including in brazil and mexico and deepening the america initiative. we have emphasized the risk and challenges posed by the troika of tyranny namely venezuela, cuba and nicaragua. this troika has actively subverted democratic institutions, and looted its people's assets and engaged in economic malfeasance. in one portion of the crisis, nearly 50,000 venezuelans per day are crossing into colombia. >> secretary mnuchin has held four meetings of finance ministers to review the crisis in venezuela and the impact on its neighbors and support the broad coalition for democratic change. in nicaragua, we have built a strong consensus of donor countries to stop the banks from lending to the ortega regime. a high priority in 2019 will be the continued implementation of firma, pursuant to that legislation, cfius launched an innovative pilot program on november 10th which includes requiring declarations for certain foreign investments in u.s. businesses involved in critical technologies in 27 specific industries. there will be

mexico, but that's not how that trade deal works. christine and dave. >> jim acacosta, thank you. if you had a fact-check, the president listed heinous murders but a 2018 study of the cato institute which revealed that immigrants were less likely to nature-born americans to be convicted of crimes. >> "the washington post" reports between april 19th and september 30th, last year, this accounted for about one water of 1% of all family units apprehended. most are legitimate families, trying to enter the u.s. and finally, the president claimed 1 in 3 women are sexually assaulted in caravans. according to doctors without borders, but this evidence is exactly why many women say they choose to come to the u.s. and travel by caravan. >>> at the stroke of midnight, it became official, federal employees at america's borders and citizens and those working hard to protect us will not be getting paychecks on friday. >> we are deferring payments where we can. we are boning everything back to the bare necessities to try and make it through. >> i am a single mom. my son just graduated his first two years of college. he's going back. i'm not getting paid. i just bought a house. i'm not going to b

institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> after his address to the nation the president traveled to the u.s.-mexico border and held a discussion with border and immigration officials in mcallen texas. family members of victims of violence by undocumented migrants and texas senators ted cruz and john cornyn were also there. the president has asked congress for a $5.7 billion for a southern border wall or barrier. >> ladies and gentlemen, the resident of the united states. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. i appreciate it. it's an incredible honor to be here and meet. we just said hello to reggie. i have seen so much with reggie and his incredible brother and family. and we're with you. you know that, right? you you know that. in we're here to make a tour a little while of the border. we have fantastic people with us, including our great senators from the state of texas, thank you very much, jon, and ted. thank you very much for being here. and lieutenant governor, who has been my friend for a long time. i also hear your son is doing a very good job. >> working hard every day. presiden

the national institute on drug abuse says 306 people die on average, every week, from heroin overdoses. but the vast majority of the heroin seized along the us—mexicoed states mostly from packages mailed directly from china. over the years, thousands of americans have been brutally killed by those who illegally entered our country. statistic show illegal migrants are much less likely to commit a crime compared to us citizens. in texas, for example, illegal migrants were 56% less likely to be convicted of a crime. in the case of legal migrants, the number is even lower. not sure he did enough to convince people it is a national crisis is lost. the cracks are starting to show among senators on the republican side. we have heard senators are all calling for the government to be reopened. will they abandon it? no. i think government to be reopened. will they abandon it? no. ithink everybody has dug in on the white house site and the democrat side. at the moment, the president hasjust come out of a meeting with republicans and says there is little solidarity. tom robinson saying that we're getting hit in our opinion polls because of this shutdown. the p

mexico. good morning. .aller: good morning god blessed c-span, the united states constitution, the institutions that hold as this abomination in the white house. come on. the lying. , i negativity, the hatred listen to kamala harris goodness. oh my an awesome individual. -- what an awful individual. come on. host: thank you for the call from mexico. kamala harris, the senator from california expected to announce next weekend either on or around martin luther king day. all percy spans wrote to the white house coverage we will have more coming up later in half-hour. government shutdown, how much longer can mitch mcconnell sit it out? democrats say the senate majority leader has advocated -- abdicated his responsibility and handed the keys of the castle to trump particularly by blocking votes approved by the democratic led house. i have dozen or so republican senators have indicated they might support reopening the government without border wall money. .his from senator dick durbin he thinks he thinks he's losing his caucus and does not want to vote on the floor. his caucus is pretty tired of the

mexico's government saying about the migrants? >> that's a good question. we've been talking to them since early this morning. the instituteational migration, which is the authority that's running all of this, we wanted an interview with the director. not available right now. folks were a little vague saying they're trying to find ways to accommodate the thousands in their words of migrants still on their way when they learned that fast-track visa is not available. they are also saying that they're asking migrants to apply for asylum in mexico. the mexican embassy in the countries they're fleeing. >> bill: back on the hill border security talks are underway. the conference committee charged with striking a deal is showing apparently little sign of real progress we're hearing. watch here. >> every dollar spent on ineffective proposal means one less dollar invested in measures that actually keep us safe. i know that the american people are counting on us to come to a reasonable and responsible solution. >> our border patrol professionals, those on the front lines, tell us that a comprehensive approach is necessary. an approa

provision instituted by president trump that remark -- requires non-foreign governmental agencies to certify they will not perform or promote abortion as the method of family planning. once called the mexicoity policy known by critics as the global gag rule. it would increase funding by 5 million for the united nations population fund to 37 point 5 million. organization say it participates in involuntary sterilization. the legislation is the same text as a bipartisan senate bill that passed unanimously in the senate appropriations committee. march for life said it would score against the final package if the provisions are included in the version that received a very -- a vote on thursday. frank in south carolina, republican. morning.ood i don't think there is going to be much change, it doesn't matter who is in power if you don't get rid of the lobbying and the special interest money. they all need to be investigated. every single congressman is corrupted from the get-go. how do they make their money? the fbi needs to investigate every one of them. as far as nancy pelosi, when you say things like we have to pass it before we can know what is in it, we have had this much defense spending

institute. that's live, coming up at 12:30 eastern. voters in new mexico's first district elected deb haaland to the house, making her one of the first two native american men serve inmen to congress. she was previously the chair of the new mexico democratic party. representative small was an attorney working on water rights cases before her election to congress. she clerked in a federal court before that. prior to law school, she worked for new mexico senator tom udall. congresswoman is not the only member of her family in politics, her husband is a state of new mexico's house of representatives. arizona also has two new members and its congressional delegation, both democrats. representative greg stanton served six years as phoenix mayor before taking his seat in congress. he has also been arizona's deputy attorney general and a member of the phoenix city council. and congresswoman ann kirkpatrick joined the u.s. house of representatives for the third time, and her fourth term this year. she lost her first reelection bid in 2010 only to be reelected to the

institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> after his address to the nation the president traveled to the u.s.-mexico border and held a discussion with border and immigration officials in mcallen texas. family members of victims of violence by undocumented migrants and texas senators ted cruz and john cornyn were also there. the president has asked congress for a $5.7 billion for a southern border wall or barrier. >> ladies and gentlemen, the resident of the united states. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. i appreciate it. it's an incredible honor to be here and meet. we just said hello to reggie. i have seen so much with reggie and his incredible brother and family. and we're with you. you know that, right? you you know that. in we're here to make a tour a little while of the border. we have fantastic people with us, including our great senators from the state of texas, thank you very much, jon, and ted. thank you very much for being here. and lieutenant governor, who has been my friend for a long time. i also hear your son is doing a very good job. >> working hard every day. presiden