mike hanna thank you very much indeed. now the flow of mont and ash. has forced emergency teams to abandon their search for survivors they say there's little hope of finding anyone else alive after last sunday's eruption killed at least one hundred ten people are an essential as reports from inside the disaster. said this is one of more than one hundred think tim's of the eruption. in fields nearly two kilometers into the sky much of it one didn't see this bill each. others didn't have time to escape but there were two sons and two grandchildren died with her. in total eleven members died sissy's may go to see her brother in law who body was one of the last to be recovered. it was the most of medical clinic irruption in what they managed in decades nearly two hundred people remain missing more than twelve thousand others lost their homes. twenty one year old model any better kin and her two children are adjusting to their new life in a shelter they flagged down a passing car and flew a blue leaving everything behind our door you both of my children cri

children from their parents as they're being detained go live to washington speak to our correspondent mike hanna and mike the extent of this era tolerance policy whereby kids children babies quite often being taken out of the arms of their parents is becoming ever clearer. it is indeed it's forming a very bleak backdrop to the ongoing debate about immigration reform something that washington has been discussed for a long period of time now that zero policy tolerance policy announced by the attorney general gypsy shin's and it does separate children from their parents who have crossed the border illegally while they undergo some form of legal process and certainly it's created a strong public debate within the u.s. a debate that like so much else is on partisan lines democrats roundly condemning this move of republicans saying that it's for security but there is a gap in between with some moderate republicans getting increasingly concerned about what you could refer to as the optics of having children in detention centers with midterm elections coming up within a few months time so the debate is

twenty nine palestinians have been killed by israeli security forces in the past ten weeks alone mike hanna joins us live from united nations in new york mike to talk us through the figures what how big a majority was it. well it ended was a very sweeping majority indeed but there were a number of votes that took place in the course of the afternoon it was an extraordinary day in the u.n. general assembly essentially the us introduced amendments to the original resolution which was entitled the protection of palestinian civilians now those amendments were rejected at one point by the original sponsors of the original resolution they called for a no motion action what that was was a vote to be taken on whether or not they could be a vote on the u.s. amendments that photo was taken it was defeated by a simple majority then the general assembly president ruled that no it requires a two thirds for the amendments to be tabled in the assembly the u.s. objected yet another vote was held on whether the president is right or not that photo was denied so the u.s. amendments were not pasta ruled by th

israel and calling for the protection of palestinians but any resolution adopted it won't be binding mike hanna joins us live from the united nations in new york so talk us through how this will work mike. well what we're going to be seeing is the resolution introduced by algeria as the representative of the arab league the united states has then asked for the permission to speak to propose some amendments to this particular resolution essentially the resolution that will be introduced is very similar to that introduced by kuwait in a security council meeting at the beginning of the month which was asking for condemnation of israel's military action and protection for the people of palestine the u.s. amendments is specifically putting a responsibility on hamas for what the u.s. says is the ongoing violence in the region often those are the resolutions introduced the amendments are introduced there will then be a list of speakers now what has been decided it would appear although this could always change in the very last moment but then rather than each individual states speaking in the general

united g seven group clearly illustrated in a series of photos posted by the white house itself mike hanna al-jazeera washington or let's get more on this now from rosslyn jordan who is live for us and washington d.c. rather than calming everything down it really feels like this is turning into a war of words or also what are both sides been saying. well as we've heard the u.s. president has been saying some rather inflammatory things about the g seven host justin trudeau the prime minister of canada and number of officials from the other g seven countries have essentially responded in kind. of the chancellor of germany has even reiterated that the e.u. will be looking at retaliate hoary tariffs if the u.s. does continue with the expansion of tariffs against goods from the european union however one official in merkel's own party is saying that the leaders of the g seven should not take donald trump's bait that they simply need to worry about the issues that are facing these large industrialized nations and try to avoid engaging in the rhetoric his argument is that this essentially is feed

one hundred palestinians have been killed over ten thousand injured many by directed sniper fire mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. so ahead on out there i'm joined a hole in rome where the government is embroiled in a diplomatic standoff with france so brits migration policy while hundreds of refugees and migrants turned away from italy head to spain. and a deal to resolve an unusual diplomatic dispute hits a stumbling block. still no sign of any useful rainfall across southwestern parts of the u.s. the lively showers severe storms actually easing across the plains just making the way a little further a switch so you can see a fair bit of cloud all the way back towards colorado we could deal with the rain here cools the water fire blazing away it's heavy showers down towards the panhandle maybe northwards of fats into georgia alabama little bit about whether they're just around the carolinas twenty celsius in d.c. and also into new york a sticky thirty celsius there for a little more cloud just around the upper midwest come into central parts generally clear skies blue skies mainly here

their families their parents have been detained and charged with illegally entering the country mike hanna reports from washington. protests on the mexico u.s. border the target what the trumpet ministration calls a zero tolerance policy hundreds of children being held in detention centers separated from parents who are facing charges of illegal immigration law enforcement officials struggle to keep up with the exact numbers six hundred six hundred are under the zero tolerance initiative out of those six hundred zero tolerance prosecutions one thousand one hundred seventy four children have been temporarily separated as your dog goes through the judicial process. democrats like senator jeff merkley attempt to reveal the reality behind the statistics he's been refused access to several detention centers and on the spot this day is leading a delegation of fellow democrats in another bid to investigate conditions a number of republicans to have raised concerns what the administration has decided to do is to separate children from their parents to try to send a message that if you cross the bo

soldiers have shot dead at least one hundred twenty nine demonstrators at the border since march mike hanna reports from the united nations general assembly is now voting members of the general assembly prepared to vote the resolution aimed at the protection of the palestinian civilian population against what it calls excessive force but it took a long debate and several procedural votes forced by the u.s. to get to this point earlier intent on making hamas accountable the u.s. had introduced an amendment accusing him us of being the prominent actor in the ongoing violence but this was opposed by the sponsors of the original resolution who called for a vote on the amendment to be denied this attempt to obstruct a vote on an amendment proposed by the united states is shameful i call on all member states to oppose this motion and vote now sixty two voted in favor of the amendments fifty eight against but the general assembly president ruled a two thirds majority was needed. the state by the u.s. and yet another vote was held to gauge whether there was a simple majority support for the u.s. po

ago he canceled the summit blaming was a cold tremendous anger and open hostility from pyongyang mike hanna reports from washington. hughes cameras focused on the room where the meeting was taking place for just over eighty minutes then president trump emerged to announce the summit was back on will be. meeting on june twelfth and singapore like very well is but this time cautioned against any quick agreement i think it will be a process it's not i don't i never said it goes in one meeting i think it's going to be a process but the relationships of building in this are very positive the announcement followed two days of talks between north korea negotiator kim yong troll and the u.s. secretary of state in new york. and when he was ushered into the white house by the chief of staff he carried with him a letter from the north korean leader kim jong il president trump teased reporters about its content like the reality show host he once was going to meetings going to get this was a meeting where a letter was given to me by kim young and that letter was a very nice letter always you like to see

the white house confirmed he read the letter in a short statement it says there were no surprises mike hanna al-jazeera washington away and has more on the south korean reaction from seoul. there was a positive response from the south korean government to the news that the summit between donald trump and kim jong un appears to be back on track for june the twelfth in singapore there was a very brief statement released by the office of the south korean prisoners mungy in referring to the letter that was written by kim jong un and sent to donald trump the statement said it is made the path leading to a u.s. north korea summit wider in studio and we will watch for the historic meeting to be held in singapore in an excited yet met a man or so perhaps cautious optimism optimism is the best way to describe the response from the south korean government to that news that the summit appears to be or go for june the twelfth but it looks also increasingly unlikely that will we will see any significant deals or any major announcements made during that summit there may be some general agreements reached

announcement following a white house meeting with pyongyang the former chief spy general kimmitt yong chu mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . news cameras focused on the room where the meeting was taking place for just over eighty minutes then president trump emerged to announce the summit was back on will be. meeting on june twelfth and sing a for when he well it but this time cautioned against any quick agreement i think it will be a process it's not i never said it goes in one meeting i think it's going to be a process but the relationships are building and that's a very positive the announcement followed two days of talks between north korea negotiator kim yong troll and the u.s. secretary of state in new york. and when he was ushered into the white house by the chief of staff he carried with him a letter from the north korean leader kim jong il president trump teased reporters about its content like the reality show host he once was this is a record meeting coming at this was a meeting where a letter was given to me by kim young interns and that letter was a very nice letter always you l

israeli occupier and he said that we need protection for our civilian population let's bring in mike hanna who joins us live from the u.n. so mike they had to go to the general so they went to the general assembly because they didn't get what they wanted at the u.n. security council explain to us how this works and why this why this is different. yes indeed this was mentioned by a number of the speakers that we've heard so far at the beginning of june kuwait introduced a resolution in the security council calling for the protection of the citizens of gaza describing the israeli operations there as use of excessive force now all the council members apart from the us voted in favor of that resolution however the us as a permanent member vetoed the resolution affectively so it was not passed that being the situation it was decided to bring this matter to the general assembly the resolution that we heard they introduced by algeria co-sponsored by turkey very similar in tone and in intent to that introduced earlier this month by kuwait but similarly we heard from the united states a series of a

matter but fifty years later many questions about sheehan surrounds conviction remain unsolved mike hanna reports so we remember. fifty years after his death bobby kennedy's family gather in memory of his life. among those accompanying his widow ethel are his children grandchildren and friends who survived the decades. remembering that day when robert francis kennedy's bid to become president of the united states was ended in a hail of bullets to help the drama going to quote of the moment a twenty four year old palestinian. was found guilty and is serving a life sentence. obviously always there but. moment. might go. whatever it was looking. he will be. but the family renowned for its unity is sharply divided about the circumstances of bobby kennedy's death earlier this year his son robert f. kennedy jr visited sirhan sirhan in prison and afterwards called for the investigation into the death to be reopened i went there because i was curious and disturbed by what i'd seen in the evidence he says i was disturbed that the wrong person might have been convicted of killing my father his sist

mike hanna so canada there saying it feels insulted china are replying saying that basically all deals will be off what kind of response is coming out to these statements out of the u.s. well the u.s. at the moment shows no signs of any compromise whatsoever particularly with regard to the statements from the canadian prime minister saying that this is a national security risk is an insult to canada remembering as well that these tariffs are being introduced against mexico as well now basically what we're hearing from the president's financial advisor always economics adviser larry could low is a doubling down on the contentious contention that the tariffs are a result of national security issues i don't think we're satisfied yet that they will protect or uphold all the shipments of steel coming into canada from around the world could be china could be brazil could be a lot of different places this trend shipping effort is thing that has been troubling to us look the president has declared our steel industry a national security matter. and mike i mean even during the campaign donald tr

soldiers have shot dead at least one hundred twenty nine demonstrators at the border since march mike hanna reports from the united nations the general assembly is now voting members of the general assembly prepare to vote the resolution aimed at the protection of the palestinian civilian population against what it calls excessive force but it took a long debate and several procedural votes forced by the u.s. to get to this point earlier intent on making hamas accountable the u.s. had introduced an amendment accusing him us of being the prominent actor in the ongoing violence this was. opposed by the sponsors of the original resolution who called for a vote on the amendment to be denied this attempted struct a vote on an amendment proposed by the united states is shameful i call on all member states to oppose this motion and vote now sixty two voted in favor of the amendments fifty eight against but the general assembly president ruled a two thirds majority was needed the stick by the u.s. and yet another vote was held to gauge whether there was a simple majority support for the u.s. positi

court kimberly hellcat al jazeera at the white house well for more on this let's cross live to mike hanna in washington d.c. mike so yet another twist of the mill investigation with trump now saying he has the absolute right to pardon himself so why is he saying this now well daryn this has its origins in a memo that his legal team sent to the.

draw the line at the forcible separation of children from parents as part of a political strategy mike hanna i'll just hear a washington. well this image of a two year old home during a girl has gone viral the little girl is crying as she watches her mother getting searched and detained at the texas border while attempting to claim asylum the white house says the crackdown will quote send a message to future asylum seekers to not bring their children to the border if they want don't want to be separated from them. well michelle branch is the director of migrant rights and justice at the women's refugee commission she spoke to us about the experiences of families and children at the border the focus here in the united states by this administration has been to separate families and to separate as many families as they can and what i observed at the border on thursday and friday were families being processed they're separated immediately upon entering the border patrol station and then children are sent off to shelters but in the meantime they're held in a processing center which is entirely in

statement and reserves its right to take corresponding measures torrence three hour jazeera beijing and mike hanna has more. well the trumpet ministration appears intent on pushing through this new round of tariffs despite deep concern being expressed by many within the united states soybean farmers for example deeply concerned their biggest market is china sixty percent of soy products goes from the us to china but to quote one example as well earlier this year washing machines a tariff was placed on washing machines by the trumpet ministration within two months that price of the machines had increased by twenty percent just an indication of how damaging trade sanctions can be to the country implementing it but there is some wiggle room all these new tariffs are only going to be implemented on july the sixth as well as the chinese to tariffs so there is still time for the parties to talk however it must be remembered u.s. treasury secretary steve newton has held a number of talks with his chinese counterparts at one stage he said a truce had been reached but clearly given the latest round of sanc

of the president present had a thwarted who are backed by the saudi led coalition as bringing a mike hanna now is life or is that the united nations in new york mike so a closed door meeting which was called by the u.k. i understand what can we expect well this is the second closed door consultations on yemen held on this week the previous one also called by the u.k. at that session at the beginning of the week no nothing came out of it at all the ambassador is keeping very tight lipped on the situation what we do know is that the special envoy for yemen martin gryphus will once again be briefing the security council now he has been seeking a freeze on conflict in order for humanitarian supplies to go through but also because he's been engaged in seeking some kind of truce with the hooty rebels he believes that a freeze in military activity is the only way to get this truce to stick it would involve the positioning of the u.n. elements within her data to ensure the security of the port and to ensure that nothing other than humanitarian aid passes through it but there is division within the

historic beating the president is already lowering expectations of any potential breakthrough as mike hanna reports from washington. hughes cameras focused on the room where the meeting was taking place for just over eighty minutes then president trump emerged to announce the summit was back on will be. meeting on june twelfth in singapore what very well is at this time cautioned against any quick agreement i think it will be a process it's not i never said it goes in one meeting i think it's going to be a process but the relationships of building in this are very positive the announcement followed two days of talks between north korea negotiator kim yong troll and the u.s. secretary of state in new york. and when he was ushered into the white house by the chief of staff he carried with him a letter from the north korean leader kim jong il president trump teased reporters about its content like the reality show host he once was going to me to go and get this was a meeting where a letter was given to me by him. and that letter was. very nice letter always you like to see what was in that let

illegally entering the country the government is widely accused of using them as political pawns mike hanna reports from washington. the consequence of what the trumpet ministration calls a zero tolerance policy hundreds of children being held in bleak detention centers separated from parents who are facing charges of illegal immigration this the backdrop to ongoing negotiations in congress about a new immigration bill the house speaker paul ryan backing what he calls compromise legislation that he claims will address the separation of families while toughening up restrictions on family linked immigration and earmark billions of dollars for a border wall a wall president trump continues to insist is essential to combat gang violence just weeks ago an illegal emma's thirteen gang member was arrested for allegedly murdering a man and burning his body. the gang member reportedly entered our country through glaring loopholes for unaccompanied alien minors the democrats allow those loopholes to be there. and democrats like senator jeff merkley vigorously dismiss the executive linkage of gang vio

the route lined with mourners but the journey to establish how he died may still be incomplete mike hanna al-jazeera washington. at the white house. the boy. business updates. business updates. on what. the be. thank you so much as you've been hearing argentina's football team has canceled their final will cup warm up match against israel which was meant to be played in jerusalem on saturday the team had faced protests both at home and in palestine over the participation in the game following violence in gaza the palestinian football association had previously urged fans to been in pictures of replica shoots of argentine strike and if he played in the game he's teammate gonzalo higuaín confirmed the cancellation saying in an interview that they have finally done the right thing the match was originally supposed to be played in haifa but was moved to jerusalem by israeli officials refound god is a football journalist in tel aviv he says that this match wasn't really about football anyway this is a little game a friendly game that is well paid a lot of money to argentina to come to argentin

decision to invoke national security as a reason for his still trade tariffs was kind of insulting mike hanna joins me now from washington michael it rather than them making up it seems this war of words is actually escalating is indeed quite extraordinary the depth of this ongoing dispute between president trump and allies such as canada president making very clear his feelings about the canadian prime minister just minutes after the prime minister had announced a united g seven well in the course of this day president trumps advisors have been doubling down on his comments on larry kudlow his economics adviser said that justin trudeau had betrayed president trump by undermining him before taking part in that critical summit in singapore and trade advisor peter navarro with even further in his criticism of the canadian prime minister. there's a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with president donald trump and then tries this stab them in the back on the way out the door and that's what bad face justin trudeau did with that stunt press conference

allegations including money laundering failing to register as a foreign agent and bank and tax fraud mike hanna has the latest from washington d.c. . lawyers for special counsel robert miller have brought an urgent interdict asking that poor men of bail conditions be looked at possibly revoked they say that he is guilty of witness tampering they provided documents that indicate that none of food has been in touch with other witnesses in the case and named in the document they say he has attempted to get them to deny that they ever operated in the united states that they operated as lobbyists in europe alone operating in the united states as a foreign agent without registration is a crime but the interesting question here is why isn't lawyers from robert miller's team who've actually brought this urgent application it's a different team that's been investigating manifold on various financial charges but the fact that robert muller's lawyers have brought this urgent interdict could indicate that one of the witnesses involved and named in this particular document could be linked to the wider probe

the route lined with mourners but the journey to establish how he died may still be incomplete mike hanna al-jazeera washington. and say to the headlines here it out is there argentina's football team has canceled its world cup warm up match against israel after political pressure the person your football association had urged the team to cancel the match because of the recent time resting garza. i appreciate the decision and i think this is according to the first and according to the their brains the next and their mission to bring more effects and values and to build a bridge between nations rather than to be a bridge. for political ends as these that i do use missy and those stars from argentina and i would like to thank them and appreciate their decision which i think was on the right track the deaths of palestinian protesters in girls have also dominated tolls within the leaders of britain and israel prime minister to resume a says she's concerned about the deteriorating situation there and benjamin netanyahu to restart talks of a two state solution mr netanyahu blames hamas for the

draw the line at the forcible separation of children from parents as part of a political strategy mike hanna al-jazeera washington. i just bring you a quick recap of the top stories this hour conservative evander k. has been elected president of colombia he took over fifty four percent of the vote against leftist rival gustavo petro to pledge to rewrite colombia's historic peace deal with far rebels. libya's renegade general foti faffed has announced a major offensive to drive on groups from the country's oil crescent after us forces lost control of the oil terminals in the northern area on thursday after an attack by rival groups a more than six hundred refugees and migrants have arrived in the spanish course of a week off to italy among them away. now and other stories are watching police fired tear gas at protesters attempting to reach parliament as anger builds over an agreement to rename macedonia thousands of people gathered in the macedonian capital carrying flags and throwing torches and stones at police the agreement reached on sunday to see the country remained the republic of nort

announcement following a white house meeting with pyongyang to former chief spy general kimmitt yong chew mike hanna has more from washington d.c. news cameras focused on the room where the meeting was taking place for just over eighty minutes then president trump emerged to announce a summit was back on will be. here in june and well.

with at a firm that promotes the interests of ukraine with more this let's cross to hard as it was mike hanna in washington d.c. mike so what more details are emerging about these allegations against poor man of fort well the allegations have been brought by lawyers from robert miller's team the special counsel who's investigating the way the issue of russian involvement it within the u.s. election now they maintain that manifold has been in touch with some witnesses and named in the document that they have brought before a judge to call for an urgent hearing to alter the terms of his bail manifold was released on bail and a house arrest pending his court cases but now these prosecutors are arguing that because of this witness tampering because of his attempts to get in touch with witnesses he should be remanded into custody pending of that trial itself and how serious might could this all before president trump. well at this stage it has little to do with president trump given that poor man of foot is essentially facing financial charges he's facing charges of lobbying illegally among the th

security council is currently holding urgent talks on yemen mike hanna joins us live from the u.n. in new york mike a closed door meeting i understand with talks going on with both sides to try and deescalate this situation. indeed yes this is a second close consultation on yemen held in the course of this week it's once again being called by the united kingdom whose ambassador did have something to say on her way into the meeting karen pierce saying that there can be no military solution to this ongoing problem she says knol that the offensive appears to be underway it's necessary to hear from the hooty side saying as well that this is of course a sanctioned operation in a way the operation in yemen but there will be division within the security council as there was earlier this week it's expected way to choose a security council member and part of that coalition in yemen is not willing to see any statement come out that points fingers or apportion blame for any of these particular actions at the beginning of this week there was a planned statement released after the security counc

somehow a national security threat to the united states is quite frankly insulting unacceptable mike hanna joins us live now from washington d.c. so mike any sign of compromise from the u.s. especially seeing the reactions both from countries like canada and of course china which is crucial well no there's no signs of any compromise from the united states at this particular point either with regard to canada or with regard to its agreements with china and of course the e.u. and mexico canada the e.u. and mexico have been hit with these new terror of switch we heard the canadian prime minister responding to that but no signs of any backing off by the united states in fact president trump's economic adviser larry could be a double down on the contention that this was a national security issue i don't think we're satisfied yet that they will protect or hold all the shipment of steel coming into canada from around the world could be china could be brazil could be a lot of different places this trend shipping effort is thing that has been troubling to us look the president has declared our stee

court kimberly hellcat al jazeera at the white house well for more on this let's cross live to mike hanna in washington d.c. mike so yet another twist of the miller investigation with now saying he has the absolute right to pardon himself so why is he saying this now. well daryn this has its origins in a memo that his legal team sent to the mill investigation back in january in the stock human to his lawyers claimed sweeping powers for the president said that he had the right to override a federal agency or investigation and added the claim that he had the right if necessary to pardon himself now trump has returned to this in a series of tweets he's been tweeting consistently criticized in the miller investigation and certainly making very clear that he believes as he put it it is a witch hunt but there are very strong arguments that he does not have that right and these arguments are not only coming from democrats in congress and the senate they're also coming from republicans the head of the senate intelligence judiciary committee chuck grassley said that if his lawyers said that the pr

this dispute being fueled as she puts it by president trump and his advisers is deeply dangerous mike hanna thank you very much indeed a large fires broke out at a warehouse storing ballot boxes from last month's iraqi election apparently not been destroyed because of the blaze is not yet known but the country is preparing for a manual recount of around ten million votes following allegations of electoral fraud charge stratford has more from baghdad. thick black smoke over the reason for districts in eastern baghdad iraq's ministry of interior say the fire started in a building used to store ballot boxes and electronic voting machines from the disputed parliamentary election a month ago. iraq's parliament voted last week for a countrywide to manual recount of all ballots after allegations of voting fraud one in peace that the fire was started deliberately and called on the government to better protect buildings where ballot boxes are being stored and i imagine the brunt of this three warehouses there are important but it's boxes and firefighters are inside trying to put out the fire earlier

the route lined with mourners but the journey to establish how he died may still be incomplete mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well we say in the u.s. because jews say was the busiest and perhaps the most important election day in the country this year voters in eight states cast ballots to select candidates for november's midterm elections it's seen as a crucial vote for democrats who are eyeing republican controlled seats in the state of california and new jersey being to gain a majority in the house of representatives to take back control and block much of president trump's agenda. now the south korean president says he wants to ramp up efforts to recover the remains of those killed during the korean war and his memorial day speech in indicated the importance of finding the soldiers buried in the demilitarized zone the divides the two koreas following a rare summit between moon and kim in april the two sides have been working on a peace agreement that could replace the armistice that ended the three year conflict in one hundred fifty three. if you know korean relations or prove i wil

the white house confirmed he read the letter in a short statement it says there were no surprises mike hanna al-jazeera washington a palestinian man has been killed by israeli forces in the city of hebron in the occupied west bank he was thirty five year old rami israeli forces say troops fired on after he tried to run them over with his vehicle. israeli forces shot dead a palestinian paramedic injuring the latest friday protests in gaza twenty one year old rosin volunteered to give medical help when the weekly demonstrations began in march several other palestinians were injured. two resolutions on the border violence have failed at the un security council since march israeli soldiers have shot dead at least one hundred twenty one palestinians have been protesting for the right to return the us block to kuwait backed resolution calling for the protection of palestinians and then failed to get support for its own resolution condemning hamas for the unrest at diplomatic editor james best reports from the un us ambassador nikki haley came here determined to thwart a resolution drafted by kuwai

following a white house meeting with pyongyang as former spy chief general kimmitt young children all mike hanna is in washington d.c. following events for assert some very positive tones and comments being made about the process which seems to be more important now rather than any tangible breakthrough as far as president trump is concerned. yes indeed president trump repeatedly made clear that the summit that will take place on june the twelfth should not result in any immediate agreement he said this is the beginning of a process saying too that no documents will be signed at the end of that particular summit so there's something of a turnaround for president trump who previously had demanded immediate results from any talks with the north korean leader but here making very clear that we're looking at a long process the summit probably to be followed by negotiations between the teams from the two nations who will better out an agreement which may or may not have concessions on both sides and may or may not have that commitment to disarmament which the united states insists on but let's just t

session in new york it also reiterated that only a political solution could end the conflict in yemen mike hanna has more this was a second closed door consultation held this week and ended in a similar fashion to the last one a brief statement saying that the council was united in its concern over the crisis calling on all parties to ensure that the port of the data in particular was kept open and stressing that the only solution to this crisis is a political one the council will meet once again for further discussions on monday where once again the special envoy martin gryphus will report back he is continuing with this efforts to broker a truce between the warring parties some members of the council apparently insistent on declaring a three in the ongoing military engagement but clearly not enough agreement within the council to go public with this particular demand at this point the u.s. secretary of state says sanctions against north korea will not be lifted until it has completely denuclearized mike from paleness on a diplomatic tour briefing asian allies on the singapore summit between do

been troubling to us look the president has declared our steel industry a national security matter mike hanna has more from washington. well the u.s. is now at the center of trade disputes on a number of fronts with traditional allies canada the e.u. mexico they all absolutely furious at the decision to impose new tariffs and even more upset by the contention that it's a national security issue and talks with china have fallen apart it would appear that commerce secretary warble russell two days of talks in beijing with the chinese vice premier but no agreement reached china absolutely furious at the fact that the u.s. says it's threatening to reintroduce new tariffs this just a matter of weeks after that seem that agreement had been reached on some form of truce now all of this is likely to come to a head in the next few days when the leaders of the g. seven nations gather for talks in canada. to turkey now where president of the one has held a massive election campaign rally in the predominantly kurdish city of the advocate is trying to win support from an ethnic community that the governme

hay for all of the reaction coming out of south korea but first let's bring in our correspondent mike hanna who's in washington d.c. and mike while a very positive in tone the process seems to be more important now rather than any tangible breakthrough according to president trump. yes president made very clear that there would not be anything signed straight after that summit on june the twelfth insisted that this is the beginning of the process this is a slightly different attitude to what he had when the summit was originally then he was indicating that he expected quick resolution not the time making very clear that this is going to be a process likely what will happen after the summit is that the technical teams will take over the nuclear negotiators will sit for days weeks possibly months forging out a deal if that is ever reached. news cameras focused on the room where the meeting was taking place for just over eighty minutes then president trump emerged to announce the summit was back on will be. meeting on june twelfth and singapore like ari well it's but this time cautioned agains

the fighting it's also reiterated that only a political solution could end the conflict in yemen mike hanna has more this was a second closed door consultation held this week and ended in a similar fashion to the last one a brief statement saying that the council was united in its concern over the crisis calling on all parties to ensure that the port of the data in particular was kept open and stressing that the only solution to this crisis is a political one the council will meet once again for further discussions on monday where once again the special envoy martin gryphus will report back he is continuing with this efforts to broker a truce between the warring parties some members of the council apparently insistent on declaring a three in the ongoing military engagement but clearly not enough agreement within the council to go public with this particular demand at this point. jordan's new prime minister has sworn in his cabinet after attempts to reform the country's economy sparked a political crisis omar rises prita sesa resigned last week after proposed tax increases and hysterically m

national security threat to the united states is quite frankly insulting and unacceptable auxerre as mike hannajoins us live now from washington d.c. mike so the canadian prime minister extremely angry over those terror so what more have u.s. officials been saying. well he is very angry indeed the canadian prime minister along with other partners in that particular set of trade deals the european union and mexico all completely outraged at the new tariffs being set by the u.s. government but what is making them even more angry is the fact that that issue of national security is attached to these new terrorists being applied well there's no sense of compromise at all from the u.s. side in fact very much the opposite president trump's financial advisor larry kudlow doubled down on the contentious contention that this is a national security issue i don't think we're satisfied yet that they will protect or of hold all the chipman studio coming into canada from around the world could be china could be brazil could be a lot of different places this trend shipping effort is something that has been tro

and is facing particular criticism for separating children from their parents as they're detained mike hanna has more from washington. looming in the background to the ongoing debate about immigration is the administration's zero tolerance policy as it puts it now that was introduced by attorney general jeffrey sessions which leads to families being split up at the border children being put into detention centers while their parents go through a legal process now this is created much public concern much public debate and also debate and concern among politicians who are about to vote on immigration measures in the week ahead the house leader paul ryan has brought a compromise bill as he puts it that will deal with the issue of dreamers these are undocumented children who entered the country with their parents years ago now this bill will legalizes situation that will allow them eventually to get us citizenship but what it also does is imposes incredibly strict controls and family link immigration it also provides billions of dollars for president trumps wall now the situation that we have he

the white house confirmed he read the letter in a short statement it says there were no surprises mike hanna al-jazeera washington well that obviously wasn't scott haida we'll get to his report in just a moment but south korea has played a key role in getting the summit back on track following trumps cancellation of his meeting with north korea's leader kim jong un just over a week ago wayne hay reports. there was a positive response from the south korean government to the news that the summit between donald trump and kim jong un appears to be back on track for june the twelfth in singapore there was a very brief statement released by the office of the south korean prisoners moon jay in referring to the letter that was written by kim jong un and sent to donald trump the statement said it is made the path leading to a u.s. north korea summit wider in studio and we will watch for the historic meeting to be held in singapore in an excited yet met a man so perhaps cautious optimism optimism is the best way to describe the response from the south korean government to that news that the summit app

allegations including money laundering failing to register as a foreign agent and bank and tax fraud mike hannahas the latest from washington d.c. . lawyers for special counsel robert muller have brought an urgent interdict asking that poor woman of bail conditions be looked at possibly revoked they say that he is guilty of witness tampering they provided documents that indicate that man of foods has been even touch with other witnesses in the case and named in the document they say he has attempted to get them to deny that they ever operated in the united states that they operated as lobbyists in europe alone operating in the united states as a foreign agent without registration is a crime but the interesting question here is why is it lawyers from robert miller's team who've actually brought this urgent application it's a different team that's been investigating manifold on various financial charges but the fact that robert miller's lawyers have brought this urgent interdict could indicate that one of the witnesses involved and named in this particular document could be linked to the wider pr

hanna appearance complete without the animals. this featured a full grown cheetah and three adorable cheat ka cubs. they're supporting a foundation fo innovative >>> hi there, i'm abc7 news meteorologist mikeweekend, but we cool down as thththththththththththth >> from pennsylvania. over to amy now. >>> dan abrams is back with us. this tim to talk about his own project, he's written a fascinating new book called "lincoln's last trial: the murder case that propelled him to the presidency." dan, welcome back and the book is based, yeah. >> thank you. >> the book is based on a handwritten transcript of that murder trial from 1859 and it was found 130 years later looking a little bit like what -- >> like this here. >> there is a story about where this was found. >> this is the only transcript that exists of any case that lincoln ever argued and there it is in this sort of chewed up box found in the home that the great grandson of the defendant had lived in tied in a yellow bow and there you have a transcript with lincoln's own words as the lawyer in a very high-profile murder case and so we took that transcript which is sort of become a kind of footnote to history and told the whole story surr