exactly i mean it's just timing here that is so controversial because the defense of mr netanyahu himself has said this is you know a political move it's too close to the elections and because when an attorney general it's an intention to indict him after that illegally there should be now a hearing being sketched out in a couple of weeks time or a couple of months time that won't be thought the elections so the defense of mr netanyahu is saying he doesn't have the possibility to explain his side now from the attorney general's office or the legal experts were saying well this is where enough before the elections and the protests that have provided to no you know what the attorney general things has to be done and i'm deliberations police work commendations and also all the legal experts have been on this case so legally speaking mr netanyahu doesn't have to step down as a prime minister because of this attention off indictment he also says. that he had wrote to continue and also to run the elections of course and he says he denied all charges because this is a hunt against him and his fa

attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu on charges of corruption mr netanyahu will first have a chance to speak against the charges at a procedural hearing the decision follows more than two years of investigations into allegations of bribery fraud and breach of trust. it would be the first time in israeli history a sitting prime minister has been charged with a crime this could potentially and his political career and also shake up the country's forthcoming parliamentary elections but the netanyahu denies any wrongdoing. so. benjamin netanyahu has been israel's prime minister for ten years he's hoping to get reelected in april. but now his political future is in doubt. last year a special police unit investigated allegations of suspected bribery it recommended netanyahu be indicted in three cases these are known as case one thousand netanyahu and his family are suspected of receiving gifts from business friends. case two thousand covers allegations that attempted to influence the publisher of a daily newspaper to gain more positive coverage and case four thous

says he plans to indict the prime minister benjamin netanyahu on corruption charges first time mr netanyahu will have a chance to speak against the charges at a procedural hearing the decision follows more than two years of investigations into allegations of bribery fraud and breach of trust it would be the first time in history a sitting israeli prime minister has been charged with a crime this move could mr netanyahu political career is almost certain to shake up the countries of forthcoming parliamentary elections benyamin netanyahu denies any wrongdoing. and straight to that. credit joins us from jerusalem welcome target what sort of reaction has there been to this announcement. well no he real surprises here i mean most of his allies within the right wing talk have have strongly criticized this decision by the attorney general of the likud his party a put out a statement saying calling it a political persecution there all see also strongly criticized the timing off the decision this announcement so six weeks before the election scheduled in april now on the left wing in center. we hear

picked up on that and they said well this shows rather the true colors of mr netanyahu and also the two colors of this conference speaking about that they want to find a common alliance against iran so this is so what has been said over here and some officials said this was a matter of mistranslation all right so saying it was just a matter of mistranslation time it tell us what you think netanyahu was really hoping concretely to get out of the summit in warsaw. well on the one hand of course i mean and he made that very clear in his statements is to find this common alliance against the stress of iran and to find a very broad outlines you know of course the u.s. has said that this summit is not just about iran after a lot of criticism as a look at a broader perspective about peace and security also possibly some talk about the palestinian israeli conflict but i think the other thing that is very important for mr netanyahu you see he's president full sitting here for the first time in years very openly in public with no diplomatic relations and that's very important for him to show this

mr. netanyahu will stand by himim. talked to suppoporters, and ty said to me and the polls said that he is the best president we have had and they will supppport him even more bececause they say this is politically motivateded. i think the elelection will be l about this indictmenent. brent: an indictmentnt that will lead to m mudslinging in the campaign for sure. tonya, thank you. u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong-il and have -- kim jong-un has ended their highly anticipated summit early and without agreement. mr. trump said talks went down after he refused to lift all sanctions against north korea in exchange for only partial denuclearization. >> there was no lunch and no signing ceremony. president trump's motorcade headed away from the summit after talks broke off prematurely. the hanoi meeting was the second he has had with kim jong-un after a summit last year. critics called that one bid on style and low on substance.. donald trump was under pressure to deliver results, a clear timetabl

gantz who formed the israel resilience party late last year i mean is he a credible threat to mr netanyahu. absolutely if you look back the last forty years when it's a party has lost an election it's been a former chief of staff of the israeli army and three former chiefs of staff in the running together and they challenged. him for so many years that he can make them feel safe. and that can help them. and it's democracy you know. joining us tonight with the latest on these charges against the israeli prime minister thank you very much. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a un investigation has concluded that israel did violate human rights and may have committed war crimes in its response to last year's protests in gaza the inquiry says that israeli snipers targeted people clearly identifiable as children health workers and journalists israel has rejected the findings described him as hostile deceitful and biased macky sall has been reelected president of sinegal for a second term figures released by the national vote counting commission show

indicts mr netanyahu in all three cases maybe i propose to have a look at the backgrounds these cases here in this report. so minimal benjamin netanyahu has been israel's prime minister for ten years he's hoping to get reelected in april but now his political future is in doubt. last year a special police unit investigated allegations of suspected bribery it recommended netanyahu be indicted in three cases these are known as case one thousand netanyahu and his family are suspected of receiving gifts from business friends. case two thousand covers allegations that netanyahu attempted to influence the publisher of a daily newspaper to gain more positive coverage and case four thousand further allegations of quid pro quo for regulatory favors for israel's largest telecommunications firm that also in exchange for friendly media coverage netanyahu has built his political career on the image of being israel's mr security a month before the indictment polls suggested that he was still the favorite for prime minister for many israelis. however in recent days he's facing strong competition fro

mr. netanyahu.is whole election story has become a lot more fraught and a lot closer in terms of what we were looking for. there was an expectation that mr. netanyahu would win. that now is increasingly in doubt, judging by the latest polling. this is just another factor that comes into play here. we haven't seen much reaction in the israeli shekel. the market probably, as you indicated, judging by the heads up we got, we were expecting this news to come through, so not much of a market reaction. but this election is certainly becoming more and more tense by the day. vonnie: right. let's get to our israel bureau chief based for us in jerusalem, michael arnold come on the phone. there has been a two-year investigation into benjamin netanyahu. what is the significance of the ag notifying him that he is going to pursue this? michael: there's a couple of things that are significant. one, nobody knew exactly what he would be charged with. would it be bribery, fraud or breach of trust? would it be three c

mr. netanyahu made concessions -- >> i think we actually have a good shot at peace between them. sir? >> mr. president, i'm from china. my question is, do you still believe it is possible that the north korea and u.s. region could be like the u.s. and vietnam relation in the future? >> you'll have to go again. >> do you believe that it is possible the relation between u.s. and north korea in the future, could it be like the relation between u.s. and vietnam? >> yeah, i think we could have -- yeah. we have very, very good relations. and by the way, speaking of -- you mentioned japan. we have a lot of good thing is happening with japan. we have trade talks started. for years japan has been sending millions and millions of cars in. as you know it's not been a very fair situation for the united states. we're starting trade talks with japan. they actually started about three months ago. and i think we'll have a very good deal for the united states. that's been a very unfair situation. prime minister abe understands that. and that's fine. yes, sir, please. >> thank you, mr. president. shangh

mr. netanyahu made concessions? >> i think we have a good shot of peace between israel and palestinian. >> i'm from china. do you believe it's possible that north korea and u.s. region could be like the u.s. and the relationship in the future? >> you have to go again? >> do you still believe that it is possible the relationship between u.s. and north korea in the future could be like the relationship between u.s. and vietnam? >> yeah. i think we have very, very good relations. and you mentioned japan. we have a lot of good things happening with japan. we have trade talks started. for years japan has been sending millions and millions of cars in. it's not been a very good situation for the united states. we have trade talks with japan. and i think we will have a good deal for the united states. that's been an unfair situation. prime minister abe understands that. and that's fine. yes, sir. please. back there. >> thank you, mr. president. do you think that next meeting could be soon or might take some time? >> i can't

in a tv address, mr netanyahu said the case would "collapse like a house of cards".own for starring in the ‘90s drama beverley hills 90210 and stars as fred andrews in the netflix series riverdale. reports from american media say parmedics were called to his home before he was taken to hospital. mr perry's spokesman said he is "is currently under observation at the hospital". the conductor, composer and pianist andre previn has died at the age of 89. his agents in new york confirmed that he died this morning. he was born in berlin in 1929 and became one of the best—known figures of his generation in classical music. let's give you a flavour of how his passing has been marked.. among those writing on social media was the third of his five wives, mia farrow. on twitter, she wrote... the london symphony orchestra, which andre previn conducted between 1968 and 1979, was he would be hugely missed and remembered with great affection. they added... and from the world of tv and film, the actor david schneider referenced that same legendary sketch. he wrote of previn that he

minister benjamin netanyahu gather with their arab allies including saudi arabia to work out what mr netanyahu said and did lead tweet would be a quote war unquote against iran and developing nuclear energy in saudi arabia has to be seen quite suspiciously as further a further way to put pressure on iran and i might also say that the defacto ruler of saudi arabia m.b.'s mohammad been someone was just in pakistan which is a major nuclear proliferate war and that is a very ominous dangerous and suspicious that these two roll powers have been huddling together presumably with iran in the crosshairs when it has some reaction because iran has voiced this objections let's first listen to what the country's foreign minister had to say. they were a day it becomes clearer to the world would was only ways clear to us neither human rights nor a nuclear program have been the real concern of the u.s. first and dismembered john and i asked now in a sad sad if nuclear technology to saudi arabia will expose us he prosy. so we just had that call that hypocrisy and does he have a point there. or clearly he does

it is just six weeks until the country's general election, when mr netanyahu will attempt to win a fifthk the announcement, describing it as political persecution. in an interview with the bbc, two men have accused the pop star michaeljackson of sexually abusing them hundreds of times in the late 1980s and early 1990s. wade robson and james safechuck say that from the age of seven and ten, they were abused by the late singer at his neverland ranch in california. michaeljackson's family deny the claims. 0ur correspondent dan johnson reports from los angeles. # ‘cause this is thriller — thriller night. # and no—one's gonna save you from the beast # about to strike... he was the king of pop, a global icon and one of the most successful singers all time. allegations of child abuse overshadowed his later career. in 2005, he was cleared in court, but now, there are new claims. i was seven years old. michael asked, "do you and the family want to come to neverland?" two men have told a documentary maker they were groomed at the star's fairytale theme park, neverland. michael sexually abused me f

it's just six weeks until the country's general election, when mr netanyahu will attempt to win a fifthical persecution. leading technology giants including facebook, twitter and google have written to the government to try to influence the way the internet will be regulated in future on issues such as privacy and illegal or harmful content. it comes after calls for tougher regulations for social media companies following the death of 14—year—old molly russell, who took her own life. her family believe instagram was partly responsible for her death. here's our media editor, amol rajan. the appalling circumstances of molly russell's death led to renewed calls here in britain for better regulation of the internet. this is an area fraught with practical and philosophical difficulties. but now leading tech companies have pre—emptively written to the culture, health and home secretaries with an attempt to influence the ongoing negotiation over new rules for the internet. their pitch was led by facebook, google, twitter, and was co—ordinated by trade body the internet association, whose membe

you know willing to make these compromises which are very much needed and the second question mr netanyahu is about to be indicted today with the corruption allegations do you wish to tell him something on this occasion well i just think he's been a great prime minister and i don't know about his difficulty but you tell me something that you know people have been hearing about but i don't know about that i can say this that he's done a great job as prime minister is tough and smart and strong he is very defensive his military is. been built up a lot they buy a lot of equipment from the united states and they pay for it of course we give them tremendous as you know subsidy also. four billion dollars is a lot each year. but they are they have been very very good really been incredible actually in many ways but there is a chance for peace between israel and the palestinians and you know it's interesting all my life i've heard that the toughest of all deals when they talk about tough deals we all like deals but the toughest of all deals would be peace between israel and the palestinians they s

mr. netanyahu, the chief who openly threatens my country's obliteration by standing next to his nuclear weapon pack? no theatrics here. including the show put on by mr. pence yesterday cannot skew these realities. indeed more and more nations are become canning explicit about the pact that the united states is the single biggest source of destabilization in our neighborhood. >> but talk more about this now with our diplomatic editor following it all live in munich, germany. the vice president, mike pence keep up pressure on european alus to back out of the iran nuclear deal but a short time ago we saw the iranian foreign minister on stage with that strong rebuttal. what more can you tell us about his message? >> reporter: well, his message is plain is sumpal. he essentially called trump a bully. the demands that they should pull out is outrages. a bully will get bullier. he spoke about the iranian people and the -- their views on the international nuclear agreement. and most of the people still support it. 80% of people in the country don't feel they've gotten anything for it. his message was

mr. netanyahu, who a short time ago was quoted aeeting that the countries were there to discuss their common interests of war with iran. now, they later changed the wording to say common interests of combating ira but is that the focus? >> well, it may notprise you, judy, i was out with american soldieron freedom's frontier today, i didn't have a lot of time to spend on twitter, so i haven't seen those remarks. no, this gathering is certainly about middle east peace and stability. you can't talk about that without talking about the threat from islamic republic of iran, whether hezbollah, hamas, the houthis, whether it's the iraqi government trying to harm thece independnd sovereignty of iraq, what they're doing in syria today, there arshared tribetween the sawed ytion, the emiratis, the bahrainis, the jordanians, the israelis all understand their nation is at risk from iran and the a europeane at risk. iran is conducting an assassination campaign throughout europe. this is a global phenomenon. the threat of middle east instability is real and you can't possibly talk about it without talking

mr. netanyahu is about to be indicted today with corruption allegations. do you wish to tell him something on this occasion? >> well, i just think he's been a great prime minister, and i don't know about his difficulty, but you're telling me something that, you know, people have been hearing about. but i don't know about that. i can say this, that he's done a great job as prime minister. he's tough, he's smart, he's strong. he is very defensive. his military has been built-up a lot. they buy a lot of equipment from the united states, and they pay for it. of course we give them tremendous as you know subsidy also. $4 billion is a lot each year. but they are -- they've been very good. they've been incredible actually in many ways, but there is a chance for peace between israel and the palestinians. you know, it's interesting. all my life i've heard that the toughest of all deals -- we all like deals. but the toughest of all deals would be peace between israel and the palestinians. they say it's like the impossible deal. i'd love to be able to produce it. we'

mr. netanyahu is about to be indicted with corruption allegations. do you wish to tell him something on this occasion? >> well, i just think he's been a great prime minister and i don't know about his difficulty but you're telling me something that people have been hearing about but i don't know about that. i can say this. that he's done a great job as prime minister. he's tough. he's smart. he's strong. he is very defensive. his military has been built up a lot. they buy a lot of equipment from the united states and they pay for it. of course we give them tremendous as you know subsidy also. $4 billion is a lot each year. but they are -- they've been very good. they've been incredible actually in many ways. there is a chance for peace between israel and the palestinians and you know, it's interesting, all my life i've heard that the toughest of all deals, when they talk about deals, the toughest of all deals would be peace between the palestinians and israel. we were paying the palestinians a lot of money. i ended that about two years ago because th

would have asked his advice or discussing the arab israel attentions welcome back to the so mr benyamin netanyahu is a hard line leader whose base is to the right of center among the conservative more militant israel is using the ideology that his appeal rests on will let him actually give something up to palestinians i mean will his voters and ministers and army general friends allow him to do it no they sure is not whether they will allow him or hope their usual himself is not permitted to give anything he is not giving this is what i hate this is our thought of today that is ok by netanyahu has been given the chance in two thousand and ten he had meetings with our president the bottom month and the presence of secretary head of the current then he had meetings with our president their shuttle mission and the president has to go back and then he had a third meeting with our president at his house and with generals on him so all in all he had all the opportunity to proceed to make progress with this he never did and i think that he has and i don't know just and his that reflection of light winds

if any are willing to make these compromises which are very much needed and the second question mr netanyahu is about to be indicted today with the corruption allegations do you wish to tell him something on this occasion well i just think he's been a great prime minister and i don't know about his difficulty but you tell me something that you know people have been hearing about but i don't know about that i can say this that he's done a great job as prime minister is tough he's smart he's strong he is very defensive his military is. been built up a lot they buy a lot of equipment from the united states and they pay for it of course we give them tremendous as you know subsidy also. four billion dollars is a lot each year but they are they have been very very good really been incredible actually in many ways but there is a chance for peace between israel and the palestinians and you know it's interesting all my life i've heard that the toughest of all deals when they talk about tough deals we all like the us but the toughest of all deals would be peace between israel and the palestinians they

so mr netanyahu has denied any wrong doings, he says this is a left witchhunt.h, about their hopes for the future, or the very important statements that were made by donor organisations, and particularly, i have to say, the imf and the world bank. it is not very common for the imf to say that a country has done everything it can fiscally, and we have heard that, and we have heard that a real sense that, yes, jordan has done its part, and on the reform side we have an aggressive reform matrix that we have started, and as a government, and i would say in front of you all, we are fully committed to implementing this aggressive reform matrix, mainly because it is good forjordan, and it is good for its youth, and it is good for its future. so lots of good news coming today, and a declaration from all of us, i guess, that the period about where we are haunted by how do we manage the crisis is behind us. now we are compelled by how we take advantage of the growth and opportunities that this land has to offer. together, as partners, i think we will make a difference, an

has said he intends to bring corruption charges against the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, pending a hearing. mrnd breach of trust. 0ur middle east correspondent yollande knell is injerusalem for us. what can you tell us about this latest development? in the last couple of hours the prime minister has been given the formal letter, notifying him of being charged in three cases. police began their initial investigations into it as long as two years ago. in the first case, this is where the prime minister is accused of accepting expensive gifts for himself and his family, things like pink champagne, cigars, jewelry, exchange, it said, for helping israeli film producer in hollywood with his us visa and also it is alleged helping him with tax brea ks it is alleged helping him with tax breaks in israel. there are two other cases, and both of them are cases in which the prime minister is accused of really seeking my favourable press coverage for himself. in those cases he is told that he is facing charges of breach of trust and fraud. in one of them, more seriously of bravery as well. the reason we are

mr morawiecki was angered by comments from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, was quoteddia as saying "poles co—operated with the germans" during the holocaust. he later stressed he was not referring to the polish nation or all polish people. british prime minister theresa may has called on conservative mps to put aside their "personal preferences" and support her brexit deal in the house of commons. her plans were rejected in a vote last week but one of her senior ministers has indicated that there might be a solution to the disagreements within the party, that doesn't involve reopening the withdrawal agreement. protestors have been back on the streets of paris again, after police used tear—gas to try to control them on saturday night. the gilets—jaunes, or yellow vests, as they're called, started as a protest against high fuel prices. take a look at these pictures that a viewer, sarah church, sent us of a flock of starlings behind her house here in the uk. she said it was "an amazing natural event to behold". popular theories suggest flying like this is either a way to

mr morawiecki was angered by comments from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that polesparis came to a standstill on sunday as police detonated a huge unexploded bomb. it's believed to have been dropped by the raf during the second world war. nearly 2,000 people had to be moved from their homes and a number of eurostar trains were cancelled. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. the heart of paris turned into a ghost town. hundreds of people, some preparing for a longer trip than others, leaving their homes. police going door—to—door, making sure eve ryo ne going door—to—door, making sure everyone was safely out of the way. the £1000 bomb initially thought to be harmless was discovered in the french capital last month. it was found by workmen at a building site. the train station where the eurostar operates. translation: the last of was found in the early 2000. there is a risk we are likely to find others. aria lancaster is of bomber command... we are likely to find others. aria lancaster is of bomber commandmm is estimated more than 1500 french cities and towns were targeted b

mr morawiecki was angered by comments from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that polesthe killing of jews during the second world war. the former acting director of the fbi says the deputy us attorney general, rod rosenstein, considered measures to remove president trump from office in 2017. andrew mccabe told cbs television that mr rosenstein discussed with him how many cabinet members would support such a step after mr trump abruptly dismissed the fbi director, james comey. here's a bit of that interview. the discussion of the 25th amendment was simply... rod raised the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. rosenstein was actually openly talking about whether there was a majority in the cabinet who would vote to remove the president? that is correct. for more on this, i'm joined by our washington correspondent, chris buckler. chris, what is the mechanism, then? is this something that was technically possible for them to do? so the 25th amendment is away, essentially, replacing a p

early parliamentary election but says madeira mr down before any vote is held israel has started building a new barrier along its border with gaza netanyahu confirmed that construction was underway during a weekly cabinet meeting he says it's designed to stop what he described as terrorists from crossing into israel and japanese carmaker nisanit scrapped plans to build its new s.u.v. in the u.k. warning that uncertainty over brakes it is making it harder to plan for the future the next generation x. trial was set to be manufactured in sunderland companies announced it will now make at its plant in japan you're up to date with our top stories this hour one o one east is coming up next on al-jazeera and then more news after that in about twenty five minutes time stay with us. in china's western border region of xing junk the government has launched a widespread crackdown on its muslim population. an estimated one million readers have reportedly been forced into detention camps for so-called reeducation. the chinese government says it's to prevent religious extremism shinji i'm cool we will change you really good i'm sure. who are the shoe f

as far as you know, is prime minister netanyahu willing to make these compromises which are very much needed? netanyahustion, mr. is about to be indicted with corruption allegations. do you wish to tell him something on this occasion? pres. trump: i just think he has been a great prime minister. i don't know about his ,.fficulty i don't know about that. i can say this. he has done a great job. he is tough, he is smart, he is strong. his military is -- has been built up. they buy a lot of equipment from the united states. we give them a tremendous subsidy as you now. $4 billion is a lot each year. but they are -- they have been very good. they have been incredible in many ways there is a chance for peace between israel and the palestinians. it is interesting. all my life i have heard that the toughest of all deals when they talk about deals, we all like deals, but the toughest would be peace between israel and the palestinians. they say it is like the impossible deal. i would love to be able to produce it. we will see what happens. we were paying the palestinians a lot of money and i ended that about two years a

mr. security. and he is facing the direct opposition party. the biggest opposition party, three former chiefs of staff, so it is difficult for netanyahu to say you are better than him. his future is very much on the line now. >> that's right look i think benjamin netanyahu will be remembered as the richard nixon of politics. he is kcanny, but also fatally flawed. this alignment he made with his far-right party is not the fist time that he behaved in this kind of way high pressure he has been making overtures to right wing poll suggestions like others who have their own associations with antisemitmant parties. >> it is counter intuitive. >> it does to most israelis it seems profound. i think he, remember, he has been in now continuously in office for ten years. he was prime minister for three years in the 1990s. elector ra elect electorates do become sick of their leaders, and they may feel that they can entrust someone else. >> what does it mean for the region? >> i think it will make no difference. the reason there is some movement is because some of the states like saudi arabia, israel, they see it has a hedge because america seems to be in re

mr. perdue: we had a request from prime minister netanyahu to consider keeping a permanent presence there because of where it's strategically located on the supply route between iran and hezbollah. there's a 34-mile exclusionary there. what are the rules of engagement that we currently have with our garrison there and is this currently being considered as a longer-term installation? mr. votel: this is a key part of the ongoing planning that we have going here. so i won't comment publicly about what we might do there. but we certainly understand the impact of that. our reason for being is principally driven by our defeat isis mission. that's what brought us there. that's what's kept us there. we continue to confront it. it's located in an area we do see routine traffic from isis as ey move from the ewe freight he's valley to the western part of the country. it is a very operational location from that standpoint it. has the derivative value of being along a principle line of access, line of communication that iran and per proxies would like to -- her proxies would like to exploit. we unders

and sraeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to talk about aggression towards iran, e potentialln war. >> richard en yl, thankou very much. >>> turning our attention to mr. roker with a first check of the weather. d morning. thank you forgetting your first weather from us. boy, what a ms out st, especially southern california. you look at the flooding going on, mudslides, debrisemlow. real pro homes have been destroyed. the good news is, they're to get a break today. you have the storm system off the pacific west coast. more rain coming intoli rnia, but much less. in fact, as that system pushes in, lower flood f risk california. rain and snow into the weekend. las vegas yesterday with over an inch of rain. they actually saw -- the first time they've had an inch of rain -- the 14th timeince the early 1930s. they don't normally see that. what we ang looat, winter weather advisories for 18 millioin people from the p into the midwest as the system from the california area makes its way east. snow from wichita, kansas, into lower parts of illinois and indiana. it will spread to the midwest by the evening and by saturday it moves off quickloo the news is, it

netanyahu that talk about aggression toward iran, potentially even war. >> all right, richard engel with the interview. thank you very much. let's turn our attention to mr. roker who's here with a first check of the weather. >> good morning. thank you for getting your weather from us. boy, what a mess out west, especially southern california. you look at the flooding that's been going on, mudslides, debris flows, real problems. some homes have been destroyed. the good news is they're going to start to get a break today. let's show you. you can still see we've got this storm system coming in off the pacific northwest coast. more rain still coming into california, but much less, and in fact, as that system pushes in, a lower flood risk for california. rain and snow into the weekend. las vegas with over an inch of rain. they actually saw the first time they've had an inch of rain, this is the 14th time since the early 1930s. so they don't normally see that. what we are looking at, winter weather advisories for 18 million people from the plains to the midwest as this system from the california area makes its way east. snow from wichita, kansas, on into lowe

this is a friend of mr netanyahu, a leading israeli businessman.n for favours for the site's parent company. and the alleged favours didn't end there. police say israel's leader tried to secure tax breaks and a us visa for the hollywood film producer, another friend, arnon milchan. in return, it is claimed mr netanyahu was given cases of pink champagne, cigars and jewelry for his wife, sarah. his supporters remain defiant. at a recent election event for his likud party, activists said the case was politically motivated. he is innocent, netanyahu is innocent. they try to make him fail and they won't succeed , no way, no way. he is the best. there was a last—minute bid from the party to stop today's decision, calling it a result of thuggish pressure. mr netanyahu has used these allegations to rally his right—wing base, saying that it is cooked up by the left and by the media. his party has already hit back with an attack ad, calling it a political hitjob. it said it will collapse like a house of cards. with six weeks until israel's election mr netany

the police have been investigating mr netanyahu for over two years. to speak to him last march. in one case, it's alleged that mr netanyahu tried to get tax breaks and a us visa for a hollywood film producer arnon milchan. while producers have closed the file on him, they say mr netanyahu accepted a supply and a pink champagne and cigars from his friend. his supporters remained defiant. at a recent election event for his party, activists said the case was politically motivated. he is innocent, netanyahu is innocent. they are trying to make him fail and they will not succeed, no way, no way. he is the best. there was a last—minute bid from the party to stop today's decision, calling it a result of a thuggish pressure. mr netanyahu has used his allegations to rally his right wing base, who are saying it is cooked up by the left and by the media. his party has already hit back with an attack ad, calling the case a political hitjob. it that it will collapse like a house of cards. with the six weeks until israel's election, mr netanyahu looks certain to fi

they have formed a centrist alliance called the ‘blue and white party‘ in an effort to unseat mr netanyahu'selections far more competitive than they ever were, and now we have two guys here who are under the age of 60, both of them, unlike prime minister who is 69 now, and of course he lived through the creation of israel in 1948. but these two, one is a tv journalist turned politician, yair lapid and the other benny gantz is a former general, retired general used to head the israeli defence forces. so, it will be really interesting especially with the outcome still not exactly easily predictable. opinion polls in the last hour have put the central alliance ahead of the liquid party, but if you see somewhere between 36 seats and others put them at 30, however. they are expected to face difficulties forming a coalition government and because in israel you have the proportion representation system, it makes it very difficult for any party to rule on its own and therefore, israeli governments have been coalition governments for many years. the problem with these two new looks forming a governme