government got is got it frew the parliament was with the support of his coalition partner the national action party. they passed with well over 100 votes but it was a very feisty debate with the opposition criticizing the motion saying that this risk the blood of muslims in a war that turkey should have no place in question evenly the board nature of this motion basically they cues a president of seeking a carte blanche a blank check to basically deploys many forces he wanted very few details of what the deployment would be and how he would be expedited so there was a very strong opposition but the government easily secured the motion as was expected doria why is getting involved. what are its national interests that for example. well whole variety of reasons have been given by president one in the run up to this vote he's been campaigning very strongly to convince not only the political parties but also the white a country where they does appear to be a great deal of skepticism he says that turkey has a strong ties to libya if it was part of turkey's ottoman empire or the still a large ethnic turk

well the government only had the support of its coalition partner national action party while all the opposition parties voted against although the government is secure the deployment motion with a comes to majority of well over a 100 but in that the buy in the debate in parliament it was a pretty feisty debate with the opposition accusing the government of risking what they said was muslim blood for an unnecessary operation they said the problem is he should have been allowed to take his course before deploying forces and the obvious question the nature of this deployment motion basically gave a carte blanche a blank check the president wants there's no clear outline of how many soldiers will be deployed and what will be the parameters there are operations as a lot of concern turkey's parliament have now voted on the motion which gives the president a free hand to carry out what many people see as probably the most risky military operation of turkish military of carried out for many decades so with all that in mind daryn why you getting involved in its national interests. well presid

party headquarters as the standoff over the president's planned pension reforms continue trade unions have called on the public to step up their protests national frame services have been disrupted by strike action now for 29 days making this the country's longest strike since 1968. in spain a key ally on sufferance party has agreed to help break the deadlock in spanish politics and abstain on a confidence vote in parliament next week that would allow prime minister pedro sanches to win his socialist party reached the coalition deal last month with another left wing party but parliament still needs to confirm him as prime minister . or. priest from cuba's central area religion have given their annual prophecy in a ceremony drawing thousands of visitors they say they cuba face a difficult times in the new year but would be protected by one of the of religion's most powerful deity as sam syria blends catholicism with ancient african beliefs. well conflict in the middle east may be dominating the headlines at the start of 2020 but latin america is another potential flashpoint in the new year a number of countries there are beginning to 1020 gripped by protest demanding more democracy in chile for e

reaction to so the money since the nation is split between the major parties donald trump's republicans are praising his actions while democrats are questioning why the president didn't consult congress before approving the strike heidi jocasta reports from washington. president donald trump tried to justify his decision to order the killing of iranian revolutionary guard commander qassam sulaimani by claiming that sulaimani had been planning eminent and sinister attacks on americans in the region we took action last night just stop. a war the us president said sulaimani was responsible for the deaths of thousands of american service people over 2 decades solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago trump's republican allies in congress agreed or to all this evil man operated without them strike and countless and often have suffered for now his terrorist leadership has been and democrats say trump ordered the drone strike that also killed the leader of tehran back iraqi militia groups witho

to international pressure five nations who citizens died in the disaster will meet on thursday to discuss possible legal action. for. peace talks between warring parties in libya have so far fallen short of a permanent ceasefire eastern strongman general who leave a halalf tard delayed signing an agreement on monday during meetings in moscow. negotiations on the terms wenent on for seven hours. i w was nevr face to face he had a l ltle as and when recognized gogovernment has s also so job. stitill i ine diating russian. and turkish governments expressed hope a a deal. negatitive check t that ts of marshall marshall have tom the commander of the libyan national army and speaker of the t to brooke house of representatives mr idealists la. view the document positively and asked for a little extra timeme until tuesday morning to decide about signing the- i hope that this decision will be sitive. the city of ww. dar engineers shuhumë is on the gender. suraj and haftar through both declared they would comply with the president's call for a ceasefire you will now commit to it on paper the first movie as a live chicken de mutare did you aftfterwards we will c

party headquarters as the standoff over the president's planned pension reform continues trade unions have called on the public to step up their protests national train services have been destructive strike action for 29 days now making up the country's longest struck since 960 yet. my kids have passed a bill allowing the country to deploy troops to war torn libya the movies i ended shoring up the u.n. recognize government in tripoli against rebel leader khalifa haftar and his so-called libyan national army the bill passed despite objections from turkey's main opposition groups and there are fears that a turkish troop deployment could further they stabilize libya. but let's work on it it's the bill was expected to pass through parliament and eventually it did giving the government a green light for a one year military deployment. but not before heavy debate in the house with opposition parties arguing vigorously against it and that is libya's internationally recognized government their government of national accord based in tripoli is a regional ally to turkey last friday turkish president one confirmed had received a request for military assistance from the un backed administration for months

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party. obviously the democratic national committee doesn't do what i tell them to do, but yes it's a problem and i tried to take action on it the very day kamala dropped out. >> because you don't feel it represents the democratic party. senator cory booker who dropped out of the race today says that dnc's rules enable you to buy your way into the debate stage. what's your response to him? >> look, what's driven everybody's success as a candidate has been message. i have a completely different message from everybody else who's running. i'm saying that we have a broken government that's been purchased by corporations and we're going to have to take back the government. and i'm an outsider. i'm the only outsider in this race who has spent ten years fighting and beating those corporations. i'm the person who will actually change d.c. i'm the only person who will talk about term limits and i'm also the only person who say climate is my number one responsibility and i'll do it from the standpoint of justice -- >> there was a delay. sorry about that. >> i'll take on trump on the economy and beat him on the stage because i ha

lou: there is a republican party which has stood unified, and today mike lee calls his briefing on national security on the president's actions starts complaining about the briefing itself, congressman. what in the world -- you were briefed. by the top officials of national security, the secretary of state. your reaction? >> we just disagree on this. i think th -- i think the briefg said what should be said. there are always opportunities to read the reports the cia and others put forth. the purpose for the brief today was not to go into every minute detail, to say there were, to say here's why we did it, here are the reasons we did it. and they did so in a good way. lou: who the hell do they think soleimani was? he was a vicious absolute terrorist. he did not change, and he was plotting to kill more americans. it should be straightforward even for the senator from mumbai as he's called on twitter, mike lee. congressman doug collins, it's always great to see you. lou: immigration enforcement. the rise of sex traffic at our the rise of sex traffic at our southern border. i want some more what's he doin? but, he can't look at h

jcpoa he referred to, joint comprehensive plan of action, the iran deal of 2015, involved a lot of parties. it involved negotiating group, the united nationshe eu. it wasn't a nato specific thing. now he's talking about nato. what's the president talking act? >> reporter: well, the president is reviving a complaint that he's had since before the election back in 2015. he's long-said that nato members don't pay enough into the alliance and are just enjoying the protections of america and other big powers without paying anything. without having to pony up their own militaries and without having to spend more than 3% of their gross national products every year on military spending in fact he's been complaining about this a lot. this is one of the president's habits. when something like this, a new news event comes up, he tucks an old complaint in. that's what you're seeing here. the fact is that nato allies, the request by the president, they get more involved in the middle east, it seems as though that's at odds with what the president has been doing recently. nato was founded to protect against russia. but the president has just allowed rus

action against eight senior officials involved in targeting us troops in iraq. we don't want war, we want iran to behave like a normal nation. a political breakthrough in northern ireland — the main partiesgree to restore a power—sharing administration, after three years of deadlock. tens of thousands of people join climate change protests across australia, as hot, windy weather threatens to fan new bushfires. hello and welcome to world news today. iran has again rejected suggestions that one of its missiles brought down a ukrainian passengerjet on wednesday killing 176 people.the the picture remains unclear but what we do know is that: (ani the flight took off from a tehran airportjust after 6 in the morning — butjust two minutes later, the data on the flight stopped. the plane came down to the southwest of the capital. 63 of the victims were canadian. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports from toronto. the sense of complete disbelief now is palpable. at the shocking revelations about how this disaster may have happened. compounded, of course, by the huge sense of loss here. i have been praying since yesterday, we lost one of the students from the school. it is so sad, s

party headquarters as the standoff over the president's planned pension reforms continues the trade unions are called on the public to step up their protests national train services have been disrupted by strike action for 29 days now making it the country's longest strike since 1968. a court in belgium has suspended the extradition of cats and separatist leader carlos approved amount citing his immunity as a european. just approved mon was elected to the european parliament in may but has not taken his seat he's wanted in spain for his role in catalonia illegal 2718 a secession bid. a severe weather has triggered deadly flooding in and around indonesia as capital jakarta officials say around 2 dozen people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced by raging floodwaters the focus is a warning of heavy rain and more flooding to come. on a tiny island in the floods. this man was lucky. a desperate rescue effort saved in. 'd nearby flood waters were overwhelming washing away everything in their path tens of people have been killed and tens of thousands more evacuated indonesia's president tried to offer reassurance. disaster agency needs to coordinate with provincial governments and search and.

party headquarters as the standoff over the president's planned pension reforms continues trade unions have called on the public to step up their protests national train services have been disrupted by strike action for 29 days now making this the country's longest strike since 1968. the conflict in the middle east may be dominating the headlines this morning but latin america is another potential flash point in the new year several states are beginning the year roiled by a certainty and growing demands for change. latin america could be facing another year of heavy unrest the upheaval in $21000.00 came fast spread quickly and unfolded in several places all at once. protests helped push bolivia's leftist president evo morales from power after nearly 14 years rumors of electoral fraud had sparked protests against the country's 1st indigenous president the turmoil led more brothers to flee from bolivia he's vowing his coalition will win back the presidency in fresh elections later this year. in she lay long considered one of south america's most stable democracies deadly anti-government protests have raged since october plans to hike metro fares initially sparked the unrest but it has morphed into

and the way in which nations end up stumbling into war through rivalry typically involve misunderstandings and some third-party actiond, provoking a set of reactions. one of the big mistakes from early on was limiting those talks. it would be a good thing to restart them. saw phase onele as the easy part. is phase two realistic? will they make any movement? >> i would say it is a 50-50 at twot there will be a phase before november. the reason why is trade involves so many different conflict issues and there are so many ways to compromise the site we want to compromise, you can have phase 23 and four. so the deal was when they could have done any time. meeting a had had a month before, that they would be somewhere, they decided the 'sreement because from trump perspective, this is about appearances and is feeling the ways in which this has put a shadow on the market. the stock market is his political genie. i think he will be interested in the second phase agreement before the elections when president xi and the chinese government are interested in trying to give him a victory. theyecondly what terms will end up with.

going to have to prove that these actions were in the national interests, not just his narrow political interest. i think that's really tough to do when you're outsourcing partyign policy to rudy giuliani and the fraud brothers. but we'll see how they do with that. >> do you -- elliott, you're an attorney, do you actually believe they will try to go point by point through this thing? >> oh, no, it's funny. they've meandered -- meandered is a judgment. but they've changed their -- the arguments they've used. first it was let's talk about witnesses later or now. and then it was democrats have said nothing new and they're just repeating themselves. and today we started hearing this argument that, well, the democrats, adam schiff used strong language and that offended us. part of the issue is they don't have to have a legal argument here because it seems clear the republican caucus is going to be together. now it's all about politics. i don't know if everybody saw "the washington post" around 7:00 tonight put out a story saying look they're going to go after joe biden, that's what tomorrow is going to be about. any thought this is going to be a sound legal argume

party headquarters as the standoff over the president's planned pension reform continues trade unions have called on the public to step up their protests national train services have been disrupted by strike action for 29 days now making it the country's longest strike since 1968. australia's prime minister scott morrison is facing growing criticism over his handling of the deadly ravaging the country angry residents as saying he should be doing want to help people out of their homes the navy is still evacuating hundreds stranded on the beaches around the town of moloch thousands more are fleeing by road. a new sign that the state a follower to assist the new normal this is straight in mimics emergency sirens a sound that's now as commonplace as to smoke filled air in the bushfire zone australia's prime minister scott morrison has been visiting the affected area which now encompasses most of the country's 2 southeastern states while there morrison was on the receiving end of hefty criticism only a need for more bodies now i was already on your i am. in 2 incidents caught on camera a firefighter and a local resident refused to shake hands with morrison of the year i mean the 2nd thing to be given

party headquarters as the standoff over the president's planned pension reform continues trade unions have called on the public to step up their protests national train services have been disrupted by strike action for 29 days now making it the country's longest strike since 1968. the trump administration has announced a ban on flavored east cigarettes to curb the health risks tied to the teenage use of a thing products and then stolen tobacco flavors will remain on the u.s. market health groups say the ban does not go far enough because the only applies to a cigarette cartridge is not liquids separately. and australia's prime minister scott morrison is facing growing criticism over his handling of the deadly bush is ravaging the country angry residents say he should be doing more to help people burned out of their homes the navy is still evacuating hundreds stranded on the beaches around the town of malibu to thousands more are fleeing by road. a new sign that the state a feller is to new normal this is a straight in mimics emergency sirens a sound that snow is commonplace us to smoke filled air in the bushfire zone australia's prime minister scott morrison has been visiting the affected area w

have been the actions to this call by russia in tripoli here especially the institutions there also the political parties in the west of the country that all demanding the government of national cord to adhere to pulling out of have those forces from tripoli as a prerequisite for any peaceful settlement to this conflict here in tripoli also in may to get airport the only operational airport in the city has resumed of the asian just taken opportunity of the deescalation atmosphere that has been prevailing over the past 24 hours but again. all eyes today in libya are on moscow everybody's anticipated to see what conclusions of these negotiations will result in stand indeed mahmoud thank you and your wired in tripoli well are so good marty is the founder and director of the southern institute that's a think tank specializing in the buna fears he says hafter is in the position of power and what it's generally agreed to the government's demands. the demands are quite clear from the genocide the international economic government of tripoli which is the half the onus to move back his forces to pre-approve 4th positions those are the positions that means that he almost has to lose ev

actions matters. that's a lesson washington dc could use, right now. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. >>> california governor newsom hosted the national governors association. the governors were working across party lines. >> governors from across the country from big states and small states, states that are republican and democrat. they can all agree on one thing. and that is infrastructure needs to be a priority. governor newsom and the governors of maryland and montana toured san francisco's latest major project. the governor says that projects like this are critical to stimulate the economy. >> this is what we used to do a lot of and we talk a lot about it. these were nonpartisan things. things that transcend politics. if you want to do well in the future you have to invest in the future. >> reporter: the governors all agree that political divisiveness is slowing critical projects. >> most governors whether there in smaller big states , we have to focus on rebuilding infrastructure to accommodate the needs. washington has been feeling. >> the topic is for friend or governors from across the country compare best practices. governor newsom addressing the reality that major products, even the tr

party lines. mitch mcconnell -- >> for too long this evil man operated without constraint and countless innocts have suffered for it. reporter: chuck schumer -- >> this action may well have brought our nationendless war. reporter: president trump described the attack as defensive. >> we took action last night to stop a war, not to start a war. reporter: for 15 years, u.s. officials have been following this leader accusing him of global terrorism. >> we remember the victims oat many of his rocities and we take comfort knowing that his reign of terror is over. reporter: what was left ofhehe car where died sat in the morning sun, the symbol of iran'ss regional ambitionare dead though the ambitions are very much alive dyd unchanged. nick joins us here inhe studio alo with jane ferguson. jane, what are you learning about reaction especially in the iranian backed hezbollah? jane: from has a lot we have seen some of the strongest -- from hezbollah we have seen some of the strongest rhetoric. they say it is a hugerime and it is the responsibility of all brothers across the world to nke harsh revenge. it is worthing that it is believed that he was flying back to baghdad from big room. he had strong

party lines. senate majority mitch mcconnell: >> for too long, this an operated without constraint, and countless innocent suffered. >> schifrin: top senate democrat chuck schumer: >> this action may well have brought our nationser to another endless war. >> schifrin: but president trump today described the attack as defensive. >> we took action last night to stop a war. we did not take action to start a war. >> schifrin: for 15 years, u.s. officials have been following soleimani, and accusing him of global terrorism. ay we remember and honor the victims of solemani's many atrocities, and take comfort in at his reign of terror is over. >> schifrin:ay, what was leftif the car where soleiman died sat in the morning sun. the symbol of iran'segional ambitions is dead-- but the erbitions themselves are vy much alive, and unchanged. >> woodruff: and nick joins me here in the studio, along with, from beirut, our special correspondent jane ferguson. jane, i want to come to you first. what are you learning about reaction in the region, especially from the iranian-backed hezbollah? >> well, of course, judy, fromhe ollah, we've seen some of the strongest reacton so far they released a statement earlier on today saying t

action. the united nations called for maximum restrantd and insure security in the middle east? that the vious of taking risk the united ions of states violated basic norms of the international relations u.k. opposition labor party will hold a three-month contest to find a successor to corbin with a winner to be announced on april 4th. already put have themselves forward with calls aying the party spokesman is currently leading the race. his main challenger is likely to be a business spokeswoman long bailey. global news. this is bloomberg. heidi. you.i: thank let's get to hong kong now. taking a look at the markets for is sophie. sophie: collecting in on gold, 2013 seeing prices from a futures, and silver falling for the first time in hovering above 18 right here. after topping r monday session. we are seeing the aussie dollar two-week low. there is an impact of higher oil and global growth and the rba policy.y the probability of a rate hike n february 4, the australian central bank has seen above 56%. now, checking in on the aussie seeing gold, we are miners giving back some of monday's advance. %.s up nearly 1 rising then for a fourth straight session while aussie yields we're seeing slightly track the u.s. yi

a meeting to his workers party, has warned of unspecified shocking actions saying his country will soon reveal a new strategic weapon to the world. earlier today, former national bolton tweeted about this, saying this. "how to respond to his threatening ears or marks u.s. should fully resume all military exercises in south korea, who congressional hearings on whether the troops are ready to fight tonight." the threat is the latest example of kim sounding increasingly impatient as his diplomacy with president trump has failed to bring about the benefits that he so wanted. in particular, the lifting and easing of the sanctions, largely because he has refused to budge on denuclearization. nevertheless, secretary pompeo yesterday defended u.s. policy. >> president trump came into office with the threat of war with north korea, a real and true concern for the american people. he said we can deliver a better outcome for the people of north korea. >> it is believed kim has used a diplomatic stalemate in the last couple of years to expand his military capabilities. as arsenal is now estimated to include 40 to 50 nuclear bombs and various delivery systems, including ic

party or who sits in the office. in the course of doing our jobs we do the nation's service by holding the executive branch with this political leadership accountable to the people for its actions. and when the president's conduct exceeds the framework and then to investigate presidential wrongdoing and thenat to judge and evict incidents and the ability to discover and t investigate presidential malfeasance. the president can abuse their power and then conceal all the evidence from congress, the impeachment clause we would lose the vital protection. that's why throw history repeatedly recognize subpoenas serve in the impeachment inquiry must be obeyed. including by thelu president. only one single official ever and then have the article of impeachment for doing so. has a huge -- - eugen one - - now with distraction and growth and unless the defiance of the house d subpoena is consider grounds for impeachment, it's difficult to conceive as any president and then to exercise the but the republican from illinois explained the but to have a separation of powers if he refused to but with that subpoena we have issued the future respondents are in the position too determine themselve