use state power for political ends or correspond to alexander phenomena the story for us in new york city alexandra thank you. we're now into a dramatic day of developments in the britain's brags that saga began with the u.k. parliament reconvening for the 1st time since the supreme court ruled yesterday that prime minister boris johnson acted unlawfully when he suspended parliament earlier this month tonight johnson showed no signs of remorse in his 1st address to lawmakers since the suspension ended he challenged his opponents to call it a confidence vote in his government and he defended his attempts to take the u.k. out of the european union deal or no deal. this person was happy to reenter the house of commons but there was also anger at that parliament has been suspended in the 1st place. i think this prime minister to talk about you are not the right shape he's like a strike. force johnson had to do all he could to be heard this and this. was. i think they should this was because. the prime minister went on the offensive and attacked the leader of the opposition he actually going to vote no

going to check in with how the worldwide demonstrations are going with our correspondent in new york city alexandra phone naaman who is on the scene where also swedish teenager gratitude is leading the protest alexandra what's the atmosphere like where you are. all my own what we are witnessing right here in new york is a very cheerful and colorful process and the streets are will be packed with students and therefore we even had to move to go a few steps away from the main square with because we couldn't get a transmission signal from that because so many students have come together here in new york they've brought signs and pictures they painted showing the earth as it reading that this is our home one side ratz oceans are rising so are we and why i took to choose a high school to high school students from new jersey and they told me that they wanted to be here to be part of this global movement because we're talking about the future they said and they also said that they would love to convince president that there's really such a thing a fact that climate change is taking place now as we've said

correspondent alexander at the united nations in new york city alexandra thank you very much. you know moving from new york southwards to washington d.c. momentum is now building to impeach u.s. president. democratic presidential front runner joe by now says that he will back formal impeachment proceedings against trump if he fails to comply with a congressional probe into a recent phone call between the president and the ukrainian president here's more of what he had to say just a short while ago this isn't a democratic issue or republican issue it is a national issue it is a security issue the president should stop stonewalling this investigation and all the other investigations into his alleged wrongdoing. use is full constitutional authority congress in my view should demand the information it is a legal right to receive the congress does not the president does not does not comply with such requests from the congress they continue to obstruct congress and flout the law donald trump will leave congress in my view no choice but to michigan petion that would be a tragedy but a

alexandra what's going on there. so it's here like being at a festival or the music concerts the streets and the battery park in new york city are packed so we had to move a few steps to other away from the stage because no phones are working there because there are so many people that have come together here to protest and it is a very color for colorful and a very cheerful protest many students wrote science and pictures with them showing birds animals the earth one side red oceans are rising so are we and i talked to 2 students high school students from new jersey day told me that they wanted to be here because it's their future that is at stake and because they want to be part of this global movement they also told me that they hope that they can convince you as president donald trump that climate change is a fact and that they didn't meant a radical change of politics trying to change president trump's mind that's a big order stay with us alexandra as we look at the person who started this whole movement to fridays for a future found to talk about the swedish teenager spearheading that rally in new york today and let's