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that model to kim jong un, former chief economist for the international trade commission, peter morici. of northorea opens up its markets and goes by the vietnamese model their gdp could explode the way vietnam did over the last 20 years, their people would be better off. >> this is true given it would integrate north korean with south korean economy. they have geopolitical problems with china and concerns about the united states, making america in our like, or at least a friend, they can open their economy, with all kinds of technology and marketing their products. the same happened to korea and that would provide a counterbalance to the dependency on beijing. this would be a terribly good deal. >> the most important thing and the thing that kim and all his people were worried about is maintaining control. we see you dictatorships would rather be poor and starving them lose power in their country like we see in venezuela. >> i don't think that leader will be around much longer. a thriving country, much better position to hold onto power. the communist party in vietnam has held onto power and th

i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes. lot of people will take whatever he says to congress with a huge pinch of salt. that said, there are certainly democrats who want to hear from him during these three days of hearings, who believe that he has more information to share. and as we've just heard from mr cohen, clearly he is directing whatever he has to say, whatever allegations he has, at the american people. and perhaps there's something in trying to salvage his own reputation, even though he's been found guilty and he's heading to jailfor three years in just a few weeks' time. he may well have valid information. that's what we've got to wait and see. it may be tittle—tattle, it could be salacious information, or there could be hard facts there. and there's speculation he could bring documents, possibly even audio recordings with him, to prove a point, to back up his case. and if it does turn out to be true, if there is proof, it could cause a lot of trouble for the president, couldn't it? it could cause a huge amount of

our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. of tweets, president trump said the caliphate was ready to fall and that american forces were pulling back after a 100% victory. but he warned that the united states will be forced to release islamic state fighters and that he didn't want to watch as they permeated europe. he said britain, france, germany and other european allies should take back over 800 is fighters and put them on trial. it is time, the president said, for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing. captured is fighters are currently being held by us—backed kurdish—led forces. responding to the case of shamima begum, the british teenager who went to join is but now wants to go home, the uk government had said it will evaluate each case individually. peter bowes, bbc news. donald trump's choice to be the new us ambassador to the united nations has withdrawn her nomination. in a statement heather nauert said that she believes the decision is in the best interest for her family after what she d

earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes who has been following the story.onway has been talking to us media outlets, explaining what has happened back in october of last year when she was in this washington, dc area restaurant, she had her teenage daughter with her, when she says that she was approached by someone from behind. who grabbed her, the woman she says was screaming her head off, according to kellyanne conway. she says her teenage daughter managed to capture some of this on video. the police were called, although she said the woman had actually left the restaurant by the time the police arrived. they clearly managed to catch up with her later. she was arrested and has been charged, and will go on trial next month. she denies the allegations, in fact, her lawyer has said that she did not assault ms conway and she was exercising her first amendment right to express her personal opinions. it's often said that if you need help with technology it's worth asking a teenager. well, one 14—year—old from arizona has given a bit of help to one of the world's

our north america correspondent peter bowes reports.on from donald trump that the islamic state is on the verge of defeat. this time he was addressing the coalition fighting is. the united states military, our coalition partners and the syrian democratic forces have liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by isis in syria and iraq. you should be formally announced some time, probably next week, that we will have 100% of the caliphate. probably next week, that we will have 10096 of the caliphate. under a note of caution, the president said he will wait for the official word before declaring victory over the islamic group and expected to hear soon islamic group and expected to hear soon from generals in iraq. they will be informing us very soon officially that it is 100%. isis can no longer claim ownership over local governments in syria and iraq. in december, mr trump shot senior officials and coalition partners when he first said i had been defeated and that the withdrawal of us forces was imminent. —— shocked. it promp

our north america correspondent, peter bowes, explains why they decided on this course of action.enying the president be $5.7 billion that he wanted to build the wall, instead just about $1.3 billion. the president's response to that was to declare a state of emergency to essentially get around and circumvent the decision of congress to get the funding needs to build a wall. interestingly, almost in the same breath, he predicted this would result in legal action, that he would be sued. he said he would probably end up in the supreme court of the united states. this isjust the first step. california, which is of course a border state, and new mexico as well, as well as new york, they are big states. why he also involved in this, or getting together to sue the president because they say what he is essentially doing is taking money from funds, defence funds in particular, that could have been allocated to the states. that is where they come in. they are essentially defending the rights of people in the states who may well have benefited from those funds that the president now wants t

is could stage a comeback in the absence of sustained counter—terrorism pressure. 0ur north america correspondent petergain, a prediction from donald trump that the islamic state group is on the verge of defeat. this time, the president was addressing members of the almost 80 strong us—led coalition fighting is. the united states military, our coalition partners, and the syrian democratic forces have liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by isis in syria and iraq. it should be formally announced some time, probably next week, that we will have 100% of the caliphate. adding a note of caution, the president said he would wait for the official word, before declaring total victory over the islamic state group. he said he expected to hear soon from us generals in iraq. they'll be informing us very soon, officially, that it's100%. isis can no longer claim widespread ownership over local governments in syria and iraq. in december, mr trump shocked senior officials and coalition partners when he first said is had been defeated and that the withdrawal of us forces from syria was imminent. it

let's talk to our north american correspondent peter bowes.e has a point, why does congress want to hear, apparently want to trust someone to hear, apparently want to trust someone who has already been convicted of lying to congress?m isa convicted of lying to congress?m is a very valid point, that he has as you say it been accused and found guilty of lying, so a lot of people will take whatever he says to congress with a huge pinch of salt, that said there is certainly democrats who want to hear from him during these three days of hearings to believe that he has more information to share. as we have heard from mr cohen clearly he is directing whatever he has to say, whatever allegations he has, at the american people and perhaps there is something in trying to salvage his own reputation even though he has been found guilty and he is heading to jail for three been found guilty and he is heading to jailfor three years in been found guilty and he is heading to jail for three years in just a few weeks' time. he may well have valid information. th

rolling through head did lead to some flooding into the far north of the contrie really havey rain here those showers and now in the process of petering out want to two spots of rain a possibility to the north of new delhi as you can see twenty seven celsius in new delhi warm sunshine in that poor of about thirty eight degrees some of the picture as we go on into sassed i just notice it cools off a touch for new delhi the cloud just sinking a little further south was just freshen up a touch say high around twenty four. hours well on friday some bits and pieces of clout with the possibility of right to the south. donald trump has talked of a special bowl with kim jong un. now the u.s. president and north korean leader ought to meet again this time in vietnam were both very honored to eight months after making history in singapore and they strike a deal on nuclear weapons. and finally and the korean war follow us on the twenty seventh of february for special coverage on al-jazeera. arabic. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories on al-jazeera there are ports they'll be no further evacuation of civilians from last played in syria o

and that wave actually moves -- most of it moves just to our north and kind of peters out. bu what it does give us as some possible warmer temperatures during the day tomorrow. so right now temperature of 55 degrees. as we move onhrough the rest of the night tonight, we're going to continue to watch as that rain mes on in. temperatures to the north, cool, 40s. down to south in the 50s. and even farther south, richmond 70 degrees, but not us.av here's number two back to the west, and this is bigger storm that's going to come through. there's some really cold air behind this storm. it's not going to hit us yet. however, by friday that's when wetart to see some big changes in our temperatures and big changes for the weekend as well. i'll let amelia give you the bad news. >> the good news is it's going nd be another dry weeut there. now, tomorrow and friday our high temperatures going to be above normal. normal now coming in at 45 degrees. here's the thing about friday, though. we start off aroundde 6ees and then temperatures fall throughout the day. saturday, sunday nteven on

our north america correspondent peter bowes reports.nds already allocated to other projects to build a wall. it follows congress's rejection of mr trump's demand for $5.7 billion. he got 1.3 billion for an election promise that he originally said mexico would pay for. but on the wall, they skimped, so for. but on the wall, they skimped, soi for. but on the wall, they skimped, so i was successful in that sense. but i want to do it faster. the states are arguing it is congress's role to allocate funding and that the president has no right to invoke a state of emergency to get what he wa nts. a state of emergency to get what he wants. president trump got it right when he said he didn't have to do this. mr president, you shouldn't do this. mr president, you shouldn't do this. the trump administration already faces multiple lawsuits over his declaration, including one from the american civil liberties union. but they may be in for a tough fight. the president has wide discretion over what constitutes a national emergency. donald trump saw th

germany and france north stream to would see russian gas pumped into europe through the baltic sea but france is apparently making moves to block the project our europe correspondent peter oliver hitchens' when it comes to the north stream to gas pipeline from russia to germany it's understood they may be about to vote in favor of changes to the e.u. gas directive now this is according to a story that ran in the german newspaper suited torches zeitung the paper specifically says that this is a move to target nord stream to they quote unnamed sources in the french government saying we don't want to increase dependency on russia while damaging the interests of e.u. nations like poland and slovakia now there is a vote set for friday on these amendments to the e.u. gas directive these moves would give brussels a lot more sway over projects like north stream two would cause north stream to is funded by a third party russia's gazprom and under these changes to the gas directive that would allow the e.u. commission a lot more access to them it had been thought that germany would vote along with france the netherlands belgium austria greece and cyprus to say no to these changes

rolling through here it did lead to some flooding into the far north of the country really havey rain here so showers in that in the process of petering out want to two spots of rain a possibility to the north of new delhi as you can see twenty seven celsius in new delhi woman sunshine in that poor of about thirty eight degrees some of the picture as we go on into sassed i just notice it cools off a touch for new delhi the cloud just sinking a little further south was just freshen up a touch say high around twenty three celsius here in doha as well on friday some bits and pieces of cloud with the possibility of writing to the south. when you're from a neighborhood known as a hotbed of radicalism. you have to fight to defy stereotypes. but in the meeting. the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them but in all modern history one man when they. will be given survived the initial little. some of the books are this is you the. amount just zero. welcome back just a quick look at the top stories this hour now there are reports that civilians will no longer leave syria's east and village of by on thursday u.s. backed rebe

north lawn. good morning. reporter: peter, good morning. the waiting game continues. a justice department official says special counsel robert mueller's reportex is nocted to be delivered to the attorney general as early as next week, as was widely reported. house democrats though are demanding thathenever the report does drop on the ag's desk, he must make it public. judgment day delayed, as a senior justice department official tells nbc news, special counsel robert mueller is not expected to deliver his report on the investigation into russia's election interference next week. the doj, cognisant of psident trump's upcoming second summit with north korean leader kim jong-un in vietnam, which could play a role in the timing. mr. trump on friday said he hasn't spoken with his new attorney general about the repo report's release. >> at some point, i'll be lking about it. the nice part, there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. thhie was no an. that's the nice part. there was no phone calls, no nothing. we have -- you know why i won race? i was a better candidate

north korea, large or small. in fact, as the "new york times" peter baker points out, the only president who threatened war on northorea in recent times is mr. trump. in 2017 he threatened to regn do rain down "fire and fury" on north korea. >> and he is not mincing words. speak at the munich security conference, german chancellor angela merkel warped the president that europe must not be excluded from talks on syria or trade. and hammered trump for calling germany's bmws thraeut. the largest plant is not in germany but in south carolina. trump senior adviser and daughter ivanka trump showed no reaction as the crowd around her applauded. vice president got this reaction when speaking about the president on the conference on friday. >> thanks senator lindsey graham for leading this delegation. [ applause ]. and to them and all of you, a great champion of freedom and the strong national defense who has worked with these members of congress to strengthen america's military might and to strengthen the leadership of the free world, i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president dona

surveyed now while the focus of a trip to hanoi is this time it with north korea president travelled bilateral talks the president when peter truong and the country's prime minister went. tabitha there are a lot of similarities between hanoi and any major urban city america however there is a one major difference in it to regard to the traffic but that they can all back to game of progress i kid you not there not really because walking if you avoid being hit by cars you have to worry about these a motorbike these motorbikes auto not just down the street as they see the sidewalk and paying their traffic light but you know that they hand over to the city which keeps you on your toes reporting far to america and i vietnam i am. in twenty eight in the federal bureau of investigation so abraded its hundred tenth anniversary most mainstream politicians from presidential contender democrat campbell harris to recently deceased republican god apparently on capitol hill john mccain they have what they have what leverage phrase on the f.b.i. over the. course of their careers with mccain even declaring at one point that undermining or

sleet and snow over the hills, tending to peter wright as it i’u ns hills, tending to peter wright as it runs into the norths the north. 0ne scotland, maybe icy patches across the north. one of two showers on the north sea coast, light winds, plenty of sunshine around, a dry day after a chilly start, still not very warm and eastern scotland, north—east england, mild of the south wales and south—east england. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. theresa may will ask mps for more time to rework her brexit plan and offer parliament another vote, but labour accuses the prime minister of trying to run down the clock work and pensions secretary amber rudd warns company bosses they could be jailed for up to seven years if they "wilfully or recklessly" mismanage their employees' pension scheme. kurdish—led forces, backed by the united states, have launched a final push to defeat the so—called islamic state group in syria. the scientist who discovered the link between eating too much processed meat and bowel cancer accuses the government of not doing enough to encourage people to cut their consumption. the duke of

president to protect their residents, natural resources and economic interests. 0ur north america correspondent peterre arguing that the president doesn't have the authority to use funds already allocated to other projects, to build a wall. it follows congress's rejection of mr trump's demand for $5.7 billion. he got $1.3 billion — for an election promise which he initially said mexico would pay for. but on the wall they skimped. so i did, i was successful in that sense, but i want to do it faster. the states are arguing that it is congress's role to allocate funding, and that the president has no right to invoke the state of emergency to get what he wants. president trump got it right when he said he didn't have to do this. mister president, you shouldn't do this. the trump administration already faces multiple lawsuits over his declaration, including one from the american civil liberties union. but they may be in for a tough fight. the president has wide discretion over what constitutes a national emergency. donald trump saw the lawsuits coming — when he announced his decision to override congress

peter levey thank you. now the u.s. state of north dakota thinking to restrict access to public records related to place and government operations that's after a number of your enforcement to be says who are exposed to more pin picks up the story there are members of protests out in standing rock in response to the dakota access shale oil pipeline it seems like all. old news but two cases are actually pending in federal court still and at this point we've got many people who can remember how horrified they were when they saw the government's response to peaceful protesters. her. well critical legal information about what actually happened during those protests may soon be unavailable to the public a billion animists lee pass by the north dakota state senate would forbid the publishing of information and records related to quote critical infrastructure that term might sound vague but pipelines are actually included and now they say that this new law is necessary because of cyber security but it's going to be a big relief to police and

peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up it's a date the u.s. and north korean leaders will meet again as part of a push to get pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program. as the tug of war for power continues in venezuela health workers a pleading for the government to allow aid is. also ahead residents of the australian city worst hit by days of flooding start to return home. after two years of bitter political and personal attacks on opponents the u.s. president called for unity in his first state of the union address a divided congress donald trump outlined his political priorities but provided few details much of the speech focused on immigration and his proposed border wall with mexico mike hanna now from washington now the states. that the president of the united states. much has changed in the stranger since president trump last spoke here sitting next to the vice president a new speaker nancy pelosi has been locked in a power struggle with the president since the democratic party took over the house and acknowledging this the president call

north macedonia. and after that, in geneva, the head of international committee, peter maurer, will hold a briefing ont's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm marc edwards and here's your wednesday sport briefing. so far, no fond fairytale farewell for lindsey vonn. in fact, it's fair to say that the goodbye to the sport she's dominated hasn't quite gone to plan. the american was competing in the superg at the world championships in sweden when she suffered a heavy fall after clipping a gate. fellow american mikaela shiffrin went on to take gold. vonn is also due to compete in the downhill on sunday, her final event before retiring. i feel like i've been hit by an 18—wheeler, but other than that, i'm great. my knees are the same as they were before the race, so that's good, and i'm just going to be sore. i think my neck‘s going to be sore, and i got the wind knocked out of me, so i don't know, my ribs are oddly sore, so... but i'll be fine, sunday will be great. there was a dramatic night of action in germany as bundesliga leaders borussia dortmund were sent tumbling out o

peter explain in sport. how we got to have mobile fly when our weather across north america now say we're pushing whether wintry weather after the way clear skies do come back in the hobby for this this area cloud makes this way instead of be some wintry flower is up towards the northeast into new england into a quick back as we go on through monday behind that somewhat dry weather five celsius in new york ten celsius the four day sale fair amount of cloud down towards the south by this date how that cloud think enough to still be producing some outbreaks of rain and snow in some positive california the west coast does that largely dry be pushing lad just around the southern nevada pushing into arizona and will be some wintry weather coming in here a little slot as well little further races new mexico seen some snow colorado also joining in with the fun up tools a northeastern corner here it clears through sunshine comes in crisp sunshine for new york just two degrees celcius push further south cold enough down here actually atlanta just eight celsius and six degrees there for dallas in the cloud and the right

says he's looking forward to a, quote, very productive face-to-face meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. peter's arrival, north koreanr dicta kim jong-un is already seizing the spotlight after a 65-hour armored train ride from pyongyang. enjoying a red carpet welcome i vietnam. he's exploring hano lined with north korean and american flags everywhere you look. the president, kim jong-un, will sit down for a private dinner tomorrow night, this time tomorrow, their first face-to-face since last year's summit in singapore. president trump will be joined at that dinner by the secretary of state mike pompeo, chief of staff nick mulvaney as well. already he appears to be redefining success ahead of the summit, after initially declaring north korea is no longer a nuclear threat, this morning the president said he wants denuclearization but emphasized he's inru no . >>> there was a dramatic scene overnight as the vietnamese government abruptly announced that the white house press corps, the work space would be relocated, forced to leave the same hotel where the north korean leader was staying. i was i

. >>> a famous singer from the 1970s is ending his north american farewell tour right here in the bay area. >> ♪ >>> that is peterrampton in the middle singing "show me the way." frampton says he will kick up his farewell tour in june with his last concert in north america set for the concord pavilion. frampton is 68 years old, and the problem is he is a rare degenerative muscular disease, and he says he wants the tour while he can still play the guitarconcord pavilion is set for october 12. >>> janet jackson has announced her first-ever residency in las vegas. the show title "a metamorphosis" will and 17th, and rental august that mgm's park theater, where lady gaga is currently in residence. jackson said the concert will include a tribute to her 1989 album, rhythm nation, 1840 which turns 30 years old this year. tickets for her biggest show goes on sale saturday. >>> the shocked look for some redemption on the road against the boston bruins tonight after a controversial loss at the shark tank last week. unfortunately, all they got was a old-fashioned beat down. michael explain coming up next in sports. ♪ ♪ with

for the north the band of rain and more winteriness over the hills. things tending to peter out. in scotland. but we are cutting off that northerly feeder via as this ridge of high pressure comes in on monday and for the time it keeps those were fronted bay. a cold start the week with a little bit of frost and maybe one or two icy patches as and maybe one or two icy patches as a dry day pretty much everywhere i suspect. light winds and sunshine in time. it is a decent start to the new week. after the frosty start a chilly day from eastern scotland and north—east england but mainly double figures across southern england south wales. tuesday, dry start with some sunshine from england and wales and more cloud coming into scotland and more cloud coming into scotland and northern ireland. a very weak weather fun producing more and northern ireland. a very weak weatherfun producing more rain and drizzle that will topple down into the north west of england. spreading up the north west of england. spreading upfor the north west of england. spreading up for the north as well. temperatures

peter discussed. importantly, it valve revolves a key nuclear site in north korea. they wanted a list of the nuclear facilities, the ballistic missile programs that they had. and that were the sticking points. and secretary pompeo, saying we didn't get across the finish line. they didn't get to the finish line at all. that just didn't happen. that's why this deal fell apart. i will tell you, i was surprised to see only one question was asked about the major developments back home, as it relates to michael cohen, the president's former attorney. the president addressed that when asked, calling cohen a convicted liar, a criminal. cohen made serious allegations, serious claims against the president, that he did not address in this setting. perhaps, we may see tweets from air force one, as the president begins his roughly 20-hour journey back home to washington. it will be a little while before we see him on camera again. listen, lester, you and i have been to the singapore summit, this summit. doesn't sound like there will be a third summit anytime soon. the president

peter. >> the north korea congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is circulating a draft document of what the how. dramatically expand existing renewable power sorcerers and deploy new production capacity with the goal of meeting 100% of national power demand through renewable sources. building a national energy efficient smart grid and upgrading every residential and industrial building for state-of-the-art energy efficiency, comfort and safety. the overwhelming majority of americans who aren't living off solar or wind power would need to find a new way to operate anything that plugs in and anything that gases up like a car or a plane or even a lawnmower. >> you are talking about zero carbon emissions, no use of fossil fuels within 12 years? >> that's the goal. it's ambitious. >> how is that possible? everybody having to drive an electric car? >> it is going to require a lot of rapid change that we don't even conceive as possible right now. >> the idea of a green new deal is very popular with progressive 2020 contenders and even the more moderate ones. >> also great to see so many fellow dem

north lawn with more. >> reporter: good morning, peter.w if matt whitaker had done or said anything behind the scenes about russia investigation, or passedat infon about the probe to the white house. hitaker did testify voluntarily, but the former college football player did a lot of. blocki he sure tried to control the ball. matt whitaker's temporary job as acting attorney genera expected to end next week. >> i have not interfered in any way with the special counsel's >> reporter: his contentious appearance on capitol hill. >> mr. chairman, i see that your five minutes is up, so i'm -- we -- i am here voluntarily. we have agreed to a five-minute round. >> reporter: it turned into a heated exit interview. >> mr. attorney general, we're not joking here. your humor is not acceptable. frustrated. >> answerea the question, e. >> reporter: even exasperated lawmakers. >> i'll ask you try not to run out the clock. >> it is not a gridiron, and i'm not letting you run out the time. >> reporter: chided whitaker for lengthy responses or refusing to g

years the per weren't exactly seeing eye to eye artist peter oliver explains the austrian chancellor has given his continued backing for the north stream two gas pipeline project despite clear objections from the united states sebastian kurtz was speaking after meeting with donald trump at the white house president trump has clearly said that the united states is against this project buying gas from the united states would not be a problem for us but as long as russia's price is better matter the united states russia is more attractive for us as upon on this issue i believe that as a former businessman trump can understand that we have different interests here the united states pretty much hates the north stream to gas line project and doesn't care who knows it in fact they've got as far as to put pressure on e.u. nations and on companies belonging to european countries saying that there could be potential sanctions put on them if they continue to associate with the pipeline the u.s. argument is that north stream too leaves the e.u. energy infrastructure overly reliant on russian gas and that that could potentially be used as a

secretary state mike pompeo say north korea wanted all of the sanctions against t dropped without giving everything -- giving up anything that the u.s. wanted. here's nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: no deal between president trump and kim jong-un. the president says he couldn't agree to remove crushing economic sanctns for north korea for what kim offered in exchange. >> they were willing to de-nuke a large portion of the areas we wanted but we couldn't give up all of the sns for that. >> reporter: the president said kim did promiseo stop all nuclear testing. >> i trust him and i take him at his word. >> reporter: and he said the two leaders discussed the torture of american otto warmbier in the country. >> some really bad things happened to otto. atbut he tells me e didn't know about it. and i will take him at his word. >> reporter: lawmakers ss the president needs to stop negotiating alone with kim and get china and south korea on boart >> i think w our larger strategic goal on the korean peninsa should behe subject of much larger strategic conversations and not driven by a friendship that the president is pursuing. >> reporter: president trump nog flack

north korean contingent arrived. here with us in d.c. two of our returning veterans. peter baker. carol, i'm not sure whether body clockwise it feels you should be going down having lunch. you now have a better story. what was it like to be there? >> reporter: i don't know about that. well, brian, it was so interesting because none of this was a surprise to anyone except for perhaps kim jong-un because the u.s. government, the vietnamese government and the north korean government all knew that we were staying there. there was a setup for more than 200 journalists, members of the white house press corp there, and i happened to be staying in the hotel. and the morning that i arrived on monday they gave us a notice saying they were going to include security measures because a head of state was staying there. and then we're having breakfast tuesday morning and we're told they have to move the press center. so packing up, came down into the lobby and they had rolled down a red carpet for kim jong-un in the lobby and told us we weren't allowed to step on it. so we had to walk around tha

north you're welcome i think i was there clear. welcome back across the uk where all thing. considered i'm peter lawwell to remind you we're discussing some real news. ok now and we're joined in london by. he's the editor of politics first magazine marcus great to have you here let's talk first of all about the the real war and in terms of sanctions and most importantly right now the media war against venezuela came out coming out of the west primarily the united states as we before we start talking i'd like to point out to our viewers here the organization fairness and accuracy in reporting our fair has a brilliant article titled. venezuela coverage takes us back to that golden age of lying about latin america and i know i sent you the link there i mean i think it's a brilliant article and it shows the the sham that's being portrayed about venezuela that is actually inciting not only sanctions in a media war against that but may ignite actually a military conflict go ahead marcus in london let me first of all set the same by saying historically state in the united states has long had the state

. >> neil: let's go to peter brooks with the heritage foundation on this. the notion of the north korean talks, the president said progress was already being made in the lack or no missile tests on the part of the north koreans now for ten months. is that enough? >> we don't want tests of nuclear weapons. we don't want tests of missiles. you know, there's been a reduction in tensions on the peninsu peninsula. i think the president can take credit for that. we have to keep our expectations modest for this summit. this is a very difficult problem set, an entractable foreign policy problem that's been going on for 70 years. i would like to see progress on road maps or maybe working groups set up. i'd be happy with that as well as jon roberts mentioned, the president's keeping his cards close to his chest on this issue. including relationship building, which the president feels is key to his foreign policy dealing with kim jong-un. >> neil: obviously it's not by accident that they're meeting in hanoi and vietnam. the closeness of the crucial issue to the north korean leader who can't

peter out. top temperatures only between 2— ad. a chilly north easterly wind. cold and cloudy.w freezing. a cold northerly wind blowing tomorrow. plenty of cloud and of all sunshine on sunday. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. it's 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: with heavy snow falling across southern england and wales, and weather warnings in place for large parts of the uk, we'll be keeping you updated with all the latest travel and weather details throughout the morning. labour's deputy leader tom watson lost seven stone as he reversed his type 2 diabetes. now he wants children and young people to reduce their sugar intake by cutting back on fizzy drinks throughout february. he'll be here just after 7:30am. and almost half of our dogs, cats and rabbits are overweight according to an animal charity. find out why pet obesity is a growing problem. and what owners are trying to do to be better for their pets. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news.

peter. >> thank you. >>> in the meantime, north carolina's board of elections has voted unanimously to hold a do-over inotly contested undecided congressional race amid allegations of ballot tampering. nbc's kristen welker is on capitol hill this morning. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. north carolina's ninth district is the last undecided congressional race from the 2018 midterm elections, and now that the republican candidate has acknowledged the results were tainted, voters will head back to the polls. >> so help me god. >> reporter: this morning a stunning turn of events in north carolina after the state board of elections voted thursday for a new election in the 9th district congressional race. >> all those in favor of the new election? i believe it's a unanimous vote. >> reporter: republican mark harris beat democrat dan mccready by 905 votes but instead of calling the race, officials launched a dramatic months long investigation into allegations of absentee ballot tampering. >> i feel as though my vote didn't count and i have an option to be heard. >> reporter:

will come on peter you're watching live from our headquarters here and also coming up round two from confirms a second summit with north korea's kim jong il in vietnam later this month. doctors in venezuela plead with the government allow the delivery of medicine and humanitarian aid. and australia steps up the pressure to release football hockey team by the tylenol warns the refugee from bahrain could still face months in prison. u.s. president donald trump has delivered a call for unity in a divided u.s. congress but some democrats denounced his state of the union address as one of division fear and full suits the president was due to make a major speech last month but was delayed by the longest u.s. government shutdown in history as congress continues to refuse to fund a border war with mexico mr trump insisted he will get it built. from washington. madam stated. that the president of the united states. much has changed in the stranger since president trump last spoke here sitting next to the vice president a new speaker nancy pelosi has been locked in a power struggle with the president since the democratic party t