coming to you this weekend from ottawa, canada. coming up in just a few moments, i'll be speaking with vice president mike pence about the new usmca deal as well as secretary of state mike pompeo. the vice president just finishing a meeting with the prime minister of canada. we will talk about that. but first, while much attention has been given to administration's trade talks with china, the united states is on the verge of implementing another major trade agreement, the usmca. vice president mike pence traveled to ottawa this week to meet with canadian prime minister justin trudeau to talk about the deal's ratification and its importance to economies. i had a chance to sit down with the vice president in an exclusive interview right here in ottawa. we talked about usmca and how he believes it benefit america. >> first and foremost, let's recognize that the american economy is booming. 5.8 million new jobs, in the last quarter 3.1% growth. more importantly, wages are rising at the fastest level in more than ten years, and we've se

to ottawa. sometimes i would be returning to ottawa on a wednesday and then on wednesday evening be called back to d.c.. i took the oath of office understanding that this job was 24/7 and i intended to make certain that i was going to be representing the american people at the table for the nafta negotiations. it was very important to robert lighthizer as he is our ustr trade americaer -- negotiator, that he have a team that was looking after the best interest of not only our country, but of the relationship that we have with our number one trade partner. mr. isakson: everything i understand about, that you did an outstanding job doing that and everybody appreciates what you did. do you think a u.n. ambassador is any busier than a united states senator? >> be careful. mr. isakson: it's not a trick question. [laughter] ms. craft: i think i'm only going to be as successful as the relationships i have with all of you busy gentlemen and women. so i'm looking forward to learning more about your prior

during your one and a half years as ambassador, you spent an excessive amount of time absent from ottawa leaving duties to deputies. madam ambassador, the most fundamental role is the actively presently and wholeheartedly add volk for american interests, american values and american foreign policy. i find in staggering amount of time away from post very troubling and abdomens indication of leader. sppship if confirmed you would serve alongside some of the most experienced, seasoned and sometimes ruthless diplomats from all over the world. we're cold fronting meerd challenges in the word today, including multiplying the conflict, climate change, nuclear proliferation cutting across borders which the united states cannot meet alone. while the u.n. and subsidiary bodies are far from perfect they have the power to facilitate remarkable achievementing and leverage prrmts if you are confirmed i hope you address thing following priorities. first, we must actively seek to balance china's influence. this administration's pullback from the u.n. risks enabling china to fill the vacuum. mcis eager u

several of the tribes that were living here would've been the chippewa, the pottawatomie, the ottawa, the hereon. these people lived a very prosperous life for such a long time before european habitation. they were cultivating crops, hunting and treating and making tools and pieces of artwork. some of those are displayed over here. the pipe here at the top of the case was given to one of the settlers of detroit by tecumseh, a very famous native american figurehead in this region. you can also see in this case some tools that were created by the people's here, made out of stone, metals, things that they would've gotten from the land, essentially. since this region has a strong connection with the detroit river, these copper fishing hooks i find very interesting. we see people today along the river fishing for recreation to get food. this connects us back to the original people who settled here. detroit was first settled by antoine cadillac who got permission from the french king to establish a trading outpost at the strategic section on the detroit river where detroit is now. he came o

in ottawa, the canadian parliament rose to sing, "god save the king" and the "marseillaise."casting from london, king george told his people, "this time the challenge is not to fight to survive, but to fight to win." broadcasting from paris, nazi authorities told citizens that anyone cooperating with the allies would be shot. and across france, the resistance defied those near the village of colleville, a young woman on a bicycle raced to her parent's farmhouse. she was worried for their safety. seeing the shattered windows and partially caved-in roof, anne marie broeck called for her parents. as they came out of the damaged house, her father shouted, "my daughter, this is a great day for france." as it turned out, it was a great day for anne marie, as well. the liberating force of d-day included the young american soldier she would marry, an army private who was fighting a half a mile away on omaha beach. it was another fine moment in franco-american relations. [laughter] pres. bush: in amsterdam, a 14-year-old girl heard the news of d-day over the radio in her attic hiding

in ottawa, the canadian parliament rose to sing, "god save the king" and the "marseillaise." broadcasting from london, king george told his people, "this time the challenge is not to fight to survive, but to fight to win." broadcasting from paris, nazi authorities told citizens that anyone cooperating with the allies would be shot. and across france, the resistance defied those near the village of colleville, a young woman on a bicycle raced to her parent's farmhouse. she was worried for their safety. seeing the shattered windows and partially caved-in roof, anne marie broeckx called for her parents. as they came out of the damaged house, her father shouted, "my daughter, this is a great day for france." as it turned out, it was a great day for anne marie, as well. the liberating force of d-day included the young american soldier she would marry, an army private who was fighting a half a mile away on omaha beach. it was another fine moment in franco-american relations. [laughter.] pres. bush: in amsterdam, a 14-year-old girl heard the news of d-day over the radio in her attic

all right gabrielle faile we'll leave it there we thank you for speaking to us from ottawa still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour. palestinian students in the occupied west bank learned to cope with the danger of violence from is released settlers these syrian refugees able to head home for their id the holy day for the 1st time in almost a decade on the top seed tumble of the french open the action from terrorists and support. how the hate really on now across so much of the middle east one of 2 shows still in the forecast. some pieces of cloud there rolling across iran over into afghanistan and we'll see temperatures in couple getting up to around 30 celsius and outbreaks of writing these are going to be lively down posetti heavy enough to cause some localized flooding from time to type up towards pakistan through turkmenistan further south well it's lousy dry 35 celsius in karachi but some parts of central and northern pakistan have been getting well up into the forty's race and they were into the forty's to baghdad 44 celsius here and rising with touching 46 by the time we come to

coming to you this weekend from ottawa, canada.e speaking with vice president mike pence about the new usmca deal as well as secretary of state mike pompeo. the vice president just finishing a meeting with the prime minister of canada. we will talk about that. but first, while much attention has been given to administration's trade talks with china, the united states is on the verge of implementing another major trade agreement, the usmca. vice president mike

coming to you this weekend from ottawa, canada. secretary of state mike pompeo. the vice president just finishing a meeting with the prime minister of canada. we will talk about that. but first, while much attention has been given to administration's trade talks with china, the united states is on the verge of implementing another major trade agreement, the usmca. vice president mike

coming to you this weekend from ottawa, canada. moments, i'll be speaking with vice president mike pence about the new usmca deal as well as secretary of state mike pompeo. the vice president just finishing a meeting with the prime minister of canada. we will talk aut that. but first, while much attention has been given to administration's trade talks with china, the united states is on the verge of implementing another major trade agreement, the usmca. vice president mike

have you discussed that, or you invited him to come to ottawa?ed to welcome president trump up to beautiful -- where we moved forward on number of initiatives. just a few weeks ago i was happy to welcome vice president pence to auto ottawa to continue to ds important initiatives we're working on to grow our economies, support our middle class. we will continue work collaboratively with our american friends and partners to create opportunities for canadians and citizens across the borders. >> abigail, global news. were you able to sway nancy pelosi at all in terms of ratification and did anything concrete come out of your meeting on nafta? >> we had a very good meeting not just with speaker pelosi and leadership from both sides of the house. we had a very frank and positive conversation about the path forward to creating a better opportunities for citizens, for workers on both sides of our border. i fully respect the conversations and discussions going on in the ratification process. offered to be helpful in responding or allaying certain fears bu

vigil is just getting underway here outside the canadian parliament in ottawa it's being held by relatives of those missing and murdered indigenous women the subject of this national enquirer it's in indigenous communities themselves who long asked for inquired for at the very least for the names of their relatives to be put on the record given how often they were simply ignored how indifferent authorities seem to be we sort of know what the report will say on monday they will accept that official indifference that official violence from the state the state instruments of justice the economic marginalization the social marginalization we pretty much know that those will be be the factors pinpointed by the inquiry as they have been pinpointed in previous inquiries so although there is it's welcomes that the rec ords of the missing in the murder of now officially being recognised there is a great deal of skepticism it'll be interesting to see what justin true to the prime minister has to say on monday to convince those watching that this time things will be different. mexico has one of the h

whose legitimacy is accepted by its citizens but that manner of advice what else do you expect from ottawa but to spearhead the and tom adore effort as part of the lima group are you still surprised some canadian diplomats are not welcome in caracas. watching us international back with more news just after the break. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want to. let you go right to be close this is like the 3 of them or can't be that. interested always in the logs in the. first sit. down. again i think that the daily beast has named and shamed demand they kind is behind a video mocking the u.s. high speed c. which was altered to make a truck. but i tell this to the room when he came in and made that statement that he walked there and i tell this to the room when he came in and made that statement that he walked out and i went looking for the russian troll behind the drunk palosi viral video hoax turns out he's an eye tenor and forklift operator from the bronx who's been secretly running

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whose legitimacy is accepted by its citizens with that matter of advice what else do you expect from ottawa but to spearhead the and tama door effort as part of the lima group are you still surprised some canadian diplomats are not welcome in caracas. in the prank reports and they want you back with more. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race in this spearing dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. you know world of big partisan loot lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. welcome back now the news website the daily beast has named and shamed a man they claim is behind a video mocking u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi wh

whose legitimacy is accepted by its citizens with that manner of advice what else do you expect from ottawa but to spearhead the and tama door effort as part of the lima group are you still surprised some canadian diplomats are not welcome in caracas. we'll be staying with that as well after the break as moscow is denying reports it's pulling its military advisors out of the country to stay with us. this in petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last 21 years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing the key economic issues facing russia emerging markets around the world thousands of business community members attend a forum to address today's and vital issues. watch our special forum coverage on r.t. . join me every thursday on the alex island show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you there. every notice. going up everywhere history you're not paranoid it actually happens. welcome back russia has denied reports that it's withdrawn key defense advisers from ve

whose legitimacy is accepted by its citizens but that manner of advice what else do you expect from ottawa but to spearhead the and tom adore effort as part of the lima group are you still surprised some canadian diplomats are not welcome in caracas. i was staying with us this evening on international don't forget you can always find more stuff or stories that we are covering if you head to our website he. joined me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that profile in the spot place the problem for conviction if you look at any interrogation out there what you'll see is threat promise threat promise threat lie a lie a lie the process of interrogation is designed to put people in just that frame of mind make the most comfortable make them want to get out and don't take no for an answer don't accept their denials she said therefore would. send a statement that i would be home by that time the next day there's a culture on accountab

whose legitimacy is accepted by its citizens with that manner of advice what else do you expect from ottawa but to spearhead the and tama door effort as part of the lima group are you still surprised some canadian diplomats are not welcome in caracas. i'll be back at the top of the hour with your headline news including the latest on donald trump state visit to the u.k. stay with us. the slowness of the mood of them so moving. to build your school or local was before. much of those who heard it's a preview are few other movies who see him with the north pole who will. move. move. move show you just look beautiful little mutants can look for a good. movie the muslim also his girls will review films for good girls. to go to shows a look i look at you the same you believe this will be story to you should go. to startups to. get to meet until it was the middle of the mist they'd say look it is it's. just the schneiders test just new it's the mashed old trick to stop the president and the speech from this project until. we have produced a ghost whisperer to snap them up when you have because tha

jessica murphy has sent this report from ottawa.t witnessed by many of the families of the victims. the formal handing over of the final report 0 canada's national enquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. and it was many years in the making. not just the almost three years of work by the enquiry, but decades of advocacy by families or people who have lost sisters, mothers, and daughters, and wanted the voices of their lost loved ones heard. the documents, two volumes, over 1000 pages, over 200 recommendations stop its findings, in the words of canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau, uncomfortable. to the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls of canada, to their families, and to survivors, we have failed you. but we will fail you no longer. in the days ahead let us walk forward together as partners, hand—in—hand, as we write these roles and seekjustice for the indigenous people of canada —— write these wrong. there is no official count when it comes to the number of missing and murdered indigenous women

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whose legitimacy is accepted by its citizens with that manner of advice what else do you expect from ottawa but to spearhead the effort as part of the lima group are you still surprised some canadian diplomat are not welcome in caracas. then i am with you with anti semitism on the rise in germany berlin is trying to show solidarity with the jewish community people to dawn a traditional orthodox skullcap that the move was not welcomed by some jews. explains . to wear or not to wear that is the question now surrounding the jewish keep. for george gabriel poultice from the berlin also talk synagogue the answer is clear everybody took the side of us that you know in the feeling could be worse than the fine the debate began when germany's commissioner on anti semitism gave a warning to jews i cannot advise jews to wear the kipa everywhere all the time in germany that advise prompted a furious reaction from some jews and politicians the president of israel described it as a capitulation to and to semitism mr klein then did a u. turn i call on all citizens of berlin and across germany to wear the

whose legitimacy is accepted by its citizens but that manner of advice what else do you expect from ottawa but to spearhead the and tom adore effort as part of the lima group are you still surprised some canadian diplomats are not welcome in caracas you need to thank you for polish now you're watching our table back with more news just after this break. what holds its institutions a little. bit put themselves on the on the big get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or something want to be rushed. into the right to be cross this is what before 3 of them all can't be good but. i'm interested always in the waters of our. small seemed wrong when old roles just don't call. me old yet to say proud disdain become educated and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground the. hello again the left leaning news site the daily beast is facing criticism for disclosing the identity personal details of a man they claim to be behind a video of the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi altered to make drunk person a target i

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a sports field to fling tomatoes at each other it's called ottawa team out the event has taken place every year since 2004 at the time of year when tomatoes are harvested similar festivals take place in spain and the united states. a quick reminder of our top stories for you now political leaders in germany are bracing for crisis talks as questions are raised over the survival of chancellor angela merkel's government it follows the shop resignation of andrea analysis the leader of the social democratic coalition partners and in sudan 2 people are reported to have been killed as the army moved in to break up the sit ins outside of its headquarters that it's been going on for weeks the protesters are calling on the generals to hand over power to a transitional government after it overthrew the sheriff and engine 30 year old. up next our science magazine tomorrow today on artificial intelligence i'm sorry kelly timberland thanks for watching have a great. kid . pipe or hysteria. artificial intelligence in daily life certainly has its perks but also its downside. is this new technology a

anytime soon up towards new york though on friday it is going to be a nice day at $25.00 degrees in ottawa at about $24.00 degrees for you there where across much of mexico we did see that storm system we were talking about that did brings me heavy rain we're starting to see an improvement across much of that area but for mexico city it is going to be a rainy day at $24.00 degrees clouds continue here on friday but out across parts of panama coaster rica the heavy rain continues across much of that area and then very quickly across parts of south america it is not looking too bad for much of the region take a look at the image for here on thursday the forecast map looks fairly dry across much of the area down here towards what is that is it is going to be cloud if you add $1000.00 degrees and as we go towards friday a little bit cooler at about $73.00 as there. challenging the brazilian dictatorship with a democratically run team. changed the course of. the center was a revolutionary foot. to locals as the dr. football rebels concludes with a celebration of the life and legacy of socrates

a vigil is just getting underway here outside the canadian parliament in ottawa it's being held by relatives of those missing and murdered indigenous women the subject of this national enquirer it's in indigenous communities themselves who long for inquired at the very least for the names of their relatives to be put on the record given how often they were simply ignored how indifferent authorities seem to be we sort of know what the report will say on monday they will accept that official indifference that official violence from the state the state instruments of justice the economic marginalization the social marginalization we pretty much know that those will be be the factors pinpointed by the inquiry as they have been pinpointed in previous inquiries so although there is it's welcomes that the rec ords of the missing in the murder of now officially being recognised there is a great deal of skepticism it'll be interesting to see what justin true to the prime minister has to say on monday to convince those watching that this time things will be different now mexico has one of the highest

has more from ottawa. the commission is in charge of this inquiry said that we're going to talk about the findings of that report until monday when the report is officially released at the building behind me they say that's in deference to the thousands who took part in the inquiry and meetings around the country over 2000 people sharing what they call that truth is with the commission has some who called for the inquiry some of those in the indigenous community have welcomes the use of the word genocide but the same question that hung over this inquiry when it began hangs over it now now was this isn't the 1st inquiry into the problems plaguing indigenous communities in canada we've had several in the past that do seem to come up with the same convergence of factors social and economic exclusion official racism official violence official indifference the cultural war that was declared on in the communities in canada but in the past all for those reports despite promises from prime minister justin trudeau

we all had an opportunity to visit while in ottawa. time, on the list of priorities on the arctic council as well as the arctic parliamentarian and all of the arctic nations one of those issues that we needed to deal with is the issue of wildfires. wildfires in the arctic. we are not going to resolve that one today. it does speak to what we are seeing in different parts of the world that we really have not been as concerned about because the winters are cold enough that they kill the bugs, the beatles that would destroy the trees. as we are seeing increased drought in areas where you do not have big trees, you can still have fires. we recognize that. say one thing that i took away from the trip that we had, which was the most amazing trip. we all have seen things we had only read about before. close in person was really moving. the thing i walked away from ottawa -- patients were all represented. in those countries, they have more than just two party systems like we do. not onehe parties, nation except the united states -- theica allow

in response to the terror to recall the philippine ambassador and other diplomatic officials from ottawa greenpeace says impoverished communities like this one in downtown manila are the ones who suffer the most from the disposal of hazardous waste waste wherever it goes waster it is unacceptable because it impinges on the human rights of people who are at the receiving end of the waste so it violates their right to a healthy life right to health right the livelihoods right to a proper living activists say the philippines is. just one of the many countries in southeast asia that had become dumping grounds of toxic waste from developed countries this is why there is a growing pressure on the philippine government to impose a total ban on the importation of waste the malaysian government also says it will send back some $3000.00 metric tons of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries like canada australia and the us it is cruelty and be for research and these 2 soon there we stoop will countries simply because the poor countries have neutralized maybe even a little to their economy activi

the first two years in office, canada's prime minister has invited them to parliament all in ottawa. it is not clear if the white house will extend a similar invitation although they play in canada the majority of the players are american. >>> still ahead, flying cars are one step closer to reality and forget the driver, we will show you the newest autonomous air taxi. >>> it is being called the house of the future. why they believe it will disrupt the building industry. >>> flying self driving cars could soon be the future of rideshare. >> airbus is all electric prototype for autonomous air taxi. it is like flying car meets uber. astwo years ago now it is in flight testing. it takes off vertically and flies like a plane hitting speeds of over hundred miles an hour and has a 35 mile an hour range. they predict it will be a 1.5 to $3 trillion business in 20 years. companies like boeing and helicopter maker bell are racing to develop a fleet of pilotless air taxis. uber hopes they will be ready by 2023. right now the test flights aren't very long. they will only last a few minutes at a

leaders will meet in washington to discuss getting that treaty ratified, both in our capital and in ottawa. yesterday the mexican senate ratified the deal making mexico one of the three to approve it. the u.s. says a drone was a surveillance drone only and unarmed. this comes after the u.s. released video of what it says was iran's connection to the ships. >> do you remember moore, he had sexual relationships with minors, and he may be running again. >>> bay area athletes teaming up with lebron james to remake "space jam." klay thompson and damian lillard will join that cast. here's some of the original footage that kari requested. it's going to be cool. >> that should be a good one. i remember the one before. >> with bugs? >> yeah. >> that was a good one. i want to see it again. >> kind of a modern day. >> i think i was a little too old for that one. >> you're never too old for bugs bunny. >> how many kids know that now? >> and it's in 2d. >> it's a cartoon. >>> can't get enough of the sunshine. >> no filters. >> it's going to be a beautiful day, taking your pictures outside enjoying the

agreement is hung up in our own congress, but never the less the two will meet in our capital and it ottawa. yesterday the mexican senate ratified the deal making mexico one of the three cigna tories to approve it. a meeting yesterday between the republicans and democrats saying they were further apart than when they started. a u.s. drone shot down, and the u.s. says it was a surveillance drone unarmed and over international waters. president trump will be interviewed on telemundo tonight, and he has had a poor relationship with latinos when he said in his 2016 about latinos. moore is announcing a decision today, and we will watch it and we will tweet it. >>> 6:47 right now. happening right now, testing is under way to make self driving cars safer. it's all thanks to new 3-d maps being desaoeupd igned by a midw company. >> it contains all the rules of the road, speed limits, turn restrictions, tau apology. >> the cars are expected to be released in the next year or two. >>> if you want a tesla in black it's going to cost you a little more money. starting next month the standard color will c

this may get the green light from ottawa, but there may be hurdles between that and putting pipe in theand running oil through it. what do you want to see from the government to move this project along? >> thanks for the opportunity to be with you. that is the key question. let's assume the transmountain extension will be approved. that's a fair assumption. what i want to see in terms of language around the announcement , is that the government is committed to starting immediate construction of the pipeline. this project, as you will know [no audio] amanda: you introduced a bill in the senate to make this in the general advantage of canada. the federal government could declare it in the national interest in a way that gives it more power and authority over the provinces than it has. why do you think it has not done that, are you disappointed they have not so far? is that a step they could take? >> certainly a step they could take, i view it as a mistake. if they had followed the advice of the senate this time last year and approved the legislation, they would not have had to purchase th