the border of the park is nonot lost to rogeger porter he'ss the former head of conseatation d plplanningt the park's administration. he agrees with ndimande that the mine could not only threaten the animals, but could make poaching worse. >> the whole security issusue has not been addressed. mines tend to be a magnet, drawing g in people from surrounding areas beususe of the p potential opportunity of jobs. universally, it's well known that levels of crime increase around mines. so, poaching is a crime. >> according to dr. player, if the mine and the poaching are not stopped, the whole web of life that has been protected here for over a century will fail. >> there's nono doubt in mymy md that if that minene went ahead,, it would destroroy the wilderne. >> in a press statement, ibutho coal, who declined to comment on this story, touted jobs as a majojor benefit to the localal economy when the mine comes in. but according to the community,, the mine has not consulted them, or even told them where they will be forced to relocate to. for more than 100 years, the hluhluwe-imfolozi park has be

we will have more on trump's bordrder militarization plplans after headlines. president trump has backed off his plan to sosoon witithdraw u. troops from syri on wedednesday, white house pres secretary sarah huckabee sanders said the administration would not put a "arbitrary timeline" on withdrawal. earlier this week, general joseph vototel, the head of u.u. central commanand, said d -- "the harard part, i think,k, isn front ofof us." meanwhile, the a associated pres repoports u.s. forces have beeen spspotted setting upup front-lie positions outside the strategic northern town n of manbij where u.s.-backed kurdish-led forces are facing off against turkish-backed syrian fighters. in oklahoma, schools remain closed for a fourth day as teachers across the state continue to strike for better pay and increased funding for education. on wednesday, teachers rallied inside the statehouse in oklahoma city. leaving! not we are not leaving! we're not leaving! >> the bill that is being heard in the senate is not enough to fully fund education and to make have had thets we

plplans to move e its embassy there from tel aviv. >> we all praise the historic decision by president trump to recognize jerusalem as our capital and to move the embassy world's biggest power. thank you, mr. president. thank you, america. amy: on wednesday, trump tweeted -- "best wishes to prime minister @netanyahu and all of the people of israel on the 70th anniversary of your great independence. we have no better friends anywhere. looking forward to moving our embassy to jerusalem next month!" for more, we're joined by rashid khalidi, edward said professor of arab studies at columbia university. the author of several books, his most recent is titled "brokers of deceit: how the u.s. has undermined peace in the middle east." talk about what is happening right now in gaza. it is almost getting no attention in the united states. but this period of time leading up to march 15. >> may 15. amy: may 15. >> it is remarkable it has gotten as little attention as it has in this country because this is a new phase. it islamist entirely nonviolent. i trys to focus on other issues, claiming it is