and the chair of the council i suppose effectively a president but it's a joint presidency council rather than one single person but the world but we want person who presides over the country as the chair of that presidency council this is the formal of the u.n. has chosen for this short term government this interim government for libya other important things taking place at the same time there is still a joint military commission which is meeting as we speak in search right now remember there is a cease fire in place in libya and they want to try and build on that cease fire and there's also supposed to be a reward had one deadline passed foreign fighters and foreign for foreign ok james interrupted sorry looks like stephanie williams has begun to speak. around for the new executive authority there were 73 ballots that were cast yes there was one abstention. and there were 0 ballots that were that were somehow not not correct or or spoil. all the winning. tickets. that $139.00 votes. for the presidency of the presidency council mr mohammad yunus and menifee thanks to a. member of

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for member of the presidency council and of course mr. from eastern libya member of the presidency council mr samaras you a link from western libya and mr abdul rashid get safe and us are from southern libya the prime ministerial candidate for that ticket was mr fatty bashar. i am very pleased to see of ready that the candidates who did not succeed in this race today have really been issuing very gracious concession. speeches tweets you know months bashar assad machine wally we've seen other candidates who participated in the spirit tiber process also issuing tweets welcoming the new president's account on the prime minister designate and i think that really captures the spirit of you know what happened in the room here in geneva with the libyan political dialogue and really the spirit that is prevailing in libya now as we see progress on the 3 intra libyan tracks that come under the berlin process. i would be remiss if i did not extend my heartfelt thanks to the government of national accord and to president. bush and you know we will be

with an agreement for an interim government a prime minister from the west and the head of the presidency council from the east have been chosen in talks brokered by the united nations. and the us president has a congress to do more to help the country's economy saying that americans are hurting at this time it came as new figures showed there were fewer new jobs in january than had been hoped as a surge in corona virus infections during those colder months hit the recovery. now the international criminal court says it has territorial jurisdiction over palestine that strengthens the prosecutor's early a submission to the court to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by israel and occupy palestinian territories this includes the gaza strip the occupied west bank and east jerusalem high force it joins us live now from west jerusalem how important a moment is this harry. well it's a very significant moment in this what has been up till now a potential full investigation by the i.c.c. of the situation in the occupied palestinian territories it was more than a year ago that. the

delegates to un brokered talks chose a diplomat from the east amounted to men feet to head the presidency council and a businessman from the west abdul hamad baby as prime minister but once the caretaker administration is in place the eastern government based into broke and the un recognized government in the capital tripoli will dissolve ending nearly a decade of division the new 3 member presidential council will be responsible for preparing the nation for general elections in december but the issue of foreign fighters remains a un special representative in libya estimates up to $20000.00 turks russians syrians sudanese and chaldeans are still present a lot of serious diplomatic editor james bays asked the u.n. secretary general antonio but that is how domestic libyan should be about the deal . secretary general if i could ask you to put today's developments in the context of a little libya's recent history it's almost exactly 10 years since the start of the uprising in libya there have been so many false storms for the people of libya do you believe now this is the breakthrough i do believe it

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delegates to un brokered talks chose a diplomat from the east mohamed el men feel to have the presidency council and a businessman from the west of the hamid as prime minister once the caretaker administration is in place the eastern government based in tobruk and the un recognized government in the capital tripoli will dissolve and in almost a decade of national division the new 3 member presidential council will be tasked with preparing the country for general elections next december but there is still the issue of foreign fighters the u.n. special representative in libya estimates up to $20000.00 turks russians syrians sudanese and chaldeans all still remain inside the country malik traynor reports now from tripoli. in what the u.n. is calling a historical vote participants of the libyan political dialogue for voted in a new transitional government their objective lead libya to parliamentary and presidential elections in december this is the moment for historic compromise for reaching we've already seen that people are reaching across the divide. you know the guarantee is that what you are do

down to 2 lists each representing key provinces running for prime minister and roles in a new presidency council. u.s. president joe biden is ending american support for the saudi led war in yemen and that will include a ban on the sale of specific weapons saudi arabia has responded by saying it supports a political solution and the european union's foreign policy chief has appealed for russia's opposition leader alexei no valley to be released in a meeting with his counterpart in moscow just a barrel met circuit lavrov the 1st high level in you visit to russia since 27 and . hundreds of people in pakistan administered kashmir have been out on the streets marking kashmir solidarity day. protesters gathered to show support for those on the other side of the line control both india and pakistan claim the region as their own and tension has been even higher since new delhi revoked the autonomy of indian administered kashmir in august of 29 teams all have been protests in the pakistani capital islamabad as well kemal explains the day significance for the demonstrators. very brave brave there day of

for an interim government a prime minister from the west of the country and the head of the presidency council from the east have been chosen in talks brokered by the united nations but it's not clear if they're up they'll be able to overcome military divisions on the ground country's been split by 2 opposing administrations which emerged following the end of mamba gadhafi israel a decade ago james bases at the united nations well this is obviously an important development we now have a new interim government for libya we have an ambitious timeline to elections this year to take place on the 24th of december but and there are many parts one we've been here before there was a u.n. backed government announced 5 years ago that came to absolutely nothing that unity government as you say we have the foreign fighters and foreign involvement in libya certainly a deadline has passed for all foreign forces to leave libya and they have not left the country the u.s. president has urged congress to do more to help the country's economy recover saying americans are hurting joe biden was appealing to republ

unity government until elections are held in december a diplomat from the east will have the presidency council and businessman from the west will be prime minister. u.s. president joe biden has congress to pass a $1.00 trillion dollar pandemic relief plan and outline is being approved in the house of representatives democrats are hoping to pass a final version by the end of the month. the international criminal court says it has territorial jurisdiction over the occupied palestinian territory both israel and the u.s. have opposed the decision that. the number of violent deaths in palestinian israeli communities is been rising steadily for years that still spike government promises to tackle the problem activists blame the mixture of organized criminal gangs and lack of action from police herefore said has more from northern israel. as most of israel focuses on the covert crisis for palestinian israelis a different issue dominates daily life gun violence this what it was captured in january in the northern town of farm in the moments after its latest killing 21 year old mohammed was shot dead o

unity government until elections are held in december a diplomat from the east will head the presidency council a businessman from the west will be prime minister. the international criminal court says it has jurisdictional territorial jurisdiction rather over the occupied palestinian territories both israel and the u.s. have opposed the decision. u.s. president joe biden is urged congress to pass a $1.00 trillion dollar pandemic relief plan an outline is being approved in the house of representatives and democrats are hoping to pass a final version by the end of the month. well the diplomatic fallout over russia's treatment of opposition leader alexina valley is intensifying it comes after russia or expelled 3 foreign diplomats for joining protests against the boundaries arrest and now the opposition leader has appeared in court for the 2nd time in a week he's accused of defaming a world war 2 veteran andrew symonds reports. russia's foreign ministry says the diplomats had attended what it called illegal demonstrations last month in support of alexina valmy thousands of protesters were arreste

unity government until elections are held in this amber the diplomat from the east will head a presidency council a businessman from the west will be prime minister the 2 sides have battled to control libya since 2014 malik trying the reports from tripoli. in what the u.n. is calling a historical vote participants of the libyan political dialogue for voted in a new transitional government their objective lead libya to parliamentary and presidential elections in december this is a moment for historic compromise for reaching we've already seen it people are reaching across the divide. you know the guarantee is that what you are doing now will. serve your people libya has been golden conflicts for the last 10 years since an armed revolution toppled longtime leader moammar gadhafi in 2011 and april 2019 just days before a un facilitated national conference warlord khalifa haftar began a military campaign in tripoli with support from egypt russia and the u.a.e. in june 2020 they were forced to retreat towards eastern libya after the u.n. recognized government with turkish support retook western libya

the house impeachment managers, the prosecutors in the case and also the president's defense council.around 1:00 eastern tuesday afternoon and this is the frame work. 16 hours for house managers to make their case. 16 hours for the president's defense council. this is spread out over two days. it's up to the managers to request witnesses. later there will be equal time for senator's questions. they're submitted in writings and then arguments and deliberations. the senate trail will go dark for the jewish sabbath at the request of the president's council, david schroen. he's an orthodox you. the trial would resume sunday. we don't know if there's a motion to dismiss. we've heard chatter about that. that would take 51 votes. this is the frame work and starts tomorrow afternoon at win i eastern time. charles? >> charles: thanks, chad. ahead of the impeachment trial's start tomorrow, maryland democrat jamie raskin's trump's refusal to testify supports his guilt. jonathan turley is a fox news contributor and george washington law professor. we reached out to congressman raskin and still aw

. >> and then with the conclusion of the case we have an opportunity to see the former presidents council if we need to provide additional witnesses we still have dozens of witnesses and with only last night we learned about this new information and got the testimony in the record before the jury without any risk associated. that's important to remember this is the congresswoman who repeats a telephone call between mccarthy and the former president which he is pleading for help. saying help us we are under attack. and they say no. this is your supporters. maybe they care more about the election then you do. that came before the senate jury. and that was a victory for us. >> the defendant was let off on a technicality and that's what you heard mitch mcconnell say that they let him off on a procedural issue and they cannot proceed to the substance. and that interpretation on the liberal and conservative side strongly disagrees with that assessment but they let him off on a technicality you also heard mitch mcconnell say overwhelmingly we proved our case. donald trump is guilty for inciting

the council for the former president has _ office. il for the former president has two one _ office. the council for the former president has two one half - office. the council for the former i president has two one half minutes. could i have the question again to make sure i have it right and can answer it directly?— answer it directly? voting to convict the _ answer it directly? voting to convict the former _ answer it directly? voting to convict the former president answer it directly? voting to - convict the former president would create _ convict the former president would create a _ convict the former president would create a new president that a former official— create a new president that a former official can _ create a new president that a former official can be convicted and disqualified by the senate. therefore, is it not true that under this new— therefore, is it not true that under this new president, a future house facing _ this new president, a future house facing partisan pressure to "lock her up" — facing partisan pre

and joining us now, jared bernstein of the president's council of economic advisors. d, the biggest complaint about the president's $1.9 trillion covid rescue package is that it's just too big. i want to put items up on the screen. you would give $1,400, a $1,400 check to someone who is making $75,000 a year and has kept his job, hundreds of billions of dollars already approved by congress haven't been spent yet and there's money for things that have nothing to do with covid like $20 billion for mass transit and raising the minimum wage. now, 10 republican senators say they have come up with a compromise plan and have asked for a meeting with president biden. first of all, your initial reaction to what those republican senators are calling for and, secondly, is president biden willing to come down from that $1.9 trillion price tag? >> thank you, chris. great to be with you. we just learned about this letter from the republicans a few minutes ago. but the president has consistently said three things. one, he is absolutely willing to negotiate. two, and this speaks to yo

heard opening from both teams but not surprising the democrats were not impressed with the president's council meeting former president trump. but a number of republicans from kevin corke and reporting tonight say the president was not too happy about it. >> wright, the republican's remarks were legion and john cornyn the republican senator from texas at the presidents council rambled on, susan collins the republican senator from maine a missed opportunity. lisa murkowski from alaska said she was found that bruce castor's presentation. lindsey graham thought that he knew where he was going during the arguments but the senators did not. and after david schoen told reporters they would have to do a better job next time. they get another crack at this 12:00 eastern time. kevin cramer at the republican from minnesota said the president's defense team was off to a rocky start. >> shannon: thank you for staying up with us, chad, we will see you back tomorrow for more coverage. thank you. >> of course. >> shannon: arc as calling today's impeachment proceedings "the beginning of the stupidest week in

have agreed on their leaders of an interim government a diplomat from the east will head a presidency council and a businessman from the west will be prime minister those 2 sides at battle to control libya since 2014 while u.n. secretary general antonio ted has held the deal as a reason for optimism i do believe it is a breakthrough and it is following the successful result of the negotiations of the 5 plus 5 the military the joint military committee that led to a cease fire so now we have a cease fire we have a political agreement about elections we have a new jersey started to being put in place all going to be put in place the international criminal court says it does have territorial jurisdiction of a palestine the i.c.c. as chief prosecutor has been asking the court's permission to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by israel and palestinian groups. u.s. president joe biden has urged congress to pass a $1.00 trillion dollars pandemic relief plan he says it's needed is new data on jobs showed how the american economy is still struggling to recover in the wake of th

agreement for an interim government a prime minister from the west of the country and head of the presidency council from the east have been chosen in talks brokered by the united nations countries been split by 2 opposing administrations which emerged following the end of monica duffy's rule a decade ago james base is at the united nations well this is obviously an important development we now have a new interim government for libya we have an ambitious timeline to elections this year to take place on the 24th of december but there are many parts one we've been here before there was a u.n. backed government announced 5 years ago that came to absolutely nothing that unity government as you say we have the foreign fighters and foreign involvement in libya certainly a deadline has passed for all foreign forces to leave libya and they have not left the country. in all their lines the u.s. house of representatives is approved a budget package which should help the president's recovery plan joe biden and appeal to republicans who are holding up progress of his nearly 2 trillion dollars stimulus plan it c

jared bernstein is on the president's council of economic advisers. he's a former chief economist and policy adviser to vice president biden and a good friend of the show. have a good morning. >> thank you. >> speaking of the pandemic, we are just a day away from the 55th super bowl and as cases keep climbing dr. anthony fauci has a message ahead of one of the most watched events in america. >> watch the super bowl on tv. enjoy it. have a party in your house with your family, with the people who are there, as difficult as that is, at least this time around just lay low and cool it. >> and today on the eve of super bowl sunday, the first black female coach in the nfl, jennifer king joins tiffany cross live and she'll talk about how the pandemic has affected the league and that's on "cross connection" at the 10:00 a.m. hour and first more velshi after this. .m. hour and first more velshi after this ♪♪ [ engines revving ] ♪♪ it's amazing to see them in the wild like th-- shhh. [ engine revs ] for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. ing gain

bringing trying to establish in a president president's council. and president interim prime minister. holding elections coming up participants from the various factions in libya that is a significant step a very important development but of course still a lot of challenges and these challenges are real and serious 1st of all are we is this government likely to be able to bring about reconciliation to try to hold an election that's going to be fair and presented to basically. which takes into account the interests of the various forces we have libya we have 2 governments we have 2 other bodies. government bodies or grabbing areas that are still under control of militias what will happen down the road right. think there will be a need for outside support the u.n. here monitor the fair election outbursts and from government if that takes place that might be at least an important step nevertheless there are still a lot of parties who up their own interest and who are not represented also and so they want representation that is a problem also for minori

unity government until elections are held in december a diplomat from the east will head a presidency council a businessman from the west will be prime minister 2 sides have battled to control libya since 2014 it's hoped the landmark decision could bring an end to the conflict that's engulfed the country for nearly 10 years the international criminal court has ruled it does have jurisdiction over the occupied palestinian territories this bolsters the i.c.c. chief prosecutor's earlier submission to the court to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity by israel and potentially palestinian armed groups or by the administration says it objects to the decision israel's prime minister is accusing the international criminal court of anti semitism the i.c.c. investigators fig. this is pure anti semitic. the court established 2 preferred to trust that he's not the nazi holocaust against the jewish people is not or getting the one state of the jewish people 1st it outrageously claims that when jews live in a room and this is a war crime circuit it claims that when democratic israel defends i

unity government until elections are held in december a diplomat from the east will head a presidency council and a businessman from the west will be prime minister the 2 sides have battled to control libya since 2014 it's hoped the landmark decision could bring an end to the conflict that's in gulf the country for nearly 10 years the international criminal court has ruled it does have territorial jurisdiction over the occupied palestinian territories this bolsters the i.c.c. chief prosecutor's moves to investigate alleged war crimes by israel and potentially by palestinian armed groups for the by the administration says it objects to the i.c.c. decision and israel's prime minister is accusing the international criminal court of anti semitism the i.c.c. investigators freak war crimes this is. the court established to prevent to trust cities like the nazi holocaust against the jewish people is not targeting the one state of the jewish people 1st it outrageously claims that when jews live in a homeland this is a war crime and 2nd it claims that when democratic israel defends itself against terr

the house managers that we are very grateful for the courtesies you've extended to us to the president's council during the course of the straw you heard my colleague manager dean go through the overwhelming evidence that makes clear that president trump must be convicted and disqualified for his high crime i'm not going to repeat that evidence it speaks for itself earlier in this trial you might recall a few days ago that i mentioned my expectation that president trumps lawyers might do everything they could to avoid discussing the facts of this case and i can understand why. i mean the evidence that all of us presented that manager dean just summarized. it's pretty devastating and so rather than address it the president has offered up distractions excuse anything but actually trying to defend against the facts they said things like president trump is now a private citizen so the criminal justice system can deal with them or that we haven't set a clear standard for incitement they talked a lot about due process and that all politicians say words like fight i'd like to take a minute to explain w

gadhafi delegates to un brokered talks shows a diplomat from the east mohammad men feed at the presidency council and a businessman from the west a bill hamid debate as prime minister once the cats ministration is in place the east and government based in tobruk and the un recognized government in the capital tripoli will dissolve ending almost a decade of national division the new 3 member presidential council will be tasked with preparing the country for general elections next december but the issue of foreign fighters is still that the u.n. special representative in libya estimates up to $20000.00 turks russians syrians sudanese and chaldeans are all still present inside libya malik trainer reports now from tripoli in what the u.n. is calling a historical vote participants of the libyan political dialogue for voted in the new transitional government their objective lead libya to parliamentary and presidential elections in december this is a moment for historic compromise for reaching we've already seen that people are reaching across the divide. you know the guarantee is that what you are doin

president. my councild before this is my worst experience in washington and for that, i guess we are sorry, but you should have been here january 6th. the council for the president keeps blaming the house for not having the evidence that is within the soul possession of their client who we invited to come and testify last week. we sent a letter inviting him to come and to explain and fill in the gaps of of what we know what happened there. and they sent back a contemptuous response a few hours later and responded more quickly to my letter than president trump did as a commander in chief to the invasion of the storming of the capitol of the united states. in that letter, i said, you know, ifyou decline this invitation. we reserve all rights including the right to establish a trial that your refurefusal to testif supports a -- if you don't testify in a criminal case, it cannot be used against you. but if it's a civil case, and you plead the fifth or you don't show up, then according to justice scalia and the

backed forum had agreed that the new presidency council would have representatives from libya's 3 historical regions and then there was also an assumption if that well which was prime minister if he was from western libya then the head of the council would be from eastern libya so in this sense we have good job graphical representation but i think the problem here which which we need to emphasize is that this is a list that one headed by mr r.t. being a bad business man is going to make a lot of people unhappy in libya and outside libya that's because the losing list was was a list that we saw on current perhaps more invested in cairo and even paris more invested in because it was a list that had individuals that had close ties to these captured swears that when the list is a new list entirely without direct ties to foreign powers but is that a good thing in as much as there is going to be a general election towards the end of this year in theory in december and people looking in on this process stakeholders either inside the country or outside the country are perhaps more interested in who

unity government until elections are held in december a diplomat from the east will head a presidency council and the businessman from the west will be prime minister the 2 sides have battled to control libya since 2014 take the country to december's elections but won't be able to stand for them it's hoped the landmark decision could bring an end to the conflict that's engulfed the country for nearly 10 years . the international criminal court has ruled it does have territorial jurisdiction over the occupied palestinian territories this bolsters the i.c.c. chief prosecutor's moves to investigate alleged war crimes by israel and potentially by palestinian armed groups or the biden administration says it objects to the i.c.c. decision israel's prime minister says the international criminal court is anti sematic we are too soon to go to fig workrooms this is pure anti semitic. the court established to prevent atrocities like the nazi holocaust against the jewish people is now targeting the one state of the jewish people 1st it outrageously things that when jews live in a room and this is a war c

it's been agreed to by the house managers, the former presidents council and his cosponsored by the republican leader. it is bipartisan. it's our solemn constitutional duty to conduct a fair and honest impeachment trial of the charges against former president from. the greatest charges ever brought against a president of the united states in american history. this resolution provides for a fair trial and i urge the senate to adopt. mister president, i send a resolution to death on my behalf and that all the republican leader to the organizing of the nextphases of this trial . >> will report. >> senate resolution 47 will provide for related procedures concerning the article impeachment against donald john trump , former president of the unitedstates . >> the question occurs on the adoption of the resolution. >> i asked for the tram ones and nay's. >> the clerk willcall the role . [roll call] >>. [roll call] >>. [roll call vote] >>. [roll call vote] >>. [roll call vote] >>. [roll call vote] >>. [roll call vote] >>. [roll call vote] >>. [roll call vote] >>. [roll call vote] >>. [roll call vote] >

factions have agreed on the leaders of an interim government diplomat from the east who had a presidency council and a businessman from the west will be prime minister both sides a battle to control libya since 2014 they'll take the country to december's elections but won't be able to stand for them un 17 lantana the chair is hailed the deal as a reason for optimism i do believe it is a breakthrough and it is following the successful result of the negotiations of the 5 plus 5 the military the joint military committee that led to a ceasefire so we know we have a ceasefire we have a political agreement about elections we have a new transitional authority being put in place all going to be put in place. the international criminal court says it does have the territorial jurisdiction of a palestine the i.c.c. as chief prosecutor has been asking the court's permission to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by israel and palestinian groups israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the international criminal court is anti semitic the u.s. state department is intending to dro

on a broad scale historic pile cash, waiting for the economy to reopen more ahead president obama's council of economic advisers says we have no savings. he says we've never seen this much, even mainstream liberal economists agree our country does not keep another brought money. this is not april 2020. this is a different chapter. washington should focus on practical policies to finish the fight, accelerate vaccinations, get kids back to school, help the families that actually help laid-off americans asap.' unfortunately, the democrats partisan proposal with not just wasteful but in certain ways, counterproductive have a lot of our way to discourage returned to work and keep things shut down longer. minimum wage policy, abrupt one-size-fits-all change one and a half times the number of workers that would live out of poverty. proposal for another long-term extension of the federal government, unemployment benefits was questionable, pay an essential workers while jobs. another long-term would make even less sense. this is how one lady in our economy puts it, expanding economy putting the viru

country's ongoing peace process candidates are running for prime minister of roles in a new presidency council members of the transitional government won't be allowed to stand in national elections later this year in a moment ago we heard from the top envoy stephanie williams speaking after the votes were counted let's have a listen. thank you home very much for your. serious dedicated to her to the nation in this process. no single lists has reached the required threshold for the 1st round of editing which was 68 percent. so we will now go to a 2nd round of road between the 3rd and the 4th but if those are the most we're prime ministerial candidate i'm going honey bee. and. it's the 4th list so now what i would like is to give you $82.00 and i want to break. if you could be back here active pm we will conduct its 2nd round of. u.n. envoy stephanie williams speaking after the votes were counted in geneva let's go live to libya for some analysis and a serious amount of training is that what do you make of what you just heard. these talks have been going on for a week throughout the week we've s

we hope the new presidency council and the new government will express its patriotism and devotion to this country the dissatisfaction with the turkish occupation and the presence of militias inside tripoli. a british human rights lawyer has been elected as the new chief prosecutor for the international criminal court karim khan well 79 year term once he takes over the post from the 2 bensouda in june our diplomatic editor james bays was following the voting from u.n. headquarters in new york. this was a long drawn out process argentina australia for the 1st time since the international criminal court started work almost 2 decades ago the 123 countries that are part of the court elected the new chief prosecutor after counted it couldn't be agreed by consensus having received the highest number of votes after 2 rounds of voting there was a victor mr karim khan of the united kingdom has been elected prosecutor of the international criminal court for a period of 9 years karim carne is the 3rd person to take on this important role that always proves to be controversial. he is an experienc

unity government until elections are held in december a diplomat from the east will have the presidency council and a businessman from the west will be prime minister the international criminal court says it has territorial jurisdiction over the occupied palestinian territory both israel and the u.s. oppose the decision. the u.s. president joe biden moves a step closer to passage of his $1.00 trillion dollar pandemic relief plan the house of representatives approve the budget blueprint democrats want the deal completed by the end of the month is our white house correspondent kimberly healthcare. it's a nearly 2 trillion dollar economic plan designed to rebuild the u.s. economy decimated since back in march due to the spread of coded 19 this boat people's lives biden's plan includes direct payments to struggling americans of 14 $100.00 unemployment benefits would be extended until september $400.00 a week the plan will provide relief to working and middle class americans particularly communities of color disproportionately harmed by the pandemic and i want to say very clearly on this speech very

factions have agreed on the leaders of an interim government a diplomat from the east will head a presidency council and a businessman from the west will be prime minister those 2 sides of battle to control the best and 2014 they'll take the country to december's elections but won't be able to stand for the u.n. said a gentle antonio protest is hailed the deal as a reason for optimism i do believe it is a breakthrough and it is following the successful result of the negotiations of the 5 plus 5 the military the joint military committee that led to a ceasefire so you know we have a ceasefire we have a political agreement about elections we have a new jersey tional thought it is being put in place all going to be put in place the international criminal court says it has territorial jurisdiction of the palestine the i.c.c. as chief prosecutor has been asking the court's permission to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by israel and palestinian groups us president joe biden has urged congress to pass a 1 point one trillion dollar pandemic relief plan he says it's urgently needed

and may decide we hope the new presidency council and the new government will express its patriotism and devotion to this country the dissatisfaction with the turkish occupation and the presence of militias inside tripoli police in chile have used tear gas and water cannon against anti-government protests since hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the capital santiago for a weekly march against inequality police are under scrutiny after officers shot and killed a street performer last week rights groups accuse them of using excessive force to suppress the regular protests. supreme court has given the go ahead for nigerian fishermen and farmers to sue the oil giant shell in british courts lawyers representing tens of thousands of nigerians say oil leaks in the niger delta have contaminated their land and water the judges said shell has a duty of care despite the multinational company arguing the court didn't have the jurisdiction his royal highness god will. be is the king of a kingdom and told us his people are elated by the judgement it's bringing them hope the damage can be at lea

past there is now a new government and a very ambitious timeline the plan this new 4 person presidency council chosen by delegates that were handpicked by the u.n. to have proper elections in december this year with all the libyan people deciding one person one vote it's an ambitious plan and it's a plan the u.n. believes will work if people in libya and all the various factions armed and all armed in libya except the authority of this new governing council james thank you very much james bay is a diplomatic editor there at the u.n. live now to tripoli and our correspondent there malik trainers so in theory malik will see a free and fair election in december but december's a long way away we're only just starting off in february right now what are the main hurdles that still have to be overcome. well i think there's a lot of questions that are still remain although this government is supposed to take power soon the next step is for the parliament to certify this government of course the parliament has been divided for years. and they haven't actually had an official session a few months ago th

for an interim government a prime minister from the west of the country in the head of the presidency council from the east have been chosen in talks brokered by the un but it's not clear if they'll be able to overcome military divisions on the ground country's been split by 2 opposing of ministrations which emerged following the end of one look at duffy's role a decade ago james base is at the united nations well this is obviously an important development we now have a new interim government for libya we have an ambitious timeline to elections this year to take place on the 24th of december but and there are many parts one we've been here before there was a u.n. backed government announced 5 years ago that came to absolutely nothing no unity government as you say we have the foreign fighters and foreign involvement in libya certainly a deadline has passed for all foreign forces to leave libya and they have not left the country. the u.s. house of representatives has approved a budget package which should help the president's recovery plan president biden had appealed to republicans who were h

past there is now a new government and a very ambitious timeline the plan this new 4 person presidency council chosen by delegates that were handpicked by the u.n. to have proper elections in december this year with all the libyan people deciding one person one vote it's an ambitious plan and it's a plan the u.n. believes will work if people in libya and all the various factions armed and unarmed in libya accept the authority of this new governing council let's get more on the ground in libya trainer reports from tripoli. there's a lot of questions that are still remain although this government is supposed to take power soon the next step is for the parliament to certify this government of course the parliament has been divided for years they haven't actually had an official session a few months ago they were meant to unite and come together in the city of the damages but that actually didn't come through in the end they postponed the meeting to a further date the head the speaker of the tripoli base parliament has said that he is going to call for a session where m.p.'s can meet and certify t

testimony would be consistent with the statement she issued february 12, 2021 and the former president's council is agreeable to the admission of that public statement into evidence at this time. >> thank you mr. castor, mr. raskin. >> thank you, mr. president. managers are prepared to enter into agreement. i will now need the statement congresswoman jimmy herrera beutler february 12, 2021. in my january 12 statement in the articles of impeachment, i restaurants house minority leader kevin mccarthy related to me he had with president trump while the january 6 attack was ongoing. there are the details. when mccarthy finally reached the president january 6, asked him to publicly and forcefully call off the right, the president initially repeatedly falsehood that he was an antifa that breached. mccarthy refuted that and told the president that these were trump supporters. that's when, according to mccarthy, the president said well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. since i publicly announced my decision to vote for impeachment, i've shared these details and

in1957, he was named a member of president eisenhower's council of economic advisers. then become to academia at chicago followed by stanford. 13 years, president richard nixon chose schultz to become secretary of labor, the first of four cabinet level offices he would hold. schultz says growing up during the depression steered him into public service. >> i was worried about all the unemployment there was and the loss of production that we needed. and it made a big impression on me. >> reporter: he became secretary of the treasury. after clashing with president nixon in 1974 over wage and price controls, schultz resigned and came back to the bay area to become president of the engineering company bechtel group. in 1981, he became chief economic adviser to president ronald reagan. >> oh, he was my favorite. he was comfortable with himself. and he had deep convictions. and he carried them out. and he had fun. >> reporter: a year later, schultz accepted his most famous job, secretary of state, america's top diplomat. supporters credit schultz and the reagan administration

testimony would be consistent with the statement she issued february 12, 2021 and the former president's council is agreeable to the admission of that public statement into evidence at this time. >> thank you mr. castor, mr. raskin. >> thank you, mr. president. managers are prepared to enter into agreement. i will now need the statement congresswoman jimmy herrera beutler february 12, 2021. in my january 12 statement in the articles of impeachment, i restaurants house minority leader kevin mccarthy related to me he had with president trump while the january 6 attack was ongoing. there are the details. when mccarthy finally reached the president january 6, asked him to publicly and forcefully call off the right, the president initially repeatedly falsehood that he was an antifa that breached. mccarthy refuted that and told the president that these were trump supporters. that's when, according to mccarthy, the president said well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. since i publicly announced my decision to vote for impeachment, i've shared these details and

over the security council so the biden administration have the presidency of the security council and the brand new ambassador linda thomas greenfield will be the president of the security council was telling you that she only took up her job in the last 24 hours this her 1st full day of work we are expecting her to be in this general assembly meeting and we are expecting her to give the u.s. beach ok james bass a diplomatic answer live from the u.n. james we'll check in with you later but for now thank you very much indeed well in me and mar own sense of she hasn't been heard or seen since the coup itself she remains under detention while protests continue across the country calling for her release here scott. that's where the protesters usually have started their gatherings you know the last 3 weeks plus that we've seen them come out that's where a lot of those images that we were just showing came from where the lines of riot police and the use of stun grenades the groups has to be said are a little bit smaller today than we've seen in previous days but obviously that didn't stop t

there is only one person the president's council— is only one person the president's council needs to him forward, _ is their own client. bring him forward, as we suggested last week. because _ forward, as we suggested last week. because a _ forward, as we suggested last week. because a lot of this is matters that are — because a lot of this is matters that are in _ because a lot of this is matters that are in his head. why did he not act to— that are in his head. why did he not act to defend the country after he learned _ act to defend the country after he learned of — act to defend the country after he learned of the attack? why was he continuing — learned of the attack? why was he continuing to press the political case? _ continuing to press the political case? this piece of evidence is relevant — case? this piece of evidence is relevant to— case? this piece of evidence is relevant to that. finally, i was a little _ relevant to that. finally, i was a little bit — relevant to that. finally, i was a little bit mystified by the point about— little bit mystified by the point about the

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the work i guess of the insurrection is on behalf of his big lie, we got the other side, the president's councile that that was the president's state of mind, that that statement was accurate. so that was the calling of witnesses. it could have devolved into an attempt to get more witnesses. you know, we're still waiting for don mcgan. you remember out of the judiciary more than a year ago. that would have evolved into a subpoena fight and the calling of bogus witness. what we did was we showed witness. every senator in that world witnessed. the world witnessed an eens by the president of the united states. >> you have been supportive of the idea of having a september 11th-style commission. so what questions would you like answered investigating the attack on january 6th? >> oh, i hope there is a very full investigation of this historically dark moment in our country's history. i think, i hope that many, many more heroes will come forward with evidence of what they know of what the president was doing, of those who aided and abetted him doing, exactly the harm that was caused. you saw the custod

foreign policy, i'm joined by the president of that council on foreign relations and author of the worldf introduction. president biden warned that democratic progress in many parts of the world is under assault. how does that complicate his message that america is back? guest: it does complicate it and the world saw what happened here on january 6. they saw the assault on an independent judiciary and the media, they see our continuing political divisions and that raises questions about our protect ability and reliability and i think at the back of everybody's minds is what is going on now as welcome and familiar as it is, is it simply a respite and we go back to some version of trumpism with her without the individual? that works against our ability to be intellectual in the world. nora: britain's prime minister did say today that the u.s. is back as leader of the free world. clearly it means a lot to europeans, president biden's commitment to nato. guest: absolutely. i thought today was an important day, getting back into paris, a willingness to do diplomacy with iran. we've already co