american wine imports now hundreds of thousands of dollars of deliveries have been put on hold rob reynolds reports from california's wine country. like a cascade of green and gold and jewels right sauvignon blanc grapes fall into a press at the one exam lee winery in california's napa valley it's one of many steps toward creating premium wines that sell for as much as one hundred dollars a bottle here in the heart of california's wine country growers have to contend with the weather fluctuating markets taste trends and now a trade war oh we feel when you walk through and see all of this. fear here wonder yoder michael who is afraid that relationships he spent a decade cultivating with chinese wine merchants have now been ruined he saw in about twenty five other countries outside of the u.s. and china is certainly one of the top two or three after president donald trump placed tariffs on a range of chinese imports in march beijing retaliated with tariffs on u.s. agricultural products including wine growers protested but to no avail now u.s. wines are priced out of the chinese market compare

they say the trumpet ministrations plan we can a law that protects endangered plants and animals rob reynolds reports. a tiny and delicate creature the blue butterfly has fluttered and danced on planet earth for tens of millions of years far longer than the human species has existed it is classified as an endangered species clinging to the outermost fringes of los angeles's sprawling metropolis its native habitat largely reduced to suburban mcmahon. gins and strip malls and dulcie works to keep the elsa good job blue from vanishing forever their habitat here that was planted for the endangered elsa going to butterfly there are thirteen hundred threatened or endangered animals and plants in the united states including the mighty california condor or the elusive eastern red wolf and the far ranging kemp's ridley sea turtle they are afforded special protection under a landmark law signed by president richard nixon in one thousand nine hundred seventy three it was intended to protect some or most imperiled plants and animals from extinction and it's been highly successful in doing that ninety nin

year china hit american wine with fifteen percent tariffs and that seen many orders put on hold rob reynolds reports now from california's wine country. like a cascade of green and gold and jewels right sauvignon blanc grapes fall into a press at the one exam lee winery in california's napa valley it's one of many steps toward creating premium wines that sell for as much as one hundred dollars a bottle here in the heart of california's wine country growers have to contend with the weather fluctuating markets taste trends and now a trade war. would he feel when you walk through and see all of the. fear here one of your own or michael who is afraid that relationships he spent a decade cultivating with chinese wine merchants have now been ruined he saw about twenty five other countries outside of the u.s. and china certainly one of the top two or three after president donald trump placed tariffs on a range of chinese imports in march beijing retaliated with tariffs on u.s. agricultural products including wine growers protested but to no avail now u.s. wines are priced out of the chinese market

rob reynolds live in washington d.c. for us thank you very much now that deal comes on the day that president trump how talks with his kenyan counterpart who are kenyatta the white house it's the second time trump has met a leader from sub-saharan africa since taking office after nigerian president mohamed do book visit in april of the leaders discuss trade and investment as well as strengthening security cooperation. u.n. investigators say he admires top military generals should be investigated and prosecuted for genocide against their were hidden general state and the report describes the targeted killing of thousands of her head as the disintegration of a community mohammed jam jim has this report from caucasus bazaar and one of the. the un says military commanders in me and more should be prosecuted for genocide against the real hinge or following their recent fact finding mission on me and more three investigators presented their report in geneva on monday. included among the findings that me and mars armed forces a

the burden of on us costs that we had assumed for many years ok let's get more on this now from rob reynolds who is in washington d.c. for us so rob quite a drastic move there what is the u.s. government saying about this and what are they saying are their reasons for this. well it is a drastic move in dollar terms we're talking about three hundred million dollars being cut that's the u.s. contribution to and that represents about thirty percent of the total budget of the u.n. agency you read part of state department spokesperson heather now or its statement there she also said that the u.s. will no longer continue further funding to this irredeemably flawed operation the u.s. says that the that the u.n. agency does not handle money well and is wasteful and things along those lines but there's also a strategic move here and that's all about the right of return which is a principled in shrine in the u.n. resolutions allowing people including palestinians to who have been displaced by conflict to return including their descendants but what the united states and the really government would like

largest fires in california state history four have occurred since just two thousand and twelve rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles a highly anticipated race for a seat in the u.s. congress is too close to call just under one percent of votes separate the democratic and republican candidates for the seat in ohio the election is being seen as a test of don't try presidency as he won the distinct this trick rather resoundingly in two thousand and sixteen results could offer clues to november's national mid-term elections john hendren has more from columbus ohio the vote count showed republican troy balders in ahead by nearly a percentage point but democrat danny o'connor came out smiling he says this is it time ballgame and he did not concede i am so grateful i am so grateful for all of your support you believed in us. in a race that the pundits said we had no chance even being and you proved them wrong . this was really just a warm up race in a heavily republican district that's because whoever wins here is only going to continue their term until january there will be a new election in novemb

cars more fuel efficient activists warned that this will be bad for both consumers and the planet rob reynolds has more from los angeles. the proposals would freeze fuel efficiency at the level mandated for twenty twenty discarding higher standards that would have gone into effect in two thousand and twenty five the standards were negotiated between the obama administration and the auto industry environmentalist say the move would cost consumers money harm public health and increase climate changing emissions rolling back or freezing feeling mean and and weakening pollution standards for cars drive up oil consumption or drive up climate pollution. the real winner in that scenario is the oil industry because they'll be selling more product to consumers taking money out of their pockets and out of their communities and into the pockets of big oil as part of its reasoning the trumpet ministration said better fuel mileage would make driving cheaper so people would drive more resulting in more accidents logic that puzzled many transportation experts the white house spokesperson brushed aside report

rob reynolds now joins us live from washington d.c. so rob mccain was one of the few republican lawmakers who was critical of president donald trump how does his passing change that political dynamic in washington. well i think in two ways first as you say mccain was a voice on the in the republican party that was frequently critical of president trump the two men did not get along from mocked the fact that mccain had been taken prisoner in the vietnam war something that shocked many republicans and i think that. his his voice now being still there will be many people on the in the republican party who are not true trump believers who will miss that kind of. outspoken. honesty and criticism secondly mccain was a powerful politician he headed up the senate committee that oversaw military affairs so until he became gravely ill he acted on a as a brake on some of. president trump's ideas in the military sphere with which he disagreed there are other senators from the republican party who are departing including. senator corker who is the h

law enacted forty five years ago to keep plants and animal species in decline from going extinct rob reynolds reports on palace veritas in california. a tiny and delicate creature the elsa good job blue butterfly has fluttered and danced on planet earth for tens of millions of years far longer than the human species has existed it is classified as an endangered species clinging to the outermost fringes of los angeles's sprawling metropolis its native habitat largely reduced to suburban mc mansions and strip malls and dulcie works to keep the elsa good job blue from vanishing forever there is a habitat here that was planted for the endangered elsa going to butterfly there are thirteen hundred threatened or endangered animals and plants in the united states including the mighty california condor or the elusive eastern red wolf and the far ranging kemp's ridley sea turtle they are afforded special protection under a landmark law signed by president richard nixon in one thousand nine hundred seventy three it was intended to protect some or most imperiled plants in animals from extinction. and it'

planning a legal fight to derail the administration's proposed changes to the endangered species act rob reynolds al-jazeera palace verities california and it's time for sports now here's. thank you very much the transfer window for last minute deadline day deals in the english premier league has shut many teams concluded their business weeks ago already but some teams were still scrambling to get deals over the line on thursday august believe the big one for the day is belgium international team or the keeper has been officially introduced at real madrid he moves on a six year deal from chelsea with more than forty million dollars. i think you always know that a club like rearm the dreaded which is the best in the world will pay attention if you play well and they will reach out regarding my contract at chelsea i had many offers offers that were better from an economical point of view but that's not important for me because i wanted to play for the best club in the world also i wanted to be closer to my children who live here and that was important for me too . was officially presented by chelse

largest fires in california state history for have occurred since just two thousand and twelve rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. as promised difficult are with us here to talk through well can you tell me first of all what the next few days weeks are going to look like and if the conditions are going to be at least a little bit favorable recently it's been very windy there and it's the wind that's the main thing in spreading wildfires that's what we saw in greece the major problem from that horrific breach fire so in california it's been bad it's looking better over the next few days so the winds aren't to strong so that's the good news and also something that will help us maybe for next year looking ahead el ninos developing in the pacific that's when there's a slight warming you might think the pacific with that but he wouldn't think generally bring the whole stream of moisture towards the west coast of the u.s. including california so that hopefully will mean we have a decent amount of rain between now and next year and that will help to prevent these wild lives ok and the question. i

largest fires in california state history for have occurred since just two thousand and twelve rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. swear every day you are. not georgia has accused russia of aggression and occupation ten years on from their war of a south ossetia that went on to moscow protests in the capital tbilisi to mark the beginning of the six day conflict in two thousand and eight the e.u. says russia's continued military presence in the breakaway region violates international law but russia is warning there could be another war if georgia joins the nato military alliance well the fighting in two thousand and eight ended with triumph for russia and humiliation for georgia several hundred people were killed and thousands of ethnic georgians were displaced by the conflict jonah hill reports from the georgian boundary with the south set here. it was a war that lasted only six days but which had a profound effect on a country and a region on the edge of europe. i think the. ten years on buildings have been repaired but the pain of loss is still felt that. it had so much she was my only c

planning a legal fight to derail the administration's proposed changes to the endangered species act rob reynolds al-jazeera palace verities california. from. business updates. business updates. from. thank you very much the transfer window for last minute deadline day deals in the english premier league has shut many teams concluded their business weeks ago already but some teams were still scrambling to get deals over the line on thursday august believe the big one for the day is belgium international t.-bo couture the keeper has been officially introduced at rail madrid he moves on a six year deal from chelsea with more than forty million dollars. no. i think you always know that a club like re arbitrated which is the best in the world will pay attention if you play well and they will reach out regarding my contract at chelsea i had many offers offers that were better from an economical point of view but that's not important for me because i wanted to play for the best club in the world also i wanted to be closer to my children who live here and it was important for me to. was officially prese

even sending a message on cease path thank you so much rob reynolds there in washington d.c. the heads of their own catholic church is off for god's forgiveness for the scandal and betrayal felt by victims of sexual abuse by the catholic clergy pope francis also denounced forced adoptions by catholic run institutions as he addressed a crowd of tens of thousands at a shrine in western ireland the pope is on the second and final day of his visit to the country where he's met victims of clerical religious and city. none of us can fail to be moved by the stories of young people who suffer the peace of the innocence and let's go to the painful memories. the soap and weed challenges us to be firm dissonances in the pursuit of truth and justice a big deludes forgiveness of these sin these are the scandal of betrayal felt by so many families. well a series of revelations of a b.s. by catholic institutions and clergy have significantly undermined the church's influence in arlen's like many other countries that's been rocked by scandals of the sexual abuse of children by priests condem

this year china has american wine with fifteen percent tariffs but seen many orders put on hold rob reynolds reports now from california's wine country. like a cascade of green and gold and jewels right sauvignon blanc grapes fall into a press at the hornick family winery in california's napa valley it's one of many steps toward creating premium wines that sell for as much as one hundred dollars a bottle here in the heart of california's wine country growers have to contend with the weather fluctuating markets taste trends and now a trade war how would he feel when you walk through and see all of this. fear here winery owner michael hoenig is afraid that relationships he spent a decade cultivating with chinese wine merchants have now been ruined you saw in about twenty five other countries outside of the u.s. and china certainly one of the top two or three after president donald trump placed tariffs on a range of chinese imports in march beijing retaliated with tariffs on u.s. agricultural products including wine growers protested but to no avail now u.s. wines are priced out of the chinese

planning a legal fight to derail the administration's proposed changes to the endangered species act rob reynolds al-jazeera palace verities california. there's you know not top story that saudi and iraqi coalition air strike that's hit her bus full of school children in yemen and the attack happened in the hoofy held province of sada health ministry says fifty people have been killed the red cross has confirmed it received the bodies of twenty nine children all of them under the age of fifteen a saudi that coalition has released a statement saying strikes aimed at would just make targets we cannot speak to rhonda who's the un humanitarian coordinator for yemen thank you very much indeed for being with us initially your reaction to this latest casualty set of children who have been killed in yemen in this way. dozens of children have been killed and scores more have been mooted it's heartbreaking to see what has happened the un is shocked and we are outreach by today's events what kind of effort saw there now to try to get both sides to agree to to a cease fire that we don't have these scenes aga

publish the printing files online but president trump appeared to oppose this tweet on tuesday rob reynolds of forte's this is the computer generated weapon that's causing the uproar a crude single shot plastic pistol the united states of america will be the biggest exporter of terror. if we fail to stop the gun specifications for the gun were developed by cody wilson a self-styled anarchist as long as you have the right to keep and bear arms you have the right to make them in june the trump administration abruptly gave up on a years long legal battle to prevent him from putting the gun plans on line wilson's diagrams allow a variety of firearms models to be made by anyone including convicted criminals mentally disturbed people or children this means that more people who are dangerous will have guns and they will hurt more people with them in three d. printer technology machines extrude minuscule layers of plastic or resin that gradually build up three dimensional objects using computer patterns we asked professional three d. printer peterman adi to make one for us. consumer printers are av

the chinese elite with its all asian cast signaling a massive change for the hollywood industry rob reynoldstakes a look from hollywood. a gala opening night for a movie that's breaking barriers. the romantic comedy crazy rich asians is the first major hollywood film in a quarter century with an all asian cast director and executive producer we all recognize the significance but to be honest right now as i'm talking to you i feel nothing but excitement. the actors may be asian but the movie's themes are universal family love and money just the biggest appellate burst in on the scene of crazy rich asians is based on the bestselling novel by kevin kwan who produced the film you know i think it's important to acknowledge that it's been way too long since we've had an all star asian cast in a hollywood movie about the same time this is the movie for everyone lori nakamura has already seen the film once and she's back with friends for a second viewing it's a wacky brahm com but i think at the same time it's also showing. asians in normal situations just like everybody else crazy rich asians is in

powerful lobby group the national rifle association calling for tighter regulations on firearms rob reynolds is at the protest in fairfax virginia. a large group of people have gathered outside the headquarters of the national rifle association in suburban washington they are demanding changes in the nation's gun laws and here you can see that on the ground here are photographs of some of the people who have recently died as a result of gun violence this of course adding a great emotional punch to this event there are also a number of people here are issuing or expressing their support for the n.r.a. and disputing with some of the members of the crowd but the police have kept them at quite a distance from the main crowd so it's been an entirely peaceful event this is an outgrowth of the march for our lives movement that began after the slayings at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in florida earlier this year students from that group are supporting this rally they've also been traveling around the country in a bus caravan trying to get people organized to vote on issues of gun control wh

has denied any involvement in the edge attack let's get more from rob reynolds in washington d.c. what exactly is the u.s. government line on this. well to be perfectly blunt lorand top official foreign policy official in the white house says the u.s. had nothing to do with this this despite president nicolas maduro statement that some elements in the united states will not blaming the united states government but saying some elements in florida in miami may have been implicated in this but earlier today we heard from the head of the national security office the national security adviser to president john bolton and this is what he had. with respect to what happened last afternoon could be a lot of things from a pretext set up by the regime itself to something else he's made accusations accusing the outgoing president of colombia of responsibility what he calls the extreme right wing in venezuela that means the vast opposition to his authoritarian rule and he's blamed the name financer is in the united states these are things he's said before and you have to take them for what the

strong matic nighty demonstrated truth to himself and to the country he devoted his life to serving rob reynolds has the latest from washington d.c. . the flag atop the white house is flying at half staff in honor of the passing of senator john mccain but there were a few words of praise for the late senator from the man who occupies the oval office now president donald trump issued a terse tweet saying my deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of senator john mccain our hearts and prayers are with you nary a word there about mccain's military service or is long service and his significance as a political figure in the last several decades in the united states by contrast form president barack obama who of course defeated mccain in the presidential contest in two thousand and eight by a landslide issued a lengthy statement saying few have been tested the way john once was or required to show the courage he once did but all of us can aspire to the have the courage to put the greater good above our own there are tributes pouring in on twitter and on social media and in statements from

right we can go live now to rob reynolds another of our correspondents who's in washington d.c. and the scene about the white house is of a flag at half mast rob an indication of how significant this man was to political life in the united states. yes that's very true martine mccain occupied it unique position in american political life and we see these live pictures of the flags flying lowered over the white house and also over the capitol a rare honor accorded not to every politician who passes away but to those who are held in a special esteem and i think that part of mccain's. legacy or the reason that mccain was so widely respected was his ability to work with senators and legislators of both parties that is a rare rare event nowadays but for example in the case of mccain the bill and hillary clinton foundation issued a statement earlier today saying that mccain calling mccain a trusted colleague who frequently put partisanship ahead aside excuse me so that he could do what he thought best for the country and we have many many accolades coming in as well from democrats of al

has denied any involvement in the alleged attack let's get more from rob reynolds in washington d.c. what exactly is the u.s. government saying about this. well you know president maduro did not explicitly blame the united states government for any. involvement in the incident with the drone at the military parade in caracas on saturday he did mention or or implicate financial interest rate wing parties some of whom he said were active in the u.s. state of florida in miami but he didn't say come right out and say anything about the administration trying to have him sasa david nevertheless the question did come up on a public affairs news program on sunday featuring president trump's national security adviser john bolton and he issued a very strong denial that the u.s. had had anything to do with this here is what john bolton had to say there was no u.s. government involvement in this at all just within the past couple of hours i've spoken with our charge a in caracas the head diplomatic official down there he and his staff are much of the night making sure that americans in venezuela

trying to kill him venezuela's opposition fears it could pave the way for a government crackdown rob reynolds reports. i don't understand the concept this was the moment when two bomb laden drones allegedly exploded during a military parade in caracas on saturday you know the. security agents quickly surrounded president nicolas maduro and he muscled him off the reviewing platform meanwhile venezuelan soldiers marching in formation broken ran in all directions witnesses described loud blasts and smoke so me i looked out and i started seeing people running and that's when the device immediately collided there and everything started coming out. but duro immediately blamed his right wing will be apparent attack elements which he said were active in the united states also implicated colombia's president juan manuel santos. they tried to assassinate me and i have no doubt that everything points to the right the venezuelan ultra right in alliance with the colombian ultra right and that the name of juan manuel santos is behind this attempt colombia's foreign affairs ministry called that accusation a

largest fires in california state history for have occurred since just two thousand and twelve rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles island anticipated race for a seat in the u.s. congress is too close to call the center one percent of votes separate the democratic and republican candidates for the seat and ohio election is being seen as a test of donald trump's presidency as he won that district resoundingly in two thousand and sixteen yvonne decay has been sworn in as a new president at a ceremony in bogota he's the youngest leader to be elected in the forty two year old former senator won the presidential runoff back in june with fifty four percent of the vote he has promised to revise the two thousand and sixteen piece of board with park rebels and introduce new measures to curb the production of cocaine and you're going up and going on today colombia confronts enormous challenges we receive a country in which more than three hundred social activists have been assassinated in the last two years illegal crops have expanded and they have done so exponentially criminal gangs increased their

twenty and thirty years if we don't do something now a rich harvest amid a season of uncertainty rob reynolds al-jazeera napa valley california the u.k. government has released its contingency plan in the event and leaves the without a deal the fact that minister outlined what he called practical advice of people and businesses law and reports from london. there was a time during the long saga of brics it's when prime minister to resign may used to say maybe his best move are no deal for britain is better than a bad deal for britain for i said on many occasions that no deal is better than a bad deal by which she meant that falling out of the european union without a trade deal was better than one which didn't reflect the referendum results but now it's becoming clear what no deal might look like and it's giving people the shivers food shortages if fresh produce rots at the border already stockpiling tins is actively being talked about what airports closed down heathrow has borrowed a billion dollars to protect itself against grounded flights would no deal mean economic collapse because busine

planning a legal fight to derail the administration's proposed changes to the endangered species act rob reynolds al-jazeera palace verities california. the edge of the international fringe festival is underway bringing together thousands of performers from around the world but the parker bowles many locals don't see the economic benefits from the event. all guns blazing for the welfare state their scourge of society austerity austerity austerity this is killing work a play about growing up on a housing estate penned in by poverty a place where addiction and depression are rife. it's a neglected narrative one that's found a stage at the edinburgh festival but the writer of the play questions whether the festival this truly accessible to those whose lives she's depicting. we need to encourage more working class and more and underclass people into the theaters and that's really tough because obviously. again money dictates access to these things that. take your revenues exceeded five and a half million dollars every year the events are a feeding frenzy for local businesses for hotels and restaurant

twenty and thirty years if we don't do something now a rich harvest amid a season of uncertainty rob reynolds al-jazeera napa valley california. well let's get more on this knowledge joined by pauline the managing director at asia and unless i've got at the policy risk consultancy and she's joining us live from hong kong very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so let's talk more about the impact of the tax on chinese businesses people and the economy are we starting to feel the effects and china as we heard from our correspondent and yet. well it's early days yet because it takes time for the terrorists to walk through from one level to. another in another level but basically china has a great disadvantage in any sort of terrorist war the reason is that americans buy chinese goods mostly because it's cheap so tariffs do have an impact chinese consumers however buy american goods for lots of other reasons being cheap is seldom one of them i mean they don't buy an i phone because the cheap so tariff a terrorist a china is at a disadvantage in using the terrorist retaliation so then how is t

largest fires in california state history four have occurred since just two thousand and twelve rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles now even duke a has been sworn in as the new president in colombia he is the youngest lead to be elected to the forty two year old form a sentence on the presidential runoff in june with fifty four percent he's promised to revise the twenty sixteen peace accord with the fog rebels and the production of cocaine. is in bogota. even duke air the country's new president fully aware of this long list of challenges not least of which is the issue of cocaine production which has reached a new high a record high here in colombia this is the. problem in the country really started skyrocketing about three years ago around the same time as the signing of the peace agreement between the colombian government and the revolutionary armed forces of colombia where the fart and what happened after this was in that vacuum left by the park in the territories that they controlled new armed groups groups associated with the fark is dissidents there are new armed groups opposed to the

planning a legal fight to derail the administration's proposed changes to the endangered species act rob reynoldsal-jazeera palace verities california. there's you know not top story that saudi and iraqi coalition air strike that's hit her bus full of school children in yemen and the attack happened in the hoofy held province of sada health ministry says fifty people have been killed the red cross has confirmed it received the bodies of twenty nine children all of them under the age of fifteen a saudi that coalition has released a statement saying strikes aimed at would just make targets we cannot speak to the surrounding who's the un humanitarian coordinator for yemen thank you very much indeed for being with us initially you're reaction to this latest casualty set of children who are being killed in yemen in this way. dozens of children have been killed and scores more have been mooted it's heartbreaking to see what is happening the un is shocked and we are outreach by today's events. what kind of effort saw there now to try to get both sides to agree to to a ceasefire that we don't have these

president donald trump and mccain's family has said he did not want trump to attend his funeral rob reynolds has more. flags were lowered over the capitol building and the white house as tributes to senator john mccain flowed in but there was no praise for mccain's long career in military and public service from the current occupant of the oval office president donald trump issued a terse two sentence tweet my deepest sympathy and respect go out to the family of senator john mccain our hearts and prayers are with you former presidents were more fulsome in their praise with a remarkable. he was. barack obama's statement said in part few have been tested the way john once was or required to show the courage he once did that was a reference to the more than five years of harsh treatment mccain endured as a prisoner of war in north vietnam mccain senate colleagues from both parties were also speaking hours republicans jeff flake he would quickly forgive and move on and to see the good in his opponents is something that particularly these days we can do is a lot more of democratic senate minority

twenty and thirty years if we don't do something now a rich harvest amid a season of uncertainty rob reynolds al-jazeera napa valley california. donald trump's full personal lawyer says he'll assist the special investigation into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election michael pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws on choose day saying trump directed him to do so the president insists he's done nothing wrong and is accusing cohen of making up stories and to gallop reports from washington d.c. . he wants city take a bullet to donald trump now michael cohen is offering to help an investigation the president has repeatedly called a witch hunt on tuesday don't trump's long time lawyer and fix pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations cohen told the court he was directed by trump to make payments to two women he's alleged to have had affairs with cohen's lawyer says the fifty one year old is now more than happy to help special counsel robert muller's investigation into alleged collusion between the trunk campaign and russia my observation is that michael cohen knows informati

speak at the ceremony honoring mccain on friday let's get more on this with our correspondent rob reynolds who's in washington d.c. for us the reaction to trump sort of lack of words for mccain's death is now sort of another hot debate in the usa what's being said. well so though you recall that on the day that senator mccain died president from shortly thereafter issued a very terse tweet only two sentences and offered his sympathies to senator mccain's family but did not go into any detail of fame thanks or gratitude for mccain's service to the country the fact that he ran for president is the standard bearer of trump's own party the fact that he spent years as a prisoner of war and all of these prior graphical details that our viewers by now have inferred a great deal about this was in contrast to an outpouring of praise from everywhere across the aisle in the washington political circles president obama who defeated mccain in a. presidential election in two thousand and eight sent a very few soft tributes so did george w. bush the former president so today when president trump appeared

situation like this look cody wilson who is the man behind this we heard about him in the report by rob reynolds his website says this that all this the first is when the age of the downloadable gun formally begins is he writes i'm sorry could you repeat the question saying that august the first this is what he says on his website august the first is when the age of the downloadable run formally begins i'm asking you if he's right even though there have been hurdles thrown in his face the conversation is already out there of the blueprints are already out there. well that's right and i think apparently thousands of people have downloaded them and. i imagine some of those people will take the further step of acquiring a three d. printer and making one of these firearms so how do you see all of this then playing out should people be very worried. personally i'm not terribly worried i don't think there's going to be a big crime wave or terrorism wave fueled by three d. printed guns it's very easy to get on firearms are going to be around for anywhere in the documentation and that's surely is a worr

twenty and thirty years if we don't do something now a rich harvest amid a season of uncertainty rob reynolds al-jazeera napa valley california. still ahead here on al-jazeera no deal for britain is better than a bad deal for britain well some britons also sure they'll cope if the u.k. leaves the e.u. with no agreement and daily forty years after the revolution calls for change grew louder in the crack you. hello again it's good to have you back well across southern parts of asia we are watching more clouds and more rain starts a subtle little bit more down here towards the south you can see across parts of malaysia as well as into borneo that rain is starting to make its way southward but we are going to be seeing some really staying dry across much of jakarta for you thirty four degrees for the games we are going to be seeing really not seeing too much of a change as we go towards saturday there up towards parts of southern philippines it is going to remain quite wet with luzon also sings very heavy rain in manila at about twenty eight degrees there well i now want to take you down here tow

the crowds and regard it as a long overdue showcase along the glutted part of american society rob reynolds reports are from hollywood for. a gala opening night for a movie that's breaking barriers. the romantic comedy crazy rich asians is the first major hollywood film in a quarter century with an all asian can just director and executive producer we all recognize the significance but to be honest right now as i'm talking to you i feel nothing but excitement. the actors may be asian but the movies are universal family love money just the biggest and almost crazy rich asians is based on the bestselling novel by kevin kwan who produced the film you know i think it's important to acknowledge that it's been way too long since we've had an all star asian cast and a hollywood movie about the same time this is the movie for everyone lori nakamura has already seen the film once and she's back with friends for a second viewing it's a wacky brahm com but i think at the same time it's also showing. in normal situations just like everybody else crazy rich asians is in a way a repudiation of hollywood

let's get more on this now from rob reynolds who joins us live from washington d.c. robot robot at the now it made it quite clear that the u.s. was no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden of on risk costs is there more to it than that though. well first of all ages in the share is somewhat disproportionate the u.s. contribution is about thirty percent of the budget but it seems that what is going on here is an effort to create a new dynamic in so far as the arab as the as the israeli palestinian conflict goes and especially with regard to the right of return of the right of return is something that is held really as a primary tenet of the palestinian position i.e. that those people who were forced to leave their land in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight when the state of israel was established and their descendants should have a right to return israel has long opposed this in an email. that was published earlier this year jared pushed or president trump son in law on his point man as it were on the middle east said that a sinc

planning a legal fight to derail the administration's proposed changes to the endangered species act rob reynolds al-jazeera palace verities california well there's more in everything we're covering right here breaking news and analysis that takes you behind the headlines as well interests al-jazeera dot com. just a quick look at the top stories now a saudi amorality coalition as strike has hit a boss full of school children in yemen the attack happened in the hoofy held province of sada the health ministry says fifty people have been killed the red cross has confirmed it has received the bodies of twenty nine children all of them under the age of fifteen the saudi led coalition has released a statement saying the strikes were aimed at legitimate targets or have been calls for the attack to be investigated we've seen these reports it's very important as you said repeatedly orders to the conflict in humanity to international human. were the reason incident of this sort it's important it's an investigative story contrary to the investigation. from the calling for that in this instance as. israel ha

radical changes and try to sort of reset the table in the middle east thank you very much that's rob reynolds there in washington for us. the u.s. and canada have missed a deadline to revamp the north american free trade agreement talks broke up without a deal while the trump says they will not resume on wednesday in the meantime the white house says it told president with a new trade agreement with mexico that move leaves canada out in the cold but their foreign minister says she still optimistic that a deal can be reached it is going to take flexibility on all sides to get to a deal in the end and what i can speak to is the canadian position and i really want to assure canadians that we're working hard to get a good deal we are confident that a win win win deal is possible and we're always going to stand up for the national interest and for canadian values and for more on those daniel like joins us live from toronto danielle that missed the deadline trump has now notified congress of a deal with mexico so where does this leave canada. well i think we're hearing the canadian foreign minister

distribution that settlement would have allowed the plans to be published online from wednesday rob reynolds from paul this is the computer generated weapon that's causing the uproar a crude single shot plastic pistol united states of america will be the biggest exporter of terror. if we fail to stop these ghost gun specifications for the gun were developed by cody wilson a self-styled anarchist as long as you have the right to keep and bear arms you have the right to make them in june the trumpet ministration abruptly gave up on a years long legal battle to prevent him from putting the gun plans on line wilson's diagrams allow a variety of firearms models to be made by anyone including convicted criminals mentally disturbed people or children this means that more people who are dangerous will have guns and they will hurt more people with them in three d. printer technology machines extrude minuscule layers of plastic or resin that gradually build up three dimensional objects using computer eyes patterns we asked professional three d. printer peterman adi to make one for us consumer printers

schematics for such weapons that was just hours before they were about to go blind i would just as rob reynolds has more. in three d. printer technology machines extrude minuscule layers of clastic or resin that gradually build up three dimensional objects using patterns we asked professional three d. printer peterman adi to make one for us consumer printers are available for as low as three hundred dollars so anybody that has three hundred dollars can essentially print one three d. printer guns have no serial numbers so they're untraceable they don't require permits or background checks so anybody can have one and because they're plastic they can go through any metal detector. so you hear the the issue laid out there i want to play a comment that we got from the c.e.o. of a three d. printing company when we heard he but we were doing this story this is what he told to sarah opensource gun designs have been around for as long as i could remember before the internet you can get them by mail order by am at a gun show. and the tools to make guns have been around since well since the luddites fail

republicans who are not absolutely in our of trump around some alternative thank you for that rob reynolds live for us in washington d.c. when i say about john mccain's legacy on the world stage ambassador kurt volker is the u.s. special representative to ukraine and the executive director of the mccain institute for international leadership at arizona state university he says john mccain stood out in how he handled the fallout of america's two thousand and three invasion of iraq which he initially supported. the came along all of our leaders took responsibility for that decision later on urged the surge against the wishes of the bush administration at the time but convinced the bush administration to go forward with a surge in iraq to restore some kind of civil order and security in the country working very closely with general petraeus and and working with the sunni population in iraq that turned the tide in iraq and actually laid the foundations for more successful iraq going forward in the other cases afghanistan and the gulf war i think he stands by those decisions as what was necessa