deal without congressional approval president trump fired the department's then inspector general steve linnik it was looking into the certification his successor stephen the card resigned last week after recusing himself from the probe the final report was completed by deputy let's bring in mark fitzpatrick he's a former deputy assistant secretary of state and joins us live from washington d.c. mark so this final report by the inspector general found that mike pompei is emergency certification on arms sale to saudi arabia didn't break the law are you surprised by the findings of this report. well i think we have to really wait until we can see the full report all we know is one finding that secretary powell did not break the law that's a low bar you know and he i assume that the report is very critical of him in other respects breaking the norms breaking the rules breaking the congressional understanding spent ok he didn't break the law i'm not so surprised by that i think when we see the full report we're going to see a much more critical. explanation of the investigation what he did not lis

deal without congressional approval president trump fired the department's then inspector general steve linnik who is looking into it. brings up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the latest edition of the story is next. every generation. hours straight. i have to be ok and you are watching the stream today we're going to take you to 1988 was a turbulent time for us around relations the shah of iran was living in the united states he'd fled iran in iran american hostages have been grabbed from the u.s. embassy in tehran and has to take a 2nd we are not giving back these americans until you give us the shah because we want him to stand trial for human rights abuses diplomacy wasn't working so in the midst of this back and forth president carter was president at that time for the united states he essentially and a rescue mission for the hostages into iran that operation was known as operation eagle claw there's now a new documentary about that time let's take a look. i was 20 years old a young marine and i was signed to the united states embassy in tehran iran i had never heard of that cou

department's then inspector general steve linnik was looking into the certification his successor stephen akad resigned last week after accusing himself from the probe the final report was completed by our cards deputy police and delarue say a protester has died after a bomb exploded in his hands during a 2nd night of anti-government rallies thousands of people are demonstrating in the capital minsk after early election results showed a landslide victory for president alexander lukashenko and heavy rain has brought flash flooding to large parts of northern sudan hundreds of homes and farms have been destroyed many of the affected cities towns and villages along the river nile which regularly overflows during the rainy season so those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story that's watching. president for a 6th term about a russian leader claimed a landslide victory the opposition called the vote ring 1000 protesters are arrested is this a turning point for the country this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sammy's day than his critics des

deal without congressional approval president trump fired the department's ben inspector general steve linnik who was looking into the discussion . egypt's government has extended the detention of al jazeera journalist and hussein by another $45.00 days he has already been held for more than 3 and a half years without trial after arriving on a personal visit by thousands there and the united nations have called for him to be freed his detention is in breach of egypt's penal code now it's being counted after trinidad and tobago parliamentary election prime minister the governing party is confident it will win despite soaring crime a migration crisis and an economic recession john heilemann has. trinidad and tobago at the polls on monday the caribbean nation went out to choose the next prime minister and house of representatives you know he got this young voters the main issues i think we should focus on the crime rate especially on a course. i think we should also focus on no employment rate which is also. through atlanta the oil and gas sector the country's main money earner has faced a dropo

deal without congressional approval president trump fired the department's then inspector general steve linnik who was looking into the certification his successor stephen arc had resigned last week the final report was completed by deputy. libya's government does call in the army after violence broke out involving protesters who are angry about elections being delayed supporters of the former leftist president has set up roadblocks around the country slowing the movement of medical supplies needed for coronavirus patients to read about reports. of clashes on the streets of cochabamba once again these young people are known as the resistance may play a crucial role in the protests that forced the former president will morales out of office. members of bolivia's workers center and supporters of moralists have taken to the streets in the past week anger has been on the rise since he lectured tribunal and ousted would postpone elections in the country for a 3rd time. but this man says protesters are trying to generate chaos orsino's. they're waiting for us with explosive devices and barbed wire f

deal without congressional approval president trump fired the department's then inspector general steve linnik who is looking into it. brings up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the latest edition of the story is next. every generation. hours straight. i have to be ok and you are watching the stream today we're going to take you to 1988 was a turbulent time for us around relations the shah of iran was living in the united states he'd fled iran in our run american hostages have been grabbed from the u.s. embassy in tehran and has to take a 2nd we are not giving back these americans until you give us the shah because we want him to stand trial for human rights abuses diplomacy wasn't working so in the midst of this back and forth president carter was president at that time for the united states he essentially and a rescue mission for the hostages into iran that operation was known as operation eagle claw.

of congress they're investigating the firing of the state department's former inspector general steve linnik his team was looking into an $8000000000.00 arms sale to saudi arabia and other arab allies despite humanitarian concerns over the war in yemen minnick is one of several federal government watchdogs have been set by president trump. after a break for the muslim festival of aid protesters in mali have once again been out calling for the president to resign the country's been power lines by demonstrations for weeks regional mediators of threatened sanctions if their recommendations on implemented by the end of the week because reports. an employed angry jealous says his circumstances i've gone from bad to worse in the 7 years since president a decade to power accompanied by other protesters he forces the mayor of cook in 5 to shut down the neighborhood town hall back on the streets they disrupt traffic only caters resignation did break this civil disobedience movement do it at this hour with the struggle continues we want the regime to end president longer credible respect of the law an

congress they're investigating the firing of the state department's former investigator general steve linnik his team was looking into an 8000000000 dollars arms deal sale to saudi arabia and other arab allies despite humanitarian concerns over the war in yemen the mic is one of several federal government watchdogs have been sent by president trump 3. anti-government protesters have returned to the streets of mali's capital demanding the resignation of president abraham. the opposition stop the rallies for the holiday at least 14 people died during demonstrations over the past few weeks. as accused of failing to deal with insecurity and corruption regional block has been leading mediation efforts it's given both sides a deadline which expires on thursday to implement its proposals including a unity government. trading has resumed on zimbabwe's stock market after it was halted in june to help stabilize the nation's currency but people there are facing their worst financial crisis in more than a decade and tensions are rising as more from. after weeks of uncertainty and inconvenience for inves

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without congressional approval president donald trump fired the department's then inspector general steve linnik it was looking into the sale but fitzpatrick is a former deputy assistant secretary of state and says little is known about the inspector general's full report. well i think we have to really wait until we can see the full report all we know is one finding that sector pale did not break the law that's a low bar. you know he i assume that the report is very critical of him in other respects breaking the norms breaking the rules breaking the congressional understanding spent ok he didn't break the law i'm not so surprised by that i think when we see the full report we're going to see a much more critical. explanation of the investigation of what he did linnik was investigating several things that were problematic for secretary of state trump the ourselves to the saudis in the united arab emirates was not the most troubling one there was a investigation ongoing of pompei it was use of assistance for personal errands which is a violation of the law if proven and then there was an investig