u.s. house intelligence committee in january has accused president double drum of dishonesty over his response to the murder. adam schiff says donald trump's links to saudi arabia need to be investigated and fisher reports from washington d.c. . u.s. president received his intelligence report into the killing of jamal khashoggi and he's rejected the idea it firmly says the saudi crown prince ordered your permission maybe. maybe. donald trump says he's standing by saudi arabia a country he believes will help with his action against iran and could help sell a middle east peace deal to the palestinians he's also talked about the arms sales agreed with saudi arabia as important to the u.s. economy even though numerous sources dispute the value in terms of dollars and jobs but the man who will lead the house of representatives intelligence committee in january will immigrant adam schefter says he's seen intelligence reports too early and the answer is more definitive the president is not being honest with the country about the murder of democracy. i think in part he feels that by saying that we don

u.s. house intelligence committee when newly elected members take office says donald trump's response to the murder she will be investigated says it will be covered as part of a probe into the president's financial ties to saudi arabia. a parliamentary election is being held in behind rain which rights groups say is neither free nor fair the two main opposition groups aren't taking part after m.p.'s voted earlier this year to effectively. antigovernment protesters are facing off with police in the french capital paris right now they're angry about the rising costs a few policies of president. or polls have closed in taiwan's mature and local elections they're regarded as a test for the island's ruling pro independence party voters are also deciding on ten referendums including whether to allow same sex marriage another one which china is watching closely is about changing the island's name from chinese taipei to taiwan and international sporting events adrian brown reports in the capital taipei. in taiwan they don't take their democracy for granted voter turnout in the last election was more

u.s. house intelligence committee when newly elected members take office says donald trump's response to the murder of john will be investigated adam schiff says it'll be covered as part of a probe into the president's financial ties to saudi arabia the u.n. special envoy to yemen says he's convinced the rebels to attend peace talks in sweden next month martin griffiths has been visiting the port city of her it's a crucial gateway for food and aid for millions of yemenis on the brink of famine saudi erotic coalition forces have been battling the whole of these for control of her day there for months that says the whole peas have agreed to hold talks about the u.n. taking a supervisory role in the courts but it's important to be here because your data is the center of gravity of this and it's here that we can begin that read me why we need to race to peace. you know better than me that every day lost in the search for peace means that day the children of yemeni children lose the local elections in taiwan are being seen as a test for president designing when voters are also being asked ten ref

u.s. house intelligence committee when newly elected members take office says donald trump's response to the murder of jamal khashoggi will be investigated adam schiff says it will be covered as part of a probe into the president's financial ties to saudi arabia local elections in taiwan are being seen as a test for president sign when and risk inflaming tensions with china a referendum is being held on whether to change the island's name at the olympics and other sporting events from chinese taipei to taiwan the un special envoy to yemen says he's convinced the rebels to attend peace talks in sweden next month martin griffiths has been visiting the port city of. selby in iraq the coalition forces have been battling for control there for months. a parliamentary election is being held in behind rain which amnesty international says is neither free nor fair the two main opposition groups aren't taking part after m.p.'s voted earlier this year to effectively ban them. more. parliamentary elections are held him back reign every four years but in two thousand and fourteen international observers

u.s. house intelligence committee when newly elected members take office says donald trump's response to the murder of john will be investigated adam schiff says it will be covered as part of a probe into the president's financial ties to. the u.n. special envoy. convinced the rebels to attend peace talks next month griffiths has been visiting the port city of. saudi iraq a coalition forces have been battling for control there. voting is underway in taiwan's local elections which are being seen as a test for president saying when she joined the queues as you can see in taipei to cast her ballot about nineteen million eligible voters will choose more than eleven thousand local officials and decide on ten referendum questions one of them is whether to become the first place in asia to allow gay marriage another one which china is watching closely is about changing the island's name from chinese taipei to taiwan international sporting events around following the elections joining us from taipei so they're seen as the largest in taiwan some even calling their mid terms adrian how significant are

u.s. border on sunday more than five thousand of them are camped on the mexican border city of tijuana i've been to gain asylum in america. but. now the man set to leave the house intelligence committee when the u.s. congress returns in january has accused president trump of dishonesty over his response to the murder of. adam schiff says trump's links to saudi arabia need to be investigated alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . u.s. president received his intelligence report. into the killing of jamal khashoggi and he's rejected the idea it firmly says the saudi crown prince ordered the operation maybe. maybe. donald trump says he's standing by saudi arabia a country he believes will help with his action against iran and could help sell a middle east peace deal to the palestinians he's also talked about the arms sales agreed with saudi arabia as important to the u.s. economy even though numerous sources dispute the value in terms of dollars and jobs but the man who will lead the house of representatives intelligence committee in january will immigrant adam shift says he's seen intelligence reports too early and the answer is more definitive the president is not being honest wit

u.s. house intelligence committee in january has accused president donald trump of dishonesty over his response to the murder of jim. adam schiff says donald trump's links to saudi arabia need to be investigated well look the president is not being honest with the country about the murder of democracy. i think in part he feels that by saying that we don't know or that the world is a dangerous place or everybody does it he thinks it makes him look strong it actually makes him look weak it means that our allies don't respect us our enemies don't fear us. what is driving this i don't know whether this is simply an affinity that he has for autocrats he seems to choose them repeatedly over his own intelligence agencies or whether there's a financial motivation that is his own personal finances we do know of course he has openly bragged about how many millions he makes from saudi arabia. in uganda thirty one bodies have been recovered from lake victoria after a boat capsized on saturday overcrowding and bad weather are being blamed for the disaster at least one hundred people are thought to be on boa

u.s. house intelligence committee in january has accused president trump of dishonesty over his response tothe murder of jamal khashoggi adam schiff says donald trump's links to saudi arabia need to be investigated. the u.n. special envoy for yemen is due in saudi arabia on monday for talks with the yemeni government leaders in exile martin gryphus trip to riyadh follows a meeting with the rebel leaders in yemen is trying to get all sides to attend talks in sweden early next month millions of yemenis are facing famine after three and a half years of civil war. charles president idriss deby says he wants a new era of cooperation with israel as he makes a landmark trip to the country as a first visit by a chaldean leader since the two sides broke off relations in one thousand nine hundred eighty two well those were the headlines is continues here on al-jazeera al-jazeera world stage of that soldier. who is an american palestinian writer and academic whose influential nine hundred seventy eight orientalism challenge to western preconceptions about arabs and the arab world. born in jerusalem in

u.s. house intelligence committee in january has accused president of dishonesty over his response to the murder of. adam schiff says donald trump's links to sound. need to be investigated on official reports washington d.c. . the us president received his intelligence report into the killing of jamal khashoggi and he's rejected the idea it firmly says the saudi crown prince ordered the operation maybe. maybe. donald trump says he's standing by saudi arabia a country he believes will help with his action against iran and could help sell a middle east peace deal to the palestinians he's also talked about the arms sales agreed with saudi arabia as important to the u.s. economy even though numerous sources dispute the value in terms of dollars and jobs but the man who will lead the house of representatives intelligence committee in january will immigrant adam shift says he's seen intelligence reports too early and the answer is more definitive the president is not being honest with the country about the murder of democracy. i think in part he feels that by saying that we don't know or that t

the man set to leave the house intelligence committee when the u.s. congress returns in january has accused the president of dishonesty over his response to the murder. adam schiff says donald trump's links to saudi arabia need to be investigated that's going on. in washington d.c. so allan strong comments from adam schiff the pressure on trunk shows no sign of result of relenting exactly right you remember that just on thursday donald trump when he was down in florida was asked do you think mohammed bin salman the saudi crown prince was behind the murder of jamal khashoggi after what you've seen from the cia and he said well maybe it was maybe wasn't the cia don't make a determination on the well they don't come to a conclusion in the report what they do is the say with a high degree of certainty that they believe the crown prince was behind the killing and now we have adam schiff who is going to be the head of the intelligence committee in the house of representatives come january just five six weeks away here say that he's going to investigate dona

u.s. house intelligence committee in january has accused president donald trump of dishonesty over his response to the murder of. adam schiff says donald trump's links to saudi arabia need to be investigated. well look the president is not being honest with the country about the murder of democracy. i think in part he feels that by saying that we don't know or that the world is a dangerous place or everybody does it he thinks it makes him look strong it actually makes him look weak it means that our allies don't respect us our enemies don't fear us. what is driving this i don't know whether this is simply an affinity that he has for autocrats he seems to choose them repeatedly over his own intelligence agencies or whether there's a financial motivation that is his own personal finances we do know of course he has openly bragged about how many millions he makes from saudi arabia in uganda thirty one bodies have been recovered from lake victoria after a boat capsized on saturday overcrowding and bad weather being blamed for the disaster at least one hundred people were thought to be no aboard the

u.s. house intelligence committee says donald trump's response to the murder of jamal khashoggi will be investigated adam schiff says it will be covered as part of a probe into the president's financial ties to saudi arabia. a parliamentary elections being held in bahrain which rights groups say is neither free nor fair the two main opposition groups taking part after m.p.'s voted earlier this year to effectively ban the. u.n. special envoy to yemen says he's convinced to the rebels to attend peace talks in sweden next month asking griffiths visited the port city of his data and urged all sides to maintain peace it's a crucial gateway for food and aid for millions of yemenis who are on the brink of famine. now a new alliance has been formed in the race to replace president joseph kabila in the democratic republic of congo's election next month feliks just acadia has joined forces with another opposition leader little come a day the outgoing president is constitutionally barred from running for a term he's backed his former interior minister emanuel shadow one of fifteen congolese figures who've been

u.s. house intelligence committee when congress returns in january has accused president trump of this honesty over his response to the murder of jamal khashoggi adam schiff says trump's links to sarge arabia need to be investigated and the u.n. special envoy for yemen is due to hold talks with exiles here many government leaders in saudi arabia on monday martin griffiths trip to riyadh follows a meeting with who he rebel leaders in yemen is trying to get all sides to attend peace talks in sweden early next month millions of year many's a facing famine after three and a half years of civil war of those are the headlines on al-jazeera the documentary sikes pico lines in the sand continues next to stay with us thanks so much. descend on al-jazeera. from hospitality to hostility toward hotels tells dramatic stories about high cons of complex and last resort shelters in divided cities an exclusive interview with nobel peace prize laureates now g.m.o. rudd and denis mccoy get an ad try special antarctic sanctuary follows greenpeace as they campaign to create the largest protected area on. an annual

u.s. house intelligence committee says donald trump's response to the murder of jamal khashoggi will be investigated adam schiff says it will be covered as part of a probe into the president's financial ties to saudi arabia. antigovernment protests as a facing off with police in the french capital paris there andrea about the rising cost of fuel and the economic policies of president. parliamentary elections being held in bahrain which rights groups say is neither free nor fair the two main opposition groups are taking part after m.p.'s voted earlier this year to effectively ban. the protests as into music a pressuring the government to cancel a planned visit by the saudi crown prince because of his suspected involvement in the murder of jamal khashoggi up the cash strapped government is warning the protests could stop much needed financial aid from the kingdom. reports. today activists are calling for mass protests against a proposed visit by the saudi crown prince mohamed is on his first tour aboard since the killing of journalist. some tennesseans a worry his arrival could undermine their newfoun

u.s. house of representatives' intelligence committee adam schiff a democrat from california has announced that he will request an investigation into whether or not president trump will be able to provide details of the intelligence assessment i was provided to him about all the details leading up to the murder of john murtha shoji and separately what appears to be a politically motivated investigation into his financial dealings with saudi arabia . on a separate note we have also seen that the senate where do republicans are in control are pushing forward a separate motion and that motion would ensure that all the details pertaining to the cia assessment will be shared with lawmakers under u.s. law when is that likely to happen and will that assessment be publicly disclosed. that this us mint will likely be publicly disclosed primarily because it is mary interest to the american public and to the washington post which is of course the dominant newspaper in the american capital where. as a columnist that that's the first aspect of it the second aspect is that the motion of the senate was f

about the man who is set to lead the house intelligence committee when the u.s. congress returns in january has accused the u.s. president of dishonesty over his response to the murder of jamal khashoggi just the latest criticism of the president from leading u.s. politicians on this subject we have got alan fischer in washington d.c. to talk through this one alan what has adam schiff had to say. bottom chef raise the idea that donald trump might be going easy on the saudis because of his business interests and his business connection with saudi arabia you remember just on thursday he was asked whether or not he believed that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman was responsible for ordering the murder of jamal khashoggi then he said maybe he did maybe didn't the cia didn't make a recommendation in their report the adam schiff is seeing is that he has also seen intelligence and he admits he hasn't seen everything that the president may have seen but he says he's also seen intelligence and he thinks that odds with what the president is telling the people acro

u.s. senate but the house intelligence committee to not only try and make that assessment public but also to do what one democratic senator has car rather house member has called a deep dive there will be investigations and there certainly will be an effort to bring up many of the members of the trumpet ministration including the secretary of defense and the secretary of state in fact we know there should be some briefings happening today saudi arabia as well as a meeting with the president can really thanks very much. now the future of afghanistan is being debated over the next two days at an international conference in geneva led by the afghan president. the u.n. the u.s. and international partners will discuss how they could help bring stability to the country as peace talks with the taliban move forward if charlotte but. as president ashraf ghani and chief executive of diller abdullah deposit kabul for geneva they lift behind this violent protests across the west of the city over the wrist of a local shia commander the disparate to prove they are in control and in geneva they will lay

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u.s. democrat member of the house intelligence committee he's been speaking about this issue let's have a little listen. the president needs to listen to what our intelligence committee has to say what our best professionals' assessment is and it's vitally important that this administration not allow itself to become part of any saudi cover up any cover up generally any cover up of the crown prince's involvement. the saudis have already undermined their position in the world undermined their standing and the administration make sure needs to make sure it doesn't undermine its own standing so what do you think about that. the president needs to listen to what our intelligence community has to say you would think that would be taken as a given. and yes it's not. yes i don't think it's the first time that we've seen this polarity the intelligence community told him one thing about russian efforts to interfere with the two thousand and sixteen presidential campaign it was unanimous and mr trump still disputes that so this is not unique and i do think that mr trump has a dilemma in the sense t

adam schiff who is going to be the new chair of the house intelligence committee come january says that yes he is going to convene a full hearing on the u.s. intelligence community what it knows about the murder of jamal. and what the trumpet ministration has been doing or not doing in response to the evidence gathered by u.s. intelligence schiff tells the washington post that it's important to get a baseline to basically figure out what is it that the cia and the other fifteen intelligence agencies that make up the intelligence community what do they actually know what evidence do they have what information have they not been able to confirm or refute that way they can actually determine whether or not the u.s. president donald trump is in fact ignoring the conclusions as has been reported by a number of news organizations that as far as the cia is concerned this saudi government did plan and order and carry out the murder of jamal khashoggi back on october second so that's the first thing that adam schiff wants to do he also wants to take a look at the financial relationship between the united states and saudi arabia and more particular

the man set to lead the house intelligence committee when the u.s. congress returns in january has accused president trump of dishonest c. over his response to the murder of jamal khashoggi adam schiff says chumps links to saudi arabia need to be investigated but just today those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next the listening post. when on line are you looking at wildlife and how come together to benefit all parties and that's where we're going to be long term or if you join sun sand if you could take me around the continent well would you tell me you don't have to set up your experiment for your experiment in the universe this is a dialogue everyone has a voice you actually raise several interesting point there that several of our community members are going to join the global conversation. criminal charges against the exact charge and i'm. not actually charge someone publishing a truthful information. by we can take you time and accounting to. us intelligence i think they would love. to lower richard gives birth in

u.s. president's reluctance to punish for the killing of journalist. democrat adam schiff is said to become the house intelligence committee chairman early next year and is promising a thorough investigation into the affair. mexico's incoming government is in talks with u.s. officials about the plan for mexico to host asylum seekers while their case is heard in the u.s. courts it's a pressing issue at the moment thousands of central americans are gathered on the mexican side of the u.s. border hoping to cross mexico's incoming interior minister says there's no agreement yet on hosting u.s. asylum seekers. but tweets from donald trump seem to suggest some kind of deal has been done migrants at the southern border will not be allowed into the united states until their claims are individually approved in court we only will allow those who come into our country illegally other than that our very strong policy is catch and detain no releasing into the u.s. or will stay in mexico if for any reason it becomes necessary we will close our southern border there is no way the united states will after decades of abuse put up with this costly and dangerous situatio

now in other news the man set to lead the house intelligence committee when the u.s. congress returns in january is accuse the president of dishonesty over his response to the murder of jamal khashoggi this is just the latest prism of criticism of the president from leaving u.s. politicians following the murder of the saudi journalist last month in istanbul we're checking in with alan fischer now in washington for more on this one this is adam schiff alan a man who we are hearing increasingly more from and no doubt this will continue. he is the man who is going to be the head of the house intelligence committee when we get to january and the democrats take over the house we know donald trump's position on the report from the intelligence services he made it very clear when he was heading down to florida and when he was actually n. florida itself what he said is the cia didn't make any determination whether or not mohamed bin soundman was responsible for the death of jamal khashoggi maybe that maybe didn't was what donald trump said and he was going to stand by saudi a

before that, he was senior counsel to the permanent select committee of intelligence to the u.s. house's. to me, this is a bunch of countries and some companies agreeing not to attack each other in cyberspace during peace time, but if the u.s., china, iran, north korea, israel, russia are not signing on, how much weight does this actually have? part of the challenge with the paris call is it is a statement of principle. it is not really binding in international law. it is a set of common things the companies in these countries agreed to. everyone agrees these are positive things that are useful for the world, but there are the details which are complicated and probably the reason why some likeese major countries allies like australia did not sign onto it. emily: how is this actually going to work, and how will they make sure that the folks who sign this are standing by their agreement? >> there is a lot of implementation left to go on. this is not an internationally binding instrument. it is a statement of ideas. what is interesting about this accord is the majority of signatories, alm

u.s. president's defense of the saudi crown prince in the wake of john this jamal khashoggi is murder is expected to face a congressional investigation early next year the democrats tipped to lead the house intelligence committee when newly elected members take office says donald trump's response will be part of a probe into the president's financial ties to saudi arabia the us president in the series of statements as col styles on the findings of his own intelligence agency that crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered killing. has been following the story in washington. over the past two years of his presidency u.s. president donald trump really hasn't faced any sort of check on his presidential power that's going to change at the very beginning of january when the democrats of the opposition party take over the house of representatives we're already hearing from adam schiff he's a representative from california he's likely going to lead the intelligence committee and he says he's going to look into exactly why the president is responding to the murder of jim exactly like he is now how does this play out well right now the president can dismiss what the cia is reporting to him he can say and he did say that

u.s. president's reluctance to punish saudi arabia for the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi democrat adam schiff is that to become the house intelligence committee chairman early next year and is promising a thorough investigation into the affair. taiwanese voters have backed anti gay marriage referendums and what activists say is a blow to the island's reputation as a rights trailblazer the result came at the end of a dramatic day which saw president sighing when resign as leader of the ruling party after it suffered major electoral losses al-jazeera is aging brown reports from the capital taipei. some voters waited patiently in line for up to two hours to cause their ballots the election and the referendums happening alongside it were about local issues they also indicated the popularity of the government led by president zine when the verdict a severe setback to her leadership her democratic progressive party lost control of taiwan second and third largest city she offered to resign as party chairwoman which analysts say will weaken her power within the d.p.p. so here i think in iraq i think first of all i need to take full responsibility for

crown prince specifically and we have heard repeatedly from top members of intelligence committees in the house of rather in the u.s. senate including senator lindsey graham bob corker top republicans who are all at least in the case of lindsey graham a supporter of donald trump pressing donald trump meeting at the white house last week we believe with donald trump although it wasn't on the official schedule for him to point the finger at the crown prince but what we haven't seen in the seventeenth sanctions is the crown prince specifically named and what about the white house and what they're doing what about congress what are they emptor. yes so because the u.s. congress feels that this white house is dragging its heels in effect in terms of not taking stronger action and what they believe is as clear evidence implicating the saudi crown prince others that they are pushing for a vote on the floor of the u.s. senate senator rand paul calling to try and trigger under the one nine hundred seventy six arms export control act to block the sale of three hundred million weapons to bahrain which of course is closely alig

u.s. president donald trump's defense of saudi arabia and journalist. is expected to be part of an intense congressional investigation early next year adam schiff the democrat to meet the house intelligence committee says there are plans to uncover trump's possible financial ties with the kingdom. french riot police have fought running battles with fuel tax protesters in paris motorists are demanding that president mark or scrap the proposed green energy tax. and british prime minister to resign me as arrived in brussels for a meeting with the european commission president jiang ahead of a special summit to discuss the final brecht's of agreements the meeting comes just hours after the final hurdle over issue brown talk was agreed with spain. not taiwan has voted against becoming the first asian country to legalize same sex marriage and in no collections voters dealt a blow to the ruling pro independence party it may or seats in some of its knowledge a city. president sighing when as offered to resign as chairman of the ruling party voters avoided angering china by saying no to changing the island's name from chinese taipei to taiwan for international sporting events adrian brown has more from tai

u.s. president's reluctance to punish saudi arabia for the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi democrat adam schiff is set to become the house intelligence committee chairman early next year and is promising a thorough investigation into the affair. the final of south american football's biggest club competition the copa limited dora's has been pushed back by a day after one of the team bosses was attacked several players were hurt after fans of the river plate club threw projectiles at the rival baka junior's boss. taiwan's president sighing when has resigned as the chairman of the pro of the ruling pro independence party following a major defeat in local mid-term elections voters have said no to becoming the first asian country to legalize same sex marriage. yemen saudi backed government has rejected a u.n. offer to manage the running of a crucial port special envoy martin griffiths met senior who is the rebels who agreed to talks on the un's role in managing the head to head data port is control it and saudi immorality coalition forces have been battling to retake it for months griffiths is expected to meet members of yemen's exiled government

house intelligence committee. you dealt with issues like this all the time. if it puts u.s. k here, because this has become a habit for this president. he ignores intelligence that he doesn't like, russian interference in the 2016 electi election, evidence that north korea is continuing nuclear and missile activity, despite those ongoing negotiations and now here, high confidence assessment from the cia that the crown prince is behind this. does that put america in danger when the commander in chief ignores the intelligence, ignores the facts? >> i do think it certainly jeopardizes relationships we have across the middle east, including very special relationships with the saudi arabian government, their intelligence services. that certainly will get frayed in this process, no matter what. again, here is where i think -- i get that the president is probably getting these briefings and they're trying to say we have to balance this strategic relationship with what was clearly a murderous act of a reporter by the crown prince, and i think the president is just not doing a great j

least some of them, have some information about this, because both the house and senate intelligence committees have been briefed by the u.s. intelligence community about what they know. perhaps that's one reason that we're starting to see this pressure build on the president to acknowledge complicity from mbs. this is a rather stunning riff that's maeremerged between the intelligence community that clearly believes all signs point to mbs ordering this and the president who has been very open about the fact that he doesn't want to let the khashoggi killing interfere with close u.s./saudi relations. the problem with the cia is they have one hand tied behind their back. while the president can go out and say whatever he wants in public, the cia would be improper and frankly illegal for the u.s. intelligence community to start talking about classified intelligence assessments on the record in public. but we've seen this time and again from the president, including with the issue of russian meddling where he will mischaracterize intelligence or what the u.s. knows about a situation because he knows that the intelligence commun

u.s. president's reluctance to punish saudi arabia for the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi democrat adam schiff is set to become the house intelligence committee chairman next year and is promising a thorough investigation into the affair. mexico's incoming government is in talks with u.s. officials about a plan to host asylum seekers by their cases ahead in u.s. courts it's a pressing issue at the moment thousands of central americans have gathered on the mexican side of the u.s. border. taiwanese versions have backed anti gay marriage referendums and what activists say is a blow to the island's reputation as a rights trailblazer the result came at the end of a dramatic day which saw president sighing when resign as leader of the ruling party after it suffered major electoral losses as adrian brown reports from the capital taipei. some voters waited patiently in line for up to two hours to counts their ballots the election and the referendums happening alongside it were about local issues they also indicated the popularity of the government led by president xining when the verdict a severe setback to her leadership the democratic progressive

days on capitol hill but there will also be intelligence committee hearings at least in the house of representatives come january still ahead on al-jazeera the u.s and mexico discuss the fate of thousands of asylum seekers gathering at the border and fear is a refugee camp will be left without medical care after a major charity pulls out. hello again it's good to have you back well we did have some very active weather here parts of iraq as well as into iran you can see the systems are still making their way through so we still expect to see very heavy rain at times over the next few days here's your forecast map for sunday not only for iran but also down here towards kuwait saudi arabia and maybe even to bahrain and qatar so that is going to be something we're going to be watching sunday is going to be the day as we go towards monday though a lot of that weather pushes over here towards pakistan afghanistan but across the gulf it is looking much better as we take a look at the gulf in saudi arabia and also the arabian peninsula we are going to see that rain sure i to be here for doha we do expect to see a temperature of thirty maybe anywhere bet

u.s. intelligence community has concluded so that's a very significant development. evan perez doing excellent reporting for us as he always does. thank you. let's get more from a member of the house intelligence committee from illinois. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> so the president is lark out at the mueller probe and is saying things in these tweets this morning, he's saying it's a total mess. he's gone absolutely nuts, mueller. they are screaming and shouting behind the scenes. these are angry people. they are highly conflicted. a disgrace to our nation. he was not senate-approved, mueller. he was not confirmed by the senate in this interview with the daily caller. he says as far as i'm concerned this is an investigation that should never have been brought. it should never have been had. it's something that should never have been brought. it's an illegal investigation, he says, and it's very interesting that mueller was never confirmed by the senate. your reaction? >> he doesn't need to be, and mr. mueller had extraordinary bipartisan credentials coming in. when he was appointed i heard prominent republicans saying there couldn't be a better choice than mr. mueller who

u.s. courts. arthel: bryan llenas, thank you. eric: president trump department, matthew whitaker as acting attorney general. incoming chairman of the house intelligence committee, congressman adam schiff says they need to know flickr was appointed to shut down special counsel robert mueller's fresh approach. whitaker has been critical of the investigation and congressman schiff charges the acting ag he says is not being transparent with congress. >> we are going to bring whitaker before the congress assuming he's still in his position at the time the democrats take over. we may recommend whether he's in a position or not. >> what will whitaker say? you're a? you're attending a massive more from washington. >> in addition to shutting down the probe altogether, lawmakers are concerned about the other steps not whitaker could take to either hamper the investigation are trying keep mueller's final report from going public. but by republicans are pushing for legislation that will protect special counsel. senator amy quote which are sitting on the judiciary committee which has oversight of the justice department. >> i think we should do everything we can to try to n

u.s. law enforcement officials tell buzzfeed newsohen and a russian official discussed plans to give president vladimir putin a $50 million penthouse in that proposed tower. democratic members of the house intelligence committee tell buzzfeed they will investigate once the party takes control come january.lt cohen's g plea is the 7th to come out of robert mueller's investigation, and after the plea president trump said his former fixer is a, quote, weak person who is aiming for a reduced sentence. nbc's pete williams starts off our coverage. >> reporter: michael cohen was rt pleading ral c guilty to an explosive new s charge,ing that he lied to congress when he told house and senateas investigators lt year about discussions between the trump organization and the russian government over plans to build a tmp tower in moscow. cohen said he lied when he told congress that the drulings with ia ended in january 2016, before the presidential campaign was heating up. in fact,dm heted they continued for at least another six months, and he briefed trump family members. he also liedheo congress w said he was not in touch witan y russian officials about the project and had no plans to travel there. cohen now says he e-ma

year adam schiff the democrat to lead the house intelligence committee says there are plans to uncover trump's possible financial ties with the kingdom the u.s. president in a series of statements is cast doubt on the findings of his own intelligence agency the crown prince mohammed bin salmond ordered casualties killing a parliamentary election is being held in bahrain which rights groups say is neither free nor fair the two main opposition groups aren't taking part after m.p.'s voted earlier this year to effectively ban them prominent members of shia dominated opposition parties are serving long prison sentences it's a second election since anti-government demonstrations began in twenty eleven. the polls of close in taiwan's midterm local elections they're regarded as being a test of the island's ruling pro independence party voters are also deciding on ten referendum issues including whether to allow same sex marriage another is which china is watching closely is about changing the island's name from chinese taipei to taiwan for international sporting events antigovernment protests is a facing off with police in the french capital paris t

u.s. president donald trump's support for saudi arabia following the murder of journalist last month democratic senator adam schiff the possible future head of the house intelligence committee has called for a probe into trump's financial ties with the kingdom is also promised a deep dive into washington's wider relationship with its longtime ally a coup which has been echoed by senate republicans including foreign relations chairman bob corker sense as well so receive a briefing next week which could determine whether congress goes forward with sanctions on saudi arabia. roslyn jordan is live for us in washington d.c. both democrats republicans have been complaining about trump's handling of the case what do you think we'll see them do about it. well basically they're now at the point where both republicans and democrats say that they need as much information as possible before they try to pass legislation and even though that could run into a potential veto threat from the white house it does seem as if both republicans and democrats are willing to drive to get the information they need to try to hold the administration responsible for the way it's been responding not jus

u.s. laws were violated. do you believe, congressman, that michael cohen, when he testified before your committee last year, the house intelligence committee, did you have any reason to believe at that time that he was lying to you and your colleagues? >> well, i think that there were a number of times throughout all the testimonies whether it be clapper and comey and himself, inconsistencies and statements, and i think that's one of the reasons why the committees involved have all of the skranz crypts made public because congress doesn't prosecute and lying to congress is a crime. they should be reviewed by the special counsel and people should be held accountable. having looked at the transcript again, the 70 hours that he spent before the mueller investigation, he's a guys who winds around a lot for answers so i wouldn't exact all 70 hours were truthful. >> if michael cohen is telling the truth now and abs-of-as you know mueller and his team they said in court that they believe he's telling the truth now and the president lied to the american people about various deals that were on going with the russians, would that be a prob

adam schiff, the incoming chairman of the house intelligence committee, said that he and his committee plan to investigate the -- if there is any link between the u.s. government and the trumps and the saudi kingdom in terms. finances, other matters. they want to drill down into why the president continues to embrace saudi arabia as opposed to call them out over what the cia has concluded was a direct role in the death of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. so what the president is going to say is a different washington. a check on the white house for the first time. behind the scenes they are preparing in terms of lawyers. the white house counsel's office, preparing for investigations. the democrats can also overreach here. some democrats talking impeachment, but that's been tamped down by leadership. there will be oversight hearings, there will be investigations. so that will be something that is much different than anything the trump administration has dealt with during their first two years in office. >> no doubt about it. as jeff said, talking about the investigation into a saudi-trump relationship, the democrats have wanted to see pr

u.s. economy even though numerous sources dispute the value in terms of dollars and jobs but the man who will lead the house of representatives intelligence committee in january democrat adam schiff today says he's seen intelligence reports too early and the answer is more definitive the president is not being honest with the country about the murder of democracy. i think in part he feels that by saying that we don't know or that the world is a dangerous place or everybody does it he thinks it makes him look strong it actually makes him look weak but it's not just democrats are piling pressure on the white house trump our live republican senator mike lee says there are bound to be congressional hearings into u.s. links with saudi arabia look i don't know why he's siding with the saudis but i think there are things we can do to change our relationship with the saudis notwithstanding whatever his personal motivations might be donald trump me will come face to face with the saudi crown prince when he heads to the g. twenty meeting of leading industrialized countries in argentina later this week despite widespread international condemnation of the kill

top house intelligence committee democrat adam schiff already declaring that the committee will investigate president trump's response to the murder, the brutal murder, of u.s.-based journalist, jamal khashoggi. and the top democrat on the senate armed services committee, jack reed, accusing president trump of lying about the cia report on the killing. cnn's kaitlan collins in west palm beach, florida, near where he's spending the holiday. president trump now encouraging democrats and republicans to come together, political kum ba yah moment here? >> reporter: well, jim, the president still has a few more days here in palm beach, about but he's already setting the stage for a legislative fight when he gets back to washington. he is putting his border wall front and center and even threatening to shut down the government if he doesn't get it. under sunny skies in palm beach, florida, president trump volunteering to spend his day on the golf course. after punching out a pair of morning tweets on the border wall and criminal justice reform. the president's low-key day coming after a thanksgiving spent listing his complaints. >> it's a shame. it's a disgrace, f

u.s. economy even though numerous sources dispute the value in terms of dollars in the. but the man who will lead the house of representatives intelligence committee in january immigrant adam shift says he's seen intelligence reports too and the answer is more definitive the president is not being honest with the country about the murder of democracy. i think in part he feels that by saying that we don't know or that the world is a dangerous place or everybody does it he thinks it makes him look strong it actually makes him look weak but it's not just democrats are piling pressure on the white house trump our live republican senator mike lee says there are bones to be congressional hearings into u.s. links with saudi arabia look i don't know why he's siding with the saudis but i think there are things we can do to change our relationship with the saudis notwithstanding whatever his personal motivations might be donald trump me will come face to face with the saudi crown prince we heads to the g. twenty meeting of leading industrialized countries in argentina later this week despite widespread international condemnation of the killing of the washin