u.s. senators are pushing for a new sanctions against those behind the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi bob menendez on the senate foreign relations committee is among the many politicians this is they're frustrated with the lack of progress made by the trumpet ministration on an investigation into the killing and whether senators gave the president one hundred twenty days to determine added investigate the perpetrators under the global the netsky act but the white house failed to meet that deadline let's get more now from our white house correspondent kimberly how get it in washington d.c. . well i think we can take what a couple of senators who have a lot of power in the senate are saying collectively not just bob menendez but also senator tim kaine both democrats but it is important to note that there is unity rare unity on this issue in the u.s. congress with respect to the notion that the administration has essentially flouted the law when it comes to the trigger of the global magnitsky act you'll remember that that was triggered in twenty eighteen the administration was required t

senate rule changes. we could see significant change in the u.s. than it. -- u.s. senate.is mitch mcconnell attempting to do? >> he wants to limit the amount of time it would take to debate judges and nominations, executive branch nominees, judges or subcabinet positions. this would not apply to the supreme court or to the cabinet, but mcconnell wants to limit debate from 30 hours to just two hours, which would speed up how many judges or how many nominees president trump can get through the senate. >> the senate has already approved about three dozen of the senate's appellate court -- the presidents appellate court nominees. why does mcconnell think this change is necessary? >> two things are going on. one, mitch mcconnell thinks there have just not in enough nominees approved. democrats ofd obstruction and not allowing president trump to have as many nominees by this time in his presidency as president obama did. on the other side of that coin, believe --vatives some believe this is an attempt to go nuclear, to set up a vote on the entire nuclear option. mitch mcconnell

harvard law school, nominated by president obama. 97-0 by the u.s. senate. they don't vote 97-0 on anything or anybody anymore. she read in open court about paul manafort, "he thereby cheated the u.s. treasury out of over $6 million in tax revenue. why? not to support a family but to sustain a lifestyle at the most opulent and extravagant level possible. more houses than a family can enjoy. more suits than one man can wear." robert, you've been around for a lot of the rise of paul manafort. certainly have covered his tenure with mr. trump.

the u.s. senate votes to stop supporting the saudi u.a.e. led military coalition in yemen. but the audience have it the allies have it. britain's parliament rolls out and no deal bret's it now they'll decide. whether to ask you if the departure date can be delayed. because. hello boeing has grounded its global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft after u.s. president joined dozens of other countries in banning the jets from their skies u.s. aviation regulators had been saying the planes were safe but change their stance following new evidence from the scene of the ethiopian airlines crash that killed one hundred fifty seven people reports from boeing's aircraft factory in seattle. globally grounded the entire fleet of all three hundred seventy one boeing seven three seven max airplanes are being taken out of service following two unexplained clashes less than six months apart the u.s. was the last country to ground the planes president donald trump made the announcement and we. had a very detailed. group of people working on the seven thirty seven eight and the seven thi

u.s. secretary of state's comments. the united states makes no secret of what it stands for freedom justice democracy and saudi arabia the white house stands firm on that even if the senate is having second thoughts voting to end u.s. support for riyadh's endless war in yemen saudi arabia's bloody war in yemen world's worst humanitarian disaster the horrific wall in yemen saudi led quagmire we are helping saudi arabia drop bombs on churches and weddings we all want this conflict to end if you truly care about your many lives you'd support the saudi led effort to prevent yemen from turning into a puppet state of the corrupt british islamic republic of iran as opposed to becoming a puppet of the free and fair saudi arabia but what do we know the saudis have waged a four year war against who the rebels who they call terrorists that has turned yemen into a humanitarian catastrophe worse even than syria four and five yemeni civilians twenty four out of twenty eight million need aid to survive three in five or twenty million either on the brink or already starving that is the pump aoe has a solution the united states has given more than two billion dollars to help the many peo

u.s. senators push for a new sanctions of those behind the study journalists killing. ok let's not return to our top story and that's a political standoff in venezuela dobson as a journalist at venezuela analysis dot com and he joins us now from in venezuela fall dobson good to have you on the show thank you very much for joining us. so we're hearing that the mother is calling for rival rallies. what would what is he likely to achieve from this and what really is the point he's trying to make. well there's something that's not at all unusual here in venice weyler for both sides of the political spectrum to take to the streets on the saying they a lot have to do about the idea of not abandoning a graphical space in the streets essentially to the other political bloc and we've seen numerous examples of this over the last couple of months when a lot of pro-government rallies have coincided with a large opposition rallies largely they have been peaceful and gone off without incident and so this is really not a surprise for us here in venezuela that is not fact speculation

u.s. congress being discussed put forward by the two two senators rand paul and tom would all so at this point people are looking at this situation and saying it looks somewhat optimistic that this long war the longest war in u.s. history might actually come to an end at some point in the near future. but as well a face is more u.s. sanctions as washington tries to cripple caracas financially in his bid to oust president nicolas maduro by simply recognizing opposition leader won the country's interim president the u.s. seems to think it's already succeeded in effecting regime change with the state department going so far as to break journalists who say otherwise. we have noticed in news coverage that some outlets are incorrectly referring to one quite go as the opposition leader or the self-proclaimed president. neither is corrects relying on venezuela's constitution one guy joe became interim president of venezuela on january twenty third and millions of americans and more than fifty countries recognize why go as interim president of venezuela and get this straight you're complaining because

now the u.s. senate has just voted to revoke president donald trump's declaration of a national emergency on the southern border with mexico several members of trump's own republican party rebelled against his measure to secure billions of dollars in emergency funding to build a border wall in a surprisingly strong defeat for president it is the second senate repeat of trump in two days on wednesday it voted to end u.s. military support for the saudi led coalition in yemen let's get more now from our white house correspondent kelly welcome how could he is in washington d.c. for us and kimberly this joke was expected to go this way wasn't it. it was expected to go this way but i think it's important to note that well republicans have joined democrats in pushing back against the president's emergency declaration they've done it for very different reasons we saw this already this legislation passing in the house of representatives controlled by democrats trying to nullify the emergency declaration on moral

u.s. senators are pushing for a new sanctions against those behind the murder of. bob menendez on the senate foreign relations committee is among many politicians who say they're frustrated with the lack of progress made by trump the trumpet ministration on an investigation into the killing in october the senator has gave the president one hundred twenty days to determine and investigate the perpetrators and other global magnitsky acts but the white house failed to meet that deadline more from our white house correspondent kimberly how kids. well i think we can take what a couple of senators who have a lot of power in the senate are saying collectively not just bob menendez but also senator tim kaine both democrats but it is important to note that there is unity rare unity on this issue in the u.s. congress with respect to the notion that the administration has essentially flouted the law when it comes to the trigger of the global magnitsky act you remember that that was triggered in twenty eighteen the administration was required to come up with a report to congre

think u.s. senate has voted to revoke donald trump's declaration of a national emergency on the border with mexico several members of the president's own republican party sided against him our white house correspondent kelly health that reports on how trump respondent are there any senators wishing to change their vote in a humiliating or buke by members of his own republican party the joint resolution is passed on thursday twelve republicans in the senate joined democrats to overturn the u.s. president's emergency declaration that provides roughly eight billion dollars in funding for a us mexico border wall to halt illegal immigration democrats oppose the move on moral grounds why didn't you just declare merger before we shut the government gives thirty five. what cost the economy billions and billions of dollars if you can just do this by declaring an emergency well the easy answer for that is it's not it emerges but republicans pushed back for a different reason for concern president donald trump is

u.s. senators are pushing for new sanctions against those behind the murder of the saudi journalist. bob menendez on the senate's foreign khamees foreign relations committee as among the many politicians who say they are frustrated with the lack of progress made by trump administrator and on an investigation into the killing and october the senators gave the president one hundred twenty days to determine and investigate the perpetrators under the global magnitsky act the white house failed to meet that deadline let's get more now from our white house correspondent kimberly house in washington. well i think we can take what a couple of senators who have a lot of power in the senate are saying collectively not just bob menendez but also senator tim kaine both democrats but it is important to note that there is unity rare unity on this issue in the u.s. congress with respect to the notion that the administration has essentially flouted the law when it comes to the trigger of the global magnitsky act you'll remember that that was triggered in twenty eighteen the administration was require

we could see significant change in the u.s. senate. what is mitch mcconnell attempting to do? >> mcconnell wants to change the senate rules to limit the amount of time that it would take to debate judges, not number these to be judges or subcabinet positions. this would not apply to the supreme court. mcconnell wants to limit debate ,rom 30 hours to two hours which would speed up how many nominees pres. trump: get to the senate. seven approved three dozen nominees. why does mitch mcconnell this change is necessary? sec: spencer: there are two things -- guest: there are two things going on. mitch mcconnell thinks there have not been enough nominees approved. he has accused democrats of obstruction. side, somer observers believe this is an attempt to go nuclear, to set up a vote on the entire nuclear option. mitch mcconnell need 60 votes to approve this rules change which he may not get because he would be democrats to vote with the. -- him. they have directed they are going to change the rules of the mean theyirely to would only need 50 votes to get nominees through. he would ne

secretary of state stands for support for the saudi led coalition bombing campaign despite a u.s. senate vote to end it with donald trump threaten to veto. we'll bring you up to speed. question of third time lucky for to resume a british prime minister is expected to put a plan for the vote once again this week as he pleads for support for much. united states to nuclear capable strategic bombers for.

u.s. senator and presidential hopeful. am i a tough boss sometimes yes i am tough i push people that is true. i would trade you for a bottle of water. she was known to throw officer objects in frustration including binders and firms employees were asked to perform duties they described as the meat or sugar dishes for other three. negative reports of how you've treated some of your staff in the past what's too hard when you're out there on the world stage and dealing with people like black america yeah you want someone who is tough. but it is an celebrations are taking place across the crimean peninsula right now as the region marks five years since its reunification with russia our correspondent there for us. well the celebrations have gone into the night really and there was something of a nature's a gift here the weather was absolutely beautiful a warm sunny day nothing really stopping people from coming out here and marking the days out in the open in the streets in this square and really that's what they did so i mean

black sea that news was confirmed by nato supreme allied commander in europe in an address to the u.s. senate with more is our to speak to all of our. u.s. general curtis scuppered altie is being giving testimony before the senate armed services committee know he was how to create a question put to him by the chair over the u.s. is deployment in the black sea region who was it targeting and was it sufficient in general skeptical of these view it needs more work both the united states and in nato has stepped up its presence in the black sea do you think it's sending a clear message to president vladimir putin i think it is i mean a the frankly don't like us in the black sea and it's international waters and we should seal and fly their scuppered off he isn't you common old garden general he also has a well he has quite a bit more power than not he's also the commander of the u.s. european command he's also the nato supreme allied commander and it was and what he's been asking for is for two navy destroyers to be sent into navy destroyers that are currently stationed in spain it wasn't just rus

u.s. senator presidential hopeful amy cliff. am i a tough boss sometimes yes i am tough i push people that is true. i would trade three of you for a bottle of water. she was known to throw off his job and frustration including binders and phones employees were asked to perform duties they described as the me wash your dishes for other. negative reports of how you treated some of your staff in the past what's hard when you're out there on the world stage and dealing with people like flattery or pool where you want someone to stop. thousands of anti-government demonstrators massed outside police headquarters in the said being capital belgrade on sunday. the protesters denounce what they say is president alexander which is slides to water traffic rules the weekend rallies a part of a bigger movement to denounce and said in government proceed to tackle disabilities including freedom of speech demonstrators also demanded the release of those arrested two in the storming of the country state t.v. channel on saturday is has some of tha

on c-span two, the u.s. senate returns for work on the judicial on the sixth be circuit court of appeals. at 10 a.m. on c-span3, homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen. senate armed the services committee looks into military sexual assault, prevention, and response. coming up in an hour, david keating on the institute for free speech discusses house democrats bill to reform campaign finance laws. california representative mike

u.s. senators vote to terminate border emergency declaration the president promising to veto. british politicians try to put the brakes on but the final decision rests with. you still say saudi arabia. have been brought to justice. hello israel's military says it's launched airstrikes on gaza. were fired towards. the israelis say they're carrying out the attacks on how must targets they blame hamas for the rockets fired at tel aviv the first such attack since twenty four. denies the attack its leaders are holding truce talks with egyptian mediators on a long term ceasefire with israel but israel security minister was quick to point the finger in his direction. two rockets were shot from the gaza strip on to give this continues about a year of rockets from the gaza strip on the citizens of southern israel it's time to defeat hamas it's time to act in your laterally demilitarize in order to defend israeli citizens so we have two reporters covering the story we'll speak to that in a moment but first over the heavy fall said it was to receive them so tell us if there's any officia

the u.s. senate has voted to revoke donald trump that the ration of a national emergency on the border with mexico several members of the president's own republican party sided against him our white house correspondent kimberly halkett reports on how trump responded are there any senators wishing to change their vote.

senator chris murphy has also been speaking on t.v. this morning in there in the u.s. what's he been saying. yeah he's not a stranger to morning television here in the united states and he is adding his voice to that of a number of senior senators who have been speaking in recent days following a briefing on monday that simply in short outrage the senators who were present it was a briefing where they were expecting an update for half from the administration with more insights into the killing of the washington post columnist but instead they got very little information they were extremely frustrated that the senators knew more than those who were being providing the briefing from the treasury department as well as the state department and this is led to a series of frustrations that have been played out on the media here in the united states that they are taking away from this the administration simply doesn't intend to comply with the global magnitsky act that triggered many months ago requirement under u.s. law for the administration to point to who specifically orde

u.s. senator and presidential hopeful amy slope which are. am i a tough boss sometimes yes i am tough i push people and that is true. i would trade three of you for a bottle of water. she was known to throw officer objects in frustration including binders and phones employees were asked to perform duties they described as the meat for sure dishes for others with. negative reports of how you've treated some of your staff in the past what to buy when you're out there on the world stage and dealing with people like flattery and why you want someone who's tough. festivities and celebrations going to where are taking place across the crimean peninsula right know the region marks five years since its reunification with russia our correspondent igor is just a phase in the thick of things there were i could day here things before i saw you there pretty lloyd what's going on around you give us a sense of what's happening. well you know in the celebrations already going into the night as you can see and really there was something will be made sure real

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u.s. spring as of today then what exactly are the two senators calling for. well it's being put forward by two legislators rand paul and tamu dall and essentially what it would do would be to declare victory in the afghan war remove all u.s. troops within one year and pay out the service members a one thousand dollar difference a dividend i guess and the law also would frame for political reconciliation to be implemented by afghans now senator ron rand paul when he was putting forward this legislation he said it's time to declare the victory we achieved long ago bring them home and put america's needs first now the war in afghanistan has been the longest in u.s. history it's lasted eighteen years and each of those years it has cost the american taxpayers rough largely fifty billion dollars now at this point as this legislation is come forward we've heard the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o talk about negotiations going on with the taliban but he also referred to them as terrorists let's take a listen just in afghanistan trying to find a way to achieve in

meanwhile u.s. senate has been to stability and participation in the afghan war let's go to new york now live and speak to our course for that caleb morphine. what exactly are the two senators calling for. well it's rand paul and tamu dollar and they are putting forward a bill that if it were to pass would immediately declare victory in the afghan war it would then begin the process of withdrawing all u.s. military personnel from afghanistan within a year and it would pay out thousands of dollars in a dividend to every combat service person who served in afghanistan in addition it would begin the process of reconciliation among afghans now rand paul when he put forward the legislation he said quote it's time to declare the victory we achieved long ago bring them home and put america's needs first kind of echoing donald trump's america first slogan now the war in afghanistan is actually the longest in all of us history it's been over eighteen years that the united states has been in afghanistan and each of

u.s. senator bob menendez has called for sanctions against individuals and entities responsible for the murder of salvage analyst general casualty kushal g. men and is the top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee and he's one of many senators left frustrated after they were briefed on kushal she's deaf on monday the committee met officials from the trumpet ministration to discuss if sanctions should be imposed on saudi arabia over the murder let's go now to our white house correspondent kimberly health that she is joining us live from washington d.c. so what else did senator menendez have to say kimberly. well i think we can take what a couple of senators who have a lot of power in the senate are saying collectively not just bob menendez but also senator tim kaine both democrats but it is important to note that there is unity rare unity on this issue in the u.s. congress with respect to the notion that the administration has essentially flouted the law when it comes to the trigger of the global magnitsky act you'll remember that that was triggered in twenty eighteen the administr

u.s. senator bernie sanders.2020 election cycle officially kicks off a year in now with the iowa caucuses. cnn's ryan nobles explains how the democratic field is shaping up at this early stage. >> reporter: the last time we took the temperature of iowa voters there were very few candidates in the race. i can tell you after having just returned from iowa, that the campaign is very much on. we now have 14 candidates who have officially announced or formed exploratory committees. despite having so many candidates in the field, the results have not changed all that much from december. joe biden and bernie sanders top the field by a pretty wide margin. of the sanders trailing behind from only two points from biden. and elizabeth warren has 9%. kamala harris at 7%. cory booker and klobuchar measure 3%. there's not even one candidate that we polled registered above the 1% mark. that's important because a candidate must earn at least 3% in three different upcoming polls. now, there is movement from what we saw in decembe

the u.s. senate has voted to revoke president donald trumps the clear ration of a national emergency on the southern border with mexico several members of trump's own republican party have rebelled against this measure to secure billions of dollars in emergency funding to build a border wall in a surprisingly strong defeat for the president it's the second senate rebuke over two days on wednesday it voted to end u.s. military support for the saudi led coalition in yemen white house correspondent kimberly how kate is in washington for us. twelve members of the president's own republican party standing with democrats in the senate opposing donald trump's use of an emergency declaration in order to get those funds he wants some eight billion dollars to continue construction of a border wall along the southern border of the united states and mexico to halt illegal immigration this is certainly a humiliating defeat for the president but it is what he says within minutes of the vote being announced that he

u.s. senator bernie sanders?st time, his campaign was seen as quicksodic. hillary clinton seemed to have a lock on the democratic nomination. this time around if history says anything, it is that bernie sanders could in fact be viewed as the fronts rrunner. it was a much closer race four years ago than anyone imagined bernie is running as an independent. he is not a democrat. will he run as an insurgent again or will he try to reshape the democratic party and message. this is what i'm waiting to hear. >> and i think he is just moments away from speaking. let's listen in right now in fact, tim. ♪ [ crowd chanting ] >> brooklyn, thank you! what an incredible crowd. thank you so much. let me thank kilah for her wonderful rendition of the star spangled banner. let me thank scott standing up not just for the workers in erie, pennsylvania against corporate greed but for every worker in america. scott, thank you very much. and let me thank representative terry alexander of south caroli carolina. terry is right, this is

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u.s. senator marco rubio also charged schooling the media lambasting c.n.n. for using the term self-proclaimed when referring to quietist suppose that interim president c. he said the phrase was used by russia to undermine the constitutional legitimacy acquired us claim rubio even jokingly hinted at possible collusion between c.n.n. and moscow let's gauge the state of world opinion on the matter of white house legitimacy fifty four countries recognize him as venezuela's leader the rest of the world other supports nicolas maduro is neutral or backs the opposition run national assembly that without recognizing why go kill a mop and takes a look at my record as an alleged dictator there are a whole array of politicians who don't approve of nicolas maduro but one of the labels that he's given is worth exploring according to them nicholas is a dictator nicolas maduro is a dictator period of the now defunct mature regime. a brutal dictator and you call this material and has made him so what exactly is a dictator now the term generally refers to authoritarian leader

the u.s. senate has voted in favor of a resolution to withdraw military support for the saudi never r.t. back coalition in yemen president donald trump threatened to veto the measure. rescue and recovery efforts going on through the night in the nigerian city of lagos were a three storey building collapsed on wednesday it contained apartments and the primary school eight bodies have been pulled from the rubble so far from lagos admittedly it's reports. read at least live and move. this is one of several children pulled from the rubble so far. the three storey building contain two homes shops and a primary school for at least one hundred young students. it's in the tough i-g. area of lagos silent the regional heart of my generous most populous city what that would just warn you i don't know i don't know it would be out soon because. we. pull out all the stuff i see my kids. and everybody i get to list again the this child look in the petition you can hear the relieve of the onlookers as she's carrick'

u.s. senator marco rubio also tried schooling the media busting c.n.n. for using the term self-proclaimed when referring to quite a supposed interim president he said the phrase was used by russia to undermine the constitutional legitimacy of quite as claim. even went so far as to insinuate a possible collusion between c.n.n. and moscow escapes the state of world opinion on the matter of white as a legitimate city. quite a his presidency is recognized by fifty four states the rest of the world i the supports the elected president nicolas maduro has repeatedly been prime to a brutal dictator by the west is neutral all bikes the opposition run somebody yet without recognizing a kind of open takes a look at into his record as i suppose to take it. there are a whole array of politicians who don't approve of nicolas and dural but one of the labels that he's given is worth exploring according to them nicholas manure oh is a dictator nicolas maduro is a dictator period of the now defunct mature regime there in his brutal dictator and you call this material and

and the u.s. senate has voted to revoke the president's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border with mexico donald trump tweeted one word in response. turkey says interpol has issued arrest warrants for twenty people in connection with the murder of the saudi journalist. the news comes after saudi arabia said the people responsible for his murder have been brought to justice neve barker has more from geneva. it was a brief statement by the head of the saudi human rights commission but it's raised many new questions about the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the saudi said that the perpetrators of the killing described as an accident have been brought to justice for three hearings attended by their lawyers and observers we have brought them to justice they had a fair trial they are currently detained none of their human rights been violated they have been subjected to no form of torture they are entitled to their legal rights but the saudi delegations failure to provide any na

u.s. senator marco rubio made a similar point criticizing c.n.n. for using the term self-proclaimed when referring to go i don't suppose it into him presidency he said the phrase was used by russia to undermine the legitimacy of quite o's claim rubio even jokingly hinted at possible collusion between c.n.n. and most go well as gauge the state of world opinion on the matter of quite o's legitimacy fifty four countries recognize him as venezuela's leader the rest of the world either supports nicolas maduro is neutral or backs the opposition run national assembly but without recognizing why dove on tuesday mature i took part in a ceremony commemorating this that kind of a story of the death of his predecessor hugo chavez mature as rival guy domain while met with public sector unions them to take strike action to help bring down the government. journalist max blumenthal gave us his views on the latest u.s. measures against caracas. seventy seven new officials having their visas revoked is not necessarily going to change the situation in venezuela howev

the u.s. senate has voted to end involvement in yemen's war the resolution says congress has not authorized u.s. military assistance to the saudi u.a.e. led military coalition. at least eight people have been killed in a school shooting in brazil's biggest city sao paulo police say two gunmen targeted children and staff before turning their guns on themselves the reports. of these were scenes normally only seen on news reports in the united states. than for the professor old school in a suburb of cell paolo and they opened fire with a revolver they were also reported to be armed with a bow and arrows. explosives you say you don't you don't they didn't look at anyone they just started shooting at anyone he was close by how you can is sort of feel like they started saying that there were gunshots so we opened the kitchen door and started grabbing as many kids as we could for children and two workers at the school were killed at the scene another two pupils died on the way to hospital more being treated

u.s. senator kamala harris had a very candid, heartfelt, and blunt discussion on race and the painful rolehas played in this country's past. it all started when a woman stood up and acknowledged her own family's history of hate and racism during a campaign event in south carolina. the woman wanted to know how harris would address the problem if she becomes president. >> i'm embarrassed to say that my father was most likely in the kkk, and i grew up in the south and a daughter of the south and i'm embarrassed at what i see with a lot of the southerners and a lot of the members of our congress mt. blin the blatant r. it breaks my heart, and i'm wondering what you can do -- this is probably a $6 million question for you, but what you can do to heal the racial divides that donald trump has emboldened, and also what we as white people who don't believe in that and don't support that, what can we do to help offset the obvious flash point of racial divide in this country. >> thank you for having the courage to stand and share your personal story. [ applause ] part of the steps that we must take t

the u.s. senate foreign relations committee had a closed door briefing with trumpet ministration officials on monday about the trumpet ministrations compliance with the global magnitsky act that is the law that requires the us to hold accountable governments and individual persons with sanctions for violating the rights of any of that country's citizens the senate foreign relations committee recently invoked them in a ski act in the case of the washington post columnist. he was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul back on october second senators from both parties have been very concerned that the administration doesn't want to jeopardize its relationship with riyadh and isn't doing enough to actively investigate the circumstances surrounding his shows he's murder or to hold accountable those members of the saudi government including perhaps the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sol month for their involvement in kosovo she's murder apparently once this closed door briefing on monday afternoon en

the u.s. senate has voted in favor of a resolution to withdraw support from the saudi and amorality backed coalition in yemen president donald trump threatened to veto the measure vote. britain's parliament has rejected the prospect of a no deal brags that in another day of high drama of the u.k.'s departure from the european union now politicians will be leaving day just over two weeks away should be pushed back and the barbara falls from london. to the right three hundred twenty one. to the left two hundred seventy eight voting to rule out a no deal breaks it on to any circumstances but what's it worth the result yet another blow for prime minister to reserve my messages being sent by parliament the motion isn't legislation so as things stand the u.k. still leaves the european union and the twenty ninth of march the legal default. that the u.k. will leave the e.u. without a deal. i. left something else is a three. the onus is now on every one of us in this house to find out what that is in the days

the u.s. senate has just voted to revoke president donald trump speculation of a national emergency on the southern border with mexico several members of trump's own republican party rebelled against his measure to secure billions of dollars in emergency funding to build a border wall in a surprisingly strong defeat for the president it's the second senate review of truth in two days on wednesday it voted to end u.s. military support for the saudi led coalition in yemen. algeria's new prime minister says he'll form a temporary government of technocrats in the next few days speaking publicly for the first time since taking office no reading by the way also promised to include young people and women but protesters say it's a desperate attempt to quell mass rallies planned for friday the toria gayton be reports. prime minister nuri is under pressure to end weeks of antigovernment protests at a news conference in the capital algiers he set out his plan to bring the nation together he promised to build an

u.s. senator. lincoln spent four terms in the legislature, one term in congress, and his political career was over for a while. it seemed to douglas' star was rising and lincoln's was falling. him and douglas had major disagreements. in 1858, they ran for senate against each other. douglas won, but rather than lincoln getting discouraged, lincoln had made a national name for himself. douglas agreed to debates. it put mcginn on the map. two years later, he ran for president and defeated douglas and two other candidates. that's reflected in this building, a building another one served. douglas died in 1861 before the end of the civil war. lincoln died at the end of the civil war. the building construction didn't start until 1868. the never served in this building, but they were the two major leaders in each party in the 1800s. you see the rivalry over and over. you go to the front of the building, you see a statute of lincoln and douglas. a lot of people say douglas is behind lincoln. some will say d

israelis say they're carrying out the attacks on hamas targets hamas denies attacking israel the u.s. senate has voted to revoke donald trump that the ration of a national emergency on the border with mexico several members of the president's own republican party sided against him he says he'll veto it. stuck in a brush stalemate british politicians have chosen to ask if the country's departure date can be delayed it's due to happen in just over two weeks and the suspension has to be approved unanimously by the twenty seven other members albright and reports from london. what a mess the u.k. parliament is divided and deadlocked a delay to bret's it now seems inevitable the only question is for how long the government says rejecting theresa may's deal would narrow the options to just one we would be faced with the prospect of choosing only a long extension during which the house would meet up need to face up to the choices in front of it and the consequences of the decisions that it has taken the government's proposal was to ask the e.u. for a one off extension until june the thirtieth to all

u.s. senator practicing in wyoming people from canada where the healthcare is paid to back taxes but freed taking care of people who couldn't afford to wait the amount of time it would take to get their free operation. in the article in the new york times on friday made reference ato the fact that the waiting times is so much that after he were actually seen, the primary care provider in canada, the wait time to get to see an orthopedic surgeon is nine months. nine months, madam president. that's what the democrats are proposing. something that has given the people of canada awaiting time of nine months. so what we see under this medicare for all proposal, and i just introduced today this senate resolution saying that medicare for all should be rejected and it should also be a rejection of the tax increases, the loss of choice, and along lines that will come from this democrat sponsored proposal of medicare for all. thank you madam president i yield the floor. >> madam president.>> senator from hawaii. >>. [audio lost] i want to ask my republican colleagues whether they believe that healt