the roman catholic church in the u.s. state of illinois has been accused of failing to report the full scale of alleged child sex abuse by its clergy a report by the attorney general says the church withheld the names of at least five hundred priests and other clergy accused of abusing minors of a seventy year is chicago's archbishop cardinal blaze which responded by apologizing for the church's failure to report deals another blow to the church after revelations this year of abuse and cover ups by catholic officials in pennsylvania ellen fisher has more. well the catholic church in illinois had said that they had one hundred eighty five cases of priests that had been credibly accused of child sex abuse well the illinois attorney general's office decided to investigate and they phone that the figure was actually much higher that there were five hundred more cases that needed to be investigated in the say that the catholic church not only didn't fully investigate those allegations that came forward over the last forty fifty year

the u.s. state of alabama launched an investigation into meddling in a senate election campaign in twenty seven teed pro-democratic group is reportedly behind more than a thousand fake russian social media accounts to be used to discredit a republican rival. a high level turkish delegation heads to russia for talks on syria this its government forces there claim they vented the northern syrian city of man beat over fears that turkey is about some launch an offensive against the kurds. and the scandal surrounding a disgraced advisor to the french president wyden media reports claim alexandra but our laws been using a diplomatic passports long after he was dismissed for beating up a protester. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me great to have you with us and our top story the u.s. state of alabama has launched a probe into an alleged meddling campaign during a twenty seventeen seventh's election which was earlier blamed on russia it turns out that a pro-democratic bil

the u.s. state of alabama launches an investigation into meddling in a senate election campaign in twenty seventy pro-democratic groups reportedly behind more than a thousand fake social media accounts used to discredit a republican rival. reportedly seen entering a city in northern syria near to kurdish held territory as a high level delegation from turkey agrees to coordinate with russia. disgraced advisor to the french president why these reports claim alexander been using a diplomatic passport long after he was dismissed for attacking a protester. here in moscow money this is your world news from r.t. international the u.s. state of alabama has launched a probe into an alleged meddling campaign during a twenty seventeen local senate election which had been blamed on russia but it now appears to have been created much closer to home it turns out that a pro-democratic billionaire funded the u.s. crew to make more than a fake more than one thousand russian bots on social media allegedly to discredi

the u.s. state of alabama launches an investigation into meddling in a senator lection campaign in twenty seven tea pro-democratic group is reportedly behind more than a thousand fake russian social media accounts used to describe it a republican rival. turkish vehicles are reportedly seen entering a city in northern syria near to kurdish held territory this is a high level delegation from turkey is in russia for talks on syria and the u.s. plans to pull out of the country. and the scandal surrounding the disgraced advisor to the french president widens media reports claim alexandra bernardo's been using a diplomatic passport and long after he was dismissed for beating up a protester. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me making erin great to have you with us now our top story this hour the u.s. state of alabama has launched a probe into an alleged meddling campaign during a twenty seventeen senate election which was earlier blamed on russia it turns out that a pro-de

the u.s. state of alabama launches an investigation into meddling in a senate election campaign in twenty seven pro-democratic groups. russian social media accounts used to discredit republican rival. syrian territory the high level delegation from turkey travels to russia for talks on syria the united states. disgraced advisor to the french president. long after he was dismissed. by the saturday afternoon three. welcome to reality. in the u.s. state of alabama has launched a probe into an alleged campaign during a twenty seventeen local senate election which had been blamed on russia it turns out that a pro-democratic funded a u.s. group that had created more than a thousand fake russian bolts on social media allegedly to discredit a republican rival as the story. the attorney general for the u.s. state of alabama is looking into democratic party. during the twenty seven special election it appears that roy moore the republican candidate may have lost due to some shady activities that did not come

funding was the same as that of fairness after the u.s. state department funding but the u.s. funding if you like the bull's eye that was already in broad ferris's back and it made it easier for some of his critics to claim that he was a u.s. george doing the u.s. as bidding. before the war began all right had found as wasn't even a journalist nor was he an activist he worked in real estate while studying to be a doctor he brought to journalism this zeal of a convert and his commitment did not wait on like so many syrian activists who became targets he did not leave the country to continue his work in exile although no one would have blamed him if he had he stayed knowing that decision could cost him his life. his voice has been silenced but the station he helped create remains on the air reporting the news to the people of kufa. at a. but i had found this wasn't ideal for seven or eight years at all it works to establish a model and principles a foundation for the revolution and to promote freedom of thought and expression he is impossible to replace we will continue his work

u.s. state secretary mike pompei you know was speaking before a nato meeting where ministers have been discussing how to save a major arms treaty the alliance says a new russian cruise missile violates a pact this agreed guaranteed rather europe's security for more than thirty years the kremlin denies it has breached the agreements but the u.s. is threatening to withdraw from the so-called i.n.f. treaty signed by moscow and washington back in one thousand nine hundred seventy it bans nuclear armed missiles with a range of fifty five hundred kilometers and as our next report shows the tension between russia and the west has reignited fears of a new arms race. this is what the drama is about medium range nuclear ballistic missiles that have been on a self imposed by the u.s. and russia since the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. may be about to change u.s. authorities believe russia may have developed a weapon systems like these in breach of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. we're

barcelona's also an alert after the u.s. state department issued a statement warning its citizens of a terror threat that washington says tourist hot spots and public areas are of particular concern. of interpol's also warning of a new wave of terrorism in europe as radical islamists are released from prison they can constant has been targeted for attacks in the christmas period for years now most recently a government open for a christmas market in france two weeks ago. we spoke to former british intelligence officer annie marshawn who thinks western military interventions of can contribute to the current fears of a terrorist attack. whereas you look at the warning going out to us alone or from the u.s. state department that would indicate potentially that they have specific information specific intelligence that there might be some sort of operation planned there although warning tourist where going on buses and going to major tourist transport hubs i fail to see how that's going to potentially stop some sort of attack and it wo

u.s. state of alabama launches an investigation into meddling in a senate election campaign in twenty seventeen pro-democratic group is reportedly behind. social media accounts that were faked to discredit a republican rival. their vehicles are reportedly seen entering a city in northern syria new. territory with a high level delegation from turkey travel to russia for talks on syria and the united states with. the scandal surrounding a disgraced advisor to the french president reports claim there's been using a diplomatic passport long after he was dismissed for beating up a protest. in moscow welcome to our viewers update from international first for you this hour the u.s. state of alabama has launched a probe into an alleged meddling campaign during a twenty seventeen local senate election which have been blamed on russia it turns out that a pro-democratic billionaire funded a us group created more than a thousand fake russian bots on social media allegedly to discredit a republican rival as

barcelona's also an alert out of the u.s. state department just issued a statement warning citizens of a terror threat that washington says the tourist hot spot some public areas are of particular concern and confusion remains over last week's incident gatwick in the u.k. where reports of a drone shut down the country's second largest airports police are now saying that they may or may not have been a drug in the area they're not quite convinced either way the suspects have also been released but just after the incident britain security minister ben wallace warned that terrorist group al qaeda is resurgent and planning spectacular attacks . well europe first being targeted for attacks in the christmas period for years now most recently a gunman opened fire in a christmas market in france two weeks ago. speak down to former british intelligence officer good evening do you see a pattern here when it comes to government attacks and threats occurring during the christmas period. i think it's certainly a prime time for al qaeda or isis

department funding was the same as it was faris after the u.s. state department funding but the u.s. funding if you like the bull's eye that was already in broad ferris's back and it made it easier for some of his critics to claim that he was a us to your doing the u.s. has bidding. before the war began a right had fought as wasn't even a journalist nor was he an activist he worked in real estate while studying to be a doctor he brought to journalism the zeal of a convert and his commitment did not weigh on like so many syrian activists who became targets he did not leave the country to continue his work in exile although no one would have blamed him if he had he stayed knowing that decision could cost him his life. his voice has been silenced but the station he helped create remains on the air reporting the news to the people of kufa. right faris was an ideal for seven or eight years ago it was. to establish a moral and principles foundation for the revolution and to promote freedom of thought and expression he is impossible to replace we will continu

department funding was the same as that of fairness after the u.s. state department funding butt. the u.s. funding if you like the bull's eye that was already and right fairness is back and it made it easier for some of his critics to claim that he was a us to enjoy doing the u.s. as bidding. before the war began or i had found as wasn't even a journalist nor was he an activist he worked in real estate while studying to be a doctor he brought to journalism the zeal of a convert and his commitment did not weigh on like so many syrian activists who became targets he did not leave the country to continue his work in exile although no one would have blamed him if he had he stayed knowing that decision could cost him his life. his voice has been silenced but the station he helped create remains on the air reporting the news to the people of kufa. but i had found this was an ideal for seven or eight years that i had works to establish a moral and principles foundation for the revolution and to promote freedom of thought and expression he is impossible to replace

according to the u.s. state department more than two million members of muslim ethnic minorities are being held by the chinese government in so-called reeducation camps against their will including eight hundred thousand wingers activists say it's part of a long running government campaign to suppress torture and humiliate the weak as the chinese government say they're fighting terrorism even as they send communist party officials to live inside of we got homes but is the world even paying attention joining me to discuss this human rights crisis is. we got activist who was forced to leave china some thanks for joining me on upfront for having me you're a weaker activist who fled china in two thousand and three how bad has the situation become in providence the historic we got homeland in more recent months and years do you recognize these horrific numbers from the u.s. state department eight hundred thousand we get to reeducation camps more than two million members of muslim minorities detained in total that num

u.s. state of alabama looks into whether or not a pro democratic party operation involving thousands of fake russian bought some violated campaign laws and if it cost the republican candidate his seat it's coming up also the headlines to the syrian forces now saying the event of the northern city of. the move comes at the request of civilians and kurds in the area. troops for an offensive coming up. for its riot control despite a number of serious injuries among the protesters caused by rubber bullets. internationals news h.q. here in moscow it's kevin going with you for the next thirty minutes you're very welcome first the u.s. state of alabama is looking into a discredited pro democratic party operation and whether it is legally impacted on the senate race there back in twenty seventeen the operation involving more than a thousand fake russian language twitter accounts designed to appear as if they were backing a republican rival the information is concerning the impact it had on the election

donald trump has named the state department's heather nauert as his nominee for u.s. ambassador to the united nations president said she's i'm quoting here she's smart she's nice she's all other things which make a good candidate heather nauert will be nominated. you go work with nikki haley to. replace the united they can still be ambassador to the united nations very talented very hard very quick and i think she's going to be respected by also head there now or will be nominated for the ambassador to the united states so we've got heather nauert slated to replace nikki haley nikki haley trump's ambassador to the united nations is stepping down now heather nauert has been at the state department and it was highlighted when she was confirmed for that position as the spokesperson for the state department that she had no previous foreign policy experience now she's been holding that post for a little while here's some of the highlights of heather nauert at the u.s. state department briefings i don't know if you all are working for today or what but i. didn't mind it so

therapist in the united states texan or thirty's over a mandatory pledge which is the force of u.s. states traditionalists. doesn't sound like you go to work to work you don't go to work. you should be able to have your own political views outside of your work. either thanks for joining us on r.t. international live from moscow i'm daniel hawkins tonight welcome to the program and we do have some breaking news coming in from indonesia where it's tsunami has struck the country according to the country's disaster management agency powerful wave has killed at least twenty people injured over one hundred two people or so far reported missing in addition dozens of buildings along the coast around the sound are straight have been destroyed it's believed right now that tsunami was caused by undersea landslides that followed the volcanic eruption at nearby krakatau. so the death toll is likely to rise at the stage we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. paris saw clashes again on saturday with yellow vest protests throughout the french capital across the country more than thirty

gas attack russia has the accusation the russian military considers that hysterical claims by the u.s. state department that the gas attack on civilians by terror groups in aleppo or november the twenty fourth was fate as an attempt to pressure. and prevent an objective investigation the statement is nothing more than an attempt to whitewash the international terrorists operating in the lip along with the white helmet suter rescuers who with a provocative behavior reflect badly on the west. around one hundred people were reportedly injured in the alleged chemical attack on government controlled aleppo which syrian officials claim was carried out by terrorists from neighboring it live province russia says it has evidence that chlorine gas was used damascus has formally requested that the un's chemical watchdog send investigators to the site. the u.k. has also weighed in on the dispute it lent its support to washington saying it believes it's highly unlikely that terrorists used chlorine against civilians in aleppo but a journalist who's covered the conflict in syria says the use of chemical w

where as you look at the warning at barcelona from the u.s. state department that would indicate potentially that they have specific information specific intelligence that there might be some sort of operation turned there although warning tourist where going on buses and going to major tourist transport hubs i fail to see how that's going to potentially stop some sort of attack and it will probably just potentially frighten the tourists i think the support and encouragement that was tacitly given by certain western countries to the terrorists in syria allows them to build a base and sony isis had a foothold in the benghazi region and if al qaeda is resurgent then they are going to have the same so the whole of north africa now is a mess and that was created by nato intervention and this is what led partly to the migrant crisis across europe and this is leading again to terrorist bases that can strike out against europe. u.s. stock market has suffered its worst ever christmas eve session the dow jones lost almost three percent during monday's tradin

the u.s. state of california takes the lead with tough anti gun laws and you get tougher and then you get. however we're seeing some really heavy rain stormy weather across southern parts of the u.s. more of that where where that came from asked a lot of clout being pumped up from the gulf of mexico lighting over towards the eastern seaboard mother little area a cloud that's just spilling its way out of the rockies nat'l sink further southwards and east was fair bit of snow there into colorado into new mexico into i was i'd rather for colder states have the desert southwest fair bit of snow to up towards miss year ie illinois indiana and some really heavy rain arkansas for example pushing down towards that eastern side of texas louisiana big downpours coming in here we are allowed to see some flood in new york not so bad so you make our way into where new year's eve we see some model weather coming in for the new year fifteen celsius in new york dry skies coming back in but you can see we got a fair

authorities over a mandatory pledge which is in force an overhaul of u.s. states. particularly crossing the line. doesn't sound like you go to work to work you don't go to work for your outside life you should be able to have your own political views outside of your work. and for joining us here in our to international law. you are welcome to the program and we do have some breaking news coming in this hour out of indonesia at least twenty people are dead and one hundred sixty five injured offered tsunami hit the coast around the strait that information is coming from the disaster mitigation agency in the country it's believed right now the wave was caused by activity at mt krakatau which is an active volcano that erupted several times in recent months we'll bring you more information as that becomes available. a power saw clashes again on saturday with the yellow vest protests throughout the french capital across the country nearly forty thousand gathered for the latest anti-government marches. fifty. five am fifty fifth. have. if. your. police say they've made on

the u.s. state of alabama has launched a probe into an alleged meddling campaign during a twenty seventeen local senate election which had been blamed on russia but it now appears to have been created much closer to home it turns out the democratic billionaire funded the u.s. group to make a fake russian on social media allegedly to discredit a republican rival picks up the story. the attorney general for the u.s. state of alabama is looking into democratic party. during the twenty seven special election it appears that roy moore the republican candidate may have lost due to some shady activities that did not come from russia the information is concerning the impact it had on the election is something that's significant for us to explore and we'll go. from there it's been revealed that during the special election democratic party operatives worked on facebook and twitter to undermine roy morris campaign now doug jones the democrat who won is backing a federal investigation i'd like to see the federa

the attorney general for the u.s. state of alabama is looking into democratic party dissin for mation during the twenty seventeen special election it appears that roy moore the republican candidate may have lost due to some shady activities that did not come from russia the information is concerning the impact it had on the election is something that's significant for us to explore and we'll go from there it's been revealed that during the special election democratic party operatives worked on facebook and twitter to undermine roy morris campaign now doug jones the democrat who won is backing a federal investigation i'd like to see the federal election commission and the justice department look at these to see if there were any laws being violated and if they would prosecute those responsible for this scheme to undermine him was pretty simple create fake facebook pages and russian accounts on twitter to confuse republican voters this gave the false impression that roy morris campaign was backed by the kremlin and it put it

and there was this the u.s. state of alabama looks at whether or not a pro democratic party operation involving thousands of fake russian bots by a lated campaign laws and if it cost republican candidate is see. syrian forces say they've entered the northern city of move comes at the request they say of civilians and kurds in the area while turkey is reportedly massing troops for an offensive. boosted its riot control arsenal to spot a number of serious injuries among the yellow vests protesters of late caused by rubber bullets. i just had a little thing on the front of the twenty eighth of january life for martin to nationals news h.q. to moscow is kevin i with you thanks for making the time to be with us of your children around the world first the u.s. state of alabama is looking into a discredited pro democratic party operation and whether it illegally impacted on the senate race there back in twenty seventeen operation parent involved more than a thousand fake russian language twitter accounts designed to appear a

u.s. officials for a potential role in cyber espionage given their reported links to china's state security services and while way threaten the security of our networks due to their close ties to the chinese government and now the u.s. is pursuing well ways chief financial officer who was arrested in vancouver at washington's request main ones you now faces extradition to the u.s. over possible violations of sanctions against iran but the case appears more than a little politicized the u.s. president suggested he. might use china's tech princess as a bargaining chip with beijing if i think it's good for the country if i think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made which is a very important thing was good for national security i would certainly intervene if i thought it was necessary australia or new zealand have followed the u.s. is lead and banned huawei from providing tech for its five g. rollout citing security risks the u.k. has yet to follow although there are murmurs in that direction what we're witnessing is more kayne of security hope something it can.

last month has put moscow and washington at loggerheads once again the u.s. state department says it has credible evidence that the syrian army used tear gas on civilians and foes they claimed it was a rebel chlorine gas attack well russia has bastid the accusation the russian military considers that hysterical claims by the u.s. state department that the gas attack on civilians by terror groups in aleppo or november twenty fourth was fate as an attempt to pressure the o.p.c. w. and prevent an objective investigation the statement is nothing more than an attempt to whitewash the international terrorists operating in italy along with the white helmet suter rescuers who with their provocative behavior reflect badly on the western backers. around one hundred people were reportedly injured in the alleged chemical attack on government controlled aleppo which syrian officials claim was carried out by terrorists from neighboring province russia says it has evidence that chlorine gas was used and muskets has formally requested the un's chemical watchdog send investigators

is also on alert after the u.s. state department issued a statement warning its citizens of a terror threat there washington says that tourist hot spots and public areas as well. confusion also remains over last week's incident at gatwick in the u.k. reports of a drone shut down the country's second largest airport there police are now saying there may not have been a drone after all and the two suspects have been released just off of the incident britain security minister ben wallace warned that terror group al qaida is was seargent and planning spectacular air attacks. ahead of interpol is also warning of a new wave of terrorism in europe as radical islamists are released from prison the consonance been targeted for attacks in the christmas period for years now most recently a gunman opened fire on a christmas market in france that was just two weeks ago. we spoke to a former british intelligence officer and a machine on she thinks that western military interventions have contributed to the current fears of a terrorist

first in the headlines the u.s. state of alabama is open to an investigation into election meddling during the twenty seven thousand senate race it comes off the new york times journalist who first revealed an anti republican dissin from ation campaign sat in on a meeting between those behind the operation he's now being accused of playing the scandal and another person being highlighted in this probe is the co-founder of linked in reid hoffman who allegedly donated millions of dollars to the project aimed at making a thousand fake russian bought some social media reportedly to discredit a republican candidate. picks up a story. so it's official now that our earlier this week came out the apology from the sponsor of project birmingham that's how they call it americans not the russians have at least in one case been behind setting up an army of pseudo russian bots for dirty election tricks for the scheme to come to light it took more than a year while now buzz feed has revealed war details that could make this story much m

help connect american farmers manufacturers and consumers to the world marketplace in fact every u.s. state will mines on roughly fifteen seaports to handle imports and exports totally unprepared eight billion dollars with goods each day every one billion in u.s. exports fifteen thousand jobs are created in fact twenty three million jobs are supported by seaports alone four point six trillion dollars are tight economic activity surrounding us seaports and this infrastructure holds twenty six percent of the u.s. economy united i'm calling on congress to produce a bill that generates at least one point five trillion dollars for the new infrastructure investment that our country so desperately needs during the scene the new president struck me that not clear he was dissatisfied with the country's infrastructure as a whole and recently comparing it to the three hundred country supports which is what drives the economic growth nick vyas us the professor and executive director of the center for global supply chain management agrees with the president we are almost like a third world country espec

u.s. state department spokesperson heather now it is expected to be president donald trump's nominee for u.s. ambassador to the u.n. now it would replace nikki haley who steps down at the end of this year now if he joined the state department last april after spending more than twenty years as a television journalist or ukraine and u.s. comedian kevin hart has stepped down from hosting the oscars just days after being named to the job thirty nine year old drew criticism after anti-gay comments he'd made in the past resurfaced part apologized to the l g b t q community in a statement announcing his decision. in frets more than seven hundred students have been arrested and hundreds of schools disrupted as protests unleashed by the yellow best movement escalated in mar say thousands of high school students marched to demand the government stop planned changes to university fees and entrance exams police fired tear gas on protesters as boiled over there were similar scenes of violence in several oth

an earthquake has hit parts of the u.s. state of alaska damaging buildings and roads in the city of anchorage there are no reports of deaths or injuries president trump tweeted that no expense of be spared and helping to repair the damage and the marriott international hotel chain says has been the victim of a major data breach involving at starwood reservation database that may have affected around five hundred million guests well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera correspondent statement that so much but an elf. this is the dia been feeling for the last twenty five years the last five years that i've been working on this for. all i have thought everything i've been in last year mostly was related to this film. not nervous at all i think. it's very important to. everything somebody community for me good and very often i get to hear these opinions just. so today's the big. if i prove that film is firm i'm set. but i didn't. miss most of what they. did i thought of network at the moment

u.s. president george h.w. bush has died at the age of ninety four he had been ill for some time al-jazeera looks back at the life of the forty first president of the united states. five months ago started this cruel war against kuwait tonight a battle has been joined with those words u.s. president george herbert walker bush staked a place in history his successful campaign to drive saddam hussein from kuwait was the one term president's most significant accomplishment the son of a wealthy republican u.s. senator bush served in the second world war and was elected to two terms in the u.s. congress in the one nine hundred sixty s. president richard nixon became bush's mentor appointing him in bassett or to the united nations in one nine hundred seventy i shall resign the presidency of nixon resigned in disgrace but bush a savvy political survivor became head of the cia in one thousand nine hundred eighty six after eight years as ronald reagan's vice president bush entered the white house in one nine hundred eighty nine after a savagely negative campaign less than a year after taking office bush sent troops to invade panama to overthrow manwell noriega a corrupt

u.s. state of alabama looks into whether a pro democratic party operation involving thousands of fake russian violated campaign laws and if it cost the republican candidates the. syrian forces say they've entered the northern city of the move comes at the request of civilians and kurds in the area turkey troops for an offensive. a boost in its riot control despite a number of serious injuries among the best protesters called by rubber bullets. world wide this is i'll see international. news update from the center first for you the u.s. the state of alabama is looking into a discredited pro-democratic party operation and whether it illegally impacted on the senate race there back in two thousand and seventeen the operation involved more than a thousand fake russian language twitter accounts designed to appear as if they were backing a republican rival of a company behind it was in fact meant to be tracking fake russian accounts but instead created their own let's get more on this now from our res

the u.s. state department says is planning to renegotiate a deal which is prevented the repatriation of vietnamese citizens who arrived in north america before nine hundred ninety five now most are refugees who fled after the vietnam war al-jazeera as hijo castro has a story of one man now facing deportation. number two when was seven when his mother put him on a boat with his eight year old brother and pushed them off the shores of vietnam in one thousand nine hundred eighty three says that son going this boat going to go to a place with a lot of toys. it was eight years after the vietnam war and as the son of an imprisoned self the enemy's military officer knew wins life was in danger he and his brother drifted for days survived pirates who raped women and pushed men overboard eventually landing at a refugee camp in indonesia two years later the united nations resettled the boys in the united states knew when entered foster care and lost contact with his brother abandoned in angry by seventeen he

according to the u.s. state department more than two million members of muslim ethnic minorities are being held by the chinese government in so-called reeducation camps against their will including eight hundred thousand wingers activists say it's part of a long running government campaign to suppress torture and humiliate the weak is the chinese government say they're fighting terrorism even as they send communist party officials to live inside of we've got homes but is the world even paying attention joining me to discuss this human rights crisis haasan week the activist who was forced to leave china it was shot. thanks for joining me up front thank you for having me you're a weaker activist who fled china in two thousand and three how bad has the situation become in providence the historic we got homeland in more recent months and years do you recognize these horrific numbers from the u.s. state department eight hundred thousand we get in reeducation camps more than two million members of muslim minorities de

a powerful earthquake has shaken the u.s. state of alaska causing widespread damage so far no casualties have been reported but aftershocks are still being felt out of there as andy gallacher reports. this is the moment a major earthquake struck alaska's largest city in one anchorage courthouse staff took cover beneath the desks as building shook the magnitude seven quake left highways book called buildings damaged and thousands without power. to the ground is cracked the windows are shattered out and we peeked inside and though it looks like part of the silly came down to so far no casualties have been reported but the damage is widespread and officials have recorded at least forty aftershocks but the good news at this point in time is we have not been made and we're serious injury or casualty beyond the property casualty. but again we are just hours after a very significant earthquake the aftershocks are still continuing and law school is no stranger to worse quakes the most powerful quake in u.s. history. nine hundred sixty four

pe u.s. stateent, among long timece priorities in its department of education is that cultural affairs. >> it's been going on for 70 years. >> reporter: she talks about whi senator w fulbright made it happen. >> he went to th uk to study. it was a really transformative experience for him. he said how can we me people more connected and getting to know each other? >> reporter: the current and alumni wil tell you how it works. he's studying at george washington university. >> i'm very active on campus. i learn if other students. i engage in events. i share with him my culture. >> and this is a fulbrighter. she said it is often based on movies and television. >> the ehelanation about u.s., and i think coming here has shown meis that this so much more than the sitcoms on tv. >> and the program is not only for inbound foreign students. >> i think it is really important for not only here outbound but i want to show americans the value of all these americans for >> americans like this, as a child had some

she is currently the spokeswoman for the u.s. state department and nomination would need to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate the oil producing cartel opec is trying to reach an agreement with russia on how much it will cut its output of crude oil ministers from member countries meeting in vienna have agreed to reduce production due to an oversupply but russia which is non opec has opposed massive cuts on thursday oil prices tumbled as a result of the deadlock the last migrant rescue ship operating of the case of libya is ending its mission doctors without borders say a smear campaign by european governments is false the aquarius to stop saving asylum seekers in the mediterranean sea right inside story is coming up next. no where in the world is growing reforest disappearing fast. inside all our. lives we have been called. out it's terrorists and traitors i was a knowledge that sign was followed into the fast flowing river into nazi. one man's fight for the rights of indigenous heritage a time to swim a witness documentar

u.s. government the islamic state of iraq and the levant is not actually defeated a point stressed by the president's own state department just last week i think it's fair to say americans will remain on the ground after the physical to feed a caliphate until we have the pieces in place to ensure that that defeatism during the move comes after a phone call between president trump and president urged one of turkey he's made clear he wants to target the kurds who have fought beside the u.s. and that is more difficult to do if u.s. troops are in his way just a few months ago the president himself has played heralded as a sacrifice the kurds have made we're trying to get along very well we do get along great with the kurds we're trying to help them a lot so they fought with us they died with us they died we lost. tens of thousands of kurds died fighting isis now many worry what will happen to the kurds what this message is we don't stick with people our friends without the kurds in the syrian democratic forces we couldn't have beaten isis we couldn't have taken back and rocker because we were