they're pushing the united states congress to take some action. he wants gun controls. the president of the united states a short time ago spoke about this. he talked about convening a national conversation with the attorneys general about mental health. so the political conversation about what's next, when is enough enough and what should politicians do, this a day after the deadly tragedy in parkland, florida. last night in that community, 17 families went home without a loved one. at least 14 other families anxiously waiting and waiting for doctors to update them overnight about the injuries of a child, a parent or a sibling. most of the wounded still in the hospital this hour today. we want to warn you many of the images and videos you see throughout the hour are violent and disturbing. some 3,000 students and teachers waiting for the final bell of the school day at marjory stoneman douglas high school when a 19-year-old gunman

including this from tony webb: on tuesday night, donald trump addressed a joint session of the united states congress in his first state of the union address, just over 12 months since he took office. to say it's been a newsworthy and controversial first year as president is something of an understatement. the weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at donald trump's inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds forhim weren't as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible. many people around the world will be saddened and sickened to see the president of the united states appearing to validate tweets from a far—right group. ten months into this unorthodox and provocative presidency, donald trump still has the capacity to shock. and it wasn't until i became a politician that i realised how nasty, how mean, how vicious and how fake the press can be as the cameras start going off in the background. that antagonistic relationship with the press has been caused, in the opinion of some newswatch

didn't have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim be elected to the united states congress but ten years on what has changed rewind islam in america at this time on al-jazeera. and doha the top stories on al-jazeera people affected by gun violence in the us have expressed their anger at a meeting with president donald trump at the white house trump's been told to take urgent action to change gun ownership laws. here because my daughter has no voice. she was murdered last week she was taken from us shot nine times on the third floor. we as a country failed our children this should happen. i'm very angry that this happened because it keeps happening nine eleven happened once and they fix everything how many schools how many children have to get shot it stops here with this administration and me so let's be strong. for the fall and we don't have a voice to speak anymore and let's not for what this happen again please . this is not difficult these deaths are preventable and i implore you consider your own children. you don't want to be me no parent does and you have the ability

including this from tony webb: on tuesday night, donald trump addressed a joint session of the united states congress address, just over 12 months since he took office. to say it's been a newsworthy and controversial first year

your job as a member of the united states congress, in my opinion, is to defend this nation above all else. without national security, social security really doesn't matter. without national security, everything that we enjoy could be lost. so the primary role of the federal government, in my view, is to give the men and women in uniform who are all volunteers what they need to keep us safe. and come tomorrow, they're going to have more. if it means we stay up late tonight, so be it. to the congressional leadership, thank you. to the president, thank you for being a commander in chief we desperately needed for the last eight-plus years. to my colleagues, vote yes. you may get some criticism from people who run blogs, but the next time you see a soldier, you know that you voted right. i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard

including this from tony webb: on tuesday night, donald trump addressed a joint session of the united states congress in his first state of the union address, just over 12 months since he took office. to say it's been a newsworthy and controversial first year as president is something of an understatement. the weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at donald trump's inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him weren't as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible. many people around the world will be saddened and sickened to see the president of the united states appearing to validate tweets from a far—right group. ten months into this unorthodox and provocative presidency, donald trump still has the capacity to shock. and it wasn't until i became a politician that i realised how nasty, how mean, how vicious and how fake the press can be as the cameras start going off in the background. that antagonistic relationship with the press has been caused, in the opinion of some newswatc

a procedure that if words are untoward and not becoming of our statute as members of the united states congress it can be, by any member, those words can be asked to be taken down. it is unfortunate that in a tweet this morning the commander in chief said of a member of congress that is a federal official he must be stopped. words to that effect. i left my hometown early this morning and had hoped there would have been some decentre spons from the chief of staff or other staff members of the white house. to be able to say that that is an inappropriate attack on any member of congress, a federal official. i've yet to hear a clarification or apology that indicates that providing provocative words to take a member down or he must be taken down is an inappropriate action or words for any federal official. i hope that we can establish decorum, not only in this body, but i hope we can establish decorum in the white house. this is sorely missing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recogniz

have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim would be elected to the united states congress but ten years on mort has changed rewind islam and america at this time on al jazeera. activists say syrian government forces are using incendiary rockets to sit back fires and rebel held eastern data as the un security council struggles to agree a cease fire plan. lead.

that's the job of the president of the united states can the job of the united states senate, the job of the united states congress '. we tried before. we tried to 2007 and failed. we tried in 2013 in and this body passed a bill with 68 or 69 vote. voted for it if we had the issues, we wouldn't have them anymore because we dealt then with border security in 2013, we would have added border agents, fencing biometric detection at ports of exit and entry. everify for employers in the country. we would have debt with the issue of legal status for people illegally here, people overstaying visas. temporary workers. but we did not do it. so we're left with this problem of a large number of people living in this countries, some for a long period of time, brought here as children and no fault of their open. that's one problem. and we have a problem on the borer. the border isn't secure, and the people coming across the border is one problem, in hi view the drugs coming across the border are the biggest problem. a lot of hearings in our health committee about the opioid addiction. a lot of the heroin and the illegal drugs t

as far as who is going to lead this if, in fact, after sandy hook, the united states congress and you have 20 plus kids who are murdered and gund down in their own elementary school if the united states congress doesn't do anything then, i'm sorry to say, i do have much faith they're going to do anything now. i have more faith in the young people leading this movement, the public putting pressure on our members of congress, than i do on the president of the united states, paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. >> i'll interrupt you only at the very end because i want you all to hold for a minute. ron brownstein, i want you to talk about young people in a moment, you have a fascinating take on this. joining me now, and he has to run, we're getting to him right now, senator john kennedy, republican from louisiana. senator, thank you very much for being with us right now. i'm glad you jumped in at this part of our discussion. we're talking about this measure before the senate, that at least the number two in the senate, john cornyn, wants to bring up, which is, you know, to fix, called the fix n

there are very few bipartisan things that happen, unanimous things that happen in this united states congress. almost nothing. the russian sanctions, that was one of them. an overwhelming vote in the house and the senate by republicans and democrats. more than 500 members of congress voted to impose tougher sanctions on russia. just a couple weeks ago, the trump administration declined to impose those. so there has been a reluctance on the part of president trump to go hard after vladimir putin. in fact, i remember last november when he was traveling in vietnam at the apec summit, he had a brief meeting with vladimir putin, and the president said he believed the denials of vladimir putin that he did not meddle in the election. so, anderson, as we end this one more interesting, troubling week on many fronts here, i'm struck by the fact that this is the beginning, not the end, as shimon was saying earlier. keep in mind one thing, steve bannon, the chief strategist, spent more than 20 hours this week with the special counsel. he told michael wolff in the book "fire and fury" it's about money lau

have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim the be elected to the united states congress but ten years on mort has changed rewind islam in america at this time on al jazeera. decades of war have left thousands of iraqi amputees desperate to mend their broken bodies. now the chance to use cutting edge robotic persistence is giving them new hope. i'm steve chow on this episode one on one he's follows one man's incredible journey from refugee to world leading surgeon as he melds humans with robotics to help people walk again. welcome to back that. we're surrounded by armored vehicles. we have plenty of security with us to see among my way to the even seen a hospital in baghdad's green zone with dr moon jude alamy jared spann one of a strangely is foremost the p.t. exogenous. shyness a highly hellish every seles tellings a less holy. people have come from all over iraq aiming their hugs on the man they call dr when you get. from having your elbows to some of the elite usually. one of the largest number of disabled people due to the force that. went through and. twenty nine ye

perhaps from members of the united states congress. >> i think legally he would have that ability. >> and do you believe the president should recuse himself from reviewing and declassifying sensitive f.b.i. material related to this investigation? >> i think recusal questions are something i would encourage the president to talk to the white house counsel about. >> has the f.b.i. done any kind of legal analysis on these questions? >> happily i'm no longer in the business of doing legal analysis. i now get to be a client. and blame lawyers for things instead of being the lawyer who gets blamed >> have you blamed any lawyers for their analysis of this issue? >> i have not yet, no. >> is the f.b.i. getting the cooperation it needs from social media companies to counter foreign adversary influence on our elections? >> i think the cooperation has been improving. i think we're continuing to work with the social media companies to try to see how we can raise their awareness so that they can share with us and vice versa. so i think that things are moving in the right direction. but i think the

>> information from the -- >> however he received it, perhaps from members of the united states congress think illegally he would have that ability. >> and do you think the president should recuse himself from reviewing and kldeclassifyg fbi material -- >> i think recusal questions are something i would encourage the president to talk to the white house counsel. >> has the fbi done any legal analysis on these questions? >> well, happily i'm no longer in the business of doing legal analysis. i now get to be a client. and blame lawyers for things instead of being the lawyer who gets blamed. >> have you blamed any lawyers for their analysis -- >> what's na. >> have you blamed any lawyers for their analysis? >> i have not yet, no. >> okay. is the fbi getting the cooperation it needs from social media companies to counter foreign adversaries on their influence on our elections? >> i think the cooperation has been improve iing. i think we're continuing to work with the social media companies to try to see how we can raise their awareness so that they can share information with us and vice vers

there are very few bipartisan things that happen, unanimous things that happen in this united states congress. almost nothing. the russian sanctions, that was one of them. an overwhelming vote in the house and the senate by republicans and democrats. more than 500 members of congress voted to impose tougher sanctions on russia. just a couple weeks ago, the trump administration declined to impose those. so there has been a reluctance on the part of president trump to go hard after vladimir putin. in fact, i remember last november when he was traveling in vietnam at the apec summit, he had a brief meeting with vladimir putin, and the president said he believed the denials of vladimir putin that he did not meddle in the election. so, anderson, as we end this one more interesting, troubling week on many fronts here, i'm struck by the fact that this is the beginning, not the end, as shimon was saying earlier. keep in mind one thing, steve bannon, the chief strategist, spent more than 20 hours this week with the special counsel. he told michael wolff in the book "fire and fury" it's about money lau

it's an embarrassment to the united states congress. it's part of the effort to discredit the president of the united states. >> the house intel memo has been released. this is the biggest abuse of power case in american history. howie: there are also questions about the spy who wrote the memo. there is all-out media warfare in the media investigation. >> it's hard to imagine a previous president overruling an fbi director. the fbi director is saying this memo is full of falsehoods. >> this fbi director needs to be taken out in cuffs. howie: is the rhetoric getting too heated on both sides. are the verdicts as polarized. the sudden focus on melania and the marriage. is the press going all-out tabloid. this is "mediabuzz." i was on the couch on "outnumbered" when the devin nunes memo was released and president trump wasted no time in reacting. president trump: i think it's terrible. a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. howie: fox's catherine herridge was on the air with excerpts. catherine: this is the

>> information from the -- >> however he received it, perhaps from members of the united states congress. >> i think legally he would have that ability. >> and do you believe the president should recuse himself from reviewing and declassifying sensitive fbi material related to this information? >> i think recusal questions are something i would encourage the president to talk to the white house counsel about. >> has the fbi done any kind of legal analysis on these questions? >> well, happily, i'm no longer in the business of legal analysis. i now get to be a client. and blame lawyers for things instead of being the lawyer who gets blamed. so we have not -- >> have you blamed any lawyers for their analysis of this issue? >> i have not yet, in. >> okay. is the fbi getting the cooperation it needs from social media companies to counter foreign adversaries' influence on our elections? >> i think the cooperation has been improving. i think we're continuing to work with the social media companies to try to see how we can raise their awareness so that they can share information with us and vice

. -- of scene a state of the united states congress to act away their acting. 425 in the house, 100 and the we send these people to washington. they are supposed to be down ande for -- this country the states they are representing. that they arend looking at us, what they can get, they do what they need to do. this country knows, they need to pass a law to get out of this category where they get paid what other people don't get paid insurance. they've got insurance. they don't have to worry about what other people have to worry about. it's just a tragedy. to see this country -- and i served this nation for 30 hard between active-duty and reserve. this is absolutely a shame to see that the greatest country in the world, we have this kind of problem that we can't even keep the government running, it's, it's just, it's just sad altogether. host: it's funny, george. a number of callers have brought up the fact that people and congress constitutionally get paid. many people were saying, whether they do their job or not. there was a group of senators and congresspeople who wanted to introduce

i'm troubled by the fact that anyone, anyone can overrule the united states congress and the united states when it's passed a law. at is troubling me. >> reporter: canada and mexico don't appear to be as concerned rump administration and they reportedly want to keep and update nafta i.s.d.s. provision. so do more than 100 u.s. business and industry associations. they sent this letter to the trump administration claiming that investor state dispute settlement has been ghly beneficial to the united states. linda dempsey is with e national association of manufacturers. >> what i.s.s. does is ensure that the same basic rules that we have in the united states ar available for our manufacturers. let me give you an examplean we had one mufacturer with a paper mill in canada. the province of newfoundland decided to end its contracts, seize some ofheroperty up there, and leave that manufacturer high and dry. the only recourse that company had after all that investment, investment that supports its u.s. workforce, supports its bringing u.s. product into canada; it was g toilose all that without i.s.

[laughter] years, on the2 floor of the united states congress he fought for conservative principles. pplause] yeah. [applause] next, he governed as a conservative governor in our home state of indiana. [cheers] and today he will speak to you as vice president, but that mike pence you already know. i would like to take this opportunity to pull back the curtain and it show you the mike show you the mike pence i know. i would like you to see this man i have been married to for 32 years. [applause] thank you good a man who has - - you. a man who has supported me as a teacher. he would come to my back-to-school nights. he would also support me as a stay-at-home mom, when i wanted to be home. [applause] yes. i used to do these watercolor fairs and he would come to my booth and help sell the watercolors. now he firmly supports my initiative of art therapy. but i want you to see more about him, so here we go. five facts you need to know about mike pence. [applause] don't you love those? if it is friday night we better be having pizza for dinner, supreme court is to ul's.an old tools -- o'do e

yourw we are going to see representative reelected to the united states congress. we are going to fill up the state senate here and the state of new hampshire. i look forward to that moment on cnn and abc and cbs and the five different webpages i have on my -- i looko the moment forward to the moment on fox news. [laughter] the 24th announce congressional district has gone to the democrats, and we take back the house of representatives. , and two years later, the democratic nominee for the president has become the next president, and we can say we made america better than ever, and donald trump is back to reality tv. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> vice president pence will speak thursday. we will hear from white house counsel don mcgahn. and labor secretary. live coverage at 10:35 eastern on c-span. q&a kateon c-span's buller talks about her memoir. i felt the

have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim to be elected to the united states congress but ten years on mort has changed rewind islam and america at this time on al jazeera. al jazeera is a very important force of information for many people around the world when all the cameras are gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. a survivor of the genocide or people who beg me to kill them when they're suffering but i didn't have the heart to do it who's dedicated his life to searching the woods for bones of the victims of the srebrenica massacre. you know in the future is to go. you know hope of finally laying the past to rest and giving peace to the victims' families because you need to if i could just find a think about i could bury him. at this time on al-jazeera. the health authorities in eastern keeps reporting chlorine gas simpson is among the casualties of syrian government airstrikes. logan you're watching al-jazeera live from doha and peter w. also coming up.

and then for 12 years on the floor of the united states congress, he fought for conservative principlesapplause ] >> next he governed as a conservative governor in our home state of indiana. and today he will speak to you as vice president. but that mike pence you already know. i'd like to take this opportunity to pull back the curtain and show you the mike pence that i know. i'd like you to see this man that i'd been married to for 32 years. a man -- a man who has supported me as a teacher. he actually would come to my back to school nights. he also supported me as a stay-at-home mom when i wanted to be home. and i used to do these water color fairs and i would come to my booth and help sell the water colors. and now he firmly supports my initiative of art therapy. but i want you to see a little more about him. here we go. five facts you need to know about mike pence. don't you love those? number one, if it's friday night, we better be having pizza for dinner, supreme thin crust with ao doul's. every friday night. number two, this is a good one for you to hear about. the feedback that

to support sanctions on the oligarchs and thank god there is one positive thing that the united states congress is completely unified the senate vote was 96/two to install the sanctions on the russians as an anti-communist viewing putin as a roman's monarchist communist i am delighted. >> he is a of things but he isn't a communist. [laughter] >> i like to think that because he was kgb. >> that unified approach by the united states government of this issue is appropriate. >> the senate intelligence community i hope they simply will not have those russian attempts to influence but a concrete series of recommendations if they conducted their investigation in a way not highly partisan or polarized to give credibility to make those suggestions i suspect it comes out of the senate with numbers no way they will not adopt those same type of recommendations so my hope is to have a conversation with members of the committee who are vaguely implying yes we will do that. >> i do agree senator byrd is fantastic but i am discouraged what i suspect will be the president's response and i think if you look at t

pence: and then for 12 years, on the floor of the united states congress, he fought for conservative ciples. [applause] mrs. pence: yeah. [applause] mrs. pence: next, he governed as a conservative governor in our home state of indiana. [cheers] mrs. pence: and today, he will speak to you as vice president, but that mike pence you already know. i did -- i would like to take this opportunity to pull back the curtain and show you the mike pence that i know. i would like you to see this man that i have been married to for 32 years. [applause] mrs. pence: thank you. a man who has supported me as a teacher. he actually would come to my back-to-school nights. he also supported me as a stay-at-home mom, when i wanted to be home. [applause] mrs. pence: yes. and i used to do these watercolor fairs and he would come to my booth and help sell the watercolors. and now, he firmly supports my initiative of art therapy. but i want you to see a little more about him, so here we go. five facts you need to know about mike pence. [applause] mrs. pence: don't you love those? [applause] mrs. pence: number

what i am looking for is reasonable change within the united states congress and bills that are passedi get active school because this is not the time for inaction and debate, this is the time for discussion and for all people and americans to come together as americans love and compassion. this event happened on valentine's day, so many people lost of 1's. valentine's day, so many people lost of is. our community and our nation have taken too many bullets to the heart and now it is time to stand up. last year, donald trump said he would infringe on the rights to bear arms. he has blamed democrats for not acting when they had congress during the legislation. he was criticised. he has met people affected by the shooting and has also rebuked the fbi after the organisation admitted it failed to act on a tipoff about the suspect, nikolas cruz. cnn has invited the president to an event with the survivors on wednesday. there is school shootings in america and outrage that follows, the question is whether that will now turn into something else. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has l

didn't have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim be elected to the united states congress but ten years on mort has changed rewind islam in america at this time on al jazeera. hello i'm maryam namazie in london here's a quick update of the top stories now syrian government bombs continue to fall on the rebel held district of east and in the three hundred people have been killed since sunday medical sources say eight hospitals were attacked on tuesday alone the u.n. secretary general has made his strongest statement yet only insult. i am deeply saddened by gerry boyle suffering of the civilian population. used and good to four hundred thousand people that leave. in hell on earth my appeal to all those involved is for an immediate suspension of all war activities he needs them good. students from the florida high school west seventeen people were killed last week have been rallying in the state capital tallahassee calling for a ban on assault style weapons and stricter controls on firearms president donald trump is meeting parents students and teachers have been victims of g

didn't have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim be elected to the united states congress but ten years on mort has changed rewind islam in america at this time on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. and there are a call this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes we'll l.l.l. a little. more than four hundred people.

called for ratcheting up sanctions on russia was almost unanimous almost unheard of in the united states congress where most of the divisions are quite partisan but there is a consensus on both sides and. i do think trump runs the risk that if he does nothing and remains passive despite the overwhelming evidence that russia continues according to the intelligence community that attempt to influence the elections in two thousand and eighteen like two thousand and sixteen if there is some kind of detection of hacking into voter registration rolls the at the county state or local elections trump is going to take a hit because it will look like it was his passiveness that enabled encourage russia to move forward on this so i think unless you retract very much from what he stated about his credibility and mr putin to tell him the truth he will be politically damaged by this particular indictment and its aftermath gentlemen we have to leave it there thanks to all our guests today bruce fein us love myself and sean michael cox and thank you to you too for your company you can see the program again and i

obviously, you are retiring after a long service in the united states congress.or the your plans future in the next couple of years? might we see you come back to town on k street? rep. goodlatte: when i ran for congress 26 years ago, i said that i would stay for 12 years. now i'm going on 26. that and the fact that i talked to my wife on the telephone four nights a week for all of those years means that we are ready to make a change. i have always wanted to do something else, but i don't know what it is. the ending of my chairmanship this year provides a good jumping off point. i've said i'm not ruling anything out over in. i will think about it. iat i have found since announced in november is that that time has been very precious , given that everyone said there is a lot of things that we want you to do in congress before then. we have been extremely busy. i plan to consult with a number of my former colleagues on both sides of the aisle, for whom i have respect, about the things that they are doing and ideas that they have. i am open to a lot of different poss

what i am looking for is reasonable change within the united states congress and bills that are passedschool because this is not the time for inaction and debate, this is the time for discussion and for all people that are americans to come together as americans through love and compassion. this event happened on valentine's day, so many people lost loved ones. our community and our nation have taken too many bullets to the heart and now it is time to stand up. last year, donald trump said he would never infringe on the rights to keep arms. he has since blamed democrats for not acting on gun legislation when they controlled congress during the obama adminsitration. democrats had criticised him in the wake of the tragedy. president trump, who has met people affected by the shooting, has also rebuked the fbi, after the organisation admitted it failed to act on a tipoff about the suspect, nikolas cruz. cnn has invited the president to a town hall event with the survivors on wednesday. there is school shootings in america and there is outrage that follows, the question is whether that will

and i guarantee you that in 47 days from now it will look even better because the united states congress had the courage to legislate with the american -- e american people already knew. and that is that people can spend the money they earn better than government can. thank you, mr. president. i suggest the absence of a quorum. a senator: will the senator withhold his suggestion? mr. kennedy: then i yield to the senator. how about that, senator? mr. tester: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. tester: i want to thank the senator from louisiana for allowing me to say a few words and i want to thank you, mr. president, for doing the same. mr. president, hopefully today works out better than the last 131 days have. and that hopefully today a bipartisan group of senators will be able to put forth a budget agreement that will be long term. and i want to thank them. because part of that, although it isn't done yet so we don't want to get the cart too far ahead of the horse, but part of that is funding for our community health centers in this agreement. funding fo

didn't have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim the deal led to the united states congress but ten years on what has changed rewind islam in america at this time on al jazeera. decades of war have left thousands of iraqi amputees desperate to mend their broken bodies. now the chance to use cutting edge robotic persistence is giving them new.

have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim the be elected to the united states congress but ten years on what has changed rewind islam in america at this time on al-jazeera. activists say syrian government forces are using incendiary rockets to spark fires and rebel held eastern data as the un security council struggles to agree a ceasefire plan. hello i'm in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up government officials apologize to parents falsely told their missing daughter has it been rescued we have an exclusive report from nigeria. president trump announces a new wave of measures against north korea targeting shipping in the transport of coal and fuel and the u.s. confirms it will open its new embassy in jerusalem in may this year. we begin in syria where the government's relentless bombing campaign on a rebel held in the capital shows no signs of abating rockets have been fired into eastern for a sixth straight day pushing the death toll to four hundred thirty two people in the past week meanwhile last minute wrangling at the u.n. security council is delayi

have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim the be elected to the united states congress but ten years on what has changed rewind islam and america at this time on al-jazeera. here with al jazeera these are the top stories hundreds of thousands of people trapped in a rebel held on cleveland syria's capital of being bombed for a seventh consecutive day as diplomats bicker at the u.n. over the wording of a cease fire proposal activists say government helicopters are dropping barrel bombs on residential neighborhoods. they've been four separate attacks in afghanistan with at least twenty soldiers killed in a taliban attack on an army outpost in the west of the country two other attacks targeted soldiers in southern helmand province whilst in kabul a suicide bomber blew himself up in the diplomatic area. recovery efforts are underway in somalia's capital where at least thirty eight people have been killed dozens more were injured in two car bombings the armed group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. for the nigerian president mohammed who bihari has sent extra soldiers to

didn't have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim be elected to the united states congress but ten years on mort has changed rewind islam in america at this time on al jazeera. and as a product of the headlines on al-jazeera officials in ne in my geria have apologized for telling the parents of dozens of missing schoolgirls that their daughters have been rescued and outspent turned out to be false of the spot outrage.

have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim would be elected to the united states congress but ten years on mort has changed rewind islam and america at this time on al-jazeera. oh you're watching alters their arms the whole raman in doha these are our top news stories the syrian military is bombardment of eastern ghouta looks set to continue with a u.n. vote on a humanitarian ceasefire but until saturday more than four hundred forty civilians have died in six days of heavy attacks on the rebel held on clave also the u.s. has confirmed it'll open its new embassy in jerusalem in may much earlier than expected palestinians have condemned the announcement as a provocation. there's been a suicide bombing in afghanistan's capital kabul the explosion took place at the gate of the department of intelligence now one person is dead and several others have been injured. at least twenty seven people are being killed in twin car bombings in the somali capital mogadishu the first blast was near the presidential palace on the second in front of a popular hotel the armed group says it was

soon to be elected to the united states congress but ten years on mort has changed rewind islam and america at this time on al-jazeera. for a vast system started running to give that and i fell down but someone picked me up that was the last time i saw him she was taken. out his ear is on the ground in northern nigeria as officials try to establish what.

have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim the be elected to the united states congress but ten years on a lot has changed rewind islam and america at this time on al-jazeera. to. go. i'm rob matheson in doha the top stories and al-jazeera people affected by gun violence in the u.s. have expressed their anger at a meeting with president donald trump at the white house spin told to take urgent action to change gun ownership laws. because my daughter has no voice.

didn't have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim would be elected to united states congress but ten years on more has changed rewind islam in america at this time on al-jazeera. for a vast system started running to give that and i fell down but someone picked me up that was the last time i saw her she was taken. out jazeera is on the ground in northern nigeria as officials try to establish what happened to nearly a hundred schoolgirls. hello i'm not entirely sure without just their life and also coming up. the u.n. security council is due to vote on a ceasefire of a series east in ghouta but it's unclear if russia is on board. five west african countries are looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to fight on groups in the region. and the australian lake that could become one of the world's biggest battering. they've been scenes of desperation in northeastern nigeria after the government retracted a statement in which it claimed that dozens of a ducted schoolgirls have been rescued suspected by harrumph isis took the girls from the school in your base states on mond