since venzuela was called venzuela and since bol i have a r liberated united states. >> that's why ient to the national assembly. >> the move comes days after the u.s. granted a national threat and sanctioned seven government officials. as the head of the country's parliament, hand delivered the law, thousands outside the palace roarred in support of what they say will allow president maduro to protect the oil rich nation from a u.s. invasion. the mood was festive, hardly the signs of a country under siege. >> i am here because as venzuelaanses we need to unite. what obama said is no small matter. we need to support maduro's proposal wholeheartedly. >> the day before military and civilians rehearsed military maneuvers to fight for an invasion. >> nicholas maduro has a little over 20% approval rate and parliamentary elections loom ahead. in these streets, people are more worried about the soaring crime rate than a crime tract. >> our domestic problems are more real than a foreign enemy n we are being robbed and killed everywhere. >> president nicholas maduro has successfully turned th

sanctions imposed after washington designated venzuela a national security threat.et's go live to the capital and speak to virginia lopez. is there any doubt maduro will get these extra powers? >> nobody is expecting it to not go through. the government party holds the majority of the congress. we are expecting that any minute now the congress right behind me will approve maduro's enabling law. this would entitle him to rule by decree which means basically he doesn't need to consult the congress for any pass of the law. sper show sure the law will go through, there has been a huge anti-imperilist march for later on. i think you can hear music and see the people beginning to gatherer before going to the presidential palace where they are expected to show their support to president maduro. >> how has opposition been react to go this virginia? >> well the opposition is very worried on many counts. there has been an increasingly criticism maduro is more and more intolerant of any dissent, even be from coming within his party ranks but we are six months ahead of article

after venzuela was designated a national security threat. al jazeera's virginia lopez.s madura expected to get extra powers then? >> he calls it the en ailing law. he says he needs this the right to rule by decree in which he stops the anti-imperialist law to defend venzuela from recently being branded from the u.s. as a national threat u.s. sanctions were targeted saplings against essentially officials basis upon either human rights violations or corruption. and this has been completely sidelined by maduro who made this more about a national threat on the national security he is insisting he needs these extra powers. how has the opposition responded to that? this has been many reactions. some say madura needs to focus on soaring inflation and the mounting crime that affects regular venzuelaans and that he is saying, you know, he is arguing that there is an imminent foreign threat just to use an excuse to mask the domest domestic problem. other opposition figures are genuinely concerned maduro might be using the special powers to silence dissent. he is intolerant even f

venzuela's parliament seeks a law that would grant super powers for six months.t home morino and chelsea cannot find a goal at the crucial time. news coming up a little later in the program. first action thousands of protesters have turned out in brazil for rallies to call for the impeachment of the president. about 15,000 demonstrators took to the streets of rio dejanero. who faces criticism overs the petrobras corruption scandal. four from her administration are implicated in kickbacks. there are some 200,000 people on this main avenue ner in sao sao paulo. it's the most powerful city by many measures. you have people out on the streets that are fed up with the scandal, with the 7% rising. a lot of people want go see some kind of impact. whether there will be i am impeachment is clear. it's hard for her and her cabinet to govern eventively. >> adam how sick is brazil over the scandal? >> reporter: ? >> we covered it here in 2013 around a bus fare hike but this is more focused on her party, the worker's party and on her. you have people chanting in the street, o

. >> venzuela is taking a new diplomatic shot at the united states.oday, president nicholas maduro called for new restrictions to the number of u.s. diplomats allowed to work in the country. he said americans will have to start paying for visas if they want to travel to venzuela. he has accuse the u.s. of working with local opposition groups there to try to overthrow his government. washington called the claim base lesotho. following the kidnapping of 250 syrian christians by is ill, other christians have began to leave the region for safer locations. in beirut a syrian christian spoke out about the threats they faced. 1300 christian families arrived in lebanon and over the past months, dmriksz nearby iraq fled as isil made gains on mosul. we showed you this video of is ill spaiblth destroying ancient asyrian artifacts. many believe they were replicas but many are real. the museum was closed in the wake of the looting during the u.s. invasion of iraq a decade ago. iraqis are being invited to see their heritage once again. jane araf reports. baghdad. >

only venzuela abstained. resolution doesn't say which side was responsible for the chlorine attacks but for some there was no doubt. let's ask ourselves: who has helicopters in syria? certainly not the opposition. only the regime does. we have seen them use their helicopters in countsless other attacks on innocent syrians using barrel bombs. >> that led to a stormy row after one of the council members had agreed to a new resolution. russia said the ocpw report contained subjective evidence perhaps, the ambassador said at a time when helicopters just happened to be flying in the area. then he added this. >> we provide the technical details and it's easier for colleagues to say we know it's the government that's responsible. can we work like this in the security council? no. don't protect the terrorists. >> the u.s. demanded a right to reply. >> it is a little strange to take away one party's entire stockpile of chemical weapons in the wake of a monstrous attack and later claim that the party whose cremhemical

and lopez who was an actress in venzuela says it will be a comedy. when we continue.e on the officer involved shooting in san francisco. also mid-air emergency man running for the cockpit scream running for the cockpit running for the cockpit screaming jihad in the cargo hold. how courageous passengers jump into action. >> new charges tonight in million air murder case. what authorities found in his hotel room when they arrested him. >> and how actress ashley judd taking on the people who harass her on twitter. stay with me. jeans . >> good evening once again. update now on our breaking news we had at the top exploratorium police shoot and kill a driver accused of going on a reckless ride in the city. there is an active investigation rate now at pine street and van ten commandments avenue. police confirm to us that officers shot and killed the driver of this black volkswagen. first approached her at nearby gas station as part of an investigation into a stolen vehicle. officers say the woman sped away. turned the wrong way down one way street and smashed into at least

. >> relations between venzuela and the united states have certain a turn for the worse during a rallyrakas, president maduro announced all americans will need vis as from now on after several united states citizens including a pilot were accused of spying. the mayor it was accused of plotting a u.s.-backed coup. . >> the price of cotton has fallen dramatically in the united states, partly because of a drop in demand from china. there are now concerns for the entire industry. in the last part of our global series on the price of cotton, andy gallacher reports from texas where many farmers face an uncertain future. >> reporter: only the remnants of this season's cotton harvest remain but cotton has been planted in these fields since the 18th century. many farmers have a deep connection with the land. >> 640 acres is where my grandparents come out here in 1904. they come out here in a covered wag wagon. >> bruce vaughn says cotton farmers are now in serious trouble. the price of a bale of cotton is the lowest it has been in years. demands is it down. uncertainty about the future has bruc