the peruvian capital lima the biggest gathering of national leaders in the western hemisphere. after i saw iraq's political parties begin campaigning for upcoming elections as rebuilding efforts continued. hello temperatures in southeastern australia last week was still hovering around record values well the season's changed snow has been sighted in the southern obs has been cited in. tasmania as well these multiple fronts systems being quite active in knocking a temperature back and bring some significant rain stormy weather and of course snow the temperature in melbourne is that a seventy nine is quite a stiff breeze as well as twenty in adelaide as don imus better in sydney in fact perth beat you or twenty five in perth gets even warmer come monday bit of cloud admittedly there's not much change elsewhere except less clouds slightly lighter winds so it's feeling ok i think now of course much of that cloud swings around tasman sea and eventually hits new zealand and this is no exception that's exactly where those clouds those fronts are going as a result here is the full cost

now the biggest gathering of heads of state in the western hemisphere is taking place in peru heads of states from across the americas are looking to tackle corruption and overcome differences on trade the political crisis in venezuela is also expected to be a main focus of the meeting but there are several notable absentees including the us president donald trump who pulled out at the last moment john heilemann joining us from lima to tell us what more we expect at that summit. yes the summit has now got underway the meeting of today the plenary is now in action but there's a lot of things to discuss today at this summit the official main theme is corruption and that's certainly very relevant here in latin america the host country peru actually lost its president a couple of weeks ago to a bribery scandal that's really rocked the entire region the question is whether they can really clear the opera provide any concrete solutions over just two days of talks of course another issue here is going to be syria vice president pence who's come in place of president trump is going to address

entrancehas made an into the western hemisphere, particularly in the commodities sector.outh -- in south america. as the united states and china trade becomes more complicated, it is possible that china will retaliate against the united states by raising tariffs on agricultural products. who is the winner? south america, because they produce the product china consumes. soy and beef. that is an ironic twist. in peru, there is not much of an economic agenda at the summit of the americas, not the trade agenda we have are used to. -- we are used to. hopefully they will find their way back to the table to talk about trade in the hemisphere context. lighthizer is not going to the summit and will not meet with his counterparts in canada and mexico. they have technical negotiations involving things like rules of origin. will we know whether nafta will work in a week or so? >> not in that timeframe specifically, something under negotiations since august and they were trying to concluded by the end of the calendar year and then by the end of march, etc.. they will have to decide at

we have to change the dynamic in the western hemisphere and he intends to lead the way on that. there is a self-determination among the peoples of south and central america and there's an opportunity for their economic growth that will help address some of the conditions that cause people to begin their migration but right now if you're choosing to take that step and to make that journey, stop doing it. the mexican government is working with us. president trump is applying resources. do not put yourself in that danger. >> i want to turn to daca. the president has made his position clear that he believes daca is dead. what does that mean for the kids whose status was put into question? what would you tell them? >> i would tell them there is a democratic leadership this congress that has chosen point blank that this is a better wedge issue for them to run on than a problem for them to fix. >> it's just the democrats' problem. >> absolutely. >> president trump could have accepted a compromise? >> president trump is the one that in a shocking fashion came out and did something i don

and what the presentation calls the occupation of crimea numerous countries chiefly in the western hemisphere backed london's allegations that russia was behind the poisoning and have joined punitive measures against moscow and though that sentiment was shared by far from every nation even in europe some british and american politicians i think quick to equate their allies with the entire world. what the world is saying today is that this pattern of behavior has become an acceptable and what you're seeing in this huge diplomatic expulsion is a desire to correct that and to say right russia enough is enough to wiltz patience is rather wearing thin with president putin and his actions we stand with our british allies and the rest of the civilized world it has become clear that russia is behind this effort to kill innocent civilians with the banned nerve agent. more analysis than the story has been and david swanson author of war is alive and i speak to you david i just want to pick a moment just been talking about the number of people who have rallied behind the u.k. and they're blaming russia

leadership which i lead we say that the moon i did nation forces in haiti are the africa calm of the western hemisphere they are the us western military army training latin american in strength american soldiers. for on behalf of the western powers and they use haiti as a training ground that's number one number two haiti has massive oil the head of venezuelans oil is in haiti's waters number in terms of riches haiti has they say now twenty billion in gold. haitian geologist says it's one hundred billion in gold doing the earthquake. bill and hillary clinton put in through fake elections and you can see this just google it michel martelly who is a former carnival singer if you look at the e-mails from the hillary and bill clinton they show you that they created this this fake election and now in two thousand and sixteen we have should be two thousand and seventeen we have this new president job mel movies job no more yes was handpicked by michel martelly who was put into office by bill and hillary clinton under the obama administration and now the aid groups and you and agencies they always stress that

narcotic missions, persistent surveillance operations training and aerial support throughout the western hemisphere. the poor department of defense's longtime partner of the department of homeland security and i thank them for their support. while plans are being finalized is our expectation that the national guard will deploy personnel in support of the border security mission. it will take time to have the details in place but we are beginning today and moving quickly. we are anxious to have the support. i have spoken with all of the governors and will continue these conversations. it's very encouraging that some of them have already taken dramatic steps in their own state to confront illegal immigration and to strengthen border security to prevent the criminal activity and the inflow of drugs. these leaders understand the importance of enforcement and border security and how it improves public safety. another forward to working with each of them. as a result, i will not provide full details today because much of which we will be doing in conjunction with the board of governors will be worked out

is it fair for me to give up all of my personal data to facebook and everybody else in the western hemisphere in exchange for me being able to see what some of my high school buddies had for dinner on saturday night? >> zuckerberg will appear before the committees on tuesday. the house energy and commerce committee will hear from him on wednesday. >>> a homicide suspect is on the loose after a shooting last night in pleasant hills. neighbors on noris drive heard gunfire at 11:00 p.m. the police cited a 23-year-old man shot several times and later died. the investigators believe a confrontation started as a marijuana robbery and turned into a shooting. it is pleasant hills first homicide since 2012 and so far the authorities have not provided details on the suspect. >>> former raider and 49er smith is behind bars tonight. the linebacker was booked into the san francisco county jail friday evening. the sheriff's department says he violated one of the conditions of his ankle monitoring agreement. smith is accused of assaulting a woman at a san francisco apartment last month and later violating a

for me to give up all of my personal data to facebook and apparently everybody else in the western hemisphere in exchange for me being able to see what some of my high school buddies had for dinner saturday night. >> zuckerberg will appear before the senate judiciary and commerce committees on tuesday. the house energy and commerce committee will hear from him on wednesday. >>> all right, it's now six months since the devastating wildfires broke out in sonoma and napa counties. the fires destroyed more than 8,000 structures. kpix 5 -- >> reporter: it's hard to believe these terrifying scenes unfolded exactly six months ago today. >> i'm seeing some weird lights. it could be sparks. >> reporter: terrified residents fleeing their homes dodging embers blowing through the smoky night sky. now some of those survivors are here at the sonoma county fairgrounds rv park. >> welcome to our home. >> reporter: like will and vera, two retired sonoma county school teachers who are living in a fema trailer. >> i call it femaville. >> reporter: femaville, where neat trailers line the dusty gravel streets. a

numerous countries chiefly in the western hemisphere have backed london's allegations that russia wasn't behind the poisoning of sergei screen paul and his daughter and have joined punitive measures against moscow and though that sentiment wasn't shared by every nation even in europe some british and american politicians were quick to equate their allies with the entire world but the world is saying today is that this pattern of behavior has become an acceptable and what we're seeing in this huge diplomatic expulsion is a desire to correct that and to say right russia enough is enough to won't patients is wrong wearing saying with president putin and his actions we stand with our british allies and the rest of the civilized world it has become clear that russia is behind this effort to kill innocent civilians with the banned nerve agent. rasmussen executive vice president of the eurasia center says the current standoff may deepen already existing divisions in europe. i think it kind of centers on the whole perspective that. certain countries have thinking that the world their world balls

the presentation calls the occupation of crimea crimea and numerous countries chiefly in the western hemisphere have backed london's allegations that russia was behind the poisoning of sergei screwball and his daughter and have joined punitive measures against moscow and though that sentiment wasn't shared by every nation even in europe some british and american politicians were quick to equate their allies with the entire world. but the world is saying today is that these patterns of behavior has become an acceptable and what you'll see in these huge diplomatic expulsion is a desire to correct that and to say right russia enough is enough to wiltz patience is wrong wearing thin with president putin and his actions we stand with our british allies and the rest of the civilized world it has become clear that russia is behind this effort to kill innocent civilians with the banned nerve agent. cross lives are all rasmussen the executive vice president of the eurasia center thanks for being with us here on our team international. as we were talking during the sound check that things are just gettin

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any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorists and its holding hostages. seek to continue along with other nations and with the. resolution of the crisis. i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. its president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. the united states and around. have prevailed. and i ordered a targeted military strike for airfields in syria. i think. became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment for. some of america's key partners though i'm not so keen to launch strikes against syria germany italy the netherlands and canada all say there needs to be a thorough investigation first more on that now from peter all of the. well if there is going to be an

nearly two weeks ago at the age of eighty one the biggest gathering of heads of state in the western hemisphere has been taking place in peru in the eight summit of the america's leaders from across north south and central america had talks on topics including tackling corruption and differences on trade that's all for now up next it's techno likes watching c.c. . a society's progress is dependent on the quality of its experts to meet more inspiring professionals a top priority is to moderate the new generation to study find new teaching methods are infusing thai students to become the agents of change taking them out of the classroom to solve problems in their local communities level education inspiring science timeline at this time. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the wound. sentiments have an equal hand algis the internet will bring in the news and current of friends that matter to you. al-jazeera. this is techno a show about innovations that can change lives in the science of fighting wildfires we're going to explore the intersection of hardware in huma

any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorism and its holding hostages. political demands. to continue along with other nations and with. the resolution of the crisis. i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. is president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. united states and around. have prevailed. and i ordered a target. for you if you. i think. became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment. ok we can now show you live pictures from the syrian capital damascus where you can see people that are gathering on the streets to denounce the u.s. led military action on their country as you can see there waving flags. in support of the syrian government earlier we spoke t

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speaking to leaders of the western hemisphere who had gathered in peru for the summit of the americaso isolate the country. every free nation gathered here must ta ke every free nation gathered here must take stronger action to isolate the majuro regime. we must all stand with our brothers and sisters suffering in venezuela. and i can promise you the united states will not rest, we will not relent until democracy is restored in venezuela. the bbc‘s katy watson joins us now from lima. you have been following this story in venezuela, will mr pence have the kind of support he is looking for to isolate mr maduro? he has got the support of the people who are at the summit of the americas, barring bolivia and cuba who have voiced support for mr maduro. the vast majority of countries here are concerned about the situation in venezuela, especially countries such as brazil, colombia, that has taken ina lot as brazil, colombia, that has taken in a lot of migrants who fled the country, all of the region is deeply concerned about the growing crisis in venezuela. but what can they do, what do they

any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorism and its holding of hostages. political demands. or seek to continue along with other nations and with the. resolution of the crisis . i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. is president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. united states and around. have prevailed. and i ordered a target new jersey. for airfield. i think from became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment. ok we've heard the response from london let's go live to paris now and our correspondent shallow dubai the ski saw that france was also part of this operation know what's being said that was the feeling in paris this morning. well on sunday morning th

any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorism and it's. just. political to me. to continue along with. the resolution of the crisis. i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. is president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. united states and our allies have prevailed. and i don't order. new jersey. or if you. i think. became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment. let's bring in political commentator and. the tweets that just sent out they got a lot of attention do you think his cabinet supports his stance his approach. well as i was certainly home last february are all sorry we will have a situation similar and soon the north korea trying and the czech strains of

any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorism and its holding hostages. political. to continue along with. the resolution of the crisis. therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. its president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. united states and around. have prevailed. tonight i ordered. new jersey. airfield. i think from became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment. just to remind you of our breaking news this hour donald trump has vowed to strike syria with smart missiles warning russia that it that if it wishes to protect syria it better get ready although in a follow up tweet he called for an end to the arms race and said russian relations with russia don't have to

begins today at lima peru the summit will bring together at least twenty heads of state from the western hemisphere fighting corruption is a theme but the leaders will be.

any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorism and its holding hostages. political demands. to continue along with. the resolution of the crisis. therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. its president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. the united states and around. have prevailed. and i ordered a target new jersey. airfield. i think. became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment. just to recap our breaking news if you're just joining us speaking from the white house president donald trump has announced that the u.s. france and the u.k. are launching strikes against syria trump says that the attacks will continue. until the syrian government stops using chemical weapons h

the age of eighty one after a long illness the biggest gathering of heads of states in the western hemisphere taking place in peru heads of state from across the americas are looking to tackle corruption and overcome differences on trade but there are several notable absent absentees including the u.s. president's donald trump those are the headlines on al-jazeera up front is coming up next with us. fifty three member states. one night comic pick ahead as leaders of the commonwealth descend on london bridge by any a meeting just how much does the commonwealth matter in today's world and where does it go up to the queen elizabeth the commonwealth heads of government on al-jazeera. in syria can u.s. rockets stop bashar al assad's killing machine or will they just make things worse and in gaza can anyone or anything stop israel from shooting and killing palestinian protesters we'll debate both those issues in this up from middle east special. on april seventh at least seventy syrian residents of the rebel held town of duma were killed in a suspected chemical weapons attack and hundreds more inju

any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorism and its holding hostages. political. to continue along with. the resolution of the crisis. therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. its president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. united states and around. have prevailed. and i ordered a targeted military strike or airfield. i think. became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment. during two security council meeting the u.s. ambassador nikki haley proclaimed russia's hands are covered in the blood of syrian children and added that shaming russia with pictures of those kids hasn't worked in the past. takes a look at the pictures of the children the u.s. envoy chose not to sho

any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorism and its holding hostages. political to me. to continue along with. the resolution of the crisis. i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. is president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. the united states and around. have prevailed. tonight i ordered a targeted military. airfield in syria. i think from became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment for. life now. as a political analyst broadcaster across the developments of the past couple of hours good to see you thanks for coming on the program we talked a lot about what nikki haley's been saying the united states u.n. ambassador she says the u.s. the u.k. and france

any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorists and its holding hostages. political to me. to continue along with other nations and with the official. resolution of the crisis. i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. is president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. united states and our allies have prevailed. and i ordered a targeted military strike for the airfield. i think. became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment for some european countries have already pledged support for washington stance. they have a defense that chemical weapons were used there is very very clear as far as i'm concerned that can be checked over again but it doesn't help us as we condem

begins today at lima peru the summit will bring together at least twenty heads of state from the western hemisphere fighting corruption is a theme but the leaders will be hosted by the new peruvian peruvian president martin this caro who took office after the recent impeachment of his predecessor as reported earlier this week president donald trump will not attend the summit the first time a history that a u.s. president has not attended the event vice president mike pence will represent the united states in ten instead venezuelan president nicolas maduro who was disinvited from the host nation called the summit a waste of time of course he would the summit comes at a time of turmoil in the region with regional power brazil and tumble over the country's most popular politician former president lula da silva having been effectively barred from this year's presidential election by a conviction and jailing subsequent jailing during the appeal that may have been called politically motivated it is called politically motivated by many and zooming in on brazil is a regional powerhouse economy but elephant

any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorism and its holding hostages. political to me. to continue along with. the resolution of the crisis. i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. its president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. united states and around. have prevailed. tonight i ordered. new jersey. if you. i think. became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment. the french president emanuel mccrone has been calling for a tough response on syria following the reported chemical incident but at the same time we have heard that the representative of the french government has said that a decision has still not been made when it comes to taking action against syria and also t

any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorism and its holding hostages. political to me. to continue along with other nations and with. a prompt resolution of the crisis. i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. its president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. the united states and our allies have prevailed. and i don't order a target new jersey. or airfield. i think from became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment. we cannot cross live to robert. director of the organization just foreign policy now mr diamond the head of the international committee of russia's federation council stated this attack was conducted in order to create difficulties for the open sea

united states asked the other leaders it would is the biggest gathering of heads of state in the western hemisphere to rally round the united states led attack on syria i call upon every nation in this hemisphere freedom. to support this military action taken by the united states and our allies and to support it publicly the u.s. is also pushing for growing sanctions and isolation of venezuela a country that's been suffering economic and humanitarian problems for quite some time it also has elections coming up next month and sixteen countries signed an agreement which calls for those elections to be free and fair there are worries that the opposition isn't going to have much of a chance in those elections now the main theme of the summit the official theme was against corruption and at the end of it the proven president said that the countries had come together in a commitment against corruption but this is a document that as far as we can see doesn't have any in forcible measures so it's more a question of good will and how each country intends to implement and enforce itself but document so there