president's closest advisers steps down we go live to washington for more details. let's build afghanistan together president ashraf ghani offers amnesty to the taliban in a bid to and sixteen years of conflict. day two of the partial poles and fighting in eastern little has changed for syrians besieged in the rebel held on klav the five hour truce was expected to allow the sick and the injured to leave and aid to get day in but nothing of that sort has happened syrian government troops are reportedly planning a ground assault and sporadic bombings are continuing a summer benj of it reports from gaza on top and turkey near the border with syria digging more graves is how some spend the five hour pause in the daily bodman of eastern with many deaths every day the ranges for mass burials. on the syrian government side of the buffer been crossing buses and ambulances waited for civilians to cross but people deny a claim by the russian president that some civilians crossed over on the second day of the poison fighting. we have managed to get out quite a big group of tho

parker is a white house reporter for the "washington fost." ashley, thank yojoining us. so, what is known about why hope hicks is doing this? >> so, i first should underscore that this is an incredibly stunning development. there was a sense that even in a chaotic andus tumulthite house, that there was one person who would be with president trump through the end of his term or potentially two terms, is would be hope hicks. our understanding is that she did actually make this decision before yesterday's tetimony on capitol hill. and she has told people that she basically wants to spend-- be closer to homto her family in connecticut, that three yearscu d solely on one thing and working in this incredibly high-pressure an high-intensity environment just talks a toll on anyone and s reaized it was her time to move on. i do have to say, this comes as she, herself, was under a lot of personal stress. there was not just that testimony. she had been romantically linked to staff secrary rob porte who was forced out of the white house amid allegations of domestic abus and more bro

is a political expert to the truman national security project and joins me now from washington d.c. thank you very much for speaking to us are we seeing a renewed versioning to resolve the crisis in the gulf. i think we definitely are and i also think that that's a very positive thing we're building off of the momentum of the extremely successful us qatar strategic dialogue that happened in washington just a few weeks ago and during that time the foreign minister of qatar had very productive and positive conversations with general mattis and h.r. mcmaster and secretary tillerson the strength of the u.s. qatar relationship is incredibly important and i'm happy to see the president playing a more active role in ameliorating the crisis he's trying to play a more proactive role as you say but how much is he going to be able to achieve we have seen a deep schism in the gulf one that could be very difficult to repair. how difficult a toss this is going to be for trump and his team. well i think that the trump administration is definitely going to have to come up with some face saving meas

anything else they never want to see anything like this happen again next month they will march in washington d.c. but they're afraid of never again is really beginning to echo through this entire country they want to be the last students to ever go through anything like this and certainly the parents never want to see anyone lose any of their children ever again. well the economic crisis and worsening security situation in venezuela is forcing more and more people to leave for neighboring countries hundreds of thousands of people have gone to colombia and many others are heading south to brazil where a state of social emergency has been the cleared from the northern brazilian. reports. in a makeshift encampment to the center of town hundreds of venezuelans who have crossed brazil in search of what they can't find it food jobs and maybe a better life. this is a city of both of the east of brazil on the border within a swale and that's where we find one thousand year old thomas prieto and his wife sees that it for them and their newborn baby said go home is now a tent in spite of the condition

last month the central intelligence agency director mike on piero actually made remarks in public in washington d.c. suggesting that he wouldn't be surprised if the north korean regime would start selling its nuclear weapons technology in this arctic knology and wherewithal in order to generate cash in light of the fact that the current sanctions regime is really hitting john young extremely hard and it has to subsist so it's selling these sort of items would be quite lucrative in certain quarters of the world and clearly that the usual suspects have sprung up and graham where does this then lead south korea i mean seoul has been pushing for a dialogue with pyongyang but this is put the south koreans a difficult position perhaps. it likely does i mean it has this is likely to dampen the mood i mean there's been a unprecedented euphoric high over the last few weeks in light of the approach mount if you like between the north and the south and everyone's turned to this new hope that the crisis in the an insular could be resolved a lot sooner than we thought but now with this report coming on and

al-jazeera washington. the u.n. special envoy to yemen has brief the security council for the last time before he leaves the job. had criticized international players involved in the conflict meanwhile the humanitarian crisis seems to get worse by the day homage on june reports on why cancer patients at more risk than ever before. were about thirty there's nothing more important than providing whatever comfort he can i'm going to have out of the i'm scared for my children that my life they are the seeds of my soul every day i do my best to help them. the worried father holds their hands while taking the pretreatment to the national on college the center in yemen's capital sanaa his eight year old son a crime suffers from lymphoma while his seven year old daughter as john has a brain tumor they wait in a room in which bright colors fail to mask the kind of darkness the young should never have to contend with. other children are clearly paned. life was extremely difficult for cancer patients in yemen even before the t

al-jazeera washington. a summit in kenya is focusing on how aid agencies can regain public trust after a string of sex scandals donations to oxfam have fallen following the sacking of workers who used prostitutes in haiti and united nations peacekeepers have been sent home from south sudan after being accused of sexually abusing women catherine soy has more from nairobi. this is a summit that brings together key players in the humanitarian sector and one of the main talking points is finding the reason a lot of fun sign about dawn of the deep particularly when it comes to funding as some of the countries that have experienced long and protracted conflict the summit also comes at a time when some aid workers from some humanitarian organizations like oxfam have been accused of sexual abuse in countries that they're operating in countries where that have some of the most vulnerable people this is something that the united nations a some don't the communities are very worried about what's behind us here of tole

the "washington post."so obert, what does this mean? what clearance does jared bernstein lose? >> he has been having abscess for over a year in the white house to classified materials. now he will just have a secret designation. that's a downgrade from his current designation. 's been going with this interim clearance for a year, but general john kelly, the chief of staff, has moved to t to tighten up this whole process inside of the west wing. >> amakae know what that means in terms of what he can still see and what h can no longer see? >> the white house maintains that kushner will be able to work on mexico relations with the united states, will continue to work on middle east peace, but this will be narrower scope of his clearance inside of the white house. he will not have access to top-secret classified information in the same way that the president will the coming months.dr >> wf: so how do the folks you're talking to think that affects his job, the work he's able to do? it was a rough day for jared b

assistant secretary of defense for afghanistan and pakistan he's joining us now from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for giving us your time so the taliban seem to have been mounting a succession of six apart think successful attacks in kabul and elsewhere over the last few months what would be its motivation for getting involved in these talks well i think there are several factors at play but the most important one is the change in u.s. policy announced by president trump in august where he said the united states was going to stay in afghanistan and not only stay but increase its support for the afghan government up until then the taliban had been counting on president obama's promise to leave afghanistan and to end the war there by pulling all u.s. troops up this change of direction by the trumpet ministration has told both the taliban and their supporters in pakistan that they can't count on the united states leaving and i think that is one of the major factors that is leading the polygon to look at to look at talks with new interest i want to talk to you about the inf

thank you so much for joining us with your take on the current situation like there from washington d.c. thank you. there's much more to come on the news hour it's fun for some but ms separate for others a wintry blast leaves europe colder than the arctic. why even searching online for winnie the pooh is banned as china cracks down on criticism of its move to scrap term limits for president she. has fought how technology will help team doctors as well as referees at this year's football world cup. germany's federal administrative court has passed a ruling that a lot of cities the ban the use of diesel cars well the measures have been imposed to tackle air pollution problems across the country there were and could have huge ramifications for car makers in germany which is your ups largest car market dominic came reports not on her lip soon cities in germany couldn't force bonds on older diesel vehicles move environmental groups here have long campaigned for and now thanks to a court ruling on tuesday they have it is the view that we are certainly happy and satisfied as of today we have d

really voted that he should yes do but he isn't right thank you very much from washington patty culhane . well now in colombia at least five soldiers have been killed and ten others wounded in a bomb attack by marxist rebels the national liberation army bombed military vehicles on the road between the northern towns of to be. honest it tack came one day off the group said it would hold a unilateral cease fire during elections next month. well here after the colombian government signed its peace deal with the far the former fighters are launching a t.v. network new colombian news ams to offer a different post conflict alternative to the traditional media some of their reporters are facing resistance as alessandra yeti reports. there's a new player in colombia's media landscape one that doesn't have much money or clout but dreams of being revolutionary in a country where mainstream channels of long been seen as serving the interest of the powerful and emotionally we have a clear editorial line that guides us give voice to the voiceless to those who have been neglected by the state we also

for the perhaps past few days we've been getting indications from washington that united states is actually carefully watching what's happening in terms of into korean dialogue at this point and as the united states has expressed their willingness to come to the table somehow if north korea is willing to move through or is the do nuclearization so united states is not staying firmly in its place it's coming closer to the table the way many observers are seeing here so this is only going movement right here and north korea has repeatedly said it specially the head of the legation this time has repeatedly said for the last three days that they want to talk so therefore i think one way or another we will get to see some kind of dialogue or you know united states is making this friendship between talk and dialogue and talk as initial form to get to the dialogue and we'll get to see some kind of talk happening between washington and pretty soon. our time for a check on the weather now here's richard with the latest on the big freeze gripping europe impressive down it really is yes we've got this

united states isn't so adamant isn't so hard on that precondition but given the sense of feeling in washington at the moment that might be a concession too far rob many thanks pride in seoul. south africa's new president has appointed a number of ministers sacked by former leader jacob zuma some will run a pose announced thirty changes in the reshuffle they include two former finance ministers including probing gaudin who takes over as public enterprises minister zuma ex-wife was also given a position more now from malcolm webb in johannesburg it's not the overhaul that many ram opposed the supporters or many south africans who were hoping for a clear change of direction in an anti corruption drive would have hoped for many ministers from the previous cabinet who appointed by former president jacob zuma and implicated in many of the corruption scandals that afflicted his government have been reappointed but in different positions the most controversial of those reappointment is musi got a foreigner from former finance minister he's been reinstated in another powerful position the ministry of h

but washington state's democratic governor jay inslee challenged him. >> i have listened to the people who would be affected by that. i have listened to the biology teachers and they don't want to do t any percentage. i've listened to the first grade teachers that don't want to be pistol-packing teachers. so i just suggest we need a little less tweeting here and a little more listening and lets just take that off the and move forward. >> sreenivasan: several other governors, including texas republican gregg abbott, spoke in favor of havi armed people on school campuses. this as the gavel echoed in congress for the first time 10 days. west virginia democratic senator joe mahin appealed to republicans to help pass something. >> it would be the president weighing in that would give them the comfort zone, i would think, the republicans in order for them to support something that's reasonable. >> sreenivasan: lawmakers face a host of proposals. they include fes to the instant criminal background system and raising the purchaseg age for longs. but, it's not clear if anything can pass. on sun

joins us now live from washington d.c. andrew what you make of this russian announcement of this daily five polls in fighting russia showing this still very much in control. russia showing it has influence it's good to have this kind of pas and humanitarian corridors in theory but it's not going to stop the assad regime's assault on these besieged areas it's not going to meet the thirty day cease fire. which was demanded by the u.n. security council instead going to give us something way short of that and with it we're going to have some relief but continued suffering of those who were surrounded in the school and where does this leave that un resolution i mean it is russia playing as the u.k.'s deputy ambassador said cynical games. well i think russia is playing a game in which it tries to do the bare minimum to in order to pacify or to basically. gain the acceptance of a lot of. the international community that is doing all that it can i think there is a lot of skeptics that say that they can do a lot more and the proble

some games where we could have played better but one thing about all four of the from our tonight for washington the more of a loser. well the new orleans pelicans recorded their win in a right beating the milwaukee bucks storm and anthony davis hit twenty seven points with your holiday stops going with thirty six me one twenty three to one twenty one overtime win and i got the six best record in the west. tiger woods says expectations have gone up after finishing twelfth at the honda classic in florida fellow american justin summersby they released in a playoff to win back titles the second one of the season for him woods was briefly within striking distance of the leaders but a double bogey on the fifteenth ended his outside chances of a tall victory he's on the comeback trail again after a succession of long injury lay offs. now with the olympics in pyongyang over it the focus is already shifting to the next games in twenty twenty two beijing will become the first city to stage both the summer and winter olympics the city not known for its snow in a country not renowned for its interest in wi

south korean protesters rallied against the north as pressure builds for concessions from washington and pyongyang for direct talks. on the brink of famine more than half of south sudan's people are worried about where their next meal is coming from plus. reviving an industry crippled by civil war the first tunnel film made in sri lanka in four decades it's the scream. opposition medics in syria say a child has died than a dozen more being treated after another suspected chlorine gas attack witnesses reported smelling the gas after an explosion in the rebel held area of eastern guta at least twenty three people have been killed in fighting there on monday despite a u.n. security council resolution calling for a ceasefire say mahato reports from beirut. one of the front lines in eastern opposition fighters say they are rebelling attempts by pro syrian government forces to storm the besieged enclave. rebel say they killed dozens of soldiers the ground offensive began on sunday just hours after the u.n. security council agreed to a cease fire throughout. and since then there has been no

south korean protesters rally against the north this pressure builds for concessions from washington. for talks. more than half of south sudan's people are worried about where their next meal is coming from a stark warning from the united nations plus. reviving an industry crippled by civil war the first time film made in sri lanka in four decades it's the scream the. opposition medics in syria say a child has died and a dozen more are being treated after another suspected chlorine gas attack witnesses reported smelling the gas after an explosion in the rebel held on klav of eastern well this video is said to show victims struggling to breathe the syrian government has denied using chemical weapons in the war government airstrikes continue in eastern guta despite a cease fire resolution passed by the un security council on saturday. i don't and that's the only thing that teaches me today we have more than thirty dead dozens of mints and launching of chemical weapons they bombard us with chlorine sarin and other gases from iran we don't know what they are a sort of russian a common a d

the "washington post" spoke to two u.s. officials under the condition of anonymity the" false-flag" operation. the attack disrupted the stadium's internet and broadcast systems along with the olymaic website anhave compromised other data. in syria, the u.n. security council's 30-day ceasefire lasted less than 24 hours. the syrian government forces launched a new round of airstrikes in the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta today. members of the secury council are calling on russian president vladimir putin to pressure the syrian government to stothe attacks. human rights observers in syriae say nine peopl killed today, adding to the more than 500 reported dead in the region last week. china's communist party is setting the stagfor president xi jinping to remain in power far beyond the end of his term in 2023.rn the gont announced today that officials proposed removing term limits from china's constitution. if passed by china's legislature, the 64-year-old xi could remain in power atdefinitely. read the full demoic memo relea

daughter ivanka but washington says sanctions against north korea will continue. mark fitzpatrick is the director of the nonproliferation program and sascha institute for strategic studies need joins us now from washington d.c. on skype thanks for being with us so the north. the north korea has expressed willingness to talk to the u.s. but when it except preconditions that the u.s. is laying down well this is the big problem is north korea has now accepted the u.s. condition. north korea agree to a deal nuclearization go or something you used to accept but hasn't percival years now. they could have talks about talks you know that states has said that when vice president pence was in so he said they could meet without preconditions just to have some conversations but for any negotiations there would be conditions do you think the announcement during the games which was seen as the peace lympics do you think the u.s. announcement of its largest sanctions package ever was a good idea. well i'm in favor of putting pressure on north korea to try to get it in a peaceful

two others were seriously injured one of them a student serge moca a washington george i'm not protesting by accident or in vain and not because i don't know why i'm protesting but protesting today i was just claiming my right and this is what happened to me. organizers said the protesters no longer believed in the political will of current leaders to ensure a peaceful transition of power if capital is forced to stand down that his get there is killing here is kabila condemning them and he's not true demming the metol we will not end this protest we will maintain our fight and we will go up to the end you know with this fight. as with previous protest marches internet mobile data and messaging services were cut across the congo was what you want. but the opposition message is getting out. and the shooting by the security forces is further stoking up anger peter shop al jazeera. hundreds of are hidden continue to pour over the me and mar border into bangladesh six months now after a military crackdown sparked the original refugee crisis about seven hundred thousand people have fled since a

the book with the latest from washington d.c. diane thank you. church leaders in occupied east jerusalem have closed the holiest site in christianity in response to what they call discrimination by the israeli government manager is of the church of the holy sepulture believed to be the crucifixion and resurrection site of jesus christ are angry at proposed tax plans have a force that has no. the chance to experience sunday mass at the place where they believe christ rose from the dead draws pilgrims from around the world to the church of the holy sepulcher but this sunday the greek orthodox armenian and catholic churches which jointly run the site announced its abrupt closure protesting against measures which they say would constrain their rights over church property is that in mind. offer loans office in that range which we're in now. in europe. this is the about the and unprecedented attack against christians in their holy land. levi only most basic. and some of the right the church leaders say they face a twin attack first in the shape of a de

have these two people together in korea at the same time is quite remarkable especially given that washington has made it very clear they're not interested in any official contact we north korea but it seems that certain steps have been taken to care for this possibility of dialogue. must occur it is great to get your thoughts and your insights from to verify to say walker joining us live from seoul thank you. now they houses a maid often made of plastic sheets much of their food comes from aid agencies jobs a few and there's barely anything to fill their days this is the reality facing revenge of refugees sheltering and. six months ago on the twenty fifth of august reports emerged of one hundred muslims escaping an army crackdown that was launched in retaliation for a string of attacks by a hinge of fighters by the end of the day the number of newly arrived refugees in bangladesh reached about three thousand within a month the number had spiraled to half a million and passed six hundred thousand tobar swelled by one hundred who had initially opted to stay and state were fighting was going on

i mean salmon washington has said a case of an exhibition to an iconic human rights movement ignited by mohsen luther king fifty years ago the poor people's campaign to modern economic justice for working class americans it ended in a six week demonstration in the u.s. capitol where thousands of processes set up a shanty town known as resurrection city i was there as opposed the curator of the national museum of american history bryant there were thirty five million people who were living in poverty with another thirty million people living just above the poverty able to twenty ninth one thousand nine hundred sixty eight the poor people's campaign actually begins with convening of one hundred leaders from across the country representing poor communities from across the country they come to meet with federal agencies and legislators on may second nineteen sixty eight the campaign officially launches every single day people would go out in they would protest to different federal agencies and that was really part of the responsibility in the committee and they made when they came to res

middle east he joins us now from washington d.c. on skype's we've got this resolution at the united nations security council passed finally but just how quickly will russia be able to convince the assad government to comply. thank you very much it's good to be here will look russia's if we look if you street offers any any lessons russia's track record on pressuring assad is not exactly your goal and that is to say russia really has very little interest in pressuring assad so while perhaps in the short term the cease fire might hold. long term and there's lots of very big questions about what's going to happen down the road i mean to carry the the u.s. ambassador here was furious following the vote saying it was delayed by russia over a few words and some commas what's russia's tactic here. well russia was trying to this was again pro classic protection of assad i mean if you look at that that's exactly what was happening they were arguing over commas in significance to the words immediately and so forth and really as the delayed in

progress in washington you know the news hour still to come opposition activists break their release but say dozens of their colleagues remain in prison. alex of the people who fight the economic justice in america. since it was ignited by a civil rights icon. and to fly the flag or knowledge russian athletes await their fate to to fail drug tests at the winter olympics. hello the cold weather is continuing to push its way across europe we look at the temperature chart we can see the dark blues indicating just how cold that weather is and we could see it pushing its way further towards the west as we head through sunday and into monday but it's not only cold weather we're dealing with across europe at the moment also we've seen a lot of wet weather which has turned to snow it's hit that cold air so this is what it looks like in some parts of croatia at the moment they've certainly had an awful lot of wintery weather there now all of that snow is out of this weather system here and it's continuing to spiral its way across parts of the mediterranean and it's going to stick around as we

al-jazeera washington. now puerto rico has been visiting mainland u.s. looking for financial support for the island. but many portion we can see that it will be big business and not the residence that benefit from very building she have a explains. ricco there rosales as investors who take advantage of puerto rico's opportunities. and enjoy. the benefits of what. the government plans to privatize put a rico's electricity grid their house shareholders will make a profit even as they invest in a reliable electricity source for all hasn't been explained put a rekers history is cautionary in the ninety's governor rosales further privatized the water system when he was governor a failure that polluted the environment and raised prices authorities eventually reap took control having paid to french multinational companies hundreds of millions of dollars if the whole idea that their public utilities are meant man is because they're public and you just sell them off and then everything is going to be great for everyone even though there's this clear example they

president on trial says washington as and the largest ever set of sanctions on north korea they aim to isolate and put pressure on pyongyang to give up its nuclear missile program the measure specifically target maritime activity sixteen north korean ship and companies have been sanctioned along with several based in hong kong china and taiwan where twenty eight ships are on the list mostly north korea and while turkey from panama one from they can morris and another from tanzania and one individual a taiwanese passport holder has also been sanctioned when a tata going to him has more from kong and south korea. an official with the south korean foreign ministry says this is a reaffirmation of the united states' desire to move towards a peaceful diplomatic resolution of the korean issue and that these additional sanctions are in keeping with a policy of trying to exert maximum pressure through sanctions to get north korea to denuclearize the official also says that he hopes that this latest round of sanctions will inspire the international community to continue imposing that is clearly

one has been arrested in washington. area outside the white house donald trump was hosting his prime minister malcolm turnbull when the incident happened here a secret service says no one was harmed and no shots were fired the white house was on lockdown for a short time. president has america's largest gathering of conservatives telling them exactly what they wanted to hair on familiar themes from immigration to north korea. to again call for teachers to be proposed after last week's school shooting and florida. i this was donald trump homegrown surrounded by supporters people want to buy his first year successes. he even made a real joke about his here i try like hell to hide but folks i work hard as he started talking there was one protester who produced a russian flag he was quickly showed to underscore today. fifteen months on from the election again relive the when. and what it times felt like a campaign rally he talked about the successes his administration had brought here for a decision in the middle east we off

l thater tonight on "washington week," judy. >> woodruff: and we'll be watching. tomorrow on pbs newshour weekend, some muslim women around the world dare to say," me too." >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. good luck to ed lee. an essential figure behind the camera for "wshour" for 30 years. he begins his retirement after tonight's show. ed, we're goingto miss you bi time. i'm judy woodruff. have a great weekend. thank you. i'm judy woodruff. >> major funding for the pbsee newshour hasprovided by: >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a nee lang >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and th solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skoloundation.org. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. for more tha50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. at www.hewlett.org. >> and with the ongoing suppor of these institutions and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contribut

al-jazeera washington construction has begun on the afghan section of a major gas pipeline linking menaced on pakistan and india the project will cost eight billion dollars and run through thousands of calls as of southern afghanistan it has the support of the afghan government the u.s. and pakistan and even the taliban think about it reports from kabul. in afghanistan these days there is not much to cheer about on friday there was an exception construction began on a pipeline project to carry natural gas from turkmenistan through the country to india and pakistan workers welded the first link of pipe crossing the border between turkmenistan and afghanistan's goes are a district near herat. a ten billion dollars project will bring jobs and income. but this project brings electricity gas work and life it brings like to the dark homes in afghanistan pakistan and india and also brings energy to each of our investors had with. the ceremony was watched by took many stands president the prime minister of pakistan and india's minister for external affairs who joined by video link the project know

now, robert costa is preparing for "washington week," which airs lat tonight. robert, what's on tap? >> we'll discuss the uniquely american problem of school shootings, and how the national dialogue about gun violence mayt be sg following the florida rampage. that's later tonight on "washington week," judy.nd >> woodruff:e'll be watching. tomorrow on pbs newshour weekend, some muslim womennd arhe world dare to say," me too." >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. good luck to ed lee. an essential fige behind the camera for "newshour" for 30 years. he begins his retirement after tonight's show. ed, we're going to miss you big time. i'm judy woodruff. have a gr.eat weeke thank you. i'm judy woodruff. >> major funding for the pbsws neur has been provided by: >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language. >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions tohe world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. fomore than 50 years

in washington thank you. still to come for you to salah appeals for help as fighting spreads fast in central african republic displacing one point two million living off a population in need of a. work begins on the afghan section of a massive gas pipeline that will link several countries and has the backing of the taliban. to find out what has the south korean limping finds in and nationwide craze. will have the details in sport. it's cold across much of europe i getting colder still as we go on through the next few days and in fact in latvia we have already got safe river here gnostic conditions set in this does happen every maybe three four five years so it's not that unusual but on usually enough and that very cold air is going to stay in place for quite some time further south we've got a little disturbance making its way across the mediterranean just nudging a little further north woods lots of unsettled weather here and to the north of flats what is really turning to snow has some big snow across parts

no we can't resist the pressure that is coming from washington that is not the most difficult issue but i personally believe that even an international forum will not solve the problem today simply because the balance of power between us and israel is so skewed in israel's interest our strategy should be new not relying on these negotiations that not provide anything during the last twenty five years but first to change the balance of power through popular nonviolent resistance through an enhanced amount of the boycott divestment sanctions campaign and so all establishing a strong palestinian internal unity and through the consolidation of the palestinian state fastness on the ground without changing the balance of power no negotiations will ever produce anything but it is very important to say here that it is so unfortunate that mr trump is leading his administration in a direction that makes it completely totally controlled by israeli wishes and by the wishes of the extremists but out to ends in israeli state what they are doing is the newly totally contradictive to the interest of pe

team who before the game with the washington capitals on thursday illuminated the ice with seventeen circles of light around each victim's name but alongside the emotion came a call to action panthers goalkeeper roberto longo whose family live in parkland where the shooting took place back surviving students who are campaigning for tighter gun control. no child should ever have to go through that it's terrible. it's time for us. as a community to take action it's not enough is enough we're going to take action thank. thanks i've been watching the news and i don't see what the kids. from douglas storm and doing. and i am very very proud of you guys you guys are brave. guys are inspiration to all of us and the day you guys are was giving us hope for the future thank you. on the ice it was the panthers night they came from behind to beat the capitals vincent trade check scoring with eighteen point seven seconds left in the game for free to win. a spanish policeman has died after a riot broke out between fans of athletic bilbao and spot at moscow before the euro police match the riot off

more from washington d.c. . a bleak assessment on the state of human rights in twenty seventeen they will not look back and draw any lessons from this they will look back and they will see that they will all of the drafting of some of the dockers chapters in modern history the forward of the four hundred page report takes aim at specific countries first and foremost me and mar accusing the government of committing crimes against humanity which forced almost seven hundred thousand rohingya muslims to flee it singles out saudi arabia's blockade for creating a humanitarian catastrophe in yemen all of the countries fighting eisel in iraq and syria for not protecting civilians and south sudan for crimes which forced thousands of people to flee from their donald j. trump is called it comes out the united states calling president donald trump's plan to ban entry from citizens of several muslim majority countries a transparently hateful move and it blames european leaders for creating the conditions for what he calls sh

president wayne lapierre's speech at the conservative political "c-pac," this morning in washington. and ian parish is a sophomore at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. and we welcome both of you to the "newshour". ian, i'm going to start with you. how would you say u have been affected by the events of the last week, the shooting at that high school in flolda and the reaction to it? >> so at first, like, when i first heard about the school shooting, i actually started crying, right, bause it is a tragedy itan o'sfne think owe could see happen. and in the days afterward, i think there's a mixture of emotions. i'm normally not someone who is very -- very emotional when it comes to news events or stuff like tha but i saw some text messages that some of the students were sending their rents and i was reading them to my mother, right, and that was one of those instances where i -- it broke me emotionally. so i think -- i think the entire nation is really in a state of mourning when it comes to that type of thing. >> woodruff: madison, what about you?t what haseant to you to see t

russia during the two thousand and sixteen election you can update now from castrations life for some washington d.c. so he can explain these new charges for us. hey laura yes so it is a little bit complicated legally these are thirty two charges that. are in addition to the twelve that initially were filed in october and it is important to mention that out of all of these charges against both paul mann afford and rick gave none of them directly implicate trump or his campaign the charges filed today mainly centered around filing false income tax returns and money laundering in fact laundering thirty million dollars of income that came from foreign sources including a russian linked political party in ukraine now the fact that trump was not mentioned at all in today's filing certainly is a point that the president will likely into size when he responds to the questions that will surely come out of this indictment but what this truly is significant is that the special counsel appointed to investigate the wider russia topic robert mueller he is flexing his muscles with these charges and he's showi

. >> brangham: lapierre addressed the conservative political action cference, "c-pac," near washington, and accused gun control advocates of exploiting the killin in florida. >> their solution iso make you, all of you less free. they want to sweep right under the carpet the failu of school security, the failure of family, the failure of america's mental health system, and even the unbelievable failure of the f.b.i. >> brangham: the n.r.a.'s spokeswoman dana loesch was also at c-pac. she directed her criticism at the media. >> many in legacy media love mass shootings. you guys love it. now i'm not saying that you love the tragedy. but i am saying that you love the ratings. crying white mothers are ratings gold. >> brangham: president trump today tweeted his support for the n.r.a., calling its leaders "great people and great american patriots." and, at a white house listening session with state aal officials, he talked again of arming teachers. >> a gun-free zone to a killer or somebody that wants to be a killer, that's like going in for the ice cream. >> brangham: the president said it

percent said tighter gun control laws may have prevented that tragedy julie cassar there live from washington d.c. thank you. well as you just heard there from heidi the c.e.o. of the national rifle association has been talking way in the pierre was speaking at the conservative political action conference an annual meeting of right wing activists he backed chums for opposing the teachers should be armed and attacked those calling for tighter gun controls they hate the n.r.a. they hate the second amendment they hate individual freedom. in the rush of calls for more government they've also revealed the true selves the elites don't care not one whit about america's school system and school children if they truly care what they would do is they would protect them. has more from the seat conference. we've had from done a lot their main spokesperson of her from when and it was all red meat to this audience it was all about protecting the second amendment it was all about improving but growing change but getting states to do more as well stopping mentally ill people getting guns but the idea is of c

and has responded with ideas of his own including giving guns to teachers i do jocasta reports from washington d.c. . a meeting with the president dominated by emotions and raw pain 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 this man's daughter was shot nine times at stillman douglas high school in florida last week this student lost his friend i turned eighteen the day after i woke up to the news that my best friend was gone. and i don't understand why i could still go in a store and buy a weapon of war. described as a listening session by the white house trump joined by his vice president and secretary of education said all ideas to prevent future school shootings are on the table that includes arming teachers an attack has lasted on average about three minutes it takes five to eight minutes for responders for the police to come in so the tack is of if you had a teacher with who was adept at firearms they could very well in the

washington, d.c., hundr massed outside the u.s. capitol and the white house. inside the executive mansion, president trump held a listening session with high school students and teachers. among them: some who survived the parkland attack, as well as others from school shootings at newtown, connecticut, in 2012 and at columbine high in colorado in 1999. >> we're going to be very strong on background checks. we'll be doing very strong background checks. very strong emphasis on the mental health of somebody. >> how is it that easy to buy this type of weapon? how do we not stop after columbine, after sandy hook? >> it should have been onein school shoand we should have fixed it! and i'm pissed! because my daughter i'm not going to see again >> until now the president has been a staunch supporter of gun rights. last year, he signed a law that eliminated an obama-eraon regulahich made it harder for some mentally-ill people to get guns. the rule said that anyone receiving social security benefits for mental illness anee who had alsoruled incapable of handling their o

not just in washington d.c. but also. in tallahassee that demanding stricter gun legislation stricter gun laws we have heard president trance beating out in the past few days he said he would ask the justice department direct them to proceed with a ban on so-called bomb stocks the device that can be used on illegal weapons and that essentially turns them into machine guns but for some people that does not go far enough so let's listen them just. for security. to get. i want to listen in if the city were to get the gun i could reach out to pasture you could probably say the prayer would be appreciated thank you. probably more than a whole be you need you to be doing anything they could do that you have given them involved would you still didn't think that happened here in america that there's going to need to have a plan it's going to be agreed to that we're going to get america back on track we need to be with our children with the gold everybody else in the world their father i ask you i know then your holy spirit will c

heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington we're going to return now to a story we told you about a few months ago the fighting in the democratic republic of the congo the unrest is mainly along the country's eastern border with uganda rwanda and burundi ethnic violence between the bantu and twat groups has intensified since mid twenty's sixteen the recent conflict in tangney a province is thought to be mainly between the twa luba and other ethnic groups unrest in the east forced almost two million people to flee their homes last year alone. joining us now via skype from contrast is taja dean by wylie who's the acting representative for unicef in the democratic republic of congo good to have you with us sir. in the u.n. has a peacekeeping mission to the democratic republic of congo to protect civilians from armed groups it is we're told the most expensive mission in the world so why are we seeing these continued attacks in the caves. oh i think you friday before about to be a really nice story about angelica like you said bad to result into ethnic clashes that there has been a long time in tha