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A week to go in the blockading country bahrain. And now now complete. Ok lets get going we begin with breaking news here in the news a new wave of israeli air strikes in gaza has killed 10 people air raid sirens are also sounding in southern israel 20 palestinians have died since tuesday when israel killed a Senior Commander of the armed Group Islamic jihad fighters in gaza have responded by firing around 220 rockets towards israel egypt and other International Officials are working to mediate a ceasefire between israel hamas and Islamic Jihad correspondent Harry Forster joins us live from the israel gaza border perry whats the latest on these cross border exchanges of fire. Will they continue and even in the last hour. The number of killed inside gaza has gone up by 3 it was at 17 the last time i spoke to you and its now theres been a another casualty who died in hospital and in the last few minutes confirmation that 2 more were killed on a motorcycle israel says its been targeting Islamic Jihad fighters it says that one of those killed earlier this morning was a field commander from Islamic Jihad and that has been the message throughout the israeli airstrike campaign that it is very much separating out who are trying to Islamic Jihad from hamas and targeting its fire on the sort of 2nd biggest major faction inside gaza as for the rocket fire coming out from gaza that has continued as well there have been dozens of rockets fired out from the gaza strip so far on wednesday and the range once more is quite considerable Islamic Jihad had promised to expand its circle of retaliation and there were. Alerts and interceptions in communities quite close to jerusalem so a bigger envelope of response than what weve seen in recent months. We have this statement from Benjamin Netanyahu the israeli Prime Minister what do we make of that. Well he is going with this message that this is about Islamic Jihad hes been holding a special security Cabinet Meeting this morning and at the beginning of that he said the Islamic Jihad im paraphrasing what were getting the message from israel that they would continue to punish them and that they would have to understand that israel would continue to do so until they stop firing these rockets and earlier in the day his one of his ministers was on the radio saying explicitly that the message from the israelis hit the 2 which had always been that whatever came out whatever emanated from gaza it was the responsibility of hamas which is in control of the gaza strip and that they would be held accountable by the israelis that policy has changed theyre very much trying to target Islamic Jihad and that essentially that hamas will continue to stay on the sidelines question is how much longer can this sort of pace of operation continue without hamas feeling at some stage obligated to join in a more forceful way than it has so far generally so far it has been rhetorical very much with Islamic Jihad but has not joined in the rocket fire at least to a new great extent that has been visible so far as for the domestic politics of all this netanyahu and others in his administration have been maintaining that this is not about politics its not about his Coalition Troubles about his legal woes that this was a Security Matter one that was recommended to him by the military intelligence top staff and that he signed off on however there is reporting as well in the israeli media that if you remember just before the election netanyahu himself came under fire had to leave the stage at an election rally in southern israel is reporting that he was very keen at that moment said. Only afterwards to try to target. The the man that israel holds responsible for these recent rocket attacks he was killed in that strike on tuesday and thats the this has been very much a priority for him as much as its also being presented as a as a security priority and one which was recommended by the military intelligence thanks very much. Now the Opposition Leader in Bolivia Senate has declared herself interim president after weeks of political turmoil shes jeanine and as she was sworn in despite lacking a majority in the congress shes taken over from the ousted former leader abel medallists who is now in mexico after being granted asylum but analysts resigned after weeks of protests over his disputed reelection weve got 3 of our correspondents covering the story across the region Mariana Sanchez is following developments in the bolivian capital of pas to raise a bow is in a political stronghold of president morales just outside the capital and john holdren is in mexico city where president morales has as weve been hearing today been given asylum 1st his Mariana Sanchez in la paz will tensions are growing here in the center of the capital where the president ial palace and the National Assembly is here at the plaza somebody your an area that is completely surrounded and sealed by police riot police and another ring of protection by the army this was. That meaning im is has been named interim president of bolivia after a long debate about whether they would be if the legislators would be able to swear her in with without the members of the mouse party the party that we dont do you know more or less and hes a political allies now if hes an years has said that she would immediately call for elections there needs to be that they need to name a new electoral tribunal and hold elections around of around december the 20th to be able to have a new president. By january 22nd but in the meantime a lot of frustration and a lot of people are followers of in what i list who are not happy with this decision who are not happy with this naming of the interim president and theres people protesting in the area with police repressing this with Water Cannons water trucks. And riot police all around this area. Supporters of the ousted president mr morello sir expressing outrage and theyre condemning what theyre calling a coup to resign pope has that aspects of this evolving story. The past few days have not been easy for people in the olivias 1st indigenous leader in what alice was forced to resign when the organization of american states or always yes and now fraud had been committed in the president ial election. The military requested that he step down he supporters denounce it is a call. For wreaking a koran in wanka morales was the man that gave them dignity after years of discrimination. In these years we have seen change we have seen our lives get better im young but ive seen how Indigenous People have suffered in this country now these racists the ones that burn our flag want to shut us down people around gree because everyone else opponents burned their woodpile a flag which represents indigenous communities here there are roadblocks everywhere these days as morally supporters vow to continue the push for his return from mexico theres been chaos since he stepped down forcing the police to request the help of the army to restore order in the city the site of fighter jets flying overhead is making people even more furious. Why people are. Writing down. All of them are. Back im not going to. Write me im more sensitive. And interim president as any 9 years was sworn in by bolivias opposition on tuesday in an attempt to fill the power vacuum her supporters celebrated her designation this government the winner who we are facing a president ial succession brought on by the vacancy of the presidency and the absence of the. As event according to the constitution as president of the senate i immediately assumed the presidency of the state and i promised to take all of the measures necessary to pacify the country but the Assembly Meeting happened without the presence of ever more or Less Movement towards Socialism Party congresswoman assume that. They will not cooperate with those who carried out a cool does anyone im a little. We are not that a family because we are not giving card room and we want to recognize her as a president the florist our own senators to escape and step down. Even though more or less is accused of fraud and violating the constitution people will see him as the man who changed bolivia for good many are dreading their return of the racism they faced in the past and thats why many say hes resignation hurts them even more. And 6. Well mr morales is hoping to make a political comeback from mexico after his arrival he calls for peace back home John Heilemann has more on that. Whenever morales woke up on sunday he was still the president of bolivia. By midday tuesday he was out of power and the next hour touching down in mexico he said things could have been worse. I want to tell you were extremely grateful because the mix going president has solved my life. It wasnt easy getting him here the mets can foreign minister described the tense standoff before he could work out a route for him to leave the country were going to say he wanted to see but there were even the supporters surrounding the airport and the armed forces within it and there was a period of real tension for evo morales was already on board the plane it was the worst moment as. President morales said that a coup pushed him out on sunday the army had asked him to resign he was blameless he indicated. To the. d world my only crime is that evil is indigenous the only sin weve committed as social programs for the poor and always searching for equality and justice. He would deny that humans hard to extreme poverty brought Economic Prosperity and stability to the country during his time in power. But his opponents point to a growing authoritarianism and then serious irregularities in the last election he went against the constitution to run in the 1st place so its a complex situation here for a president over nearly 40 years due to a lot especially for the poor and vulnerable in bolivia before he disappeared from view he made a call for peace in his homeland. Finally id like to say for the not to be any more bloodshed or more confrontations we have decided to resign for the people and let me get to the scene as it meant to him and while i have life we will stay in politics while i have life the fight will continue and we sure that the people of the world have all the right to free themselves. That wish is going unanswered in bolivia where despite his absence his supporters and the opposition continue to clash join homan now does it or makes co city. A court in hong kong is deciding whether a university can stop the police entering its campus after clashes student protesters overnight demonstrators are blocking streets in the city center for a 3rd day the government says the school was notorious on thursday for safety concerns the authorities a rule in hong kong is on the verge of a total breakdown of the rule of law but anger at the use of force by the police is fueling the unrest difficult pollen joins us live from hong kong to be of those road blockade still in place. They are still in place in many areas peter the police try to disperse the protesters break move out the blockades to get the traffic flowing again protesters just moved to another area and set them up again in central the financial district those blockades are very much in place right police surprisingly have not come in and tried to clear them out over the past 2 days when weve seen this happen they have been firing rounds of tear gas even rubber bullets trying to get them out of there today it seems theyre leaving them in place so Hong Kong Financial center is at a standstill im constant is experiencing commuter chaos ever since this early this morning with railway stations shuts roads blocked and gridlocks in many parts of this city the authorities are saying that hong kong is on the verge of a total breakdown of law and order does that mean that the authorities are kind of signaling to the demonstrators we are expecting this to get worse before it gets better. The authorities are very clearly still the protesters that this kind of action blockades the disruption the violent protests any kind of agitation is not going to get the protesters what they want not get them any concessions from the government and earlier today government officials also said in a press conference that the government is able to handle the violence and they also said theyre very much behind the police and giving them their full support so what theyre basically saying is theyre digging their heels in the protests can continue but the government but they shouldnt expect any kind of concessions in and in any way but as for the protesters go they seem to have some have won some kind of a coup in a way when they said they were going to start this disruption of the city during the weekdays this is quite an unusual move it used to be on weekends where you see this kind of disruption for the past 3 days every single day the city has been held hostage by these protesters in many areas with many commuters people going to work shops shut down so bringing the city to standstill now with the government saying that theyre going to cancel schools tomorrow and even a university saying that theyre going to cancel classes and and the semester earlier it seems that the protesters are having some kind of an impact if you thanks very much. A lebanese man has been shot dead beiruts marking the 1st such test in 27 days of nationwide protests the army says one soldier has been detained after forces opened fire on protesters blocking the road demonstrators have been stopping traffic with burning tires off to the president michel aoun told them on tuesday to go home its been more than 2 weeks since the Prime Minister resigned following weeks of protests has the latest for us so whats the atmosphere like on the streets i mean the protesters clearly not reacting well or not reacting as the government would like them to react. You know its very tense i want the protesters have done as of last night in reaction to this speech by the president it was a q. And a really with Lebanese Television that theyve come back to blocking the roads not just in the capital beirut where south of the capital but also in the north and in the south trying to put pressure showing their their anger really at the words used by the president one man here saying well you know he basically said that hes not going to give the protesters what they want someone else said well it was better if he would have stayed quiet also no movement on the political front and you can see just even down from here everything is blocked and the danger in this country peter is that youre seeing a lot of fighting between the people between the protesters who are blocking the roads and between the people who are trying to draw up and get to the places they want to get to know this tactic and put a lot of pressure on the government on the streets throughout these last few weeks in the last week or so they were they were removed the country had become more or less let sake of the banks are closed but certainly there was a free flow of traffic this is causing a lot of tension weve been on the streets for the last couple of hours weve seen fights between people without one businessman telling us he had been on his in his truck he said this is thousands of dollars worth of going on is the longer theyre going to be stuck at a roadblock and im going to lose all my money the banks are closed peter. People cannot export their funds businessmen cant import theres a cap on how much money people can take out this is a country where theres a 2nd currency which is the u. S. Dollar people can access u. S. Dollars so this is incredibly dangerous particularly when you listen to the president to insinuate that there was still a political impasse and as long as that voice remains here and if people now back on the streets people are telling us that they are concerned this is a very fractious society of people have guns the Political Parties have their own armed groups so to speak so theres a lot of questions about how things are going to evolve if there isnt any kind of political feel lucian that say that the people will accept moving forward to certainly today theres been a change on the ground in reaction to the words from the from the lebanese president thanks very much a lot more still to come for you here on the news including protesters killed gatherings a band calls for guineas government to address Human Rights Violations ahead of next years election. And well have the latest developments in the u. S. Impeachment inquiry into donald trump the 1st public testimony from witnesses is june in the coming few hours and the sports news he hasnt played in the n. F. L. For 3 years but could call in company to getting another shot will be here with that story in about 30 minutes. The u. N. Special representative for iraq is in the country meeting political leaders to try and bridge the gap between protesters and the government the Iraqi Parliament is expected to convene soon to discuss constitutional reforms aimed at satisfying protesters demands thousands of iraqis have been protesting against corruption and a lack of basic services at least 319 people have been killed since demonstrations began last month our correspondent joins us live from baghdad any sign of the protests winding down yet. Absolutely not peter there is 0 sign that the protesters momentum is being halted in any way let me give you a snapshot of what were hearing and seeing all around the country in talk where were seeing a lot of students and teachers teachers the Teachers Union is asking students and teachers to come to Tahrir Square its been the epicenter of the protests after school in it and the 3 had there was no school today many government offices were closed as people join protests in babylon many workers are taking the day off to join protesters and in najaf there were big protests today in basra where Security Forces a few days ago went in and dispersed at the sit in and the tense protesters have now set up their tents again today the Influential Shiite islamic shiite cleric solder calls for a one day strike across the country he did not say when that might be but peter he is asking that people show up in large numbers on friday after prayers meanwhile we did hear from Prime Minister idle up to my heavy on thursday evening he gave a televised speech after meeting with his cabinet he did praise the protests he says this is a revolutionary Youth Movement and that reforms are needed but he did deflect responsibility saying that the issues that protesters are concerned about are deep seated and far predate the one year hes been in Office Thanks very much lets talk now to read fahmy hes a former member of the Iraqi Parliament and a member of the Iraqi Communist Party he joins us on the line from me all the politicians listening and all the actually going to do something here. Well they are listing theyre probably out of listening but not they are responding in the proper way today then its not up charm between the demonstrators and the government or probably the different authorities so as long as this subject exist i think communication has already doesnt go through so with all the propositions on the government about reforms they will not be heard by the protests because the National Fact that basic fact the fact that 2 more than 30300 people have been killed by this not being killed by the guy by by i thought it is by the by the police or by the by the armed forces and the fact that we have more than 50000 people injured this may be mere fact has not been really heated by the government and its own responsibility has not been admitted and not done this is not been done i dont think any other initiatives political initiatives will be fine the problem is part of the will be would have the the ears of the protestants so this is not i think the stumbling block this is the where where where we have a deadlock a political deadlock i think the point of the actual government is considered by the by the purpose. Is no no want to qualified to be a dialogue with discussion with so you see we are talking on 2 different 2 different to steer to the 2 separate areas. In their way of looking at the problem and thats and thats why i think the protesters for the station would continue would have different forms for good ok and it is it just turns up for seconds to follow me what is it about iraqi politicians all the iraqi political system that means that nobody apparently is standing up and saying ok i take responsibility for this might it be that when theres an election people vote for parties they dont vote for candidates. One of you see i think the. Problem for the final analysis is this is the political system this power sharing system and he called my house also my house and its consequences concerning the project corruption which cannot be or it is dealt with by that your government and today apparently the whole political and the major government or Political Groups are today they they feel that they are threatening their position of authority and so they are trying to and i say by timely they are really betting on are under on the possibility that people who are a good guy of the 3 we will win them with the support of the will but were rican and thats right all this proposition or this Initiative Political initiative on these reforms are probably have the major objective is 3 to by this time procrastination and and this is perceived as such by the protestants so really we are what is at stake today to introduce radical changes significant changes in the political system and that is clear i think political the Political Groups are not to be very much a through just about ok so youre saying the current political structure those politicians are only and really just thinking about themselves which kind of feeds into the demonstrators agenda because theyre talking about corruption and fiscal mismanagement in the country 2017 received 3400000000. 00 of aid from directly from the United States so when the u. N. Has a representative a high profile representative in the country is the message Crystal Clear which is guys you have got to sort this out you have got to up your game and be proper politicians because even you know critics of the u. S. Would say you did your best when you tried to quote plant democracy 16 years ago. Well i think the youre the system that has been created after 2013 which is based on this power sharing basis to carry an ethical basis out of this has been really is that has proved to be incapable of either ensuring stability or is surely social justice are you sure are putting the iraq on the road of their like a very Economic Development and we conceived of the quarterly we have a hand in research in which as which is ineffective and been real which you which is corrupted and this kind of shit is getting why you are a writer and therefore over a partial solution a part of the treatment has proved ineffective and the people in the those in power basically which ive been rotating. Themselves who is who is in charge of these are all involved and have better responsibility on whats happening and thats why it is true right now that ive been made he said i could not bear the responsibility or for 15 years of power for a lot of our problems through but now he is a heave he is at the head of of the country and the head of the executive branch or he has the possibility but surely all the Political Group who took power who are saying were out of power over the past years they built on this possibility for infringing the corruption system and this and this ineffective part of going to mr nation and the system of governance and this is about this mistake we should be ok get over the system and react if there is changes and they arent capable of the ok mr critz talks we thank you for joining us here on aljazeera. Venice has recorded its highest tide in more than 50 years leading tourists waiting through flooded streets the Emergency Services of science to assess the damage across some Tourist Attractions are being submerged the citys mayor has blamed the exceptional floods on climate change. In a few moments well have the World Weather for you with jenny but also still to come here on the. 2 decades people trying to help. One of the. Had other kinds of fighting across many parts of europe thats a look 1st of all at this this is fish lay this is new in South Yorkshire in the u. K. And just look at this all these has a submerged it has been like this the days the floodwaters are not receding theres just the wave after wave of rain and its is really going to be the same as we go through the next few days but not as talk about flooding in venice all of this county can say this is a big vigorous storm that moved through its continuing to work its way east was but not before the damage was done so again heres a still picture looking across the Square Nelsen usual for it to flood but these really were exceptional amounts of water 183. 00 centimeters of water so thats the 2nd highest its ever been and that was back in 1966 it was as high or higher 198 centimeters new can see the pictures of where they just shouldnt be because the flood waters and the winds have literally pushed everything on shore and thats really whats happened weve had these winds in through wednesday much of the same coming from the south the sirocco that is very very strong so its literally funneling all this water up into the lagoon and it is not being able to drain back so through wednesday and thursday this system will continue to work its way eastwards taking the worst of the rain with it but guess what as that happens more flooding rains across the u. K. More than 45 warnings just across. The u. S. Sponsored town. Capturing a moment in time. Snapshots of a lot. Of the stories. Provided to someone else is one of. The. Inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. Witnessed on aljazeera investigative journalism. Global experts in discussion 3 times youve got a deal and you disagree with that deal because of the terrible twos the worst of it was bretts of us watching the stories from other angles. Open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today you have to rethink pretty much everything thank you for talking to aljazeera the great programs to inspire you on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching the aljazeera news hour my names peter told me these are your headlining stories israeli air strikes in gaza have killed 10 palestinians taking the death toll since tuesday to 29 egypt and other International Officials are trying to mediate a ceasefire between israel hamas and Islamic Jihad. On concourses deciding whether a university can stop the police from entering its campus after overnight clashes with student protesters demonstrators a blocking streets for a 3rd day and schools will shut on thursday. And the Bolivian Senate the Opposition Leader there has to clear herself interim president after weeks of unrest janine nez has taken over from the ousted former leader able marlice whos now in mexico after being granted asylum. Cattle and separatists a block to major motorway linking spain and france in an effort to draw International Attention to their push for independence as parliament pressed its case for session from spain on tuesday protesters blocked the road in both directions around the capital and stronghold of. Witnesses in the u. S. President Donald Trumps impeachment inquiry are expected to testify publicly for the 1st time on weapons day it could lead to an Impeachment Vote in the house of representatives only these 3rd time in the history of the United States and then a trial in the u. S. Senates patsey cool hain takes a closer look. For a moment the 1st day of his presidency there have been calls for Donald Trumps impeachment. But for the 1st 2 years with his party in control of congress it was more along in from the left than an actual possibility until. The democrats won back control of the house of representatives in the 28000 election and some of the most left leaning members made clear their intention because were going to go in there with. That was not a sentiment shared by the speaker of the house nancy pelosi who resisted all calls to start an impeachment proceeding. Or after the conclusion of special counsel Robert Muller is investigation which left it up to congress to decide if the president acted appropriately in regards to russian interference in the 2016 election but that changed in Early September of this year when a whistleblower complaint came to light in it the still Anonymous National security official wrote of more than a half dozen officials who knew about a phone call between President Trump and the president of ukraine and they found it deeply disturbing the allegation was that trump was Holding Hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid meant for ukraine which is fighting off russian aggression intil the ukrainian president promised to investigate trumps potential political rival Vice President joe biden and his son hunter who had worked in ukraine in damage control mode the white house released notes from the call it did more damage because as the notes point out as the ukrainian president is promising. By more u. S. Missiles trump responds quote i would like you to do us a favor though he goes on to ask for investigations into a debate Conspiracy Theory about the election and later brings up the bidens the president must be held accountable no one is above the law thats when democrats announced an impeachment inquiry would begin along with the president s almost daily defense of the call i made a call the call was perfect there was no way broke whoa there was nothing so what china leading into the hall they have no idea how they stuck me it didnt help in the president s own acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney went on camera and seem to admit it happened and i have news for everybody get over it theres going to be political influence in Foreign Policy he later tried to take it back well the white house made clear they would not cooperate define subpoenas for testimony and documents attorney bruce fein says that could backfire i was there at nixon what we did is ok that itself the defiance itself is an Impeachable Offense i try yourself because the impeachment process becomes farcical if the president can simply withhold and block access to the relevant evidence some members of the Trump Administration have gone to court to ask a federal judge who they should listen to the president who says dont go or the congress that subpoenaed them to show up but while that will take months to work its way through the courts democrats are pushing ahead the 1st 3 to testify in public 3 long Time State Department employees they testified behind closed doors that the president did withhold hundreds of millions in military aid to ukraine because he wanted to debunk Conspiracy Theory and his political opponent investigated republicans have been struggling to defend the president but many seem to be settling on one strategy and i would make the argument that every politician in washington other than me virtually is trying to manipulate ukraine to their purposes menendez tried it. Murphy dried it biden tried it trumps tried it theyre all doing it they are all trying to manipulate ukraine to get some kind of investigation either ended investigation or started investigation the everyone does it defense except no other president in the history of the country has been proven to do what trump allegedly did a slim majority of americans now support impeaching the president and removing him from office both sides we watching to see if that changes with public hearings the results could determine the president s fate in office and in the history books pedicle again aljazeera washington ok lets bring in thomas giftes a lecture of Political Science at the University College london he joins us from bureau in the shop thomas gif welcome to the aljazeera news ok so theyre going public with this how does this change the optics well thats a great question up until now everything has been occurring behind closed doors and so republicans have essentially been saying that they havent been able to make a case in favor of donald trump now that its going public everybodys going to see it washington is going to be centering their attention on these public ariens the American People are going to be seeing it up until this point a lot of it is really just a ben about fact finding i think this is really the 1st opportunity that americans will have to kind of see the process for themselves and make judgments for themselves but when it comes to the implications beyond the political and the personal for the trumpet ministration does the fact that its going to be in public on camera 24 hours a day because one can tell the American News networks are really looking forward to this they are getting ready for it does it bring a certain effervescence to that process. Well it certainly made for television i think one concern is that this just becomes political theater i think republicans may actually prefer if that is the case whereas democrats want to kind of maintain a degree of seriousness here commensurate with the weight of the accusations that are being charged against donald trump so certainly are going to see republicans trying to make light of this essentially saying that theres no there there that this is nothing to be concerned with but democrats of course are going to be focused on the evidence and making the case why this did constitute a very serious abuse of power the facts its going to be in public on camera does that strengthen quote the case against him well i think that it does because when americans kind of see these individuals long Time State Department officials those who have been serving in the Public Interest for quite some time they see the faces they hear the voices i think it personalizes this and in a way that up until this point it has not been and so you know whether the americans public will actually change their mind on this is Something Different i mean it certainly is the case that right now democrats are really locked in republicans are really locked in and theres not a whole lot of movement in the polls either theyre supporting drop or theyre not supporting trump and so whether this public hearing will actually do anything to alter that is very much a question mark at this point ok as to that question mark when it comes to the high watermark if you will of the the caliber or the the nature of the testimony when it comes to the machinery the gearing of how mr trump has used his position as president whats the high watermark of oh thats the sentence from the person that was involved in the situation that we have you know been waiting for if you will. Yeah i mean thats a thats a good question certainly the weight of the evidence is against donald trump and of individual after individual has testified in closed door hearings that there was a quid pro quo that this did constitute an abuse of power and then it was not just one phone call on july 25th that has received a lot of the attention but in fact that this was a really concerted effort i really dont envision any scenario under which republicans are going to turn it against trump theyve sort of put all of their. Force and weight behind them and many of them are just very concerned about betraying the president simply for political reasons because the president remains extremely popular with Republican Voters and i think a lot of Congressional Republicans are fearful that if they say anything or do anything that is perceived as being against trump that they themselves will face political backlash in the elections ok im intrigued briefly as to this idea that people can take i guess it would be a calculated guess or a calculated make a calculated reaction and then vote on whether they think it is illegal or not depending upon what they feel he might have said or might have wanted to say joining one phone call well thats certainly the issue here i mean the constitution is somewhat ambiguous about what constitutes high crimes and misdemeanors so really its in the eye of the beholder and so republicans i do think may. At the end acknowledge that there was a quid pro quo but they may just say that this doesnt rise to the level of an Impeachable Offense or there was no intent to commit a crime here or in fact that the. International relations strategy with ukraine was in some way so incoherent that you cant lay blame on any one individual not least the president so certainly republicans are going to kind of distract and say that theres no one individual that can kind of testify that this quid pro quo was there but even if it is i think republicans will just stand behind the president and say this just doesnt rise to the level of an Impeachable Offense even if its problematic briefly though thomas assuming he doesnt have a heart attack resign or the vote goes against him the republicans vote for full impeachment could it be good news for the democrats in as much as you know americans everyone around the world we all vote with a pocket book based on a bank account and if in the run up to the election this still looks bad for him however does he only is he only able to go to his Political Base because those people who maybe wouldnt have voted for him but financially are doing well they think with him in the white house would maybe have thought about voting for him but they wont because of all the stuff going on on cable news all the time. Well thats a great question i mean up until this point Donald Trump Space has been staunchly behind him and very loyal and his strategy by and large has been to mobilize that base and activate and if you look at polls that among Republican Voters hes still very very popular has declined in terms of his Approval Ratings slightly in the past few weeks but its very difficult to say i think how this will ultimately unfold going into the election certainly this mobilizes democrats but in these key swing states and again everything really happens and in the swing states theres not a clear majority of individuals who are supportive of impeachment so you know it could just be one of these things where at the end of the day kind of on net it washes out. I suspect well be talking several times in the coming weeks and months ahead but many thanks for joining us from london here on the news hour nearly a 1000000 people have been affected by flooding in south sudan heavy rains in october and november destroyed homes and farms payed organizations say they are desperately trying to provide assistance to people already in dire need of help dozens have died and there are no fears disease will spread as have a moka. This is what the eastern town of people are in south sudan looks like now homes and schools nearly fully submerged people trying to salvage what they can and more and what they cant its the aftermath of weeks of heavy rain things up to over. An hour and the road on a school hed lost a bit more school has been drowned by the floods a drying so much that people saw the river rosin into their houses and ran to schools but even the schools were submerged and it was a good egg recall true cities and we had harvested our crops but floods destroyed even the seattle failon but i didnt. George says he had to leave people or and come to south sudans capital juba for refuge back home very little has been spared by the floodwaters people here say its the worst theyve experienced in more than 20 years a state of emergency has been declared in 27 of the countrys 52 states more than 100000 people have been affected with almost half of them displaced over 76 people laws from the entire population of. You know 400000 population have been have been displaced some of which are 200 plus been have been seriously lovette we are calling so loudly for humanitarian interventions the floods have also destroyed farmlands raising fears that it will add to the problem of Food Shortages aid organizations say the need for an urgent response is vital in a country where years of war has left 7000000 people in need of help to survive the 1st phase is to provide that the median Emergency Response to try to get the people who are living in water to have access to Water Purification tablets to have access to toppling to have access to all their medication to have access to medical schools and that those are the things that we started to work on that and as i said on our category were assistant that we started to work on is to look at how to start to really work in an area where the water started recede to start to really rehabilitate the water point people residents say theyre concerned there will be outbreaks of water borne diseases and they say they dont know how long they will have to wait in camps or in the open before the water levels recede and now for them to be able to go back home people morgan are just there are. A new report is raising concerns of the guineas human rights situation headed next years president ial election amnesty has details several quotes red flags including rising Political Tension in the west african country and the killing of antigovernment protesters opposition groups have been demonstrating for weeks now against proposed changes to the constitution they feel the changes could allow the president alpha conde to stand for a president ial term francois is the west african researcher at amnesty he says guineas deteriorating human rights crisis is being made worse by a growing sense of impunity among the Security Forces the report covers the period from general 2015. To somebody back in 1000 and were seeing that everything here is defrayed limited d progress and that have been many from areas including the ability of the Death Penalty still facing major head of the president ial elections one is that. Broken and in particular where people are going to be a breath and the 2nd is that people who eat bread and including journalists that also program ocracy activities face it were going to be so aggressive and in all this is happening in crimea have been treated they have been killed by the adoption of rule which we protect the Security Forces in the last 5 years weve documented only one case in the dozens of means that were doing with the prosecution we want a new record we want any we courted one of the police to be fair weve been sentenced to 14 years weve been hearing a demonstrator d and an agent havent seen anyone who is out there d in the air but we d want it. Ready to be been generated and the and will talk to them in 1000. Still to come on aljazeera the father of the Los Angeles Lakers bunks back from a disappointing home loss action from the n. B. A. Coming up when we come back in a couple of minutes. Thank. You. We thank. You as you spends time thank you so much peter with barely a week to go before footballs gold cup begins and cats are the countries currently blockading the nations saudi arabia bahrain and the u. A. E. Have announced theyre sending teams to compete all 3 originally said they would boycott the tournament which would be held at del has kleefisch stadium but now with 11 days to go they have made a u. Turn which means theyll now play host capture as well as yemen iraq kuwait and oman. Its highly significant as the 3 countries as well as egypt have imposed an air land and sea blockade on caps are since june 27th teen are currently no direct flights or open land routes between the nations its not clear how the teams plan on traveling to doha account as players went the other way earlier this year to compete in the asian cup in the u. A. E. They had to make a 5 hour journey vehicle wait to get there instead of what ordinarily would be a 40 minute flight and they faced a hostile reception next to no fans wrists travelling and just to make sure the u. A. E. Block bought tickets for the semifinal to make sure only their fans attended shoes were also thrown at counters players during matches that of the us qatar beat saudi the u. A. E. And then japan in the final to win the asian much to the delight of fans back home later on wednesday well hear from gulf cup organizers in doha on how they planned to reschedule the tournament such short notice. Earlier we spoke to middle east analyst james dorsey he said given the wider political context hes not surprised the blockading nations have chosen to compete. I think weve seen over the last several months and certainly the last several weeks. Number of broader moves in the region both to try and dial down tension between the gulf states saudi arabia the u. A. E. And but claim as well a got are on the one hand but also between saudi arabia and iran and so this fits very much into it and what i think it suggests is that there really is an effort to see if. To prevent a complex from getting out of control i mean obviously this is a political decision its not a sports decision this is simply a gesture which is not insignificant so with other words you had 2 years ago the refusal to play in got i went out i was going to host and you also had tension in kuwait that took over the hosting of the games at the time i go back to the saudi and morality teams refusing to. To attend a press conference in which be in the gutter a Sports Network Television Network was represented so this is a is a major major step in terms of dialing down the tension what i think where sport does come in is the fact that throughout the last 2 and a half years and actually even going further back before the eruption of the crisis with the economic and diplomatic boycott u. S. Seen continued references to primarily a fact the cutter was hosting the world cup in 2022 as being an issue that certainly the way he was trying to undermine and one would assume that even if the decision by the saudis the emerald hes in the bunker a nice throw plan he got there a bit into a mess its a mess that the governor hes i would imagine welcoming. The n. F. L. Will hold a private workout for free agent calling last played in 2016 the 32 year old the schedule to audition for the teams on saturday in atlanta all 32 teams have been invited to the session but its not known how many will actually attend its highly unusual for the lead to arrange a tryout for just a Single Player capper nick who last played with a San Francisco 49 ers began kneeling during the National Anthem to protest Racial Injustice in the United States he often out of his contract after the 2016 season it came free agent but hasnt played professionally since it 2017 cabinet filed a grievance against team owners saying he believed that they were coding against him the case was settled in february for less than a reported 10000000. 00 earlier we spoke to n. F. L. Analyst Michael Carlson and asked him whether this is a legitimate chance for cap or nick to make his way back to the n. F. L. I think theres 2 things going on in one sense it is Public Relations and i think the fact that it takes place right after veterans day is certainly a key part of that but i think its also the leagues sending a signal to the teams that its ok with them to sign cap riddick not of course that there was any collusion going on but i think teams n. F. L. Teams have been reluctant to sign catholic because the league doesnt really want want them to on a on a more political level i think they see Donald Trumps influence waning in washington and trump made a huge deal about capper nikken eric reed taking the d. Protesting Police Violence against black people use that against the n. F. L. And the n. F. L. Of course is always very wary about their antitrust status and their tax breaks from from the government so they dont like to offend the government i think this is a sign that they day dont think thats going to be a problem any longer for them. Than a sound dominant team play the best match. His life to be fiction reached the semifinals of the eat a. T. P. Final thought to the french open runner up outlasted the 5 time champion to win an epic 3 set match that lasted nearly 3 hours at the o t one wide in the austrian becomes the 1st player into the last 4 jock which now faces a winner takes all match with Roger Federer for a place in the south. Road it was the best image of a blade and its it was a real classic in the big match to us i think for the 1st time that i beat 2 of the big 3 back to back which gives me a lot of confidence and also im super happy and proud that i reached the semifinals for the 1st time was a big goal but of course its not enough now. And the l. A. Lakers a bounce back from their home loss to defending champion citronelle raptors in the n. B. A. On tuesday on the road at the phoenix suns Le Bron James had 19. 911 at 1st but it was Anthony Davis who top scored with 24 points and while barry vows to leave the lakers 21232150 when the lakers are off to their best tanking start right. And that is all your sport for now more more coming up later but for now back to you peter thank you very much more news now you want to the course on the web site the address al jazeera dot com you can see the latest on whats our top story as well as really. Killing more than a dozen people live updates from the team on the ground there on the border more news in a couple minutes with michelle but. Theres no one way of telling a story keeping is telling right and to respect there is great we have to get to know the person for the time. And inspiring quest for knowledge that led to remarkable achievements aljazeera wells meets the algerian entrepreneur. 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