The chair of the House Intelligence Committee is a possibility thank you very much mike hanna in washington Claire Finkelstein is professor of law and flaws of the at the university of Pennsylvania Law School and joins says on skype from philadelphia great to have you on the program thank you very much now i want to ask just in the grand scheme of things how significant are these allegations and what kind of repercussions could we see from this or is it something thats likely to be swept under the rug as weve seen so many times at the at trumps white house. This is an enormous story possibly the biggest story of this presidency because 1st of all its arguably the 1st time that a whistle blower action has been filed against the president if indeed thats what this action is as we now are coming to understand. And there are extensive protections that are required by law for whistleblowers to enable them to bring Important Information of corruption to light so 2nd of all there would be as
Into italy some shop showers all messy some heavy downpours as well sliding further southwards in east was it picking up the northwest leaving the cool direction of course with the temperatures around 14 celsius in warsaw just 90 degrees there for moscow may well i was told the western side if youre one of 20 in london not see bad 22 in paris gets better to go on into sas they could touch 24 celsius for london 28 in paris its not going to last make the most of it and of course so much weather just pushing for the Baltic States fun enjoy dance awards towards remain iot was bald garia little colder there for ankara 19 degrees celsius in the 23 for athens a chance of some showers a similar temperature there for madrid fair bit of wet weather there just across that western side of the mediterranean as some of that cloud and rain will affect the northwest of africa could see some wet weather pushing in here for the weekend. It. Welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on aljazeera
Urgent problems of the country us. All i promise not to answer Political Violence with violence but to answer with dialogue but after many attempts weve seen the house or senate isnt able to complete its constitutional duties it is the 5th anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in mexico thought to have been abducted by gang members from a Cocaine Cartel with the help of corrupt Security Forces some suspect secure rested by police have been released after it was found they were tortured to confess the grieving families though fear the Justice System will never find the answers they want is more from in mexico city. Christina says she has hope her son is still alive even today 5 years since he went missing along with 42 other students from the town of. Me hope was less than your. Every year when its my sons but they i miss him most i want to give him a hug is the love i have for him that keeps me going and i wont rest until i find him. Other parents have been the driving force
And iran after washington accused her out of a talking to saudi Oil Facilities. Now the u. S. Justice department is being accused of playing a major role in reportedly withholding the whistleblowers complaint against President Trump according to u. S. Media that complaint relates to a phone call between trump and a foreign leader the head of the u. S. House Intelligence Committee says officials are blocked from passing it on to congress the president has called the reports news. The whole point of the whistle blower statute is not only to encourage those to report problems abuses violations it was but also to have a Legal Mechanism to do so and not to disclose classified information because theres no other remedy. That the whole purpose is being frustrated here because the director of National Intelligence has made the unprecedented decision not to share the complaint with Congress Trump has denied the accusations heres what hes tweeted another fake news story out there it never ends v
A lot of people out there they couldnt do that they couldnt fight back they didnt have the ability to do that and i think that thats going to hurt to see this is going to hurt them also during this campaign mr trudeau and the liberal party have often linked andrew shear the conservative Opposition Leader to right wing media and white supremacist websites mr scherer was quick to condemn the Prime Minister wearing brown face is an act of open mockery and racism it was just as racist in 2001 as it is in 2019 but what comedian saw this evening is someone with a complete lack of judgment and integrity trudeau has been the face of his government in front of the cameras much of the time welcoming Syrian Refugees apologizing for the ill treatment of Indigenous People in canada he was deadlocked in the opinion polls with his conservative opponent before the images appeared how this affects his standing with the voters will certainly determine his political future the more the more damaging poss