Republic of congo for oil fields anger against u. N. Peacekeepers accused of failing to provide protection and a grim task for flood survivors in kenya digging to find the remains of missing loved ones. I am. Thank you very much for joining us u. S. President donald trump assigned to bills into law that back hong kongs for Democracy Movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and on kong special trade status will be reviewed every year the territorys leaders say it will damage relations with the u. S. While china has expressed extreme regret on the move saying it will respond with firm count and measures will get more reaction from beijing with Andrew Thomas very shortly for a sabbatical hane in washington d. C. Patty president toms team had voiced reservations about these bills why did he sign them. Because he had no choice congress forced his hand this vote was near unanimous there was just one voting no
Thousands of colombians refused to back down theres a National Strike against corruption and economic inequality. Now the iraqi army says its sending its commanders to provinces to restore order in a statement it said its setting up what it calls crisis cells to quell the mass on the rest this follows another night of violence at least 8 people were killed in nazareth when Security Forces opened fire to disperse a demonstration there. And also iran is demanding firm action from the Iraqi Government after an attack on its consulate in the city of nat jeff antigovernment protesters torched the building there accusing tehran of supporting the Iraqi Government who they have been railing again. Its full 2 months later i gave him a report was. Hundreds of antigovernment protesters stormed the compound to the iranian consulate in the jaffa 55. 00 to tie a 1000 blankets and replacing the iranian flag with an iraqi one was analysts say the symbolic importance of the attack in a shia majority ci
In a precipitous manner, in a to timely manner, i should say, that was very significant. Took all of putins circle, putin standing in the middle, and it went boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And if you dont get the message what that means, you have to be more than blind. Now, i think its also fair to just for the record i know sometimes its easier to whip witnesses and to ask them to get to points that are either beyond their pay grade or for which a policy is evolving that they are not yet there. There are 28 nations in the European Union. Became very clear to me at dinner with chancellor merkel the other night that as much as we would like them to see be more forward leaning, theyre going to get there on their time frame. Now thats a challenge. Thats a challenge. We have a 40 billion marketplace with russia. The European Union has a 500 billion marketplace with russia. In terms of effect, theres no doubt that having the European Union be alongside with us in this effort is going to be c
Rose good evening. Scott is on assignment. Im charlie rose, and this is our western edition. The United States Supreme Court is taking up one of the biggest cases of the 21st century. The justices will decide whether samesex marriage will become the law of the land. At issue does the constitutions guarantee of equal protection under the law mean gay couples have the same right to marry as straight couples. Here is our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford. Reporter the announcement that the court will decide once and for all the issue of same sex marriage reflects how dramatically the law has changed, beginning in 2003, whenstic the justices struck down laws in nearly a third of the country that made homosexual sex a crime. Today, just 12 years later, 36 states allow lesbians and gays to marry. The justices now will look at states where samesex marriage re remains illegal. An ohiobased federal Appeals Court all but forced their hand. It ruled in november samesex couples had no consti