In doha welcome to the news grid well have breaking news on charges against president from former National Security adviser also ahead from United Nations sends an s. O. S. To the world a staggering one hundred thirty five point seven Million People in need of aid across the planet and to deal with just a portion of them more than twenty two billion dollars is required the world stump up the money. By francis finally uses the word written journalist the prosecutor Muslim Minority group for forgiveness for all that they have he has been criticized for not addressing the issue directly on his asia trip here on the ground in bangladesh with the latest history in the making the Worlds Largest battery has begun the specs the power in australia its stored energy generated by a nearby wind farm i can provide electricity for up to thirty thousand place just for a short time we ask is this a game changer for. And its well made and the message this year and. More than thirty six Million People have the buyer so many. People to talk about that were following the global conversation. With. Facebook live an aljazeera dot com and we begin. This u. S. President donald trump form a National Security advisor Michael Flynn has been charged with lying to the f. B. I. About his contacts with russias ambassador to the United States now the office of the special counsel said a plea hearing for flynn had been set in about half an hour from now lets get more from our White House Correspondent can be how get kimberly what about this news what more do you have. Got problems with talking to can be right now lets just say shes compiled this short film lets have a look at that. He was the white house National Security advisor for only three weeks but in that time Michael Flynns activities helped cast a shadow over an administration from which it has yet to emerge although the investigation by special Counsel Robert Mueller has focused primarily on the alleged ties of Donald Trumps president ial campaign to the Kremlin Flynn ties the investigation to the oval office itself. The retired army general was a top spokesman for the campaign would you kill the family of a terror suspect yes or no i would i would have to see whats acceptable chances of that situation where you kidding me after taking over as National Security advisor his activities came under heavy scrutiny when it was discovered he had a phone conversation with the Russian Ambassador to the United States in december before trump became president it was reportedly the same day new sanctions were announced against russian government officials by president barack obama some reports suggested flynn offered to cancel the sanctions once in office they did not discuss anything having to do with the United States decision to expel diplomats or or impose a censure against russia but when reports surface flynn may have discussed sanctions trump fired him reluctantly what was wrong was the way that other people including yourselves in this room were given that information because that was classified information it was given illegally thats the real problem that discomfort with flints removal soon became a lightning rod for accusations of obstruction against the president. The man initially leading the investigation into rushing collusion f. B. I. Director james comey told senators the president suggested to him during a meeting in the oval office he should let the flame case go i dont think its for me to say whether the conversation i had with the president was an effort to obstruct i took it as a very disturbing thing very concerning. Well we vote rich folks that connection or live connection with can be the White House Correspondent or can we tell us more about this dramatic news. Well its certainly significant in terms of the fact that we are going to see one of the highest level Trump Associates appearing walking into a federal court we certainly got a signal that this may be coming down in recent weeks given the fact that we saw charges against paul matter for Donald TrumpsCampaign Chair as well as an aide and also a Foreign Policy adviser to the campaign George Papadopoulos but none really comparison stature and significance in terms of the influence on Donald Trumps president ial campaign to that of Michael Flynn given the fact that he held a position early on in the administration but the shortest tenure of any National Security adviser in modern history in terms of president ial history and that is of course because of why he is now going to be appearing in court the accounts of interactions that he had with the Russian Ambassador prior to taking that post this lead to his downfall in terms of the mischaracterization of that meeting with syria kislyak or conversations rather to the Vice President and also to now to the f. B. I. Charged with making false statements so certainly in terms of significance this is big neck quite a conversation going along as you can imagine kimberly one comment from from for this book from joel she says but what about hillary question what with the perhaps more important at this moment is some real saying on twitter at the beginning of the trump question mark what all the implications for the white house groet. Well it is a question mark i mean what we can read from this and we have to kind of deduct from the signs and put together the pieces but when you look at these charges they are in some respects relatively and remarkable compared to what Michael Flynn could have been charged with lying or making false statements to the f. B. I. Not to under play or downplay those charges and the significance it certainly is a federal crime but i think there was an expectation particularly from some Hillary Clinton supporters that there would be more but what this suggests is that Michael Flynn perhaps has been cooperating with Robert Mueller the special counsel and looking into all of this and is perhaps in exchange for providing information for perhaps a bigger target has been granted some sort of leniency in terms of the charges that were handed down so what we expect from this and have to watch very carefully is whether or not in that potential exchange for information we could see more charges coming not only to Michael Flynn son who worked very closely with him but perhaps again the bigger target being potentially the president and the case for obstruction of justice or a kimberly thanks very much indeed a nother facebook comment what a shame from habib this is a what a shame to end this low Michael Flynns long history of serving his country in this way what a shame or lets speak to Melanie Sloan whos an attorney with expertise in government ethics and a former federal prosecutor joins us live now from washington d. C. Really whats your assessment of whats happened and the potential implications for the white house. Well what a plea to false statements means is that flynn seems to be cooperating with the special counsel and i think that this is just the beginning theres going to be far more information that mr flynn is going to plead guilty in another half an hour to making false statements and the reason bob mueller would have allowed such a low plea basically is because flynn is cooperating and offering other evidence this plea also indicates that he was in fact colluding with the russians being thats what Michael Flynn was doing he was talking with the russians before trump got into office and asking them not to react to the sanctions imposed by the Obama Administration this is exactly one of the things that has been charged that there was all of this contact with the russians and here we have evidence in a plea that Michael Flynn is going to stand up in court and say this so i think were going to have so much more to come and i think that this must be a very bad day inside the Trump White House the charge against flynn does add another prominent defendant to the special counsel investigation yes it absolutely does Michael Flynn is the National Security adviser we havent seen this kind of thing since the Nixon Administration where somebody so high up in the president S Administration is pleading guilty to a federal crime and anybody of any political stripe ought to be very concerned about what has been going on in the trunk campaign and Trump White House in regards to all of this russia investigation and this also suggests that when donald trump was talking to jim call me about trying to stop the Flynn Investigation that is another piece of evidence that to suggest that the president could indeed end up charged with obstruction there we got another facebook comment from do you say referring to a previous Facebook Post a. Shame what a shame the shame is that thiS Administration was allowed to begin says the so whats your assessment of whats likely to happen next as the investigation continues. Well we also saw news this week that Jared Kushner had been speaking to the special counsel there have been many many questions about christian or his role that he certainly attended meetings with russians before the campaign there are questions about donald trump juniors discussions and collusion with the russians so i think theres much more to come and Michael Flynn is a very important piece of the puzzle because he knows so much he was so close to trump throughout the campaign and he will indeed now be cooperating in providing evidence to the special council so i think that there is far more to come but i dont think anybody should expect it too quickly you know trump has been putting pressure on richard burr in the Senate Intelligence committee to shut down the investigation and this too is going to help stop that theres not going to be a lot of willing congress to say you know were going to end this investigation when the National Security adviser is pleading guilty or a many will even though do appreciate your contribution thanks very much indeed of course that lots of conversation about this online and well have a plenty more on this program and throughout the night as this breaking story continues here at aljazeera. Now then twenty two and a half billion dollars thats how much money the u. N. Needs to provide humanitarian assistance around the world next year it is the largest aid appeal ever nearly one hundred thirty six Million People need help yemen as you might expect is facing the worst crisis weve heard a lot about that with around twenty two Million People in need the conflict there is lead to severe Food Shortages and an unprecedented cholera outbreak in nigeria fourteen and a half Million People need help because of fighting ongoing fighting between the military and armed groups and thirteen Million People need aid in syria as the war of course enters its seventh year more surprisingly the democratic republic of congo also has thirteen Million People in need political and sectarian violence has displaced millions of people and theyre at the verge of starvation and speak now to our diplomatic editor james bays hes got more from geneva topping the list of global emergencies as the u. N. Comes up with its humanitarian appeal for twenty eighteen is the situation in yemen the ongoing conflict the cholera epidemic and of course the problems made worse by the saudi blockade which is stopping the food and medicine reaching those who are in need this was the comment from the u. N. Chief humanitarian officer mark local the largest humanitarian crisis that were concerned about in the world at the moment is the crisis in yemen and. Yemen has a population of twenty five Million People twenty million. Need assistance and. Something like seven or eight million of them are right now right on the brink of famine and as you know weve been calling for. A full im winding of the blockade which is in preventing. Humanitarian assistance and commercial food and fuel get into yemen yemen is just one of a series of humanitarian emergencies around the world this is a time of unprecedented need these are record figures the u. N. Saying that one hundred thirty five point seven Million People are in need theyve come up with a plan not with for all of those people but for some ninety one Million People its going to cost twenty two point five billion dollars its worth telling you that they appeal for this year twenty seventeen they put out their appeal and they asked the countries for money theyve got some money but only fifty two percent of that money so its pretty certain that the u. N. With this massive appeal this many people in need is not going to be able to help all of them when we talk about thirty and a half Million People needing aid in nigeria and thats where im going to dress now explains why so many need help. For displaced persons in the old days to nigeria and other parts of the lake chad region the United Nations is estimating to spend two point three billion u. S. Dollars in two thousand and eighty to take care of their needs a lot of them couldnt access their farms because of continuing threats of violence from fighters in the region now if we look back at what happened in two thousand and seventeen the United Nations required two point three two point one billion us dollars to help these refugees but what was eventually utilized was one painted media which left a wide gap now the United Nations is also focusing on some of the crisis Global Crisis maybe exacerbate or even worse in two thousand and eight and thats a reason why it requires more funding to help these people affected by crises globally one percent increase was recorded on the requirements will be when compared to what was there for last year now a lot of people in the east nigeria especially those displaced by the violence couldnt go back to their homes because of continued threats of violence so they will require some form of food and other assistance from the United Nations and other nongovernmental organizations. Well weve been focusing on nigeria and and yemen lets now zoom in on the deal see michael issue bangle is president of the association for developments in the democratic republic of congo joins us live via skype from leicester in the United Kingdom. Whats your assessment of where we are in the d c and how is it this is kind of escaped on notice as far as the world is concerned with the kind of numbers millions and millions of people at risk right now. Well the situation india are seeing is not only worsening but its also expanding geographically so we have now a very huge number of people who have been displaced because of the violence particularly in the region such as. You see that previously for the past seventeen years the sea has faced some sort of trouble walls have caused people to flee to move about but now that situation is getting worse and people are facing even more violence they are they are they are forced to flee and theyre not. There they are very exposed and the threat of starvation and such will be very high so we are deeply concerned about the situation in the sea and before that the situation is not given enough attention by the situation on the ground is quite a very serious indeed and i understand that Something Like seven million children are facing these difficulties here and the number is increasing because now as i said before its expanding the geographical we have when we talk of course side in this conflict on the other side more people again will flee so the something really has to be done urgently so that those people could have a list on food but also most importantly to be to restore the security situation in the sea which is deteriorating because of the current political situation on the ground what is the ultimately what is the reason for whats going on here is really call flicked or other of the reasons for. Well you have a president for example Joseph Kabila who nunn that has ended b