Hello im c. Ters and this is the news hour live from london coming up president obamas former National Security advisor please guilty for lying to the f. B. I. About his contacts with russia. Pope francis means for him to refugees in bangladesh and ask for forgiveness for the worlds indifference to the suffering i mean i said nation sends an s. O. S. To the world global crises have put at least one hundred thirty five Million People in need of aid. In russia will play saudi arabia and you know pretty much next years football world cup well christiane i was portugal have been drawn alongside twenty ten when a space. We began in the United States president Donald Trumps former National Security adviser as pleaded guilty to lying to the f. B. I. About the extent of his russian contacts speaking in courts Michael Flynn admitted his actions were wrong but said he was directed to make contact with the Russian Ambassador in december twenty sixth by a Senior Member of trumps Transition Team the charges against flynt have been brought by special counsel as part of an investigation into alleged russian meddling in last years president ial poll flynn is now for the cooperating with the investigation the white house has dismissed. As false well for more on this we can first of all speak to our reporter patrick ohio who is outside of the court in washington d. C. As you just give us a bit more detail as to exactly what was happening in court today. Their suv first i want to tell you what happened when he left keep in mind this is general Michael Flynn he went before the. Republican National Convention and blood chants of lock her up talking about Hillary Clinton he often said if i did a tenth of what she did id be in prison well now he has pled guilty to lines of the f. B. I. And we couldnt give you a little bit more information this hour than we did last because we have the Court Documents now we believe now it could have come with a sentence of up to five years in prison two hundred fifty thousand dollars fine but in these documents it says the government if he continues to cooperate will only recommend that he serves either no time in prison or up to six months in prison and pay as much as a ten thousand dollars fine so that is a pretty minor slap on the wrist especially if you consider all of the charges that we believe that molar could of indicted him on so what is he giving him in exchange well we do know that hes agreed to provide evidence warrant testimony and also hidden in those Court Documents is that he agreed to wear a wire if needed now whether or not he did we do not know but of course thats something thats going to make people the Trump Administration rather nervous about if theyve been speaking to him since he left the administration so basically what happened in court heres what he says he did he said he lied to the f. B. I. On several occasions twice when it came to russia once on the issue of how they responded to say actions put on by the Obama Administration and once that he called at the direction of a very key transition official we dont know who that was that this transition official said go ahead call the russians and other countries and tell them to vote against a u. N. Security Council Resolution that would have condemned settlements in israel well russia responded were not going to do that flynn lied about that whole thing and cording to the affidavit he also lied about the work he did with turkey and this is an interesting part you have to read between the lines it says the lie was that his company was doing business with turkey to improve Business Development between the turkey in the u. S. So what was the deal well we dont know that yet but and evidently it is going to come out this is an absolutely huge day in washington and at any one detail as to what influenced him to what she could go for. This plea bargain. Factor but what we do know we dont know who hes done but you know now somebody is probably going to show us that. Good details coming from outside the court but across town weve got kimberly hellcat whos joining me from outside of the white house we were expecting to see pictures of the president with the libyan Prime Minister visiting at the moment that didnt happen kimberly any clue i think so far weve heard this from the white house lawyer in terms of reaction. Right ill give you a little explanation and what little i do know about why we didnt hear from the president we thought that we might as you point out the libyan Prime Minister here at the white house very briefly meeting the oval office typically we see the president sitting down when leaders from Foreign Countries come to the United States and often we hear him react to news of the day as well as the events that were talking about together the reporters were brought in per normal and then abruptly when they were told by the White House Press aides that there would be no as we call it pool spray and they were sent back to the White House Briefing room so certainly some disappointment there and an opportunity to hear from the president but we have heard from the president s lawyer ty cobb as you point out and essentially he is downplaying these charges against Michael Flynn downplaying Michael Flynns role in the white house that was just for three weeks and also the plea and sort of the statements that he made the political hay was talking about moments ago in his statement he points out that the false statements to the f. B. I. Made by Michael Flynn according to ty cobb mirror the false statements to white house officials which resulted in flynns resignation nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Michael Flynn but certainly there have been suggestions to the contrary that in fact Robert Mueller is in fact going after a bigger target with his cooperation in the investigation of Michael Flynn and of course the reason Michael Flynn is appearing at all in a federal court today is the fact that not only what he did while he was working inside the Trump White House but his role in Donald Trumps campaign. 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 terrorist suspect yes or no i would i would have to see whats acceptable chances of that situation what are 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 flynn 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. So many could say once again that the charges today against Michael Flynn the former National Security advisor are relatively low level but it appears there is an admittance by Michael Flynn in court that if fact he is cooperating with investigators and the reason that usually occurs is because there is the hope of obtaining information to go towards a bigger target and of course the white house has been bracing itself for many weeks anticipating these charges against flame given the fact that weve also seen associates of Donald Trumps being charged prior to this you remember paul man a for the Campaign ChairGeorge Papadopoulos a policy adviser and also an aide to matt afford but theres no question with these charges now against Michael Flynn this is the closest to the president to come as of date ask him about on extraordinary day in washington d. C. Pope francis has for the first time used the word. To refer to the Muslim Minority fleeing mammal following a security crackdown in august the pontiff use the politically sensitive to while meeting with hinge refugees seeking sanctuary in the language that he capital dhaka he apologized for the worlds indifference to their plight and ask them for forgiveness child struck for reports from the pollen count. And i said to me two hundred thousand bangladeshis crowded into the so rugby park in dhaka as pope francis. But it was later in the day after the police chief met revenge refugees that he finally publicly mentioned the ethnic group by name. Will continue to recognize their rights we wont close our hearts to them we wont look in another direction the presence of god today is also a cold every one of us needs to respond in the right way. Muhammad idris was among the small group who spoke with the pope along with his ten brothers and eight sisters he fled the military crackdown on the regime just three months ago he says soldiers burnt their family home in Rakhine State and shot his cousin dead and. We have very happy to be impairing ledes but we thought for time much pain and agony and thats what we want to tell the pope this is only the second time the head of the catholic churches visited bangladesh the last was Pope John Paul the second in one thousand nine hundred six and this time it hasnt been easy the popes visit to bangladesh comes as this country the United Nations and International Aid organizations struggle to cope with more than six hundred twenty five thousand range of refugees that have arrived here since almost the twenty fifth its a visit hes proving a huge diplomatic challenge to the head of the catholic church. Rights groups criticized the Roman Catholic leader for failing to say the name of angel during his three day visit to myanmar nor since arriving in bangladesh on thursday its believed he refrained in myanmar to prevent a potential backlash against christians there the reinjure have been persecuted for decades by the myanmar government which doesnt recognize the ethnic group range of citizenship in what was then burma was drawn in one thousand nine hundred eighty two its hoped the popes blessings of just a few of the hundreds of thousands of refugees here in bangladesh will draw greater International Attention to their plight they are often described as the Worlds Largest group of stateless people. That aljazeera coxs bizarre bangladesh. Still to come on aljazeera this news hour winds might be disappointed by the new president s latest cabinet appointments plus. Kenyas president working out a has been sworn in for his final time the opposition has vowed to fight his government the whole bottle has left a trail of death and destruction and have been lawyer and ill be reporting from the hospital room. And then score the final two teams are decided in Major League Soccer details coming up later in the program. The. United nations has launched a record appeal for more than twenty two billion dollars to help victims of conflict and humanitarian crises around the world the u. N. Says more than one hundred thirty five Million People across the world need in terms of the numbers affected yemen is the worlds worst humanitarian crisis war has left more than twenty two Million People in need with a severe food shortage and cholera crisis in nigeria fourteen and a half Million People particularly women need protection because of fighting between the military and armed groups and more than thirteen Million People in the democratic republic of congo need humanitarian help many were displaced by fighting a similar number of syrians are still caught up in a civil war in its seventh year a third of the money requested by the u. N. Is to help. Well the United Nations is launching this record appeal for more than twenty two billion dollars to help victims of conflict and humanitarian crises the u. N. Says more than one hundred thirty five Million People are in need are diplomatic editor james based reports from geneva. The u. N. Says its the worst humanitarian disaster on earth in yemen the people are suffering from conflict and a continuing cholera epidemic the situation only made worse by a saudi blockade stopping much of the food and medicine from getting to those who so desperately need it the u. N. Appeal for twenty eighteen estimates there are in the country twenty two Million People in need the situation in yemen is atrocious the number of people in need. Of twenty eight million is approaching twenty million seven or eight million of those people are right on the verge of famine and starvation we need to get the ports fully opened so that the fields around the Water Systems can get in the fuel to get the food around the country can get in more commercial food as well as the aid food can get in until those things happen the situation will continue to deteriorate and the risk of millions of lives being lost will grow yemen is just one of many civil taney assume urgence is making this a time of unprecedented need in its appeal for twenty eighteen the u. N. Says it believes there are almost one hundred thirty six Million People in need they come up with a plan to help almost ninety one Million People and that will cost twenty two point five billion dollars but i have to say i dont think were going to get all that money you just have to look at this year twenty seventeen their appeal was fifty two point five percent funded from south sudan to syria from afghanistan to the refugees from myanmar conflict is the main cause of the human suffering and in most cases these are conflicts with no end in sight james pays aljazeera at the United Nations in geneva. Well. Kumar is the deputy United Nations story Human Rights Watch she joins me now live from new york thanks very much for joining us on aljazeera i think just pick up on that point that james in his report made that even with the money that hes pledged quite often and particularly in the last year almost half of it never turned up the this amazing to put out these these sort of pledges but if people are actually going to pay whats the point well the u. N. Is soliciting money its saying this is the scope of the need and this is the biggest number that its ever had to ask for and its a really high number in such a Political Climate where we see people increasingly looking inward in big donor countries like the u. S. And the u. K. People arent willing to pay they are interested in focusing on things close to home instead of crises and conflict and suffering far away and thats certainly worrying why do you think they pledge that if theyre not going to actually come up with all the money is it just to appear to look like theyre joining the others that are willing to help well i think part of the problem actually is they never get all the way up to one hundred