Aljazeera. Hello im Barbara Sarah this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. Whether vote against us will save a lot. We dont hear. President. Cut Financial Aid any country who votes for a u. N. Resolution against his decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel a lot of thing in the u. S. Republicans give final approval to a sweeping tax reform sounding President Trump his first major legislative victory polands president says he will sign into law two controversial judicial bills despite the e. U. Threatening to suspend his countrys Voting Rights. And. Top story in sports russias banned from paralympic sport told but theyll get another month to prove their athletes should be allowed to compete. No thank you for joining us u. S. President donald trump has threatened to cut off Financial Aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft United Nations resolution against his decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital earlier the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Sent a threatening email to members of the General Assembly making halley warned against supporting the resolution the email reads the president will be watching this photo carefully and has requested that i report back on those who voted against us and as you consider your vote i encourage you to know the president and the u. S. Take this vote personally and this is what the u. S. President had to say a short while ago. I like the message that mickey said yes to the United Nations for all of these nations that take our money and then they vote against us at the Security Council or they vote against us potentially at the assembly they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars and then they vote against us while were watching those votes let them vote against us will save a lot we dont care. Well meanwhile the Turkish Foreign minister has accused the us of intimidation over the. Narrative in this in the knowledge of what are you going to do after taking names will you allow those countries as well to be occupied already going to punish them the world has changed the belief that i am strong therefore i am right has changed the world today revolting against injustices from now on. Will bow to such pressure well have more on this lets speak to mike hanna who joins us live now from the United Nations in new york my kid the initial reaction to nikki haleys email was pretty negative what reaction has there been any i know it only happened recently but what kind of reaction are we expecting to mr trumps comments. Well theres speed no reluctance for any of the diplomats here to comment publicly on nikki haleys letter to all members of the General Assembly certainly privately theres been a lot of outrage expressed at what is seen as a hectoring and bullying tone contained in that letter and of course knob we see exactly what she meant President Trump threatening to cut off Financial Aid to any nation that would vote against him the majority position perhaps by the one person who would talk the swedish ambassador and he said that the Security Council voted to rule a monday which was fourteen to one with the u. S. Veto was based on principle and certainly theres no reason why sweden would change its vote in the General Assembly vote will be happening thursday thats probably going to be the majority of pinion. And mike whats been interesting is that of course there was a vote in the Security Council will fourteen out of the fifteen states voted against it obviously the u. S. Has a veto there as so so blocked that resolution going through why do we think the President Trump cares so much about this vote at the u. N. General assembly because ultimately the u. S. Can move its embassy and put it wherever it wants to and say jerusalem is the capital of israel if it wants to what impact does that have on the u. S. Well its perhaps more about President Trumps policies his core policies which he would describe as America First now from the very beginning of this dispute this controversy with the announcement that he would recognize your islam as the capital of israel President Trump and his ambassador to the un have been cutting it in terms of you mary can sovereignty saying that the u. S. Has the right to decide what ever its capital is going to be in whatever country it may be but thats not taking into account the sensitivities over a city like jerusalem the consequences of President Trumps decision have been seen around the world what were going to be seeing in the General Assembly thursday in that particular vote is likely to be a sweeping condemnation now not just of attempts to alter the status of jerusalem but also in a way an opinion poll on the President Trumps isolationist policies what is seen as his America First mantra so what was going to be a fairly straightforward vote likely to be sweepingly in favor of the resolution is now also going to be a vote inadvertently as President Trump would expect on the policies of President Trump and the way in which he views the rest of the world mike hanna at the u. N. Mike thank you and while all of that is taking place at the United Nations palestinians protesting as President Trumps plans to move the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem have again called for a day of rage there have been some clashes with Israeli Security forces across the occupied palestinian territories in bethlehem protesters marched in the street to denounce Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital Israeli Security forces this person with tear gas well the biggest overhaul of the u. S. Tax system in thirty years is now set to become law in the last few minutes the u. S. House of representatives gave the one point five trillion dollar tax return. Its final approval its a huge legislative victory for president and it repeals part of the Obamacare Health system but one recent poll suggests fifty five percent of americans oppose it democrats say the bill was passed in secret and the new law will benefit the ultra rich at the expense of the middle class well the bill slashes the Corporate Tax rate from thirty five to twenty one percent as of january first and ends the Tax Advantages for companies that move overseas income tax rates and then heritance tax will be reduced for most people those earning over half a Million Dollars a year will experience higher tax reductions but these provisions are temporary the end in twenty twenty six the bill is expected to add one point five trillion dollars to the u. S. National debt over the next decade it currently stands at twenty trillion dollars well our White House CorrespondentKimberly Hackett joins us live now from washington d. C. So its finally happened and i guess its happened in a very divisive way. A very divisive way americans are not sure about this two thirds of americans according to most polls deeply skeptical about whether or not they will benefit still this is being sold by republicans as a gift a Christmas Gift if you will that will immediately see more money in the pockets of ordinary americans democrats on the other hand say that this is a gift for the millionaires and billionaires in the United States because of that deep cut to the Corporate Tax rate the idea being this will trickle down in terms of jobs being created more companies that are located overseas coming back to the United States but at the same time to not only are republicans saying this but of course it is the president who is celebrating his first legislative victory but you have to remember doll trip made two very big Campaign Promises one was of course not only these tax reforms but also to repeal and replace obamacare and as you point out at the start of the segment tucked inside this tax reform is that requirement that americans must buy Health Insurance that is no longer the case as a result of this passage of legislation so donald trump trying to portray this as two legislative victories when he spoke in the cabinet room just a short time ago. We have a socially repealed obamacare and will come up with something that will be much better whether its block grants or whether its taking what we have been doing something to reflect but obamacare has been repealed in this bill we did want to bring it up i told people specifically required with the Fake News Media because i dont want them talking too much about it because i dont know how people are different now that its approved i can say the individual mandate on health care when you had to pay not to have insurance or to figure that when you pay not to have insurance the individual mandate has been repealed. And this bill you know now seemed to become law has been talked about as a kind of Christmas Present but actually its not going to happen before christmas in fact probably not going to happen for the new either why isnt trump signing it into law today. Well thats a question we posed to the White House Press office to find out specifically because we kept hearing this was going to happen by the end of the year as you point out a Christmas Gift but turns out thats likely not to be the case and heres why there are some sort of arcane legislative rules and requirements that legal must look at this for at least ten days the wheels of government moving very slowly so what were hearing now and the white house sort of portraying this says we never said be by the end of the year we said be by the end of President Trumps first year in office thats when this will likely now be signed and it will be a great way to start the new year presumably twenty eighteen so a little bit of a characterization shift on just how and when this is going to be signed still the white house making a big deal of this going to be holding a passage ceremony or a vent if you will here at the white house where the president no doubt will have more to say about his what he sees as legislative victories that have been a long time in coming here really help at the white house can really thank you or republicans call the tax bill in kind woman trish warm but it will see cuts to social welfare programs and weve been hearing like medicare that could impact millions some reports suggest medicare could become by twenty five billion dollars next and the gallagher reports from florida. You know or protest over the bay oaks retirement home in miami has been housing the elderly for seventy years many of its residents rely on social welfare programs and have for decades some like eighty seven year old janet lied becca a paying close attention to whats happening in washington a form of social worker janet says welfare may be coming to an end my generation i think we never thought of Social Security having an end date. But i believe it will perhaps it will be two thousand and twenty five two thousand and thirty but there will come an end but this is plenty of time for everybody to get their act together. And. There. Is. A night team of particular concern a potential changes to medicare a federal program for over sixty fives it could face cuts of up to twenty five billion dollars when medicare and medicaid was set up in the one nine hundred sixty s. It encompassed the idea of a Great Society one that took care of its poor and elderly experts say any of those programs wont necessarily mean less money for recipients but it will mean less cash for doctors hospitals and nursing facilities and advocates say that could have terrible consequences this was going to be terrible my clinic represents you know newman says without access to Affordable Health care millions could suffer doctors who take care of the elderly patients will find themselves unable to accept patients they will turn people away who need the care most of all and who cant afford to pay high private market rates or premiums more than fifty million americans currently receive medicare benefits and with a rapidly aging population its seen by many as a vital safety net its a curious thing ten thousand people turn sixty five every day in america and will for the next twenty years so i imagine the money majority of those people though and i imagine that when the tax cuts actually take place theyll be adversely affected and theyre going to go to the polls the contras report is adopted without a judge an emotional reaction or a final table the republicans tax reform bill is already in popular among many voters its hope with next years midterm elections approaching drastic cuts may be avoided and agalloch are aljazeera miami florida. Well its take a closer look at this bill with samhain linda hes an economist and political analyst at the Niskanen Center and joins us live now from washington d. C. Thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera obviously quite a controversial bill president trying to scribe it as a Christmas Present for the middle class what do you make of it who do you think actually benefits from this bill. Well i think the only correct way of looking at this bills as a giant mixed bag im concerned with the way the discourse is right now where everything is either all good or all bad but theres really only one way to look at this bill and its a giant mixed bag worth benefits going to the wealthy but also so much structural reform in the business i suppose one of the reasons theres so much controversy over it i mean right now politics is quite divided but its also the way that its being pushed through i mean do you think it could have been a tax reform bill of some sort that perhaps could have been pushed through in a more bipartisan way. Yeah unfortunately i think the biggest problem with this bill is the process behind it republicans have not had a win after holding every aspect of government for the last year and they have really been trying to push this through without any bipartisan support but when you look at the Bigger Picture the aspects of the bill that are actually pro growth like the corporate supply side reforms. Do represent an opportunity for bipartisan. Political action even the Obama Administration acknowledge that our Corporate Tax rate was too high and so the areas where the best parts of the bill are probably the the exact same parts that would have been germane for a bipartisan reform but unfortunately the Republican Party also want to push through these large tax cuts for wealthy individuals which is unlikely to ever bring democrats to the table. I suppose it also has elements within the bill that touches social policy were talking about obamacare and the medicare a little bit earlier i mean what do you think in the long term the impact to be and i know its hard to to know but is this really what the president promised as he was. Electioneering leading up to the election or not do you think people even his supporters would be surprised a few months in. Well the big problem with health care for republicans is they know they dont like obamacare but they have no idea or at least no agreement of what to replace it with and so after failing to Reform Health care earlier in this president ial term they. Have turned to a strategy of just sabotaging the obamacare markets and so thats the way the individual mandate works is that insurers Young Healthy people buy Health Insurance which bring down premiums for less advantaged people and so this tax reform repeal that mandate which means people will voluntarily opt out of insurance which will drive up premiums for the un well. The problem is they have nothing to replace it with so longer term i actually see this as sort of bringing. Democrats back to health care and next time they take power with probably something bigger more expensive like a medicare for all program weve already seen front runners for the democratic president ial nominee like cory booker and Camilla Harris endorsed by the Bernie Sanders medicare for all plan so i think republicans should look in the mirror because they might this might backfire on them in a big way where they have you know strips so much of obamas legacy that democrats no longer feel like they have to hold to it. Somehow im an economist and political analyst at the Niskanen Center thank you so much for sharing your views with us. Now the United States has impo