And welcome to the aljazeera news hour live from my headquarters in doha the Elizabeth Braun im coming up in the next sixty minutes with the u. N. General assembly set to vote on a resolution critical of the u. S. Stance on President Trump issues a warning. Divided. On thursday in an election many horror of spain secession crisis. Polands president finds to curb Judicial Independence triggering a possible confrontation with the e. U. I first last. And the Un Special Envoy is told to stay out of myanmar. 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 the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Says the way Member States vote will be noted the one hundred ninety three we have a body will hold of rare Emergency Special session on thursday at the request of our been muslim countries mike hanna reports from the u. N. Security Council Staff pose with the secretary general for an annual photograph is called then its business as usual in the chamber like most other Member States those represented here unwilling to comment publicly on the extraordinary letters sent by u. S. Ambassador nikki haley ambassador did you receive the letter from hillary about the years many letters and the majority view apparently summed up by one representative who was willing to comment on our position in this case has been very clear we had the opportunity to express ourselves in the Security Council so so thats our very strong and prince principled position sweden was one of the fourteen Council Members who voted in favor of the jerusalem resolution monday the veto by the us is accompanied by an angry statement from the about. What we witnessed here today in the Security Council is an insult it wont be forgotten what some would regard as a thinly veiled threat driven home in a letter circulated to all Member States regarding the photo taking place in the General Assembly thursday as you consider your vote the ambassador writes i want you to know that the president and the u. S. Take this vote personally she continues the president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested i report back on those countries who voted against us President Trump made clear what the possible consequences could be they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars and then they vote against us while were watching those approach let them vote against us will save a lot we dont care. But privately many un members are outraged at the letters bullying and threatening tone and what was to be a vote condemning attempts to unilaterally change the status of jerusalem may gain even added significance in november more than one hundred fifty nations voted in favor of the resolution declaring all israeli actions in jerusalem as null and void as it was an occupying power a similar result in the General Assembly thursday would also be a sweeping international rejection of President Trump and his policies mike hanna aljazeera United Nations lets get more on the snellen bring in ali jacobs and new york is a part of the Truman National security project very good to have you with us on aljazeera mr jacobs just how unprecedented is this kind of behavior by u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. And the president of the u. S. Its pretty unprecedented but then again everything about this president is unprecedented you know for him to challenge countries and say hes going to deny the foreign aid to them thats his domestic politics thats part of what he ran on in the twenty six ten twenty sixteen campaign was America First so this speaks directly to his base directly to his domestic politics priorities and doesnt speak to them even though the u. S. Foreign aid budget is only Something Like you know one percent of the total budget. Right so the form part of the foreign aid budget is as you said its you know barely one percent but the vast majority of americans believe that its twenty five percent or more so the the base that hes talking to they think that its a significant amount of money is it up to the trumpet ministration or is it up to congress to review any changes to the foreign aid budget and would congress support cutting aid over this issue do you think. The state their requests would go from the president to the state department the state department then would make the policy and would have to get funding or defunding from the from the congress for it i cant imagine that the senate would start slashing budgets of foreign aid to ords countries that vote to vote on this issue against what the president s wishes are there are too many senators particularly on the Foreign Relations committee who who strongly believe in multilateral diplomacy and foreign aid despite the fact that they may not be huge fans of the u. N. Particularly of the uns treatment of israel but also the same way that so many people think that the foreign aid budget is over twenty five percent Something Like seventy five percent of the American Public highly approve of foreign aid so theres a lot of contradictory data and contradictory thoughts but this is really a move on the domestic front but its also a move to see exactly where other countries may stand on this it will be very interesting to see what saudi arabia and some of the other arab countries do. Well how do you expect saudi arabia to vote on this and. And i and other countries too there was one council diplomat who said that canada hungary the czech check the public might bow to u. S. Pressure will be interesting to see which countries on how certain countries vote on this. Right i mean if you go back to the two thousand and twelve General Assembly resolution to upgrade palestinian observer status the vote was Something Like hundred thirty eight to nine and the Nine Countries were the u. S. The israel the Czech Republic and a bunch of you know countries in the South Pacific i think tomorrow we may see something a little bit different israel has been working very hard over the last few years to improve relationships with other countries particularly at the u. N. To try to avoid these kind of blockbuster blow out votes but in particular saudi arabia in the relationship thats the saudis have really tried to court with donald trump it could make tomorrow it could make tomorrow really interesting i have no idea what the Saudi Arabians will do if they decide to abstain which i think is probably i cant imagine they would vote against it but if they choose to abstain how many other arab countries decide to join them its a big question and one that im sure the saudi or saudis themselves are trying to figure out right now and if the General Assembly votes along the same lines as the boys in the van the one hundred fifty countries voted in favor of you know that resolution declaring or an israeli actions in jerusalem or not and void because that is an occupying power can or will the u. S. Go ahead with its vision for diversity and do you think given that those days vote is nonbinding. The u. S. Is going to go on a go go through with this one of the reasons i think trump and haley are pushing back so hard is because this is a domestic policy decision this is the fulfillment of a twenty two year old law that Congress Passed on huge bipartisan majorities is a wildly popular law here in the United States and president s have just had to kind of keep kicking the can down the road the fact that donald trump finally filled what a twenty two year old law was rick was requiring him to do isnt really news the idea that other countries should influence the way that america makes their decisions is really insulting to a lot of americans particularly this president mr jacobson it is great as a way to get your thoughts your and fives and to the Sally Jenkins joining us live from new york thank you. Lets move on to some of the news from the u. S. Now the white house and republican members of congress a celebrating the passage of Donald Trumps massive tax bill but critics say the billable only help the wealthy and hurt the Poor Committee how could it has more from washington d. C. With nearly every republican lawmaker at his side donald trump did not pass up his chance to enjoy his first legislative victory after almost a year in office its always a lot of fun when you win the passage of the most dramatic changes to the u. S. Tax code in thirty years i always say the most massive but its the largest tax cut in the history of our country and the reform but tax cut the tax reforms are controversy big cuts to Corporate Tax rates from thirty five to twenty one percent democrats say will benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans its a ponzi scheme. The tax cuts are going to be meaningful for work and family than every day americans and the jobs will never materialize republicans argue the cuts will make the United States more competitive with countries like china with similarly lower Corporate Tax rates its hoped this will encourage companies to do business in the u. S. And bring back jobs a key Trump Campaign promise but while this legislation is about reforming taxes it is also about winning donald trump failed to deliver on a Campaign Promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act or what Many Americans call obamacare its a frustration donald trump has lamented for months. Passing the tax legislation now allows trump to claim victory on both tucked inside the tax reforms is a repeal of an obamacare requirement called the individual mandate that force the president says americans will start to see tax relief as early as february the g. O. P. Tax scam is a minor mental job but Many Americans remain skeptical most members of congress did not have time to read the hundreds of pages of changes to the hastily passed tax legislation thank you very much everybody and according to most polls two thirds of americans are doubtful the tax changes will have any positive impact on their lives kimberly help get aljazeera washington. To spain now and theres an anxious wait ahead of thursdays and the action and caution on your watch could decide the regions future madrid course that volatile hot across a session leaders in a last really declared independence and of top call pan hall takes a look at whats become spains whilst political crisis since the end of the franco dictatorship. Massive protests erupted in boss alona a spanish Paramilitary Police raided Regional Government offices cattle on officials were arrested as madrid tried to stop preparations for the secession referendum days away that. Democracy must be defended with smiles and flowers when not violent all we want to do is vote and vote in peace. Spanish Security Forces dragged away voters from the polling stations catalans bloodied and beaten the referendum went ahead the Spanish Government insisted it was illegal that a cry. They stole materials they violate that human rights they were injured people that east a crime an overwhelming majority voted to break away but turnout was low. The spanish king made a rare t. V. Address condemning the result of some lawful this response then its the responsibility of the legitimate powers of the states to guarantee constitutional law and order. Spanish unionists rallied for huge counterdemonstrations. Yes we are the silent majority we must show that there are many moral for us and those who want to divide catalonia. Polish jews demand the head of the cattle and government declared independence but delayed implementation calling instead for negotiations it is the mandate of the people that catalonia should become an independent state in the form of a republic over the next three weeks spanish judges arrested keith separatist leaders accusing them of plotting rebellion and spanish Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy completed the crackdown shutting down this Regional Parliament disbanding the cattle and government and imposing direct rule from madrid if you. They have broken the law and the rule of law two of the basic principles of the European Union they have to bribe the representatives of the opposition of their right to exercise control in government imagine if i decided to close parliament so nobody could question me that would be a scandalous situation but this is whats happening and this is whats still happening. Days later poos demanded part of his cabinet fled to belgium other Catalan Government ministers were jailed some later freed on bail they jailed us only to the fenn our i. D. s and that the done share. The turmoil has polarized catalans and spaniards alike the choice in thursdays election season start to make up. Or break up. Al jazeera boss alone there. Are plenty more ahead on the news hour and clothing its time to turn around the struggling economy thats the message from Zimbabwes President as he addressed the nation. Another setback but this time of the e. U. Is highest court and russias banned from pallant exporters up held box they get another month to prove their athletes should be allowed to compete in chad thats coming up in sports but peter. Polands president has accused you of lying about his countrys plan traditional reforms the a who has triggered a Legal Mechanism that could see the country stripped of its Voting Rights within the blog brussel says the laws are a threat to democracy Natasha Buckley has more it was a message of defiance from warsaw to the european polands president signing into law two bills reforming the judiciary something the e. U. Had warned against saying the changes threatened polands democracy was arms of provides ahmed i think were introducing very Good Solutions in poland i believe were introducing solutions that will improve the Justice System that will make people finally regained faith in justice regain faith in polish courts and regain faith in the Justice System just hours earlier the e. U. Had taken an unprecedented step to try and stop poland forging ahead with the controversial reforms it launched article seven of the lisbon treaty a process that could lead to poland losing its e. U. Voting rights sadly concerns of deep within a period of two years a significant numbers of laws have been adopted thirteen in total which put at serious risk the independence of the judiciary and the separation of powers simple right since coming to power in twenty fifty. Polands rightwing law and Justice Party has been a look ahead with the e. U. For its drive to tighten immigration and media laws analysts say the ease latest move is unlikely to put government in a word to talk. Law and justice the governing party in parliament is riding high in the opinion polls i think that they are very adept at turning the battle good brussels to their own advantage they can say its just an unelected bureaucrats are trying to undermine our National Sovereignty so they say were perfectly content to see this one reckless way through over the past months pollution opposition protesters have voiced their anger at a government thing is increasingly authoritarian. The e. U. Has given poland three months to address its concerns it may then consider suspending broadswords Voting Rights but for that to happen all Member States would have to agree and the problem for the e. U. Is that hungary has already made it clear that it would veto such a move its actually butler aljazeera now the European Union has given a Firm Deadline for the u. K. s transition out of the blog must be completed by the end of december two thousand and twenty coinciding with the end of the e. U. s current seven year budget back that will officially happen in march two thousand and nineteen for the two sides have a great transition period for fall and during which the u. K. Will continue to apply in huge roles. Its important i think that we have the same position legally as the European Union and thats why weve accepted the amendment my rival friend the member for west dorset but i can assure my honorable friend and to the house we woul