The author of a controversial new book on donald trump says everyone he spoke to inside the white house was critical of the u. S. President s. Government supporters in iran rally for a third day against opposition protests also this hour opening the door to diplomacy north and south korea agreed to hold talks for the first time in more than two years. And im peter stammered with all the days sports news as defending champion Serena Williams pulls out of the Australian Open all of the full details later the first news hour. Thank you for joining us the author of a new explosive book on the Trump White House has spoken publicly for the First Time Since its Early Release on friday Michael Wolff says the president has no credibility and his staff say is like a. Child who needs instant gratification while this book called fire and fury paints a highly critical picture of life inside the oval office describing the president as mentally unfit for the job trump has taken to twitter saying the book is full of lies misrepresentations and sources that dont exist but wolf told us t. V. Network n. B. C. That he stands by his claims. They say he is. A moron in the. Theres a competition to sort of get to the bottom line here of who this man is lets remember this man does not read does not listen so hes hes like. Hes like the pinball just just just shooting off the side that speak to panic ahead in washington d. C. Patty a damning portrait of the u. S. President any more bombshells in this interview. It really is a very damning portrait i think one of the most interesting things is Michael Wolff confirmed that like most journalists he actually has recordings of some of these statements now he didnt say he was going to excuse me to release those but that might be why we arent seeing anyone come out and say they didnt actually say that theyre simply saying that they were taken out of context so the one thing i think is important to point out the president is tweeting that he didnt give him access and he didnt give him permission to write the book while to say that he spent about three hours through the course of the campaign into the white house with the president and its important to point out somebody gave him access you cant simply just walk into the white house journalists say they repeatedly often saw Michael WolffWalking Around the west wing and importantly if the white house they give you a particular color badge depending on who you are journalists have a badge that theyre easily identifiable if theyre somewhere where theyre not supposed to be Michael Wolff didnt have a press badge he had an appointment badge a blue badge which basically gave him access to all over the west wing so in this interview hes saying theres literally not one person surrounding the president who thinks that he is able to do this job he says that its been a progression he said it first a lot of people said well maybe hell grow into it but he said now pretty much all of his aides think hes to quote him quite stupid and somewhat off balance but perhaps the most disturbing allegation is he says the aides around him now believe he is simply unfit to be president hes questioning his Mental Health lets listen to that you say for example that he was that mara lago and didnt recognize lifelong friends. I will quote Steve Bartman shes lost. So why does that matter besides obviously the very thought of the president and states with access to Nuclear Weapons not being mentally stable according to these allegations well its raising more talk about the twenty fifth amendment so what is that well its the amendment in the constitution that says if the Vice President two thirds of the president s cabinet members believe that he is unfit for office they can simply send a letter to the speaker of the house and the president of the senate and say hes unfit and it doesnt necessarily automatically remove him from office the president can send his own letter within four days and no im fine and then it goes to the house and the senate where they have to do is debate within twenty one days decide if the president is in fact fit for office and if two thirds of the house and senate said no they dont think he is and he could simply be removed in the Vice President takes over so this is bringing up a lot of talk in washington as to whether or not thats even a possibility its never happened its almost unthinkable but with these allegations i can tell you people in washington are thinking about it just a little bit more the question we dont know is is this cabinet patty thank you very much for that patty cohen live for us seen in washington. And other world news supporters of irans government of rallying after friday prayers and demonstrating for a third day across the country again so week of on race in which at least twenty two people have been killed on Thai Government demonstrators have been protesting over economic instability lets speak to. Who is in tehran saying how big of a crowd is this friday how much support is there for the government. Well the government seems determined to continue these pro establishment rallies and encourage its supporters to come out tens of thousands over the last few days a similar showing today it is the weekend its post friday prayers the expectation of the plan was to have a good showing of public support. With the progovernment crowd and thats exactly what theyve done again today it seems to be part of a two pronged approach by the government to cement this ridge in the country and the second prong of course being a heavy Police Presence in flashpoint cities across the country another point to. Another. Bit of information today from the government a senior cleric a close to the Supreme Leader and self spoke at friday for a friday prayers and said it is important for the country to recognize the fact that there are real enemies outside the gates he pointed to the United States to saudi arabia and blames them for trying to. Push unrest and create instability in the country now the government hasnt really provided any hard evidence of what kind of shape that kind of. That kind of as they do in these countries for kind of talk but if they do squarely say that these are the old enemies and theyre behind this unrest but but he also said the senior cleric mr mccarthy said that they do recognize the government iranian leaders do recognize that the grievances of protestors are real and there are Economic Conditions that arent perfect and they need to be addressed so there is some indication that they do have sympathies with the demonstrators that are demanding better economic circumstances for themselves and their families zain thank you for that zain thats not the life i think. Russia says it hopes to. Between north korea and the south will lead to agreements that settle tensions on the Korean Peninsula after years of silence talks which in pyongyang in seoul is scheduled to restart on tuesday they are said to focus initially on north koreas were to sufficient in next months Winter Olympics in kyung chan but officials in seoul say discussions are expected to move on to what they call other areas of common interest florence we reports from seoul. In a few days the truce village of panmunjom on the Demilitarized Zone that separates north and south korea will be a hive of activity representatives from the two countries will hold high level talks here for the first time in more than two years earlier this week north Korean Leader kim jong il to dialogue in his new years day address four days later his government agreed to hold talks the announcement came just hours after the u. S. And south korea agreed to postpone and your military drills for the end of february these have long been regarded as provocative by pyongyang. Leaders agreed not to conduct south korea u. S. Joint drills. And to do their best to ensure the security of the olympics. Next weeks discussions will center on north koreas participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics as well as generally improving into career relations. But officials here in south korea are also hoping the negotiations will eventually lead to north korea returning to international talks on its Nuclear Program even so president cautiously optimistic saying we should refrain from making permit or judgment or expectation. The Japanese Defense minister also sounded a note of caution but. North korea goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocations but either way north korea is continuing its nuclear and Missile Development we have no intention of weakening our warning and surveillance. Speech said north korea with its Nuclear Weapons program and even called for the mass production the deployment of Nuclear Warheads at this house. From the conservative perspective in north korea trying to buy time the majority seems to believe that north korea is trying to finalize its Technical Development to to achieve operational i. C. B. M. So you know as us the cia has announced before they are talking about two or three month time in terms of finalizing the i. C. B. M. System and it looks like this is a perfect action on their side you know to buy time. Last year north korea test fired three Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles or i. C. B. M. s including one that its capable of reaching the u. S. Mainland ready hope the upcoming talks will be the best option for now of deescalate the crisis on the Korean Peninsula largely aljazeera so. Still ahead on the news hours zambia launches a Major Campaign against cholera after an outbreak killed dozens in just a few months. Im wayne hay in northern thailand home to many ethnic minority groups many People Living in these hills whove lived here for generations but still cant officially call thailand home. And in sport in football star Mohamed Salah to every mockable sees. First the sound he Led Coalition fighting in yemen says it has intercepted a misidentified by who the rebels towards the kingdom the war is having a devastating impact in yemen with widespread Food Shortages and a major cholera outbreak Stephanie Decker has our report. Forced to live out in the open these yemeni families of escape the fighting near the border with saudi arabia now they have to bear the elements on the streets of who data their daily routine know for everyone to see this war has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Came from how we ran for our lives now we sleep on the floor no mattresses or blankets and it is really cold we have knowing our children are suffering any of us fall sick we cant afford treatment our condition is really terrible needless to say we are living in fear this war now almost into its third year is all about regional politics and control the consequence of that has created what the un calls the worlds worst humanitarian crisis in aid agencies are not able to access the majority of those in need let them xanana we had to skip the war our life has turned upside down and we cant afford a decent meal were now begging to eat and feed our children were living in the streets on charity and. Some basic supplies are getting through a blanket to keep warm it is winter now and temperatures drop at night in a fire offers little comfort these people face an uncertain future with no idea when they can go back home what will be left of it once they do Stephanie Decker aljazeera pakistan says its disappointed with the u. S. Decision to suspend millions of dollars in military assistance washington blames islamabad for failing to take action against taliban fighters targeting u. S. Troops in afghanistan on monday u. S. Present donald trump tweeted that the us had foolishly given pakistan billions of dollars in aid with nothing in return but lies and deceit pakistan has rejected those accusations tossing jordan has more from washington. The state Department SpokespersonHeather Nauert says it should not come as a surprise to officials in islam abad that the trumpet ministration the suspending Security Assistance to pakistan she explains why suspended at this time does not mean that it will be suspended forever to stand has the ability to get this money back if you will in the future but they have to take Decisive Action they have to take decisive steps people have long asked you know why dont you do more about pakistan and i think this sort of answers that question obviously pakistan is important an important relationship to the United States because together we can work hard to combat terrorism perhaps no other country has suffered more from terrorism than pakistan and many other countries in that part of the region they understand that but still they arent taking the steps that they need to take in order to fight terrorism its not clear yet how much more money is at risk already more than two hundred fifty five Million Dollars that is supposed to be used to buy military equipment has been put into an escrow account so that once pakistan improves its behavior on bringing in members of the Hakani Network the talabani and other groups to the u. S. To satisfaction it can once again gain access to that money however there is some concern among some analysts here in washington that the pakistanis might decide to retaliate by closing off the border pass from its seaport it in order to get u. S. Military equipment inside afghanistan the last time that happened back in two thousand and twelve there was a Significant Impact on the u. S. Militarys ability to equip its troops who have been trying to stabilize afghanistan for you some time now. I source says it was behind an explosion in afghanistans capital kabul that killed at least twenty people so assad bomb targeted security personnel carrying out an operation against illegal drug and alcohol sales i saw had previously claimed responsibility for the three suicide attacks in kabul in december that kid doesnt. Hot air balloon carrying tourists in southern egypt has crashed state media has confirmed that one american tourist has been killed and seven others of various nationalities have been injured this happened just outside the city of luxor or in south africa at least eighteen people have been killed in a train crash more than two hundred others were injured this happened near the city of cornstarch the train was traveling traveling from Port Elizabeth to johannesburg when a truck collided with the first two carriages causing them to derail and burst into flames Authorities Say the truck driver miscalculated the train speed and tried to dash across the tracks. Not to zambia which has launched a Major Military operation to clamp down on a cholera outbreak that has killed more than fifty people in just over three months the un has landed support providing two million vaccines and beds for sixteen hundred people Victoria Gate and he has more. Extreme measures to contain a National Health crisis this is the barricade in zambias capital lusaka street sellers pitching in to help the military close off one of the citys crowded marketplaces that have become a breeding ground for cholera before day one said the living seas of the of this petition back that he thought to mean it but he called it in season is getting. Deeper into a period where there will be crowded or doesnt say well this is a government decided to need a discredited airports and thirteen defeat that the outbreak began at the end of september with bacteria showing off the shallow wells into densely Populated Areas on the outskirts of the soka the wells were filled in but not before the disease spread to the city more than two thousand people have been infected in just over three months color is a bacterial disease usually spread through contaminated water that preys on the most vulnerable the frail and weak but even the healthy are at risk left untreated it can kill with an ounce with the backing of the un and zambia has launched a color a Vaccination Campaign set up Treatment Centers and closed off some public spaces. Its got the rings in the. Areas where it. Is now much. And the lists as has been provided by our colleagues from the command center. Funeral gatherings and not allowed public gatherings and whatever the ban extends to schools due to resume classes this week and two restaurants where Health Workers have found contaminated food the government says its confident the outbreak can be contained within the next few weeks but spreading the message of proper hygiene and sanitation may take longer than that. In peru former president Alberto Fujimori has been released from hospital he was pardoned last month by