That im chilling with all of this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes inside turkeys operation against kurdish fighters we report from inside syria on an offensive that some say could bring to nato powers into direct military conflict. U. S. Diplomat Bill Richardson slams me and mark leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her handling of the refugee crisis he says shes afraid of the military. The place to do business. Donald trump sells his America First vision to business elites in dab also takes the opportunity to again class the media. And sport Roger Federer has an easy going to expect a process called seventh Australian Open final is last for parliament from chang great song from the much use of blisters. Their warm up and the news hour we begin inside Northern Syria where al jazeera has travelled alongside the turkish army is they continue their offensive to sweep kurdish fighters from the region president reject tired bored to an earlier war an operation all of branch could push all the way to the east to the front here with iraq well that move risks a possible confrontation with the kurdish y p g Militia Group of fighters backed by their fellow nato ally the United StatesStephanie Decker and her cameraman gemma bustle of this insight from the city of assess. As we enter syria it is the Free Syrian Army flag that flies high here were on a media trip into as as organized by the turkish authorities they take us close to where theres been fighting with a y p g the Kurdish Armed group turkey calls a terrorist Organization Turkish forces are trying to push it out of the region of africa the front line is just a few kilometers west of here both turkish troops and the Free Syrian Army are taking part though im not sure that we ask one of the f. S. A. Fighters why he is involved in turkeys operation for some it seems its personal. Were fighting the white b. G. Because they betrayed us and especially because they took over my city taller thoughts ive been displaced along with many of my neighbors for two years living in the camps there are such bad conditions especially now in the winter. What our target courts are telling us is that the front line with the kurdish fighters is just further along. Which is over. What is clear here on the outskirts of city is how much of a presence they are of course supporting the Free Syrian Army the Syrian Rebels that are already taking part in this operation that turkey has undertaken again. While we were here two bullets whizzed overhead. And were told. For this. They shot at us and are tired. And. Pushed out of here in two thousand and fourteen but life remains difficult her has to provide for thirteen members of her family she tells us she is. The norm she says. The shelling and the explosions the Young Children are still. Facing this for a few years now were not afraid anymore. There is hardly any electricity here generators are the only way to get light or heat in the winter rain has left the streets with. The black paint on this will reads for sale. It seems some still dream of moving on from here. The landscape in this part of syria is dotted with tents millions of syrians are made homeless in their own country that in the one cup history weve been here for three years in the tent has never been fixed because of the rhine the tent leaks and there are seven people in one tent a situation is terrible. This is a country ripped apart by almost seven years of war millions of syrians have had to leave their lives behind. And as the years go by the war simply seems to change its form the guns seemingly impossible to silence. Stephanie decker aljazeera as ounce syria. Looks like a potential cease fire deal has been agreed in the besieged damascus suburb of east and go to and it could begin in the next few hours a spokesman for the second largest opposition faction in goods says theyve received an offer from russia with the details still remain unclear russia has spoken previous agreements russian jets and the syrian army have intensified their bodman at the rebel on tape over the past two months four hundred thousand people live in the area and are suffering from acute food medicine shortages yes President Donald Trump a second his America First message to the worlds elite addressing the World Economic forum in davos he declared the u. S. Open for business one that washington would no longer turn a blind eye to what he described as unfair trade practices he also used a speech to attack the media our diplomatic editor james bass has more from davos. As the band played President Trump stood somewhat quickly beside the man who founded the World EconomicForum Klaus Schwab his vision for almost half a century open world trade is not at all with the president s America First policy taking the role of salesman in chief trump declared no America First does not mean america alone when the United States grows so does the world american prosperity has created countless jabs all around that. Trump who has recently is this week has been accused of protectionism after slapping terrorists on imports of solar panels and washing machines criticized other nations for their trading practices we cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of others we support free trade but it needs to be fair and it needs to be reciprocal he was politely received until he lashed out as he always does the media and it was until i became a politician that i realized how nasty how mean how vicious and how fake. The press can be as the cameras start going off in the back. Of trumps capital colleagues seem pleased with the speech but either a great job but Nobel Prize Winning economist Professor Joseph stiglitz said trumpet got his sums wrong and doesnt realize that the Global Trading system is already stacked in the u. S. His favor he tried to put a soft spin the fact is the rules of the game have been written by the United States largely for the United States and now for the United States to say that they are unfair to United States there are unfair to developing countries but to say that theyre unfair the United States is unconscionable as President Trump left here davos organizers will be breathing a sigh of relief he was scripted and restraint there was though some criticism that there was little new in his speech and no concrete details one veteran davos attendee told me people dont come here to listen to mar a lago happy talk james pays out zero davos well as we heard there in james bass report whilst also attacked the media he called a report which alleges he come to fire special prosecutor fake News New York times says trump wanted to sack miller in june of last year but he backed down when the Top White House lawyer threatened to resign as more. Publicly donald trump has often dismissed the investigation into potential collusion between his campaign and russian operatives but there are now reports he ordered the man behind it fired last june but apparently white house attorney dan mcgann threatened to quit in protest so the president backed down trump had his usual response to the news thank you thank. You both for your kind of fake story but heres what we do know trump has seem fixated with the russian investigators and it started on march second of last year when attorney general Jeff Sessions recused himself from the investigation trump was furious saying sessions was supposed to protect him on march twentieth f. B. I. Director james comey admits the agency is investigating potential collusion between the trim campaign and russia may ninth he was fired and the very next day trump told visiting Russian Diplomats that firing him took the pressure off the Russian Investigation he said something similar on camera and in fact when i decided to just do it i said to myself i said you know. This rush your thing with trump and russia is a made up story that backfired on may seventeenth the special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to lead the investigation and on june eighth komi testified to congress the trumpet asked him for loyalty and to drop the investigation into Trumps National security advisor Michael Flynn that raised the possibility the trouble broke the law by attempting to obstruct justice former federal prosecutor Melanie Sloan says if in that same month he attempted to also fire moeller that could also be considered against the law of course a loop into the obstruction of justice case he will examine the question of what were the details of when trump was thinking of firing him what had exactly happened was it right on top of other events so it would be part of that pattern of misconduct that bob mueller is looking at the president could get a chance to clarify all of this to moaner him self the president says he expects to sit down for an interview with investigators in the coming weeks but it comes with its own risks lying to them would be a federal offense all on its own. Aljazeera Washington Well joining me from washington d. C. Is ken good hes a senior fellow at the center for American Progress kind of a warm welcome to the program whats your initial reaction then to these reports that did in fact try to have my left fired last year. Well the president is in deep deep trouble look this is a bombshell that in some ways is not that surprising because as your viewers just heard trump has been trying to squash this investigation from the very beginning so in some ways its not surprising that he tried to have the special prosecutor fired but that is a massive massive step and simply the fact that he was unsuccessful does not get him off the hook for this adding to his potential obstruction of justice it clearly goes to his corrupt intent with trying to get this investigation put down trump of course says that hes issued a denial how how credible is that and whats the potential fallout two thing well look this report has now been confirmed by at least four other news outlets so and the white house itself is not really denying it and of course the president just said fake news he didnt actually deny it so look this is this is something that appears to be very credible and fits the pattern of behavior that this president and this administration has engaged in from the very beginning and we are now rushing towards a real confrontation between the president and the special counsel if and when they actually do sit down for that interview. What about. His questioning because its some stage of course trying to said hes looking forward to answering those questions from do we expect though that hell actually follow through. Well i think this actually raises grave doubts about whether the president will actually sit down or at least voluntarily submit to that interview with the special counsel because this revelation really puts him in a box because it was also in that story in the New York Times that muller has known this information for several months that it was revealed to him in interviews with other white house officials so he has very credible information that the president tried to have him fired so if he if the president is asked by muller did you try and have the special counsel removed the president has basically three choices he could say yes and that would essentially put the nail in the coffin on the obstruction of justice charge he could say no and then there would be a very credible case for lying to the f. B. I. Which of course is itself a criminal offense and the third choice he could do is he could take the fifth amendment but that is not really a politically powerful position for the president of the United States to say that he cant answer a question because it would incriminate him so and so he really is in a very difficult position if he does go and submit voluntarily to this interview so i think we are her chilling towards a confrontation between the president and the special counsel coming up very soon whether the president will sit down for that voluntary interview my guess is that he wont do it and then we will see whether or not the special counsel issues a subpoena to try and compel him to sit down for the interview so can we got kind of ridiculous situation havent we where the g. O. P. Continues to bat. But it also says that theyre putting a lot of energy into kind of negatively trying to discredit the f. B. I. Well where does that particular rabbit hole will. Well look were entering a very very difficult phase here in the United States there has long been an understanding that as an organization an institution like the f. B. I. The chief Law Enforcement agency of the United States was just a measure of respect and if a person of the credibility of bob muller were to present evidence and information the president s wrong doing that that would carry great weight regardless of your political affiliation but what seems to be happening here in the United States is that republicans have decided that they are going all in for trump they are no longer just going to wait for the evidence and give it a fair hearing that theyve rather been engaging in a long effort to undermine the credibility of the f. B. I. And the special counsels investigation itself to try and concoct an alternate theory of whats been going on and you heard the president say a little bit of it in your lead into this segment where he said this is a made up story while the republicans in congress are trying to put some meat on that very very thin bone by concocting some kind of trump plot within the f. B. I. With secret societies and other insane conspiracy theories that you never would believe that the Republican Party the party of law and order would say about the f. B. I. So we just really dont know whats going to happen when that cuts down to crunch time and i think were really getting very close to that deciding line what the g. O. P. Do do they go all in with trump or did they back the republican who has been confirmed unanimously by the congress to be f. B. I. Director bob mueller and so it we are at perilous times here in the United States can get this senior fellow at the center for American Progress ken thank you. Well theres much more to come on the view so. Thirty seven dead after a fire sweeps through a hospital in south korea. This trail you remember the day the british fleet arrived hundreds of years ago but critics say its time to look at history from pete different perspective. Coming up in sport worry mcelroy closes in on the lead at the divine desert classic was. Plans to begin returning ranger refugees to me in march Rakhine State of being delayed by problems with paperwork thats according to bangladesh in a further setback for me and maher u. S. Diplomat Bill Richardson has left an Advisory Panel on the range of crisis set up by the government just days ago which is and says he resigned fearing a whitewash but the government says he was removed scott hyla has more now from the angle. If you listen to government leaders in myanmar this week was supposed to see a trickle of refugees returning to these new Repatriation Centers in Rakhine State they said from tuesday the centers were open and ready to receive but the other country in this equation bangladesh said incomplete paperwork for the refugees is causing a delay no word on just how long some human Rights Groups think its much more than paperwork the fundamental problem is that all these operations and set up these plans have been used these negotiations have been done leaving the refugees outside the door and they havent been consulted they havent been talked to and many of the refugees are simply too afraid to go back anywhere near the Burmese Military also this week the launch of a new commission to follow up from a group headed by former un secretary general kofi anon members both from myanmar and abroad are supposed to implement recommendations and advise on the range of crisis but even before their first trip to recline the highest profile member Bill Richardson resigned the former u. S. Diplomat described as a friend of leader on song suchi abruptly left after a Heated Exchange with her on her part richardson said that he left the commission because it was a whitewash and that on song suchi lacked moral leadership government officials said that they dismissed him beca