Divergent positions on where exactly that incident took place well i think the investigation still needs to bear that out but my major point of reference is if nancy pelosi is convinced that Donald Trumps administration is telling the truth that typically is the best form of validating that information but well find out theres plenty of theyll be plenty of evidence one way or the other for what brought this down and where it was brought down to have you seen any evidence so far because the pentagon also did release what it says was the flight path of the drone and then iran released its own version of the map so does that tell you anything at all. No but i mean its just at this point is just rhetoric going back and forth the fundamental issue has nothing to do with where the location of the drone was but it was the actions taken by the iranians in typical land and sea operating procedures when you get anywhere close to someone serious space you contact them you let them know that theyre drifting into that area space and please as an advisory get out theres no indication that that happened its as if the drone may have made a mistake if it did it was still the responsibility by International Protocols for the iranians to say drift back in to which it would been very easy to do but for them to fire a missile makes no sense at all you were mentioning nancy pelosi a moments ago and just being into the politics of this the president right at the start of the incidents seemed to be very combative saying that the iranians had made a big mistake then he seemed to change his tone and say well its hard to believe that it was intentional what do you make of the mixed messages well i dont see those as mixed messages at all he should be outraged that american aircraft was shot down by an adversary but at the same time he cant necessarily point at that have a syria could have been a mistake made by a low level general for which he and all of us should expect that the iranian government takes actions against but i think in what jason said that you say its not mixed messages but it no i dont think its a change dont know. No i dont think it is at all in fact the president has been remarkably consistent on the fact that he is trying to avoid war he doesnt want to see a war he has said nothing but he doesnt want to see a war he wants to see negotiations so he has been consistent in that and but. For anyone not to express outrage at the fact that in the American Asset was shot down by a foreign adversary i think would be disingenuous what about those around him and. You know the boltons and such people who really advocate for war with iran does this incident play into their hands now. Well to some extent it does and i can only imagine what those interagency meetings have looked like over the past 24 hours where the state Department Department of Defense NationalSecurity Council get together but i think its also important to remember that despite whatever recommendations that are brought to the president the president doesnt have to accept those and if you look again at the consistency of this president to want to withdraw american involved military involvement in the region hes done that in iraq hes done that in syria hes done that in afghanistan i think that they may be pushing a rock up a hill if theyre trying to think they can persuade this president to go against is gut which is to reduce the amount of conflict in the region so what happens next i mean what do you think the president is going to do in the final the final word lies with him. Well thats exactly right and the president can be material at times but i think in this point i would like to see him stick to his 1st principles which is no more wars in the middle east but well have to see i suspect that there are a lot of people that are advising he must respond to this but there are many people especially those in congress that are saying we shouldnt do anything what i hope to see is that if we decide to do something that we bring in our allies and do this not unilaterally but as a coalition of nations who are appalled at the actions of iran not simply in this drone strike but in all the provocations that weve seen over the past few months writes on marquette we thank you very much for speaking to us from austin 3rd are we. Now plenty more ahead on the aljazeera news hour including. As campaigners celebrate a court ruling against british weapons sales to saudi arabia the u. S. Senate votes to block the selling of arms to riyadhs. Ask hooten russian citizens get a direct line to the president will tell you what he said about possible talks with donald trump. And an upset for the world number one peter has the action of the top tennis players prepare for wimbledon. For the saudi u. A. E. Led Coalition Fighting in yemen says its targeted houthi military sites in the port city of her data the targets included booby trap boats which the group had prepared for terrorist acts and to threaten International Shipping the port of hard data plays a crucial role in allowing food to the imported to be imported into the country the un has been trying to secure an agreement with the hole it used to place the port under their control meanwhile the World Food Programme said that it had started a partial aid suspension in yemen the decision came after a failure in reaching an agreement on controls to prevent the diversion of food away from some of the most Vulnerable People in yemen since the start of the war w a p has been feeding more than 10000000 people a month un agency works in more than 80 countries around the world feeding people caught in conflict and disasters. Judges in britain have ruled that government leaders broke the law by allowing weapons sales to saudi arabia activists argued there was a clear risk that weapons fired in the war in yemen violated human rights laws government must now evaluate how and where its weapons experts to saudi arabia are used the varchar reports. British weapons sales to saudi arabia currently engaged in a war in yemen are. The verdict of one of britains highest courts. The case was brought by the campaign against arms trade it says the government license arms sales to saudi despite a risk the weapons could be used to kill civilians. Its time to. End the policy. To continue. The ruling doesnt mean the u. K. Has to stop selling weapons to saudi but it does mean the government will need to scrutinize what british may weapons are used for the government says it will challenge the ruling and freeze issuing any new arms export licenses to saudi while it considers the decision to disagree with the judgment and will seek permission to appeal alongside this we are carefully considering the implications of the judgement for Decision Making while we do this we will not grant any new licenses for export to saudi arabia and its Coalition Partners which might be used in the conflict in the. Sun are yemen october 26th and the aftermath of an airstrike on a Community Hall the building was packed with civilians attending a funeral when the airstrike happened 140. 00 people died the Saudi ArabianLed Coalition later admitted it launched the attack claiming wrong information. Since the start of the yemen conflict in 2015 the u. K. Slice and 6000000000. 00 in sales to saudi including fighter jets and precision guided missiles exports the core beliefs of course indiscriminate deaths. Saudi arabia says the deployment of british may weapons in yemen is legitimate and that only iran stands to benefit from ending british weapons exports to saudi. Public scrutiny of british arms exports to saudi has been growing in recent years the governments under my. Mounting pressure to prioritize yemen spiraling humanitarian crisis but the u. K. Also has lucrative weapons deals to protect British Defense company b. A east systems makes 15 percent of its annual profits from sales to saudi 13000000000. 00 deal to sell 48. 00 euros fine to typhoon jets the country is pending the court ruling also has implications on other countries that sell weapons to saudi including problems it boosted it sales to the kingdom by 30 percent and 28. The death toll in yemen is nearing 100000 people it is time secam pain is for britain to stem the flow of weapons and put people before profits leave. London. Well the u. S. Senate has her beauty President Donald Trump and his support for a Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin on a handful of republicans joined democrats in voting to block a 1000000000. 00 in arms sales to saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates and other countries john hendren reports were congressional disapproval in the u. S. Senate republican firewall protecting President Trump there is a visible crack my relationship with saudi arabia is forever changed and it will not go back to the way used to be with key support from trump ally Lindsey Graham and a handful of other republicans the senate voted to block the president from selling billions of dollars in u. S. Arms to saudi arabia you cannot have a strategic relationship the United States and behave in a fashion that shows no respect for Human Dignity no respect for international norms. President trump is certain to veto the measure and its not likely opponents will muster the 2 thirds majorities they need in both the house and the senate to override a veto but with the u. S. Facing a potential military conflict with iran the Senate Republican leader says it is no time to abandon a key regional ally so the question the senate will soon consider is really those whether will lash out at an imperfect partner and undercut our own efforts to build cooperation shock around and achieve other important goals or whether well keep our imperfect partners close and you are employed are there any sense for a majority of senators the answer was to punish the Worlds Largest arms importer in the resolution is passed it was a protest over saudi agents killing of. An american resident in journalist for the Washington Post always so blind to the malign influence of saudi arabia that we just give money and weapons to anybody regardless of what they do you can chop up a dissident you can cut a dissident into pieces without bone saw and will still give you weapons it was also a protest over the killing of civilians by the saudi immorality Led Military Coalition using american weapons in the war in yemen ideas are bombs that are dropping on those civilians. We cannot morally continue to support such as. The vote might not be veto proof but it sends a message to trump into the crown prince of saudi arabia that neither the threat of a conflict with iran nor a Longstanding Alliance are enough for the u. S. Senate to turn a blind eye toward its allies john hendry. Washington. Several people have been injured in violent demonstrations in georgias capital Tbilisi Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protests try to Storm Parliament the rest began after a visiting russian politician surrogate gavrilov was allowed to address lawmakers there lets bring in robin forester walker hes joining us from tbilisi via skype robin just tell us what youre seeing and whats happening behind you you probably cant make it out from the. Street from the very large. Clouds of tea i guess. Im keeping my eye on whats happening down there because were seeing police clashing with protesters and protest is steadily moving on back up the street in this direction to where im standing and just behind me here we have a number of ambulances where people have been coming for treatment for injuries. But a few injuries in fact this evening i cant say how many but i said and seen several people with injuries consistent with having been a that beaten with buttons having been hit by projects like to guess canisters. Project else that the police have been firing at protests. And its been a its been for the last 56 hours an indication really of just how. Angry. The actions of this into parliamentary assembly. See this was this group that it organized for m. P. s from russias parliament to come to georgia and to sit in the Georgian Parliament and for one of their own peace to actually sit in the speaker of the Georgian Parliaments has incensed. Georgians many georgians who feel that this government here that government has done very day to tackle the problem of Russian Occupation in georgia because according to international law. Russian forces. 20 percent of georgian territory and form itself and the policy of these regions breakaway regions that with bite you and youre in the ninetys and again in 2008 and the people here whether theyre opposition Political Parties or whether they just young people. Fed up with the fact that they see this government as having not done very much to counter this russian information russia nigga. And its all come to a head really and i think the problem that now faces these government is credibility and the way theyve handled this evening because ive seen for myself them firing directly into the crowd with with with these. Plastic bullets and with tear gas and that was a pretty horrific injuries as well ive seen the media guy with his take you know as a result of being directly hit by this but one of these. Were just looking at the live picture right now from tbilisi where we can see that tear gas that youre been talking about and also the protesters out right now still on the streets as the government and given any indication of what they might do next have they said anything about these latest incidents where the president of georgia has appealed for calm although she is considered an independent politician and so she doesnt have an awful lot of influence on big Decision Making we know that the interior ministry. That they want to investigate criminal attempt overtake overthrow or to take control of parliament this is really how things kicked off because we had thousands of people gathered outside parliament but then an attempt was made to push through police lines although opposition politicians since ive been speaking to say that they were they were provoked by the police. I think its really kind of crucial what we see tomorrow when people pick themselves up wake up and find out whether anything has changed politically here because certainly this is unprecedented and i think. The opposition to this government will see this is a sign of. Of the government having gone just to follow both with allowing these Russian Politicians to sit in that moment and also with their response tonight of course the government will say that their response was the appropriate one given the aggression that weve also seen from the crowds trying to grab hold of police. Running away with police helmets. And shields so there has definitely been a lot of aggression a lot of tension on the streets of tbilisi to have to see how things shape out in the coming hours ok and robin i will let you go for now thank you for that update from tbilisi. Still ahead on the aljazeera news hour and on well come see jumping to north korea its the 1st trip by a chinese president in 14 years in sport Australias David Warner sets a cricket world cup landmark theater as the action. Now the last lot of significant thunderstorms have rumbled through indiana hit again youll notice but theres a bloom of cloud through texas thats the position as satellite picture if i take you forward to Daylight Hours on friday theres not much less has gone through theres a potential i think for chicago south was to see significant showers once again and interestingly further out west we have got the white stuff showing again as a little late in the season disease snow falling but that runs down the rockies down towards colorado come saturday the snow pack in california are actually still well above where youd expect to be for late june which is actually some good news here is the picture for saturday then still the showers she cargo west was now southeast woods as well this is a place to watch because the still river flooding in the area of course comes south and i think a reduction in showers throughout the caribbean needs to be seen here the still a good old trade wind blowing a lot of cloud with it but very few green dots which indicate the showers so theyre going to be lighter one to see unlikely as well but where the trade winds coming against high ground slightly high grants are anywhere from panama up towards honduras you will see green stuff big showers and thats also true for most of mexico. Ard. Examining that scientists are telling us that we have just 12 years to make im impressed that any changes unflinching in this. Would lead to. Sharing some stories with a global audience we see people making some flights this is what we want to see explore in abundance all programming. With these watching. Hello again the top stories on the al jazeera news hour President Donald Trump has called the downing of an american drone over the strait of hormuz a very big mistake washington says these Surveillance Drones flying at High Altitude in International Airspace 34 kilometers off the coast of iran when it was hit by a surface to air missile irans foreign minister on the other hand says the drone took off from the u. A. E. And was shot down by the revolutionary guard violated iranian airspace they say it was. Foremost province in southern iran. Several people have been injured in violent demonstrations