House condemning human rights abuses in saudi arabia. And the monsoon rains have eased but the death toll is rising will be on the ground in nepal for the latest. For Democratic Us Congress women have responded sharply its attacks by President Donald Trump on their patriotism and citizenship they are among the hyped highest profile members of the new house of representatives now all 4 reacted strongly to trumps tweets and comments this country was founded on the radical idea that we are created equal and endowed by our creator with in inalienable rights and yes we have a long way before we fully live up to those values. It is for this reason precisely that we have to take action when a president is openly violating the goals he took to the constitution of the United States and the core values we aspire. As Marsa Luther King said all we say to america is to be true to what you say on paper as we all know the recent tweets and words from the president are simply a continuation of his racist zina phobic playbook we cannot allow these hateful actions by the president to distract us from the critical work to hold this Administration Accountable to the inhumane conditions at the border that is separating children from their loved ones and caging them up in the legal horrific conditions well trump is refusing to back down despite the growing criticism of his racially charged comments about the women and said hes calling on them to apologize to america and israel for what he described as the fall language they have used and the terrible things they have said hes accused them of being anti sematic and anti america the latest storm began at the weekend when he attacked the 1st term congresswoman and treats widely condemned as racist he said they were originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe and they should go back and help fix the broken and crime infested places from which they came 3 of the 4 women hes thought to be referring to were born in the u. S. And the other arrived as a child refugee are White House Correspondent kimberly how to more. These are people that in my opinion hate our country despite widespread outrage and accusations of xenophobia u. S. President donald trump on monday escalated his twitter tirade against 4 democratic congresswoman from diverse backgrounds arguing they should return to where they came from if youre not happy here then you can leave so far as im concerned if you hate our country if youre not happy here you could leave trumps comments follow a series of tweets sent over 2 days attacking Democratic Party representatives alexandria cast your cortez of new york and omar of minnesota where she did to leave of michigan at a on a press lee of massachusetts of the group only omar is foreign born but all are u. S. Citizens Democratic HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi announced a resolution condemning trumps tweets as the congresswoman fired back this is simply a disruption and a distraction from the callous chaotic and corrupt culture of this administration all the way down i am not surprised at what hes doing. But i also know that were focused on making it better because we dont leave the things that we love and when we love this country what that means is that we propose the solutions to fix it we love all people in this country despite pushback from democrats Congressional Republicans have been slow to can down one senator charged crossed a line another one of the few black republicans in congress accused of using racially offensive language but another Top Republican senator defended trumps attacks on the democratic congresswoman their socialist they are anti semitic they stand for all the things that most americans disagree with one analyst argues all this is part of trumps reelection strategy and the president believes that he got elected because he talked about the war he talked about the immigration he talked about the muslim being and so what were seeing. Donald trump 2. 0 for his part donald trump denies any racial atomised both of his record of lowering unemployment particularly among people of color and despite the shock of millions who hoard Donald Trumps latest statements there exists in the United States millions more who support the president s attacks can really help at aljazeera the white house other earlier i spoke to jennifer proxy limit shes the cofounder of the republican women for progress and she told me the Republican Leadership is to blame for letting trump go this far. Well as a as a republican i am constantly surprised and i probably shouldnt be by now about how theres always a lack of response when you know trump does these horrible things i think that you know and especially in this issue this isnt a trick question right like this is clearly racism trump is targeting minority women because they dont look like the rest of us and they and hes not targeting the with the white men in congress who are foreign born and you know at this point a lot of republicans are very comfortable with the administration and i think theyre just hoping you know after Trump Leaves Office theyll be able to pick up where that where they left off and it is it is a terrible thing that you know when these issues of racism when trump tries to divide us and frankly hes just trying to distract from whats happening at the border i think most people know that by now. But you know after trump believes. I dont think that republicans in office right now are taking to heart the damage that has been done and they cant simply ignore what has done what trump has done to our country and what hes done to the Republican Party and thats something theyre absolutely going to have to answer for and the silence how does that make you feel about being a republican does that change your views about your party and your politics well in in 2016 when we started republican women for hillary and now were republican women for progress and we spoke out when trump was saying massage honest comments about meg and kelly and talking about mexican immigrants i just thought so many republicans would join us in rebuking these these horrible things trump was saying and you know i am still surprised that you know term continually does all of these things and we continue to hear silence from republican lawmakers or theyre doubling down or theyre trying to qualify their statements you know like oh well these representatives we dont agree with their political. Beliefs so. Its hard for us to come out and say that theyre racist you know as a republican it is despicable to me it is shameful and i am ashamed of our Republican Leaders and our Republican Leadership that they have let this go on for so long and created this environment where donald trump continues to feel like he can create that he can treat american citizens like this so our hope is that we can get more elected officials who can actually serve the people now youve been very outspoken in your views and youve been very clear about how you feel about the president and his comments that but ive been called racist why do you think so few others have spoken out on this well you know i think a lot of republicans are just hoping that people wont notice and that if they stay silent theyll be safe you know weve seen what trump does to people who disagree with him you know i think republican of republicans feel very safe in their jobs and just want to ignore the situation because it doesnt it doesnt affect them personally. And you know if youre representing your constituents you absolutely cannot keep doing that and you at we cant have the Republican Party continue like this so whats why why republicans like us and republicans for progress why we keep speaking out is we dont want to lose the party to racists like this we dont want to lose the party to donald trump and we want to take back that party and create a new party that can actually stand up for immigrant stand up for people of color and women and minorities and you know we just arent seeing that with our current public and leadership and led by donald trump because they are owning all of the racism donald trump has brought to america. The u. S. Has announced tough new asylum rules to change to stem the flow of migrants crossing the Us Mexico Border the rule goes into effect on tuesday but it is expected to be challenged in court the plan blocks migrants seeking asylum in the United States if they have travel through another safe country 1st without applying for asylum there however those who have been trafficked will be excluded from the ban the new rules are likely to affect Central American families who travel through mexico to seek asylum in the u. S. The announcement comes as a court in guatemala blocked president Jimmy Morales from signing a separate deal with the u. S. That would have designated the nation as a safe 3rd country mexico has also rejected the new u. S. Measures when all a problem has a reaction from mexico city. There was pushback in mexico in response to that change in policy announced by the United States the asylum laws and ill give you we need to talk about the context here if you were a migrant traveling from Central America safe under a sort of solved or making your way through guatemala and through mexico that automatically disqualifies you from being able to seek asylum in the United States under this new policy now theres a reason why theres so much pushback here in mexico on one end mexico the United States have no agreement that would force mexico to house Asylum Seekers thats something that mexico would have to ratify via legislation it would be up to the Mexican Congress to determine that mexico is to be designated a quote unquote safe 3rd country without approval from Congress Mexico is in no way obligated to adopt or accommodate to this new change in policy in the United States this is something that the foreign minister of mexico my sent abroad has said is not going to happen the foreign minister has also said that he does not agree with this decision by the United States and and in no way will mexico be changing its own immigration policies or its own asylum policies to accommodate for this new change in the United States furthermore this is one aspect of the migrant crisis that keeps getting brought up in this stemming the flow of migrants it being up to mexico to stem the flow of migrants thats the pressure that the United States has on mexico yet these policies do nothing to address the root causes of migration in Central America countries like honduras guatemala as well as solved or which are rampant political corruption widespread poverty and of course the high levels of violence plaguing these countries. We have plenty more still ahead this hour including indonesia fishes for a solution to plastic pollution threatening its coastlines. If yalit is that a deal has. Avoided developed a Nuclear Weapon. The Foreign Affairs chief says shes committed to the 2050 nuclear deal and calls terror on speeches in significant. And englands cricketers are on earth after their world cup victory are well have the details in sport. Now the lower house of the u. S. Congress has passed 2 bills on saudi arabia condemning human rights abuses and seeking accountability for the murder of the saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi it has criticized for detaining female human rights activists and the received an overwhelming 405. 00 to 7. 00 vote but despite a strong bipartisan backing the measures may be challenged in the republican dominated senate well for more on this as ondo is in washington d. C. So gabriel what more can you tell us about this. Yeah this was the saudi arabia human rights and accountability bill and it was sought to do just that as you mention seek accountability for the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi as you also mentioned it overwhelmingly passed monday night house of representatives 405 lawmakers for it only 7 against it it has 3 key components number one the bill asked that the director of National Intelligence dan coats provide answers to a series of very simple questions who planned ordered executed and then covered up the murder of thats number one its important to note that already the central and terror teligent say agency or cia in the u. S. Has already identified Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin solomon as the one that ordered the murder of khashoggi but number 2 the 2nd part of this bill is that anyone then identified by the director of National Intelligence as being part of in any way the murder of the shoji would then be sanctioned by the u. S. Have there or ability to travel to the u. S. Then revoked again already 17 saudis directly associated with the show shes murder are already sanctioned and and that those are the key elements of this bill this is what Tom Malinowski the democrat from new jersey that sponsored the bill this is what he had to say about it now is the time to make clear that reckless behavior whether the murder of an american resident or the kidnapping of the lebanese Prime Minister where the blockade of cutter carry a price that the men rules saudi arabia need to take our interests and values into account rather than always counting on us to cover up for them while the Trump Administration still considers the crown prince and saudi arabia unconditional our allies in unconditional support clearly the house of representatives send a much different message monday night and they still want answers on the murder of. Thank you very much Gabriel Elizondo from win washington d. C. For us but we can get more on this with john jones hes a former Senate NationalSecurity Director and former senior congressional advisor joins me from washington d. C. Thank you very much and good to have you on the program as we said the lower house has passed a bill on the situation of human rights in saudi arabia and also on the crucial demerger but do you think this is actually going to translate into any action. Not not in the immediate future right now this is basically a strike across the bow from the house of representatives to basically put them on record on where they stand in terms of u. S. Saudi relations especially speaking and declaring their position as a pertains to the human rights situation in saudi arabia as well as the u. S. Response at least from the legislator as it pertains to the murder of jamal. But as we look ahead it is rather unlikely that the republican dominated senate is going to take up this issue in the near term and on top of that right now if the ministration wanted to act as it pertains to the saudi relationship they could ministration has it in its full power to implement its own sink shins against saudi arabia could implement its own saying sheens barring certain saudi nationals from coming to the United States from obtaining visas or from being able to Access Financial resources our resources our assets in the United States but right now the administration is perfectly happy as it stands with the u. S. Saudi relationship and in the near term most folks dont see anything changing so they do have the tools for recourse particularly with the murder why do you think this administration is so reluctant to follow this through or impose any kind of punishment on saudi arabia for their actions against human rights and also against what they have been doing in particular with. Well theres 2 particular viewpoints on it right now some would say that again the administration is perfectly happy with the u. S. Saudi relationship as it stands from economic point of view a Security Point of view or even if you look at the larger relationship in terms of maintaining u. S. Interest in the middle east region and on the other hand you have those that will say look at the end of the day saudi arabia has opened up now there are steps that they have taken in terms of human rights have been incremental but they have been short and small positive steps so there are those that feel that its better to continue to engage with saudi arabia rather than saying shouldnt push them away is there a security issue if these. Saudi arabias human rights abuses are not addressed and particularly if the killing of not address what this pose any kind of security issue for the u. S. In the future. What i believe in the court of Public Opinion it could be not helpful to the larger u. S. Goals in the region absolutely the United States has always been seen as a standard bearer for the promotion of human rights not only in the middle east but in the International Community and what has happened in perth pertaining to the murder of