A cover up. And a call for the president to step down and protesters say hes going back on a promise to rule for just 3 years. Hello boeing spending production of its bestselling 737 max aircraft from next month the plane was grounded worldwide in march after 2 fatal crashes within 5 months which killed 346. 00 people boeing has still been producing 42. 00 aircraft the decision to halt production follows the federal Aviation Authority saying its wouldnt approve the planes returned to service before 20200 john hendren is outside the boeing headquarters in chicago and he explains the impact of the companys decision. The boeing company has come to a momentous decision one that will reverberate throughout the u. S. And global economies and will affect the companys suppliers and airlines around the world one of the biggest decision from the companys more than century long history and that is that it will temporarily halt production of the controversial 737 next plane to those planes crashed in the past year and a half or so killing 346 people the company now says it is ready to reproduce those planes but until regulators approve it to go back up in the air its going to focus on the 400. 00 or so planes it now has ready for delivery and its going to deliver those planes this is a problem that has caused the company 9000000000 dollars and 9 months of uncertified occasion for that plane meaning it cannot fly so the company is now telling suppliers that theyre going to have to wait some of those suppliers are going to have problems of their own and airlines are going to have to make decisions as to whether they cancel planes or planes from rivals the u. S. Regulator in this case the federal Aviation Administration says it has no comment lets speak to carl bailey hes an aviation analyst and hes also a former f. A. A. Safety Team Representative hes joining us via skype from butler thats in new jersey hi there thanks for speaking to us on the aljazeera news hour so are you surprised by this decision for boeing to suspend production of the 737 max starting next month no im not surprised you know it looks like this is pretty much short term or the suspension of production and quite frankly theyre running out of room to store these airplanes i mean these are planes are actually parked in the boeing employee parking lots because they have no space they originally anticipated these airplanes were moved and are now moving because theyre not flying its plain and simple what impact do you think this is going to have on suppliers. You know it looks like its a short term us hole in production so i think thats actually good news for the suppliers there isnt going to be and most likely not any layoffs in the supplier pipeline it would be very hard to for example say if boeing were to suspend for 6 months or for a year it would be hard to restart because they have in excess of 300. 00 suppliers different suppliers for the 737 max airplane so if they were to suspend a long term that would mean employees layoffs at the suppliers and it would be very hard to restart the fact that this looks like its for now short term in that regard its good news because theyre most likely wouldnt have to be layoffs on the supplier level and what about the an airliner right then what about the airline or is the use this type of aircraft different see any sort of chaos there there will be chaos the bottom line is once a green light is given by the f. A. A. The airplanes will start flying very very quickly these airplanes sitting on the ground are costing the airlines lots of money so once the green light comes from the f. A. A. These are planes will surely all be back in the skies flying and when do you think the f. A. A. Will be giving that green light you know its very hard to say its its pretty its not looking good that its been pushed back time after time after time keep in mind were at were at about i believe 8 or 9 months right now so you know since the crash in march and you know originally they were they were sank within a couple weeks and then that was pushed back again but if i have to give speculation i think its safe to say that within 6 months the airplanes will probably be be flying and how damaging though has all of this been for for boeing in the public perception. You know for boeing as your reporter indicated its cost them in excess of 9000000000. 00 you know this crisis and the crash and the aftermath but the interesting thing here is that public the image of the airplane i believe has been tarnished i mean this is been all over social media for 9 straight months of unlike weve ever seen before in previous crashes and the 737 max name now is pretty much tarnished because Everybody Knows they are playing and i think theres going to be a lot of people are afraid to get off that airplane and one thing that a boeing can recover from. Booking but recover on i think 16 months or so goes by in the plot the planes fly there might be some hesitation at 1st but the bottom line is people have to travel and i think things will get under way probably after about 6 months i think the Public Opinion that all of this will probably be in the Rearview Mirror for the most part all right bailey we thank you for joining us on the news hour and aljazeera thank you. And yes Prime Minister has called for calm after 5 days of violent protests against a new law that offers citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries about it excludes muslims protests show no signs of dying down and instead they have now spread to University Campuses nationwide and are schapelle reports. The wave of anger is growing across india over the citizenship law. And fear student said Jamia Millia Islamia university in new delhi are also angry at the police response. That Security Forces stormed their campus on sunday and beat up protestors or the 100 students were injured images of Police Beating students has spread across the country and inspired protests on other campuses. A lot of police men get into a gate and destructive brutally beating all of the students who was there before us they did they wouldnt like the boys and girls everyone was a bit and the controversial law fast track citizenship to minorities from 3 neighboring countries hindus sikhs buddhists jains parsis and christians but not muslims indias opposition says its discriminatory towards the countrys 200000000. 00 muslims and goes against the secular constitution. Pressure is mounting on the Prime Minister to reduce tensions theres been widespread protests since the law was passed last wednesday one which the u. N. Human Rights Office has called fundamentally discriminatory in nature what people theme is specially after the crackdown that happened. Worth and then followed by the good Muslim University yesterday ill be seeing that bit in the uk by building 2 of the unit with be all over india seeing you know at colleges in mumbai in the uk know. Some of both were to have been very symbolic in the west some of those perhaps being very you know showing signs a while and some of the been there been instances of stone throwing as well describing the demonstrations as unfortunate and deeply distressing Prime MinisterNarendra Modi assured citizens that the act does not affect them and is intended for those who face years of persecution and have no other place to go also calling for peace unity and brotherhood. If the protests on monday were any indication people are finding unity in opposing the new law many see it as part of the hindu 1st agenda of modis party b j p enter schapelle aljazeera. Aparna maddens a politics lecturer at the university of westminster and she says there are several facets to the demonstrations the protests are right now crime the of 2 kinds so in the northeast region of india and 3 put up primarily we have been having protest against fears of migration happening into the into these areas because of the citizenship Amendment Act while in mainland india the protest is primary against the discriminate tree nature of the spin and the protests have been in the shot spine of 36 i was in 16 you know was that these all across india and there have been. Being carried out on the streets in the roads everywhere and for that has also been parliamentary opposition to this so the states of. Fun job have tried to refuse to implement this act in their states. The top democrat in the u. S. Senate is accusing President Donald Trump of orchestrating a cover up Chuck Schumer has called for current and former white house aides to testify trumps impeachment trial but the white house is discouraging them from giving evidence kimberly healthcare reports lets try to have a civil conversation ok passionate debate for and against us President Donald Trump and whether he should be removed from office its an issue dividing americans on full display is this democratic congresswoman in michigan attempted to explain why she supports impeachment i hope that even if people dont agree with my decision they see that i based my decision on my. Personal integrity and that is the most that i can do to show people that i scare them even if we dont agree but even before the Impeachment Vote is cast in the u. S. House which is expected this week the debate over the senate trial is underway that trial would decide whether trump should be removed from office trump is pushing for a full hearing to clear his name one that would include witnesses and testimony he believes could hurt his democratic rivals now democrats have announced they want their own witnesses to testify including trumps acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former National Security advisor john bolton to cover up his efforts the white house discouraged both you not to cooperate with the house in corrie even though both men could shed light on trumps motivations for withholding military aid to ukraine the basis for the impeachment investigation these people know better than anybody else the facts there is no reason on gods green earth why they shouldnt be called and testify unless youre afraid of what they might say trump has repeatedly claimed no wrongdoing when he asked ukraines president to do him a favor and investigate the son of his political rival joe biden on allegations of corruption trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani fresh from a trip to ukraine has threatened to expose corruption and bribery on the part of members of the white house under u. S. President barack obama but when asked for specifics trump said he knew very little of what giuliani was up to hes a great person who loves our country and he does this out of love believe me he does it out of love he sees what goes on its an attempt to discredit the proceedings as well offering no evidence to dispute the case against him signaling President Trump is gearing up for a fight with trademark defiance kimberly heloc at aljazeera the white house will talk to alan baron a former special counsel to the u. S. House of representatives he says forcing john bolton and nicole running to testify could backfire on the democrats. Bolton has hinted that he has a lot of very Important Information that hasnt been presented yet about the ukraine situation and whether its favorable or unfavorable and to which side is remains an open question but i think they would like to know what he has to say now to put bolton on the stand to testify without knowing in advance what hes going to stay to say its somewhat like playing russian roulette i mean you dont know what youre going to get the same thing with motivate me i mean one point. Said that there was a deal with the ukrainians and then he walked it back his credibility is not terribly high but still i think they would like to go after him about that the democrats were its important for the facts to get out for the house to take a stand and to say this was wrong if the republican controlled majority in the senate is willing to accept this well then so be it but history should record that the house felt that this. Conduct was unacceptable and i think many people whove looked at it believe its even worse much worse than what went on in the Richard Nixon near impeachment which led him to resign. And tomorrow on the aljazeera news hour including. Colombians protest against a law they say only benefits the rich. A desperate search for survivors after a multistory Market Building collapses in a powerful earthquake in the philippines and italys top flight Football League is criticized for a missing the mark in its anti Racism Campaign for those details in sport. But 1st thousands of have been rallying against president. Theyre urging him to step down at the end of this year in promise to leave office after 3 years as part of the deal to form a Coalition Government but a sense that hell govern for 2 more years. Has more from. They shout in the local language it means its time time for president adam a barrow to leave power. Says he broke a promise he made to the people of gambia who brought him to power 3 years ago so we are protesting because our president i did not agree men with a gun would be one in 20 or 16 that he would save a Transitional Government for 3 years thereafter he would want a president ial election. In which it would not be a participant and where but imagine as the winner of that election he would agree. Instead barry says he wants to stay in power and complete his mandate until 2021 saying hes respecting the constitution but in 2060 with most political leaders in jail the opposition rally behind president barrow then a political outsider they have protested under the slogan gambia has decided when long time president refused to concede defeat during that years president ial election. Barrett told aljazeera at the time he would respect the will of the people and only lead the country through its transition to democracy organizing elections in which he would not take part brunton explicitly stressed part of the Political Party and on the business. Put their trust before him to. Lead to lead the city. On this hard work. But his Political Party has now stopped backing him because he has surrounded himself with allies to ya john me his foreign and finance minister as well as police chief are now part of perilous cabinet a protest like this would simply not take place under john they people would be too afraid to take to the streets and demonstrate against a head of state and so while there is more Political Freedom under add a member of the change that he had promised and the reform in the security economic and social sector is too slow to comment thats something just want to add to my president committed to its. Conference. Down there was bitter that went to. The. Protesters handed a petition to a government spokesman setting an ultimatum for barrett to leave power next month as he promised to do so 3 years ago this is an unprecedented show of force since the nations return to democracy and a reminder to its political leaders that its the people not politicians who are in charge of the gamblers future Nicholas Hawke aljazeera jewel. The wife of zimbabwes Vice President. Has been charged with attempting to murder her husbands. Appeared at the Straits Court on monday where she was also charged with Money Laundering and its alleged she removed. Drippin catheter when he was receiving medical treatment in south africa in july before trying to force him from hospital and remains in custody pending a bail hearing. Thousands of colombians have turned out to protest against tax reform demonstrators say the measures being debated in congress should be scrapped because the only benefit the rich businesses have a stronger and more from the rally in bogota. A few 1000 people here in the capital protesting against the president. And his government once again as part of the Ongoing National strike that started now almost a month ago on november 21st the crowds are smaller than what we see even past weeks but the people who are out say they remain motivated to keep putting pressure on president to cant. Poverty and social problems are huge in this country and we need to be hurt and will continue until we are haired in this case the demonstrations are focusing on the ongoing discussions on tax reform thats being debated same side of congress and that is expected to pass at some point this week that will depend on a couple of the center right parties that are still on the side of what theyre going to do with opposition parties that came out of congress participating in the protests with the people that know that this is a reform for the rich for the multinationals and the bankers the government is giving away billions take a look last it has to be stopped as we enter the Holiday Season here Christmas Season the largest Holiday Season in the country its likely that these demonstrations will end there at least that. Will be suspended for for a brief time however the leaders of the strike say that they are ready to meet again and january and to start a new demonstration. You wrote you putting pressure on the government that came out way. For opposition politician in venezuela will go on trial accused of treason and other crimes the countrys top court which is loyal to president Nicolas Maduro alleges he tried to seize military installations they deny the charges the gove