Been killed and hong kong chief executive carrier laumann 10 all the chinese officials sanctioned by the u. S. Over a controversial security law. Are me running through this for students on the not the Champions League to be 5 months to go on in formula one a familiar and familiar story for world champion. He sets the place for the 70th anniversary groom for a service to. The u. S. State department has called former top saudi intelligence officials sadal jobbery a valued partner it comes a day after it was revealed filed a lawsuit in washington accusing Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin sell none of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him the state Department Says its concerned by algebras allegations and any persecution of his family members is unacceptable its also being reported that interpol rejected a request to extradite back to saudi arabia because they said it was politically motivated well the u. S. State department comments were made in a letter to democratic senator Patrick Leahy who had requested a formal update on the case in. The letter the department praises dr algebras work with the u. S. Embassy in riyadh describing him as someone who responded around the clock to threats against u. S. Interests in the kingdom it goes on to add the department of state is concerned by the alleged activities that led to brees exile in canada the state department is calling for the Immediate Release of children saying in the letter that it had repeatedly requested the Saudi Arabian government to clarify the status and nature of the algebra childrens detentions well for more on this lets speak to mike hanna hes in washington so that is the letter from the state department do we know if they are prepared to take any further action over this. Well at this stage its not clear this letter was in response to a letter that was sent by Patrick Leahy and 3 other senators to the white house asking for the matter of our job raise children to be addressed now the children now aged 20 and 21 are being held in riyadh according to our job as human bait to lure him out of hiding but now the senators have got a response from the state department and interesting in that state Department Letter that they have already made repeated approaches to saudi arabia as to the status of these children being held by the saudi authorities so that is a very strong step forward in a way ill jump he has argued very strongly that he had to leave saudi arabia because he was worried about the succession to the man that he was working for muhammad bin nayef the former crown prince who was usurped by the present crown Prince Mohammed bin salman in his court to papers ill judge priest says that he had was concerned for his own safety about the strand solution of power and thats why he went into exile the crown prince sent him a number of texts are seeking him to return and then according to those court papers he began to threaten him and then said sent according to the court papers the hit squad to him in canada that was turned away at the Canadian Border by alert Border Guards but one must stress as well is that the state Department Letter confirms that our job really was a very valued intelligence and said to the United States he worked very closely in the Counterterrorism Division and so was highly regarded and highly respected by the u. S. Intelligence committee as well and we know from that letter of many u. S. Senators who had workings with him while he was basically the head of come to intelligence within saudi arabia but what this in the end all highlights you see. Massive division between the white house and congress when it comes to relations with saudi arabia regardless of repeated allegations of Human Rights ViolationsPresident Trump continues to describe Mohammed Bin Salman as a valued ally and friend the view in congress is very different to that thank you very much mike hanna in washington also following the story kimberly how to get any response from the white house. Well the response from the state department is certainly part of the trumpet ministration but at the same time i just want to build on some of the comments made by mike hanna when. You know he talks about this relationship with saudi arabia when you talk about the u. S. Relationship its very fragmented there is the relationship of this white house and then there is the relationship of the u. S. Congress now with respect to the white house the you noted 6 or rather the target ministration has made a very strategic decision that it believes that saudi arabia is a valuable ally in order to counter irans influence as they call it and so as a risk result they have a very strong and unwavering relationship with the kingdom in fact we know that jared cushier himself has a personal relationship with the crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon he gave an interview last week where he is said that with regard to the order killing of shows he that these were some missteps and that in other words he believes the saudi arabia is a very good ally this as the u. S. Intelligence overwhelmingly concluded that in fact there have been solid men ordered the killing of jim she so this is ministration has been defending those denials but again the congress and even members of the president s own Republican Party overwhelmingly have a different view and so what weve seen is this concern from congress about the saudi record when it comes to human rights but at the same time this administration has a loyalty is so strong theyve defied congress repeatedly for example the us president used his veto power to reject legislation that would have ended u. S. Support for the saudi led conflict in yemen the president later vetoed legislation to block a weapon sale to saudi arabia so whats again there is this from this administration and unwavering defense of saudi arabia even as the u. S. Congress is infuriated by these actions. Thank you very much kimberly how kit from the white house. Is an author and specialist on middle east and gulf issues joins me now via skype from washington we do anticipate that congress will continue to put pressure on the white house to do more over the case despite the a sort of incoherence of the u. S. Response overall as kimberly was describing now. Yes absolutely and i would i would add the. Decision to pursue this case through to court song. Strategic decisions in order to shield the outcome from political pressure because as we know if youre in a United States courts are politically independent of. The executive order white house the Order Congress so pursuing a strategy to go through the courts he soaping that that the courts will rule old timidly in his favor and that way to government whether its the state department or the white house will how to enforce that ruling so i think that thats exactly the destructor here. What do you make of the timing of when this was alleged to have happened the plan to can kill saddam jobbery around the time of the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi what will what sort of questions is this going to raise i think what i think the real question that were seeing here is that this is most likely that you didnt really explain for why saudi arabia severed the. Yes i can hear your meat but what i mean yeah yeah we can we can still hear you sorry for that i think there might have been a bit of interference in the show please continue. Yes i was saying that when canada and saudi arabia had their biggest diplomatic crisis it was supposedly over the canadian ambassadors criticism of Human Rights Violations and. Saudi arabia but i think that the real story that were seeing emerging now is that side of arabia severed relations were counted out because canada foiled a plot to kill all jobber in canada and i think that thats the real story Going Forward and how is that likely to plan out. Well i think that here in the United States it has already been established what kind of an actor side arabia under a Prince Mohammed is and we know but from a u. S. Government perspective the relationship with saudi arabia is a strategic one which is to say that its not we did individual leader but it is with this state and with the government and for that reason we need to interpret the state departments statement just this afternoon saying that he was a valuable partner that is a code language for to merican government saying to to saudis dont try any of these games again because another scandal of the magnitude of the Jamal Khashoggi can scandal cannot be tolerated and it would have significant. Implications for to us saudi relationships and thats something that the americans are trying to put brakes on all right thank you very much. At least in golf and shes joining us now from washington thank you so much. With the news hour live from london well still ahead looking at chinese influence as political tensions grow over president charles plans to take talk. Unemployment shows signs of easing in the u. S. But tens of millions remain out of work and politicians still cant agree on emergency funding. And that its for the head of World Football reacts to a criminal case being launched against him in switzerland. In lebanon following tuesday as devastating chemical explosion in Beirut Lebanon is president michel aoun has launched an investigation into what happened he says the blast which killed at least 157 people could have been caused either by negligence or missile attack 19 port officials have already been detained questions are being raised as to why nearly 3000 tons of the chemical compound Ammonium Nitrate had been stored inside a warehouse for 6 years fears are also growing about an impending humanitarian crisis lebanon imports 85 percent of its food much of it through the port which until now is the main gateway into the country officials are estimating losses of up to 15000000000 dollars this for a country that was already drowning in debt an economic collapse saying the holder has this report from beirut. This is what is left of port the stockpile of tons of Ammonium Nitrate that appeared to set off tuesdays blast was in one of the warehouses some of the missing people are believed to be underneath the rubble its a complicated job to look for them because the damage is considerable International Rescue teams have joined Search Operations but hope of finding survivors is fading and they say to figure out. What were trying to do is to find the structures that are still under tons of rubble specifically the cells in the technical rooms thats under the silos. They could have been buried by the rubble and still be standing which could allow us to find survivors the. Lebanese authorities have begun investigations into the blast that destroyed much of the central parts of the capital port and Customs Officials have been detained and their assets frozen investigators initially said it was triggered by a fire the president michelle and says they are looking into all possibilities. This accident is a wake up call as i said it could be an act of negligence all we have another possibility it could be a rocket attack or a bomb attack i personally requested from the french president if they were in possession of any aerial footage to kindly provide us with it in order to identify any aerial attack or missile attack if any. Popular anger at a Political Class blamed for years of corruption and mismanagement is not new people have little face in a government inquiry that is led by the politicians and Security Officials who they believe should be the ones questioned theres a problem of. Trust between the political system and the population and this exists for years not just now but now the problem is that the investigation that the person in this committee they feel they are a part of the Security Services that people are asking questions about their attitude french president Manuel Mccall visited the devastated neighborhoods in beirut on thursday joined voices in lebanon and abroad calling for an independent International Inquiry but the governing alliance headed by the iranian backed hezbollah has dismissed that. And i would like to emphasize that hezbollah categorically refutes and rejects that we have materials at the seaport not a single bullet weapon ammunition or a bomb nothing at all belongs to hezbollah even the materials the Ammonium Nitrate that does not belong to hezbollah. I believe that there is a consensus amongst all lebanese that a complete comprehensive transparent and fair investigation must take place authorities are welcoming International Humanitarian assistance which has started to arrive in a country already broken before the disaster but they are against internationalizing the crisis which would weaken their control calls for actions against the ruling class are growing louder following reports that officials were aware of the presence of highly explosive material in the middle of a densely populated city there are plans for mass demonstrations the priority is no longer just a humanitarian emergency there are attempts to revive the momentum of the protest movement that began in october but bringing about change wont be easy. Beirut im now joined by dr i mean kathy a professor of clinical emergency medicine from the American University of Beirut Medical Center and dr when we spoke a few days ago you were telling me you are concerned about a shortage of medical supplies and also a lack of actresses what can you tell us about the capacity and hospitals that it to be able to to continue treating patients. Well i cant it was it was like you put out to me when you we talk about capacity of us for the beds its about function and capacity not only physical space so having a better than that you need to think about that stuff by proper body fight people having the capacity to actually provide care meaning provide them support of providing medication provide them 25 help but if either nursing and medical personnel. Qualified in big investigation or studies from the x. They do interventions i mean how can you how can we take it off work to rescue the other day if we dont have the stamps and if the stent disgusting 10000. 00 to purchase and our moneys evaluated and. The country is bankrupt how can you take care of that docs your arteries how can you take care of injuries and 2nd does that mean can i just austin in on this even several days since the explosion on tuesday what what are you starting to see in the hospitals now a year in saying patients with more serious injuries. That we didnt receive the next day some cases that obviously had been to extricate it out of the rubble and we provided them the kit i mentioned to the other day that some of these cases are sick that is not high and we did get a higher mortality im in the 3rd wave book basis of you to come up at m. S. K. With the incident what i need to tell you is something we didnt give enough attention to lost time. And there but what it what what i would like to say is that while at the making of or still believe that we have the capacity to have a Surge Capacity to levy serve our our people that he well i mean i can tell you that the 400 casualties would receive for under the 500 goatees with his sleeve i dont need 10 percent of the b. B. The guys will give of course beirut. That means the other 30 hospitals in the good of beirut area took care of them to get on the other 90 percent and i cannot get it through your hole let it be late shannon just might have been to everybody especially in the situations that italy didnt have it of it or sunk chinning didnt have you with were functioning with collapse walls with with dead with dead doses for nurses and change or medical centers one nurse in the whole city had done last bit lost their lives there were a lot of people wounded among our staff and among their staffs and i know. Of course you know that the hospital staff have been putting up an incredible ethen and honestly that their own lives and their own health at risk as well in any im just wondering of the patients that youve seen families that youve met over the last few days i know its been a very traumatic time for the country particularly for people like yourself as the anyone any particular patient any case that. Is at the forefront of your mind. Of course the next day clock in the morning coming back from 5 hours in the dia to see the calls from families asking me to go back and look for the missing individual that they couldnt identify the distant missing tell now i had to sleep i had to be back at 8 oclock in the morning so i actually went and ate there it was a picture of a young man was 30 years or looking for him in the 8 bodies that we had where id unidentified an hour or more and i found him he had a small beard thats where probably the evil did not do nines and then i had to call his mom i can tell you i have to 30 years in the field after all the mass casualties that as ive said i still have an awful client time nightmares thinking about this mother was holding on to my scrubs and telling me what couldnt you save my son i mean you know theres kids that we just lost today a 40 it all for you all day was announced that she but she passed away the image of this mother telling me how could i not to save her son or my colleagues because with the team we lost anywhere