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This month the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the u. S. Will stand as you know despite the deaths that isnt isis affiliated group and i think what you bring up is what were dealing with in many places is isis and al qaeda. In this case they try to leverage local insurgencies. And connect those local insurgencies globally this is the challenge that were dealing with and so our initial assessment is these your local tribal fighters that are associated with isis earlier the widow of one of the sergeants who died criticized President Donald Trump for being insensitive johnson says trump struggled to remember her husbands name during a condolence call from denies the allegation. Well he said there was the president yes the president. He knew what he sounded up for but he hers anyway. And now was it made me cry because i was very angry at the way the tone of his voice and how he said he couldnt remember my husband they only way he remember my husband name because he told me he had my husband reporting for me and thats when he would actually say led date on her him stumbling on trying to lure me with my hose with me. And that was hurting me the most because if my husband is out here five country and he risked his life for our country why cant you remember his name. U. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has made an unannounced visit to iraq for talks with prime is so high that a low body it follows heightened tension between the two countries about the role of iranian backed militias in iraq tell us and also made a separate trip to afghanistan but to go hang has more. Despite the fact that he left at the crack of dawn the u. S. Secretary of state seemed quite excited from his perch at the front of the c. Seventeen a quick and rope a descent and he landed a big room airfield there to meet the leaders of afghanistan a short visit just about an hour and fifteen minutes and he told the traveling press he was confident in the trump administrations plan for afghanistan over the long term clearly we have to continue the fight against the taliban and against others in order for them to understand they will never military victory and there are we believe moderate voices among the town of voices that do not want to continue to fight forever they dont want their children to fight so we are looking to engage with those voices and have them again in a reconciliation process leading to a process and therefore involve it participation in the gulf. But this would not be his only trip to a country grappling with conflict and one day traveling to afghanistan and then in the evening iraq i think all differences can be addressed and the rights of all can be respected and iraq will have a very secure in a prosperous future we had a an opportunity to share an important event in saudi arabia the creation of a Coronation Council we think this is an important milestone in restoring the relationship between iraq and the gulf the g. C. C. Countries and saudi arabia is going to lead to very Important Economic Development in iraq as well one day more than three thousand kilometers all to send a message to the people here in the region and back home that america is committed to staying in the fight both of them. Aljazeera. And details that are emerging of whats being called a massacre in the syrian town of al kali attain what i say i saw fighters killed more than one hundred people before Government Forces seized the town on saturday accused the civilians of collaborating with Syrian Forces the leader of the spanish region of catalonia has been asked to appear at the National Parliament for talks on thursday catalonia as Regional Government says it would convene a session of its parliament to discuss moves by madrid to take control of the regions institutions on friday some m. P. s in the dead will vote on whether to impose direct rule and those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after killing the count. A small airstrip north of jerusalem. Today its derelict and abandoned. But for years kalandia airport was the gateway to palestine. On the morning of the seventeenth of september one thousand nine hundred forty eight a white plane carrying un and red cross markings landed here. With the first arab israeli war already raging across palestine the un mediator count funk album of dog had come to jerusalem. That same afternoon. As it passed through the israeli controlled part of the city. His convoy was ambushed. Blocked the way and three guys with machine guns just came out. To us i went up to the fourth car. Heard one who went directly to the third. Shot through the window. By five p. M. Bernadotte was dead and. The assassination was carried out by an extremist zionist. Leahy. Fighters for the freedom of israel. I dont think anybody in israel shed a tear about the death of their little. Turn to be and then the meat of the of the state of israel and of the zionist dreams. Yet only three years earlier bernadotte had made another jet. Flying into nazi germany on the biggest humanitarian efforts of World War Two. He would save more than thirty thousand prisoners from the concentration camps. A third of them. Then the bill was not an enemy of the jews and there is nothing to suggest anti semitism in his entire record. This is the story of how peace can be frustrated by explaining. How assassinations turn the tide of history. With consequences that still scar the middle east. This is the story of killing because. The villa peaceful in the french riviera. In the winter home of camp bob tailed but im not the. Youngest son of come to vulcan. He. But a loves this place where his father and mother first met in the late one nine hundred twenty s. The riviera was and still is a favorite holiday destination for the rich from title android families from around the world. In the winter of one thousand nine hundred twenty eight king gustav the fifth king of sweden was spending his holidays here. But at the back of his mind he had a wire in. His nephew fork about an adult. His uncle who was the king and he was everywhere down here on the riviera and he had met what he thought a very nice American Family that had a young daughter. My father was by that time over thirty and i think his uncle felt it was time that folco got married so he sent for him. And they were put together and my mother told me it wasnt a big success in the beginning. But it became quite positive after some time. And he proposed later on that she accepted. And thats how it started. In the autumn of that year falco crossed the atlantic in the company of friends and relatives from swedens royal family. This was big news in america the first wedding of european royalty on american soil. Foca bernadotte and Estelle Manville one marriage on the first of december one thousand nine hundred twenty eight in pleasant new york. Fifteen hundred guests attended the Wedding Party on the private estate of astellas father a millionaire american industrialist. The father of the bride holds a wedding and quite a few of his friends came over the. Territory prince ghost of all the of he was there and some of his brothers was at the wedding and other friends of my fathers and of course a lot of americans were in the Wedding Party. After the wedding as stole sailed to europe with focus to live with her new husband in the swedish capital. Stockholm. This was the world that followed stuck talent for mediation a talent which would take him to the center of politics. In the same city almost thirty four years and you know count felt had been adults of these borg had been born two days into the new year of eight hundred ninety five. His father prince oscar up in the books was the son of king oscar the second king of by sweden and norway. At school in stockholm focus showed himself to be practical rather than intellectual. A gifted linguist he spoke fluent english french and german it was a talent he would put to good use in later life. In one thousand nine hundred eighteen he graduated from the military academy of college. A skilled horseman he rose to the rank of major in the elite dragoon cavalry unit. But not long after his marriage he was forced to resign his commission on medical grounds. Shortly after when the dragoons were absorbed into the swedish ami but no doubt decided to wrench the drug god and his units form a headquarters. Estelle the millionaires daughter transformed this military office into a luxury a swan fit for a prince. But in one thousand nine hundred thirty four family life a dragoon garden was struck by tragedy. The couples third son frederick died shortly after his birth. Two years later that eldest son gustav died. He was just six years old. Yet after the loss of two of his sons for kemp an adult decided to seek a new role in life. In one thousand and thirty seven he became the head of the swedish scout movement. He had two sentences to guide his life. The first was we have not come to this world that will be happy ourselves but to make other people happy five hundred years of the second what was what these possibilities already done the impossible house. Finally. Good causes became the new focus of an adults life. Yes the utopian world bernadotte and sweden were living in was about to end. On the first of september one thousand nine hundred thirty nine. The Second World War began when german troops invaded poland. The following year it looked timed to swedens neighbors. By the summer of one thousand nine hundred forty the nazis had occupied by just norway and denmark. King got the time of sweden incredibly active at the age of a seventy one attended the recent maneuvers held by his son in Swedish Armed forces were put on alert read and threatened by the nazis and the russians look stunned offensive. Soon been a dog. Was mobilized. And with his country in fear of invasion he began working to integrate the scouts into swedens defense plan. Training them in anti aircraft work. And as medical assistance. But swedens defenses would not be put to the test. Germany did not invade sweden for at least two reasons sweden was not of very strategic role importance in the second reason is that sweden was quite willing to supply the german Armaments Industries with the necessary or materials. In particular. And sweden at least in the first part of the Second World War was leaning towards the nazis the even allowed the german navy to cross swedish waters. The allowance of german ethane. To violate the space suite so officially they were neutral in the gloomy mean to whats germany and that was easy for the germans i mean they got most everything they want. Me but securing nine hundred forty three the tide of war would change dramatically. The seemingly invincible nazi germany now found itself losing on several fronts. The allies have been victorious in north africa. And had landed invasion forces in southern italy. On the eastern front. The red army had begun a huge counterattack. Pushing the german troops back west. From niger for the feel would soon as the swedish government sensed all recognized that germany is going to lose the the increasingly towards the allies so the change in this was at its root. In october one thousand nine hundred forty three the swedish red cross by now under the energetic come on default had been adult. Organized a prisoner of war exchange between the western allies and nazi germany but the swedish pole took off and. A year later a similar intervention the total of prisoners repressed treated to over ten thousand. On their way home at lunch our heartfelt thanks are due to sweetie for the vital part played by the country in the organization of the external. File cabinet dot had successfully established swedens role as an intermediary. But in germany there were other prisoners in even greater need the swedish count skills as a mediator. Ally they were wanted by airport to get right back allied armies warning of an overcoat to fight. As allied troops pushed towards from the east and west. They began to encounter a concentration camps. Tens of thousands of prisoners living and dying in desperate conditions. January nine hundred forty five soviet troops entered. The Largest Center of the nazi industrial killing machine with. Rumors were circulating that hitler had given orders to Heinrich Himmler the commander of s. S. Troops for the liquidation of concentration camp. There was to be no evidence left behind. No prisoners to tell the tale. Quick and Decisive Action was needed. Through six years of neutrality during World War Two sweden had remained a country at peace. Unlike its neighbors norway and denmark. Nothing has been able to stop the danish saboteurs were continually playing out factor buildings starting fires directing trains and how. Those called resisting the nazi occupation had been removed to concentration camps in germany. In the resisting ideology of National Socialism they were a reason as long as they were not jewish people who had been put to germany into concentration camps out of political reasons because they resisted in norway or in denmark they were in the eyes of the s. S. And they were ok many of them were able to understand and to talk german which made them more human to the s. S. Because they could talk to them they could give them order they were understood. Exploiting the special status but not taught and the swedish red cross had already managed to get more than seventy thousand possible food and clothing to scandinavian inmates in nazi camps. The Danish Government had lists of the prisoners that had been brought to german concentration camps the list was a privilege because people in denmark knew where who was in which concentration camp and this meant that the relatives knew where their loved ones were and that the government was able to send packages packages with food and with clothing to people personally if you sent packages to a concentration camp without a special name on it the s. S. Just took them and never gave it to the prisoners but when the official packages from the red cross came the s. S. Gave them to the prisoners and that made danish prisoners they had more to eat and they had a better situation by february one thousand nine hundred forty five privileged treatment had been overtaken by the threat of total liquidation. As the situation in the camps deteriorated the swedish government stepped in. Those identified as scandinavian interned in german concentration camps were to be rescued by a swedish red cross expedition. Was the man who would believe. The relations between sweden and germany had by historical memories been very good before the war but i think actually that they were oppressed of a member of the kings family. To take on this work. I think that most of beyond. The man but an adult would have to impress was Heinrich Himmler the commander of the s. S. The notorious paramilitary defense folks a leading member of the nazi party he had risen to become a minister of the interior and by now the second most powerful man in germany. And it was orders it was him who had set up the concentration camps controlling them through his s. S. Troops. This was the man with whom bernadotte would have to negotiate to secure the prisoners release. But how to reach him that was the crucial question. Felix keston was himmlers personal masseur. A baltic german physician he lived in stockholm but traveled regularly to germany to treat him as chronic abdominal cramps. Felix cast an act as a kind of interview during the tween band i bought him and as soon as bella daughter offered you know this kind of deal. Him a sense that this might be a chance that only to rescue him to save him as a person against revenge of course but also maintain and even increase his power he still had power you have the power over the lives of the prisoners. Keston gave a green light to stockholm. Had agreed that sweden could send an envoy to germany. On the sixteenth of february one thousand nine hundred forty five then adults embarked on one of the most courageous humanitarian efforts in history. As style accompanied her husband to stockholm is brahma airports as count falcon bernadotte boarded a german airplane to but. It was a journey into. This situation was desperate from the point of view of the german already and. From the point of the view of the nazis. Because then i dont want you to. Take advantage of this and to pressurize the author to concede they were nice of some prisoners. But to achieve this bernadotte would have to take a crucial step. Negotiating face to face with. The man who controls germanys concentration. Oh is it when theyre on line we were in hurricane winds full almost like thirty six hours these are the things that has to address or if you join us on sect a member of the ku klux klan but we struck up a relationship base is a dialogue tweet us with hostile a. J. Stream and one of their pitches might make the actual join the global conversation at this time on aljazeera november on aljazeera. In a historic visit the pope will travel to me in my bangladesh bringing more focus to the plight of the i have. A new six part series about extraordinary lives of the Common People from across town is here. As the u. S. Backs away from the paris climate agreement well diplomats will be gathering in bone to restate that commitment. From the heart of asia one when east brings captivating stories and Award Winning film. As tensions on the Korean Peninsula remain high President Trump embarks on a five nation tour to east asia november on aljazeera. A young mind a blank slate primed for the wonders of the world. Valuable and found. In their own words boys as young as nine reveal how they were indoctrinated and wrenched from their childhood into a life of unspeakable violence. I saw. This documentary at this time. Around madison and oh how the top stories in aljazeera the u. S. Military believes in ice a linked group was behind an ambush that killed four american soldiers in earlier this month the widow of one of the sergeants who died has criticized President Donald Trump for being insensitive joining a condolence phone call it is an isis affiliated group and i think what you bring up is what were dealing with in many places is isis and al qaeda. In this case they try to leverage local insurgencies. And connect those local insurgencies globally this is the challenge that were dealing with and so our initial assessment is these are local tribal fighters that are associated with isis the u. S. Secretary of state has made an unannounced visit to iraq after a quick stop in afghanistan Rex Tillerson met iraqs Prime Minister and president but has provoked a potential rift with the leaders after calling for a rainy and backed militias in iraq to end their operations. Details are emerging the whats being called a massacre in the syrian town of pain witnesses say i saw fighters killed more than one hundred people before Government Forces seized the town on saturday accused the civilians of collaborating with Syrian Forces the sentencing of two white farmers in south africa who forced a black man into a coffin has been delayed until friday i suspect to burn victim lots while alive they were found guilty of attempted murder in august. International donors have pledged a total of three hundred forty four Million Dollars to help arrange the refugees the funds were raised at a one Day Conference in geneva some of the aid will be used to assist those who escaped rape killings on the burning of villages in myanmar bangladesh says it is now sheltering a million range is a saudi court has cleared a Construction Company of a crane collapse that killed at least one hundred ten people in mecca in two hundred fifteen erode the Bin Laden Group didnt need to compensate the victims or pay for damages to the grand mosque because the disaster was not caused by human error human Rights Groups are denouncing an official visit to france by egypts president they say funds should not support president. Politically or sell weapons to egypt activists say torture repression and unfair trials are common those are the headlines the news continues here on al jazeera off to killing the count. Ruffins broke germany. Ninety kilometers north of in. A car you place. Yet this name is in from the us. Synonymous with one of the most notorious nazi concentration camps. Specially built to house women and children. By nine hundred forty five over one hundred thirty thousand female prisoners post through records the. Polish women were the Largest Group incarcerated here many of them. More than one thousand died in robins book seventy percent of those sent you to this day the deserted houses of the s. S. Gods remain. Homes of offices under the command of one of the most feared and powerful men in germany. Heinrich himmler. The man with whom count Foca Bernadotte would have to negotiate to secure the release of scandinavian prisoners. On the one hand band of dogs wanted to save as many prisoners as possible on the other hand in negotiating with the needy nazi like him well. To some extent implied recognizing him. As a kind of partner. So its a dilemma its a catch twenty two situation. But for bernadotte there was no choice. On the nineteenth of february one thousand nine hundred forty five three days after his arrival in germany he was taken to what was then a sanatorium at home and they can not fall from robins broke he was brought here to meet him at his villar in the sanatorium grounds. At the negotiating table in the flatly rejected burn adults proposal for the release of all scandinavian prisoners. But bernadotte achieved one major concession that norwegian and danish inmates should be moved to a camp where the swedish red cross would be able to support them. The camp was called noida in goma. Was the camp which was nearest the danish border so he hoped that one of the similar with whom he was negotiating would say ok take all the scandinavian prisoners back home and then he wanted to be as near to the danish border as he could and this was why they chose as a place. Three days after meeting him the doctor was back in sweden working hard to assemble a rescue expedition. Three hundred volunteers were quickly identifier. Officers and soldiers from the swedish ami. Red cross doctors and nurses. Among the burn adults one system and. Swedish transport vehicles were to be allowed into germany to collect scandinavian prisoners from other concentration camps and move them to knowing government. Allied forces by now in control of the skies over germany were informed of the plan. Youre their response would give the whole campaign its. Bernadotte spoke to some. Of the allied forces and said ok were doing this rescue actions. And then the soldiers said no we cant guarantee you that so its better if you take the buses white or if we can see which buses belong to your rescue action. And so they decided on painting the bus as white. And they decided to put the swedish flak painted on the roof so that the planes could see these anon german buses but its going to neighboring buses. On march the eighth one thousand nine hundred forty five the first column of swedish buses that white paint still wet boarded a ferry in the swedish port of moma. Four days later the vanguard of the expedition reached the place bernadotte had chosen as its headquarters in germany. Friedrichs through casal. The casa was owned by prince of telephone bismarck grandson of germanys chancellor. His wife and mary tang boom was swedish. By them with. The fall and it. Meant a familiar than i thought other words but im a bit foggy about. My mother was friendly with the bernadotte family. Especially with. Who came here a lot to negotiate with the representatives of the third reich. When he did that vulcan bernadotte always stayed here overnight. He got on with my mother all rather with my parents very well its good for. One bismarcks castle home free to assure was ideally placed close to the danish border and just twenty kilometers from it so. Happened here in the ten tallest. Of the young for the school. Board. The white buses were headquartered in the xuxa involved forest and time here in the free drinks room for chandeliers sent out to various different areas of germany to pick up prisoners from the concentration camps. And to try wherever possible to take them back to scandinavia simply. The first phase of the evacuation started on march the fifteenth the white buses divided into two platoon. Around forty s. S. And get stop only as officers were attached to the expedition. The first platoon headed east to the camp but sachsenhausen over three hundred kilometers away. Yelm us on a swedish red cross volunteer accompanied them as a motorcycle escort. No matter the call from holds for. When we finally arrived in socks somehow some. Called the gates were opened and a lot of norwegians came out in a fairly orderly way. That were there dont they were go first. And when they took the first steps more for you towards freedom. That was an experience or would open a huge experience park really. The second white house is a platoon headed south to die how shan barack and mauthausen. They took with them the detailed lists of danish and norwegian prisoners being held in nazi custody. The list helped the people from the rescue mission to know whom they searched in which camp so they took the lists and went or drove into the concentration camps and they could read out mr anderson mr young and so on must be here so we search for him and he is to come to the bus and we take him with us so it made it very easy in that part for the rescue action that the lists were there. But within two weeks the white buses campaign had become a victim of its own success. By late march more than four thousand five hundred danish and norwegian prisoners had been evacuated and brought to the noise of government camp. Which was over capacity even before the first white bus arrived. Had been billed for two thousand five hundred prisoners and at the end shortly before this can you know evans were brought here there were fourteen thousand prisoners. So the camp was totally crowded and the people were dying. Because no one had a known bed and there was not enough to eat and so on. The germans insisted that if the evacuations were to continue the swedish buses would have to transfer two thousand inmates of noise and gama away to other camps. On the twenty seventh of march the swedish yielded to the german demond. The white buses designed to save scandinavian prisoners one now carrying hundreds of others to an unknown future. As far as we know not many of them made it because they were so ill and dying that many many of them died during the transports in the swat buses to other concentration camps. And this was a problem for those going to neighboring prisoners knowing that those people had been brought away in order to give them space. They hadnt asked for this. They were not guilty but but they felt they were guilty because their. Better life was. Made other people do. This terrible task complete the white buses could return to their job of collecting more scandinavian inmates from camps and prisons scattered across nazi germany and by the beginning of april one thousand nine hundred forty five some seven thousand danish and norwegians had been brought together in. But the ultimate purpose was still to be achieved getting all the scandinavian prisoners out of germany and away to safety in sweden. Once more count full cabin adults the driving force behind the expedition returned to germany. Himmler agreed this time to the transfer of the safe and of old female scandinavian prisoners. By the eighteenth of april more than twelve hundred six prisoners had arrived in sweden. The following day British Forces arrived at the river elbe practically within sight of knowing. By now german control of the camp that evaporate. The beautiful both of them. Go through go through with it for a year before. The german soldiers who did it i think most of them ran ahead at that point the war was almost over there was nothing they could do it. And it wasnt easy being a german soldier that. If they were out on the streets they would tear off anything which mocked them as being a german soldier or. In the chaos now engulfing germany evacuation of the camp became a matter of logistics rather than a mission. Danish busses had now joined relieving exhausted swedish volunteers and. By april of two thousand years hitlers last birthday four thousand three hundred norwegians and danes have been rescued from new and got much. Most were brought to a Reception Center set up in a spot in the swedish city of ram luxury. Today this memorial beyond the waves in the grounds of the spa is dedicated to the efforts of the white buses expedition. But the white bus volunteers were not finished. The bus drivers who came from sweden and denmark they told us that it was very cruel to see other people other prisoners who were non scandinavian just standing there seeing their white buses seeing the red cross and laughing and yelling and thinking they would be rescued no because red cross buses were arriving and then they had to say no sorry we are only taking the scandinavian prisoners. Bernadotte wanted to try to save those they had been forced to leave behind. To return would mean facing a danger. Allied air forces were attacking virtually anything that moved on german rugs. On the fifteenth of april the white buses left free drugs on their most Dangerous Mission yet. A long trip south to to rasie and shot in what is today the czech republic. There were another you know that it is. Over we stayed overnight. And there were four hundred jews i think it was families we were picking up there and. Or the not that the other saw and during the night while we slept they loaded up the bus hosts they were everything was ready there were there were some complaints when baby carriages but instead we had to throw them away. I remember. After a perilous return journey they achieved what looked impossible just weeks. In fact youre waiting for one hundred twenty four danish. The jews didnt come for us this is a fact its nothing to make us about because a situation was and i should understand the situation in germany also under what conditions they could squeeze the s. S. And himmler and about other current stuff way of saying well im coming here too i want to rescue videos you could do with that but after a while quite a number of those were rescued. Byrne adults next goal was ravensbruck and the release of french women held there. With the advancing soviet army just days away himmler unexpectedly agreed to the evacuation of the entire camp women of over twenty nationalities. Their orders. But make a point of ska. Or there were many polish women on the other one in and among them there were three women that were a while their pregnancies were well it just. To their way and so one of the new doctor there was someone asked the guards how come there were so many pregnant women over the book. And the german said that it was a holy spirit to go. The other way if they fed him a oh no. We have this chief medical officer with us on hold somebody. And he told the person in charge that one of them would probably become a mother during the night for him to know the route all those. Who lived. It. Would do in the way the dome indorse. Did so they fitted out a bus which they called. They fitted it out like a Maternity Ward and the three women were kept in there. With anyone who told them. And one of them a birth. Thanks. In the closing days of april the white buses transported some ten thousand women to sweden. At the end of the month. With soviet troops battling their way into berlin i dont fit. Into. The war in europe had just a few days to run. On may the first the swedish white buses came. To mt. All except one volunteer. This mans got rid of course to document thats out of it so if youve got any of that. On your fat need to mention. We can actually under feed on you thats forty eight outs on a week out consultations legate of thing instead of. Say. You. Will not have. Me. Or add father here. Or you. Accept. Anything. You dont yet get. Out of it that that day in the news that. I do me you dont need me. After the german surrender the buses would return to bring another ten thousand prisoners to sweden. Of thirty thousand lives saved by the white buses at least ten thousand jews. In the months that followed count Foca Bernadotte was honored by countries whose citizens had been saved by the campaign. Jewish organizations were among the first to celebrate his achievement. Bernadotte was now an international star. Three years later he was called on again. Heading this time to the middle east which had been plunged into a war. A white plane with un and red cross markings was carrying the brave count nephew of the swedish king organizer of the white buses campaigned on a mission that would seal his fate. Foca bernadotte was on his way to palestine until his death at the hands of jewish militants. In. Aljazeera recounts the shocking story of the assassination of counts folk abene dot. Tossed by the Security Council to mediate between arabs and israelis. His death would prove one of the darkest days in the quest for peace in the middle east. Killing the count at this time on aljazeera. Hello there the rain is still tumbling into parts of north america so were working its way into the northwestern parts over the past few days and is the western parts of canada i think where were going to see most of the wet weather as we head through the next couple of days as it does sarah a lot of that will be turning to snow over the high ground now ahead of it with things of fairly strong winds that are firing their way down through the Northern Plains but thats all behind this next weather system here this one has been working its way east with it is bringing us some very heavy downpours and also a bit of a change in the temperature of as well so as the system sweeps its way eastwards behind it its not feeling as warm so nineteen degrees will be the maximum in new york there are wednesday that sixty six in fahrenheit and for washington d. C. Some will be sixteen which is sixty one a bit further towards the south for the Greater Antilles theres a lot of dry weather with us currently the wetter weather is out towards the west you can see here over parts of florida and then that stretches all the way down towards columbia now thats gradually edging its way eastwards there as we head through the day on wednesday so i think wednesday will be a bit wet a force in the western parts of cuba looks like vanna will see one or two shower as we have done for south america lots of showers here at the moment and some of them having very very heavy. Witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on aljazeera