But this is a preposterous example to iran accuses the u. S. Of abusing its power for convening the meeting. A logical robert this is al jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up a new book on the trump administrations caused quite a stir will examine the authors claims about the white house and its policy towards the middle east. And already grim situation in yemen worsens with preventable diseases and the lack of basic necessities causing more deaths. Could have you with us the u. N. Security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran with the u. S. Accusing tehran of stifling the voices of its people but other members objected to the meeting insisting that the council wasnt empowered to discuss the internal affairs of a u. N. Member state mike hanna has more from the United Nations. There was animated debate in the Council Chamber before the discussions began to members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u. S. In calling for this public debate the u. S. Ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry will finally answer the Iranian Regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do russia had vehemently opposed what it saw as an unacceptable intervention in irans internal affairs but also argued that the u. S. Had another motive in pushing for this meeting used to meet with the blueprints the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to continue to undermine the Iranian Nuclear agreement would have an agreement that the french ambassador maintained in his speech was crucial also distancing himself from the u. S. Decision to call these discussions with your president but it is up to the arena and to the remains to pursue the path of peaceful dialogue a dialogue based on full respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of the rain people however worrying the events of the last few days in iran may be they do not constitute say a threat to International Peace and security. Given speaking rights in the council irans ambassador described the u. S. Action as yet another attempt at political destabilization following such acts of disruption take in. U. S. Administration as flouting International Law and this is spect in the practices of civilized behavior in International Politics is that ministers in is not the spirit clearly ching for every restaurant that keeps it a flute. That is a long history of u. S. Bullying at the u. N. But this is. Preposterous example the ethiopian representative expressed concern that what he described as a necessary debate such as this could undermine Security Council unity. And indeed at the end of the discussion members got up perhaps more divided than when they had sat down mike hanna ill just share a United Nations now theres been a third rallies in support of irans government one of the largest was in the capital tehran where people chanted anti u. S. Slogans blaming washington for the unrest has more from the capital. Another day of progovernment rallies in iran seemingly part of a two pronged approach to keep detractors off the streets a large show of public support and a heavy Police Presence across the country with critics inside and outside iran predicting the downfall of the Islamic Republic the government is determined to publicly project the power of the state at friday prayers in the capital to her own a senior cleric reminded people of irans real enemies who he says are behind the unrest in the country yet say announce this is what is happening saudi arabia gave the money the u. S. Did the planning it was coordinated from u. S. Control very names in have out and weapons are being transferred little by little to iran they wanted to finish is in february that was the plan. But he also sympathised with public demands for better Economic Conditions it terrazas thought to have the protests was right those who lost their money and its not too long protest for them people are saying death to high prices were saying not to what people are saying should be heard peoples rights shouldnt be missed in the middle of this mess. Meanwhile what was essentially a leaderless protest movement with competing demands seems to have fizzled out but on social media sites people are still sharing old videos of antigovernment demonstrations. Protests last week with the boldest challenge to rather stablish lives in nearly a decade but crowd size is only ever numbered in the thousands in contrast in two thousand and nine more than a Million People came out into the streets to protest the reelection of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but for now activists who oppose the government have been sidelined by much larger crowds who support. The author of a critical book about donald trump is standing by his work saying it was based on about two hundred interviews publishes of the account of trumps first year in Office Release the book five and fury ignoring a legal challenge from the u. S. President to prevent its publication not trump has branded the book phony and full of lies estabrook reports now from washington d. C. Crowd swarmed this washington bookstore at midnight friday snatching up copies of fire and fury inside the Trump White House present the crowds were no i cant take your order of the phone politics and prose opened it ten am within thirty minutes eager buyers had nabbed all thirty copies the store had im super excited to read this i went to a couple of different bookstores even midnight last night there was a another bookstore selling this they sold out in twenty minutes why are you so interested in this book why would i now feel interested in this book it is so salacious and do you see. Politics die hard. And scary to read it at three hundred twenty pages this is a relatively liked home but it is filled with explosive material the author Michael Wolff said he spent eighteen months conducting about two hundred interviews with senior white house staff in one passage wolf says former british Prime Minister tony blair offered this nugget of information to the president s son in law jared cushion or there was he suggested the possibility that the british had had the Trump Campaign staff under surveillance blair is denying the claim. Another passage describes a potential change in saudi arabia the president was considering before his trip last spring to the middle east in the days before his departure he was telling people that the saudis were going to finance an entirely new military presence in the kingdom supplanting and even replacing the u. S. Command headquarters in cutter fire and fury wasnt supposed to be released until tuesday but the books publisher moved the date up after attorneys for President Trump issued a cease and desist letter threatening legal action in an interview friday morning author Michael Wolff stood by his book and added this observation the one description that that everyone gave everyone has in common they all say he is like a childs. And what they mean by there is he has and a need for in media gratification its all about him the white house is labeling fire and fury tabloid trash President Trump wouldnt answer questions about the book friday afternoon but tweeted i never spoke to him for the book full of lies misrepresentations and sources that dont exist still fire and fury is yet another distraction for a white house that is trying to advance among other things a new immigration plan and a spending plan to avoid a looming Government Shutdown dian us to brooke aljazeera Washington Well along with the revelations about Donald Trump Style of government there are also passages in the book on the president s Foreign Policy specifically in relation to the gulf it says that trumps inner circle centered its middle east policy on just four players the goal to unite egypt israel and saudi arabia against iran it also says the president wasnt telling people was telling people the saudis were going to finance an entirely new u. S. Military presence in the kingdom potentially replacing its command headquarters in qatar as you heard in that report and in another trump apparently gave a nod to the saudis plan to bully cats are in june saudi arabia egypt and the u. A. E. As well as bahrain cut diplomatic and economic ties with qatar david the rush is professor at the National Defense university and a former pentagon official joins me now from washington d. C. Good to have you with us on the program sir but really this book whether you believe it or not seems to you might say cross the t. s and dot the is when it comes to perhaps confirming what we already knew especially when it came to the gulf crisis and the and the impasse between saudi arabia certainly and cattle are. Yeah well look the the book its seems to me i havent gotten to read the book yet ive read excerpts from it it seems to me that it confirms what everybody in the bubble the washington Foreign Policy establishment sometimes referred to as the american deep state has already believed about donald trump and quite frankly has felt about him since he announced his candidacy but the nothing that ive heard so far comes as a surprise i mean after the the cutter kerfuffle erupted trump announced his support of the move so it wouldnt surprise me to hear that he had discussed it before it is going and you were in the pentagon you had a specific role here in the middle east tell me what the u. S. National interest is in having a military presence in qatar when you also have a naval base in bahrain and several military bases in saudi arabia. Yeah well the u. S. National security interest is to have a constellation of bases in every country and its important remember that the headquarters in qatar moved from saudi arabia in two thousand and three so i have argued that it would be in our interest to establish another base in saudi arabia if we can do that in a manner that is consistent with saudi internal security. But that doesnt mean that we have to diminish the others we should have a a broad array of bases and quite frankly if you know the emirate is where the saudis want to build a facility you know we should be in a position where we can move because if you have all your eggs in one basket then youre youre hostage to political turmoil or you could have want to tack and then you lose all your capabilities so it doesnt surprise me that i was going to be much supplementary question about having all your eggs in the same basket we had a speaker from a former state Department Speak on a Previous Program she stated the city behind the scenes tell us. Mattis the secretary of state and the defense secretary very supportive of keeping bases independent of saudi arabia whether theyre in bahrain or in council in the National Interest do you see going fight behind the scenes in the white house in the competent certainly when it comes to the status of bases outside of saudi arabia if President Trump is so close to riyadh. Not really because its not an ideological fight its a fight about resources and abilities so if youre going to close a base that is well established theres capabilities that are available anywhere else the question is are you know whos going to host the new base and whos going to build the new base and that involves money and money is tight in washington so what you see is there may be ideological concerns or maybe you know ground politics concerns but when you talk to the people who actually have to move airplanes and ships and soldiers around you see that our force structure is the way it is in large part because we dont want to spend any other resources for them and well leave it there david very good to get your insights into this issue thank you thanks who have now the french president has warned his turkish counterpart that democracies must respect the rule of all during a meeting in paris though it was rest of the ones first visit to france since the failed twenty sixteen coup attempt battle back rolls developments in turkey blocking progress on its e. U. Session and proposed a partnership between turkey and the regional bloc instead one defended his government from criticism of ankaras crackdown on dissent say for the past year. But turkey is ruled by law europe always tells us that the judiciary must be independent well in turkey our judiciary is independent they make their own decisions dependently. Just not just happen to the public there are those who support them they water it they prime it theyre like god. They nourish terra clear. As far as membership of the e. U. Is concerned there is no progress at all not that we had a very frank and open discussion on that but there is a need for more dialogue in the context of the current circumstances. In paris. Well this was an opportunity for these two leaders to talk about the many pressing regional issues in the middle east they talked about syria they talked about iraq and jerusalem with president michel reaffirming his commitment to a two state solution for the israelis and the palestinians that was something the turkish president said he appreciated very much but there was a real focus on turkeys relationship with the European Union because it really has deteriorated over the past two years the e. U. Criticizes turkey every sport human rights record especially after that twenty sixteen failed coup the European Union saying that ankara has really come down too hard on what it sees as political opponents with tens of thousands of people arrested and sacked now turkey is a member is a candidate for membership i should say all of the European Union but the exertion talks have been on hold for the last two years so this was the turkish president s attempt to try and mend those relations he has come to visit the french president because france is one off turkeys main allies of the moment and there is no doubt that the turkish president as relations with the u. S. Become more fragile and the situation in the middle east is also fragile he is looking for support elsewhere person mark or also raise the issue of human rights that is something very important to the French Public there were protests here today against the turkish president coming to france before president markov he says he is very pragmatic he does not believe that that should necessarily get in the way of turkey having a Good Relationship with france and turkey cooperating on issues such as controlling illegal migration to europe and the fight against what president calls terrorism. Well still ahead here on aljazeera a brutal cold spell grips the u. S. East coast. On the controls on the iconic fish markets in tokyo to stay with us here on out is that. From slowing down i mean when its to an inch on t. V. Does it pretty soon the. How low weve got some very heavy rain coming into southern parts of china over the next dial to still has a wintry flavias further north we had some very heavy snow into central pass around who by the nam province further south this is whether the rain really is in the prices a setting in is sinking a little further south what were going to see those big downpours continuing through sas they going on into sunday hong kong joining in with some rather wet weather by this days behind it should be a lousy drivers and decent spells of sunshine and a solid shot in the shallows to into the philippines still as bad as it has been recently hit by the wet weather there was seen just around malaysia that does look set to continue hopeful around the malaysian peninsula it will be a tad drivers to go on through the next day the shot was never really too far away can see how they stand their way down across a good part of indonesia jakarta around thirty two degrees celsius was getting into the low thirtys for us flanker over the next day or so for much of south asia it is looking dry to the towards the andaman sea we will see some rather lively showers just coming in here but for many a good deal of pleasant sunshine thirty one celsius there for colombo on saturday afternoon come sunday similar valleys elsewhere stay settled and. The weather sponsored by cattle and race. All jazeera explores prominent figures of the Twentieth Century and how why will recent influence the course of history begin with the giants of the struggle for civil rights the. Hundred just and it was all the work of bailable who oppressed people look at me and continue to think the negroes to be defense that what you mean by that about malcolm x. And Martin Luther king preached to fix at this time on aljazeera. Welcome back to as a reminder of our top stories the u. N. Security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran the u. S. Accused iran of stifling the voices of its people but irans ambassador said the protests werent a matter for the Security Council and that the u. S. Was abusing its power. Also a new account of u. S. President Donald Trumps first year in office says his middle east policy was focused on getting saudi arabia israel and egypt to unite against iran Michael Wolff spoke was released on friday it also says trump took credit for saudi arabias political shakeup last year. The turkish president has told his french counterpart his people are tired of waiting to join the European Union its reza typos ones first visit to france since the failed coup in twenty sixteen the battle because the turkeys crackdown on dissent is blocking progress on its entry into the block. The assad arabia has intercepted a Ballistic Missile fired from yemen by hoofy rebels the missile was shot down over the draw on a regent street. In the kingdom southern border before it could hit his intended target riyadh says the attack is proof that iran is supporting the who sees a claim that tehran denies its the fourth such attack since november. The u. N. Aid chief says yeah but could become the worst humanitarian disaster in fifty years the war is having a devastating impact with widespread Food Shortages of the major cholera outbreak our Stephanie Decker reports. Forced to live out in the open these yemeni families of escape the fighting near the border with saudi arabia now they have to bear the elements on the streets of data their daily routine now for everyone to see this war has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. I came from we ran for our lives now we sleep on the floor no mattresses or blankets and it is really cold we have no income our children are suffering if any of us fall sick we cannot afford treatment or our condition is really terrible needless to say we are living in fear. This war now almost into its third year is all about regional politics and control and the consequence of that has created what the u. N. Calls the worlds worst humanitarian crisis the situation in yemen today right now to the population of a country looks like the apocalypse we need to scale up our response the cholera outbreak is probably the worst the world has ever seen with a million suspected cases at the end of twenty seventeen this terrible new demick of diptheria a bacterial disease which should be completely preventable by immunization as already affected it out to five hundred people with dozens and dozens of deaths in the last few weeks that is going to spread like wildfire and aid agencies are not able to access the majority of those in need them xanana we had to escape the war our life has turned upside down we cant afford a decent meal were now begging to eat and feed our children were living in the streets on charity and. Some basic supplies are getting through a blanket to keep warm it is winter now and temperatures drop at night and a fire offers little comfort these people face an uncertain future with no idea when they can go back home what will be left of it once they do Stephanie Decker. Russia says it hopes dialogue between north and south korea will settle tensions on the peninsula after two years of silence talks between pyongyang and seoul essential for choose from this louis has both sold. In a few days the truce village of panmunjom on the Demilitarized Zone that separates north and south korea will be a hive of activity representatives from the two countries will hold high level talks here for the first time in more than two years earlier this week north Korean Leader kim jong il dialogue at his new years day address four days later his government agreed to hold talks the announcement came just hours after the u. S. And south korea agreed to postpone and your military drills for the end of february these have long been regarded as provocative by pyongyang. Leaders agreed not to conduct south korea us joint military drills. And to do their best to ensure the security of the olympics. Next weeks discussions will center on north koreas participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics as well as generally improving into korea relations but officials here in south korea are also hoping the negotiations will eventually lead to north korea returning to international talks on its Nuclear Program even so president cautiously optimistic saying we should refrain from making premature judgement or expectation. The Japanese Defense minister also sounded a note of caution but. North korea goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocations but either way north korea is continuing its nuclear and Missile Development we have no intention of weakening our warning and surveillance that. It is new years day speech said north korea would maintain its Nuclear Weapons program and even called for the mass production and deployment of Nuclear Warheads and this house. From the conservative perspective in north korea trying to buy time the majority seems to believe the north korea is trying to finalize its Technical Development to to achieve operational i. C. B. M. So you know as us the cia has announced before they are talking about two or three month time in terms of finalizing the i. C. B. M. System and it looks like this is a perfect action on their side you know to buy time. Last year north korea test fired three intercontinental Ballistic Missiles or i. C. B. M. s including one that its capable of reaching the u. S. Mainland many hope the upcoming talks remain the best option for now of deescalate the crisis on the Korean Peninsula largely aljazeera so well at least eighteen people have died in the u. S. After one of the strongest winter storms in modern history hit the east coast the storm done thirty centimeters of snow and cause flooding in coastal areas and merges the crews have rescued people trapped by rapidly rising waters thats all brought hurrican force winds and frigid temperatures forecasters are calling the storm a bombs like Gabriel Alexander has more from new york. These are historically low temperatures throughout the east coast of the United States and how are people coping well if they dont have to go outside theyre not because officials are saying that these temperatures are so low its so cold that its dangerous and warning people not to go outside unless they absolutely have to for those that do its all about layering layering as many clears of clothes as possible to really get through these low temperatures now this is the east coast of the United States there use to cold Winter Weather this time of year but this is different theres three key factors that are making this different a large amount of snow that has fallen number one more than thirty centimeters in some areas Hurricane Force winds are complicating matters and not only that a storm surge particularly in the north east and new england area of the northeast that are complicating matters as well combine all of that with incredibly low temperatures and youve got really historic freezing area here the mayor of new york city is saying that into friday night into saturday morning with wind chill factors it could get to negative twenty nine degrees celsius here the worst is certainly not over officials are saying that while the major storm has moved out that the temperatures are supposed to remain below freezing throughout the weekend so this area of the United States will not be warming up anytime soon. Well thirteen people have died after a passenger breakup size off the indonesian island of sumatra is the second fatal boat accident in the argued pella go in as many days the boat carrying fifty five people along the new sea river has a large wave and sank during bad Weather Police say theyre still searching for the captain who did survive the accident but has gone missing his deputy is being held for questioning over whether the boat will see where the. German right wing politician the uns man has apologized to the son of former tennis star boris becker for a racist slur on social media the apology comes a day after noah becker whose mother is of africanamerican descent father a criminal complaint against the mayor the politicians says the back a tweet was written by one of his assistants and the immigration alternative for Germany Party who has since been disciplined. Well sushi lovers the story well youll love it tokyos world famous fish market has had its last auction it is Historic Site of a prized bluefin tuna fetch more than three hundred twenty thousand dollars as have a huckster reports. They get taken allegedly stroll down a supermarket aisle this is how competitive shoppers buy. Auction house in downtown tokyo is the Worlds Largest fish market where tourists mix with michelin starred chefs hoping to relearn a worthy catch. Or its this shop personality the prize attraction pain over three hundred twenty thousand dollars for a four hundred five kilos premium pacific bluefin tuna this big fish was paraded through the market not an easy task considering where you see equivalent of a grand piano this market has been here for over eighty years and its expected to close its doors and move to a different site as part of the citys redevelopment of the twenty twenty and limpid some say thats the reason for this years high prices but if there was an air of excitement of the auction then i expected the fish market will grow livelier as the year goes on although i feel some concern for the markets relocation id like to enjoy the moment too. Despite the excitement here activist awarning bluefin tuna numbers are dwindling there is an International Push to have the fish registered as an endangered species the japanese government wants pino regulations on pacific bluefin for fishermen who exceed the sec quota. Its hoped these new international controls will help the bluefin tuna numbers saw to record levels in fifteen years time and as this take a landmark gets ready to move to a different site two kilometers away on a manmade island the traders here hope their good fortunes continue hannah hawkster algis there. Youre watching officer arms the whole robin these are all top stories the un Security Council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran with the us accusing to herat of stifling the voices of its people. Once again the people of iran are rising up they are asking for something that no government can legitimately deny them their human rights and fundamental freedoms they are calling out think of us if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer it the Iranian Regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do now the u. S. Called a meeting of the twenty one people died and hundreds were arrested during days of demonstrations against the iranian government but irans ambassador said the u. S. Was abusing its power of you echoed by russia as well following such acts of disruption take in. U. S. Administration as flouting International Law and this is specd in the practices of civilized behavior in International Politics is administration is not desperately reaching for that cheap seat a flute there is a long history of u. S. Bully at the u. N. But this is. The posters example a new account of u. S. President calderon first year in office says his middle east policy was focused on getting saudi arabia israel egypt or to unite against iran Michael Walzer book was released on friday it also says that trying to credit for saudi arabias political shakeup last year now the turkish president has told his french counterpart his people are tired of waiting to join the European Union its a recipe for the worlds first visit to france since the failed coup in twenty sixteen but a man woman calls that turkeys crackdown on dissent is blocking progress on its entry into the block. And saudi arabia has intercepted a Ballistic Missile fired from yemen by who the rebels may miss song was shot down over the jarana region stranding the kingdoms of the border before it could hit its intended target those weather headlines ill be back with more news in thirty minutes thanks to its inside story to stay with us. The hotline linking north and south korea is in use again young wants to talk about next months Winter Olympics but so also wants to discuss this Nuclear Program when next weeks meeting is done sions all make things worse this is inside story