Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

More volcano warnings about an imminent explosive eruption. And on fire and small have all the days sport including rally for release the stars the town is coming together to raise money for victims of the australian brush fire. Just before we get into our lead story this out a bit to show you some live pictures from washington where u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to announce the team who will lead the prosecution in president Donald Trumps impeachment trial the u. S. House of representatives to choose a vote to hand over the impeachment charges to the senate and the trial is expected to begin on thursday well take you live to washington once House Speaker pelosi begins. Media briefing. So russias Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his government have resigned it comes out the president Vladimir Putin used his annual state of the nation address to announce a plan for political reform putin says that parliament should choose the countrys Prime Minister but the president should keep wind right wide ranging powers whos in said hell hold a referendum on any changes to the constitution has 30 days to sustain Storage Units in accordance with article 111112 of the constitution of the Russian Federation so the president only receives the agreement of the state duma to appoint the russian Prime Minister then he appoints more the head of the cabinet and his deputies and all the ministers i propose changing this procedure to entrust the state lou must not only with negligent but confirming the candidacy of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Moscow and alexandra joins us from the other just hours after the president s state of the nations address the government resigns whats going on. Heres exactly just hours after not only address but the actually announcing changes in the constitution russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of met with putin and said today that the government is resigning in order to give 14 free hands in order to go through with the constitutional reforms that he announced he was thanked for his service and put in had no objection on any job vironment had to do and was reforming to show their appreciation and the loyalty of meant that if he is going to appoint him his chair men in the Russian Security council this also at the same time means that we demand that he is not going to be appointed a new Prime Minister there will be someone else and that someone else might be also the person that is going to be put in successor because what he said in his speech to the federal assembly as well apart from shifting powers war towards the parliament is that there is not going to be 3 times running for a president of russia which excludes him from this race so he answered a question that was bothering a lot of people for years is he going to run for president in 2024 so most possibly he is not going to do that at the same time this doesnt mean that hes going to be completely out of the picture with this new constitutional reforms even though he says that the role of president will state very strong also give some space for putting dainian power or at least being in control of the things going on in the russia and no a lot of people are speculating for years who might be the person that what is going to trust and support in in the next elections and are still that question is malta and actually there is no. Consensus amongst the russian analysts of who this person might be but this is a developments that is that interest a lot of people hear it but sort of a cynical note here for a moment is this just about laying the groundwork for president putin somehow to hang on to the reins of power when he leaves the office of president well it is possible that it can be dead but at this point 3 cannot know that for sure because what this proposed changes are doing is indeed the violent will have more power it comes to appointing the government but the office of president bill with the one that can dismiss that government if theyre dissatisfied with the ways things are going at the same time there is some other changes that are being announced that centralize the power in one ways and at the same time give more more power to the governors of russia to participate in making the federal laws it also the office of president keeps functions as appointing in the people in the army people in the Police People in the security structures the president will stay the commander in. Chief so yes at one hand it can be preparation to still somehow stay in power that at same time it can be also a variation to shift the balances so that the one that comes next is going to be a more a lets say. To be able to be controlled by other instances in Russian Society and politics. And xander reporting live from moscow to thanks alexandra. As we told you in just a few minutes were expecting to hear from u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who is set to announce who will lead the prosecution in president Donald Trumps impeachment trial will be live in washington once House Speaker pelosi begins her Media Briefing i will be speaking to our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat in just a few moments but 1st lets bring in hydro castro whos on capitol hill what are we expecting to happen today on capitol hill heidi. And well be seeing 1st the announcement by Speaker Pelosi of which democrats which Committee Leaders likely will be leading the prosecution against President Trump once this begins the trial in the senate so shell make that announcement just momentarily then the full house will vote to approve the naming of those managers and to approve whats called the transmission of these articles of impeachment over to the other side of the u. S. Capitol to the senate what are these articles as a reminder of course they are for abuse of power and for not sharing with Congress Evidence and cooperating as part of the investigation into these allegations that President Trump use the power of his office to try to compel ukraine to launch investigations into his domestic political rivals so all of that has been hashed out in the inquiry phase we saw over the course of weeks with those public hearings well now the stakes are even higher because once these managers the pietschmann managers the Prosecution Team is approved by the full house then later this evening well see a ceremony of the signing of these articles and then well see those managers and the house clerk actually parade through the halls of the capitol carrying containing these impeachment charges and delivering them by hand to the senate and that is when the next phase of this impeachment begins weve heard from the Top Republican in the Senate Mitch Mcconnell that likely will start hearing arguments in this trial beginning as early as next tuesday ok she leaves us the rest of this week for any other formalities many thanks indeed nancy pelosi. House speaker has begun a hug Media Briefing lets listen to. Places and time to emphasize the importance of time because everything is about time how we use that. Mic how we market and today is an important day because today is the day that the managers go to the floor to pass a resolution transmit the articles of impeachment to the senate and later in the day when we have our engrossment that we march of those articles of impeachment to the United States senate as ive said it is so far our founders when they started when in the course of human events it becomes necessary when Abraham Lincoln 4 score and 7 years ago thomas paine now at the top of the times that try mens souls that times have found. Again and again even when our poet. Longfellow the number listen my children you will hear the Midnight Ride of paul revere on the 18th of a 4 and 75. Numbers that famous day is always about marking history. Using chalk on december 18th house of representatives and peach the president of the United States and impeachment that will last for ever. Since december 18th their comments about what are we going to send the articles over well we had hoped that the courtesy would be extended that we would have seen what the process would be in the senate short of that that time has revealed many things since then time has been our friend in all of this because yielded incriminating evidence more truth into the Public Domain since we passed the articles on december 20th 2 days later new emails show that 91 minutes after problems phone call with president selenski a top office of management and budget. The department of defense to hold off on the road kate ukraine aid on december 29th revelations emerge about the o. M. B. Director and acting chief of staff for many his role in the delay of the effort by lawyers and the administration to justify those away and the alarm this is very important that the alarm that the delay time caused within the administration on january 2nd newly unredacted pentagon emails which the house subpoenaed and the president oft. Raise serious concerns by the trumpet mr ation officials by Trump Administration of the they were concerned about the legality of the president s hold on the age of the ukraine on january 6th former Trump National security advisor john bolton said he would comply with a subpoena to testify and that he has new relevant information. On january 13th reports emerge the russian government hacked the recurring gas company as part of their ongoing effort to influence u. S. Elections to support and support of President Trump and just yesterday the House Committee 2 of our chairman here chairman chairman adler of judiciary chairman fifths of intelligence a chairman of the angle of Foreign Affairs and chairwoman maloney of the government reform they released new evidence pursuant to a house subpoena. Levy harness you know that is an associate of really dr knew that further proves the president was the central player in the scheme to pressure ukraine for his own own benefit in the 2020 election. This is about the constitution of the United States and its important to see that the president to know and putin to know. Merican voter. The voters in america should decide who our president is not that im a pluton. And russia so today im very proud to present the managers. Who will bring the case which we have great confidence in terms of impeaching the president and his removal but this further evidence. Insist that we wouldnt be in this situation had we not waited and cis that there be that there be witnesses and that we see documentation and now you see some of that change happening on the senate side i hope it does for the good of our country and to honor our constitution so today on the floor will pass a resolution i mean the managers as i mentioned appropriating the funds for the trial and the transmitting the articles of impeachment of the president of the United States. For trying to influence a Foreign Government for his own personal and political benefit. Chair adam schiff of california lead manager kept chairman schiff is as you know chair of the permits a committee on intelligence is serving his 10th term in congress. And shes me before congress mr schiff was a california state senator and served as a federal prosecutor in the u. S. Attorneys office in los angeles for 6 years most notably prosecuting the 1st federal a feel for her to be indicted for espionage. Chairman jerry nadler chair of the House Judiciary Committee is serving his 15th term in congress mr nethers served as the top democrat on the judiciary subcommittee on constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties for 13 years before congress mr nadler served the new York State Assembly for 16 years. Chairs the loft then chairs a lot of french air they have committee on House Administration which has jurisdiction over federal elections is a Senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee miss lofgren is serving her 13th term and congress this is chairwoman laughlins 3rd impeachment. Committee staffer and the nixon impeachment as a member of the judiciary committee. And the clinton and commitment and now as a manager and this impeachment of president. Trump chair how came jeffries of new york chairman Hakeem Jeffries is the chair of the House Democratic caucus and is currently serving his 4th 4th term and congress is a member of the House Judiciary Committee before being in congress he served in the assembly of new york for 6 years and accomplished a litigator in private practice before running for Elective Office mr jeffords geoffreys church for clerked for the honorable Howard Baird Jr of new York District court for the Southern District of new york congresswoman valve denny demings of florida congresswoman deming is a member of both the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence and the House Judiciary Committee mr mays serving her 2nd term in congress before congress in the stabbing served as the Orlando Police department for 27 years part of that time as the 1st woman police chief and orlando. Congressman shes the congressman jason crow of colorado is a member of the House Armed Services committee mr crow served his country our country bravely as an army ranger in iraq and afghanistan before coming running for congress mr crow was a respected litigator in private practice and colorado congresswoman Sylvia Garcia of texas congressman Sylvia Garcia is a member of the House Judiciary Committee before congress ms conk ms garcia was served in Texas State Senate previously she was the director and presiding judge of the houston minutes of the system and was elected city controller miss garcia was later elected the 1st hispanic and 1st woman to be elected in her own right the Harris County Commissioners Court as you can see from these. Descriptions of the emphasis is on litigators. The emphasis is on Comfort Level in the courtroom the emphasis is making a strong if possible case to protect and defend our constitution to seek the truth for the American People im very proud and honored that these 7 members this dying wish members have accepted the seriousness sponsibility again to protect and defend for the people defending our democracy when we leave here in a little bit later noon well go to the floor and pass a resolution naming the managers officially but i want to say more about them here and and to say that decision to come down in favor of litigators if you assess a tainted by the. Clear evidence that we should have witnesses and we should have documentation and we have to make the strongest prosecution not only of our very strong case but all the all the information that has come forth sent for brian to take a few questions it was missing americans like the. Rusted out old or was it the germ of life of the Public Servants were there to leave constructs out wandering in order to get was one of the ways the sort of them well you know to their sandwich chairman but i will say that we had a strong case for and he tried of the president and removal for the president anything more would be in terms of where we go in the senate and i yield to the chairman. But weve always felt a certain urgency about this impeachment given that the president was trying to get foreign help in shooting in the next election but as soon as we did take up and pass the articles Mitch Mcconnell made it clear that he didnt want to try in the senate that he didnt want to hear from witnesses that he didnt want documents and this time has given us the ability to. Show the american. People the necessity of a fair trial to expose the degree to which mcconnell is working hand in hand with the subject of the impeachment the president to essentially turn what should be a trial into a sham and that that time has been i think very effective in not only bringing new evidence to light and the evidence was already overwhelming but also forcing senators to go on record do they want a fair trial one thats fair to the president but also fair to the American People or they got to participate in a cover up so i think its been very effective and as youve seen additional evidence continues to come to light that not only has bolstered an already overwhelming case but has also put in additional pressure i think on the senate to conduct a fair trial and i last thing ill say is. Mr mcconnell has taken to saying that the senate should only consider the closed record that comes from the house and as if what the senate is is not a trial but an appeal from a trial but of course the senate the framers had in mind a real trial with witnesses and evidence and if mcconnell makes this the 1st trial in history without witnesses it will be exposed for what it is and that is an effort to cover up for the president finally. Some have suggested as as part of your question why didnt we late to get more testimony well we have sought mcganns testimony don mcgann the president s lawyer. Since april of last year we still dont have a final Court Judgment so yes we could have waited years to get testimony further testimony from all the people the president has been obstructing but essentially that would completely negate the impeachment power that is allowed the president by virtue of obstruction to prevent his own impeachment and that was an unacceptable course particularly when the whole object of the present scheme was to cheat in the election which is the ordinary mechanism for dealing with a corrupt presidency and i mean i didnt say. I was very discouraged to see at Mitch Mcconnell sign on to a resolution dismissing the case that to me just miso is cover up dismissal as competence they cant really do that. There is an overwhelming case beyond any reasonable doubt that the president betrayed the country by using by withholding federal funds appropriated by Congress Breaking the law and doing so in order to extort a Foreign Government into intervening in our election to embarrass if you try to embarrass a potential political opponent is this overwhelming evidence of that. We couldnt wait. Because i mean some people said well you know let the election take care of it hes trying to cheat in that election so it is essential that we bring this impeachment to stop the president from trying to rig and if not from try you tried from rigging the next election. Conspiring with a Foreign Government. As the russian government attempted to into the 2 regard last election. The over the evidence is overwhelming the latest evidence with the with kindness and giuliani makes it even more so it made sense to wait a while as the more evidence piled up but we have to proceed because the election the integrity of the election is at stake let me add one other thing this is a test of the constitution the president s conduct violates the constitution every single way trying to rig an election stonewalling the congress saying no and they testify because i can have a cover up despite congress. But its a test of the constitution now the senate is in tended by the constitution to conduct a fair trial the American People know that in a trial you permit witnesses you present the evidence if the senate doesnt permit the introduction of all relevant witnesses and of all documents that the house wants to introduce because the house is the prosecutor here then the senate is is engaging in an unconstitutional and disgusting cover up so the question is does the senate the senate is on trial as well as the president does the senate conduct a trial according to the constitution to vindicate the republic. Or does the senate participate in the president s crimes by covering them up. Thank him. I dont understand that ok so i. Would write for. Maybe some of. What based on to understand. What you see as the options you try to force the better to do something to. Make the best case the and if they dont try to go down that route because it was. Well it ive always often quoted and he said jeffreys quotes Abraham Lincoln public sentiment its everything over 70 percent of the American People want to see a fair trial for ever that whatever the outcome a fair trial what with with and ss and documentation and we havent seen even the rules we put our rules out and tobar. For the next couple of months that the next few months that followed for are im making the case we havent seen what the rules are in the senate but we do know that in the time that has transpired since december 18th the American People have come down in favor of a fair trial which they always want it but meaning that it would entail having. Witnesses as well as documents anyone else wanted to that i found you know. Well the evidence is overwhelming that donald trump corruptly abused his power by pressuring a Foreign Government to target an american citizen for political and personal gain by withholding 391000000. 00 in military aid to ukraine without justification there was a mountain of evidence in that regard. In america no one is above the law that is why the house proceeded with great leadership from Speaker Pelosi chairmanship and chairman adler to hold this president accountable the constitution required it democracy required it given the evidence that has been built to date the American People deserve a fair trial. A democracy deserves a fair trial the constitution deserves a fair trial so were going to simply follow the facts apply the law be guided by the constitution and present the truth to the American People so he has given us the space for the American People to weigh in over the last few weeks which has led at least 4 senators which is the magic number to publicly end the case. That in their view a fair trial does include the presentation of documents and the presentation of witnesses we certainly hope that is what will take place. And mr can i just think if i could just add really quickly on to this. I think chairman jeffreys i just want to underscore the importance of documents because we spent a lot of time talking about john bolton other witnesses. Witnesses may tell the truth and what is may not tell the truth documents joan generally lied and in the documents that we submitted to the jewish or Committee Just last night you see the importance of documents because included among the parnassus documents we have pain is a letter from giuliani trying to set up a meeting with the president of ukraine selenski to discuss a particular matter of course we know that matter is the investigations that the president wanted ukraine to undertake of his political opponents. There have been theres been speculation time and time maybe the president or his allies will throw mr giuliani under the bus that letter makes clear that giuliani in his own words is acting at the behest and with the knowledge and consent of the president there is no fobbing this off on others the president was the architect of this scheme. These documents are important we have only obtained a very small sample of the universe of documents that the president is withholding if mr mcconnell wants to follow the clinton model as he keeps professing all of the documents were provided before the trial those documents should be demanded by the senators if the senators want to see the evidence they should demand to see the documents and not participate in an effort to a stone wall or cover up the president s misconduct. Yes you know as the speaker mentions the other of course profound distinction between now and the clinton case is that the women. Says that the house managers. In the clinton trial had already testified their testimony was known so the question for the senators then was do we want to hear them again and there was another question not present here which is do we really want to hear witnesses talking about sex on the senate floor thats not the issue before us the issue here is does the senate want to hear from witnesses who have never testified people who like other witnesses have 1st hand information and unless the president is willing to concede everything the house has alleged these witnesses are very pertinent and relevant and so this is another profound distinction between the clinton investigation and trial and where we are today. Having. A problem. Having to defend somebody that you like but youre finding are you the manager is prepared. And. Let me say we are prepared but the relevant question is relevance. Is relevant in any trial you quote witnesses who have information about the allegations about the charges the allegations for which is a mountain of evidence that the president betrayed his country by trying to extort the ukraine by withholding 391000000. 00 in military aid that congress had voted in order to get ukraine to and now and soon this a geisha and a domestic political opponent thats the allegation any written this who has information about whether that is true are not true is irrelevant witness anybody he kind of biden who has no information about any of that is not a relevant witness any trial judge in this country would rule such a witness as irrelevant and immiscible. If someone is accused of robbing a Bank Witnesses who say we saw run into the bank we saw them someplace else are relevant a witness who says he committed forgery on a on some other document is not relevant to the bank robbery charge thats a distinction let me just say that. What is at stake here is the constitution of the United States this is what an impeachment is about the president violated his oath of office undermined our National Security jeopardized the integrity of our elections tried to use the appropriations process as his private a. T. M. Machine to grant to withhold funds granted by congress in order to advance his personal and political advantage that is what the senators should be looking into this is a president who said the 2nd amendment accused in that article 2. Says that i can do whatever i want to does not is undermining a system they beautiful. Exquisite early and the genius of the constitution the separation of powers by granting to himself the powers of a monarch this is exactly what then John Franklin said we didnt have a republic if we can keep it so this is a very serious matter and we take it to heart and really solemn way and a very solemn way its about the constitution its about the republic if we can keep it. And they shouldnt be frivolous with the constitution of the United States even though the president of the United States has the president is not above the law he will be held accountable he has been held accountable he has been in feige hes been impeached for ever they can never erase that im very proud of the managers that we have. Believed that they bring to this case. And the United States senate great patriotism respect for the constitution of the United States where a Comfort Level and a courtroom great commitment again to the constitution jerry being the chair of that constitutional some committee for 13 years though being involved in 3 impeachment and there are others for. Their. Intellectual resources and their knowledge to all of this so i thank them for accepting this responsibility. I wish them well its going to be a very big commitment of time and i dont think we could be better served them by the patriotism and dedication of the men and church that i am namea this morning thank you all very much. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that im seeing the names of the 7 in peach can manage is basically that the essentially the prosecutor is the President Trump said its a trial who include. As the lead manager adam schiff and chairman jerry not. Jeffrey this is about the constitution of the United States so Speaker Pelosi the emphasis here is on litigate this lets go live to capitol hill about is there was a joke castro once again what are we to make of that i. D. Hadrian the 1st 2 names that pelosi announced as the lead manager and the 2nd manager there is no surprise as you mentioned its badler and shift who are the chairman of the 2 House Committees who lead up the inquiry of this of the impeachment of President Donald Trump now the 5 other managers its an interesting selection Speaker Pelosi said they were chosen because they are litigators they can get the job done as prosecutors in presenting this case this legal case to have the president convicted in the hopes of democrats to be removed from office however theres also a couple other statements that can be argued that shes making here were seeing that the really of these 5 other impeach the managers come from the progressive caucus showing that democrats have come together on this impeachment effort that they are politically united in this effort were also seen 3 of those 5 remaining peter managers are nonwhite we have 2 africanamericans we have a latina congresswoman really an effort also of the democrat. Leadership in for and preparing for this upcoming trial that will be broadcast all over American Television screens and helping democrats try to make their argument to voters that the prosecution of the skate case is an extension of the voice of the American People and all of their diversity so that argument can be made as well and of course all of this isnt keeping in mind exactly what images will last and what in what will be remembered as part of this trial and of course the show is so to speak begins this very day one season peter managers are confirmed in a resolution vote before the full house later today we will see them holding the articles of impeachment in envelopes and parading through the steps of congress from one side of the u. S. Capitol where the house of representatives needs to the other side where the senate has its chambers and that will be a very ceremonial affair which will kick off then the next phase of this impeachment idea many thanks indeed how does your cast from capitol hill this go live to the white house our White House Correspondent Kelly Holcomb is with this killer whale is going to start by saying that the president has been characteristically quiet on twitter this morning. And then 4 minutes ago up at the top so you want me to read it or do you want to read it rather i showed the. You can have the you know here we go again he says another job by the do nothing democrats all of this work was supposed to be done by the house the senate. Yeah so heres what i make about all of all of this as i listen to nancy pelosi as weve now got this tweet from the u. S. President what weve seen here is the battle that has been going on and percolating for about 4 weeks now and that is how to shape the senate trial and we heard there from the democrats as they presented their case as sensually giving it kind of the last ditch effort to say we want to hear from witnesses pointing to the republicans saying that theyre trying to engage in a cover up and what we need is for this information to come out the question became how does the president when this trial happens how is he going to try to exert his influence because we certainly saw it in the house not only did we see him blocking a pietschmann testimony but we also saw him as witnesses were testifying tweeting in real time somewhat allege it was witness intimidation well it appears the president is planning as we saw this coming down of the president tweeting that hes planning to weigh in on this once again and that is what republicans are having this very difficult sort of balancing act in all of this in the senate to try and figure out they need to look objective like theyre having a fair trial they need to potentially call these witnesses democrats argue but democrats are also playing a dangerous game because you heard there in some of the questioning if democrats get their witnesses they want to hear from some key members of the trumpet ministration like pretention the secretary of state might pump a 0 the National Security adviser former john bolton all very damaging for the president but republicans could call hunter biden the son of former Vice President joe biden questions could surface about why he was sitting on a at a board of an Energy Company when the former Vice President was overseeing ukraine policy so in the midst of all this were seeing this back and forth i think its safe to assume from the president s tweet that he is in a way weighing in early and plans to do so throughout this trial that has had. Jocasta reported is set to really kick off early next week aljazeera White House Correspondent kelly how could they live in washington kimberly many thanks bruce fied is a former United States associate Deputy Attorney general he helped draft the article of impeachment against president bill clinton and joins us now live from washington a surprise we now know there will be 7 impeachment managers led by house chairman adam schiff the emphasis House Speaker pelosi said is on litigate this. I think thats a misplaced emphasis in my view the narrative is quite clear to anyone whos not clearly a blind to what everyone knows the transactional politics of mr trump what he did with regard to withholding the military aid to ukraine in exchange for soliciting some aid by the president of ukraine to help his 2020 campaign by opening a public investigation of hunter biden in his company is quite clear you dont need litigators to prove that water runs downhill what is absent is those who have a statesman who have a true mastery of the constitution remember the key words here are treason bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors like less than a standard for a clerk who is just not any constitutional violation. Like who in the well one for example would be jamie raskin hes the chairman of the subcommittee of the constitution and he teaches constitutional law i happen to know jamie but he is far superior to others and grasping the nature of Impeachable Offenses i dont i agree that theres not a whole surplus of those who command the constitution because weve become a constitutional illiterate society but at least there ought to be an attempt to seek to appoint people like jamie raskin because without this larger understanding of what the nature of a high crime and misdemeanor is people say well its ukraine so what it if we didnt give the money to ukraine it probably be squandered anyway and its not a danger to our National Security you need to understand why the president is quite dangerous here the other element that also struck me is as follows bribery is clearly a justification for impeachment and earlier on in the investigation miss palosi yourself said there was a solicitation of bribery here namely President Trump solicited something of value to himself personally assistance in the 2020 campaign to influence his official act in releasing military aid to ukraine why wasnt that charge they have this vague argument of whats abuse of power. Well abuse of power is nowhere in the constitution itself so it much the tracks i think from the ability to strike strike the winning blow to say you cant dispute that bribery is an Impeachable Offense but they walked away from that in my view its because nancy pelosi d had her tactics dictated by the socalled moderate democrats who fear they could lose the 2020 Reelection Campaign because they are socalled trying districts versus always good to talk to you many thanks indeed for being with us bruce find that in washington. Irans president has reiterated his call for all foreign troops to leave the middle east and some rouhani said that american troops are not safe in the region for the 1st time hes also warned that european soldiers may be in danger. Stop making mistakes return to the way we are ready return and choose a path that leads to the stability and security of the region an american trooper today is insecure and tomorrow the european soldier may face the same insecurity lets establish security we dont want insecurity in the world we want to get out of this region of course not by war but by wisdom lets walk a path that is to the interest of the world and the region. Of those comments come out to germany france and britain called for action against iran for violating the 2015 nuclear deal but president rouhani accuses the signatories of failing to respect the Nuclear Agreement and with calls for more protests at home irans president is urging National Unity demonstrates this angry military admits it that it shot down a ukrainian plane off the days of denial lets go live now to tell us towards jabari is they would make of that speech to listen. Well this is a speech by a president who is trying to both calm the general public domestically and also to have some strong words for the International Community i think ronnie was trying to say to the european signatories that this is unacceptable for iran the iranians have maintained that they are abiding by the Nuclear Agreement but since the United States withdrew from it in 2018 the europeans have an account there and that the bargain and that is why iran has taken the measures that it has over the past year to scale back its commitments and the most serious one was announced just january 5th where they said that they are enrichment capabilities will no longer be limited to what was agreed to under the way and that is what has prompted the european signatories to trigger this dispute resolution mechanism this is all as a result of what many here believe to be the escalating tensions between iran and the United States since the head of irans revolutionary guards force was assassinated him back that by the u. S. Government awesome so the money was killed there by u. S. Air strike and the iranians say that they will return to their commitments under the j. C. They will return to full compliance when the european signatories uphold their end of the deal so this back and forth continues and now the president at the same time urging the rainy and public to be with him to continue to show that the country is united at a time when there is very very much divisions among the ordinary iranians and the establishment they say that the allies theyve been fed when it came to the downing of that passenger plane the Ukrainian Airline is something that is being very very difficult for people to fathom why their government would choose to not tell them the truth so for now the president is trying to calm both the domestic audience as well as an International One observer as to. What he thinks do. Qatars foreign minister is in baghdad to try to deescalate tensions after the u. S. Airstrike that killed thats operating in general in iraq 100. 00 been under lockdown ben just thought he has called on all sides to respect iraqi sovereignty. And what. This visit comes at a critical time witnessed by iraq and the region my visit aims at having talks with these excellent see the foreign minister of iraq about how to keep iraq away from conflict tensions are all over the place and everyone and every country have to decrease tensions are together with some friendly countries trying to decrease the tension we have made some contacts internationally for more consultations with our allies today we see signs of decreasing tensions and we hope these continues i was there as imran khan is following the visit he says there seems to be a huge emphasis on unity. Judging by the language that both Foreign Ministers use the key word that kept being used was sovereignity iraqs sovereignty and this is a very crucial moment in iraqs history where people here are actually very worried that the u. S. And iran will use this as a battleground for their fight and now many iraqis that you speak to are looking to outsiders to try and help us certainly here in the Foreign Ministry i was speaking to people before the press conference began and the other word that was being used was crucial this was a crucial visit for the iraqis to try and calm down tensions now remember shaikh to me. Was actually in tehran just a few days ago he held meetings with all the key players there and now his foreign minister is in baghdad with the same message that things need to be run down so it looks like qatar is getting involved it looks like cattle has a message to bring to the people of iraq and the leaders of iraq and after this visit to the Foreign Ministry will be meeting with the speaker of the parliament the president and the Prime Minister joining me now in the studio majid ansari a professor of political sociology at consol University Thanks for being with us weve got the foreign minister then in baghdad right now amir was the 1st National Leader to visit iran following the assassination of sort of money. What are we to make of. What is it up to what is what is its strategy well i think i mean after the incidents of the last 2 weeks its been very clear that theres a need for mediation between the United States and iran so you can avoid military conflict in the region and it is in no partys interest to see well milty conflict happening on the course of the persian gulf so. Like any other player in the region attempting to deescalate the situation defused the situation of course usually. Players like oman and iraq could be more involved but obviously for the sake of this these events cannot be a mediator between the 2 powers as it is a party to whats happening in the region and oman as just been faced by the death of. Sultan sultan and therefore is not in a state where it can be actively immediately in the 2 the 2 powers and certainly qatar is in a unique place for this 1st of all its own on the front lines of any direct conflict between iran and the United States but its also has good in normal relations with both parties very strong strategic relations with them which makes up out in the right place to handle this kind of media given the message that will have been given to the emir of qatar to translate transmit back to washington obviously we dont know what what this message will be but im quite sure that at least from the from the iranian side there is much concern in saving face but in the same time not reaching a situation where there is direct conflict with the United States where the iranians want is a way to make sure that its not seen as weakness from the iranian side would happen and that state backs up and they get something out of it from the from the american side its very clear that this is an Election Year they dont want to see any real war in the region but in the same time they want an election win for trump through having their audience concede cassar of course is big located at the moment by several of the neighboring countries around it given the gas field with iran to sanctions on iran impact economically is it in its economic interests to act as mediator of course theres no direct impact of the sanctions on economy as you know that the shared field with iran is not we dont produce in cooperation with the iranian. Its a whole separate operation on both sides however the main interest here is that that is country as everyone knows you know it hosts at a data base that tell us the American Forces that had a good base and they sent command for that from the american side but it also has a base relation with iran that they arent the only country now from its neighbors that i would like to use its air space so obviously the economy will be hit harder there than a direct conflict between iran and then i say it but also any conflict in the region would not leave any d player untouched obviously they said well go to target any country that has hosts american interests and that is only one of them at all to kuwait saudi arabia u. A. E. Everybody is in that target good still to professor but he thanks again for being with us more on the story we told you about way back at the beginning of this news awesome what 15 minutes ago the resignation of the entire russian government just hours after the president s state of the nation address live each its lead analyst of the moscow based think tank center of actual politics he joins us now live from moscow the thanks for being with us i know youve had to be very patient you could youve been sitting there all the way through our coverage of nancy pelosi the. Media briefing is this move by the government really about shifting power from the presidency to the legislature or is the way to pave the way for president putin to stay in power. Well it is not so much about shifting power from one brains to another as about the political transition in russia that has been in the planning for months and actually for more than a year according to the russian constitution which is a cure and president ial term his force is supposed to and in 2024 now and that is 4 years from now but the russian leadership would like to take care of that transition beforehand and so we have seen to day the fiercest movements political movements and proposals along those lines. Being discussed in front of the nations governors parliamentary members and their dignity is and so the president president bush in essentially seeks to stay in control of the russian political field even after he may leave the office of the president and so to do that he needs a different position which he can use where he can still have leverage over russias political goings on ok and todays proposals include the constitutional referendum or the fix of the issues 60 set of them are political said it is 67 will he ever retire from public life or is he doing what kazik stands for president has done. Rearranging things in the background so that he keep his hand on the levers of power in some sort of back room back room role for as long as possible. We have seen that type of political arrangement in the number of countries from chad in there with down in even leaning essentially in control of the situation that even after leaving office we have seen as you correctly mansion the situation in the brain kazakhstan where the former now former president was out by a step down and was replaced by the quiet but at the same time theres a buyer still it is still the. Levers of control over kazakhstan split goes here and this is where the russian president seems to be interested in going. In the next in the next years he is interested in continuing to. Have control to exercise control over russias political sphere even after he is chairman expires or even after he officially leaves office victor and so all of these arrangements i want to watch the words im sorry to interrupt until i want to ask you one more question and were very tight for time here president putin says that hes going to put the constitutional changes to it to a public referendum how will the public vote they wont will proves it. Its a good question on how the questions in there are fair and im going to be structured is it going to be just one question. On agreeing or disagreeing with the proposed constitutional amendments or is each is each issue that is being proposed going to be put into a separate question now if theres going to be one single question then it will be much easier for the government for the kremlin to get what it once and for the people to vote its way if the questions are going to be if the issues are going to be divided then there could be more there could be a more complex it could be more difficult there are there are some issues actually that we have not discussed but that are also important for example which in proposed to the during his speech that russia does not have to abide by by a rulings of international. Bodies International Courts such as the European Court thinks even though its im sorry but it is also going to we are often quite out of sight victor levitt. 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