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To resign and with this sacred sacred fuji off limits we will meet the japanese religious order thats made a mini replica so they can keep worshiping. And or deciding that im a did. For echo throughout the world unite against Racial Injustice head of the competitions restart in florida. So starting in the United States the Supreme Court rulings on president Donald Trumps financial records which he has fought so hard to keep private the judges have decided his tax returns can be made available to prosecutors in new york but not yet to the u. S. Congress just a bit of background for you the Manhattan District Attorney wants the records as part of a criminal investigation into hush money payments made to women trump allegedly had affairs with the other ruling concerned 2 committees in the house of representatives they have been investigating potential foreign influence russian Money Laundering the judge has said that one needs to be decided by a lower courts and then we have had well theres been plenty of reaction from donald trump but this was the 1st tweet he talks about the Supreme Court sending it back to the the lower court he says its all a political prosecution and goes on to say i won the witch hunt as he calls it i have to keep fighting in a politically corrupt new york its not fair to this president or administration. Ok so heres our team covering events at the moment simply help at the white house can be im going to come to you in a moment a little more on Donald Trumps reaction and what it actually means for him Going Forward but starting with sierra tansey whos at the Supreme Court take us through. And in the simplest terms possible because i know it can get a bit complicated but the ruling and also the way that the judges voted. 7. 00 to 2. 00 in both cases including so that means that neil goals such as Brett Kavanaugh Donald Trumps appointees were in the majority in both of these cases the one that has gone against donald trump is that the new york case that you mention the the District Attorneys grand jury investigation they say they need financial records from trumps Accounting Firm to look into allegations of financial impropriety and privacy and Campaign Finance violations and other things in relation to the payment of hush money to 2. 00 women this payment happened in the run up to the election these 2. 00 women claimed that they had slept with Donald Donald trump Donald Trumps lawyers had argued this is harassment that this is a distraction from the president ial office the president is amusing prosecution while hes in office anyway but he should also be immune from from having to hand over records and be involved in these sorts of proceedings because it would be a distraction from his office and its its harassment it would give up it would allow any District Attorney in the country with a political axe to grind to start subpoenaing documents from the president just to just to bug him basically to prevent the president from doing doing his job the Supreme Court has rejected those arguments both on the Supreme Court precedents and for other reasons we had nixon handed over the watergate tapes i was rebel to subpoena bill clinton actually had a video deposition in the mormon jones case of sexual Sexual Harassment so. They actually you know theyve handed over stuff theyve actually been deposed on video so to say that a 3rd party your Accounting Firm can hand over some documents would be harassment thats a bit thats a bit much and thats so that will not go to the new york grand jury but that doesnt mean well see it the grand jurys deliberations or in private and we will not see any of that information unless unless there is a leak but then we have the the 2nd case which had the potential for making trumps closely guarded financial records public which was the various congressional committees. Ive asked for information both from from the counting firm but also from Deutsche Bank with the other bank capital one and that reasons are because we are concerned about trumps benefiting from the presidency foreign interference foreign leverage Campaign Finance violations or goes on and on and on michael current all trumps lawyer testified under oath in congress that donald trump of his organization routinely fiddled the books to suggest he had less money to the in Revenue Service attack storage fees but more money to banks so he could get more favorable for loans so the Congress Said look we need to see all this stuff to make sure that our laws are working and whether they need to be changed so theyre saying that we have alleged the reason for this. Trouble so i said wait a 2nd theres no no just the reason what legislative reason tell us what legislation has to do with this is a fishing expedition youre just trying to find dirt on donald trump to use for politically motivated reasons. That shouldnt be allowed and that seems to be sort of the see people just seem to go in the middle of that saying no wait a 2nd if there is a specific legislative purpose then congress has every right to get those records but if there isnt then they shouldnt they shouldnt be a Law Enforcement agency has Trump Lawyers rights kept saying so but the problem is though that congress in making its arguments didnt specify what laws any of this information would actually opinions upon so theyre saying go back to the lower courts and make your case again and be more specific and for the judges in the lower courts to be more careful as to whether the information thats being asked will really change legislation or whether it is actually just a politically motivated fishing expedition can i return to the point you made earlier about the new york case where you said we may not actually even see the taxes because that. Doing everything in terms of an Election Campaign and how these things can influence things before november why would we possibly not see them. The grand juries a grand jury. Is an impound of legislative function one of the many that we have here those all the proceedings are in secret but anyway actually it is precedent that a president will not be indicted anyway while while in office so even if the grand jury came to the conclusion that donald trump had done something wrong he wouldnt be indicted anyway while while he was in office thats just the way that things have worked there isnt a serial lawyer in place like that but that just is precedent so there are 2 reasons one the grand jury deliberations are in private to President Trump isnt going to be indicted while while in office not was another reason why trumps lawyer said well why do you need all this information then you cant even do anything with the District Attorney in new york said no we want the information while its fresh while it still exists in case anything happens to it but we want to get get all this information while we can while the information is actually. Because its complicated stuff and but thank you for walking us through that she had pretends hes at the Supreme Court as promised kimberly how could at the white house now kimberly she has kimberly i read one of Donald Trumps tweets out hes kind of gone on a category 5 storm since then what is his gripe if i can put it that way at the moment what is he claiming. Yeah ill get to in a 2nd i want to put a fine point on your question to should have because i have a bit of a passion for law and so when it comes to a grand jury theyre very confusing i didnt understand it till i moved to the United States myself the sole job of a grand jury is to decide if charges should be laid so the reason that we may not see this evidence the grand jury can now see is because their only job is to decide based on that evidence they review if charges should be laid once charges are potentially laid against the president then there would have to be a whole new trial 7 which the public potentially could see unless there were arguments to keep it in secret and that is when some of that evidence may come out into the Public Domain so i hope that clarifies a little bit about this timeline because we know the reels of justice move very slowly in the United States why potentially the president could allow this to be delayed meon the. Timeline if you november which is the president ial election which obviously he would want now i should add since were talking about that i have a statement from the Manhattan District Attorney who is the one pushing for all of this to happen and he says our investigation delayed for a year will resume guided by the grand jurys im going to read to the minority story. Weve got nancy pelosi speaker of the house giving a statement. Is not above the wall and that was something that was. The claims. In the decision including 2 of his recent appointment a careful illness a careful reading stream court ruling related to the president financial records is not good news for President Trump the court has reaffirmed the congresss authority to conduct oversight on behalf of the American People as it asks for further information from congress congresss constitutional responsibility to uncover the truth specifically related to the president s russia connection that he is hiding the congress will continue to conduct oversight for the people a polled in the separation of powers that is the genius of our constitution we will continue to press our case in the lower court thats what happened this morning earlier this morning for the 16th. Week in a row over 1000000 americans applied for Unemployment Insurance 16th week in a row we have to open up our economy we can only do so by killing off the virus thats what in the heroes after testing tracing treatment separation masking wash your hands keep your distance as i said that is what is in the heros act is the science all of us and its a policy moving on to some other issues now but making the point that the democrats would keep fighting this in the lower courts to try to get hold of Donald Trumps financial records so that congress can see them as opposed to just. The da in manhattan and thats what you can really work with telling us about when i handed you up what do you go back to that. Yeah i want to build on that nancy pelosi is point is she makes a good one there again for our viewers who are just joining us weve had 2 rulings one that. The in the case of the congress that they wanted to see these financial records and theyre not getting them right now in the case of the Manhattan District Attorney theyre going to have that evidence being put forward to a lower court is going to examine this case but ultimately its this grand jury thats going to likely get to see this information but we heard there nancy pelosi talking about Congressional Authority there is a constitutional mandate for the u. S. Congress to make sure that this executive branch behind me doesnt get too powerful doesnt become an imperial presidency thats these checks and balances the been put into the u. S. Constitution in order to make sure that no president gets too big for his or her britches if you will so the congress made this argument that they have a legitimate oversight responsibility to see this because they have questions about these tax returns and the court said well you didnt make a Strong Enough argument in fact the argument that was made was very clear is that Congress Really needed to put forward a better argument terms of their legislative duty and they didnt do that the argument comes down indeed the argument the house was on able to identify any type of information with some relation to potential legislation so they kind of got their hands slapped theyre going to have to go back and do their homework do a little bit more digging have a better argument and have it be based on some sort of evidence and thats what nancy pelosi is just said were going to do that we have oversight responsibility so were going to continue to do that were going to continue to make sure theres a separation of powers now quickly you want to talk about the president what hes had to say category 5 tweet storm absolutely hes criticizing the Previous Administration hes saying theres a double standard here that they spied on the campaign that. In fact he did nothing wrong he points to the 45000000. 00 spent on whether out there was russian collusion and his 2016 president ial campaign ultimately it says that there was not in that investigation but the president says you know despite all of this these political motivated charges against me he alleges that he says are really people that were not going to accept the results of a democratic election he says in spite of all that ive done more he claims and 3 and a half years than any other president president often speaks in these sort of bellicose terms very grand views of what hes done and has not done the bottom line in all of this right now i dont think its moved the bar in terms of Public Opinion those that support the president probably still do those that dont are probably still not going to support him and right now its going to take some sort of big surprise the october surprise we talk about to really change the trajectory going up to the november election great stuff from kimberly how could a White House Correspondent think you announce a mix but opinion from clear think professor of law and flaws of the university of pennsylvania also director of faculty at its center for ethics and the rule of law shes im sure a massachusetts high clear you know just while we were talking to kimberly i thought of another question and its possibly my most simple question of the day but i think its with going back to why are we even at this point dont president s or at least president ial candidates usually release their tax and financial information. Indeed they do but this president is taking the stance that he does not have to give the American People the transparency that former president s and president ial candidates have always given and so this has been a sore point both for the American People. For congress and of course for the president on the other side who keeps whitely falsely claiming that hes under audit and therefore cannot release his tax returns whats most important about todays decision is that the Supreme Court has reaffirmed made very clear that the president is not of the law he is the object to ordinary Court Procedures like nixon and clinton before him he has to allow responses to subpoenas in this case it would have been quite shocking had it gone the other way because the subpoena was issued not to the president directly but to mass our as his accountant and they were willing to comply with the subpoena of the president was trying to use his president ial privilege to block mazz ours from complying and here the Supreme Court has reaffirmed what it said in the case of nixon and clinton namely the president does not have that scope of privilege she is not able to say that he will block others from who flying he couldnt block it himself and mass artists will have to turn over tax returns and financial records to the Manhattan District Attorney for the secretary and the fact that the president s own men if i can put it that way that is the. Justices who he appointed and hes very proud of appointing republican judges all over the country not just to the Supreme Court the fact that they at least in one of these cases effectively voted against him how much of a blow is that to the president. This will be a huge blow to the president that has been off of all people the person that he fought so hard to get the nomination through in their roots so many reasons for him not to be confirmed has gone against him in this case and i think thats a measure of just how clear the law is on this point but also a measure of the fact that Justice Kavanagh recognized for their own position that it would be extremely contradictory had he not supported this case given that when he worked for ken starr in the clinton investigation i guess he sided with the sion that clinton should have answered questions about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky him in the very detailed questions so having a would have had a very hard time saying that this subpoena should not be allowed to go through though im sure that the president was counting on his support in this case i just want to read something to you and to our viewers we have heard from the new york office the District Attorneys office a statement which says in part this is a tremendous victory for our nations system of justice and its founding principle that no one not even a president is above the law or investigation which was delayed for almost a year by this lawsuit will resume guided as always by the grand jurys solemn obligation to follow the law and the facts wherever they may lead so new york happy with that one as they would be clear but as he talks about the process being ongoing i mean this is its sort of one of those how long is a piece of string things that could just carry on and on remember and weve got an election in november. That is the problematic side of this decision what the court has done is to remand the case to the District Court and so trump will try to make some additional arguments at that point that were not raised in the record above i think hes going to have a very hard time of it especially in the face of a 72 decision that makes clear that this was not a close call. I am not at all clear what arguments he will try to raise but it does mean that theyll be some additional. Court appearances some additional arguments in briefs filed i think that the District Court is very likely to take its cue from the Supreme Court and to order that the financial records be released to the van its important to bear in mind that doesnt mean that the American Public and the world at large are going to be able to see those thats what points in favor of the Manhattan District Attorney is that grand jury proceedings are secret and so the material that mass arias will have to produce now will very likely not see the light of day because its very important to protect grand jury secrecy but what it does mean is that the president and the Trump Organization can now be more thoroughly investigated by a manhattan grand jury to see if any crimes were committed ride one of the you are speakers earlier says that it wont result results in the president be indicted im not so sure about that if there is clear evidence of criminality in the president s behavior of the behavior of the Trump Organization especially in that case there is actually no constitutional principle that says that a sitting president cant be indicted. He can certainly be investigated and very possibly he could be indicted before he leaves office depending on what the grand jury finds number one rule expect the unexpected with this president isnt it clear finkelstein always a pleasure talking to you thank you thank you for having me thats our big story this thursday but the rest of the days news is coming up. We cannot push hed we cannot. Piece line of behavior un special rapporteur says the u. S. Killing in january of a top Iranian Military leader by drone sets a dangerous precedent. To 2 nights of protests over a possible weekend lockdown serbias government backtracked and says it wont happen and in sports atlanta continue their push for Champions League qualification. Right now the military Coalition Fighting yemens hooty rebels have destroyed 2 explosive laden boats in the red sea Saudi State Television reported the destruction of the vessels which it said happened south of the yemeni port of sunday if the 2 remotely controlled boats were threatening navigation so the coalition says. To libya where the un recognized government says it found the prison used by the warlord Khalifa Haftar to torture its opponents the government leaders in tripoli are calling on the u. N. To investigate mass graves discovered near the prison and. Forces of the government of national called capture the city from afters fighters back in our correspondent in. It he tells us whats believed to have gone on inside that prison. This is one of the prisons that was used by forces loyal to the world have to are in the city of lahore now in these very tiny sils they used to keep their opponents including Government Forces captives and also all civilians from to horn a whole paused the military rule and the City Government officials here and to who are now tell us that some of those who were kept here or killed and voted in the mass graves that were found recently in the city of horne or others were transferred to other notorious prisons and that have those forces in the east of the country now the crimes committed would have to his forces in and around the city of the horn including the mass graves and also the torture of in such prisons is being looked into by International Justice organizations and the International Criminal court is due to send a team to libya to investigate their war crimes including the mass graves and other crimes also that were committed by have to his forces over the past year now government officials here tell us that they also found blood in in and around this prison and also they suspect that there are some victims who are killed and buried in the vicinity of this prison with us not to talk about this one a Senior Research or a Human Rights Watch and get more onto i guess what could happen as a result of this what sort of investigations but the fact that this has been uncovered in the 1st post does it surprise you to any great level we we refer to him as a war dont we. So this latest revelation about this prison that was found is obviously one of the very many items on a very long list of violations that have been committed by forces either lawyer or affiliated with kind of have to from Eastern Libya and this this latest play this prison obviously does not in any way constitute by any measure acceptable standards i have seen a very similar set up if not an exact same almost replica of this place in benghazi in 2050 in another prison and i would say that its incredibly disturbing i would also say that this fight self constitutes torture would this type of news be enough to affect those who support or the battle lines so well drawn and so entrenched already in libya of they would support him regardless. I sincerely doubt that since 2000 since the beginning of this conflict in april of 2019 we have not seen any willingness to step down or step back from support to fight half that and i have to say that you know the other side as well we have not seen that the parties supporting the government of National Accord despite their being by nations as well have stepped back but i do see that there is now finally at least a small small possibility to give us to give us hope that Human Rights Council in geneva has agreed to dispatch a Fact Finding Mission to libya to have a mandate of one year and this is exactly this kind of situation where this kind of incident with the prison or what your colleague mentioned regarding the armored graves and in and around ted who are now that they need to be investigating we need a very robust investigation of violations that are committed by all sides obviously in libya we also need an attribution of responsibility this has been a huge problem that you know all of these attacks and all of these civilians who were killed were killed by unnamed or unhurt people or groups and also we hope that this Fact Finding Mission will preserve evidence for future accountability. You are an expert in libya so lets talk more widely about the conflict itself for over a year after his forces pushed forward pushed closer and closer to tripoli and the tide is completely turned now do does he have a does he have a future in this battle or is he completely on the back foot now. Everybody whos worked in libya as long as i have or others have worked longer in libya know that its not over until its over as i said i have not seen any that any of the parties the foreign parties specifically who are supporting either the government of National Accord in tripoli or the Libyan Armed Forces led by Khalifa Haftar meaning you know russia that you egypt politically france until now on the other side turkey have taken a step back and are willing to scale back the this ferocious. Battle really that that that has ensued we have i have not seen that and i do not see at this point what kind of what could change that i have not seen anybody really. Caring about the really reckless way in which this fight has been fought especially when so many civilians who are injured and killed critical civilian infrastructure that was destroyed the laying of internationally pivoted land mines in civilian areas the use of cluster bombs that are internationally prohibited the summary execution of a fighter its the disappearance of people so these are really a few of the of the very Major Concerns that we have and i have not seen any readiness to to scale back at least these violations or any incentive and i think the issue here is that there has been major game playing at the level of the u. N. Security council covering for the different parts of the conflict and nobody really willing to. You know to do anything about that and to bring in accused a measure of accountability on sort of some Human Rights Watch we really appreciate your expertise thank you for joining us thank you. Now the un special rapporteur on extra judicial killings has presented her annual report to the Human Rights Council and has raised concerns about the growing use of armed drones for targeted killings and its kalama had earlier declared the u. S. Drone strike in january that killed the top iranian general counsel the man as illegal she says now is the time though to regulate drones fearing some countries are using them without any accountability drawn so are becoming healthier speedier smaller more lethal and can be or parried to by teams located thousands of kilometers away and in my opinion in the opinion of all the experts so you have consultant over the last 6 months these is bringing the world to a critical point in regulating the use of armed drones and the use of force who arent drones more with the in. A way on paper at least for iran here. Thats exactly right kemal the iranian government here at the time of qassam so the moneys killing there was an outpouring of grief there was an outpouring of anger by government officials as well as the public this was after all one of the most popular public figures in the country perhaps in the history of the Islamic Republic of iran so certainly this ruling what we still havent really heard from iranian leaders this time around it seems that theyre letting the un special rapporteur tourers findings do the talking for them theyre really letting this breathe at the moment and certainly it will be supporting the sort of legal arguments that the iranian government is making for pursuing a legal case in the International Courts against the United States for justice for cars and so money the Foreign Ministry has said that it is looking into at least 40. 00 people americans and non americans that were involved in this coordinated effort they say to assassinate this beloved general and what were what were seeing here is certainly d the u. N. Supporting irans legal arguments for legal action that we will likely see a drawn out over a long period of time in the future now the United States has said that the findings of this report are dishonest and theyve characterize it as giving a pass to terrorists and this really gives us a sense of how the u. S. Sees iran iran is still considered by washington especially this government as a state sponsor of terror but the uns findings the u. N. Special ops findings calling this an unlawful killing of an iranian official this really reinforces how iranians see themselves how this government sees itself as a member of a club of nations and as a legitimate Regional Power whose officials both civilian and in this case military deserve to be recognized as legitimate same thank you for that update from teheran. So the Prime Minister has asked the government to resign the bring large protests in recent weeks demanding faster reform of course the country transition into wards democracy. Was ousted last year here morgan has more from. Weve seen people lining up for bread and fuel people have been complaining about the shortage of fuel especially gasoline saying that they have to stand in line for hours sometimes these to be able to fill up the car tanks weve also seen people queuing up for bread now that is what triggered antigovernment protests in 2018 that eventually led to the former president im going to show you weve also seen over the past few weeks the governments response to the coronavirus pandemic a lot of people have criticized the government saying that the lockdown that was imposed was not advocate and that not enough studies have been made especially with regards to those who have limited income and who rely on day to day work to be able to feed their families so lots of criticism weve also seen on the 30th of june hundreds of thousands of people around the country taking to the streets demanding the government correct the power of the revolution and their demands that they came out for which was freedom peace and justice so they were saying that the government has been moving off track and that this track needs to be corrected and that the government needs to deliver aspirates promised when it came to power in august 29th seen lots of pressure on this Transitional Government which eventually led to the fall into the Prime Minister to dismiss most of the most of the power of the ministers and to replace them with caretakers until new ministers are appointed. Democratic republic of congo at least 4 people have been killed during increasingly violent protests rival factions are rallying in the capital kinshasa hundreds of the president s supporters marched through the streets there were some tussles with police the latest protest started after an official whos accused of rigging past votes was then named chairman of the Electoral Commission following this from one from nairobi catherine i mean i can understand why people would be concerned about that appointment and its clearly a flashpoint but one of the deeper issues here. What people are also concerned about the quietly showing itself they feel that the president. Is not in charge basically because he doesnt control much of the main important institutions like the senate in parliament. President former president Joseph Kabila square lieschen called the f. C. C. Has the numbers is in control of those bodies including provinces he has a majority governors as well so a lot of supporters of you d. P. s which is the party led by the president saying that they feel that the. Side of the quote is in a weaker position they feel that its a junior partner they feel that former president bill is a side of the quietly show and is the one that seems to be running affairs so as you mentioned one of our colleagues was in a hospital official there. That 4 people have been killed in this protest including a police officer. Officials all of that you d. P. S. Party are blaming police of using live bullets on protesters and as you mentioned they are the issue right now is this appointment of the Electoral Commission president who they say i was part of the team that presided over the disputed election in 20000 they say they do not want him and they are going to keep coming to the streets until that is changed to catherine we have this governing coalition in the d. L. C. Tell us more about the tensions within it. Yes i mean ive been speaking to a lot of people in the d. R. C. And what theyre saying that it seems this. Former president kabila and president you see kate equalization was doomed from the very start it seems that the kennedy was for forced into this coalition is forced to make this agreement because as i mentioned before when he took over the leadership of the country he did not have a lot of control on important boards like the senate and parliament the f. C. C. Which is the former president corelation has all those numbers so he had to form this coalition is that at least he can run the country back to weve been seeing in the last few months a lot of people critics of this coalition and supporters of just a kennedy saying that it seems that president former president kabila side of the coalition is running country as the as the old so some influential members of that Coalition Led by. Trying to pull some changes on the constitution. And political processes to benefit them and over the last few weeks and months weve seen a president ial ticket you really trying to a sacked hes authority by even posing and rejecting some of these proposals that have been made saying that they are detrimental to the people of the d r c ive spoken to analysts though who are saying that president just cant do right now does its not in a very good position again he does not have by gaining power but come on the thousands of people who are in the streets today thousands of cheesecake at the supporters are saying look we are the but gaining power and we are going to keep coming to the streets until our voices are hard. With the latest on events in democratic republic of congo. Serbia has decided to not go ahead with plans to impose a weekend coronavirus lockdown after 2 days of protests thousands of people tried to storm the parliament on wednesday night after the lockdown plans were initially announced it also led to wider anger over the governments handling of the pandemic the president has blamed wednesdays violence on hooligans do some hard cynical it from al jazeera balkans with us now in belgrade is this likely to actually satisfy the protesters and make them happy. No it is not likely because even on wednesday the president or sorry on thursday the president after the 1st night of protest announce that probably the curfew for the capital of serbia belgrade will not be imposed or rainbow is up there the measures being same measure but was taken in the march of this year but nevertheless the protests the were held even yesterday and they were as violent as they were on wednesday night so today over the social media people are again organizing and calling each other to come out this evening on the streets of belgrade to continue with this. Because well one of the one of the reason theyre going out on the streets is the does because theyre demanding a change of power you know the change of power in serbia by the fire the elections were here in this country just those 2 weeks ago and president bush returned his party won the election but people are now the money the change of power because of the poor way theyre dealing with the coby crisis today even the opposition leaders had the press conference in the raid and they said that there they underlined that theyre not the organizers of these protests but the protesters and the demonstrators are coming out to the streets of belgrade. By their own well theyre not organized nevertheless they say theyre supporting the protests are they supporting the protests and they hold as the protests will continue in the following days and that the protests will produce something good for the opposition and for the people of. Serbia because many of them see alex on that which is somewhat as a dictator and a man who sees all the power in this country so we will see what happened this afternoon this this evening every day people are expecting that its going to be calm but it was violent than today people all over the social media are calling each other to go out and sit on the streets so that they feel that theres a way they will show that they want calm protests to protest against the government and president bush to send a covert measures is an adze nicolaides she in belgrade thank you. Were back to our developing story in the past hour or so and that is the u. S. Supreme court ruling the president Donald Trumps financial records can be released to new york prosecutors but not to congress at least yet the speaker of the house of representatives does not see pelosi she says the path the Supreme Court has laid out is achievable in the lower courts careful reading stream court ruling related to the president financial records is not good news for President Trump the court has reaffirmed the congresss authority to conduct oversight on behalf of the American People as it asks for further information from congress congresss constitutional responsibility to uncover the truth to ship italy related to the president russia connection that he is hiding the congress will continue to conduct oversight for the people polled in the separation of powers that is the genius of our constitution we will continue to press our case has Lenny Mcallister now former congressional candidate for the Republican Party in our republican commentator hes in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania lenny do you agree with what Speaker Pelosi is saying there that even though this has been kicked down to the lower courts that there is life left in the congressional case. I think that there probably is going to be some life in the congressional case moving forward from this but its very interesting because its a defeat in mummer car for donald trump but at the same time were already in july he can basically wind down the clock like he didnt 2016 and still get this kicked past the election which is primarily what he and his team are looking to do so theres a little bit of wind for everybody now from a congressional standpoint looking into 20222024 this can still be an Evergreen Campaign issue that the speaker of the house can use moving forward that can help democrats make their case rebuild their brand move forward so it seems as though theres a little bit for everybody there initially looks like a defeat for donald trump the person even for the presidency in regards to what the president can and cannot do but again its still on a clock that he could still manage in order to get past november from a republican perspective is it what was your feeling the fact that with the 72 majority in the ruling the fact that Donald Trumps men the ones he appointed to the Supreme Court voted against him here is that a real blow for him something he would quell him and he takes most things personally to be fair. He does take most things personally but this it should be something that actually all americans look at and find a victory in for themselves that more often than not people see the the Supreme Court as being highly politicized these days to see some strange bedfellows from tom and tom i know that previously you have both Justice Thomas and just the sort of my or reexamining qualified immunity when it comes to Police Interactions thats something you would normally see theyre on opposite ends of the spectrum when you see these strange bedfellows it should be a reassurance to americans that these justices are looking at the constitution not looking at contemporary politics now yes President Trump going to be upset because hes going to say that quote unquote his guys let him down at the same exact time its a victory for america because the constitution still is a document that is a guiding principle for over 300000000 of us not necessarily this different set of rules depending on who you are and what title you have is it a an election issue then and i just wonder with only a few months really to the election the its the type of issue which will affect it or is it sort of too complicated and possibly over a lot of peoples heads. It depends on what gets a leaked we all well know there is what you should do what should come out of a court case and then of course what ends up hitting the paper quote unquote miraculously as a leak if that comes out in lets say the end of september or in october it could be an issue at the same exact time were dealing with teflon don this is a guy they had a sex scandal come out in october of 2016 and he still got elected he had other things that were very very problematic leading up through 2015 all the way through 2016 that were highly problematic and he still got elected so they could be problems but they dont necessarily have to be problems because of the nature of this president and the nature of his supporters that have been along for the ride pretty much since he came down the escalator in 2015 let me count 6 very interesting talking to you great to get your thoughts thank you thank you god bless dont official the Talibans Political Office here in doha has denied allegations that russia offered money to kill american soldiers in afghanistan the reports of alarmed u. S. Lawmakers with democrats calling for sanctions and a full intelligence briefing donald trump for the record has denied he was ever in forms and some of been devoted spoken to the talibans. About the reports so how true is it that the taliban were getting bounties from the russians to kill american soldiers. A lot of them this particular matter was fabricated by Afghan Intelligence based on confessions obtained by force and violence from prisoners to say that theyve received money in benefits from russia to fight the americans this is totally baseless the intelligence of the Kabul Administration has tortured the prisoners to get these confessions and to create a story and to report to the world while everything is comprehensively baseless no one can prove that the taliban got bounties and military assistance is from moscow but it is not just a plan intended into that it is also coming from u. S. Intelligence sources at a time when the United States wants to leave a blunder in the nanny state is negotiating with you why would they lie. In the moment of that. We cant talk on their behalf and they can answer this question but when it comes to the intelligence of the Kabul Administration i can say that they want the americans and the Foreign Forces to stay in afghanistan and this is the reason behind their lies about the american withdrawal that will pave the way for russians to come back to the country. That full interview is the subject of the next talk to al jazeera which you can see it for 30 hours g. M. T. Saturday on aljazeera irans total number of confirmed coronavirus cases has passed a quarter of a 1000000 more than 220 people died in the last day pushing the total death toll past 12000 the relaxing of lockdown measures has seen a spike in new infections president Hassan Rouhani has announced new punishments though for people not Wearing Masks and workplaces that dont implement social distancing the number of americans filing for Unemployment Benefits is continuing to fall but it still high 1300000 claims were made last week which was down slightly from the week before the u. S. Has seen a steady slowdown in layoffs as the states have reopened but nearly 90000000 workers are still without jobs. The World Health Organizations put together an independent panel to scrutinize its handling of the pandemic donald trump is of course severing u. S. Ties with the w. H. O. Is accused of failing to respond quickly enough and just being a puppet for china the organization is reject the big allegations but says theres still much to investigate our systems were not ready our communities were not ready our supply chain school lapsed its time for a very honest reflection all of our eyes must look in the mirror w. To every member state all involved in the response everyone were in the midst of this bottle the bottle of our lives and we have to do better authorities in russia have dug a trench around a small village as it tries to contain an outbreak of coronavirus there dozens of residents in the remote siberian village of been infected so no ones allowed to leave and only medical workers and food deliveries are allowed in the trenches are in place to discourage tourists from entering the village. Its a busy news hour on aljazeera but weve got time for some sports ana thank you very much a Major League Soccer has made its return is the 1st north american immensely get to resume since the koran a virus that locked up the comeback game was preceded by a pall full anti racism protests and there were 2000 reports. A silent gesture that Major League Soccer hopes will echo throughout the world black players for change has been formed to help fight Racial Injustice both inside and outside of the m. L. S. And more than 100 players from different teams stood side by side ahead of the leaks restarts. It was beautiful to see you know all the players come together on the field like that as one being on the field i could tell you very powerful so you know put my 1st the coronavirus is the more immediate challenge for the league all seems a based on a socalled quarantine bubble within the disney World Resorts in florida for this tournament and no fans are allowed to attend games but one same f. C. Dallas has already dropped out due to the high number of positive tests within the squad this sort of medicine thats important to our way but anytime we believe that anything is going to happen thats going to threaten their health and safety and were going to have to have it make decisions you know were operating in this new code world and we knew that there were going to be some some risk and there were going to be some things that we would have to address on the fly the us cant rely on a plan that would work in a league in germany or south korea or even spain or italy because we simply have way more cases and its a numbers game ok the more cases you have the more likely a case is to sneak in to will be. After the regular season was halted in march this also not 25. 00 team events will culminate in a final in early August Orlando city beating into miami to. The warm and the leagues comeback fixture. Was to be different you know i was waiting for this moment for so long we have been working hard its always difficult when you you stay for so long time without playing a game the m. L. S. Has top level basketball plans for neighbors the n. B. A. League is aiming to restart with a similar set up at the end of this month and the richardson aljazeera. Barcelona have kept their hopes of winning the Spanish League title alive a single goal from new s. Y. S. Was enough for them to beat espanyol and move within a point of League Leaders real madrid the result means espanyol and now be relegated real can restore their 4 point advantage when they play our left is on friday as anticipate a run of form and italy has continued they beat some doria to an el to extend their winning run in syria to 9 games atalanta have already reached the quarter finals of the seasons Champions League and are looking good to guarantee a spot in the competitions in next edition this victory took them up to 3rd in the table. And liverpool have stayed on course to break the English Premier League points record after 31. 00 win over Brighton Liverpool have 92. 00 points with 4 games left in their season and just a citys 100. 00 point total is the record theyre aiming to beat when i think about 92 points that have been ok how could we get 97 last year its unbelievable and. So thats unbelievable and we need it in moments like last year against newcastle and or last minute stuff like this is how it is almost you have to. Do tonight again. Chris froome is to leave the team where he won 4 Tour De France titles from is to end his decade long stay at simi on an else and will join israel startup but a nation next year britain will compete for in ales at this years tour which is set to begin at the end of august australias Olympic Committee has paid tribute to 2 time World Champion snowboarder alex wellen who died on wednesday at the age of 32 on a scene here wearing the red to on his way to the world title in 2011 was australias flag where at the 2014 Winter Olympics and drowned while spear fishing on the coast of queensland. His impact is being huge yeah globally because not only his performances but almost every person i meet i know that there is a sense of great loss amongst the community have a say so as well as here obviously have thoughts and feelings that his family his friends his loved ones devastated i and we sadly missed. Now why the delay the baseball season gets underway in just 2 weeks in north america and all the players have been given fans plenty to chair in south korea on says day the. Twins in seoul 4 malkan the fed ex picture. Gave up on the 2 hits in 7 scoreless innings was striking out 8. For 9 this who used to play for the l. A. Angels was also in good form he smashed his 10 home run of the season on route 6 to nothing when. As i was full from well have more for you later on at 18 people for knowledge about to come up sign a thank you it will see you then for the 1st time japan has closed mt fuji 2 hikers can tank ivan one tame the volcano is a favorite amongst climbers but sacred for those who believe it holds special religious significance and so they found a way to keep worshipping as i asked her to reports. Sculpted and shaped by fountains of years of eruptions mount fuji considered by many to be the perfect book a know has been venerated for generations as the home of the counts each year hundreds of thousands of people as send it slopes among them many worshippers on a religious pilgrimage but with the climbing trails closed this season believers have to find different ways to worship its cold hoochie to come a miniature replica of the volcano located in the heart of tokyo. Created and maintained by the 450 year old whose equal religious association it allows followers to be bestowed with the same blessings as climbing mount fuji itself and with the volcanoes closure its never been more important to this religious order and its chief priest who meo shes you know who is suitably philosophical about the situation skewed out there maybe mount fuji needed a break were going to quietly watch over the mountain as it rests for a year only on deep below the silent beauty lies a Destructive Force in spite of being silent for 300 years it is still an active volcano. Numerous shrines in circle it took like 8 the fire spirits with eruptions believed to be the work of the gods and water flowing from the peak their blessing mt fuji was granted in a school World Heritage status in 2013 it was designated as a cultural site recognizing it not just as a natural wonder but as an icon that sing grain into Japanese Culture entering an emerging from the caves when the volcano is believed to be a symbolic act of rebirth we are many steps we take to climb the mountain in a state we take you now daily lives is the same i do it with great care and i put my heart into it in a time of such uncertainty because of the pandemic where she know each step becomes a prayer to peace to unpredictable forces of nature. I asked a corrupt aljazeera tokyo. Were back in a couple of minutes here on aljazeera the latest reaction to that ruling from the Supreme Court in the United States regarding Donald Trumps finances economic. July 9095 the summer that witnessed one of the worst crimes of the 20th century. The massacre of thousands of. Special coverage of the 25th anniversary of the sort of but i mean its not genocide. They signed up for a luxury cruise but some would never come ha. Ha ha ha ha oh hold on i want to investigate some new zealand didnt leave oaktree no eruption on al jazeera. We know whats happening in our region we know how to get the plate that others and all i was done but only if youre a guy by the footy the only purpose i did the iraq had that time any programming and go live on the amazon to go live to where another boy that may not be mainstream is happening and fires theres still no more negative you are going to be by. The way that you cal death story isnt what can make a difference were talking about ivory poachers who have decimated populations of elephants in africa they almost always ship the ivory out of a different country from where it was poached because thats where you start your search to look in the wrong place this radiocarbon dating method tell us their trade of ivory is to be able or not then we have a place who can focus Law Enforcement on take those out and perhaps choke the source of the ivory from entering the network take no one else is there. Its not good news for President Trump the court has reaffirmed the congresss authority to conduct oversight on behalf of the American People the u. S. Supreme court is the president dont trump asked to turn over his tax and other financial records to a new prosecutor but not yet to congress