The chair of the House Intelligence Committee is a possibility thank you very much mike hanna in washington Claire Finkelstein is professor of law and flaws of the at the university of Pennsylvania Law School and joins says on skype from philadelphia great to have you on the program thank you very much now i want to ask just in the grand scheme of things how significant are these allegations and what kind of repercussions could we see from this or is it something thats likely to be swept under the rug as weve seen so many times at the at trumps white house. This is an enormous story possibly the biggest story of this presidency because 1st of all its arguably the 1st time that a whistle blower action has been filed against the president if indeed thats what this action is as we now are coming to understand. And there are extensive protections that are required by law for whistleblowers to enable them to bring Important Information of corruption to light so 2nd of all there would be as
Through here over the next couple of days maybe seeing another 2300. 00 millimeters of rain that will be some flooding some sharp shadows further north as well up towards the plains pushing across the canadian prairies and here is going to really set in as we go on through saturday again you could see some localized flooding that wet weather that we have in the south will not its way up across soccer so i play home or maybe even into parts of new mexico as well so this is that is fodder dry sward 30 celsius in they say 28 in new york and to the west of that will generally not so bad just notice some snow showing up over the iraqis this days meanwhile comedown is the caribbean and its a fair old mix actually a fair bit of wet weather in place here some while alive the showers driving their way in the cross a good part of the all is just about anywhere to say some showers some longer spells of rain the wetter weather will not its way little further west which as we go on through saturday
Into italy some shop showers all messy some heavy downpours as well sliding further southwards in east was it picking up the northwest leaving the cool direction of course with the temperatures around 14 celsius in warsaw just 90 degrees there for moscow may well i was told the western side if youre one of 20 in london not see bad 22 in paris gets better to go on into sas they could touch 24 celsius for london 28 in paris its not going to last make the most of it and of course so much weather just pushing for the Baltic States fun enjoy dance awards towards remain iot was bald garia little colder there for ankara 19 degrees celsius in the 23 for athens a chance of some showers a similar temperature there for madrid fair bit of wet weather there just across that western side of the mediterranean as some of that cloud and rain will affect the northwest of africa could see some wet weather pushing in here for the weekend. It. Welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on aljazeera
Samantha power first of all how did you get to the states . My mother a rambunctious irish doctor, athlete, humanist decided to get on the plane and run with the man she loved who was my father and they moved in 1979. The term under which he came here was that i would be raised a good Irish Catholic and can we would go back for all of our holidays a week i could be with my dad. I would not have known she would not have known that we were immigrating to this country but thats what turned out to be. Host wasnt all that simple though was the . Guest not as simple as you wish it were but it wasnt simple. I was a kid and i moved to pittsburgh the year the Pittsburgh Pirates won the world series. Everything was big and loud and there was an abundance of sugared cereals. What more could i have wanted and of course the road that i have taken since then is a reflection of what is unique still to this day about this country, the immigrant story and how you can end up going from being a little ki
Ahead of a possible Israeli Ground offensive. Also, another escalation, at least one israeli soldier has been killed in eight others injured after rockets were fired from lebanon into the city of safar. It came after a partide israel said it bombed southern lebanon overnight, and calls for banning the Israeli Regime from all Global Sports competitions gain momentum. European Parliament Member claire daily signs a petition calling on sports federations worldwide. To suspend the apartite regime until it complies with international law. So far, the u. S. Israely genocidal war on gaza has killed at least 28,00 palestinians and wounded some 69,00 others, with no sign of of the massacre ending anytime soon. Joining me to talk about it all is ammar kasmi in the studio. Ammar is legal and political analyst and worked in the Parliamentary Office of former labor mp chris williamson. And joining him via skype is dr. Nahad khanfar, a lecturer in law and politics. Gentlemen, welcome to to you both.