this is al jazeera. hello again i'm peter w. watching the news live from sixty minutes of news and comment today. saudi arabia says it shot down a ballistic missile over its capital riyadh fired from yemen by who see rebels. iran stands accused of supplying that who sees with weapons and tuesday's launch came only hours before the u.n. security council met to discuss iran's nuclear program. they signed a private table. in the u.s. house republicans celebrate a sweeping tax reform bill and barely an hour later the senate tells them try again . also this violent protest failed to prevent the passing of a controversial pension law in argentina. let's begin in saudi arabia where the authorities say they've intercepted a ballistic missile targeting the capital riyadh it's the such attack since november yemen's who's the fighters have claimed responsibility saying they were targeting the royal palace which is the official residence of king solomon they say the attack was launched a mark of thousand days since the beginning of the war in yemen it follows an earlier attack on november the fourth when a missile was launched from yemen towards an area near riyadh's king international airport and another missile targeted the city of commerce machine before it was intercepted on december the first empty house tired has more. this is the moment he fired ballistic missile was apparently shot down by saudi forces to yemen base who say they were targeting the al your mama royal palace which is west of the capital riyadh a large group of saudi leaders were meeting there at the time including king some money and crown prince mohammed bin someone and i think there were these wanted to make a statement that they're still up and running and that they're still fighting this fight the fact that you know in recent days and weeks there's been allegations that there were these are weakened by the. this. would not be able to shoot for the. territory but they proved otherwise. the missile attack happened just hours before saudi arabia was jus to announce its annual budget as well as members of the world family senior ministers were also expected to attend a social media post from a government agency confirmed the missile had been intercepted but that no casualties were reported the saudi led coalition which has been conducting air strikes against the fighters in yemen for nearly three years retaliated with more strikes in the southern part of the capital sanaa speaking on the group's t.v. channel who the leader of the molecule who said that missile attacks marks one thousand days since the start of the war in yemen he today can't tool missile was launched. palace in the heart of city of saudi arabia this is our answer to them and the whole world the more crimes you perpetrate the more to. you will meet nothing but more missiles. this isn't the first missile attack on saudi arabia in november the international airport in riyadh was narrowly missed in a strike the saudi government has accused regional rival iran of smuggling missiles and technology to the who these an allegation the ninety's. the war in yemen has created what the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the conflict at least ten thousand civilians have been killed and millions are on the brink of famine and as the fighting continues many fear the situation on the ground could get worse if your style al-jazeera. well the missile attack came only hours before a un security council meeting convened to discuss iran its main focus was the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal but the missile launch from yemen quickly became part of that discussion mike hanna has been following the meeting joining us live now from u.n. headquarters in new york mike just walk us through what they were discussing well the report of the secretary general the joint comprehensive plan of action that nuclear agreement was given to the security council briefing by the under-secretary jeffrey feltman who told the council that iran was found to be fully compliant with its commitments in regard to the j c p o a a bad he said there were questions raised about iran's use and deployment of the conventional weapons that is non-nuclear weapons and this was something of great concern to some of the members the us ambassador insisting that iran has been providing missiles for use against saudi targets while we don't yet have sufficient insight into this particular attack it bears all the hallmarks of previous attacks using arraigning provided weapons it is only a matter of time before one of these missiles hits the target with all of them is the blob wrong it would like to express its particular concern over the information and evidence connected with iran supply of weapons and missiles to militias encouraging them to use those weapons to target neighboring countries. might we've heard this report from us to get terrorists what's he saying about these claims. well the secretary general says that the debris off these missiles that were fired at saudi targets has been examined he says that there will be a full investigation no full determination can be made at present about the security council will be briefed at what he calls the appropriate time but then russia entered the debate it was adamant that the u.n. does not have the right to monitor iran's deployment or use of conventional weapons and it also forcibly rejected the u.s. suggestion that the joint comprehensive plan of action the nuclear deal be rewritten to include conventional weapons so certainly you're going to see some pretty vigorous debate among council members in the days ahead ok mike understood many thanks well earlier on tuesday iran condemned the u.s. for accusing it of supplying that missile fired into saudi arabia from yemen of last last month tehran some of the swiss ambassador who represents u.s. interests in iran to pass on that message called the allegation which was made by the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley both irresponsible and provocative meanwhile the saudi led military coalition fighting in yemen is being accused of killing at least one hundred thirty six civilians in just ten days the u.n. says they were killed by strikes between december the sixth and december sixteenth these are the incidents the u.n. was able to verify it so the number of civilians killed could be higher one attack involved seven air strikes on a person and so on our last week when forty five detainees were killed and the u.n. has once again said that yemen is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis and is calling for the saudi led blockade of the country to be completely lifted. yemen is the largest food insecurity crisis in the world and no recent humanitarian needs overviews identified almost eighteen million people who are in need of support food wise the prognosis is not good if the blockade is not fully completely lifted and the interference no work is nor reduce the taken away then the results and pushing back on call the pushing back on famine over the last six months will be lost for us mike said as the president of the arabia foundation he joins us now from washington for us mike sighed when we see nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. standing in front of what looks like an iranian missile and i stress looks like we have to accept that tehran's footprint in yemen is a fact and it's getting deeper. listen i think that the writing is on the wall everybody knows that yemen has been using the. story iran has been using the with these in yemen to gain the leverage to gain pressure card on side arabia yemen being you know on site area of a southern doorstep and therefore that important to saudi national security so yes it might take some time for the u.n. to flush out the evidence but having looked at all the components of that missile displayed by the u.n. and the u.s. ambassador last week i think there is little doubt in the mind of most analysts that those parts are originating in iran back this up a little bit i mean the yemeni conflict is clearly no longer peripherally conflict and as the both these grew stronger it realized that they had something to work with there and so it's successfully transformed yemen from a ten generational issue to a key pressure card that it could use against its primary rival in the region which is saudi arabia ok so the arabia clearly as well wants concerted action here on the part of external players and people who may in a perfect will bring some sort of pressure of diplomacy to be here but there's no appetite for that yet is that. no unfortunately i don't think so and it's much to the detriment of the people of yemen we have to remember that yemen first and foremost is a civil conflict one pitting the many aspects of yemeni civil society and political groups there so there is no easy solution because even if the regional and the international powers that be where in alignment it would be difficult to get to a political resolution to the problem there and given their realities both in the head and into the we don't see positive trend lines we see negative trend lines where saudi arabia increasingly has the play defense to end iranian oftens ok tread lines how do people like nikki haley how do people like the russians untangle this incredibly complex picture and get beyond where they are at the moment which seems to be apportioning blame on the one hand while still on the other hand certainly for the united states saying look there are all the big issues to do here with iran the nuclear deal iran's regional ambitions iran's military ambitions in the region . so yeah if only you and i had had the answer to that question i don't think that we do here but i think a good starting point would be a deescalation and certainly what we see today with the firing of this missile targeting the saudi capital really the saudi equivalent of the white house the yemen the palace there is not a step in the right direction it's it is an escalade tory move perhaps one that was ordered straight out of the head on so this is again not something that will help to resolving the situation and i think ultimately it will have to start with the regional powers but we also have to be a realistic that conflict containment rather than conflict resolution is what we were good ultimately hope for at least in the short term nobody could ever on so my next question please give it your best shot if you were inside the head of m b s as he's known in the states i mean he is pretty much accepted is driving the saudi part of this when they're finding the remnants of those colleen one missiles the long range iranian missiles allegedly what's the feeling inside the royal palace in riyadh is it consternation is it anger perhaps even frustration because they must feel that they can go so far but they can't go any further. yeah i certainly can't get into the head of m.b.'s at least for not that question but i do think that it would be realistic to expect that there's a great deal of frustration yemen is a plays that has been the graveyard of invading armies just as afghanistan has been for many centuries there's an understanding that you can't really win yemen but there's also an understanding that for saudi arabia at least this is a war of necessity having iran come to dominate in iraq in syria and lebanon the saudi arabia simply cannot allow for its own national security to let iran come to be a power on its southern doorstep and so really you know i think m.b.'s would would understand that this is a war that he must fight through there in washington great to talk to you thank you so much. now it's the states where the procedural era is forcing the u.s. house of representatives to vote again on a contentious one point five trillion dollars tax reform bill paying. the bill easily passed the republican controlled house earlier bringing president donald trump one step closer to his first major legislative victory but soon afterwards senate officials declared that three items in the massive build violate senate rules and the rerun of the house vote is expected to take place on wednesday and one. this is one of the most important pieces of legislation that congress has passed in decades to help the american worker to help grow the american economy this is profound change and this is change that is going to put our country on the right path. well this bill represents the most comprehensive revamping of the u.s. tax code in three decades it will permanently cut the corporate tax rate all the way from thirty five to twenty one percent most individuals and families will also see reductions in the tax they pay but unlike the corporate tax rates those cuts will only be temporary the child tax credit will be increased to an average of about three hundred dollars per child for families earning between twenty five to forty thousand dollars a year but it does virtually nothing for those earning less than twenty five thousand the bill also includes loopholes for getting around estate taxes or so-called death taxes gabriel elizondo is following that story for us out of the west coast gape how could they get this wrong this procedural bump between one house and the senate. yeah this was a big mistake quite frankly by the republicans and quite an embarrassing one at that the night tuesday night they actually the house passed this tax overhaul reform there were cheers by the republicans and then within an hour or so it came to light that there were several provisions in it that did not meet the house budget rules essential e the republicans in their rush to push this bill forward and make no doubt about it they did rush this forward they didn't cross all the t.'s and dot all the i's on this bill so to speak so what's going to happen now is they're going to have to revoke on wednesday the house but let's be very clear there is no indication that the vote will change at all so by all intents and purposes this is just a technicality and that we expect that this will continue to pass as it's voted on a second time in the house on wednesday so where do we go from here. tonight tonight being tuesday night here on the east coast of the u.s. it's expected that the senate will vote it's also expected that on a very narrow margin the senate will also approve this on a very narrow margin barring any unforeseen circumstances that will go on partisan lines with republicans voting for it democrats voting against it this is for a big win for the republicans and president donald trump for two reasons number one is it's the first legislative win for president trump since he's been president he has had zero legislative wins up until now so he needed something that he could say in my first year as president we pushed forward this legislation now he appears to have that beyond that the republicans say that this historic tax overhaul as they call it will be the driving force that will drive the u.s. economy for the next several years if not decades republicans say eighty percent of americans will get some sort of tax break but as you mentioned in the introduction here primarily most. of that the long term tax breaks going to corporations and the very wealthy top one percent nevertheless republicans say this will trickle down so to speak and be a driver for the economy for all americans going forward so people at poll ryan i guess have to do a sales job he is saying it will be popular but not yet but why are they pushing this i mean fifty five percent of americans say it's a bad idea if you earn less than that crucial twenty five percent you will save six zero sixty dollars a year and that will disappear what twenty twenty five anyway. yeah that's right what i just told you there was one side of the story and you're transitioning very correctly into the other side of the story so if the republicans and donald trump say this is such a great tax reform program why are the majority of americans against it and the latest poll as you mentioned fifty five percent of americans are against it a new poll by n.b.c. that came out just within the last hour says only twenty four percent of americans say this is a good idea why primarily because they look at this as a corporate tax break and that is what the bill essentially is they also look at this and say this is a bill that is more than seven hundred pages long it was negotiated behind closed doors privately and it wasn't released to the public until last friday so tax analysts and others are still trying to digest what's in this thing but the bottom line is you don't have to look very far to see that this is primarily tax cuts for corporations businesses and the top one percent of american household earners that limits a lot of it there that and those those cuts for those those individuals are permanent where the tax breaks for working class americans or middle class americans won't last a couple of years and then they go away they're not permanent americans have seen this they've seen enough of this bill to where the majority according to polls are saying they're not comfortable with this they're not comfortable that this is really going to benefit working class americans as the republicans and donald trump says that it will gabriel many thanks. to cover for you in the news hour including these ones in any prison release for the man at the center of one of latin america's biggest corruption scandals. and at the end of the campaign trail be canceling separatist weeks in the bushes verdict on thursday. and in sports one hundred meter world champion just gets dragged into another doping scandal santa has details in twenty four. argentina's congress has passed a controversial pension law for the vote was delayed by violent protests in the capital buenos cyrus a new system which sees pensions linked to the rate of inflation is seen as crucial for the president chris plans to cut the nation's deficit. is in the capital. painting up here in the main plaza outside the congress after the violence here on monday. congress were debating in this building behind me reform to the pension law which the government of president. says the necessary to. me he wants to attract more foreign investment he wants to reduce the fiscal deficit and try to control the country's high inflation rate the opposition that were out here in large numbers on monday protesting peacefully but a large group of protesters. with metal bars were attacking the police the police responded with tear gas with water cannon with rubber bullets they were scenes which argentina is today assessing talking about the violence which has shocked many but there's no doubt that there is anger in this around the country with just the first of the reform measures that the government says a necessary they still labor on tax reforms that come. with that with that in mind still many problems to come in argentina but a victory for the government after an all night debate which lasted something like twelve hours or preparing for more problems the car. now the former chief executive of latin america's biggest construction company has been released from prison earlier marcelo order breath was initially given a nineteen year sentence for his role in one of the world's biggest corruption scandals which is causing major political and economic and he evil throughout the region he spent a total of two and a half years behind bars john heilemann now from sao paolo. after two and a half years in prison the man who was in charge of this company and behind the biggest corruption scandal in recent history has been allowed to exchange jail for house arrest here in sao paolo on the must sell all the brush leadership his family's already powerful construction company became synonymous with brazil's rise later immersion is that it was paying politicians across latin america for lucrative government contracts for roads bridges and even world cup football stadiums the graft was on such an industrial scale that it even had a bribes department even as marcello the brush leaves prison the ripples made by his deals are continuing to spread the president of peru is on the verge of being ousted after his company took over to brush money while he was the economic minister ecuador's vice president is facing six years in jail after taking millions in kickbacks all of rest officials have also said venezuelan president nicolas maduro excepted campaign contributions in return for contracts all of this came to light in part because marcel or the british and others agreed to name names in exchange for more lenient sentences now who spend the rest of his ten year sentence at home but the man they call the prince's time as one of latin america's most powerful figures is over for now. the opposition in honduras will formally challenge the results of the presidential election the incumbent on all under one hundred is has declared himself reelected despite calls by his opponent and the organization of american states for a fresh vote after allegations of fraud the police fired tear gas as more protests erupted on the streets opposition presidential candidate salvador guatemala is demanding a rerun of the election and the votes be monitored by international observers. myanmar and bangladesh formed a joint committee to oversee the repatriation of bringing the refugees more than six hundred thirty thousand fled to bangladesh since me and mas military launched a crackdown repatriation is expected to start on january the twenty first but bangladeshis foreign ministry warns it could be delayed by several weeks human rights groups fear the remainder could still face violence if they're sent back. campaigning for catalonia snap parliamentary election is drawing to a close catalans head to the polls on thursday for a vote that could decide if the province breaks away from spain call panel has more now from barcelona as voters consider their options. it's a last brush before campaigning closes a rally for the separatists d r c o catalan republican left party former speaker of the regional parliament karma fork adele is lucky to be here a tool she's free on bail for now but faces criminal charges for rebellion. i don't think anybody at all only imagine what was going to happen we could never have imagined that. after the october secession referendum prosecutors arrested key cattle and leaders for their role in organizing that vote and the spanish central government dissolved the capital and parliament a front seat is left empty for party leader john kid s. judges refused bail and instead kept him in prison fearing he would use the hustings to rabble rouse thursday's parliamentary election isn't specifically about secession but it is the most polarizing issue voters will choose between parties who want catalonia to remain part of spain or others have clearly not renounce their goal of a breakaway republic veteran catherine politician artur mass hopes madrid look for compromise not confrontation if the central government. had the real positive proposal for the cattle and people what they have to do is to put that proposal on the table and to compare this proposal with the proposal for a real independent country but a necessary mother's riding high in opinion polls has little appetite for negotiating her center right citizens party has backed madrid in its crackdown against the separatists she'll need to build a coalition but believes the only way to resolve the political turmoil is by beating the secessionists in the election will try to win will take to win and i think it is possible we we are seeing the pools and we see that it is it is not a new to appear. as the hours tick down activists from the left wing c.-u. people know vital votes a still up for grabs even in barcelona's backstreets their party is small but was kingmaker in the last election they make for an easy political bedfellows they stand against spain and the monarchy and thermally in favor of a cattle and republic run by the working classes. al-jazeera barcelona. lots more still ahead here on al-jazeera central bank accuses blockading countries of trying to harm its economy. was. south korea's military gets sub-zero training ahead of the winter games with a serious message for pyongyang. and in sports a former wimbledon champion see she's returning to tennis more on that story coming up with some. aloe has warmed up recently in the deep south i did see a reporter thirty degrees in south carolina for us today thing as an exaggeration we're up into the high teens low twenty's and this hump of walks is going to answer florida for the most of most part the u.s. and counters not properly into when to the real cold tucked up here in northern plains states prairies and back further west it's subzero by day has been much colder this but it is still subzero and is a bit of a difference if you comfort a sense of the mountains they get if they show up as blue you'll get snow on the mountains otherwise the snow is confined to the ground the snow terrier briefly a bit of lake effect and the warm are afraid this time he has to be accompanied by rain so rain in atlanta nineteen degrees dallas back into the sunshine still and ninety degrees and it's remarkably seventeen in denver but the snow not far away comes in the cascades more especially the rockies heading slowly science words and that's of course will not attempt to back a cold or get down to denver maxim's zero a day later as a huge sweep but it's not uncommon as you probably well aware for colorado. off the mainland quite picture one or two light showers are possible maybe in honduras otherwise enjoyed this lovely. singapore is being accused of expanding its coast by illegally dredged satins some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally vanished it's a big business smuggling when they go take this there in the sand is are there you see this beautiful beach behind it is something that's not so proud of the tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sound was at this time on al jazeera one of the really special things that work in progress here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would think what it is you know that it shouldn't be but in the particular because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mended is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. welcome back you're watching the al-jazeera news our live from doha these are the headlines saudi arabia says it intercepted a ballistic missile targeting the capital riyadh yemen's who the fighters claimed responsibility saying they were targeting the al your mama royal palace which is the official residence of king solomon is the third such attack since november. iran has condemned the u.s. for accusing it of supplying missiles to see rebels on occasion was made by the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley if confirmed tehran would be found to be in breach of its nuclear agreement. a procedural error is forcing the u.s. house of representatives to vote again on a contentious one and a half trillion dollar tax reform bill that passed the republican controlled house earlier bringing president trump closer to his first major legislative win however later officials in the upper house the senate said three items in the bill violate senate rules let's get more on that for you with william black when black is an associate professor of economics and law at the university of missouri kansas city he joins us now from minneapolis william black i mean promises have been made and modified but for you what's the key one takeaway question that still has to be answered here. what do the republicans expect to do in the they get done and they get this bill adopted given it's spectacular. and favor ability with the american public and with virtually every economist warning that it's going to make things worse ok corporation tax goes from thirty five percent to twenty one percent that brings american companies internationally in line with other international companies around the world that on the face of it would look like good news surely. oh very good news for corporations although the effective rate of that tax is about eighteen percent currently so the thirty five of course is a bit misleading but you're correct there is a dramatic tax cut in for corporations and very substantial one for the richest americans in terms of the states and on the corporations the republicans could have gotten probably fifteen democratic votes if they had been willing to you know seek a bipartisan bill but they did not and so they're going to get zero democratic votes in other words they're going to own this one. why is it come down to policy lines in both houses here given that the last big don't quit so this you for the trumpet ministration health care split the parties individually. again it would have been easy to pick up at least five democratic votes there are very conservative democratic senators in. states in which they cannot afford to be liberal or progressive if they want to get reelected and it would have been on some issues like the corporate income tax knocking it down from thirty five percent simple to get another ten democratic voters the president and the house and senate leadership from the beginning have announced that they want to do this slowly with the republican votes. we're seeing a happy smiley paul ryan at the moment almost certain through stick with the gavel that it falls off the edge of the table when he says you're smiling now but we've we've seen the videotape where he smashes the gavel and it cascades off the side of the podium it's a tough sell for him because his implicit message is wait for the success story aspect of this but is it potentially not a success story for those american politicians when they go back to those traditionally high tax states like say california where local tax is a part of everyone's tax bill but it's capped it's called the salt arrangement agreement so therefore they have to sell to the electorate look your tax is going to get better but not yet but it may not get better when there's a a shelf life expire a date in built into the whole thing come twenty twenty five. well that's why i said i answered the way i did to your first point this bill is going to be extremely unpopular with not just the general electorate but in particular in places like california new york massachusetts and such and a number of republican officeholders have just made it next to impossible for them to get reelected and therefore. the political scientists the united states now think it is more probable than not the democrats will obtain control of the house and even have a shot at regaining control the senate which because of who is up for election is it's very very hard to do. and paul ryan is a big part of this he has presented himself for years as sort of a policy wonk but it turned out that it was all magic that the thing that was supposed to turn this bill what they called revenue neutral in other words that it was going to bring in as much money as it gave up well not so much it's a billion i'm sorry trillion dollars short revenue neutral such that paul ryan people are speculating is probably toast in the next political race maybe even toast in the republican primary when you have an organization like your tax policy center saying look come twenty twenty five the rich get richer the poor get poorer why are they doing it it seems illogical and supplementary point what does this say about the trump doctrine. well it is the paradox that they are so desperate that they have not achieved anything legislatively that they think that each even something very bad. it is essential because otherwise they have to go back to their constituents and say we achieved absolutely nothing legislatively and note we're talking about a tax cut how can you fail to make tax cuts popular with the like it takes real genius and that's what you've seen out of paul ryan and president trump is there a sense in which perhaps the trumpet ministration has got this completely wrong because when it comes to improving or increasing the g.d.p. five or ten years down the line there isn't a model on which this is based on less you look at what say the norwegians and the brits did with oil revenue in the eighty's in the ninety's margaret thatcher spent it on tax cuts the norwegians reinvested it so today that's why norway has a bigger g.d.p. per head of population than any other country in mainland europe. in that there is absolutely no model the treasury secretary claimed there was claim there were over one hundred people working on it it turned out that that was simply not true there is no model we are in the ninth year of continuous expansion of the economy in the united states with a full economy unemployment rate a full employment rate so they're selling it as if it's a stimulus bill in the midst of a great recession but there's no logical basis for that so what it is quite clearly is a payback for the wealthiest donors who have made it clear that unless they got this don't come back to them for funds and second and you know this of course all parties all legislation everywhere in the world when it needs just a few votes. and then you have a lot of leverage as an individual legislator or an individual legislators have done let's make a deal where they've been able to get special concessions that make them personally more popular and that's why all the republicans who are present are going in the senate are expected to vote for this bill the reality of politics when but great still to thank you so much for joining us here on the news hour. thank you catch our central bank is investigating efforts to harm the country's economy by nations which of impose the recent blockade to the banks governor says attempts have been made to manipulate cattles currency securities and derivatives markets shake out all fannie blamed what he called a coordinated strategy by the blockading countries saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt causing diplomatic ties with castro more than six months ago they accuse cancer of backing terrorism a claim strongly denies. as a specialist in monetary and political economics he says the castree ryall is being deliberately manipulated to undermine the economy there was a conspiracy to. get on the sovereign bond two are officially trade them at an artificially low rate to show that they are traded at a lower rate in order to get a panic among investors and among the public and this is usually accompanied with a negative p.r. campaign through the by the book i think continue to show to show that this look at this country that is a political crisis that is economic either this is something going on so this will defer to push the public and then both start to dump the get out of the island to. get rid of the southern bond in order to push their prices low through this winter got a panic because capital out of flow and then when push out of the value of the currency this will make it difficult for qatar to borrow from the international market will increase interest rate it will increase their insurance which will be according to the plot. by the by the law by the way government and this will drain hopefully the sovereign fund the reserve of the qatari government. u.s. and south korean soldiers are holding a three week drill in subzero temperatures the training at the mountains appealing chuang with the forthcoming winter olympics will be held the exercises have been held since twenty thirteen but this year there is growing concern of a possible north korean attack during the games kathy novak was at that training i was at first glance portions of this training drill appear to be just a lot of grown men playing in the snow the objective of this challenge to steal their opponent's hats rendering the other side even more exposed to the elements than they already were. but there is a very serious side to these games protecting against the increasing threat from north korea even in temperatures that can dip below minus twenty degrees celsius. both the u.s. marines and the rock marines have covered over the snow ability reconnaissance skills as well as critical contest skills in a cold weather mountainous environment two hundred twenty marines from the republic of korea or rock the preferred military term and two hundred twenty okinawa based u.s. marines have been conducting these drills over three weeks a chance to brush up on lesser used marine skills such as downhill skiing in. north korea often responds angrily when the u.s. and south korea stage any war games there's been speculation the allies may delay the start of major annual military drills usually shuttle for the end of february so they don't coincide with the winter olympics and paralympics that will be taking place here in. these exercises have been held since twenty thirteen but this year there are added fears that north korea may aim to disrupt the olympics. i'm not hearing that south korean and the u.s. marines hope for the success of the come tom winter olympics the marine reconnaissance unit will make its utmost efforts to provide security operations for the olympics. south korea wants the winter games to be an opportunity to promote peace it's invited north korea to participate and some athletes have qualified but so far there's been no confirmation of their attendance as ever on the korean peninsula the message from these drills is that the u.s. and south korea would prefer a peaceful resolution to the tense situation but are prepared to respond militarily if they have to kathy novak al-jazeera south korea. to japan where the government has approved the use of a u.s. mainland based missile interceptor system there that's in response to north korean threats and follows pyongyang's launch of two rockets over japan this year in november north korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed in japanese waters the government says the new weapon system will take years to become operational at least forty three people have died after tropical storm kai tak battered the philippines more bodies are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and landslides. reports now from the town of novel. fernando cleo says his life is no longer worth living his wife was killed in a landslide that stepha stated this region he buried her the day before now he has to look for the bodies of his daughter and two grandchildren they were trapped with floodwaters came rushing from the hills he says everything happened so fast there was no time to call for a rescue. dog for my wife through the rubble with my bare hands but our two granddaughters were on top of her so i had to take them out first it hurts so much she was my life partner. tropical storm swept through eastern philippines more than two months worth of rain it triggered landslides that this choice the roads and bridges many communities are now cut off without electricity and running water this is the town. where rescue operations have been hampered by relentless rains making it more difficult for volunteers to manually dig through the rubble. rescuers here it is almost impossible to find survivors here now what i can tell you is that there is a very strong stench of rotting human flesh and it is overwhelming but for those looking for their lost loved ones they see that they signed a hope that their loved ones are still here somewhere and that they are able to still retrieve their bodies and give them at least a proper burial but the rescuers tell us they have mostly been able to recover body parts women children many of them already beyond recognition. and for many here this storm is a reminder of a painful past in november two thousand and thirteen typhoon haiyan killed at least eight thousand people destroyed everything back roads homes all wiped out in an instant edgar his wife and children were preparing for a holiday reunion with relatives when tropical storm hit a few days ago they say losing eight members of the family all at once is not just traumatic it is also financially crippling especially for those who barely have anything. as people struggle to come to terms with the losses rescue workers spying to and of their bodies in the wreckage a young girl already in an advanced stage of the composition she will be taken straight for burial in the midst of so much this chuck shouldn't death there is a sense of urgency people here say morning will have to wait. in the town of central philippines. now back to the states because the trump administration is blaming north korea for a cyber attack in may that affected hundreds of thousands of people the so-called one a crying virus crippled hospitals banks and other major companies it's not the first time washington has blamed pyongyang for a major cyber attack because committee reports. when it struck last may the want to cry cyber attack infected more than three hundred thousand computers in more than one hundred fifty countries and cost billions in damage and now the white house says it can confirm it was gored korea behind the attacks we do not make this allegation lightly we do so with evidence and we do so with partners want to cry was designed to exploit vulnerabilities in microsoft windows the world's most widely used operating system users were asked to pay a ransom to have their data restored the damage was so widespread it affected businesses banks and even hospitals it's not the first time the u.s. has accused north korea of the f.b.i. announced today that three years ago president barack obama blamed gang of carrying out a similar cyber attack against sony pictures entertainment at the time it was releasing a comedy film about a cia plot to assassinate north korean leader kim jong un see. these latest accusations come as tensions mount over pyongyang's nuclear weapons program as kim jong un continues testing long range ballistic missiles the troubled ministration has responded with threats of military action to halt north korea's program the trumpet ministrations says its goal is to name and shame north korea in the hole but it will stop its cyber attacks if it continues to act badly. the white house says the president will then act on behalf of the united states kimberly hellcat al-jazeera washington still to come here on. we'll. try. to the winter olympics continue. ok time for sports. thank you very much will champion sprinter justin gatlin that has a once again denied using performance enhancing drugs after being a boiled in another doping scandal it's after a british newspaper claimed his former coach and dennis mitchell seen here wearing green and agent robert wagner offered to supply performance enhancing drugs to undercover reporters the international athletics federation has launched an investigation into the allegations and has previously served two doping bans gosling issued a strong statement on instagram saying i was shocked and surprised to learn that my coach would have anything to do with even the appearance of these current accusations i fired him as soon as i found out about this all legal options are on the table as i will not allow others to lie about me like this while for more background on this complex story earlier i spoke to our sports correspondent lee wellings and this is what he had to say. you have to be strongly cautious with the story with your reporting on it like whether you're following your own social media have to look behind what's happening here and often with a newspaper investigation you do have to realize that there's going to be a screaming headline and what people want in this instance is the link to justin gatlin he's the spawn and he's the man with the doping past he's not a popular mind to doping when i actually when you look into it further what we are dealing with here is not a direct accusation against gary it is against the coach dennis mitchell who. i and an agent the partly works with so you can see why i just got in so quickly distanced himself from this but you can also see why there's so much suspicion around him the credibility of athletics is so low and people should not deny that from the top of out that it's it's the same with cycling it's the same with winter sports school has a massive issue of credibility and trust into them thought this investigations like this are important just to get in this instance is a superstar but he might his own bed if you're going to talk you're going to have suspicion around you this is of history and the legacy we see now where actually people are looking to connect him with this there will be suspicion around him i think people need to take a reality check whilst also crucially dealing with the facts former wimbledon champion my own battery has announced she was to return to the women's tennis till four years after retiring if frenchwoman quit the game in august two thousand and thirteen just weeks after winning her only grand slam title in london since then she's found work as a t.v. pundit and has also struggled with a viral illness he said three year old is hoping to make her comeback at the miami open in march but he has won eight titles or reached a career high ranking of seven in two thousand and twelve. well he only resigned as australia's football coach a few weeks ago and he has to go through has found a new job as manager of japanese side yokohama martino's after successfully guiding the socceroos through qualification for next year's world cup was to coo said the pressure of being in charge of the national team had taken its toll on him both personally and professionally australia yet to appoint his successor ahead of russia to a t eighteen in spain atletico might be the have reported the league or rivals barcelona to fifi over the pursuit of one of the league's top players striker antoine grossman recently signed a new contract to stay in madrid until twenty twenty two but he still be linked to a move of a number of european clubs atletico has alleged that barcelona have made an illegal transfer approach for the french international. so if john john florence is celebrating winning back to back a wall titles he is the first man in ten years to successfully defend it debut world crown that's despite finishing second the season ending contest in hawaii but the american earned enough points to beat his closest rival group in medina of brazil medina was the only other surfer in the competition with a real chance of stopping florence but he had to settle for second place france's jeremy flies claimed victory as final event of the year is now a short break before the twenty eight hundred season kicks off in australia in march. when here at home is this is the road my dream to enter a home or to do this year and how kind of this whole build up this whole event making their means and gave her making it work and i was like oh my god. pretty nervous both of them shaking her but i don't know what. with less than two months ago until the twenty eighteen winter olympics you see us askia mikaela shiffrin now has underlined her credentials as one of the favorites to win gold in the slopes in tunk shifrin one of her third woke up skiing event of the season on tuesday trial thing and the giant slalom and caution all three of her victories have come in different disciplines she also top the podium in traditional slalom in the van and in downhill earlier this month the twenty two year old at least the overall world cup standings by a hundred ninety one points from germany's victoria they've been spared. i was a bit. scrappy at some points but i was sort of tactic to try to be really aggressive and i was one off the course a couple times where his reassuring second round says like ok you got to take advantage of that and from really excited about that fought for us to have school you all was a less successful race for the not who has this happened. not quite in the way she wanted to cross the finish line the austrian was disqualified but luckily wasn't hurt in the form. and also small for we'll have more later on. when you sort of you want to on the web site al jazeera dot com i'm back in a couple of minutes for thirty minutes of al-jazeera welcomes by we'll see you very soon. the climate change. stuff. a new poll ranks mexico city as the poll with worst in the world for sexual violence many women are attacked while moving in the crowded spaces of the metro buses and even at the hands of taxi drivers the conversation starts with do you have a boyfriend you're very pretty and young you feel unsafe threatened you think about how to react what do i do if this gets west's no money on the uses a new service it's called loyal droid it's for women custards is only a drum by women drivers pull for some extra features like a panic button and twenty four seven monitoring of drive as long as i want to find out what i'm going to ask about it but that's. what's known as a thought are not the set says they're not someone or other lot of all of the bunches of the time at the bottom in the first episode of a two part series al-jazeera investigates the world of performance enhancing drugs . in sports during the endless chase at this time.

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