A Controversial Book about the u. S. President and the white house donald trump says its full of lies. A show of support for terror on as the u. N. Security Council Meets discuss a week of antigovernment protests plus. Everyone should take this one very seriously and take precautions a socalled bomb site plane slams into the u. S. East coast bringing record cold temperatures and stranding thousands of apple its. North korea has accepted south korean proposals for official talks on tuesday the meeting will be held in the Demilitarized Zone the area between the two countries at it this week cross border communication via hotline was reopened for the First Time Since two thousand and fifteen that the focus on north koreas participation in next months Winter Olympics and china. Well myung sick as a Research Fellow at Yonsei Institute for north korean studies he says the focus of discussions will be on the winter games but will expand into other areas theres a concern that the improvements are into korea dialogue which may lead to easing. Some of the economy corp programs between the two koreas may undermine the effect in their second extension and may make china changes to add it to away from participating in the International Effort to put pressure on north korea here since like the one gentleman though south korea is fair very aware that this is a trap trap set by north korea but you have to walk into the trap you know to for us to use that dangerous tension on the Korean Peninsula thats the risk of an actual war taking place and second by improving the into korean relations and creating an atmosphere conducive to meaningful dialogue and negotiations eventually north korea and the United States are likely to agree to have a direct talk on the new collision issue because our you know stay United States government has insisted that north korea first has to it demonstrate junior an attitude that it is really interested in you know easing tension and make a deal with the United States by at least four sixty if they need to restrain yourself from taking provocations the u. S. Says there wont be any military exercises with south korea during next months lympics Winter Olympics seoul is concerned that if the drills do go ahead it wont have enough forces to provide security for the games present donald trump spoke to south korea need to move jay in by phone on thursday tom says he hopes good results will come from the plans meetings with north korea. So you got the leaders of south korea and the United States agreed not to hold joint military exercises during the period of pyongyang winter Olympic Games and to do their best to ensure security President Trump says he hopes for the best result for the peace talks between south korea and north korea. A new book exposing whats described as chaos behind the scenes in the white house has been released ahead of shadow Donald Trumps personal lawyer is threatening legal action or a highly critical picture of life inside the oval office describing the president as mentally unfit for the job than estabrook reports from washington. President Donald Trumps press secretary came out swinging thursday saying americans are more concerned about policy then a new book on the white house i dont think they really care about some trash that an author that no one had ever heard of until today or a fired employee wants to peddle earlier attorneys for the president sent a cease and desist letter to the publisher and author demanding the book not be released they also threaten former white house strategist steve bannon with legal action for telling author Michael Wolff that Donald Trump Jr was treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting with russians before the twenty sixteen president ial election after excerpts of the book were released wednesday and enraged President Trump said of bannon when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind initially ban and fired off a tweet saying i wont speak about who lost their minds or ever had one but he later tweeted that the president was a great man that prompted President Trump to downplay the vitriol at a white house meeting thursday dont really tell me a great man last night so you know you obviously changes to pretty quick the book is a distraction for a president who is trying to advance his policies in the face of a deepening special investigation into russias meddling into the twenty sixteen president ial election author Michael Wolff says he spent eighteen months and conducted roughly two hundred interviews with president from senior staff during the transition and the first year of his administration in a column thursday wolf seems to question the president s Mental Fitness for office it used to be inside of thirty minutes hed repeat word for word and expression for expression the same three stories now it was within ten minutes the book is prompting speculation that the twenty fifth amendment to the constitution could be used to remove the president from office but former federal prosecutor Melanie Sloan says that he is unlikely to imagine the. Majority of the cabinet and the Vice President of the United States actually sending a letter saying that the president of the United States is mentally incapacitated is very hard to imagine and there are many commentators who believe this could lead to a constitutional crisis sloan says impeachment is a more likely scenario but with the Congress Still controlled by the president s own party that too seems unlikely at least for now Dion Estabrook Al jazeera washington. Of the journalist who interviewed steve bannon for this weeks cover story in Newsweek Magazine is alexander nasa ryan he says batmans involvement with the book burned his bridges with the Current White House administration he is terrified of what Robert Mueller the special counsel is going to come up with and he is pointing to gerald question and downtime to new specifically in saying these guys are in real trouble hes sending out sort of almost flares maybe even messages to President Trump saying these are the guys you better you have to include in your son the they could be in real real trouble why do that in a book like this in such explosive language i dont know i dont think steve benen really worries about what he says i dont think hes out there to make friends to make money. He doesnt want the former and he has plenty of the latter i think this is for his ideas and his ideas are bigger than steve benen according to steve benen bigger even than donald trump so hes willing to burn any bridge in order to get where he needs what he believes he the country needs to go i think he is a dangerous enemy even more than hes a useful our i dont think President Trump can eliminate steve benen fully even if he will no longer embrace him the way he once did. Well the commotion over the new book on the Top Administration diverted attention away from the president s recent policy push on thursday the attorney general reversed an obama era policy on marijuana that kept federal authorities from cracking down on states where Recreational Use of pot is legal the government also proposed new rules allowing Small Businesses on the self employed to band together to buy Health Insurance its another attempt to rollback obamas Signature Health care law trump is also moving to expand offshore oil drilling hundred new five year plan ninety percent of the nations reserves would be open up to private Companies Including waters off the california coast which have been restricted for decades. Cash as Communications Director at the Sunrise Movement as an organization working on Climate Change she says the oil Drilling Plan is potentially catastrophic its a complete disgrace and its very clear that this plan is only going to further enrich is all the fossil fuel our eyes while committing the rest of the world to catastrophic Climate Change threatening local economies and the environment in twenty ten we saw the b. P. Oil spill devastate the gulf coast over two hundred million gallons of oil into the ocean. By fishermans livelihoods damaged the coastline and wreaked havoc on the wildlife we depend on and love and those communities are still recovering the plant and theyll today will undoubtedly caused more harm and its not a matter of if its really a matter when hot air balloon that was carrying tourists and southern egypt has crashed say media has confirmed that one american tourist has been killed and seven others of various nationalities injured it happened just outside the city of luxor. Egyptian branch of i saw is calling for attacks on the Palestinian Group hamas has released a video asking its followers to attack because of based group before showing the execution of a man it said it was a collaborator. Responsibility for recent killings in egypt and i just saw nine people shot dead outside a church there cairo and you know i saw a video blamed his failure to prevent the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital and its crackdown on armed groups in gaza the u. S. Is imposing new sanctions on iran over its Ballistic Missile program they were set in motion before the recent protests in iran and donald trump is warning there could be more to come new measures target five Companies Involved in Missile Development many sanctions on iran were lifted but International Support after the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal the protests over the past week was sparked by a struggling economy the government blames on the sanctions Security Council is set to meet on friday to discuss these demonstrations irans army chief says the protests are over but as his troops are ready to intervene if needed at least twenty two people have been killed in the week long rest say mr ravi reports from tehran. The size of these progovernment rallies is a message to irans critics at home and abroad. Irans government has plenty of public support and is here to stay speaking to a crowd in the Northern City of mashad even a political rival of irans president in the last election said the predictions by force of an imminent overthrow of the government was a miscalculation. That. This crowd is glorious and meaningful when iranian people felt the footprint of the enemy they came to the scene and declared their hatred of americas zionists and all the arrogant powers. In recent days would suggest that a majority of iranians are in favor of maintaining irans way of government especially in the face of violent instability. But they dont necessarily support president Hassan Rouhani policies the economic problems that sparked in the waning antigovernment demonstrations in the first place are still a challenge for the rouhani administration. The main issue for the papal is currently inflation and the Economy Economic problems have resulted in corruption and moral issues in Society Economic stability is very important everyone who takes office makes some promises but they cant fulfill them. The recent protests were because of high prices things shouldnt be so expensive did people have to cry out it was because officials didnt care about the people the cost of living is on the rise as unemployment and the economic boost draw any promised with his reelection has yet to materialize despite the partial lifting of economic sanctions following the nuclear deal in two thousand and fifteen government supporters are calling for all iranians to be a part of solving the countrys problems. The government should adhere to its promises the promises talked about during the election and be accountable the whole country can help solve the economic and political problems here for now public support for the government appears to have ended a violent week of anti establishment protests what comes next will depend largely on our irans leaders deal with the countrys economy and what even if they are the legitimate grievances of their own people. Former president has been released from hospital his paws. Because of his poor health nationwide protests led to the resignation of three cabinet ministers. Twenty five year sentence for corruption and human rights abuses. Still ahead head on aljazeera disappointment and denial from pakistan as donald trump accuses the country of failing to take action against the taliban. And sailing against the passage of time efforts to save the agent down and im on. Through trying to. Deny. And if they come to my. Ally the weather still remains pretty unsettling Cross Western parts of it not quite as storm as it has been recently i am pleased to stay still and eric clapping some very heavy rain across the good parts of france easing down towards a spy cooler air will come in behind for many westerners quite a rush. Across the British Isles lost in russia showers to just read the eastern side of the mediterranean some heavy downpours that coming in across cyprus just pushing across turkey towards the live and countries that will make its way through as we go on through friday into saturday meanwhile for the west clear skies into the northwest of all the cool side theres the temperatures in london the high around six degrees celsius for getting up to around ten in syria concert was to be warmer than madrid just nine degrees here with some snow coming in across the high ground of the spanish play the south we could see some snow mix in old piles of africa as well over the next. Same area cloud and rain will sink its way further southward socratic snow the possible rock and such out again christiane settle there for about fifteen celsius snow over the Atlas Mountains were going to see that snow continuing over the next day or so if central parts of africa well as usual russia shall as they continue little further south. The weather sponsored by cats on these. You are making very pointed remarks when theyre on line the main u. S. Response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminalized or if you join us on sat. In the morning and says i want to color the world. Is a dialogue could be was leading to some of the confusion about people saying they dont actually know whats going on join the conversation at this time on aljazeera. And again youre watching out there as reminder of our top stories this hour north korea has accepted south koreas proposal for official talks on tuesday the first between the two countries and to get is the meeting will be held in the Demilitarized Zone set to focus on next months Winter Olympics in china. A book on Donald Trumps white house has been released ad of despite an attempt by his voice to block it they have threatened legal action against former white house advisor steve bannon. Who described the president as mentally unfit for the job. And progovernment rallies have taken place in opposition to unrest in the country of it economic instability Iranian Revolutionary guard says that outside enemies have failed to pose a threat to iran i dont that its the end of what they called sedition. Pakistan says its disappointed with the u. S. Decision to suspend aid for security the exact amount is still being calculated put it could be more than a billion dollars has been blamed for failure to take signs of action against taliban fighters targeting u. S. Troops in afghanistan on monday donald trump tweeted that washington had foolishly given pakistan billions of dollars in aid with nothing in return but lies and deceit pakistan has rejected the accusations muslim jordan has more from washington d. C. The state Department SpokespersonHeather Nauert says it should not come as a surprise to officials in islam abad that the trumpet ministration the suspending Security Assistance to pakistan she explains why suspended at this time does not mean that it will be suspended forever to stand has the ability to get this money back if you will in the future but they have to take Decisive Action they have to take decisive steps people h