Transcripts For ALJAZ The Stream 2019 Ep 158 20240713 : comp

Alps a bore me more than twice as fast as the rest of europe over some of it was unprecedented drought. Yeah thats really special for us the farmers dont know disadvantaged yet. The grass stopped growing stage there is a shortage. They actually started to slaughter their cows much earlier. After it is so really dry summer i can feel a renewed sense of urgency especially also because the farmers now i dont really accept that they are directly affected by it. 3 hours from superrich we come to what used to be the start of the giant major rochdale i see a. Little used to be thought of the track. 150 years place that came up creating it. All the way. All the way to the station near. Me since then its retreated by 3 kilometers the other with factories and 600 metres of that in just the past decade. Only levelling this ancient place here is expected to disappear entirely within a lot of time. So all the places in switzerland receive protections shared by end of the century most of them build disappear completely only a few will remain in the very top mountains. The changing climate is already pushing the economy. Many ski fields are now bare until after christmas. This is a music ace in the face of the last 10 years since i got laid translator they have to do a lot of establishing to prepare or drive down here slopes. Even at higher altitude ski resorts are laying giant insulation sheets over places to preserve snow. From may to october more or less they cover it like that and they remove it in october and start to ski again. They cover iglesias with blankets trying to stop the building while its actually just slowing down the process so its not a solution its. To fight the symptoms of Climate Change. We have been doing to engineering now for many many decades in actually burning so much fossil fuel and altering the climate by humankind that we have to look now in a similar scaling to solutions to the problem. As we are here some believe the real added to Climate Change is 20 kilometers up there and our next stop will be scientists who dont want to put blankets on places they want to blanket the atmosphere. In the hallowed halls of Harvard University research is a look at just how practical and dangerous geo engineering. So here we have one of the big pieces of test equipment we use. In preparation for putting instruments into the stratosphere engineering professor frank is preparing for the 1st test Mission Later this year. Ok and so when put instruments into the vacuum tank and then we can simulate the stratospheric pressure so you have a 20 kilometers. Belt use a High Altitude blue to scatter the sun reflecting aerosols across the upper atmosphere. Right now theyre fine tuning equipment to measure the effect. Without the spice race in a way it does on a much smaller scale. They fly up into the stratosphere high above us the white board theory is that tons of tiny sulfur particles delivered by specially modified planes would lower the earths temperature. Would result in cooling the planet. Its what happened naturally in 991 after the philippines mount pinatubo but i know. And this gas then reacts in the stratosphere with accidents and turns into a soft euro acid and for the few years after mount pinatubo the temperature was noticeably lower and it cooled down the planet that was one effect that he got from what degree it was you know it was probably the range of about half a degree celsius. Trouble is a quick fix like that could have dusty side effects and what was also apparent after mount pinatubo and other volcanic eruption is that these particles in the end reduce the amount of ozone in the stratosphere so you know weve been trying to do a lot to actually fix the boat on land and here you now have the idea of introducing something that could destroy it again. And its not just those risks the bank this project controversial its the fear held by many of the side is themselves that just the suggestion of a magic bullet gives governments an excuse to keep pumping up a mission is. So good youve been running the numbers on this i mean isnt economically feasible part of the problem is just how much cheaper these geo engineering would be than switching to a new city if anything is to chief economist there is the projects executive director its so cheap that were talking about single digit billions of dollars to potentially influence entire planets climate and now if i was running a fossil fuel corporation everything great this can solve the problem and we can keep digging up coal and frankly thats the problem right so i guess you might consider that the vested interest not in fact be very. In Something Like this as you know yet another excuse not to cut c 2 emissions. Very often compared stratospheric ginger into painkillers this does not fix the problem right it does nothing about see what to do 1st of all. Were just reducing symptoms and then human nature can kick in and say well you know its hard to deal with changing the Energy Infrastructure which is very true its a huge problem so in the end any decision will always have to be based on imperfect knowledge do you ever feel like this is playing god it is theres a huge amount of hubris in this idea of saying well oh weve caused a problem lets fix the problem and i know how to do this were going to do this and we know exactly whats going to happen to the whole d planet yes it has a lot of that is actually quite unsettling and quite frankly makes me quite anxious. These can provide Endless Possibilities whatever geo engineering can achieve the i. P. C. C. Says the most carbon intensive fuel should still be phased out by 2050 at our next stop well see how the industry is fighting back because the jews its a mission to keep this. Goose it is a city built on. Mining fossil fuels just as much a part of Texas Culture as raising cattle. But these days big energy is trying to sidestep demands to cut production. Its responses a much touted technology to cut the carbon footprint. For today were heading out to texas is the biggest pal play it safe in the earth what the industry likes to call playing call. This is patron no. Its a coal fired generation with a 1000000000. 00 absorption tower unit a that last that after the cold has been be admissions of pumps through it and sold the collects much of the c o 2 before it hits the atmosphere. Its early days to get excited. The tower captures carbon from just one of the complexes 10 generating units. Whats more it doesnt actually reduce emissions over roll. The captured carbon is pumped in liquid form enjoy the oil field. They put c o 2 in the oil field and then you get more oil right as Company Spokesman david knox explains it breaks up stuff and deposits so they can extract more oil the c o 2 has a tendency it bonds with oil and when it launched it makes it slippery and when its slippery or it comes off of the rock that last bit of oil in there but if you capturing c o 2 but to get more oil than to actually increasing the amount of c o 2 overall it was if we were increasing the amount of oil thats being used but we dont actually have any impact on the amount of oil its been used the oil is the same amount being used were just increasing the Domestic Production and we dont have to import as much oil from foreign countries. The industry is looking at other options like super heating call that still produces nations without. Well still since. This unit the smaller one in canada are the only ones that coal fired plants using Carbon Capture the personally. There is such a thing as clean coal but it is only that these to use. The economics are very challenging when will there be another one built im not good at predicting the future but we now know that we can build one on time on budget. The uncertainty hasnt stopped politicians insisting the industry is say. We have and the war on beautiful will lean coal. Even. Some time consultant to begin it is skeptical clean coal has been a mirage for very many years it would be wonderful if you could actually have all the benefits of the cheapest fossil fuel and cut the Carbon Emissions but it turns out its fairly expensive to do on the on the coal fired power plant that is actually takes out some of the energy that you would otherwise produce so it has real cost and of course you also have to store it securely and theres been a lots of conversations about that weve not really seen it running and we certainly havent seen it running cheaply so again its one of the things that we should investigate but were not ready to do it any time soon. Back in copenhagen ordinary citizens continue to do their bit for the. Doctor alone boil down to his competitor its whatever except the real cost of abandoning fossil fuel. Most people are not content to only be able to charge their phones for have have their t. V. s running or indeed their operating theatres and in hospitals running when the sun is shining and when the sun is not shining the cost from solar panels is infinite and likewise with with Wind Turbines when the wind is. Why. Its not true this idea that when the suns not shining the winds not blowing were not getting that energy because when the sun is shining in the wind is blowing you can charge batteries and so the frontier is battery technology. No matter how fast the world switches to Renewable Energy the age of untested high risk of geo engineering could soon be a promise. We dont get there by going youre trolling for better or for worse geo engineering is part of the mix Going Forward because we cannot get to where we need to be by conservation alone. It could be the last throw of the dice to save the planet after decades of governments ignoring dial warnings simply going green may not be cowed by. Thank. You. International trade would you have supported having free trade would not change your money or the japanese or chinese dollars or germany controversial immigration policies that you want to as a well founded euro persecutory should be able to comment the off minister from syria has closed the door to Syrian Refugees like the buffalo maybe her son goes head to head with syria trump advisor Stephen Moore this year the trump deficit cross a trillion dollars you would urge everyone not to reelect a little from well no im not the party out and go on aljazeera rewind returns with a new series. And brand new updates on the best about using these documentaries think. Its fun to. Remind continues with uncomfortably this is gaza central jail and this is the section where theyre holding prisoners on drug charges users and dealers here is 120 of them in 3 different cells on al jazeera. This is al jazeera. Hello im a Fall Campaign this is the news hour live from coming up in the next 60 minutes biden and his son are stone cold crooked and you know a combative donald trump lashes out to the democrats off they accuse him of stonewalling the impeachment inquiry. Iraq imposes curfews of a number of cities including the capital baghdad as the death toll rises on the 2nd day of violent protests. Says it will impose tariffs on e. U. Goods after getting the go ahead from the World Trade Organization after a long running dispute. Afterward in my life. I think down here. But. And one year on tributes of murdered saudi journalists as questions about his death remain unanswered. A combative donald trump has unleashed a furious attack on the impeachment inquiry admitted intensifying standoff between the us president and Congress Denies pressuring ukrainian brought him as a lenski to investigate his potential rival joe biden and hes again accuse the democrats of conducting a witch hunt after his Fiery Press Conference trump took to twitter saying the do nothing democrat should be focused on building up our country not wasting everyones time and energy were earlier House Speaker nancy pelosi and the chairman of the Intelligence Committee adam schiff accused the president of intimidating witnesses and stonewalling the investigation they also expressed concern over u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei or has confirmed he was listening in on the controversial conversation between trump and selenski Shihab Rattansi as the latest from washington d. C. House democrats announced on wednesday that they would subpoena the white house for documents related to their impeachment inquiry if they dont receive by friday theyve also asked for documents from the state department am President Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani but they warn that no one should think they can avoid cooperation through then p. Legal action challenging congresss authority for example so we are concerned that the white house will attempt to stonewall our discussion much as they have stonewalled other committees in the past. Its why i say the white house needs to understand that any action like that that forces us to litigate or have to consider litigation will be considered further evidence of obstruction of justice and of course that was an article of speech meant against nixon the implications for the white house are clear from the democrats dont think you can hold the impeachment process up in the courts if you dont cooperate with the inquiry will simply roll that even to potential articles of impeachment as obstruction of justice and well infer that the reason youre not complying is because what the whistleblower said initially was true now the white house dont trust once again attacked the whistleblower who alleged he was abusing the office of the presidency to undermine the 2020 lections in his interactions with the ukrainian president this country has to find out who that person was because that person is a spot in my opinion but later in a press conference with the finnish president mr trump said he would cooperate with House Democrats in their inquiry however he grew irritated as he was asked exactly what he had been asking the ukrainians to do in the 1st place biden and his son are stone cold crooked and you know it is son walks out with millions of dollars the kid knows nothing you know it and so do we go ahead as you put the question sir was what did you want president selenski to do about present my President Biden and his son hunter. Are you talking to me was just a follow up of what i just asked us are you ready we have the president of finland ask him a question i have one form i just wanted to follow up on the one that i asked you which did you hear but if you want to hear me ask him a question im troubled president ial campaign released a new good arguing that the impeachment process is simply the democrats attempting to undermine democracy because they beat them at the ballot box its nothing short of a coup and it must be stopped its a message that those seem to be resonating with trumps basic least the campaign is reporting tens of thousands of new donors and huge sums of money pouring him she able to see out washington for more on this let me introduce you to grace who joins us live now from washington d. C. Shes a congressional reporter the hill newspaper covering u. S. Congress politics thank you very much for joining us but 1st the let me start by asking what it comes to trouble he seems to be getting angrier by the day hes called the inquiry is accuse the the whistleblower of treason do you think the president s feeling cornered now i absolutely do i think that theres frustration we saw that evidence of that when he was tweeting about his press conference where he was saying where she was saying that she believes that the president is scared by their impeachment efforts so i think weve also seen a handful of republicans come out and say they disagree with his comments and his handling of things so i feel like thats also kind of adding to the pressure that hes feeling right now and the impeachment front what do you what do you think trump and those close to trump strategy in all of this. The president repeatedly said theres nothing to see here and sect of state has been suggesting that people stonewall the investigation what do you think trying to achieve. No i think that theyre kind of trying to discredit the whistle blower complaints i think theyre definitely going to kind of try and capitalize today on the New York Times report that came out that Adam Schiff Committee had received information about the wish list complaint ahead of time to kind of discredit. The allegations in it we saw the president say during his press conference kind of make unbased allegations that adam schiff kind of helped craft the whistleblower complaint but i have talked to numerous republicans that are frustrated with the white houses messaging strategy and feel they havent cordoned it off with congress to kind of come up with a strategy to push back and is this turning into a bit of a deadlock in washington is there a sense that this could all drug. Much longer to come possibly even all the way up to the election it so oh absolutely and i think ive definitely talked to numerous lawmakers that feel that other priorities arent going to get done because of the focus on impeachment their chance of getting a spending bill done in november are starting to look more and more grim Gun Legislation prescription drugs these are all things that i think members. Were very concerned about all these issues kind of worried arent going to be taken care of which could be a problem for their constituents and its easy to forget that there are other things you can the country at the moment given how much attention is being focused on this inquiry but what it comes to the publics view in the u. S. That about this inquiry where is Public Opinion leaning when it comes to a possible impeachment. Its that weve kind of seen a shift in the polls within the past few days where even more republicans are kind of on board with the inquiry now ive talked to republicans they feel the base is still very much with Climate Change<\/a>. We have been doing to engineering now for many many decades in actually burning so much fossil fuel and altering the climate by humankind that we have to look now in a similar scaling to solutions to the problem. As we are here some believe the real added to Climate Change<\/a> is 20 kilometers up there and our next stop will be scientists who dont want to put blankets on places they want to blanket the atmosphere. In the hallowed halls of Harvard University<\/a> research is a look at just how practical and dangerous geo engineering. So here we have one of the big pieces of test equipment we use. In preparation for putting instruments into the stratosphere engineering professor frank is preparing for the 1st test Mission Later<\/a> this year. Ok and so when put instruments into the vacuum tank and then we can simulate the stratospheric pressure so you have a 20 kilometers. Belt use a High Altitude<\/a> blue to scatter the sun reflecting aerosols across the upper atmosphere. Right now theyre fine tuning equipment to measure the effect. Without the spice race in a way it does on a much smaller scale. They fly up into the stratosphere high above us the white board theory is that tons of tiny sulfur particles delivered by specially modified planes would lower the earths temperature. Would result in cooling the planet. Its what happened naturally in 991 after the philippines mount pinatubo but i know. And this gas then reacts in the stratosphere with accidents and turns into a soft euro acid and for the few years after mount pinatubo the temperature was noticeably lower and it cooled down the planet that was one effect that he got from what degree it was you know it was probably the range of about half a degree celsius. Trouble is a quick fix like that could have dusty side effects and what was also apparent after mount pinatubo and other volcanic eruption is that these particles in the end reduce the amount of ozone in the stratosphere so you know weve been trying to do a lot to actually fix the boat on land and here you now have the idea of introducing something that could destroy it again. And its not just those risks the bank this project controversial its the fear held by many of the side is themselves that just the suggestion of a magic bullet gives governments an excuse to keep pumping up a mission is. So good youve been running the numbers on this i mean isnt economically feasible part of the problem is just how much cheaper these geo engineering would be than switching to a new city if anything is to chief economist there is the projects executive director its so cheap that were talking about single digit billions of dollars to potentially influence entire planets climate and now if i was running a fossil fuel corporation everything great this can solve the problem and we can keep digging up coal and frankly thats the problem right so i guess you might consider that the vested interest not in fact be very. In Something Like<\/a> this as you know yet another excuse not to cut c 2 emissions. Very often compared stratospheric ginger into painkillers this does not fix the problem right it does nothing about see what to do 1st of all. Were just reducing symptoms and then human nature can kick in and say well you know its hard to deal with changing the Energy Infrastructure<\/a> which is very true its a huge problem so in the end any decision will always have to be based on imperfect knowledge do you ever feel like this is playing god it is theres a huge amount of hubris in this idea of saying well oh weve caused a problem lets fix the problem and i know how to do this were going to do this and we know exactly whats going to happen to the whole d planet yes it has a lot of that is actually quite unsettling and quite frankly makes me quite anxious. These can provide Endless Possibilities<\/a> whatever geo engineering can achieve the i. P. C. C. Says the most carbon intensive fuel should still be phased out by 2050 at our next stop well see how the industry is fighting back because the jews its a mission to keep this. Goose it is a city built on. Mining fossil fuels just as much a part of Texas Culture<\/a> as raising cattle. But these days big energy is trying to sidestep demands to cut production. Its responses a much touted technology to cut the carbon footprint. For today were heading out to texas is the biggest pal play it safe in the earth what the industry likes to call playing call. This is patron no. Its a coal fired generation with a 1000000000. 00 absorption tower unit a that last that after the cold has been be admissions of pumps through it and sold the collects much of the c o 2 before it hits the atmosphere. Its early days to get excited. The tower captures carbon from just one of the complexes 10 generating units. Whats more it doesnt actually reduce emissions over roll. The captured carbon is pumped in liquid form enjoy the oil field. They put c o 2 in the oil field and then you get more oil right as Company Spokesman<\/a> david knox explains it breaks up stuff and deposits so they can extract more oil the c o 2 has a tendency it bonds with oil and when it launched it makes it slippery and when its slippery or it comes off of the rock that last bit of oil in there but if you capturing c o 2 but to get more oil than to actually increasing the amount of c o 2 overall it was if we were increasing the amount of oil thats being used but we dont actually have any impact on the amount of oil its been used the oil is the same amount being used were just increasing the Domestic Production<\/a> and we dont have to import as much oil from foreign countries. The industry is looking at other options like super heating call that still produces nations without. Well still since. This unit the smaller one in canada are the only ones that coal fired plants using Carbon Capture<\/a> the personally. There is such a thing as clean coal but it is only that these to use. The economics are very challenging when will there be another one built im not good at predicting the future but we now know that we can build one on time on budget. The uncertainty hasnt stopped politicians insisting the industry is say. We have and the war on beautiful will lean coal. Even. Some time consultant to begin it is skeptical clean coal has been a mirage for very many years it would be wonderful if you could actually have all the benefits of the cheapest fossil fuel and cut the Carbon Emissions<\/a> but it turns out its fairly expensive to do on the on the coal fired power plant that is actually takes out some of the energy that you would otherwise produce so it has real cost and of course you also have to store it securely and theres been a lots of conversations about that weve not really seen it running and we certainly havent seen it running cheaply so again its one of the things that we should investigate but were not ready to do it any time soon. Back in copenhagen ordinary citizens continue to do their bit for the. Doctor alone boil down to his competitor its whatever except the real cost of abandoning fossil fuel. Most people are not content to only be able to charge their phones for have have their t. V. s running or indeed their operating theatres and in hospitals running when the sun is shining and when the sun is not shining the cost from solar panels is infinite and likewise with with Wind Turbines<\/a> when the wind is. Why. Its not true this idea that when the suns not shining the winds not blowing were not getting that energy because when the sun is shining in the wind is blowing you can charge batteries and so the frontier is battery technology. No matter how fast the world switches to Renewable Energy<\/a> the age of untested high risk of geo engineering could soon be a promise. We dont get there by going youre trolling for better or for worse geo engineering is part of the mix Going Forward<\/a> because we cannot get to where we need to be by conservation alone. It could be the last throw of the dice to save the planet after decades of governments ignoring dial warnings simply going green may not be cowed by. Thank. You. International trade would you have supported having free trade would not change your money or the japanese or chinese dollars or germany controversial immigration policies that you want to as a well founded euro persecutory should be able to comment the off minister from syria has closed the door to Syrian Refugees<\/a> like the buffalo maybe her son goes head to head with syria trump advisor Stephen Moore<\/a> this year the trump deficit cross a trillion dollars you would urge everyone not to reelect a little from well no im not the party out and go on aljazeera rewind returns with a new series. And brand new updates on the best about using these documentaries think. Its fun to. Remind continues with uncomfortably this is gaza central jail and this is the section where theyre holding prisoners on drug charges users and dealers here is 120 of them in 3 different cells on al jazeera. This is al jazeera. Hello im a Fall Campaign<\/a> this is the news hour live from coming up in the next 60 minutes biden and his son are stone cold crooked and you know a combative donald trump lashes out to the democrats off they accuse him of stonewalling the impeachment inquiry. Iraq imposes curfews of a number of cities including the capital baghdad as the death toll rises on the 2nd day of violent protests. Says it will impose tariffs on e. U. Goods after getting the go ahead from the World Trade Organization<\/a> after a long running dispute. Afterward in my life. I think down here. But. And one year on tributes of murdered saudi journalists as questions about his death remain unanswered. A combative donald trump has unleashed a furious attack on the impeachment inquiry admitted intensifying standoff between the us president and Congress Denies<\/a> pressuring ukrainian brought him as a lenski to investigate his potential rival joe biden and hes again accuse the democrats of conducting a witch hunt after his Fiery Press Conference<\/a> trump took to twitter saying the do nothing democrat should be focused on building up our country not wasting everyones time and energy were earlier House Speaker<\/a> nancy pelosi and the chairman of the Intelligence Committee<\/a> adam schiff accused the president of intimidating witnesses and stonewalling the investigation they also expressed concern over u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei or has confirmed he was listening in on the controversial conversation between trump and selenski Shihab Rattansi<\/a> as the latest from washington d. C. House democrats announced on wednesday that they would subpoena the white house for documents related to their impeachment inquiry if they dont receive by friday theyve also asked for documents from the state department am President Trump<\/a>s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani<\/a> but they warn that no one should think they can avoid cooperation through then p. Legal action challenging congresss authority for example so we are concerned that the white house will attempt to stonewall our discussion much as they have stonewalled other committees in the past. Its why i say the white house needs to understand that any action like that that forces us to litigate or have to consider litigation will be considered further evidence of obstruction of justice and of course that was an article of speech meant against nixon the implications for the white house are clear from the democrats dont think you can hold the impeachment process up in the courts if you dont cooperate with the inquiry will simply roll that even to potential articles of impeachment as obstruction of justice and well infer that the reason youre not complying is because what the whistleblower said initially was true now the white house dont trust once again attacked the whistleblower who alleged he was abusing the office of the presidency to undermine the 2020 lections in his interactions with the ukrainian president this country has to find out who that person was because that person is a spot in my opinion but later in a press conference with the finnish president mr trump said he would cooperate with House Democrats<\/a> in their inquiry however he grew irritated as he was asked exactly what he had been asking the ukrainians to do in the 1st place biden and his son are stone cold crooked and you know it is son walks out with millions of dollars the kid knows nothing you know it and so do we go ahead as you put the question sir was what did you want president selenski to do about present my President Biden<\/a> and his son hunter. Are you talking to me was just a follow up of what i just asked us are you ready we have the president of finland ask him a question i have one form i just wanted to follow up on the one that i asked you which did you hear but if you want to hear me ask him a question im troubled president ial campaign released a new good arguing that the impeachment process is simply the democrats attempting to undermine democracy because they beat them at the ballot box its nothing short of a coup and it must be stopped its a message that those seem to be resonating with trumps basic least the campaign is reporting tens of thousands of new donors and huge sums of money pouring him she able to see out washington for more on this let me introduce you to grace who joins us live now from washington d. C. Shes a congressional reporter the hill newspaper covering u. S. Congress politics thank you very much for joining us but 1st the let me start by asking what it comes to trouble he seems to be getting angrier by the day hes called the inquiry is accuse the the whistleblower of treason do you think the president s feeling cornered now i absolutely do i think that theres frustration we saw that evidence of that when he was tweeting about his press conference where he was saying where she was saying that she believes that the president is scared by their impeachment efforts so i think weve also seen a handful of republicans come out and say they disagree with his comments and his handling of things so i feel like thats also kind of adding to the pressure that hes feeling right now and the impeachment front what do you what do you think trump and those close to trump strategy in all of this. The president repeatedly said theres nothing to see here and sect of state has been suggesting that people stonewall the investigation what do you think trying to achieve. No i think that theyre kind of trying to discredit the whistle blower complaints i think theyre definitely going to kind of try and capitalize today on the New York Times<\/a> report that came out that Adam Schiff Committee<\/a> had received information about the wish list complaint ahead of time to kind of discredit. The allegations in it we saw the president say during his press conference kind of make unbased allegations that adam schiff kind of helped craft the whistleblower complaint but i have talked to numerous republicans that are frustrated with the white houses messaging strategy and feel they havent cordoned it off with congress to kind of come up with a strategy to push back and is this turning into a bit of a deadlock in washington is there a sense that this could all drug. Much longer to come possibly even all the way up to the election it so oh absolutely and i think ive definitely talked to numerous lawmakers that feel that other priorities arent going to get done because of the focus on impeachment their chance of getting a spending bill done in november are starting to look more and more grim Gun Legislation<\/a> prescription drugs these are all things that i think members. Were very concerned about all these issues kind of worried arent going to be taken care of which could be a problem for their constituents and its easy to forget that there are other things you can the country at the moment given how much attention is being focused on this inquiry but what it comes to the publics view in the u. S. That about this inquiry where is Public Opinion<\/a> leaning when it comes to a possible impeachment. Its that weve kind of seen a shift in the polls within the past few days where even more republicans are kind of on board with the inquiry now ive talked to republicans they feel the base is still very much with President Trump<\/a> and as long as that happens most members are going to stand with them and i think if that goes on the polling fluctuates that will be interesting to see how things pan out in the next few weeks since democrats are really kind of flooring the gas on and on the investigation judy thank you very much for joining us thank you for having me one of the leading contenders to to face donald trump in 2020 is in hospital Bernie Sanders<\/a> is complained says the democratic senator was at a Campaign Event<\/a> when he experienced chest pains doctors found a blocked artery and have successfully inserted 2 tiny chub known as stents sanders is awake and talking but come pain events of being counseled until further notice. 7 people are now dead in renewed clashes between antigovernment protesters and police in Iraq Security<\/a> forces opened fire on large crowds as they converge for a 2nd day in the capital and other cities across the country a complete curfew is now in place in baghdad and till further notice other southern cities are also under a curfew imran khan has more from baghdad. Ok gunfire in central baghdad as a rocky Security Forces<\/a> confront protesters for a 2nd day. Threat wednesday iraqi Security Forces<\/a> placed a ring of around to korea square the focal point of the protests. But they werent deterred by the show of force they came in large numbers and full running battles in nearby streets and in other neighborhoods their message to government leaders is simple the phenomenon of our demands we wont work we wont work if they do not want to treat us as iraqis then tell us we are not iraqi and we will find other nationalities and migrate to other countries that nobody thought we had demanding the change we want the doctrine of the whole government that message of bringing down the government will concern Prime Minister<\/a> other loved his office says he will meet protesters as well as set up a commission to investigate events including the deaths of demonstrators quite who the Prime Minister<\/a> will meet is unclear and a list suggests this is not a movement that seems to be led by any Political Party<\/a> or religious movement but is born of frustration you know there was no one for them to succumb behind to stick around because you saw that you see that from the. Still complain there are lies in things going to snow going this no guy no religion its the government has cut off Internet Services<\/a> nationwide a sign of how seriously the leadership sees the power of social media used by the protesters and its not just the capital baghdad were hearing that protests have been taking place and at least 5 other cities and thats going to be concerning to the government now what sources close to the Iraqi Government<\/a> have to hold out as they are is that theyre very worried about opposition Political Parties<\/a> and religious parties joining the protesters because that could swell numbers and make this a major nationwide movement now right now seemingly this protest movement is actually leaderless what most analysts are suggesting that it may well become bigger and bigger in the coming days. But quite how effective it will be remains to be seen in iraq on how does their baghdad. Body is iraqs former u. N. Ambassador he says youth in iraq have reached a breaking point are demanding better opportunities well theres a very deep frustration amongst the youth in iraq youth unemployment according to un statistics is somewhere around 20 percent. And it includes College Graduates<\/a> including yesterday there were reports of of medical graduates demonstrating because they were on able to find jobs so the frustration level is extremely high these problems have been percolating really since 2003 if not even earlier. Successive Iraqi Government<\/a>s have failed to address the issues and unfortunately it falls to the current government which has been in power for only one year to deal with problems that have been festering over 6000 years. But this is a very serious and something that i think the government of iraq has to take very seriously i fear that its going to inflame rather than rather than solve the problems this is not iraq is a nascent democracy it is","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia803109.us.archive.org\/1\/items\/ALJAZ_20191003_043200_The_Stream_2019_Ep_158\/ALJAZ_20191003_043200_The_Stream_2019_Ep_158.thumbs\/ALJAZ_20191003_043200_The_Stream_2019_Ep_158_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240716T12:35:10+00:00"}