U. S. Diplomats and trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani continuing to pressure ukraine to draft a statement announcing an investigation but none was released then in late august the ukrainians learned of trumps decision to withhold nearly 400000000. 00 in u. S. Military assistance the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine bill taylor appeared incredulous texting i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a Political Campaign the response came from ordered sunland a wealthy hotelier and trump donor who was appointed ambassador to the e. U. I believe you are incorrect about President Trump intentions he writes the president has been Crystal Clear no quid pro quos of any kind there is no bro whoa that was exactly what i saw at that dollar by that that text defending trump came joe. Just as the u. S. Media was catching wind of a whistleblower report accusing trump of wrongdoing in his call with the ukrainian president thats what launched the impeachment inquiry now targeting the president democrats heard from another witness friday the Intelligence CommunityInspector General who investigated the whistleblower report but we have evidence of Text Messages between state Department Officials expressing concern as early as may that Rudy Giuliani had a jew there was a giuliani biting thing going on that had concerned a state Department Official we have evidence that a state Department Official was concerned that there was a linkage between Security Assistance and as he described a domestic Political Campaign democrats are trying to build a compelling case for impeachment not only to convince the American Public but also Senate Republicans it would take a swell of republican the factors to remove trump from office and thus far theres only been a trickle. Castro aljazeera capitol hill. Donald trump aside a proclamation preventing immigrants who cant afford health care from entering the country anyone seeking asylum must now show they can obtain Health Insurance within 30 days of their arrival or demonstrate that they have the money to pay for medical expenses trump says the move will cut costs and save american citizens money u. S. Secretary of state mike composing grace on saturday decide a new mutual Defense Agreement between the countries the deal establishes a new base near the Turkish Border and comes as nato member turkey continues to develop closer relations with russia including the controversial purchase of the russian s. 400 Missile SystemJohn Psaropoulos has more for us now from athens. U. S. And greek officials are hailing this visit as the high point of greek u. S. Relations and its true that we have not before seen greece sign an open ended mutual defense Cooperation Agreement which is whats expected to happen in the Foreign Ministry behind me in the coming hours that agreement wont have to be renewed every year and it wont have to be ratified by parliament which suggests that both sides see the defense relationship as broadening and deepening from what weve learned it involves investment by u. S. Armed forces and contractors in their defense infrastructure throughout the country and an expansion of the u. S. 6 fleets based port at souda bay in crete the establishment of a Helicopter Base in the North Eastern greek city of Alexandria Police strategically placed very near the Turkish Border and other joint defense programs there is of course the element of u. S. Turkey relations as well that is assisting the growth of this u. S. Creek relationship in both energy and defense u. S. Turkey relations have famously been souring partly over disagreements in syria and partly over the turkish decision to purchase a Russian DefenseMissile System the as for hundreds in favor of taking possession of u. S. 5th generation f. 35. 00 fighter jets clearly the u. S. Is still very much invested in turkey its still very sees turkey as its most strategic ally in the middle east but this reinvestment in the u. S. Greek relationship sends a signal that the u. S. Is in trenching itself here as a backstop should things get worse in its relationship with turkey but im saying the pragmatism is driving the relationship between the u. S. And greece ties with nato ally turkey has been worst thing since 2017 thats pushing washington towards athens to maintain stability in the mediterranean besides a growing defense and strategic. Lance with ankara moscow is also accused of fermenting a coup attempt in the greeces neighbor montenegro the u. S. Sees a bigger role for greece in the balkans to fend off russian and chinese influence at his grace comes out of the worst of its debt crisis u. S. Commercial interest is growing 50 Companies Including brands that include cocacola and microsoft were part of an International Trade fair in thessaloniki this year scott lucas is professor of american studies at the university of birmingham and joins us now via skype from Birmingham Scott im a being too cynical had it to say that this agreement is only happening because to is drifting out or away from us influence i dont think youre being cynical enough i think youve mentioned quite well in your correspondent spoke about the leverage that both sides are trying to get against turkey but i think you can go beyond it i think the trumpet ministration is trying to project of course strength versus china and russia but it is notable that the trumpet ministration is doing this not by going through nato were turkey is also a member theyre going on a bilateral basis why do they go into the light bilateral basis in part because donald trump and his advisors are quite notable in terms of their hostility to multilateral approaches you clothing nato and the European Union and if you want to carry on the sentences in just a bit theres an awful lot of money to be made in expanding those u. S. Bases both for the greeks and for us defense contractors and firms all right so what does this mean for the nato then being left out in the cold and what does greece have to lose a you talked about what it has to gain but what out as does greece lose him. I mean those are 2 very very good questions to take the greek cable 1st i think they they dont lose very much because they dont have to put much in here other than to say look were going to expand the Defense Agreement with a country the United States which has been a president grace since the early cold war 70 years ago it is only at the point where you might talk about an open greek turkish conflict where costs were taken on both sides that that might begin to boomerang against athens the bigger question youve done a fight is what does nato possibly lose and i think that what nato will be trying to do in nato members this is to try to maintain coordination amongst themselves to say that the multilateral approach is the best one that you dont want individual members greece and turkey being pitted against each other and you really dont want the United States as they talked about doing with poland as well trying to pursue everything on a bilateral basis when the alliance is facing so many challenges not just within europe but even beyond europe in areas like the middle east and afghanistan ok dumb question here scott why the balkans so important strategically for the u. S. Well the balkans have always historically been important not just for the United States but theyve been important for russia for example and for other countries as well because thats the land area that is linking up that is between the mediterranean and that is the gateway in some respects to the middle east when you take the balkans to greece and turkey this corner has been a source of conflict well think about world war one and where it started and it continues to be part of a struggle for position and for influence the russians very much would like to advance in the balkans to push nato back the americans would like to push the russians back and nato is trying to figure out how to hold everything together without going into an open confrontation always good to go many thanks the professor scott lucas there in birmingham thank you. A Turkish BackedSyrian Opposition says that a number of rebel factions fighting in the province of joining the National Army in a move that could widen the oppositions influence in it live the last rebel held province in syria to serious sin and cos yolo has more now from the turkish city of near the syrian border. Syrian opposition factions have gathered and split several times so far but they say that this time it is different because for the 1st time Free Syrian Army f. S. A. Factions and the National Liberation front have gathered under one umbrella National Army of syria which is only going to answer to the Defense Ministry of the Syrian Opposition run interim government the interim government is a part of the Syrian National council which is International Recognized here they say that their primary principle is to protect their territorial integrity and liberate their soil should be outlawed should this shouldnt top up today terror groups ongoing airstrikes by the regime and russia threaten syrias territorial integrity thats why we wanted to boost our resistance against them we merge 2 of our armed forces this is a message to anyone who threatens us the men aim of this is to defend liberated areas in the. North west of the country. And we are preparing for the future. Of some military operations to the east of structures and we look to the region to the east of river and other of syria and we have civilians was kicked out of the region and. It is now important that they go back to their homes the United States sees the syrian the Political Forces as the primary force in order to fight against iceland 30 claims that its comments it is a mostly by the y. P. G. Forces now these factions believe that if they are a union under under one umbrella as the military as an as a conventional army of the interim government will also challenge the legitimacy of the wife e. G. In the fight against isis also mosco has been pushing turkey for the last 2 years in order to organize a for say factions together under one umbrella now. Its a question how the h. T. S. Hey its author and some will respond to the situation in ad lib as well at least 7 people have been injured in a grenade attack in southern kashmir that happened near a Government Office in the city of and. Police are blaming separatists were people in pakistani administered kashmir a marking 2 months since india ended the special status that of kashmir it. India controls hundreds of people a marching towards the unofficial border indeed administered kashmir has been under lockdown since new delhi took away its autonomy and arrested local politicians lets go now to suffer a bad in pakistan controlled kashmir aljazeera is kamau hyder is there come on tell us more. Yes indeed the jungle because you mean liberation front this is a Political Party which has support on both sides of the line of control that separates indian and pakistani administered kashmir a marching to the line of control today said theyre going to cross said they said they want to go do it in aga but they also stress that this is a peaceful march now the leader of the j k l f you have seen malia get in jail in india is headed did a good considerably and did have fears for his life because of the poor state of health daddy and then by their supporters numbering thousands we are doored about 3 to 5000 are already on the march to the line of control not very far from way we are they are going to be stopped by the Security Forces because pakistan does not want these people to cross because anything can happen if they do cross that line of control lets not forget that thousands and thousands of indian troops along the line of control and almost a 1000000 indian soldiers incarcerated so its going to be a tense and fed by did appear that the pakistanis are determined to stop these people from marching across the line of control and the Prime Minister is also treated saying that such a move would play into not a davao of india so he of course has cautioned the people not to cross that line because india has time again and again accused by guest on of sending infiltrators would they say our response about what the situation dad ill just serious come on how to reporting live from pakistan administered kashmir kimo many thanks indeed. Further protests are expected in haiti where people are demanding president s job elmores resign fridays march was the largest in the 4 weeks of protests during which 17 people have reportedly been killed protest a set of tires on a life as they marched to the un office of the prince Opposition Leaders are urging the International Community to glor its support abortions. Gymnasiums vote on sunday in the 2nd general election since the 2011 revolution the conservative and not the party is facing off against a newly created party the secular heart of tunisia but as a serious reports now from tunis the winner faces the daunting task of fixing an economy thats been in tatters for years. I want to its likely to be a tight race and candidates are taking no chances you dont know she the leader of another party is a running for the 1st time in a bid to rally support for his party the conservative in the other has been a driving force in politics since the 2011 revolution but now its rival the secular heart of tunisia is gaining ground citizens should vote for another to consolidate democracy because we need Strong Parliament and a party to lead the country its been wyvil the heart of the party was established by media magnate. Just 3 months ago are we is currently in jail accused of Money Laundering and tax evasion accusations his lawyers deny his party is promising radical Economic Reforms if it comes to power. Has a real vision for the country. You know they want to see down the road a real modern country they want to build a nation of they want to do with poverty they want to abolish poverty but no party is expected to secure an absolute majority in the parliament and with both another and heart of burning out forming a coalition there are rising concerns of a political impasse and as the political divide widens voters are growing frustrated with the political elite for failing to rein in inflation and unemployment. We hope politicians would tackle unemployment but they failed us the candidates wont change anything and we shouldnt expect anything from. I feel bad for the Current Situation in my country there is no security the price of commodities is on the rise and politicians repeat the same promises again and again. The 2014 constitution gives the Prime Minister a bigger say in domestic issues while the president controls defense and Foreign Affairs whoever wins in sundays vote was shaped in his years political and economic agenda for the next 5 years to dizzy and high hopes the 2011 revolution would bring democracy equality and Better Living conditions 80 years later economic problems and political instability have a shot of those hopes for a Better Future and fueled a growing disillusionment with the political elite well ill just tunis it was another historic night at the World Championships here in doha lets join. Up the road at our studio Khalifa International stadium. Thank you very much well thats right a. J. And 6 champions were crowned on friday with the home fans finally able to celebrate their 1st goal that coming up but 45 c. N. D. Qatars hyde superstar martez delivers when it matters. Also ahead the american athlete is making a record breaking her new home. Find out who took home gold in what was the closest finish of the 10 digits and we also look ahead to whats coming up here in the stadium later on saturday join us in about 20 minutes. So i will see you then next on the journeys here with the weather but still to come. After months of stalemate u. S. And north korea negotiations get together in sweden to talk nuclearization. Art from rubbi