forthe trump stump, today president trump confirmed he was totally serious. the secretary of homeland security, working with myself and my staff, will begin immediate construction of a border wall. applause the united states of america gets back control of its borders, gets back its borders. can we go ahead? but, as previous presidents have found, it is one thing to sign and seal and another to deliver. on his second full day in office, president obama ordered the closing of guantanamo bay. but it stubbornly outlasted even his second term in office. his plans were locked up by an uncooperative congress. so might donald trump s wall meet similar obstacles? its obstacle is literary, build a wall. there are a lot of nuts and bolts in the process. first of all, the money has to be appropriated, it has to go to congress, and there is the question of what the physical wall looks like. if some of it fencing, and is some of it a virtual wall? today was basically a message that they a
reciting video keep him from speaking his mind. the topics for week ahead. we begin tonight at a national wildfir wildlife refugn eastern oregon. typically, no one is around for miles but protesters are occupying an office there. they took up amps after a judge ordered two ranchers to turn them in tomorrow to serve time in prison for arson convictions. mallier national wildlife refuge, being led by amon bundy, they are prepared to stay there for years if they have to. al jazeera s allen schauffler joins us live from burns, oregon and allen you ve spoken to these protestors, why are they doing this? well, they have chosen the occasion of the resentencing of these two ranchers from this area, the hammonds father and son. they will now be serving five year minimum prison terms for arson convictions dating back in one case to 2001. so three have chosen that occasion to take too stand with what they say is overreach of the federal government the way ranchers and farmers can ma
and. it will potentially take care of some violence in america. and sport, former france international replaces rafael for real madrid. saudi arabia s allies have rallied to its side in a growing diplomatic dispute with iran. for the kingdom s execution of a dissident shia cleric. cut all ties with iran, while saudi arabia says it will hold all air traffic and commercial relations. andrew simmons reports. transiting here and dubai airport, as they were evacuated, comes similar action he by some of saudi arabia s allies, among them neighboring bahrain. after two days of protests from shief muslishia muslims. the action he followed the arson attack of the saudi embassy in tehran. saudi arabia accused iran of doing nothing to prevent it. a war of words is escalating. we decided to cut off all diplomatic relations with iran. we would also be cutting off all air traffic to and from iran and commercial relations with iran and have a travel ban against people traveling to
missing book sellers. tens of thousands of people who are starving to death in the syrian town of madaya will have to wait at least another day before help reaches them. aid agencies had hoped the trucks with food and medicine would arrive on sunday. some people are so desperate that they re eating leaves and grass. for the latest, we speak to our correspondent in beirut. why is it taking so long to get this aid to people so desperately in need? reporter: it has been a very complicated process. it is part of a multi stage deal that dates back to september and we re talking about two distinct regions of syria where the aid is going to be delivered. so it s not just madaya which is on the outskirts of damascus quite close to the lebanese border, but it is also a region in idlib where aid is also going to be delivered. this has to happen simultaneously for that agreement to go through. it dates back to september when there was a u.n.-brokered deal with also turkey and iran hel
mexican police to the world s most wanted drug lord. tens of thousands of people who are starving to death in the syrian town of madaya will have to wait at least another day before help reaches them. aid agencies had hoped the trucks with food and medicine would arrive asunday. our correspondent has the latest from beirut reporter: so the u.n. says now they are ready to deliver aid to three villages in syria where people desperately need some kind of humanitarian assistance. we re talking about madaya which is a town just on the outskirts of damascus. that has been under siege by government and allied forces. then two other villages in idlib, about 250 kilometers to the north, where they are under siege by rebel forces. back in september the u.n. helped to agree on a ceasefire for these sides. last week some fighters were released north of madaya and their families as well. it has taken until this sthaj, a complicated process, to be able to help people who really need aid