haitians say this protest is unlike those that have gripped the country in the past but they say this time the people are more united they say this time the government will be held accountable heidi joe castro al jazeera. now the u.s. is in the middle of one of the worst drug epidemics in its history several cities want to set up places where people can use illegal drugs with supervision in an attempt to reduce deaths al-jazeera is christensen to me take a closer look now at that issue in new york. at a busy intersection behind a nondescript door is the safe haven for drug addicts here at the corner project they can grab a nap on a comfortable chair or pick up clean needles or referral to detox and last year the corner project saved sixty five lives including that of this recovering addict i ve spent most of my life in jail or thirty nine year old damien zamora now works here monitoring the bathrooms where he himself has overdosed. i have overdosed more than once and are in g
crime conviction and two other convictions and admit four years ago revised the law by redefining some felony crimes and making them not count as a strike a second ballot measure approved two years ago will allow inmates convicted of nonviolent crimes to be eligible for parole robin also has the latest from los angeles. three strikes and you re out is a term taken from the american sport of baseball but in this context what it means is any person who committed two felonies and then was found guilty of a third no matter what that might be would be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole now many people caught up in this were nonviolent offenders people who stole or shoplifted some goods from a store or were caught with a very small amount of narcotics nevertheless they were put in life without the pot put in life behind bars without the possibility of parole well now that s changing in california up to four thousand nonviolent offenders caught up in the t
violating the us constitution in the news that the charges are laid out in several lawsuits one of which is now focused on the trumpeted national we decided to file a lawsuit because it was a violation of this country s oldest anti-corruption law and that is the emoluments clauses both foreign and domestic. we would like a federal court to order to present a united states to cease violating the emoluments clauses and that would i think mean at the present a united states would be ordered to divest in a clear and transparent way from his businesses. seeing is the attorney general of the district of columbia the democrat and with his counterpart in the state of maryland he s suing the president and frankly we saw it as our obligation particularly given the fact that in the case of the district of columbia he s violating the law five blocks down the street. how do you prove that the president being influenced by people patronizing his hotel how do you prove corruption it s a gre
investment summit of davos in the desert as it s been dubbed citing that now is simply not the time for that level of engagement this was what french president emmanuel macron had to say. leafy. the facts we know today are mr g. extremely serious and worrying we expect is fairly light on this matter we have had exchanges with saudi authorities to clarify all this but in the current circumstances we have sides a postponement political visits including that of our economy minister european countries of course faced something of a quandary in their response to saudi arabia do they go in hard on riyadh demanding answers threatening action risking the possibility of wrecking lucrative trade and investment ties particularly in the sale of arms and also very valuable intelligence contacts that have been credited with water going number of attacks on european soil or do they stand behind that much from put to value of the european union the global rules based system casting all else
and as my colleague said they will continue to give small hence one one at a time in order to. really close the sale because around the saudis because the saudis have been really really bad job not just now and the techs have also been very skeptical and angry about the way they have the saudis had handled many and that issues similar issues including their relations with the thought this is madness this is absolute none this and the way it is coming to realize that. has been. for the west and for its percent of what america yes he is giving money but at the same time he s making everybody unhappy in the region so i think that they actually have played their cards so well so went so far by. also there are also afraid that. the trump administration may stand the middle of the way back up or back away from the whole process well we just want to remind us as well at this point that we did make several efforts to reach out to saudi oil says on this oil and prosperity voices but w