the crackdown on al-jazeera. president of united states is not guilty as charged trump is acquitted by the senate in his impeachment trial the white house says he's been vindicated. and again i'm just on the attack and this is out of there alive also coming out only one republican that's former presidential nominee mitt romney broke ranks to side with the democrats on the abuse of power impeachment charge. i'm sure to hear abuse from the president and his supporters. this is anyone seriously believe. that i would consent to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction my before god demanded of me. 3 dead and

$179.00 injured after a passenger jet skids of a runway in istanbul and breaks into pieces. on hollywood legend cut douglas best known for his role in spartacus dies at the age of 103. the us president donald trump has been acquitted of all charges in his senate impeachment trial bringing an end to only the 3rd such trial in american history he was facing 2 charges abusing presidential powers and the obstruction of congress are only one republican broke ranks but it wasn't enough to see trump removed from office democrats are vowing to press ahead with even more investigations how does your customer reports from washington d.c. . it is therefore the outcome was as expected donald trump be

and he is here by acquitted of the charges in said articles donald trump only the 3rd u.s. president to be impeached now also the 3rd u.s. president to be acquitted the white house called it full of vindication and exoneration mr romney all but one republican senator voted not guilty on both articles of impeachment the lone defector was mitt romney the utah senator who in 2012 with the republican presidential nominee my faith is at the heart of who i am romney said in an emotional floor speech his conscience was more important than party loyalty he voted guilty an abuse of power what he did was not perfect no it was a flagrant assault on our electoral rights our national security and our fundamental values a few other republicans said they believe put trump did was wrong but didn't rise to remove all from office others blasted the democrats' efforts to remove the 45th

us president i worry about the future of the presidency after what's happened here ladies and gentlemen you will come to regret this whole process all the democrats voted to convict trump on both charges they voice disappointment after his acquittal but did not admit defeat may yet face further investigation in the democrat controlled house and make no mistake about it the drip drip drip of evidence is going to keep coming out with each new revelation the message to the house of representatives don't do this again well let's speak to highjack castro now he is live from capitol hill for us heidi what happens now is the president trying out of the woods. i guess the question is will democrats do this again contrary to what you just heard mitch mcconnell's warning was but the answer is there really is no political will for yet another impeachment that's not really a discussion hell ever outside the the parameters of impeachment there are still

many other investigations that democrats are pressing forward with involving the president they still are trying to get a hold of his tax returns that they believe may show some financial improprieties and they're trying to subpoena john bolton who is the witness that never was during the impeachment trial of a former national security adviser who says in an unpublished book that he does have it even further evidence that president trump solicited help from ukraine to help his own reelection of course that won't matter any more in the context of this ended impeachment trial however everyone of knowledge knows that american voters are still paying attention to this as we head toward the next presidential election absolutely id and i see that trump's already declaring victory he's tweeted will be tweeted this video that says trump forever but how does all of this affect his chances going into the 2020 elections. right interims campaign immediately

seized on the announcement of the quote also calling it a vindication of full medication of the president and you'll see president trump now with his impeachment behind him using it to try to spring forward toward november course that's when he will be up for reelection the big question though is will this entire process have damaged or possibly even helped his candidacy you know democrats were fearful from the beginning that a failed impeachment that did not result in removal may actually galvanize president trumps base mortice further support the president leading to his reelection but at the same time they also think that getting this information out to the american voter getting these continued investigations that may prove to be more damaging to the president that may actually hurt him as well. following all the events for us on capitol hill thank you heidi well let's now speak to jack

kingston he's a former republican congressman and also a former senior adviser to donald trump's 2016 presidential campaign and he now joins us live from denver colorado mr kingston i understand you've been a surrogate for president tom's campaign as heidi was just saying that the white house is calling this a full vindication full exoneration but i see that some republicans did admit that the house had proven their case and the the president's actions were wrong so what's your reaction. well i can say this i was at the white house on monday the spirits there are very high they were up to mystic that this vote was going to happen the way it happened but frankly they're more optimistic based on their their accomplishments in terms of the strongest economy that we've ever had the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years the fact that wages have gone up we've got trade agreements and we're very engaged in try and have world peace and stability peace through strength and so they feel like that's the record they're going to run

on and i got to say one other thing a gallup poll today showed the approval for the republican party is 51 percent not enormously high but the approval of the democrat party is below 50 percent so that's after 'd $178.00 days of impeachment hearings mr king's i do want to come back to the impeachment just briefly that's what we're talking about here and i see and i why do you want to get your take on what republican senators who said that they did believe that president trump did do something wrong what you would take is on on what they had to say about that especially mitt romney. well don't think this is about mitt romney as you know he has been inconsistent 'd. on a lot of positions i think about how he used to be very very strong pro-choice and now he's pro-life he was very pro trump when he needed trump's vote now he doesn't like trump so i think the good people of utah will deal with him accordingly but i

don't know of any other senators including the ones in very vulnerable seats who felt like trump had done anything that would rise nearly to the level of impeachment we do know that nancy pelosi very famously said in the spring time that unless you have overwhelming evidence and bipartisan support to move forward you should not engage in pietschmann and yet her party radicals her hard left base forced her into having these hearings and it was done as you know without a house vote an unprecedented thing it was also done without letting the president cross-examine witnesses also unprecedented president clinton and nixon had that that right the ability so the house trampled on due process in a fantasy presidency to have you know one of the. testify he he tried to prevent documents and witnesses from actually going to congress in terms of cross-examining witnesses i do want to answer about witnesses that mr kingston

because some of the poll figures that i have in front of me something like 75 percent of people believe that witnesses should have been called in the senate trial is there a concern that given that this is an election year as well americans now believe that there may have not been a fair trial that some things might have been covered up 75 percent is quite a large amount you know. think a lot of those polls are superficial nobody would make a decision based on those kind of polls but what we did see is 17 witnesses and most of the people who answer those polls could not even tell you what the witnesses were during the clinton impeachment the only 3 witnesses that were allowed to be deposed were witnesses that had already testified for the house and other republicans were willing to stick by the clinton rules but again i want i want to emphasize there was absolutely no opportunity for the president present to president to cross-examine witnesses in the house now the president's oh you use executive privileges to hide information on confidential conversations president

obama did that president clinton did that president bush did that and that's what the courts are there for that if you disagree with it go to court subpoena people but the house was in too much of a rush is a very slipshod very thin case and it never had any traction remember the democrats needed to get 67 votes in the senate they did not even break 50 so it wasn't even close to be a. close call while it does also seem that this process will now continue with the house judiciary committee and wanting to subpoena john bolton but well leave it there for now jack kingston a former senior adviser to donald trump's 2016 presidential campaign thank you for joining us on out of there. on a barren is a former u.s. special impeachment counsel to the house of representatives and he says trump will now only get wes and the run up tonight anderson actually i think what you're going to see. between now and november is trump unleashed i believe

he will be over the top in his is statements his attacks his rationalizations for what he thinks he is a title to do and i believe that it will certainly work in terms of his base but i think a lot of american people are going to be very perturbed and not willing to accept that as acceptable conduct in the president of the united states it's really about as partisan as can get the only breaking of ranks was senator romney for which i think he deserves a great deal of credit but it could hardly be more partisan what. look the evidence was clear as to what trump did and the fact that the republican majority just turned their backs on it and stayed in line like the stepford wives they could not be more partisan speaking of an election yet the iowa democratic party has released

updated results from monday's caucuses that with 75 percent of precincts reporting he pushes has slightly increased his lead of about the sound of that taste elizabeth warren's about it while joe biden's tally increased by the same amount and there is still no word on when the final results will be announced. now still ahead on al jazeera life in lockdown we need a family struggling to maintain normalcy in the heart of the current virus outbreak . and malawi's president says he will appeal against a court decision that the knowledge of his controversial reelection on stand. in a welcome back to international weather forecast well here across parts of southern

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hello again i'm the star of the attainder or mind about top stories this hour the republican majority u.s. senate has voted to acquit president on trying to end his impeachment trial he was facing 2 charges abusing presidential powers and obstruction of congress mitt romney was the only republican to break ranks on the abuse of power charge the white house has welcomed the votes calling the impeachment process a witch hunt and based on a series of lives. all democrats voted to convict trump they've called the acquittal valueless and are bound to press ahead with more investigation. a passenger jet has crashed landed and skidded off a runway in istanbul killing 3 people and injuring dozens of others the pegasus airlines flight from is me at best into flames and broken to 3 pieces passengers

and crew had to be evacuated through cracks in the plane some of our reports from istanbul. a dramatic and for the short flight from his mia to istanbul the boeing owned by pick airlines was touching down when pilots appear to have lost control the plane veered off the runway burst into flames and broke into pieces. most of the 171 passengers along with the crew their vacuously escaped alive many suffered injuries and were sent to hospitals. the 2 pilots reported to be in a serious condition an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash because of. unfortunately the pegasus airlines plane could not stay on the runway due to poor weather conditions and skidded for around 50 to 60 meters it fell from 30 to 40 to 175 passengers babies for flight attendants and the pilots

were on board 120 passengers have so far been transferred to nearby hospitals. there was a thunderstorm bringing gusty winds at the time of the incident the authorities closed the airport and diverted flights to different destinations this isn't the 1st time this has been involved in such an incident 2 years ago one of its jets skidded off the runway atop zone port and and half way down a steep slope by the black sea all 162 passengers and crew aboard would have backed away to safely pegasus airlines is likely to face further scrutiny in the coming days last month one of its planes slid off the runway an airport investigators say the incident was due to bad weather conditions. is the i'm bored. well more than 28000 people have now been diagnosed with the corona virus and china 563 people

have now died where the outbreak began a still the west affected ascot hyla has been speaking to one family about what of life what life is like in that fancy trying to make the best of the lockdown. and his family travel to han for the lunar new year even once the coronavirus locked down and they will face an additional 14 day quarantine when they get back home to shanghai like millions of other chinese across the country the children might be smiling but the adults are very concerned. how you feel what do what do you want to tell people out there how you feel and what it's like so i think every city is just the 1st one since. it's funny. as it was and all of us don't. know that you know no

doctor. to toot toot sweet tea and that's something he has had to speak with these children about age 2 to 13 i'm going to answer is serious and this is always hard to do much. since. this is. schools photos show the empty streets of will haunt but the shelves in the supermarkets are not supplies he said are being brought in by the military like on the big concern for the central government here in beijing is increasing the medical capacity for the growing number of infected in a province more beds for the ill and more supplies for those treating them large gymnasiums in an exhibition center have been converted into makeshift hospitals in melbourne. along with the 2 new hospitals built for the coronavirus completed this week there are now more than $6500.00 new beds for those infected but with the

spread of the virus and these new beds barely cover the increase of confirmed new cases it will be a problem from just the last week got her out 0 asia well thousands of passengers on to chris shep's and hong kong and japan have also been quarantined and watching live pictures now from yokohama where japanese authorities have just raised the number of confirmed coronaviruses from 10 to 20 on board a vessel which has recently just docked for supplies there while the world health organization is now saying it will send a multinational team to china soon to help combat the coronavirus its appeal for $675000000.00 to fight the virus especially in developing countries. the message to the international community is in list today for pay more later in the 1st $2.00 days or say more later $675000000.00 u.s. dollars is a lot of money but it's much less than the bill we will face if we do not

invest in preparedness now during the window of opportunity that we have malawi as president is to appeal against a court ruling that overturned his re-election he said was a rico has been president now since 2014 narrowly won his 2nd term last year but the court cited widespread systemic and grave irregularities in the counting process the reports from capital a long way. people in malawi were preparing for another election after the constitutional court nullified last year's presidential vote saying it was marred by widespread irregularities but now they've been told there's going to be an appeal at the supreme court. we're into an election a tweak out there we know. that time all local and international observers agree that we had

a peace through free fair and credible election in exile and up where gore i saw him. and. the court. the may 21000 presidential election results showed metallica beat this man opposition candidate. 515-9000 votes a lead of just over 3 percentage points so clearly says he's not worried about the appeal they have a right to do that if they know they have a case but you cannot really think you can succeed against 5 judges who had a unanimous decision. the constitutional court judges said several people may have voted more than once there was evidence of ballot stuffing and some think this was changed using typewriter correction fluid is the 1st time a presidential election has been challenged on legal grounds in malawi for months

opposition supporters protested over last year's disputed election some people fear an appeal could spark more demonstrations was opposition supporters have criticized african and its a national election observer missions for endorsing the disputed polls a lot of what we saw for the entire electorate process is what the international observers saw except when it came to management transmission of the results and the determination and announcement of results there were things you know people who come from outside could not easily observe well if you feel safe they can't quickly make sense of what's happening because you are required to be grounded in the chords in their practices and so you begin to put things together and you realize that in this case 2 plus 2 is not equal to 4 it is something much more than for. the outcome of the president's appeal is likely to have major implications for malawi both politically and economically. al-jazeera. a

palestinian teenager has been killed by israeli fire during protests in the occupied west bank the shooting happened in hebron the palestinian health ministry says 17 year old muhammad was killed when a bullet went through his heart the israeli military says its troops opened fire after a palestinian threw a fire bomb. at least 6 people have been killed in the southern iraqi city of najaf when supporters of the shia cleric walked out of saddam's stormed an anti-government protest camp now sutter has at different times both supported and oppose the protesters who want the removal of iraq's ruling elite so wonderful to has more from baghdad. this is just the latest in a series of confrontations between the sudras who supports the nomination of mohamed tawfik allow as prime minister designate and other protesters who reject him until recently the sudras supported the protesters providing important logistical support protection as well as political cover but looked at assad or has

changed his position on the protests several times at times offering his support about other times we've drawing it now the situation has become particularly tense with the nomination of allowing as prime minister doesn't get on saturday that a starter and doors him while many protesters rejected him the sudras then moved into central protest sites controlling strategic buildings and since then we have seen several confrontations just yesterday on tuesday we saw that a group of sudras beat several student protesters who criticize sutter and who rejected we as the prime minister designate so all of these all these tensions risk further escalating and therefore further fueled by mark that assad is repeated a change in stance on the protests with increasingly confusing messages to words his supporters on whether they should join the protests or whether they should withdraw all of this comes amid growing fears among the protesters that the sudras

may try to seize control of the protest movement that they may try to and did all together. now sudan's transitional government is holding an emergency cabinet meeting following a decision to boost ties with israel a military council spokesman says monday's meeting between sudan's leader and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was an effort to protect national security and to end to don's designation by the united states as a supporter of terrorism civilian partners in the government have rejected the talks with israel saying they weren't consulted sudan has been trying to reform its image and open the country to international investment since the overthrow of longtime leader of al bashir morgan has more. since it was revealed on monday that the head of the sovereign council of sudan abdul fatah hahn has met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and to be in uganda sudanese have been divided on whether to accept the move or reject it now some people have taken to the streets

to protest the move that has been taken by the head of the sovereign council saying that it is not within his mandate and that there is an executive cabinet headed by the prime minister who is responsible for sudan's foreign relations and how to deal with foreign countries others have been saying that it is the right time that sudan opens itself to the international community especially in times of economic and political turmoil now the sudanese army earlier came out with a statement saying that they do stand with the head of the sovereign council of the for the 100 and the steps taken by him saying that because he is the head of the of the army and the commander in chief they stand by his decision but not all sides in sudan have welcomed the move that has been taken by the head of the sovereign council let's go back to the makeup of the transitional government it's the result of a power sharing deal between the former military council that ousted former president i'm going to be here in april and the protest movement known as the forces of freedom and change coalition that has led demonstrations that led the military to

overthrow the president now the parties that make up the coalition say that it is not within the mandate and that is the prime minister who holds executive powers to decide whether he wants to start normalizing ties with any country especially israel or not now the prime minister has said that he had no knowledge of the meeting between the and the israeli prime minister but that is something that the head of the sovereign council contradicted on wednesday when he had an informal set sitting with journalists and editors in chief in the country. now a trial has begun in paris for 6 suspected fraudsters accused of impersonating a french politician to steal millions of euros they are accused of calling more than 150 targets by phone and skype posing as french foreign minister tony blair now investigators say they requested money for a secret mission with a promise of repayment by the french state 3 people were successfully duped including the spiritual leader the agra carm who reportedly sent 22 $1000000.00 you

know. this is an attack on the state this is an attack that could have become in the context of public affairs we mustn't forget that the events that interest us took place in 20152016 that at the time they were the charge and better plan attacks so in a context of very very high levels of terrorism everybody was sensitive to the issues and the crooks who using the breeding ground of fear and terrorism romania's 3 month old government has collapsed after losing a no confidence vote parliament back to the motion brought by 2 opposition parties which paved the way for early elections the vote was triggered by prime minister noda bitch or bands attempt to change electoral laws. or one of the stars of hollywood's golden age has died oscar winning actor kirk douglas who starred in more than 18 movies during his career was 103 he is best known for his lead role in

the 1960 s. film spartacus but was also a producer a prolific writer and the patriarch of an acting dentist douglas was nominated for the best actor oscar 3 times and was also the recipient of an honorary oscar in 1996. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the republican majority u.s. senate has voted to acquit president in his impeachment trial he was facing 2 charges abusing presidential powers and obstruction of congress mitt romney was the only republican to break ranks on the abuse of power charge the white house has welcomed the votes calling the impeachment process a witch hunt based on a series of lives all democrats voted to convict trump they've called the acquittal a value list to press ahead with more investigations caster has more from capitol hill there really is no political will for yet another impeachment that's not

really a discussion however alcide the parameters of impeachment there's still many other investigations that democrats are pressing forward with involving the president they still are trying to get a hold of his tax returns that. believe may show some financial improprieties and they're trying to subpoena john bolton who is the witness that never was during the impeachment trial of a former national security adviser who says in an unpublished book that he does have it even further evidence that president trump solicited help from ukraine to help his own reelection a pegasus airways flight has skidded off the runway while landing at one of istanbul's main airports 3 of the 171 people on board the flight were killed dozens more were injured the plane was landing at subba got to an airport when it crashed splitting into 3 parts the world health organization says it will send a multinational team to china soon to help combat the coronavirus it's also

appealing to $675000000.00 to fight the virus especially in developing countries. well thousands of passengers on 2 cruise ships and hong kong and japan have been quarantined now watching live pictures from yokohama where japanese authorities have just raised the number of confirmed coronavirus cases from 10 to 20 on board a vessel which recently docked for supplies malawi's president has to appeal against a court ruling overturning his reelection he said was a rican narron he won a 2nd term last year but judges a knowledge of the result of citing widespread systemic and grave irregularities in the counting process well those are the headlines now it's inside story.

it is really in sudan soon become friends it's rather known for its plans for the normalization of toys because she is sudan's transitional government of god and the ones hostile nations are they moving closer together and what can be achieved this is inside story. out of their welcome to the program on that blog so sudan and israel have historically had frosty relations they have no formal ties sudan is one of the strongest supporters of a palestinian state but monday israel's prime minister.