what we're. told john president of the 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. color and how he had seen and this is live from doha also coming up 3 desert 179 injured after a passenger jet skids off the runway in istanbul and breaks into pieces. 6 antigovernment protesters are killed in iraq in clashes with followers of shit cleric looked at and sutter a former ally. and hollywood

legend current best known for his role in sponsor has dies at the age of 103. u.s. president only trump has been acquitted of all charges in his senate impeachment trial but in an end to only the 3rd such trial in american history he was facing 2 charges in presidential powers and obstruction of congress only one republican broke ranks but it wasn't enough to see trump removed from office democrats are vowing to press ahead with more investigations how do you counsel reports from washington d.c. . it is therefore the outcome was as expected donald trump be and he is hereby 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 loaded 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 democrats voted to convict 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. now with the impeachment officially behind him trump can spring toward the november election whether all this has helped him or hurt him as a candidate is the big question castro al-jazeera washington. or richard steiner's a democratic strategist and former legal advisor to the clinton white house during the 1999 impeachment trial he says mitt romney's move could convict a convict's convince trump. pardon he says the move to convict on could have bolden

other republican politicians. in both cases i think there was an expectation after the house impeached that the senate was going to acquit was going to basically not convict him the one difference though is that this was the 1st impeachment trial in the history of the united states were a senator of the party of the president who was impeached voted to convict him so mitt romney did a lot of things today by breaking this news but i think the words that he used and the sense of conviction and putting country above party is something that democrats whoever the presidential nominee is or frankly democrats going forward will seize upon to say we all don't have to fall prey to what. sort of force donald trump has over most republicans that people can rise above that so in that

sense by the time of the clinton trial bill clinton had apologized for his behavior donald trump to this moment still says that his behavior was perfect and i think the one answer is that when the impeachment trial was over in 1990 against bill clinton his popularity was in the 6065 percent range donald trump still in the forty's notwithstanding the fact that the economy is reasonably strong so i think the public ultimately soured 'd on his behavior and ultimately things are so partisan that there was a split you know all virtually all republicans going with him and every single democrat against him. now the iowa democratic party has released on dated results from monday's caucuses 75 percent of precincts reporting piece but it has slightly increased his lead over bernie sanders 3rd place elizabeth warren's votes fell marginally while joe biden's tally increased by the same amounts the still no words

when the final results will be announced. our correspondent kristen salumi has visited the swing states of pennsylvania which helped secure tom's victory in 2816 many there say the strong economy could put him on a strong footing november's election. here in small town america you didn't need a psychic to predict how democrats would react to the failed attempt to impeach the president i believe the impeachment is called for. and it's unfortunate that the witnesses were not allowed to testify. but this is the city of new hope in the swing state of pennsylvania. a republican say that that you know impeaching trump would further divide the country but letting him get away with what he's gotten away with it divides the country also. and this sleepy town where the 1st president of the united states george washington camped with his army during the

american revolution is tired of politics said i'm not a republican and i didn't vote for john but i'm just sitting here and just trying to get him out you know tell me something that you going to do for the country and even those who don't like the president aren't exactly pleased with the democrats have yet to see i think true leadership come and say ok well here's a here's an option that you can grab on to a lot of the people we spoke to here in new hope say they just don't know who to believe when it comes to politicians but with the wages rising and unemployment falling the strong economy could favor donald trump who won pennsylvania in 2016 by less than a percentage point because i don't think. the charges that they put together were worth the impeaching a president. that had you vote for him yes they would and i voted for clinton the last time but some people who voted for trump the 1st time around say he needs to

clean up his act but he keeps door to door right now as far as the economy and and trying to help our country vote form again. he needs to really stop some of the silliness that he does and concentrate on his job with so much drama in d.c. there seems little hope here of bringing the 2 sides together any time soon christine salumi al jazeera new hope pennsylvania. the number of deaths caused by the coronavirus site break has risen to 563 the chinese government says more than 28000 people are affected not include a newborn baby diagnosed just 30 hours after birth meanwhile science is a passenger's on 2 cruise ships in hong kong and japan are under a 14 day quarantine japanese authorities say 20 people from the vessel of tested

positive for the virus well fatties salami has more from the ports the government is going to deliver. warning. also the government has all the passengers and the crew members to not leave their rooms this is. also some reports of. some kind of. go through even. going.

through. some of the people who are. in. well indonesia is one of the few countries in its region to reports a case of the corona virus on sunday 243 people were evacuated from war han and are in quarantine on a remote airforce base but as jessica washington reports from the tuna the plan has caused panic among some residents. the impact of the corona virus outbreak is being felt all over the world even on one of indonesia's most remote archipelagos internees are airlifted from china's hu bay province where the corona virus outbreak began have been brought here to not tuna they're in quarantine at the

local military base. in. we considered several places but we had to consider the runway for the plane to land and the facilities so in the end we decided not to know was the best place. this is the town closest to the quarantine facility just a few kilometers away from the military base decorations for lunar new year are still up but the mood is far from festive. many here are angry they weren't told about the quarantine plan. we didn't know what was happening no one gave us any information all my neighbors were confused. the town is quieter than usual that's because many residents left when they heard the news fearing for their own safety. or left of few days ago and then they came back because i had to feed my chickens but i'm still afraid of the fire risk the evacuees are in quarantine here at not

enough for 2 weeks in total that the incubate period off the virus but if any of them show symptoms of the corona virus all of them will have to quarantine extended . the indonesian government says it needed to act quickly and that meant there wasn't time to inform the islanders beforehand now government employees are going door to door telling residents there's nothing to fear because the evacuees won't leave the military base. as the initial panic comes down the local education board revoked its decision to suspend classes because of the quarantine trying to restore some sense of normalcy in the midst of a global health crisis jessica washington al-jazeera matter. the world health organization says 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. our

message to the international community is invest today for pay more. immersed today or pay more flow to. 675000000 years dollars is a lot of money but it's march less so than the bill we will face if we do not invest in preparedness now during the window of opportunity that we have. still to come on al-jazeera and israel's blame for firing a number of missiles towards damascus. and still at loggerheads the african union takes on the controversial written nacelles down disputes.

welcome back to international weather forecast where united states is seeing plenty of weather as we go into the weekend we have a major weather system bring some snow like conditions across the north severe weather down here towards the south you know the next few days we're going to see a combination of icing as it makes its way towards the northeast flooding is going to be a big problem down here across much of the south as the system pushes through also tornadoes wind gusts and damaging hail could be likely anywhere from georgia up here towards parts of south carolina that will continue but up towards the north it is going to be the snow it's going to be the ice we're going to be seeing power lines going down as well as trees as we go towards friday as well it's really not until we get towards saturday we see a big improvement as the system makes its way out here towards the atlantic well that same weather system will be coming down here across the gulf of mexico as well as into the caribbean these are the clouds right here making their way south friday the showers are going to be pushing through parts of cuba really dropping those temperatures for van that we're going to be seeing some heavy rain showers pushing

through as well also affecting parts of the bahamas and for have ana expect to see those temperatures come down with some heavy rain as well as some winds we do expect to see a showers here on friday with a temperature of about 22 but by the time we get to saturday back to normal at 27. americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting trouble here there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans living there on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong on the bottom line on us politics and policies a matter of fact on the world. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from our london broadcast center. on al-jazeera.

this is al-jazeera quick might over top stories this hour the republican majority in the u.s. senate signs voted to acquit president donald trump on both charges in his impeachment trial but romney was the only republican to break ranks on the abuse of power a charge all democrats force it to convict trump they called the acquittal value that simple from him to press ahead with more investigations. and more than 28 families and people have not been affected by the corona virus that includes 20 people on a cruise ship and this one's a quarantine in japan 2nd cruise ship has also been quarantined in hong kong.

at least 6 people have been killed in the southern iraqi city over the john f. when supporters of the shia cleric walked out of southern storms an anti government process count southern has at times been supported and the polls the protesters who want the removal of iraq's ruling elite. several missiles have been intercepted near the syrian capital damascus golden state media it says they were fired from over the occupied golan heights there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties israel hasn't commented or if it has previously targets is a rainy and has bala targets inside syria. a passenger jet says skidded off the end of a runway in istanbul killing 3 people and injuring dozens of others the pegasus airlines flights from ismir was seen in flames and broke into 3 pieces passengers and crew had to be evacuated through cracks in the plane action reports night from istanbul . a dramatic and for the short flight from as me to istanbul the

boeing owned by pick gases 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 2 pilots 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 at an airport investigators said the incident was due to bad weather conditions. is the i'm bored. a palestinian teenager has been killed by israeli fire during protests in the west bank the shooting happens in hebron the palestinian health ministry says 17 year old mohammad or her dad was killed when

a bullet went through his hearts israeli military says its troops opened fire after a palestinian through a far bomb. there's been a suspected car ramming at a bus station in west jerusalem according to israeli security forces at least 12 people were injured when the vehicle was driven into a crowd over pedestrians the driver fled the scene after the suspected attack. signals transitional government is holding an emergency cabinet meeting following a decision to boost ties with israel and military council spokesman said monday's meeting between sudan's leader and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu was an effect an effort rather to protect national security and and sedans designation by the u.s. as a supporter of terror civilian partners in the governments have rejected the talks with israel saying they weren't consulted. the african union summit is looking at the disputes between cairo khartoum and added up above over ethiopia's grand

renascence dam several attempts to resolve the crisis of so far failed mom and phone records. there is no shortage of issues to debate at the african union summit even the host country ethiopia has its own dispute with neighbors while the construction of its multibillion dollar hydropower dam over the blue nile river continues it remains our odds with egypt over some major aspects of the project. egypt initially opposed the giant dam itself now it's opposing the plan for the filling of the lake that's going to hold up to 74000000000 cubic meters of the rivers waters if the filling spreads over 3 years as ethiopia once egypt expects to face probably the biggest manmade reduction in its share of the nile waters in recorded history in 2015 if the o.p.'s sudan and egypt signed the declaration of

principles aiming to resolve the dispute and getting rid of a colonial era treaty which gave egypt a lion's share of the nile but disagreements over technical details continue to prevent its implementation as the dam construction neared completion egypt pressed for international mediation against the wishes of ethiopia however the 3 parties finally agreed to us arbitration last year they held several rounds of talks in washington coming close to signing a final agreement in january but after visiting the dam on saturday if you open the prime minister ahmed told parliament he'd asked for more time to study the draft agreement oh no it's almost my despite great efforts by the us president the us treasury secretary and the world bank to overcome the obstacles we still need to negotiate this matter further during the negotiations the downstream countries changed their position from rejecting building the dam to how to operate the dam and the water flow we will continue to benefit from our resources without harming

anyone. if your peers says it has every right to utilise the blue nile waters that originated from its territory for both farming and the production of hydro power that is designed to produce up to $6000.00 megawatts but egypt believes any dramatic change in the water flows as the dam is filled will cause a crisis on its territory. sudan for which the nile passes seems the least concerned despite warnings by some of it sr experts of a potentially negative impact on its water supplies it's not clear what progress the a year leaders can achieve during the 2 days of talks while eyes are still on washington and lingering hopes of the parties would sign an agreement some. hollywood legend appeared in more than 80 movies has died at the age of 103

was nominated 3 times for the best actor oscar and was the recipients of an honorary oscar in 1906 or a burden man they takes a look back at his life and career. kirk douglas graced the silver screen for more than 7 decades he burst onto the scene in 1960 next the veteran movie star barbara stanwyck and strange. for people douglas quickly established himself as a star and leading man in his own right earning his 1st oscar nomination in 1950 playing a boxer in the champions. 2 more loads followed over the next decade that cadillac occupation won for playing a producer in 1952 use the bad and the beautiful how do you know how i feel about and another in 1956 playing tortured artist vincent van gogh in lust for

life well i think son i want to make you feel it revolving giving off mike douglas his most iconic role came in 1960 playing spartacus a slave leading a revolt in ancient rome he also produced the film and helped end hollywood's communist blacklists by insisting right to dalton trumbo receive on screen credit. douglas later became patriarch of an acting did a city son michael followed him into business becoming an oscar winning actor and producer in 2003 the pair along with michael son cameron appears in the film it runs in the family. the veteran actor was a prolific author as well penning a half dozen books including his $988.00 autobiography the rockman son. despite suffering it to political stroke in 1905 douglas continued the filming in

$96.00 at the age of 80 the act of finally won his 1st academy award an honorary oscar and reunited i love all you and i frank. well as get more on this now from daniel smith rosie he's a film historian who joins us from berkeley california by skype kids are with us here on al-jazeera when we think of hollywood royalty we think of kirk douglas and the douglas family had an a career spanning 7 decades just for sort of legacy would say kirk douglas leaves. well at 1st thank you so much for having me i would say douglas leaves a tremendous legacy he was part of that generation along with it his friend burt lancaster you could put paul newman steve mcqueen robert mitchum in and gregory peck a few other men in there they sort of moved to hollywood masculinity from the sort

of the tough guy that never had to question to a guy who was a little more conflict in a little more problematic you know kirk douglas himself said he found virtue a little uninteresting he wanted to play men who had sort of darker sides and darker shades in a minute and i think he sort of so i think with his friends he and his peers he changed sort of our conception of masculinity a little bit in the fifty's and sixty's through his that terrific acting and then there's much more to the man than the movies isn't there he's widely credited with with bringing that the holywood blacklists to an end. just tell us more about it than to think that was a risky move for him at the time to stick his head above the parapet like that. absolutely it was a huge risk 1st just him being a producer at all it was not something that actors routinely did at the time and then for him to insist on crediting dalton trumbo now the blacklisted hollywood

writers had been working with under pseudonyms they hadn't had their names officially on projects and. kirk douglas insisted on that production trumbull one of the greatest writers of his own generation and that's that was really important and not only that and that one thing i haven't really seen in other obituaries which i think is really important the movie itself spartacus kind of dramatize is the process of what it was like for as you said. douglas and trying to put their heads above the parapet i mean it sort of you know when you think of that famous scene that clip that's playing everywhere now i am spartacus it's about taking an unpopular stand you know and being willing to sort of speak up and do what's right even when. forces the powers that be a raid against you and that's it was it was a powerful moment and in 1961 americans joined him in that moment they also laughed

off a blacklist john f. kennedy among other people down the president elect laughed off the black list that o. course i'm going to and he didn't i'm not quoting him exactly but he he laughed at the idea of having to conform to the blacklist anymore that was the past it was time to move into the future where we don't have we're going to worry about mccarthyism and that level of anti-communism and so yes it was it was a risky thing it was one of many risks that douglas took in his career and with all the humanitarian work but he also did it he's quite an impressive figure yeah and it's an enormous legacy that he leaves behind a done deal smith rise and thank you so much indeed for joining us there live from california thank you. thank you very much. and finally a trial has begun in paris for 6 suspected fraudsters are accused of impersonating a french politician to steal millions of euros are accused of calling it more than a 150 targets by foreign and skype forcing as the french foreign minister joy elude

to the oh well investigators say they requested money for a secret mission with a promise all $3.00 payments by the french states 3 people were successfully jutes including the spiritual leader the aga khan reportedly sent $22000000.00. this is al-jazeera these are the headlines the republican majority u.s. senate has voted to acquit its president still were trampled both charges in his impeachment trial but wrongly was the only republican to break ranks on the abuse of power charge accordingly the president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust what he did was not perfect no it was a flagrant assault on our electoral rights our national security and our

fundamental values corrupting an election to keep one's self in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that i can imagine will democrats voted to convict strom they've called the acquittal value this and have only to press ahead with more investigations. more than 28000 people have been infected by the corona virus that includes 20 more people on a cruise ship that is under quarantine in japan a 2nd cruise ship has also been quarantined. at least 6 people have been killed in the southern iraqi city over the jaw from supporters of the shia cleric walked outside a stone denouncing government protest camp souter has a time is well supported and the polls the protesters here want the removal of iraq's ruling elites several missiles have been intercepted near the syrian capital damascus according to state media it says they were far from over the occupied

golan heights there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties and there's been a suspected car running at a bus station in west jerusalem according to israeli security forces at least 12 people were injured when the vehicle was driven into a crowd of protesters the driver fled the scene after these suspected attack. and one of the stars of hollywood's golden age has died oscar winning actor kirk douglas who appeared in more than 80 movies during his career was 103 years old he's 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 axing tennessee last year upstate stay with us here on al-jazeera these continues after the bottom line. trade tensions could cut global economic growth by more point 8 percent we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in to what extent will try to be a drag on the global economy in 2020 counting the cost on al-jazeera.

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question donald trump says he's made huge accomplishment since he took office but just how healthy how strong and how united are the united states of america today let's get to the bottom line. this week president trump lays out his achievements in the annual state of the union address it's sort of like an annual health checkup at the doctor's office in trump world everything is rosy we have prosperity lots of new jobs and lower taxes we're getting a big beautiful wall that blocked migrants his words not mine as part of his culture war all american policies foreign and domestic are changing really fast for its critics they don't recognize america anymore where is the america of greater racial inclusion where is the concern for those working full time but still in poverty and the rich getting richer at the expense of the rest of.