there are businesses and looking for work independently but for some it's not enough. the white house 2 officials who testified against donald trump 2 days after the president's impeachment acquittal. this is al jazeera live from coming up. closes in on bernie sanders 7 democratic contenders face off in a debate in new hampshire and head of tuesday's primaries. dozens of coronavirus cases in a cruise ship off the coast of japan we speak 12. passenger. the medical center is very busy right now because apparently passengers who have been

pointing have reported that they have a. turkey deploys troops and tanks to syria's last rebel stronghold it's pro-government forces claim a crucial town. is being accused of seeking revenge after removing 2 officials who testified against him at the impeachment trial the firings come just 2 days after trump was acquitted by the republican majority said it. was the u.s. ambassador to the european union. colonel alexander had been the top ukraine expert in the national security council both officials testified to a house committee about the president's efforts to pressure you crane to investigate political rival joe biden all hours earlier trump said he wanted

alexander vinland gone. well i'm not happy with the guys supposed to be happy with the bombing they'll make that decision you'll be hearing they'll make a decision. the top democratic senator chuck schumer was quick to respond to the news on twitter he said the pentagon assured me patriots and whistleblowers like the tyrant colonel van men will be protected and the reprisals against him or others who came forward to tell the truth all wrong and should be seen for what they are an extension of frozen trumps cover up well here's a reminder of what lieutenant colonel been told the u.s. house last november i was concerned by the column what i heard was inappropriate and i reported my concerns to mr eisenberg it is improper for the president of the united states to demand a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen and a political opponent i was also clear that if you crane pursued an investigation it

was also clear that if you create pursued an investigation into the 2016 elections the bidens and it would be interpreted as a partisan play this would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing bipartisan support undermining u.s. national security and advancing russia's strategic objectives in the region golden song london now fired u.s. ambassador to the european union have confirmed trump held up aid to ukraine to press it to investigate his rivals i know that members of this committee frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question was there a quid pro quo as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting the answer is yes let's get more now from andy gallagher he's live for us in washington d.c. andy is there a feeling that this is just the beginning of the president's cleanup. well it would

seem that way this is clearly retribution from president trump who feels vindicated after being acquitted by the senate on is in each moment. so we don't know who is next as talk of mick mulvaney his current chief of staff may be out soon that hasn't been confirmed in fact the president said he had a good relationship with him but there's no indication that that might not happen in the future but when it comes to what happened in each moment a senior trump official said this sends out a strong message that if you do not back the commander in chief we will not tolerate it that seems very clear at the moment but it is something of a dangerous message if you think about what chuck schumer said about whistleblowers being protected these witnesses saw and learned and lieutenant colonel alexander didn't were subpoenaed they had to appear before those impeachment hearings and give their side of the story as patriots saying what they believed was true they were both pivotal witnesses alexander was

a scorcher from the white house along with his twin brother her lawyer at the white house by security guards that sends out a strong message in itself and you know his military career he was awarded the purple heart served in iraq his military career may now be over gordon song and on the other hand was someone that was very close to president trump at one point he gave a $1000000.00 to president trump then got the job as the ambassador to the european union and was said to have had don trump's personal number on speed dial he's out as well but for him he's a billionaire a hotel magnate things are of fine he'll be financially secure our lives on a veteran's future is not certain at the moment but democrats are outraged by this . they're saying that you know someone like vin did his duty as an american as a patriot as a soldier and now this is his punishment and it sends out a very strong message from this administration and president trump that this is

wrong. but the white house is saying it's time to clean the pipes and we simply don't know who might be next but you can only imagine that president trump may have a long list of people that he wants to take out his retribution on because he was acquitted and doesn't need anyone's permission to do that he's after all the commander in chief and the thanks so much andy gallacher there. the former u.s. national security advisor john bolton is accusing the white house of suppressing his unpublished book the national security council sent a letter to bolton's lawyer on friday expressing concerns the manuscript contains classified information denies that the book reportedly contains allegations suspended military aid to ukraine so force it to investigate his political rivals bolton was sacked by trump in september just before the complaint by an anonymous whistleblower was made public the us democratic presidential hopefuls are holding

a debate ahead of the new hampshire primary on tuesday that comes as they try to move on from the chaos and delays surrounding the iowa caucus results the major topics covered so far include the firing of lieutenant colonel alexander. the u.s. assassination of iranian commander carson solar money and how the party needs to work together to oust president trump and commit chill is a us political analyst an associate research scholar at columbia university he says candidates are fighting for their survival in new hampshire. but bernie i think is handling this debate very well he's consolidating his base he's not moving voters towards him he's letting him be close but sharply to judge and joe biden fight that kind of centrist lane while consolidating his base so this is what primaries like this is what this debate is like for a lot of these candidates new hampshire is do or die if global chart doesn't break in the top 4 here she's out of this race if ward finishes a distant 3rd again she's in very bad shape and if biden isn't very close to the

top he's really reeling so if he does if he finishes a distant 3rd or distant 4th this time if he's not within 6 or 7 points of who to judge or and bernie you will see that kind of centrist moderate wing of the party casting around and you will see support going to judge and again not to forget bloomberg now the candidate who we haven't really talked about here is elizabeth warren who is in an interesting place here because you know she is also from a neighboring state vermont and massachusetts both neighbor new hampshire but elizabeth warren you know she did a decent 3rd but not a great 3rd place but she's emerging here as the compromise candidate everybody can live with elizabeth warren but the problem is voters aren't rank ordering their voters only voting for one candidate she may be every one second choice here and indeed in some respects the strongest party in terms of the strongest candidate terms of bring the party together but her road to the nomination is going to be very tough especially if bernie beats her in all of the 1st 4 states which is frankly very likely to happen hong kong has started to in quarantine for

a while or arriving from mainland china who try and stop the spread of corona virus the outbreak has killed 722 people in china or 5 almost 35000 around the world. earlier we spoke to matthew smith who is one of thousands of passengers and crew stuck on board a cruise ship in the japanese port of yokohama the ship has $64.00 confirmed cases of the virus he says he's hopeful will be allowed off after the 14 day quarantine period yesterday and the captain informed us that according to the japanese health officials that absent further developments we would be allowed to go on february 9th. if the quarantine is doing what it's intended to do is keep everybody separate from when it was instituted on wednesday morning the fact that additional cases are developing is likely from should be from infection that occurred before the coins

and we're hopeful that they're not resetting every time they discover one which would seem to be a little bit of an overreaction given the nature of the quarantine but frankly we recognize that anything could happen at this point we're hopeful to get off on the 19th but are open to the possibility of quarantine might be. well still ahead an al-jazeera sacrificing their schooling why students are fairing protests against iraq's government to returning to class. a movie parasite is marking a breakthrough for south korean cinema. ok so far as another worst is now over this is a very active nasty frontal system on its way out in the western atlantic it caused

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you're watching out just 0 time to recap our headlines now the fallout from donald trump's impeachment trial continues with the firing of 2 key witnesses called in the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. is the latest to be removed just hours after the crime expert who turned on the film and it was this quarter out of the white house u.s. democratic presidential hopefuls are holding a debate ahead of the new hampshire primary on tuesday some of the key topics covered so far including the firing and the u.s. assassination of a very nice man the car some sort of. hong kong or started a 2 week quarantine for anyone arriving from mainland china try and stop the spread of the corona virus the outbreak has killed 722 people in china and in fact it

almost 30 $5000.00 around the world. let's get more from clark she's in hong kong you're at the airport how's that impacting flights in the arrivals from the mainland. or the quarantine restrictions were imposed at midnight about 11 hours or so ago we are at the airport and as you can see behind me it is empty now this particular quarantine restrictions pretty much imposed a 2 week quarantine period from anyone coming from mainland china into hong kong and if those conditions are bridged those travelers potentially face a $2500.00 u.s. dollar fine as well as potentially 6 months in jail now there has been some criticism about whether or not this will work they're saying how can this be monitored simply because the government has said it's mandatory isolation but they're putting these people where the child is being told to go into the hotels or homes or other family homes here and those particular travelers can then obviously

mingle with other people they can access or leave the hotel to go 5 out and get supplies to the city been criticism about that there's also been suggestions we spoke to some travelers last night they came in before these pointing restrictions were imposed and that means that they came here simply to hong kong because it's an easy exit point or access point from china now they came here simply because they fear they'll catch the virus and they're also concerned about the lack of information that they're receiving in china about the corona virus so given. it is really assuring the public. well that's that's certainly been the criticism but as you can see behind me it is empty and if you can see behind of the board behind me of all the flight departures and arrivals or a number of flights canceled the majority of the flights that have been canceled are the ones that are going to china now with regard to the empty airport we are seeing very few people here this is one of the the biggest entry points from china which still have 2 other entry points are still open that's the shans in

a check point we also have the macau jus highbridge which is still open but this certainly has the highest number of the highest amount of traffic from mainland china with regards to travelers but the flights are being canceled and also a number of airlines are also pretty much giving their staff unpaid leave hong kong airlines has announced yesterday on friday that it's flying off $400.00 staff so the impact of the krona virus is being felt across the economy here and certainly with regards to the numbers of people arriving from mainland china the government will be hoping that these quarantine restrictions will certainly see a decline in numbers all right so plant growth thanks for that turkish armored vehicles and tanks are vented it liberal vince in northwestern syria the last rebel held region it's in response to an advance by syrian government forces and could pave the way for them to stage an offensive on the provincial capital of course all reports so he is determined to start fights syrian government forces in

the suburbs of surat camp hours before distributing town well after fierce fighting with the syrian rebel defenders. sits at the junction of 2 major highways and was seen as a major obstacle in regaining control of the province one 3rd of which is now under syrian government control. turkey has warned to put the mask his forces to back or . unfortunately the syrian regime does not believe in political process and thinks peace can only be possible by a military solution and i have to say they are wrong about this they have stepped up their aggression turkey has 12 military observation posts positioned around the globe their school ation zone agreed with russia and iran in 2017 but 9 of them have been surrounded by advancing syrian government forces to protect and stop the advance troop yes stablished for more post which ended up in direct clashes between

the turkish and syrian army's solve little mission with our focus on the missed you know cultural get tax responded to within the scope of such offense from now on any kind of attack will be responded to appropriately and observation post will continue their duties the syrian government has intensified its attacks since last november and backed by russia has targeted civilians this triggered a new wave of migration with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the violence in the 9 year long civil war in syria that was aware that this place could find refuge but it looks at the center is now under threat as the syrian government forces captured so rocket and just 7 kilometers away seen em go solo al-jazeera bubble how are northwest and syria israeli forces have shot another palestinian dead in the occupied west bank the 5th in 48 hours

a funeral procession has been held for one of the victims palestinian policeman killed in janine on thursday he was in uniform at the station when he was killed during raids by israeli forces he was seizing c.c.t.v. footage related to a car ramming. iraq's most powerful shia cleric has called for security forces to present them to government demonstrators. stanley's intervention follows weeks of violence in baghdad and southern iraq iraq's human rights commission says nearly 550 iraqis have been killed since the protests began in october. despite the violence iraqi students are continuing to skip school so they can take part in demonstrations they say until their demands are met is little point in returning to class schools and universities being closed for months so on a fault in reports from baghdad. your education is

a failure they chant rather than preparing for midterm exams these students from various universities in baghdad skipped class to join anti-government protests they demand a better future a future they say the current system is incapable of providing the government it's a magnet if this doesn't succeed we won't have another opportunity this is the last chance for us we haven't achieved anything in the protest square yet so we can't return to our studies as usual you've unemployment in iraq is high and one of the protesters main grievances a lot is a 1st year engineering student but without connections she stands little chance of finding a job missing class is a small price to pay 'd you know it doesn't worry me to lose one year because there are 600 people who lost their lives entirely not just one year what is one year compared to the goals of our revolution which is to bring change. what they want is to append the political establishment that rose to power after the overthrow of

saddam hussein's regime they reject prime minister designate mohammad. the former communications minister and member of parliament is seen as representing the status quo. as protests continue midterm exams are looming to catch up on months of last education some received tutoring at private institutes like this one. is a senior in a nearby public high school classes there were suspended for several weeks when protests began in october but even after schools reopened his peers pressured him to stay away. a lot. brothers in the protest squares they were asking for support they said they need us some of my friends pressured me don't go to school it's not good it's better to go protest. despite his private schooling the worries about not achieving the marks he needs to get into university the biggest losers are of course we will get hurt by this we went with the protesters and supported

them but it will all come back to us of months teacher and the director of this institute doubts that many students will fail not because they mastered the subjects but because the education ministry has told instructress to help them pass . the education ministry told us to teach only the important things and skip whatever we feel isn't necessary for the sam's so i expect that this year we will see highest success right public schools reopened but attendance has been solo many classes have been cancelled so private institutes like these are flourishing many public school teachers are in double salaries by giving private lessons classes here cost over $600.00 per subject too expensive for many lower income families. and so the inequality gap threatens to further widen students who can't afford private tutoring have a little choice but to keep protesting and hope for a better education for all the government and shia cleric thought or have ordered

students to return to class for penalties for both. of these shooters are determined to stay on strike the only way to pressure the government to listen to their demands even if it means putting their own future on hold see monopole to mean i'll just era. facebook is taking an israeli cyber surveillance firm to court next week for allegedly hacking uses of its encrypted messaging service whatsapp the social media giant accused n.s.a. group of hacking into the phones of nearly 1400 users back in october among them or human rights activists political dissidents and journalists and group disrupted those allegations vying to vigorously fight them and as and chief executive jeff bezos has previously said ever so could have provided the software that saudi arabia used to hack his phone a 20 year old british woman who joined deisel has lost the 1st stage of her appeal

against the u.k. government's decision to strip her of citizenship should be her begum was found in a syrian refugee camp last year when she was 15 she left the u.k. international law makes it illegal to take away citizenship if it leaves a person stateless tribunals rule though bangladeshi heritage means she can turn there for citizenship regional elections are underway in india's capital region of delhi it's seen as a major test for the prime minister and the rounds of modi's ruling party and the mass protests against the new citizenship law recent violence at the university in the capital letters of authority has more. polls opened at 7 am local time in delhi to time chief minister. and me a common man party are expected to be reelected but the country's 2 main political

parties the bought of the the party of prime minister in the day of them already and the congress party have been campaigning extensively the election is taking place after the biggest protest against the b j p government since it was 1st elected 6 years ago after the government passed the citizenship amendment act in december which fast track citizenship to minorities from 3 neighboring countries but excludes muslims the b.j. he has campaigned on this issue criticizing protest is in fact to be j.p. politicians were banned from campaigning the 1st because he likened protesters to rapists and murderers and said that they wanted to india into a muslim country the 2nd because he said protestors should be shot and just days after they made those remarks there were 3 shooting incidents against protesters in new delhi in one week now kejriwal has campaigned on his usual platforms on

development education health care and that is something that's resonated with voters in the past has common man party want to historic 67 out of 70 seats in the last state elections in 2015 the results of the election will be out on february 11th and they will be a key indication of whether the b j p's politics and campaign have worked. well our is the actual commission has asked the court to suspend its own elements of last year's presidential election results after president putin with a leaker lodged an appeal against the constitutional courts ruling said the findings were grossly biased against him earlier in the week the court ordered new elections within 150 days citing widespread voting irregularities rescuers in zimbabwe say they've ended this search of a collapsed shattered gold mine 2 people were mining illegally and are confirmed

dead in their bodies have been retrieved the mine shaft caved in on wednesday authorities say they can't be sure how many people were on the ground at the time of the collapse or vote as an island will head to the polls in a matter of hours the key issues in the lead up to the election have been the failing health system and rising homelessness the 1st time in generations polls are predicting a move away from the 2 main parties. south korean film parasite has emerged as a surprise contender at the academy awards this weekend a dark comedy 3 that's already won the palme d'or at cannes been nominated for 6 oscars including best picture and mcbride reports from south korea strong social messages proved a big draw at the box office. that i was on that since its release last year parasite has had south korea talking mostly about the social injustice of

a younger generation not able to better themselves no matter how hard they study and work. it's becoming harder to imagine improving your social status as generally accepted within our generation. because i found nothing to be fascinated about it equality problem it's been here for a long time kind of a time exaggeration in the movie the movie focuses on a poor family living in a semi basement who trick their way into the service of a much richer family with darkly comic consequences. i don't think in the richer people are that stupid but suspend your disbelief for the duration of the movie and parasite becomes an in favor all about the struggles of the have nots all too painfully aware of the comforts enjoyed by the haves that

they're living alongside it's a thing what resonates not only here but also in a world where the white men wealth gap that gap is no better illustrated than guru young one of the last shanty areas of soul starkly contrast with the towers of neighboring kenya the brashly opulent district parodied in global fame by gangnam style displaced poor families when it was developed many of whom moved to glory on. and you know scrape together a living doing the menial jobs that gangnam needs much as in parasite i think it was very realistic in the way that it portrayed our society especially in korea and further development threatens to move these residents again locked in an ongoing battle with the government for proper compensation. and as south korea has developed it has become easier for the rich to earn more money while it has become

more difficult for the poor to make a living it's an issue that has to be resolved. from its comic opening parasite quickly descends into in the car tragedy in their own struggle the people of korea hoping for a far happier ending rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. let's take you through some of our headlines now the fallout from dollar trump's impeachment trial continues with the firing of 2 key witnesses gordon someone once the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. is the latest to be removed comes just hours after ukraine expert lieutenant colonel i was on the vinland was the score to the out of the white house and the gallagher has more from washington d.c. . there's a clear message here from the president in that he feels completely vindicated in the impeachment trial and now we can pretty much do what he wants to tell and

colonel alexander then there was actually a scored from the white house hours before gordon sound was fired you know potentially ending his military career this is the ukraine expert someone who's a decorated war veteran from iraq he's now been sent back to the defense department but this does send a clear message from president trump clearly feels vindicated but he clearly feels the indictive as well. u.s. democratic hopefuls are just finishing their debate ahead of the new hampshire primary on tuesday some of the key topics covered so far include women's firing the u.s. assassination of rainy and command carson salome hong kong has started 2 week quarantine for anyone arriving from mainland china to try and stop the spread of the corona virus the outbreak has killed 722 people in china it's infected almost 35000 around the world facebook is taking an israeli cyber surveillance

firm to court next week for allegedly hacking uses of its encrypted messages service whatsapp the social media giant accused ever so group of hacking into the vern's of nearly 1400 users back in october and this group disputed the allegations vying to vigorously fight them. israeli forces of shot another palestinian dead in the occupied west bank the 5th in 40 8 'd hours a funeral procession has been held for one of the victims palestinian policemen killed in geneva on thursday he was in uniform at the station when he was killed during an israeli raid it's one of one now on counting the calls to spike in fowey to stop propping up straw men in africa france's backing a libyan war and chance to take it all about the oil plus the u.k. finally clears one what does it mean for one of the worst performing industrial

economies. counting the cost on al-jazeera. every year thousands of japanese men and women that age without a trace. as a small 20 tons kinks in the can we make that up and i'll go on to what. they are known as the job. of the operation people. and they engineer only disappeared since you didn't need to. do you. then. why do they choose to disappear. just thought you must. do good in my.