a lot of the stories that we cover all highly complex so it's very important that we make them as understandable as we can as al-jazeera correspondents that's what we strive to do. the u.s. senate reconvenes after followers of president trump storm the capitol building for those who joined by election when certificate to be suspended. this is out 0 a line from their home also coming up this is not to send this disorder it's chaos president elect joe biden described the riots as a dunk moment in the nation's history. twitter and facebook suspend president donald trump's accounts accusing his posts of inciting violence. and it's all that

happens if democrats take full control of congress so after winning both senate runoff votes in georgia. it has just gone to a 3 g.m.t. that is 10 pm in washington d.c. where after hours of chaos politicians are back in capitol hill supporters stole the building and earlier causing the vote to certify joe biden's presidential election victory to be suspended the national guard and other security forces had to clear capitol hill and surrounding areas which had come under siege by trump supporters shots were fired inside the building at least one person died several offices were injured particle haim begins our coverage from washington d.c. . the u.s. capitol building under 6. 1000. the president donald trump's followers surrounded

the building and burst in the result a remarkable scene of lawmakers clean and the police seemingly overwhelmed social media filled with pictures of trump's followers and offices in the chambers running free in what is supposed to be one of the most protected buildings in the country it started as u.s. president donald trump called his supporters to protest what he falsely claimed was a stolen election rylan them up with inflammatory words and misinformation are we going to walk down to the capitol. were and we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women as a joint session of congress met to certify the election the president's followers heated his words and descended on the capitol chaos followed. tear gas and flash bangs to try and push them back from the front of the capitol others moved to the back quickly pushing through

a line of police many entering the building congress was dismissed and its members pled at one point reports of an armed standoff at least one protester was believed to be shot and killed several officers injured the incoming president responded this is not to sent it's just shorter it's chaos it borders on sedition and it must and now i call on this mob to pull back and allow the work of democracy to go forward he demanded the president tell his supporters to go home and trump did but continued to repeat his lies i know your pain i know you're hurt. we had an election that was stolen from us it was a landslide election and everyone knows it as the u.s. capitol the national guard the police they try to regain control of the building in the morning it will bring fresh questions about exactly how this happened and

whether they'll be any repercussions for the people whose words led to this unbelievable action. at the u.s. capitol well facebook and twitter have taken the unprecedented step of suspending the u.s. president's social media accounts following the violence in washington you chub has also removed the video in which trump protests to go home while repeating unfounded allegations about election fraud trumps twitter accounts has been blocked for at least 12 hours while his facebook account is frozen for an entire 24 hours and let's join. in washington d.c. has been observing these extraordinary events and height is pretty desperate day in american politics but the business of the day has not resumed. that's right nic and congressional leaders made it clear that it was going to be their priority to resume the counting of the electoral college votes for biden and that they would not be daunted by this unprecedented violent attack on the u.s.

capitol and so it was just mere hours after that attack happened that the capitol police deemed the area secure and we saw those senators escorted under armed guard back into their chambers the big question was once they resume whether the tone may be different what change there might be due to the violence and we did see more unity we saw leaders of both parties denouncing the violence in very harsh terms and saying that congress will fulfill its judy and carry out the certification of the electoral college votes which will result in joe biden being confirmed as the president elect but we also saw a for instance kelly left her the republican georgian senator who just lost her reelection bid she withdrew her objection to counting those votes saying that she

could not in her good conscience carry through with that objection seeing the violence that descended on the capitol today however there were other objectors like josh holly who is among the most vocal supporters of president and his unfounded claims of voter fraud saying that he is still objecting and most likely will voice mortgage actions to more states as the night progresses what that means is more of a delay tactic which is what we were expecting all along perhaps more hours of debate but in the end the result already baked in that. when the joint session reconvenes with vice president mike pence reading the name of the winner of the presidential election it will be that of joe biden right in the meantime blues assumes you know about the last days of trump's president other concerns about what might happen next. there are many concerns at this point this is serious certainly a crisis unfolding at the white house some examples we know that the chief of staff

of milady a trump the 1st lady has resigned effective immediately she said in a statement because as a result of this violence in protest to this violence we also have heard stirrings of more people urging president trump's cabinet and vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment which would be an extraordinary measure it is what would remove the sitting u.s. president when he is incompetent or and able to govern there is reporting that he is unhinged that he is losing his mind and there is also more business people war in support of invoking that 25th amendment and of course there's also the campaign now that it's growing in popularity among house democrats for another impeachment of president trump the representative from minnesota saying she's already drafting articles of impeachment you may wonder what good may that do given that trump only

has some 14 days left in office while if he were impatient and convicted this time it would bar him from holding public office in the future and there are some who argue that any delay that removing him immediately is necessary to ensure the safety of the country. already thanks a lot how did your country there in washington with earlier gave their lives on this report from the u.s. capitol with barricades being put up around the building. outside the capitol order has been restored the security perimeter has been put back up and we basically have a lot of metropolitan police as well as capitol police outside the capitol right now and they have been for the last couple hours or so basically just keeping the area secure it's very quiet outside the u.s. capitol at this hour. we do hear sirens occasionally off in the distance we've

heard of a few instances of some skirmishes in other parts of washington d.c. city proper between some protesters slash rioters with police but that's been fairly sporadic. about 6 pm here local time about 2 and a half hours ago is when the curfew went into effect and that is when for the most part the security personnel here outside the capital started to push everyone away from here and outside the capitol grounds and order has been restored after what was an absolutely to mull chouest day here as we all know now just absolutely remarkable and there's going to be a lot of questions asked in the coming hours and days in america about how this was allowed to happen a massive security breach here at the capitol when it's an hour from the u.s.

vice president might tend to spoken from the senate chamber that was 6 hours alter it was a time violence never wins freedom wins and this is still the people's house and as we reconvene in this chamber the world will again witness the resilience and strength of our democracy for even in the wake of unprecedented violence and vandalism at this capitol the elected representatives. of the people of the united states have assembled again on the very same day to support and defend the constitution of the united states well let's bring military michelle who is republican strategist and founder of republican women for biden she joins us from reston in virginia via skype rhenish welcome to the program really unimaginable extraordinary scenes that we've

witnessed what's been your reaction to. well i was fortunate enough to unfortunately actually i should say have a front row seat to the pending monium 'd today i arrived in d.c. around noon today and around 1 pm is when the situation in front of the capitol started to escalate i was started to see more crowds gathered right in front of what would be the inauguration stage and the bleachers and all of that which were typically used to be for every inoculation seeing erected quite some time before as we know inaugurations only 2 weeks away i was there in a building just adjacent to the capitol. grounds on the west side which sure is where the crowd 1st started gathering and i'm a former hill staffer actually it was 10 years ago this week that i packed up my desk there on capitol hill and left the life of a senior hill staffer to go be a political operative and i know exactly how things work in the capitol i'm

intimately familiar with all the emergency procedures that staff would are sort of tasked with knowing this this front row seat i had today was through the al jazeera arabic network do the every side i should say and with this network i was able to see over the course of 4 and a half to 5 hours just how everything unfold and it was truly astonishing like i said given my background when i saw them breach the perimeter i felt that something had gone terribly wrong and then we saw the images from the east side and that is absolutely was when my heart just sank and i began to have those funds because i was truly worried that the capitol police could not contain them and the national guard had not yet been deployed right away me venza it was contained and no business of the day his resume the certificate of joe biden's presidency what would you say to those republican still planning to object to the certificate of his

presidency. i would ask them to sit down and have a reality check and think of how they want to be remembered by the history folks obviously there are some now that have changed their minds and have decided not to have checked one of those is a former senator now kelly lefler 'd she's there in the senate chamber tonight she was especially appointed senator from georgia who just lost her seat last night i must say the fact that these crowds at the stop this deal protesters were able to breach the perimeter were able to make their way inside the chamber of the u.s. senate just a mere hours ago 'd certainly gives me pause about how this body should have moved forward it's no doubt it showed strength for them to reconvene there again but a part of me is wondering i must admit was this a dry run by some of the trial by some a present from supporters only for other ones to come and do this again to what degree do you think these are

a vocal violent minority what will the majority of trump's base make of events today. that's yeah i think that's where we all ought to be very careful with what we see and what we know what i know is that this is not what trounced base is made up this is a minority i do think it's very important to note that is a minority this is a very slim. to slice of the american demographic and this is a slim site of the child base as well what there were a few 1000 people there today maybe when it started to look like hundreds but as i drove through this do streets of d.c. earlier today prior to noon i started to note that there were a few 1000 still yet what i'm most concerned about is that there are not been many arrests made that they were sort of taken back out the front door of the u.s. capitol and not treated with the same degree of i would say aggressiveness and hostility as black lives matters protesters were just last year obviously tear gas

was deployed law enforcement stride to defuse the situation but what i really genuinely know tonight is that this is not accepted by the larger republican party moreover i would say i have personal friends who remain in republican politics i myself am a very connected to the republican party though i was not a supporter of this president and i will say that i have heard a loud denunciation and reconciliation of this of his activities today people are upset and they hope that this does not color the nature of the republican party i personally think it does. ok richard good to get your viewpoint preach about thank you thank you. to my colleagues honeybunch opposed to the democratic congressman if you're on a split he was a school to a secure location along with other members of congress when protest is forced their way into the building. from the very beginning of the day we saw people gathering

and unfortunately not enough security around but as the debate began on the process to that debate the results of the electoral college. trump protesters chose to interrupt the process and stormed the capitol building and so we're there here the process will continue this is a stay nation of laws with strong democratic institutions and we will proceed with the process and we will have a result and inauguration or on january 20 riot police have been deployed and the f.b.i. has been deployed in the capitol grounds and i am beginning to see the dispersement of the folks that were out there but there's still. plenty of them so i suspect

that he will be a while before they're completely dispersed and where we'll be able to proceed with our proceedings i think there's a greater resolve now more than ever to proceed with our constitutional duties i've asked lawmakers to abide by the rules established within the constitution of the united states and to protect. and protect and preserve our nation from all enemies foreign and domestic and many of the ones the showed up at the capitol today were enemies of our democracy we are supportive of up democracy we are supporters of dissent and protest but we don't support. violence we don't support vandalism we don't support assault or intimidation so we will proceed and will count those votes i don't think that the folks that

came here today i reflection of the vast majority of the american people i think that there are small group a small freights group violent intolerant perhaps racist at their core that refused to accept the reality that manifested itself last night in the state of georgia last november across these united states. but it's important to note that while the situation was unfolding in washington d.c. the results of georgia's senate runoff for announced and democrats narrowly won the 2 senate races given the party control of the u.s. senate house of representatives and the presidency of course that's a good name reports for a lot. of the seismic shift for the democrats in georgia reverberated and was celebrated across the united states but the historic victory of reverend raphael warnock was perhaps best saver in the neighborhood where he preaches at the

famed ebenezer baptist church the wealthy and the welcome that. had no shortage of representation in washington for the 1st time in 20 years georgians are sending not one but 2 democrats to the senate warnock made history by becoming georgia's 1st african-american senator and only the 11th black senator in u.s. history. after taking voters for putting their faith in him warnock wasted no time addressing the nation's codein health and economic crises we are dealing with folks who are facing eviction. people who have been waiting for months for relief and they saw politicians play the same old games last week we should have already passed its $2000.00 stimulus check and i can't wait to get to work well to put the boots on and represent the people's concerns in the united states senate 33 year

old democrat john aasif is the youngest member of the senate since 1973 he is the jewish son of an immigrant and the c.e.o. of a documentary production company let's emulate the spirit of courage and heroism of those who have given so much to the health response to this crisis as we unite as a people to overcome this challenge of cope with 19 and to build a republic that lives up to our highest ideals of equality in god's eyes and equal justice under the law the democratic upset in georgia is also a victory for the army of grassroots organizations workers and volunteers who spent years registering black and minority voters an effort that never seems to while republicans were a bit busy attacking the governor and my boss the democrats rather knocking on

doors getting people to turn out to vote. republicans kelly lefler and david perdue have yet to concede saying they would exhaust every resource to ensure quote all legal. votes were counted between the november election and the senate runoff more than 76000 new voters registered the new georgia project says more than 112000 people who didn't vote in the presidential election voted in this runoff that kind of organizing prowess will surely be studied by both parties and it did if possible in other states natasha going to aim al-jazeera atlanta. we want some other news now and at least 3 people have been killed in major flooding in malaysia has left more than 30000 sheltering in relief centers after thousands of homes were inundated across 6 states from somalia reports from joe host a bird's eye view of this palm oil plantation would normally reveal

a vast field of green instead it looks like a muddy river swathes of malaysia including joe whole state covered in floodwaters after the heavy rains that began last weekend. something that just like 2 children age are still cut to the only by boat people who say they badly had time to get away from the rising waters. no i didn't have an. important document and some clothes not much else. so quickly we had to get out foss they've also lost the only supply of clean water off the floodwaters contaminated the well. across the country tens of thousands of people have been evacuated living in schools and community centers. i think we're all a life me my family my grandkids it doesn't matter if we lose our stuff they're just things what's important is that we're all alive with floodwaters receding sue

slowly and rain forecast to continue many will be unable to return home the day. is not just homes that have been damaged but livelihoods behind. it's completely submerged the crops have been destroyed and fama say they don't know when they can begin replanting the floods caused by the northeast monsoon which usually runs from the vendor to february annual occurrence of a severity varies from year to year. florence al-jazeera klong district johor malaysia. united states now has more than 130000 coronavirus patients in hospital more than at any time since the pandemic began the country recorded its worst ever daily death toll on tuesday with nearly 3800 fatalities critics say people aren't being

vaccinated fast enough because of a lack of direction from the government when the e.u. is a previews of a 2nd grade a virus vaccine as it tries to accelerators inoculation program for more than 440000000 people the european medicines or 30 approved minturn is covert 90 jobs which consists of 2 shots but there's been criticism of a slow rollout across the continent the netherlands is playing catch up only beginning its vaccination campaign on wednesday which is the last major european country to begin vaccinations and has more for months. great relief at the university medical center in amsterdam and the 1st i.c.u. nurse got hooked by so by an tech shot thousands of doses of the vaccine had been stored in the south of the country for nearly 2 weeks with the hospital facing an alarming influx of patients and increasingly staff falling ill they had waited for this moment with frustration especially looking at neighboring countries where vaccinations were already in full swing medical workers like had nurses i met him

and barry were initially not included in the 1st group of x. nations but an urgent plea to the government to help she can barely believe it there was expect. it feels very strange because we've been waiting such a long time an emotional moment it's very exciting and i'm very happy we have been talking about this for such a long time. the dutch government came under strong criticism from parliament for being the last in europe to roll out its vaccinations prime minister over to admitted mistakes were made. it would have been better if i had also personally asked our health agency to start preparing in case we had to change our strategy and start with large scale vaccinations 1st with medical workers and employees at care homes prioritised the elderly will have to wait at least another month. or longer it has taken too long but indeed they will have to check everything 1st but

i agree they should inoculate medical workers who are working at the bats 1st you know we are waiting till it's all richer and the sooner the better. the european medicines agency has approved a 2nd fact seed which will be distributed to the $27.00 e.u. member states with the 1st phase of biotech becoming scarce millions of doses of the more than a vaccine are eagerly awaited with strike lockdowns extended throughout europe the approval process by the european medicines agency has come under scrutiny already trailing behind the u.s. and the u.k. some european countries are getting frustrated with the delays efforts for one common vaccination strategy throughout the e.u. for slowing down the distribution of covert 19 vaccines step al-jazeera. greece's powerful orthodox churches violates coronavirus restrictions in places of worship to mark the christian holy day of oppression and the prime minister. has

called on church authorities to such an example but police said they would not interfere with reports from pereira. the the church got its way in the end services went ahead with worshippers in attendance although the traditional casting of the cross on open water was left out this year in agreement with the government which is concerned about the spread of coded there was strict limits on numbers of those inside churches at any one time with many worshippers having to wait to enter and police enforcing social distancing policy outside which some felt was heavy handed that we were doing fine before the police came and started telling us to keep safe distances do you think we're safely distanced look around why they provoking us without reason it really bothers me. is perhaps the best attended service in the greek orthodox calendar after those of easter week it commemorates the baptism of jesus which according to the church had the effect of blessing the

water itself worshippers take water on this day to bless their homes and consider that the world was as a blessed given them on or it's not just tradition it's all of greek shipping to consider thousands of sailors around the world awaiting for death day for god's blessing of the water to grant them a safe journey and this has been happening for thousands of years. church and state have agreed that christmas new year's and typically services would be held with limited numbers of worshippers but last week the government imposed a severe lock down its priority it said was to open schools safely next week the church insisted on keeping to the original agreement and prevailed church services are of particular worry to the government because of the potential spread of infection through people using shared spoons for communion and kissing icons what bothers many worshippers here is that the rules don't seem to be consistent. these

measures are taken in a panic churches are empty but supermarkets are full you can't get infected in a supermarket apparently only a church there's no rhyme or reason the orthodox church was the only institution to defy the 1st covert related lockdown in much it agreed to abide by government rules after infection spread but with 17 centuries of tradition behind it christianity is oldest church is adamant it cannot always be told what to do jumps at all plus al-jazeera pires. u.k. judge has denied bail for wiki leaks founder julian assange and she's accused of in danger in lives by publishing hundreds of thousands of confidential documents on monday a judge rejected a request by u.s. prosecutors to extradite her sons on account of his mental health or wiki leaks editor kristen roughened snowden says he's disappointed by the decision especially considering why sanchez extradition was blocked i think it's unjust and unfair

and illogical search. when you consider the ruling 2 days ago about julian's health. we stop course costs in large part because he is being held in belmarsh prison. to send him back there doesn't make any sense. try let's have a check of the headlines here on al-jazeera and the u.s. congress has reconvened after just hours after a mob of trump followers stormed the capitol building in washington d.c. one of the protesters died in the violence which forced the suspension of a session to certify joe biden's election victory the senate has just overwhelmingly rejected the objection against arizona's electoral college vote and is continuing its count on the president elect to condemn the writing is a dark moment to the nation's history and the most.