storytelling around the biggest issues. have to do you should do it again. i. also on the u.s. capitol donald trump supporters stormed the building and disrupt proceedings to certify joe biden selection when that debate in congress has resumed after it was suspended for hours it's still going on with the focus right now on pennsylvania's electoral votes. so robin your challenge is there a live my headquarters here in doha also coming up twitter and facebook suspend president donald trump's accounts accusing his post of inflaming violence. also

democrats win control of the u.s. senate after 2 victories and runoff elections in the state of georgia they now control both houses of congress. welcome to the program we start with an unprecedented night of violence on capitol hill where a crowd stormed congress interrupting proceedings to certify joe biden's presidential win donald trump's followers forced their way into the congress building shortly after the president called on people to march their vice president mike pence who was overseeing the joint session condemn the violence violence never wins freedom wins this is still the people's house as we reconvene in this chamber world will again witness. the resilience

and strength of our democracy for even in the wake of unprecedented violence and vandalism at this capital 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. at least one person was shot and killed 3 others died from what's been described as medical emergencies and several officers were injured police also defused several explosive devices around the building well trump has been accused of inciting violence and members of the judiciary committee now want vice president pens to invoke the 25th amendment the president has moved would deem trump unfit to carry out his g t's and remove him from office while the certification debate is still going on right now these are live pictures from the capitol the senate and the house of representatives have

rejected the republicans attempts to block joe biden's victory in pennsylvania i.j. castro is in washington d.c. we're speaking to her in just a few minutes time about the certification but 1st particle hain begins our coverage with this report on the occupation of congress. the u.s. capitol building under siege by thousands of president donald trump's followers surrounded the building and burst in the result a remarkable scene of lawmakers leaving 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 rally them up with inflammatory words and misinformation are we going to walk down to the capitol. 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 heeded his words and descended on the capitol chaos. 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. yes many entering the building congress was dismissed and it's members blood at one point reports of an armed standoff at least one protester was shot and killed several officers injured the incoming president responded this is not to sent his disorder 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 dead 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 night fell on the u.s. capitol the national guard the police they tried 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 pedicle hane al-jazeera at the u.s. capitol. cable is on this on this update from washington d.c. after the curfew came into effect. 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 basically just keeping the area sic here 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 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 mulch 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 capital. president trump ounce deleted tweets which violated its civic integrity policy facebook and twitter have taken the

unprecedented step of suspending his ability to post following the violence in washington well you tube has also removed the video which trump protesters to go home while repeating unfounded allegations about election fraud twitter account has been blocked for at least 12 hours while his facebook account is frozen for an entire day. has been following events for joins me now from washington d.c. . heidi. and pennsylvania republicans objected to the vote leading you to more debate as we saw as the evening and early morning we have movement in the last few minutes as far as the pennsylvania objections are concerned what's happened. that's right the house is just wrapping up its vote on that objection to pennsylvania it was waged by 80 house republicans joined by one republican senator and the voting is still open but at this point it's showing that some

137 where public and members of the house have voted in favor of the objection well that if is still not enough to have the measure passed as this is the chamber controlled by democrats who have all unanimously voted it appears that far this far to. go with this objection so what is that all mean here is that once this vote is formalized that both chambers will once again unite for and nother joint session of congress and from there the remaining states will be read out in alphabetical order where in pennsylvania right now and if there are no more objections and we expect there not to be then all in very short order this process may reach its foregone conclusion which all along has been that the electoral college is has voted for joe biden recognizing the popular vote as well which went to joe biden

and that within the next hour or so i'd say it will follow vice president mike pence to make the announcement formally certifying electoral college win of joe biden sealing his way to the naga ration on january 20th you would see these objections to the results both when i was a pennsylvania transpired many republicans who had originally said that they'd vote against the certification but after the events of what happened outside capitol hill most notably mitt romney and lindsey graham very vocal. that's right and you know there was a 6 hour delay because of that violence and it really was close to home for these senators and representatives whose physical safety was threatened in this place that they considered safe the u.s. capitol and you could see in the moments when these chambers reconvene there was

a brief moment of unity where leaders of both parties forcefully condemned the violence that had played out and called for the completion of their job and we saw some of these more friendly republicans if you will those who were planning to object to the certification pulled back namely kelly loftier senator from georgia just off of her reelection defeat in that state saying that she had planned to object that morning but after seeing what happened after trump's inflammatory words to his followers to march upon the u.s. capitol she said in her good conscience she could not follow through with that objection but perhaps the loudest comments in terms of their significance came from president trump's very close ally lindsey graham

a fellow republican in the senate who said this job of travel the world would you hope the loft parade you would lose he was he's the legitimate president of the united states cannot convince people certain groups by my words but i will tell you by actions that maybe i am above all others in this body need to say this joe biden come alone or lawfully elected and will become the president and the vice president. on january 20th. and he this wasn't the only influential republican who a very forcefully said was spoke reality today that joe biden will be certified mitch mcconnell this the the the leader of the senate he also condemned

the violence that happened before calling it a failed insurrection saying that it was the constitutional duty for the members of congress to finish this process despite the president and his claims otherwise how to take us through thanks very much for the update will be of course joining you through the day thanks so much peter matthews is a professor of political science at cypress college he says statements made by mcconnell i'm going to show a shift among prominent republicans. 2 men's comments show the turning of the tide in a tremendously antitrust direction and so i think they're very significant and in fact nothing else happened today and that was it looks like the national guard that was cord needed the d.c. national guard it was due to the actions of vice president pence not present truck present from hesitate in the national guard in there to jack those illegal protesters took over the insurrection people and he refused to do it basically and

i think in and mr pence that it was present better to take over that responsibly so who is really in charge who's got who is the locus of power right now it's a very important question looks like life vice president present recently become the person that people are looking up to full genesee as a legitimate leader right now who weeks left and this van the president united states mr trump is in charge of the nuclear arsenal he's in charge of the planet you know the armed forces $24.00 seventh's he could do a lot of damage if we if he's completely off in terms of his balance and i think he seems to be with what happened today so we all hope that there's some way that the transfer of power can be peaceful but these 214 days don't erupt in something that would be irreversible and we do hope that the people who have the power to actually change this to possibly require a transition of power earlier the vice president the cabinet would actually do that with the 25th amendment that's to say about the house of representatives where the debate and conversation about objections to joe biden's victory continue even though it has been rejected although the pennsylvania objections have been rejected

we expect senate members to joint house members to continue they said to cation of joe biden as the 46 president and when that happens we will force straight back to it. while the situation was unfolding in washington d.c. the results of georgia's senate runoff were also announced democrats now really won the 2 senate races giving the party control of the u.s. senate house of representatives and the presidency the trash has more from atlanta . 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 savored in the neighborhood where he preaches at the famed ebenezer baptist church a well being and the welcome that 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 game last week we should have already passed this $2000.00 stimulus check and i can't wait to get to work. solemn 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 code 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 immolated if possible in other states natasha going to aim al-jazeera atlanta. well still ahead here on al-jazeera the floods in malaysia forced tens of thousands of people to seek shelter elsewhere. and all forty's in argentina are all threatening tougher coronavirus restrictions as they struggle to vaccinate the population and infections surge to stay with us here on our just. it's time for the perfect jenny the winter sponsored plan qatar airways

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welcome back i want you and as a result from the reminder of our top stories members of u.s. congress have now reconvene to finish certifying to biden's election win hours after a crowd stormed the capitol building the senate and the house of representatives have rejected an objection is to counting in pennsylvania for joe biden the joint session of both houses is set to begin just waiting for those senators to arrive. of course after politicians are to evacuate after a crowd of donald trump supporters violently breached the capitol building itself one person was shot and killed by police while 3 others died during the riots and us democrats are raphael warnock and john all sort of now really want 2 senate

runoff races in georgia the party will not control the u.s. senate the house of representatives and the presidency. of the day's other news now and widespread flooding in malaysia has prompted the evacuation of more than 30000 people at least 3 have died thousands of homes are inundated across 6 states florence louis reports from johor in the south 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 johor state are covered in flood waters after the heavy rains that began last weekend. some villages like 2 children are still cutoff reachable only by boat people here say they barely had time to get away from the rising waters. every minute they are important documents and

some clothes not much else to walk the road so quickly we had to get up fast. they've also lost their only supply of clean water after floodwaters contaminated the well across the country tens of thousands of people have been evacuated living in schools and community centers. and i thank god we're all alive 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 so slowly and rain forecast to continue many will be unable to return home the days it's not just homes that have been damaged but livelihoods behind a vegetable farmer it's completely submerged the crops have been destroyed and fala 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

over the severity varies from year to year. lawrence lee al-jazeera klong district johor malaysia. well more than half a 1000000 people in latin america have died from corona virus the busy holiday season has led to a rise in cases in many countries and a slow rollout of vaccines is making the situation worse treated by reports live from buenos aires where health authorities are warning tighter restrictions could be introduced. it was summertime in the southern cone and people are flocking to the beach in the province of one of. in spite of the pandemic the police are trying to disperse them to prevent more infections. here are concerned about the increasing kovan 1000 cases in the past few weeks. month on the cases are on the rise once again we knew this could happen because of the holidays in the gatherings happening in the country what worries us the most are young people and

their perception they are not at risk but then they meet with their parents to go back to the house of representatives where senate members have joined their colleagues and the vice president has taken his seat as we continue the certification of joe biden as the 46th president of the usa so let's just listen in to what the officials are saying. i will not say much yet but they will in a moment but we do have had your castra standing by of course joe it's been a rather rock'n'roll evening certainly in the house after things calm down outside the capitol building and of course those objections to both the arizona and pennsylvania votes. right and they were objecting they were rejected those objections which means they don't stand which is no surprise given that joe biden won the electoral college vote which is the constitutional measure for being

declared winner of the presidential election so what we're about to see take place now is going to be more typical of what we would have seen in any other presidential election year which is a very. formal event that basically just kind of crosses the t.'s and dot the i's that certifies the electoral colleges results so you're seeing mike pence the vice president who is also in his dual role here presiding over the joint session of congress assuming they have the it will be called into into session and he is speaking now the report the action of the senate and the senate of the united states ordered that the senate by a vote of 7 eyes to 92 nays rejects the objection to the electoral votes cast in

the commonwealth of pennsylvania for just if are biden for president and kamel id here us for vice president the clerk of the house will report the action of the house order that the house of representatives rejects the objection to the lack torrie a vote of the commonwealth of pennsylvania pursuant to the law of chapter one of title 3 united states code because the 2 houses have not sustain the objection the original certificate submitted by the commonwealth of pennsylvania will be counted as provided there in tellers will now record and announce the vote of the state of rhode island for president and vice president in accordance with the action to house. this

certificate from rhode island the parliamentarians advise me is the only certificate of vote from the state that purports to be a return from the state and as an extra certificate of authority from the state purporting to appoint and ascertain electors mr president the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of rhode island seems to be regular in form and authentic and it appears there from that just how far biden jr of the state of delaware receive 4 votes for president and comedy harris of the state of california received 4 votes for vice president are there any objections to counting the certificate of the vote of the state of rhode island that the tellers verified as it appears to be regular and authentic. the certificate from south carolina the parliamentarians advised me is the only certificate of vote from that state the purports to be returned from the state and

as an excuse to it a certificate of authority of the state purporting to appoint ascertain electors mr president the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of south carolina seems to be regular in form and authentic and it appears there from the donald j. trump of the state of florida received 9 votes for president and michael r. pence of the state of indiana received 9 votes for vice president are there any objections to counting the certificate of the vote of the state of south carolina that the teller has verified appears to be regular and authentic hearing none this certificate from south dakota the parliamentarian's advise is the only certificate of vote from that state the purports to be returned from the state that is an exclusive certificate of authority from the state purporting to appoint

and ascertain electors. mr president the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of south dakota seems to be regular in form and authentic and it appears there for there from the donald j. trump of the state of florida perceive 3 votes for president and michael r. pence of the state of indiana received 3 votes for vice president are there any objections to counting the certificate of the vote 'd of the state of south dakota at the teller's verified appears to be regular and for an authentic this it to fit from tennessee the parliamentarians advise me is the only certificate of vote from the state reports to be returned from the state as an axe to it a certificate of authority of that state reporting to appoint an ascertain electors . mr president the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of tennessee seems to be regular in form and authentic and it appears there from that andre

tromping state of florida received 11 votes for president and michael r. pence the state of indiana received 11 votes for vice president are there any objections to counting the certificate of the vote for the state of tennessee at the teller is verified as regular informant authentic. this certificate from texas the parliamentarians advise me is the only certificate of vote from the state of proportions to be returned from the state as an extra certificate of authority of that state and purports 'd to appoint ascertain electors mr president the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of texas seems to be regular in form and a frantic and it appears there from the donald j. trump of the state of.