politics of population control. if you want to help save the world. enduro. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth orderly and seamless transition of power donald trump finally acknowledges the imminent end of his presidency is pressure grows for them to be and. this is all just their own life from a headquarters in doha i'm dan navigator also coming up the u.s. reports more than 4000 covert deaths in one day for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic london's mayor to close a major incident overcovered 19 and hospitals in the city are overwhelmed. us

a problem that continues to blossom come rooms lake is under attack by a giant plant threatening the life they herds a fisherman. thanks for joining us democratic party leaders in the united states say they're prepared to impeach president donald trump over wednesday's riot at the capital calling him a danger to the republic on thursday trying condemned the mob that stormed the building and said there'd be a peaceful transfer of power but in the past couple of hours trump has taken to twitter vowing to continue to give what he called a giant voice to his supporters also announcing that he would not be attending president elect joe biden's inauguration on january 20th helen fisher is joining us from the white house so how unusual is this allan for a president not to attend the inauguration of the president elect's. well it is

incredibly unusual but let's set that aside just for a 2nd just in the last though we've seen the text of a letter that nancy pelosi the speaker of the house has sent to the chairman of the joint chiefs the head of the military in the united states and it really is quite staggering in the circumstances let me just read part of it to you she says i spoke to chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley to discuss of vailable precautions for present to preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities are accessing launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike the situation of this unhinged president could not be more dangerous i mean must do everything that we can to protect the american people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy. for the speaker of the house to do that is really unique i can't think of another time in american history when something like this might have happened where the speaker's gone directly to the joint chiefs who i'm sort of old to the commander in chief the

president of the united states and essentially said we think the president is unhinged if any time in the next 12 days he asks for access to the nuclear codes or wants to take some sort of military action you can't do that so really a staggering development in the last hour or so that coming from nancy pelosi and certainly would strengthen calls by there was among the democrats in the house that the need for impeachment has accelerated quite dramatically over the last 48 hours that they can't wait for donald trump to. to to go on january 20th the day of the inauguration of joe biden and inauguration that donald trump has said he will not attend he tweeted out saying that he is not going to be there as you say during it is unusual for that to happen only 3 times in history. the losing candidate in an election not attended his successor's election the last time

that happened back in 869 when andrew johnson decided that he was not going to go to the inauguration of u.s.c.'s s. grant what was interesting of course about johnson is that he had been impeached by congress and decided not to go so that are part of wales between him and the next president to refuse to go to the swearing in of his successor donald trump ok so allan. an important development by nancy pelosi as you're saying now when things come to either invoking the 25th amendment or to impeach the president where things stand. while there are growing moves to have that impeachment he had by the middle of next week it would then go to the senate will it get through the house it almost certainly has a majority because the majority of the house is democrat so they will get through of course the house is split at the moment and any casting vote would lie with the

vice president at the moment that is mike pence now if you can't get donald trump impeached you'd look to the 25th amendment let's stay on the impeachment for a 2nd if he is m.p.h. even after he leaves the office of the presidency it means that he cannot run for federal office again so he would not be able to run and 2024 like he has been saying what is interesting is that if he were to be impeached he would become the 1st president to be impeached for a 2nd time and the wall street journal a newspaper which has been very supportive of donald trump run by his live report murdoch who also runs fox news in an editorial board comment this morning they said it is time for the president to resign before he is impeached for a 2nd time let's talk about the 25th amendment that is the amendment in the u.s. constitution that allows the replacement of the president what the vice president has to do is get a majority of the cabinet mike pence isn't keen on doing that at the moment he

thinks given that there's just 12 days there's not enough time to do it he's not convinced he would get a majority in the cabinet he's not convinced it would help his election prospects when he wants to run for the republican nomination in 2024 and another added complication is there are 3 acting secretaries on the cabinet at the moment and 2 secretaries have announced that they are going to leave so all of that close the issue of the 25th amendment so that is not an option at the moment it seems that impeachment is the way they're going to go and from nancy pelosi is torn in the letter to her colleagues about her phone call to mark milley the joint chiefs of chaff the joint chiefs of staff chairman she's obviously a very worried about what donald trump might do in the final 12 days of his presidency. reporter for the white house thank you.

for the 1st time the united states has recorded more than 4000 daily deaths from the corona virus and its top infectious disease expert is warning the number of deaths on infections is likely to keep rising specially after people traveled over the holiday season robber analysts reports from los angeles. covert 19 deaths in the us reached a new record peak on thursday with more than 4000 perishing from the virus los angeles is one of the epicenters of a pandemic that is raging out of control over 1000 is now everywhere and infecting more people than ever are test positivity rate is 21.6 percent countywide at our drive through and walk to testing set in the city of los angeles it's 25.13 percent 259 people died from cova 19 in los angeles on wednesday more than all the homicides in the city last year in all more than 11000 deaths have been recorded in

los angeles since the pandemic began we are truly in a crisis mode right now california's public health officials have ordered the states badly overextended hospitals to postpone all non-essential surgeries it's very tough i think for somebody to tell you that you cannot get over the middle row for something that you desperately need testing centers across the country are swamps with additional cases of the more infectious variant 1st identified in the u.k. spreading in more locations around the country there are also concerns about a variant found in south africa which seems resistant to some covert treatments some of those mutations might have a negative impact on the efficacy of some of the monoclonal antibodies that are used so we're looking into that very carefully some frontline health workers began

receiving their 2nd dose of vaccine like these in illinois that is they start to getting you know moving on with life as usual and now all we really hope for is for the rest of the community to be allowed the same opportunity the worst may be yet to come. as people infected over the winter holidays start needing care public officials are begging people please stay home don't be stupid i know how tough it is right now i know how much people need to be together i know how much they want to be together but if people die they will never be together a dire warning as the virus continues its relentless spread rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles and gallagher is joining us from miami and the criticism andy is that the vaccine distribution is simply too slow. that's entirely correct i mean what is happening here is that the virus is running

the an occupation program but let me just bring you up to speed with some developing news and that is that president elect biden is reportedly planning to release all of the vaccines currently held by the u.s. government to the moment well the top administration has been doing is getting around 20000000 vaccines out and holding on to another half to ensure that people get those 2nd inoculations because $21.00 days in between the pfizer and the madonna vaccines but what president elect biden is apparently planning to do is release all of the vaccines which goes against the food and drug administration's guidelines but there is talk that he may put a defense act into place to production of the vaccines because the risk here is that if he releases all the vaccines the production won't be able to keep up and there are then no 2nd inoculations for those people that need it most of course those people are over the age of 65 in front line health care workers but coming back to what's happening at the moment what you've got is vaccines heading out to various hospitals vaccines centers that have already been overwhelmed by dealing

with this pandemic for the last 10 months they are tired they've got no money they've been waiting for stimulus programs to help them out and it's simply not working remember the top administration promise to have 20000000 people vaccinated by the end of 2020 that number is around 5 or 6000000 it's increasing but too slowly so we've got a couple of different approaches here warm that biden is talking about just getting everything out from the u.s. government to people that need it most and then trying to up production but either way whichever approach you look at it doesn't appear to be working at the moment as we've hit that 4000 deaths in one single day shattering all previous records all right andy gallagher thank you for that from miami. the mayor of london is declaring a major incidents over the current a virus saying the city is that crisis points so the concept is one in 30 londoners is infected in that hospital beds could soon run out the surge is being driven by

the more infectious strain of covert 19 the u.k. has reported more than 68000 cases in the past 24 hours and about 1300 deaths show a hole has this update from london. it's not clear that declaring a medical emergency by the mayor of london has any particular practical consequence other than being a platform from which mr khan is able to highlight the stresses that london's hospitals are under to give you an idea of the scope of the virus if you like in london at the moment the office for national statistics on friday morning suggested that one in 30 londoners currently has the corona virus infection and on thursday we heard from london's n.h.s. leaders with dire predictions of what lies ahead in terms of beds shortages on top of staff shortages with admissions totaling now over $800.00 every single day that is the equivalent of the entire capacity of some thomas' hospital that's one of the

major hospitals here in london every single day with the worst case scenario prediction that by the middle of january within a week or so if things don't start to improve they could be a shortage of $5000.00 or more critical care beds that's a worst case scenario look even in a much better case scenario that still presents doctors and nurses with the appalling prospect in the coming days and weeks of having to make life and death decisions about who they can treat and who they simply cannot here's what's coming up after the break. i'm assessing but. the french government are turning to the center a backhoe they demonized campaign but it's not easy in a country where so many people are suspicious of. residents are left wondering if the opposition can survive questions of what is and isn't legal.

turkey will see the weather change of the next 2 days as this rain gradually moves in from the west with a southerly breeze istanbul 1st for every else in the levant. please to answer iran apart from wondering chance of western society is quiet now those showers been folks in your own meccano be there for saturday and sunday though gone by monday otherwise it's dry the bit of a breeze picking up than the gulf they're harboring will get that it's a rather weak shall temp is down about 22 not a huge change just a bit of a change south of all this where the active weather has been there's been an awful lot of rain recently in the movie and in windhoek that january and march of the wet seasons away months for maybe a bit we've always had the entire month rain so far for when talk to see yet more build up every day is very surprising the similar story is true in botswana citizen

by way malawi and a good part of africa so when talks showers would take an above the average was a case of it good too far of further east active weather is to be saved i think indonesia and so hard forecast this one it's heading towards more issues it's not strikes me and it may be a very weak storm but it could be overhead on sunday and on monday. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people and in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines. inside story on al jazeera it's being seen as the bloodiest general election in uganda's history dozens have been killed in the crackdown on the opposition is ongoing as voters head to the polls on january 14th will examine whether this election can pave the way for change uganda

election on al-jazeera. television on the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. democratic party leaders say they're prepared to impeach president donald trump over the riots at the capital trumpet condemn the mob but on friday he valid to continue to give a voice to his supporters he's also confirmed he will not attend joe biden's inauguration us has now more people in hospital with corona virus than at any other time during the pandemic thursday saw the worst ever daily death toll almost 4000 it's the mayor of london as the clearing a major incident over the coronavirus in the city is a crisis point sidique khan says hospital beds could soon brownouts on friday the

u.k. reported a record 1325 deaths and 68002. new french government figures have revealed a quarter of the country's doctors did not intend to be vaccinated against kobe 19 and talk about the reports from uk say on why france has one of the highest rates of vaccine. skepticism in the world in the southern french city of max a graphic design an eco cole has thought long and hard about whether he wants a covert vaccine and he's decided that he doesn't he worries that the global rush for a remedy mean some safety procedures may have been skipped. i understand that people want to move on with their lives but the world is playing a game of chance against people getting vaccinated i just don't feel the personal need to do so i mean an age category where my wrists are lower so i'm happy to wait to have more information in the future on possible side effects and what struck

many people in france question the safety of covert vaccines researchers say but less than 40 percent of people in france intend to be vaccinated against coded it is one of the moas rates in europe but not entirely surprising because france has one of the world's highest rates of vaccine skepticism immunization was invented by french scientists louis pastor in the 1900 century his legacy is a source of national pride that has not prevented the growth of anti vaccine sentiment in the country that's been fueled in recent times by social media and the pandemic when i hear of it if you get elected again this sociologist says the french suspicion of vaccines is linked to past health scandals and a lack of trust in government. there are 2 incidents that really marked the french in the 1990 s. people suspected the link between the hepatitis b. vaccine and multiple sclerosis it wasn't true but it created mistrust there was

a similar case with h one n one in 2009 in both cases people believe the government was colluding with pharmaceutical companies for financial reasons to find truth about vaccine and that's had a lasting impact. the government's image hasn't been helped by the exceptionally slow start to the covert faxon campaign in the country partly due to minister's reluctance to be seen pushing vaccines many don't want some expose say better informing people about how vaccines work and the possible side effects would help change minds rising infections if clearly created a sense of urgency the governments of age doctors and social media influences to help spread their message but it's clear that unraveling decades of mistrust won't be easy but al-jazeera now say brazil's president insists the country cannot shut down us coronavirus deaths there past 200000 the number of

daily cases has increased to a record of nearly 88000 experts are warning that the outbreak is set to get worse due to the recent christmas and new year holidays australia travelers now show a negative covert 1000 test before boarding a plane there that says the city of brisbane enters a 3 day lockdown authorities are trying to stop the spread of the more infectious strain of virus that's been found outside brisbane's quarantine system for the 1st time in an unprecedented ruling a south korean court has ordered japan to pay compensation to 12 women use the sex slaves during world war 2 tokyo has called the ruling regrettable and unacceptable up 220-0000 so-called comfort women mainly from korea were forced to work a brothels ron brothels run by the japanese military before and during the war a many were raped beaten tortured and killed or others took their own lives. the entities in cleric going to the 2002 bali bombing has been freed from prison

abubakar bashir had served 10 years a 15 year jail term more than 200 people were killed in the attack australia's prime minister said bashir has released as distressing to the families of those who died most victims were foreign tourists including 88 australians just to washington reports from the prison in bogor one of indonesia's most high profile inmates is now a free man abu bakar bashir left the prison after more than a decade behind bars he was serving a 15 year sentence for his role in funding a militant training camp in indonesia's northwest and was given sentence productions for good behavior but for many the name abu bakar bashir is a reminder of the worst bomb attack in indonesia in history more than 200 people died when bombs ripped through bali's tourist district at the hands of the group jemaah islamiya bashir was one of the co-founders of the group and its organizational head at the time of the attacks in 2002 to me was working as

a kid at a popular club in bali. i could hardly stand the pain from the buttons i had to hold on to my intestines i was afraid the inside of my stomach would fall out her burns have healed but her hearing never recovered and she still feels traumatised happy but he said he has done his sentence and that's the role but as a victim i feel so angry in australia memorial sites have been built to one of the . killed in the blast 6 of them were eric to hearts friends he was burnt trying to rescue others from the wreckage of a nightclub he says but she is release is a disappointment he's never regretted it never owned up to it but i thought i could still remains australian prime minister scott morrison says the release is difficult to accept this is very distressing. to the friends and families of of the of the australians the idea of the strike into acute in the bali

bombings of 2002 i still remember that very vividly like i'm sure many of stratagems do but she has supporters have long called for him to be freed because of his age and poor health but the question of his release has always been controversial now with his sentence up authorities in indonesia had no choice but to let him go but he will be monitored by police for the rest of his life. security experts say his influence has diminished during his time behind bars this doesn't change the equation. in indonesia and it doesn't suddenly sure there are going to more terrorist acts or that he will do any inciting to terrorists. he often describes himself as just a preacher but for those who survived the bali bombings. will forever be remembered

as a symbol of violence jessica washington al jazeera. and 8th round of talks has failed to resolve a months long standoff between the indian government and farmers groups over agricultural reforms thousands of farmers took part in a tractor procession in delhi as a show of force ahead of the meeting they have been protesting in the capital since november denouncing the changes which they believe will undercut prices the government has refused to back down saying the reforms benefit farmers. pro-democracy activists in hong kong have accused the authorities are trying to silence the people most of the 53 government critics arrested on wednesday have been released on bail but their detention has raised fears about whether the territory's opposition can survive adrian brown reports from hong kong. 2020 was not a good year for hong kong and the start of this one hasn't been much better adding to the gloom the mass arrest of opposition figures many people we approached didn't

want to talk about that i'm sorry i'm just i'm sure although this man did. this hong kong is no longer the old hong kong hong kong has changed completely this has never happened before he doesn't care. why should i be afraid they all deserve to be arrested they wrecked hong kong and even before the arrests the pro-democracy clock in hong kong is parliament has been all but eliminated through disqualification and resignations the question now is whether the opposition can survive. qin hay is both chairman of the democratic party and a district councillor the pro-democracy camp won a landslide in local elections in 2019 he now worries that beijing's next move could be against hong kong's lowest tier of government in hong kong whether the opposition can survive really depends on the people depend on the hong kong people

and i have faith in people as long as we are still here as long as we didn't give up time you chose me as hong kong sole representative to china's highest political body it passed the new security law which those arrested are accused of violating it is legal. illegal the really believe they wanted to overthrow the government yes by not i think the society was able and peaceful in the coming of it . because everybody know that we have to nestle security if the arrest of so many opposition figures what happened this time a year ago that almost certainly there would have been protests but for now demonstrations are effectively outlawed with the authorities now intent on stamping out even the faintest signs of dissent human rights lawyer mark daly is a friend of the american solicitor who was among those rounded up john clancy since

being freed without charge his arrest left daily shocked former priest when the most peaceful reasonable guys you're going to going to meet i sit on a committee with him in the last 80. and you know it isn't a violent bone in his body. china's influence is also spreading in other ways civil servants must now take oaths the tree in full song kong is a part of china an official priority is now the promotion and protection of national sovereignty as well as security adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. a plant native to south america is invading cameron's largest freshwater lake and that's threatening the livelihoods of local fisherman who say they aquatic for him as clogging up their nets victoria gave me reports. many fishermen including richard 1st noticed something strange growing in cameron's like 5 years ago since

then the aquatic fern known as giant sylvania has covered the lake so extensively that endemic plant and animal species have all but disappeared fisherman say they've lost about 80 percent of their income because of the scarcity of fish dipping a good lot of it is that they'll be celera since the arrival of this plant i've hardly caught any fish it had a huge impact on my life i wanted to build myself a house but i can't i can't pay for electricity either it's so bad i can't even pay for my children's school. the dense plant reduces walk to flow and low is light and oxygen levels in the water native to brazil in northern argentina it thrives in slow moving nutrient rich warm fresh water. just suit it comes from south america and based on the studies conducted we were able to establish the hypothesis that the plant arrived either on the wind or by

a migrate to rebirth that left a continent and through the plant into the lake fisherman have tried to remove the plant by hand without much success it regenerates in about 10 days they're appealing for government help but conservationists think they may have an answer a species of beetle that lives on the water feeds on the plant and has been used in other african countries to control its spread. your must plan doubles in area or biomass every 10 days so it's a very rapid proliferation that cannot be eradicated by manual removal which is why we've added a biological control to this once we have the government's permission to release the insects into the light and we hope that after 2 or 3 years it will overcome this plant around 400 fishermen ryan lake osa for their income for them any help can't come soon enough victoria gate and the al-jazeera 2020 in 2016 are now tied as the warmest year is on record that's according to the european

union's climate monitoring service scientists say unprecedented heat levels in the arctic and siberia were a major factor in the overall rise in temperatures last year but they could stabilize if emissions are rapidly adric reduced global warming has caused more droughts hurricanes and wildfires. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. democratic party leaders say they're prepared to impeach president donald trump over the riots in the capital trump and condemned the mob but on friday he vowed to continue to give a voice to his supporters he's also confirmed he will not attend joe biden's inauguration alan fischer is at the white house with this updates 1st of all they'll be relief for some that the fact that he's not going to be in washington in that game.