building nobody simple language. the principal at one madrassa in a song is concerned students will be disadvantaged by the new curriculum and. we stand to lose a lot of the children who study at the madrassa tend to do a lot they could lose their livelihoods an improvement to put. the future seems to be dark. muslims have been the target of increased discrimination across india in recent years in 2019 nearly 2000000 people were excluded from the state census many of them muslims later that year a law was passed granting citizenship to religious minorities from neighboring countries except muslims. for those who practice islam in a psalm the closure of madrassas feels like another blow leo harding al-jazeera.

and his kids have you with us hello adrian fell again here in doha the headlines and al-jazeera us democrats approaching to impeach president donald trump for inciting violence on capitol hill 180 democrats a co-sponsoring an article of impeachment they plan to formally introduce the proposal on monday with a vote possible by wednesday more than 50 people are now facing charges for taking part in wednesday's riots they include jake angele who was seen wearing a hole in the string the siege the u.s. intelligence community and police are appealing for help in identifying responsible house speaker nancy pelosi says donald trump must be held accountable for the chaos . sadly the person is running negative branch is a direct unhinged dangerous president of the united states and only a number of days until we can be protected from him but he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him well i gather that the

25th amendment is off the table but is that nothing is off the table the u.k. is now recorded more than 3000000 covert 19 cases since the pandemic began the health department says the deaths of supply last 80000 almost 60000 infections were reported on saturday aboard 1000 deaths london's mayor has declared a major incident saying the spread of the virus is out of control officials in indonesia said a passenger plane is suspected to have crashed after it went missing shortly after takeoff from the capital jakarta rescuers have recovered what they suspect may be day brief from the boeing 737562 people on or. those they have lives that is continuous here on al-jazeera right after the bottom line next. this time the differences and similarities of cultures across the world i'm sentimental when you really can lose in current

affairs that matter to you hi i'm steve clemons and i have a couple of questions after a day of really unprecedented violence and chaos at the u.s. capitol is american democracy critically fractured or can it survive a white house encouraged assault on the people's house the united states congress let's get to the bottom line. it was supposed to be a day of historic ceremony a stylised traditional reading aloud of the electoral college votes of each of america's states and their acceptance in a joint session of congress instead it was a day where violence and chaos was sparked by a frustrated president drama at least half of americans see what he did as inciting an insurrection an attempted coup against the election of joe biden by a mob of his supporters after a night of tension between the president and his own vice president and cabinet who discussed amongst themselves the possibility of finding trump unfit for office and

with lawmakers refusing to be intimidated and finishing their work overnight to certify the election results trump finally threw in a recognize the end of his presidency and committed to a peaceful transition of power today we're going to get a republican and a democrat take on what just happened and we'll start with congressman joaquin castro democrat of texas. thank you so much for joining us listen i read your tweets last night and you told your public that you're safe you're sheltering in place that the president night states had incited a coup attempt do you feel that way the day after. yeah i do think that the president has been for weeks now really months. telling his supporters that the election was stolen from him that there was widespread election fraud without providing any evidence of that right weight media has followed him down that rabbit hole and so when they got millions of people to believe that then

those people started putting pressure on republican and conservative politicians like ted cruz and josh allie and then those guys because of their own political ambitions have also seen the flames in the last few weeks and the result is what we saw yesterday and i just it was an insurrection had a takeover literally both chambers of the legislative branch of the united states government the most powerful and prosperous and most stable democracy otherwise stable democracy in the world you know last night when the process of listening and hearing and reading the votes from each of the states went on there were objections there were more than 100 objections in the house of representatives a number of the senators who had planned to object actually withdrew those what is that what is the sense of what's the mood of the room if you will with those 100 plus legislators last night that objected to the vote count in the house i

think it's just people who are denying reality but there's a reason that they're denying reality there's there tonight reality because they're scared of turning on the order of. donald trump going after them they're scared of their primary base going after them but steve i think what's really important is that a lot of that in the house at least the culprit is gerrymandering and that these districts in been drawn in such a way they look like chicken fingers and butterflies and spaceships that a lot of these republican members and you know and some democrats also are in a place where all they have to do is satisfy a very hardcore base of people and they know that their nose there's no repercussion for them denying reality that joe biden won the election and so that's why we saw i think so many of them and some of them are true believers some of them i think like louis gohmert and others are just true believers but i think that's what we saw last night my sense is mike pence stood up he did what was expected of

him constitutionally as but this is that something we should be applauding well i mean 1st of all i'm glad that the vice president did what he did that he followed constitutional duties but i'm left thinking that that's such a that's that's the very minimum that you can expect in a democracy that's what somebody is supposed to do so i'm glad that he did i mean courage that that the person who's in the office of the 'd vice president vice presidency is following the constitution but it's also a very low bar for our democracy. and i think what was striking also about yesterday you talk about. who's in charge of government the decision to send up the national guard apparently at least based on reporting was not done in consultation with the president of the united states it was done at the direction of the vice president even though you had a sitting fully active president of the united states the united states government

basically went around donald trump what around the present state and got the permission from the vice president that to me that's remarkable. if v protesters had been black and brown and white and had penetrated the doors of the united states capitol i've been in them so many times you go through you know magnetometers you you go through you know to the screen you know i we saw this unfolding we worried that there might be people with guns there might be that they were not here i guess my question is you know we saw a crowd of supporters largely mostly white americans what is your comment to that. well 1st of all it was tragic it way it was not only chaotic and outrageous but it was also a tragic day a woman lost her life who got shot was shot and killed. by security at the u.s.

capitol because she was trying to penetrate i believe where the senators were perhaps it was the representatives and that as i understand 3 other people died from for health reasons medical complications. but you know i can't help but all of us as americans we saw how protesters were treated out in the streets of our country and cities throughout our country and the force that was used against them in the tear gassing right away. you know as. compared that's what we saw yesterday yeah i don't think i don't think a reasonable fair person could conclude that the treatment of those 2 groups groups of people the black lives matter protesters and the protesters really yesterday people that were engaged in insurrection that they've been treated the same. washington post has come out its editorial board and said that the president should

be removed from office immediately are there any credible efforts right now underway that could have bipartisan support in both chambers to remove the president united states immediately. well you know the challenge there is that you either impeach the president which involves a legislative action which i would support even though he's only 'd got 13 days to go or you're relying on the vice president and the cabinet to remove the president by the 25th amendment which i would also support and i saw today adam kinzinger republican from new jersey has come out in support of that as well and so there is a growing sentiment. that the president has essentially lost his faculties. that he should be removed to be honest with you steve i don't know whether within 13 days that's actually going to develop into an action where he is removed. you know if this was the perhaps if this was 2 months ago 3 months ago i

would be more confident that the answer is yes but we've got 13 days and i'm sure there are some people who just want to wait it out. yesterday we saw josh holloway the home leave the senator from missouri walk near the protesters his farm raised like this and go go go should there be consequences for senator hawley for senator cruz for egging on elements of this insurrection yes i think both of them should resign from the united states senate i don't believe that they deserve to represent texas in missouri and we should also consider censoring them for their actions so this censorship require doesn't create any consequence other than a slap on the wrist i mean i hear you know you're you're encouraging of them to resign but that requires an act by themselves what would be a consequence that does not require them to stand up at this moment. yeah i mean

this both of them in the united states senate the u.s. senators within that body would have to take action against them you know for there to be a consequence against them i said yesterday that on the senate floor they should be asked to resign by somebody else in the united states senate. and you know we'll see if any action is taken at that. look you know the international scene well you're well traveled you're concerned about america's place in the world what do you think we do at this moment when america has been one of the places in the world to kind of guide and tell other countries how to manage their democracies jeanne shaheen last night was talking about trying to encourage the former president of georgia to step down at the end of his term along with senator jim risch it was a bipartisan effort to say you know the peaceful transfer of power is part of democracies what story does america have to tell now that's

a great question to be honest with you i think it's going to take us some time to repair this i think the country that been the world. looked at america yesterday and saw what they usually see when we look over at faraway places and see people storming government buildings and wonder why these people can't get their act together and why there's such social disorder and wonder how the rule of law has broken down and you're right america does lead by example in many ways and so the 1st thing is we've got to make sure that we have a smooth inauguration on january 20th that joe biden problem here is are inaugurated and we have a president who can lead us out of this darkness and make us a leader among nations again. i need to ask you an unfair question you are very close to someone who might have led the democratic ticket your own brother twin brother who leon castro i've been thinking about if i were in that role if i were advising someone how do you push reset for

a nation as deeply fractured fragmented as it seems to be right now if your brother was out there a new joe biden is there now in common laris you know them both well what do you would behind them to do in terms of bringing the country together in pushing you know the proverbial reset button that is a great question and it's a it's a mountainous question at this point. i think that 1st we need everybody to advocate for peace whatever their politics are for call we need to get back to respecting the rule of law and then joe biden has indicated that he's willing to work with republicans on different issues where democrats or republicans can find common ground you know and you're going to see him pursue that he has a point he has started also by appointing a very experienced and reasonable people to the cabinet and so he's appointing a professional government. who is going to work across the aisle where they can now

you know we're going to have as democrats that the presidency the senate and the house so we intend to pursue very important issues to the american people that we've been working on for a long time but you will see the president reach cross the aisle and at least consult with republicans on these issues and i think that will be a good start in terms of how we convince the world we can be a north star again i think it's going to take time and i think we've got to go out into the world not just the president has missed ration but also the legislators and convince our allies that we're back and that we intend to build back better as joe biden has said and be a leader on democracy freedom human rights rooting out corruption all of the same. ok castro it was a tense day a tense night appreciate your tweets as i was reading them last night i can't imagine the stress that you felt you know and i know many other members actually

felt their lives were threatened yesterday evening so it's impressive that you all went back to work again so thank you so much for your thoughtful conversation your candid comments today thank you thank you for joining me now is republican strategist john feehery a partner in the republican lobbying group e.f.t. advocacy here in washington d.c. john thanks so much for joining us i was watching and reading your tweets yesterday evening and i want to read one of them you said a somebody who worked in the people's house for 15 years i'm disgusted it what the president had inspired he has lied to these people and is embarrassed america i have supported him in the past but he lost in a fair lection he needs to leave john you're one of the most hardcore serious republicans i know who takes all of this seriously you do not i wouldn't put you in the pragmatic middle your hard core conservative you supported president trump what is going on in your mind after what happened and we saw last night. well listen i

have some of the work in washington for 30 years 15 years at the top levels of the house republican leadership i worked for 15 years in the nation's capital so you know i appreciate the desire for people to come in and take a look around and watch the capitol see how it operates but this is the people's house and it's for it to operate that people have to respect. what's going on in there respect the process and respect respect of the politicians were doing their jobs and when i saw yesterday was a complete lack of regard for the people's house by the people and i find that extremely troubling i think that was inspired by the president who i have supported you know i have my fair share of disagreements with him and i have in the past but i think he was doing a lot of right things for america i think he what he did best for america was

listen to the nx at the center of the country where people have not had jobs where things have been hollowed out where he had the opiate crisis you had the financial crisis where he had all these things and he spoke directly to them but you know he's lying to them now and he's like them he lost fair and square in this election just as he won fair and square 4 years ago i was against his theories by the democrats 4 years ago i'm against these conspiracy theories now there are a lot of questions about this it was a very odd election it was very out election on many many levels you know you you don't typically have a president you know gaining 10000000 more votes and having republicans game you know so many more seats and almost win the majority in the house and have the present also lose so it was a it was not a lesson for a variety of reasons but it's been not here it's been not your because it was coded crisis may not here because of george florida's been a hard year because people are really really angry and frustrated and and cooped up

in their homes and they don't leak anything anymore and when they come to the people's house and disrespect the traditions of disrespect the politicians and disrespect the process they're disrespecting america and i think of that's why the president deserves combination 7 for leading that this respect and that's why i spoke out what should the consequences being john. for. a white house. promoted assault on the people's house what i mean i think where the where we are right now in the aftermath of that and i can't tell whether we're in an in a minute less toxic moment or whether the toxicity is remaining very strong but what should be the consequences for an assault well 1st of all i think that the people who came into the house and destroyed property and it should be

prosecuted to the full extent of the law i think that's the number one thing i think that there's a lot of questions as to why the security apparatus fell apart as quickly isn't then i'd have still stunned by it you know i remember those those riots that happened in front of the white house and those those folks were going to get in the white house i don't know why those folks were able to get into the people's house and i think i'm very frustrated by that i think that you know the president has really disqualified himself from running for president. now i am not someone that necessarily thinks you you need to take legal action right now because i think that that will actually make the situation worse meantime so he has a lot of supporters out there and what you want to do is you want to move forward. and so i think you the prosecute the people who who broke the law you know trump. and there's been some talk about removing him or her marcus my sense is what's going to happen is that the vice president is already pretty much take over the day

they have ration is. de facto if not as your a i don't think it is less than the president right anymore and i think a lot of people in the white house i press are trying to find ways to get out there or express their disgust and i think that's altogether appropriate i would be very careful though in having kind of any legal repercussions because that that actually will make the cleavage is in the country even worse we need to move on. and find ways to heal a country we need to prosecute those people who directly. broke the law i'm very hasn't the idea of throwing the president into jail or anything like that i mean what he did was reprehensible and incredibly stupid no i don't you know it's like you give a 3 year old you know a lighter and put it right next to a flannel material this is what happened right he i don't know if you know what he was doing right you know he said he was that we these people down the march and he

goes into is more can go is that the white house so much is on t.v. we can nonsense is that i mean this is this is a thing you know i think it's frustrating for me is i've been supportive of this president because i think he won the election fair and square and he was representing a group of people i care very very very much about which is the of the for got americans who feel like they are not getting what they want out of the representative moxy and i think he spoke to them but now he's betrayed them and in a way that is just now when america is all about when i could not what he said and has done no uncertain terms but i'd be very careful about making the situation worse when you look at josh holly walking along senator josh ali walking on and giving you know a big hey go go go get him to the protesters around the senate versus other republican senators last night being applauded on the floor by democrats and republicans for saying we have to stop this divide how where is the republican party go does it expelled q.

and on types does it keep them in the tent what's the if you are part of the architecture of republicanism are you worried about the health of the party can can the good parts of the party we claim it. well listen i think the party exists not necessarily because the leaders but because of the followers and so it's a you know you have to be very careful not to sue kind of lead a party in a place where the followers are not going to go i do think that there needs to be. better communication a little more straight talk with with our voters i think we need to do a better job of bedding down conspiracy theories which in fact both sides you know i you know there's going to seriously there is running around america for generations young j.f.k. being a perfect example of that but you know of we are kind of this point now where conspiracy theories are completely paralyzing our ability to govern and work in

a democracy and i think of that is something that republicans need to confront head on. i think that you know one of the trip has been very very good at establishing a sense of outsiderness and the idea that the political status and needs to be blown up he's leaving the stays out and he's not going to be coming back so i think this gives the republicans an opportunity to go back to what their core principles are but understanding that they have to speak to those those populous out there who are not necessarily favor globalization are not necessarily in favor of giving all their money to see the c. suite and you know not really all that happy with corporate america has is doing so much better than the small businesses of this country so i think that there's a there's a big discussion that has to happen there discussion happens every time the republicans lose an election and i think it's important to have that that that election that discussion now that being said i don't think that this is going to

cause irreparable damage to the party i think the party has changed i think from has changed but that doesn't necessarily mean that trump is going to continue to lead the party and right now i think he's completely disqualified himself. let me just ask just real quickly as we as we wrap up john you talk about the american who's been left behind who's been demeaned i remember interviewing joe biden who would send his party become a party of snobs and you know he said that 2016 do you think there's an opportunity where joe biden can talk to those americans that you're worried about that there can be a reset in this country may not be combined but at least get to really realize you're on the same boat well i think that's one of joe biden's you know greatest strengths is he he speaks directly to those people he has throughout his political career that's why president obama put him on the ticket for 8 years and you know i think that the question is can he do more than speak to those people

can actually do something for them and i you know i think that remains missing i think he's right to pollute the democratic party has turned into an elite party the republican party is becoming and working class party and the challenge of the republicans is do expand the base from white working class to all working class and you saw some examples of that not only with president trump doing better but also with different folks who from a wide variety of backgrounds who won as a republican so listen i think spike can speak to it bill lloyd be able do i think this is a party has become very elitist very corporate i think that the problem public and challenge is to establish itself as the working class are. well john feehery republican political strategist an advisor really grateful to you for your candid thoughts today at this important time thanks for joining us. so what's the bottom

line this week's events in washington should have been expected there the result of years of president trump accusing his rivals of cheating of labeling the entire voting system is fraudulent of demeaning people who don't align with him a bullying name calling and making everything about himself his claims of voting fraud have been baseless thrown out by court after court by judges appointed by president trump now he's become america's main purveyor of conspiracy theories and many of his followers believe they're true he told them to go out and stop the steal of his election and that is why they went to the united states capitol to do that whether he admits it or not trump crafted this physical in violent assault on american democracy but despite all of trump's efforts america is still a country of institutions the chambers of congress were damaged and a lot of congressional members had their offices ransacked but they went back and they did their job vice president mike pence did his constitutional duty infuriating his boss and americans watched as democrats and republicans applauded

each other as they stood together against those who tried to stop the count january 6th will go down in history possibly as the day that americans began to realize how fragile their democracy can be and that's the bottom line. a policy imposed decades ago pregnant woman part that she put selectively goods and when a boy is changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences or creating

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