and you know so much money no money in these mountains it's all. drug trafficking politics and power the era of empires and just. holding the phone to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the war on al-jazeera. incitement of insurrection house democrats formalize an article of impeachment in a bid to remove president trump from office. but on to the now this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up india's supreme court decides to halt the implementation of controversial new agricultural rules. politics or a response to the pandemic elations king declares

a national state of emergency. and the e.u. updates member countries on the status of its coronavirus vaccine rollout the. final days of donald trump's presidency are being marked with historic political action and unprecedented security challenges democrats in the us congress have now introduced an article of impeachment charging for inciting insurrection during last week's unrest on capitol hill a vote is expected on wednesday a 2nd resolution urges the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment that would remove trump are declaring him unfit to hold office outside of congress a leak to f.b.i. memo is warning of armed protests in washington d.c. and all 50 states in the days leading up to joe biden's inauguration security is being stepped up a week earlier than planned the national guard is deploying up to 15000 troops.

observes houser castro reports on the growing calls for trump's removal. this is the insurrection that president trump is accused of fueling as alleged in the single article of impeachment introduced to congress on monday incited by president trump the article reads members of the crowd he had addressed unlawfully breached and vandalized the capitol injured and killed law enforcement personnel menaced members of congress the vice president and congressional personnel and engaged in other violent deadly destructive and seditious acts this doesn't mean trump has been impeached that would take a house vote likely to happen wednesday close to a majority of house members have said they'll vote yes in a move that would make trump the only u.s. president to be impeached twice. the impeachment would then move to the senate

where trump would go on trial given that his term ends a week from wednesday the trial would be after trump leaves office a conviction requiring the vote of at least 17 republican senators what bar him from holding future office impeachment and conviction at this rate would serve the purpose of keeping him from running again in 2024 and that would be a significant safety event so i don't think this is pure theater house resolution 20 house democrats are also trying to push out trump sooner claiming each day he's in office is a danger to the country but a republican objection monday quickly delayed that effort i object to the resolution demanding vice president mike pence invoke the 25th amendment to immediately remove trump from office will return to the floor tuesday pens is unlikely to oblige one reason his own presidential ambitions and other concern about further inflaming the radicalism of some trump supporters the f.b.i.

is warning that armed groups are planning to travel to washington to incite more violence and respond if pence invokes the 25th amendment to remove trump from office soldiers now stand guard outside the u.s. capitol with between 101-5000 national guard troops expected here by saturday in my scared if i'm scared of anything it's for our democracy because we have a very extreme factions in our country that are armed and dangerous. the district's mayor has asked for a pre emergency disaster declaration ahead of joe biden's inauguration to further facilitate security planning but the person who must grant the declaration is trump himself the man holed up and isolated inside the white house as his presidency ticks away and the calls for his removal rage louder heidi joe castro al-jazeera

washington one hour from mike hanna in washington with some new details on a meeting between trump and mike pence. it's been confirmed that president trump met with his vice president mike pence in the oval office for about an hour sources described the conversation as very good it's the 1st time the 2 men have met since the violence in the capital last wednesday and since mike pence ignored the president's instructions and carried out his constitutional duty by recognizing the electoral college vote president trump has in the last few hours passed an emergency declaration in washington d.c. authorized an emergency declaration this was only due to come into effect at the time of the inauguration but because of the looming security threat it is now being brought in with immediate effect it gives the department of homeland security and the federal patrol emergency management agency added powers in terms of creating

security plans for this travel period the acting secretary of the homeland department has resigned chaired rupert did not quote last week's events as a reason for the resignation instead saying that he was resigning because he was facing various court actions because of his acting status but this is serious because the department of homeland security is the body that governs all the security arrangements in this inauguration period and there is a major threat indeed according to the f.b.i. the agency has had a memorandum leaked to the media in which it says that violence is threatened in all 50 states in this period leading up to the inauguration despite the warnings of planned and protests in the days surrounding his inauguration joe biden says he's not deterred. i'm on the free taking you know i. didn't read brian

or i think it's critically important meant to be real serious for. all those folks who are big since addition. read people's lives. to face forward property cause great damage to the economy and i think that's a view more than the journey to immigration republicans in the. 2 u.s. capitol police officers have been suspended for their behavior during wednesday's riots at least 10 other offices are also under investigation according to a democratic congressman one of the suspended offices had his photo taken with a protester and the other wore a make america great again hat during the siege capitol police officers are continuing to review video of the incident. india's supreme court will hope the implementation of controversial new agricultural laws farmers have been blocking

roads and protesting around the capital since november they say the new doors will on the cut prices there's been a problem joins us now live from the cousin for border crossing elizabeth tell us more about this ruling. kind of comes to the supreme court has said that it is suspending the implementation of these 3 for more than logic the opposition to the and that it's also going to form a committee to assess the situation both around the laws and the protests themselves the court said that it's forming this committee to resolve the situation that the government has not been able to and that anyone who is genuinely interested in solving this problem what we've seen hundreds of thousands of indian farmers locking 3 major highways coming into the indian capital for the last 6 weeks anyone who is interested in solving this problem should appear before the committee which will submit its report to the court the supreme court has been listening to both. those petitions against the laws and the government's petitions

against the protests of the past 2 days it began hearing them on monday and it said that it was extremely disappointed in the government's handling of the protests the fallout from the us which it said it didn't want the government had consulted farmers enough before passing it took note of the 10 so far those who died protesting out camping out in very cold conditions and said that if any violent was to break out we would be responsible for it and it is all those reasons that suspending the rules until it's advised by its committee on the way forward ok what about the farmers have we had any reaction from them so far. to the supreme court had indicated on monday itself that it was likely to suspend the implementation of these laws and while farmers and farm. the unions really welcomed the court's censure very strong censure of the government they said that suspending the laws isn't enough because they don't trust the also go away if they

just hold to the implementation assaulted and they reiterated their demand that these laws be repealed they're also reluctant to take part in any committees because they've been negotiating with the government for weeks now and there's been no breakthrough so far the government meanwhile has said has told the caution that these laws were passed after 2 decades of deliberations that they want to rush through its farmers are happy with them because it gives them more options that they have been engaging with the farmers the court listen to the 1st and also to the reluctance by farmers to take part in any committee and said that it didn't want to hear that that it's trying to solve the situation on the alternative for farmers is to protest and definitely. brought in there thank you so much for that update malaysia's king has declared a state of emergency at the request of the country's embattled prime minister where he did yes and says additional powers are needed to stop

a search uncovered 19 cases the country is reporting on average more than $2400.00 new infections every day critics say it's an attempt by an unstable government to cling to power but he says the declaration is not a coup for it so he has more from kuala lumpur. well we don't yes in the prime minister of malaysia has been facing a leadership challenge for months since he came to power unelected in a power crews that started late february of last year now and the leadership challenge comes not just from politicians within the ruling alliance but also from the opposition opposition leader and i brought him he said last year that he had majority support in parliament and that he should be the next prime minister and then he had he also faced challenges from the united lays national organization that's the largest party in his ruling coalition now the politicians in that party feel they've been sidelined by them we need in administration they threaten to withdraw support to force early general election and the prime minister and his

televised address on tuesday explaining what the state of emergency will mean now and said it should usher in a period of calm and stability for the country now in a sense there will be an end to political uncertainty because elections all elections will be suspended until such a time that a special committee that's going to be set up deemed safe to do so but at the same time parliament and state assembly sittings will also be suspended and that is really the thing that concerns a lot of civil rights activists and some analysts you've even got the southeast asian members of parliament issuing a statement saying that this feels like the we had an administration the government is trying to avoid parliamentary oversight in requesting they started the state of emergency declared in the later. still ahead on al-jazeera if you don't follow the rules we die desperate plea from health care workers about the chronic virus in

mexico. cuba is added to this to state sponsors of terrorism and the body and going trump administration and relations with the united states. hello once again we've got more heavy showers across much of southeast asia some lively downpours recently into central and southern parts of the philippines 106 millimeters of rain and into indonesia has seen some very heavy rain and 39 millimeters of rain the west the weather will continue to drive its way down across the western side of the region western parts of borneo for example seeing some big down poles as we go through the next hopeful things a little drier across southern parts of china into thailand and will sit down across the malaysian peninsula but the shadow is never too far away having said

that those showers will continue to drive their way further south with small back down poles coming into a good part of indonesia still got some lively showers across northern parts of australia at present up around the top and up towards the cape york peninsula but further south things have turned a good deal dry a brighter and for many a good deal warmer temperatures bouncing back in melbourne to around 33 degrees there we go with the showers in sioux queensland further west so warm sunshine in perth at around $33.00 celsius over the next couple of days is fine and dry down towards the southeast and colder just notice temperatures sliding once again in melbourne at around $21.00 degrees thursday. the. invitation to band witness to. the life office. the heidi's learners the trials and tribulations to

see it's an every day miracles the injustices the defiance the tests of character and the person to witness documentaries with a delicate touch on al-jazeera. who. you're watching are just there are a model of our top stories this hour u.s. house democrats have introduced a resolution to impeach president donald trump for inciting violence on capitol hill last week also urging vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment declaring trump unfit to hold office. leaked to f.b.i.

memo as warning of armed protests in washington d.c. at a cost or $50.00 us states days leading up joe biden's an operation it says groups associated with so-called boogaloo movement of planning to storm state capitals. india's supreme court has paused to the implementation of controversial new agricultural balls farmers say the new will this would undercut the price it's been protesting since november negotiating committee will hear their grievances and work on the best way to move for us. the pandemic has greatly impacted children's education and students in the world's poorest countries have been hardest hit a report from save the children warns that 136000000 children in the developing world may not be able to return to school unless $50000000000.00 is invested refugees are dropping out of class at a higher rate than other children in syria teachers say students have the added

pressure of supporting their families the situation is even worse for girls have passed save the children warns of a dramatic surge in child marriage and adolescent pregnancy because more on how the pandemic is threatening to create a lost generation in mali. on the outskirts of mounties capital bamako are 14 year old car and 8 year old modibo children trying to get the pension from adults with northam when traffic holds someone may offer an awkward smile and then uncomfortably look back at their phone if they're lucky one will buy a box of tissues or a mask they're selling for these children the corona virus outbreak has meant no longer getting an education and having to earn a living instead want we have to work because the schools are closed because of covered i missed my friends being in a classroom i even asked my teachers are used to tell me off i have to do this to help my mom we need the money early $2.00 for a box of tissues abu bakar will make just enough to buy a meal for his mother and 6 siblings to share tonight tomorrow however they may

have to go hungry. it was hard enough before coronavirus it's even harder now i can't afford to have them play all day they need to help out any way they can. the children's rights group charity save the children warns that 136000000 children living in poor countries may not be able to return to school unless urgent investment is made in education faced with attacks from armed groups in the corona virus outbreak mali has made defense and health their priority to the detriment of education in december the government announced schools would remain shut indefinitely officials say it's to prevent the spread of the virus but with the state coffers almost empty the government doesn't have the budget to pay teachers and keep schools open some parents from mali guinea and are sending their children away to neighboring senegal so that they can attend religious schools or find work but too often the children end up begging on the streets the corning tour of this

shelter for abandoned children says governments are failing the children the government. the right group are starting to have the right. trance the success in their life. to protect their privacy the shelters management would not allow us to conduct interviews on camera. when you speak to the children here they all share a common story saying that they've left behind their sisters who. dropped out of school but unlike them they haven't come to the city in search for work instead they're back home forced into marriage or the 9 months after the coronavirus appeared on the african continent well some of them are now bearing children. while girls more than boys have suffered from school closures during the outbreak save

the children warning it's an entire generation at risk if not more is done to ensure that children like. to go back to school because hawke al-jazeera. the european commission president is urging health ministers from the e.u. member states to stick to a joint strategy virus that the e.u. is negotiating contracts for vaccine developers as a bloc but some members may be breaking away to make their own deals lies europe's they've negotiated for vaccine contracts is briefing any piece on the latest developments for more let's speak to natasha butler who's in paris natasha see you vaccination campaign has come under a lot of criticism lately why is that. well i think clearly it is a big challenge to try and vaccinate nearly 500000000 people across 27 member states and that's what we've been seeing now the e.u. put in place this strategy which is to negotiate contracts with the pharmaceutical

companies as a block so that nations don't intervene don't negotiate those contracts individually and the idea is then that the e.u. oversees for example distribution among member states and the plan is put in place in order to try and make it fair so that all 27 have a fair and equal access to the doses of the vaccine now so far the e.u. has already acquired a nearly 600000000 doses from pfizer vaccine also $160000000.00 from a donor and we understand that the european medical agency is looking to green light by the end of the month the astra zeneca vaccine so that would add of course to this pool of doses but the e.u. has come under criticism from some member states who feel that the rollout of these doses and this vaccine program has simply been too slow for them there have been

some member states have complained about the distribution problems the rollout also is being affected by the fact that many countries in the european union have very high rates of skepticism when it comes to vaccines here in france for example it has one of the highest rates of vaccine skepticism in the world only one in 2 people say that they actually wish to be vaccinated with a vaccine so all that making it quite difficult for governments as well and there's been a big disparity in the amount of doses that have been administered between countries germany for example more than 600000 doses france though just over 130000 doses now what's the. been happening a few hours ago is that the lead negotiator for the european union when it comes to vaccine contracts she has been briefing m.e.p. about the e.u. strategy and about their plans because every piece of been calling for more

transparency she actually says that there haven't been any issues in distribution that it's up to the countries to actually work out their logistics she has you also commented the countries should not try to bypass the e.u. and negotiate contracts directly with pharmaceutical companies that is something that germany has done and of course she condemned that saying that the e.u. should act as one and so far in her opinion has done quite well that are there live for us in paris thank you. in mexico the covenant breakers caused one of the world's highest want tell us he rates among health care workers with record virus numbers and hospitals nearly full in several cities mexican health professionals and pleading with the population to stay indoors and there were reports from mexico city. health workers in mexico say they were at a breaking point the still worsening health crisis has taken in especially high toll on medical professionals according to the government's own data almost 2500

people employed in the nation's health sector have died since the start of the outbreak i doctors and nurses from the national public health service recently published in emotional plea on social media saying that many of them have reached the point of physical and emotional exhaustion. we're begging you do not expose yourself to come tell you don't become a transmitter of the disease. mexico remains one of the country's hardest hit by the pandemic the nation's economy is hurting as well. on monday restaurant workers protested against containment measures which have led many businesses to close their doors for most of our voters and of candidates bank on their land where workers that are being condemned to unemployment were small business owners that are being driven to bankruptcy and we're not the only ones behind every plate of food is a long production line. since the start of the outbreak in mexico much of the

debate over how to strike a balance between curbing transmission of coronavirus and preserving the health of the economy has taken the form of protests like this one outside mexico's national powers. in an effort to curb contagion government officials have reinstated partial lockdown measures in mexico city. at the same time however daily deaths and new corona virus cases have both soared to record highs pushing many medical facilities to the limit and that's because patients have to wait for 4 or 5 hours there are no bits there are no ventilators there's no oxygen queues are very long sometimes and we have to wait and fight over beds the situation he said to control. the national back sedation program is slowly being rolled out health experts have stepped up efforts to warn the population of the ongoing risks of the virus. adding

another layer of worry has been the announcement that the 1st case of the mutated strains of co but 19 were spotted last year in the united kingdom was recently detected in the mexican state of tamaulipas. al-jazeera mexico city so lebanon is tightening lockdown restrictions and hospitals won by reaching critical capacity the measures include a 24 hour curfew that will come into effect on thursday the country said a dramatic rise in cases with daily infections above $3000.00 level on the still struggling with a major economic crisis and the aftermath of the bay report explosion in august portugal's president is in self isolation after testing positive for corona virus. is running for a 2nd term and an election later this month after a national initially while the testing negative a 2nd test showed he had contract to cover 19 according to his office the 72 year old has shown no symptoms that has canceled all public a parent's. u.s.

president elect joe biden has or has received his 2nd and final dose of the coronavirus vaccine involved up his sleeve during a televised event in his home state of delaware made getting the pandemic under control a top priority for his administration the u.s. has recorded over 22000000 cases of the virus the highest in the world. and several gorilla san diego zoo it tested positive for growth virus the 1st known instance of transmission to great apes california says the animals are experiencing some mild symptoms but it's unknown if they'll have a serious reaction to the virus it's believed the group has caught the virus from an asymptomatic zookeeper the animals were confirmed positive after they were tested last week when to pick and coughing facebook has shut down accounts belonging to ugandan government officials days before the presidential election the u.s. social media giant says the fake accounts including those from the ministry of information being used to manipulate public debate ahead of the vote election pits longtime

leader 70 against 10 candidates including pop star turned politician bobby wine. russia says armenia and azerbaijan have agreed on a reconstruction plan for the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh president vladimir putin made the announcement after hosting talks in moscow the meeting also focused on restoring economic ties following decades of conflict this latest round of talks comes 2 months after a russian brokered truce ended weeks of fighting it killed more than $6000.00 people. the u.s. state department has designated cuba a state sponsor of terrorism secretary of state my compost says cuba have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism by granting safe harbor to terrorists designation subjects cuba to new sanctions on exports and limits u.s. foreign assistance 2015 then president barack obama removed cuba from the list to normalize relations and augusten has the details from havana this announcement by

the chamber ministration today is transparently motivated by domestic political. the primary reason they're doing it is to make it more difficult for 'd the incoming by the ministration to normalize relations with the cuban government. wants and needs normalize relations with the u.s. and it's no secret that the biden administration has of course joe biden as president was in bolts in the negotiations. with with here back in 201415 and many on the transition team. have experience because they say with the q. so this is something of a witchhunt time as none of us told you earlier to get in the way and make it more difficult for the organization to proceed i'm looking down at the press statement that was published today by the state department's quite instructive there are lots of true things that the states do but yes does support does does harbor. north americans who committed violent some of them for political ends it does harbor

members of spanish lumbee in the terror groups however all of these people are. happy with the many many decades nothing has changed during which our inspiration justified contempt for its notion of its. terrorism or support nation is that it gets so that you're just even on the road. all short it's all historical so. this is al-jazeera and these the top stories u.s. house democrats have introduced a resolution to impeach president donald trump for inciting violence on capitol hill last week also urging vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment declaring trump unfit to hold office. leaked f.b.i. memo is warning of armed protests in washington d.c. and across all 50 us states in the days leading up to.