6 americans are now dead 2 of them are capitol police officers more than 50 officers were injured if a teen hospitalized trump and cited this attack. and there should be no question. as to what vice president plans needs to do right now like many of you some of you i was caught up in that attack last week i was wondering says al jazeera at 1700 hours g.m.t. midday on the u.s. east coast we are watching a debate on the 25th amendment resolution from the house rules committee over the possible removal of president donald trump from office. protective equipment they say raging mom just outside the chamber we crawled

across the entire length of that dog balcony i was in the last group to be evacuated we ran down the halls stairs near a mob that was being held on the ground at gunpoint. i shelter for order to 5 hours in a room that was how much shoulder to shoulder with people adding more trauma to the riot we had just sort of by. were several republican colleagues refusing to wear a mask as a result many of my dear colleagues and friends have tested positive i'm waiting my results i know some of you had similar experiences the horror didn't share what chamber you served.

but i do know that in the balcony it was democrats and members of the press ask yourselves. is gun fire and the speaker's lobby a new normal that you're willing to accept should ransack offices be part of the job going forward a relic from our time and service that future members will have to deal with and if it's not ask yourselves what are you willing to do about it do you have the courage to stand up for basic american principles but asking resolution is not a political document it takes no participants dissent and anyone who says otherwise

is being irresponsible and is continuing to lead against the hateful agenda of donald trump how dare you how dare you and cite a mob to stop the finest stat in certifying our election simply because they want to pick and choose lose a vote should count and was votes should not count it because on one man with the power to have to all of us are institutions. from this increasingly authoritarian presidents to do just that and vote the 25th amendment and live up to the oath that he swore given ians and impeding our protests here and at every capitol across our country this coming week i specified tense action

cannot come soon enough consider the full gravity of the attack last week yes it was an attack on democrat lawmakers on his beloved building and our vice president hence they wanted to hang him the congress. west ham gain last wednesday for the ceremonial certification of our election results so this was also an attack on our democracy it was an attack on the peaceful transfer of power and attack on our constitution and the rule of law it was an attack on the symbolism that we've provided to the entire world that a people can govern themselves without the threat of force or the violence

and it was an attack that almost worked all of us has a role to play and i'm doing that damage the presidential. as done i urge my colleagues when i was finally evacuated at 3 pm and while running for my life i answered my phone to my son christopher the car lasted 27 seconds all i could say so he heard i'm ok i'm running for my lights and i hung up i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in

supporting this resolution but most of our i urge vice president hands to do the right thing not for you sir not for me not for any one of us here in congress but for the future of america we are counting on you to do the right thing and invoke the 25th amendment now you know about. if they could gentlemen i know you'll do representative norma taurus democrat from california with some emotional testimony to the house rules committee recounting exactly what happened to her and her colleagues in the capitol building on january 6th. her voice cracking there as she

talked about the 27 2nd call that she managed to his son christopher to just basically tell him i'm ok and she says it falls on one man to protect us and to live up to the oath he swore that is urging vice president my parents to invoke the 25th amendment to remove president donald trump from office the debate goes on and while it does as we bring in heidi castro a correspondent on capitol hill we've kind of seen a real spectrum in this congressional meeting as soon meeting effectively so far arguments from some republicans still over the electoral process and the process of certifying results and then the emotion there from someone like representative tourists who was there as it all happened. that's right and those were some moving statements that she made describing the terrifying moments that she and other lawmakers spent traveling fearing for their lives during that attack last

wednesday from the mob of trump supporters who stormed the capitol building this debate we're seeing now is before the house rules committee what they're doing is sort of setting up for the later vote that we'll see if you for the full house floor on whether or not to approve this resolution drafted by democrats which asked vice president like to invoke the 25th amendment which would immediately remove president trump from office for hearing these statements talking about the experiences of huddling from that violence by democrats we heard earlier from the drafter of this resolution jamie raskin a constitutional law scholar is saying that it was congress's duty to remove president trump laying out what he saw as the reasons that trump is now unfit to continue serving in office even with just 8 days left on the job we also heard from

the other side now this is some of the 1st defense in public we've heard from republicans who continue to stand by president trump in his assertion that the selection leading to joe biden's when was fraudulent namely we heard from jim jordan a republican from ohio who argue is arguably is the president's most steadfast soldier just received the presidential medal of freedom in fact at the white house yesterday in a private ceremony and jordan told committee members he was asked to deny that this election was stolen he refused to say that but he did they did acknowledge that joe biden won the election. only there's there's there's no contrition on by part of jim jordan on this front to denounce the violence that unfolded what this

will all lead to before this house rules committee is basically it's a procedural move come all we're going to see more of this route the day more fireworks on the full house floor this evening setting up for a late evening vote on whether or not to call on mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment hi the the road to the 25th amendment is probably more of an uphill one isn't it the other road if i can carry on that analogy is the one to impeachment where are we in the process. that's right now mike pence is expected not to invoke the 25th because this resolution even if it passes tonight is non-binding that leaves. the democrats in the house with that other option in their back pocket the impeachment which is really what all of this is about it's laying the groundwork for a vote tomorrow on whether or not to impeach trump for the 2nd time making him only the 1st president in history to be impeached twice the internet the article of

impeachment where the charge against the president has already been introduced and it is a simple one it says that he incited violence against the u.s. government now if if mike pence does not invoke the 25th amendment and he has 24 hours to do so once that resolution is approved then nancy pelosi the house speaker democratic leader says she's ready to move forward with voting to impeach the president democrats of course control the house they have the numbers to have that impeachment be approved and then the question would be how to try the president with just 8 days left in office likely wouldn't happen until after he leaves office but democrats say it's still an important statement to make not only to hold president trump accountable in the eyes of history but also to potentially bar him from holding future office if he were convicted in the senate. counts or on capitol hill with the latest on developments there thank you. the other thing we've

seen today is the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei are giving a speech in which he said al qaeda has a stablished a new home base in iran he made that assertion without providing any actual hard evidence looking like a few last minute offenses against teheran as pompei or and the rest of the trumpeter to straighten prepared and leave office in washington. he also said he could confirm the death of al qaeda as other mohamed el masry which was reported last year it was reported that he was gunned down by israeli operatives in iran. al qaeda has a new home base it is the islamic republic of iran as a result bin laden's wicked creation is poised to gain strength and capabilities we ignore this iran or qaeda nexus at our own peril we need to acknowledge it

we must confront it indeed we must defeat it more with alan fischer at the white house today alan what more did secretary pompei or have to say. well he was very critical of the iranians saying that they have provided the hard shell of coverage for al qaeda in the united in teheran he made public for the 1st time that the number 2 of al qaeda who was killed in november in august so he was actually assassinated by the israelis that was confirmed for the 1st time by the secretary of state and he insists that there were other high profile high in members of the command of al qaeda comely residing in turan with the full knowledge of the iranian government there have been allegations about connections between al qaeda and iran before of course there are sick t.v. in differences between the groups and the links that have been claimed in the past have largely been disproved in fact one report at the end of 21900 said if there

were high members of al qaeda intent on there were certainly no more than 5 of them that certainly didn't stop my pompeo making the link between one old enemy al-qaeda and someone who's become a real adventure story joining the trumpet ministration and while there's no evidence iran helped plan or head for knowledge of the 911 attacks at least 8 of the 911 hijackers traveled through iran between october of 2000 and february of 2001 deed in 2011 a federal judge in new york ruled that iran had provided support for the 911 attacks based on the role it played in furthering a kind operative's plans and of course after 911 hundreds of our kind of terrorists in their families fleeing america's righteous vengeance took refuge there inside of iran. i've just been speaking to someone who said it's interesting that my pompeo is using the 911 stick to beat iran with when of course one of his favored nation seems to be so many arabian

a number of the hijackers on 911 actually came from there and they have faced no sanctions whatsoever tensions between the united states and iran certainly go back many many years all the way back to the 1950 s. and the coup in iran at that point at the go wash with the hostage crisis during the time of jimmy carter but particularly over the last 4 years things have not been great donald trump said on this 1st day in office he would remove the united states from the union clear deal actually resigned twice but then in 20000 pulled out that led to what was called the maximum pressure campaign of the united states putting sanctions on turn around and they were pressure on other countries to follow the american ideal at that point to try and force iran back to the negotiating table and we know that it's a year ago almost exactly a year ago that kassam still a money who's head of the al could force of the revolutionary guard in toronto was killed in the targeted assassination by the united states as he was driving to the

airport in baghdad and at the moment tensions between the 2 countries are so high that there's currently a u.s. aircraft carrier in the region because they say they could they are in position to respond to any iranian threats there are people who say that might pompeo is simply doing this for one reason and that's to make it much more difficult for joe biden to reach out to the iranian regime and try and create any sort of determent between the 2 countries alan fischer at the white house thank you for that. one of the iranians saying well the foreign minister dismissed the allegations from pompei or this was his tweet from java from designated cuba fictitious iran d. classifications and a.q. claims mr that we lie cheat steal is pathetically ending his disastrous career with more war mongering lies no one's full the 911 terrorists came from secretary powell his favorite middle east estimations not from iran dosage of the in teheran bit of colorful reaction there from jevons or if he is reacting to. very specific

accusations and claims from my pump which had very little evidence to back him up. certainly and the position here is that these are seen as and that really desperate attempts in the final days of the trump administration to try and really further destabilize this region and that's something that they have not been successful in doing the spike the numerous efforts that they've undertaken over the past 4 years but what was significant about the specifics of each by the secretary of state was that he drew the links between these 2 between these 2 groups iran and al qaeda would be very very different ideologies they have very different goals and iran has said in the past that these claims are simply false when it came to the

assassination of the so-called al-qaeda leader on the streets of tehran in august the iranian officials were adamant that that was not the case that it was a lebanese national his daughter who were gunned down. and notice to. the point here is that this is seen as a really really they're drawing at straws the last straw but what was significant is the tone that might pump aoe use in delivering the speech it was very reminiscent of what we heard back in 2003 from colin powell before the u.s. . entered iraq and engaged in a war with that country the fear here is that there isn't a appetite there is an appetite on that side from the president dollar trump side and his position that to carry out certain strategic strikes against their own in his final days because they haven't been successful in bringing iran back to the negotiating table to renegotiate the nuclear deal which they left in 20. u.s.

wants to include iran's ballistic missile program and the iranians have said our defense capabilities are not part of the nuclear program therefore they're not up for negotiation. that's where the things are at now and now so that means that we've seen grow as a result of that led to a series of events as alan mentioned with the assassination of us and so that money could be or sentients on iran's oil and banking sector as well as the assassination that we saw had in late november here of the high ranking nuclear scientists. by israeli operatives inside the country according to iranian officials which they say that the u.s. had their full support to carry out this house edition just outside of tehran so there's all these events that have taken place in the final days there is a sense that the administration of donald trump is doing its best to not only make things difficult for incoming president joe biden but also to see what how far they

can push this maximum pressure campaign the foreign minister zarif said in the past recently that. he knows president like joe biden from his years of being a diplomat the reigning. representative to the united nations. had met joe biden on a number of occasions welter of both working at the united nations so they do have some kind of a history and he said that he believes joe biden to be much more well versed in foreign policy and understands foreign politics much better than donald trump so there is a sense of optimism that the 6 months that this administration has left there could be some kind of. easing of tensions at least before iran has its next presidential election so we're just hoping for the best at this stage but this latest claims are going to be completely dismissed by iran and seen as very ridiculous at the stage

door. in teheran with that update. on to other news and divers in indonesia are recovered one of the black boxes from a passenger plane that crashed into the sea with 62 people on board the one that found is the flight data recorder that logs information from instrument readings of engine performance and altitude the cockpit voice recorder itself which tapes the pilots is still in the sea somewhere the boeing 737500 crash shortly after takeoff from jakarta stuff is jessica washington with more. here a ton job real board is where the search effort for the investigation into flight s.j. 182 is being coordinated you can see some of what crews have brought back from a search of the java sea north of jakarta near the 1000 islands that includes

making parts of the aircraft large and small mostly mangled beyond recognition crews have also found human remains and the belongings of passengers but what authorities announced just a few moments ago could provide the clearest picture of what happened to flight s j one a today announced that they found the flight data recorder just a few hours ago they have not yet found the cockpit voice recorder however they are optimistic that that cockpit voice recorder should be in a close vicinity to where they found the flight data recorder. we believe that the cockpit voice recorder is also in that area because of the beacons reading that's why we believe it will be found. the flight data recorder is now in jakarta and in the hands of the campaign and haiti that is indonesia's transport safety commission and they are the ones who are conducting the investigation into what happened to this boeing aircraft this boeing 737500 flight

from jakarta to pontianak in west delhi months they say that it could take 2. 5 days just to download the data from the recorder and that it is likely to be a long process be commission has also announced some early findings that they are confident that the plane was fully intact before it and to the java sea based on the size of the debris field which they say is around 300 to 400 meters. tuesday marks the final day of the most violent election campaign in uganda's history president yoweri museveni seeking a 6th term and he's used the full weight of state security including the army to crack down on his 10 opponents catherine so as those from the capital kampala. a more cigars by the towels as he was killed by soldiers during protests in the cockpit or kampala last november he was 15 years old and had gone with her to the

family's shop in the city with news of opposition leader the winds are asked trick at a riot he was hit by 2 bullets as they hurried home more than 50 other people also died. he fell on the ground and stopped moving he did not even call out for me to help him i was dead and i thought there i just collapsed took us to hospital but my son was already gone the un and human rights organizations have blamed security forces for using excessive force while breaking up protests. several opposition candidates including bobby wine and patrick on the scene being arrested by police in this are challenging president yoweri with seventies beat for a 6th time in office but they have been blocked from campaigning and detained want to pull times many of. their goals. through hushed interment. well the rate in every part of the country.

government officials insist that opposition protests. and their leaders have been defying 1000 regulations people are burning furze with protruding people i'm bursting with women. and extorting money. listen listen people are bringing rocks. and offloading ball does. election violence is not new to uganda some people have a say the stakes are high and now because more people want to change the next few days crucial security forces have been deployed heavily in hotspots like this one where protests by opposition supporters are common many people are afraid that he the presidential revolving. than being. on

a key to town says she is closing her shop and moving out of kampala until she can be sure how only total will be safe there and she says she has no intention of voting in an election she blames for her son's death catherine. arlen's government will issue a formal apology to people who lived in the country's mother and baby homes a report released on tuesday shows 9000 children died in the homes which were run by the church between 922998 children's minister roger goldman is just scribing abuse residents face to stifling oppressive and mistake the facilities housed unmarried pregnant women some lived their entire lives there after their babies were taken away. the u.k. is introducing new rules to stop companies doing business with a part of china where there are allegations of forced labor foreign sector dominate

rob says there's growing evidence that we go muslims in provence are being abused on a huge scale he described it as barbarism human rights groups say at least a 1000000 we kids and other minorities have been imprisoned in these camps in recent years china denies it saying people are being educated and trained in special centers it's also blasted the u.k. the united nations the criticism the european commission president's urging health ministers from e.u. member states states to stick to a joint strategy on coronavirus vaccines the use negotiating contracts with vaccine developers as a block but some members may be breaking away to make their own deals with supplies europe's lead negotiator for a vaccine contracts is briefing any piece on the latest developments lebanon now on an international arrest warrant has been issued over the blast that took place in beirut in august police are now seeking the captain of the ship that transported the explosive material which was then stored in

a warehouse at the port of and 200 people died in that explosion. india's supreme court will hold the implementation of its controversial new agricultural laws farmers have been protesting over since november saying the changes will undercut prices the government though says the agriculture sector is long overdue for reforms and supporters from elizabeth piron i'm in ga support. farmers continue their protest on a major highway connecting india's most populous state to the capital region of delhi. have stopped all traffic on this and to other key roads for nearly 7 weeks and said they won't stop despite the supreme court suspending the implementation of 3 for the been protesting against. their also not hopeful about the committee the top court has formed to look into the laws. the members of the committee are

pro-government people who have supported the and other government recommendations their ideology. and they are in favor of market reforms that are part of the fall it's. the protests began after the government passed 3 agriculture in september which encouraged india's farmers to sell directly to large corporations. they intensified in the vendor when fathers from the states of punjab and. marched hundreds of kilometers to delhi and occupied highways. there saying has been at the protest sign for 6 weeks. our demands have to be fulfilled by the government and then if all the farmers leave. the. family members back home. says no one knows. we left our family behind for this. say they were afraid that once the was implemented they lose

a minimum prices for their projects which have been guaranteed by the government for decades dozens of farmers have died camping out in the cold of the past 6 weeks including want here. today the supreme court took note of the deaths the number of elderly people women and children of the demonstrations and said it's extremely disappointed with the government's handling of the protests. the government maintains that the laws are in the interest of farmers by good. access to new and bigger markets with pharma suspicious not just of the government but also the makeup of the supreme court's committee india's biggest protest since prime minister in the day the modi was 1st elected 6 years ago a set to continue elizabeth al-jazeera. it's half past the hour as iran these are the headlines a u.s. house committee is debating a bill demanding president donald trump's removal from office as democrats accuse

trump of inciting the mob that stormed the congress last week. there.