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siege at capitol hill the f.b.i. says it expects the list over arrests to grow. uganda prepares to vote but the president is using force in his bid to win yet again. unwelcome and at the mercy of the elements thousands of migrants face a deepening winter right on europe store stand. i'm devon ash with the sports world cup winning captain meghan rypien it sounds white supremacist and not welcome at the u.s. women's team games and new england patriots and if ok bill but attack declines at president trump's offer of a medal of freedom. we're making the news hour in the u.s. where even has a spread and see comes to a close donald trump faces renewed efforts to remove him from office in his 1st

major address since the violence at capitol hill on january 6th trumpet toward a section of the border with mexico he shrugged off attempts to invoke the 25th amendment and called attempts at impeachment a hoax free speech is under assault like never before the 25th amendment is of 0 risk to me but will come back to haunt joe biden in the biden administration as expression goes be careful what you wish for the impeachment hoax is a continuation of the greatest and most vicious witch hunt in the history of our country and is causing tremendous anger in division and pain far greater than most people will ever understand which is very dangerous for the usa especially at this very tender time. and now i'd like to briefly address the events of last week millions of our citizens watched on wednesday as

a mob stormed the capitol and drenched the halls of government as i have consistently said throughout my administration we believe in respecting america's history and traditions not tearing them down we will leave in the rule of law not in violence or writing well mike hanna joins us live now from washington d.c.'s what kind 7 of message do you think donald trump was sending both visually i guess the location and obviously what he said well the intention was according to trump's aides was for the president to reestablish his legacy on his way out of office part of his legacy the president believes the building off the border wall which has been a whole mark off his administration over the past 4 years president trump refusing to accept any responsibility for the events in the in the capital last week

repeating his assertion that the of acts against him that the process is against him on nothing more than a witch hunt disassociate himself from what he there refers to as a mob that descended on the capitol for getting it would appear for the moment that it was off to his speech in which he specifically urged the crowd to go to the capital that the events of violence unfold but maybe president trumps attempts to reestablish himself in the public eye here somewhat undercut by the fact that even as he was speaking the department of justice and the f.b.i. were holding a news conference about last week's events and mike we've also heard from the f.b.i. in the last hour they were investigating the siege at capitol hill and provided detail on their investigations just take a quick listen back at what they said. the f.b.i. receives enormous amounts of information intelligence in our job is to determine

the credibility and viability of it under the laws and policies that govern f.b.i. investigations we have to separate the aspirational from the intentional and determine which of the individuals saying despicable things on the internet or just practicing keyboard bravado well they actually have the intent to do harm in the latter we work diligently to identify them and prevent them from doing so. well that was the head of the field office of the f.b.i. here in d.c. explaining about the intelligence that the f.b.i. gathered in the days leading up to those events on january the 6th making clear his belief that it was very difficult for the f.b.i. to identify individuals who constituted a threat because much of the information they were gleaning were on various message boards without any real threat by an individual of violence without the claims the

acting head of the f.b.i. and d.c. it was very difficult to give specific information nonetheless warnings were passed on to the joint terrorism task force in d.c. about this online chatter that could constitute a threat now this is important because there have been many questions about the lack of preparedness among federal agencies for those events as they unfold at the capitol but the f.b.i. and the attorney general acting attorney general also speaking about the investigation that has taken place soon and it's described as an investigation that is utterly unprecedented more than $170.00 case files have already been opened and we are told that this is going to increase in the hundreds in the weeks and months ahead the point being made that this is not a short investigation this is a long term investigation that will continue for a long period of time the point also being made that the initial charges that have been filed tend to be misdemeanor charges what the attorney general wanted to do

was actually get charges filed and subsequently further charges can be added in each case or in whatever cases come forward the point being made though that information is still being gathered in the call being made to the public again to continue to provide information as is the f.b.i. that has been doing so that full investigation can be carried out and particular individuals can be identified and the charges that are being assembled a. across a whole gamut of things ranging as i said from misdemeanors such as trespass up into sedition conspiracy and even murder so certainly this is an ongoing intense investigation and important to note too that a grand jury has already been convened and is hearing evidence from the attorney general mike hanna with the latest there from washington d.c. mike thank you let's go to capitol hill now where lawmakers will soon vote on

whether to invoke that 25th amendment passed or is there and heidi speaking in the past hour president trump said he wasn't worried about the amendment but i presume there's been a lot of impassioned debate in the lead up to that field. there has barbara and that vote will happen tonight in a few hours time it would be a resolution asking the vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment which could declare trump immediately unfit to serve in office and have the vice president essentially take over that has enough support in the house to pass however once it does it's likely just to be symbolic given that pends has not had any indication that he would invoke the 25th amendment but that still leaves democrats another option which is in pietschmann and they are pressing forward with that on parallel tracks with a vote to impeach president expected tomorrow the one article of impeachment he

faces is inciting violence against the u.s. government now all of this was debated earlier today before the house rules committee and we saw one of president most ardent defenders jim jordan a republican from ohio continue to say continue to refuse to say rather that the election was not stolen he said that republicans 147 of them in congress who still voted against certifying the election results even after the violence of last wednesday jordan said that they followed the procedure that that was their legal avenue and he warned democrats from proceeding saying that removing trump from office early would be bad for unity in the country now let's listen to how democrats responded to that argument. i very strongly believe that our country is in danger. every minute that this president's decision on if he

had the character to do so after having this right you should resign clearly he doesn't and he won't so the next weakest way to remove him from office where he did. do damage is for the vice president and cabinet to invoke the 20 amendment and this resolution is a resolution of unity asking for the good of the country. by the president take action. the crocodile tears about oh there's disunity when the president and some people who are testifying here today have for months stoked false claims that the election particularly in my home commonwealth of pennsylvania that there was something wrong with the election that somehow trump actually shouldn't receive those votes it's faults. and then of course barbara we

heard the president himself just speaking saying quote be careful what you wish for chilling words really in a warning to democrats that if they proceed with this resolution to demand the 25th amendment removing him from office he left open the possibility of what the result would be but what we know is that there are credible threats that the f.b.i. has pointed out to arm to right wing groups who have cited that very action of if trump is removed from office using the 25th amendment they say that is what will have them react again in violence. what is your castle with the latest from capitol hill on what is bound to be a very busy evening there for the moment thank you. well we're turning now into the f.b.i. investigation into the events on capitol hill there have been warnings about possible armed protests being planned for inauguration day let's talk about that in more

detail with barry baloch he's a professor of political science at georgia southern university and also the author of modern american extremism and domestic terrorism an encyclopedia of extremists and extremist groups he joins us over skype from atlanta so it's a pleasure to have you on the program thank you how seriously do you think that these potential threats on inauguration day should be taken. i think they should be taken extremely seriously i think that part of the problem of what we're experiencing now is that there were indications on social media on many of these extremist groups websites on twitter and so for them there was going to be violence less as we see as we saw last wednesday and as we just explained on your program the f.b.i. looked at some of those things and they have to parse out what is real and what is sort of just bravado and i think the sad fact is that they were under prepared

to deal with the extent and the scope of the number of people who were going to be in washington the d.c. that day and those who are intent on violence so i think we should take this very seriously and what do you think would be the main threat so you were worried about perhaps lone wolves theory is that term or just a mob mentality where people get can't get carried away or are you worried about specific groups said that maybe they're you know to incite violence well we know there are specific groups that have very clearly indicated that they are are intent on taking back the constitution may they see the process seize of the last several years as being a threat and next essential stretch to their to the us constitution groups like the oath keepers and the 3 percent ers and of course the crowd noise or how we're all involved in last wednesday's mob riot and they will continue to involve themselves in the things that are coming up but i'm concerned about both of those i'm

concerned about the mob mentality real large as as they continue to be swept up in these you know false hopes that the election was somehow stolen adonal time trump will still be inaugurated on january 20th to those who will take it upon themselves to sort of bring this to a culmination by perhaps building pipe bombs or improvised explosive devices or molotov cocktails or things like that in order to bring and so more chaos on that day. we of course know that donald trump is now off twitter he's been banned believe parlor which is a more of a right wing twitter alternative has been taken offline ad does that impact the way that these groups of these people could come together before january 20th has it had an impact at all. well i'm sure it's had i'm sure it's had an impact but you know these these platforms are fairly new to many of these groups there are extant

websites that have been in operation for years that these groups continue to use they continue to use things on the so-called dark web to where they are communicating with one another i think what the twitter and the parlor and those sorts of sites have done by by banning those is it is taking that sort of casual observer of these events and it has as disconnected them from that sort of discussion that is taking place but the real hardcore activists those who are intent on perhaps doing violence they are still communicating with one another very effectively i would assume and of course on the 20th the main capitol hill could be a target a lot of the seats of government the aid and various other states across the u.s. could be targets to explain to our international audience what we stand on the issue of arms because in a lot of other countries people carrying any kind of weapon would still be allowed but they certainly would be allowed anywhere around there where does the law stand

there can people show up on either the capitol or in other states well in in many states in this country we have what we call open carry laws and that means that if you have a licensed firearm you can display that firearm in an open manner you can carry it slung on your shoulder you can carry a pistol on your hip and so forth and that is part of the 2nd amendment right we celebrate in this country in the district of columbia of course which is a federal district there are laws where you can carry concealed weapons as long as you have a permit to do so but as i understand it those laws there is not an open carry law in in the district of columbia now in my own home state of georgia we have an open carry law which means that in most circumstances you can carry a weapon you know and not. the sound in violation of law because of that and that's going to be the case in many states around this country which perhaps might be

facing violence this sunday on january 17th as many of these groups said that they're going to be protesting in all 50 of the state little's very ballet care chair of political science and international studies at georgia southern university and also the author of modern american extremism and domestic terrorism sir thank you for sharing your views with us thank you appreciate it very much. well as we mentioned earlier the president was in texas earlier touring the border war with mexico and had a structure along america's a southern border plus a crack down on central american migrants was a cornerstone of trump's presidency trump described the wall as one of the largest infrastructure projects in the history of the country but failed to mention that it's still far from finished. well the border between the 2 countries is a little over 63000 kilometers long went from took office just over a 1000 kilometers that some form of barrier to stop the best rains or anti vehicle

fencing in the 4 years of his term more than 560 kilometers of fencing which already existed has been replaced or added to with secondary barriers which means that just 24 kilometers of completely new fencing has been built where before there was none add to that just over 350 kilometers of entirely new primary or secondary barrier on the construction and another 2 for 250 in preparation so just under 2000 kilometers of border which does include natural barriers as such as rivers has no manmade fencing. also as we mentioned even though only a small section of new fencing has been installed the tromp has however been able to achieve something else to turn mexico itself into an obstacle for central americans trying to get into the u.s. john homan has more. this was the promise we will build

a great wallow in the southern border he has got anywhere near finishing that. knows what she migration in mexico so the president trumps done something else instead turned the country itself into his will. mid 2019 he threatened tariffs of mexico didn't tighten its southern border so the country put its newly formed national guard on the banks of the river with guatemala and toughened up its checkpoints so that those from neighboring countries couldn't get through what we saw a dramatic decrease or arrivals at the border as a result of. our own crackdown. in mexico it was so hard to travel through mexico 'd at certain point but you also saw a lot of people requesting asylum in mexico mexico also agreed that migrants asking for asylum in the u.s. could be dropped across the border to wait here while the request was processed some were stuck in places like this camp for months others went home perhaps all of

this wasn't as appealing as the big beautiful will but it did have an impact after the number of migrants u.s. border been soaring they were right back down and interestingly it wasn't the 1st time that u.s. or tried this in 2014 president obama's administration had urged mets' going to get tough on migration to after an uptick in children showing up at the border both clampdowns have had side effects in the state yet doesn't mean that there isn't any it means that migration ballots will become even more challenging which means more terror kidnapping and rapes it's more expensive to get through with the smuggling industry and violence towards migrants has worsened both from authorities and organized crime. from its coast securing its southern border also meant siphoning off thousands of the national guard which just being created is. to stop the country's recruit violence. and now after

a little help to live by the demick migrant numbers are rising and going that's an issue for incoming president joe biden now he's already said he wrote about some of trump's toughest migration policies but he won't want russian the buddha either join home and out is it a city well domingo garcia is the national president of the league of latin american citizens which is the largest and oldest hispanic organization in the u.s. he joins us over skype from houston in texas sir thank you so much for joining us here on in the past hour we saw donald trump host a news conference in texas very proudly standing in front of the wall which he calls a great success what do you think will be the lasting impact of the wall and i guess in general that trump policy when it comes to immigration to the country from from the south this is a law saying it's worsened the rule in wall it's a while that's going to represent the children being torn from their mothers and

fathers for the crime of community united states and looking for the american dream it's a wall that's going to define america that is where the statue of liberty stands for a nation of immigrants of what is a wall that was built to divide so hate and division in this country so his never to be proud about the war that was not the initial mexico to pay for it's just more lies about morons i mean of course the president only has just over a week left in office that the by the administration will come in what would you want them to do to try to come to terms with the immigration issue when in the u.s. which does remain divisive for many people. i think we need to go back to the rule of law let a legitimate asylum seekers have their day in court resent their case invest in central america in marshall plan that allows those countries like one mama can duracell salvador to develop their economies and for right jobs and security for those and stop the immigration to the united states is a lot cheaper than

a low and lot more humane what do you think the legacy of the wall there will be do you think more will be built would you be very upset to see any more built and or do you want to take him down i think for the short term prison mine licked has said he will not fund any more the wall will dump bellew or the wall it is a tips introject knology it doesn't work the immigrants are coming were actually turning themselves in at bridges across the border so i think eventually most of it will be torn down it might take another couple of years but it will come down you call the wall and in general the immigration policy a shame on the nation of course it's just worth remembering that the quite a sizable a part of the hispanic community in the united states that actually vote for donald trump and he got more votes in that community that then i guess a lot of people thought he might why do you think that might might be but remember that 2 thirds of the hispanic community supported her by him because he he went from 28 to 35 percent and then really i think those law and order when we saw the

riots in the demonstrations after george floyd and the abolish the police and abolished ice movement i think will scare a lot of conservative spandex who tend to be catholic in amman jellicoe too old werman i think the democrats continue that economic populist. inclusion they'll get those votes back them in go get to see a national president of the league of latin american citizens sir thank you so much for your time and speaking to us thank you thank you good day coming up on al-jazeera this news hour. the only woman on america's death row gets a last minute reprieve after russian federal executions and the n.h.l. ice hockey expects to lose more than $1000000000.00 because of a pandemic that's what in sport.

police in the u.k. are set to get tougher on lockdown rule breakers as the country fights an infection surge london's police chief says people who breach restrictions are more likely to get to be fined while the home secretary says the current rules are tough enough but always under review there have now been more than $83000.00 coronavirus tests in the united kingdom paul brennan has been out and about in richmond in southwest london to gauge the mood of people there. the intervention of britain's most senior police officer into the discussion about coronavirus restrictions comes at a critical time just 24 hours after the chief medical officer pointed out that we were perhaps entering in the u.k. the darkest period of this pandemic dame tresidder dick the metropolitan police commissioner talking about parties house parties raves in railway arches and gambling parties as well in clear defiance of the restrictions that are in place it

was preposterous she said that anybody can pretend to be unaware of the need for restrictions given the states or the current pandemic now here in richmond the infection rate is remarkably low around $245.00 cases per 100000 but that said we've been out asking people exactly how corrosive it is to see other people breaking the rules how much does their behavior impact your behavior. i think it's quite irresponsible if you want more honest opinion on it. there's plenty trying to party as paint trying to see your friends and socialize and if the government asking you at this moment in time to to to. a distance and be compliant i think it's a small thing to just. i think it's an impossible situation i don't think we're having rapes particularly in richmond. but if you're young you you probably don't think

it applies to you a few people breaking these rules and then impacting on a lengthy lockdown for the rest of us that are trying desperately to abide by them is severely damaging. in fact despite headlines of illegal raves and illegal gatherings compliance with the coronavirus restrictions here in the u.k. is actually pretty high that said the police's move from engagement with gatherings to enforcement of fines and penalties is fraught with potential difficulties there's the resourcing issue for a start are there simply enough police officers in order to do that job and 2nd of all is the sometimes confusion between what are guidelines and what are actual laws that said the government is extremely worried about the way the infection rate is going the data is very bad indeed and as the policing minister has said there may

be more restrictions coming down the line with the police and the government on tenterhooks. a criminal tory i'm in germany's force the fetid region is struggling to cope with kovac $1000.00 deaths the center in may same county would normally have $70.00 to $100.00 caskets at this time of year that's now up to 300 mason county has a large elderly population and an infection rates 3 times the national average demand the so high that coffins are being stored in offices and hallways like this for a primitive orian as far as you can see the cost goods are not only stocked one by one but 3 high even here in the memorial hole was storing many of the deceased were using all the space we have from the quantity you can see that there is simply an improbably high mortality coronavirus is real still to come on al-jazeera this news hour stifling oppressive and brutally massaging mystic arland comes to terms with

one of its most painful church scandals and finally a stage win for the back car rally leader and gemma will have the details coming up in sport. so changing the weather across spain now we've got crisp sunshine which just replaced the heavy snow the snowy weather that's made its way across greece pushing over towards pole gary towards the black sea bright skies come back in behind nice little area of high pressure just pushing that disturbed weather across the med and further east which we saw a fair bit of rain sleet and snow across southern parts of the balkans kosovo and albania saying some very very full heavy falls as a result of that wintry mix which made its way through storms through now bright

skies coming back in here that wintry weather moving across turkey you see how it just links its way right back up across that so western side of russia cold enough in moscow minus 13 here we got a fair bit of snow actually just around central parts of europe as well poland's pushing across into germany rain and mild weather pushes into the british isles on the leading edge of this is it bumps into the cold air that's going to be some snow around glasgow $23.00 or 4 degrees over the next couple days as that snow on the leading edge has that milder weather that's pushing isn't way into west spain and portugal and 9 celsius in madrid meanwhile across northern parts of africa it's generally dry and notice a little bit of what's the lead for kyra. but . the brazilian journalist investigating a politically strikes in england grabbed both the farmer's house and i really liked it and he's repay them that's empowering everyday people to profit from the

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air. back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera president trump has shrugged off ongoing attempts to remove him after moving from office a week before his term ends on a visit to the border war with mexico he said there was 0 risk to him following last week's unrest in washington the u.s. house of representatives has been debating a resolution calling on vice president mike pence to invoke a constitutional amendment to remove trump from office and britain's home secretary says the country's coronavirus restrictions are tough enough but says police will step up and force went the u.k. is experiencing a huge surge in case. indonesian divers have

recovered one of the black boxes from a passenger plane that crashed into the java sea with 62 people on board the devices which record the pilot's voices and flight data are expected to shed light on why the voting 737500 plunged into the sea just after takeoff on saturday indonesian military officials say that they expect to find the 2nd the black box. british companies will face fines if they cannot prove that they are not importing chinese goods made with forced labor foreign secretary dominic rob says there's growing evidence that wiggers in xinjiang province are being enslaved and tortured human rights groups say members of the muslim minority have been imprisoned then forced into labor including cotton picking china denies it's going to uganda now where the main opposition candidate says his home has been raided by the

military just 2 days before a presidential election bobby wine accused the ruling party of intimidation during the bloodiest election campaign in the country's history president that your wording was 70 is hoping to extend this 3 decades of power using the full weight of state security to crackdown on his opponents catherine sawyer reports now from kampala. a more cigars by the towels as he was killed by soldiers during protests in the capital 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 arrest triggered a riot was hit by 2 bullets as they hurried home more than 50 other people also died that. he fell on the ground and stopped moving he did not even call out mom for me to help him no idea who was dead and then i just. took us to hospital with my son who's on 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 be arrested by police in this you are challenging president yoweri seventies beat for a 6th time in office but they have been blocked from campaigning and detained want to pull times. gone through house that meant. republic country that he. government officials insist that opposition contest are balanced and the leaders have been defying 1000 regulations people are banning protruded one for people and receiving women. to block and exploiting the moment. listen listen people are bringing drugs. and overloading ballgowns or.

the. election violence is not new to uganda some people higher see the stakes are high and now because more people want change the next few days are crucial security forces have been deployed heavily in hotspots like this one where a protest by opposition supporters are common many people who are afraid that he the president are involved in that then being will just get what he had aaron mckie to town says she's closing high shop and moving out of kampala until she can be sure how only daughter will be safe there and she says she has no intention of voting in an election she blames for her son's death catherine sawyer al-jazeera kampala. a federal judge has blocked the execution of the only woman on america's federal best's road just hours before she was due to die lisa montgomery was

convicted of murder in 2007 for strangling a pregnant woman to death and then stealing her baby she was due should be given a lethal injection in just over an hour's time but a judge in indiana has given more time to investigate her mental health lawyers say that she has multiple psychological disorders as a result of being repeatedly raped and tortured as a child. while the pause in this case comes in the middle of a relative acceleration in executions by the federal government while individual states continue to the national government killed nobody for 17. that was up until july last year since then a total of 10 people have been put to death by the government under president trump it leaves the us as an outlier among western democracies and one of only 20 nations to employ capital punishment and the color of a person's skin plays a role the american civil liberties union says a disproportionate 55 percent of people on death row are not white.

that speak to christina ross now she's a senior advocate at amnesty international's criminal justice program in the u.s. and joins us via skype from washington d.c. madam thank you for joining us and welcome to al-jazeera i'd like to look more widely at the issue of death row in the states but let's start with this particular case of lisa montgomery i'm assuming that you're relieved that you know the execution has been blocked but talk us through what your thoughts are about this case and and why you think she was going to be executed as the only woman on death row thank you so much for having me well while we are at the moment relieved to see that courts have put a pause on that execution i do believe things are still and process and as we had seen other federal executions even though states may have been in place and night which is when it warrant expires traditionally at the state level for cases some of

these executions still move forward and so while we hope that her little legal team will find success along with those representing the other 2 men's objective utterly execution this week. we will have to wait and see and know you and your organization you just oppose the death penalty no matter what crime is being committed you know without exception but what do you think is particular about some of the people that are being put to death these days. that's correct amnesty international is a global organization that has fought to eliminate the death penalty globally for over 40 years in our view there is no crime that warrants this punishment have regardless of and it's answer we don't believe that is punishment compatible with human rights are incompatible with human rights i should say i would say the cases that we've seen a subject of federal execution are not much different than those that we see he conducted at the state level many of them bear the same hallmarks of korra legal

representation at the trial phase where lawyers may have neglected to mention important vital information to charities such as traumatic childhoods earth on to find proof of mental or intellectual disabilities of those individuals we continue to see as there still are people on federal death row who are convicted black people who were convicted by all white juries is racial disparities that you spoke of in the segment as well and other challenges that are exactly the same you know folks would like to believe that those on federal death row have committed a unique universe of crimes it bears the exact same irrevocable errors of the death penalty at the state level we have seen an increase though since july last year of people put to death by the federal government i think 10 since july

last year why do you think we have seen this sharp increase while donald trump has been president. that's correct there has been 10 federal executions and 3 of those have taken place in the lame duck period after the presidential election here and the us which is quite a record breaking and that there had not been prior lame ducks executions in 89 in the u.s. so this is deeply disturbing that even now as we are just days away from the inauguration of a new administration that this current administration still seeks to put individuals to while over 375000 people in the u.s. have died of coke in 1000 and we are in the midst of a global pandemic it's absolutely abhorrent i think we believe it's difficult to determine exactly why the president does many things however unlike so many of the dangerous and humane and vitriolic policies as administration has put in place

there's no undoing in execution and there's no way to revive or bring back someone who has been there as a permanent but which is among the reasons why embassy opposes the death penalty and just going beyond the you know tromp or biden the u.s. still remains one of only 20 nations that employs capital punishment in the world do you see any signs of that changing appreciate you they want you know you may want to see signs but do you think realistically we're going to see a change anytime soon. i do certainly believe we will see a change sometime soon i think it's more than a show of good faith the end coming president and vice president wall on the campaign trail committed to seeing an end to the death penalty and there are a number of things and ministration and do you fear a limit the death penalty and that just in the last handful of days on january 4th

congressman address on o.s.b. not introduce a piece of legislation to eliminate the federal death penalty h.r. 97 just yesterday we saw another bill to do exactly the same sang lead by congresswoman i on a press play for massachusetts and senator richard burr bench you had the senate judiciary committee so it is an incredibly good sign and show of good faith that we see legislators moving so quickly just days into the 117th congress to introduce this legislation. to show that they're quite serious about ending this punishment which has no place in society today christina roth from amnesty international's criminal justice program in the u.s. adam thank you thank you barbara. as for 3 illnesses have been spreading among refugees a migrant stuck in freezing weather in bosnia and herzegovina their camp was destroyed by fire late last year and after being initially hesitant to help also

his government has been putting up heated tents but there aren't enough for everyone and so some of the find other shelter in the hatchway which is near the border with the e.u. and to ship out with ports. blocking the basics needed to shelter from freezing conditions migrant families and unaccompanied children are stranded in the cold waiting for a helping hand. but they've learned it's unlikely to come from the local community in the north west of bosnia herzegovina there are thousands like them hoping to cross into croatia and into the e.u. . as the temperatures continue to drop conditions are worsening at camp lipa and for 900 people who called it home if only temporarily the government refused to upgrade the camp for the winter and with no running water or power its residents were living in squalor the international organization for migration the i.o.m. began to shut it down last month and tried to find alternative accommodation. under supper 23rd a fire ravaged the camp and left those living there out in the cold when they look

to relocate local people block their buses so they remain in the area taking shelter wherever they can some have been doing that anyway for months 16 year old ali sleeps in an abandoned bus. i was in the barrack am for 2 months but i've been sleeping in a bus for 5 or 6 months now i'm living in really bad conditions there's no one to look after us here and it's not safe. to be a reception center he mentioned is fully stocked and sits unused after the e.u. spent $100000000.00 to open it it closed in october under pressure from local authorities unwelcome and unable to move some have found shelter in homes abandoned during the war in the 1990 s. but there's no hot water to wash and it's difficult to cook mayo magnetite anything you just told me that that isn't the most fun in this visit just because of the closeness there doesn't have much indicates lords most of the migrants come from

muslim majority countries serb and croat dominated areas have refused to accommodate them leaving aid agencies and others in a difficult position basically. to 1000 people around the region providing them food parcels people living in squats or egos who are finding some deserted causes devastated houses hearing the both warring here are in need of the basic humanitarian assistance those people are do not have the possibility for regular food distributions to receive the food when they leave bases. these foreign policy chief says the reputation of bosnia and herzegovina is on the line as people are left dying in the snow and or chapell al jazeera. is going to arlen now where the government will issue a formal apology to people who live in the country's mother and baby homes a report released on tuesday says 90000 children died in the chart church run homes

between 922 and 998 andrew symonds reports. the word sorry isn't enough for survivors and those bereaved spread right across the island the secrets of 18 institutions concealed the deaths of an estimated 9000 babies and young children hidden mass graves one in the corner here by a playground this is june county galway it was a home run by nuns when nearly 800 babies were buried in and around a disused sewage tank chuma 9 more mother and baby homes run by the catholic church took in younger unmarried mothers there were 8 other institutions the state was supposed to be paying for care yet the women lived like prisoners most survivors and bereaved relatives believe the report's findings and government action is too little too late it seems that our worst fears have been realized they are going to

trivialize the major overarching topics that's related to the greys human rights abuses in those homes birth outside marriage had been treated not only as a sin but a crime in a country where a staunch the conservative catholic church held considerable sway the penalty for young women was servitude often sexual abuse forced labor and loss of their babies thousands of infants died from on neglect cruelty and other abuses or they were sold by nuns in what they considered to be adoption this is my mother just and this was my father william and i corrigan's mother bridget dolan was in june a book has been written about her she lost one son who died of neglect another was taken away by the nuns never to be seen or heard of again it's a combination of a lot of years of racing and research she says it was

a series of government cover ups and deliberate delays and denials i am mantra was to lay down. i totally algal and i my parents are gone my brother is a mess i'm dead not dead my aunt is down to the tests in luck ray and i'm device and his voice has been allowed long name calling for justice and closure she says the report falls short of both no one has been brought to justice yet it went on for 76 years ending in 1998 the report says the church and state were partly responsible but they provided refuge the women weren't forced into the homes according to the report it says the fathers of their children and their families provided no refuge that assertion has been met with outrage what happened has often been termed the irish mother and baby scandal many may feel that's an understatement and the word atrocities may prove more accurate. andrew

simmons al-jazeera. still to come on al-jazeera this news i want an english f.a. cup matches halted in spectacular style general we'll have the details in spain.

i. agree with gemma is here now with the sport thank you barbara the captain of the u.s. women's soccer team has said white supremacist a not welcome at that games repays comments came after a photo of

a woman returning from the capital riots wearing a us team jhumpa about cup champion has been outspoken in opposing the president's and supporting the black life mass movement that is not the kind of fan that we will welcome the u.s. crest is not to be confused with anything that has to do with white supremacy anything that has to do with the trump of ministration anything that has to do with that divisive culture that we saw on the capital we want to create and continue to create a place that's inclusive and safe and diverse for our fans to be and for our players to play in front of them for people to watch on t.v. in for the media to cover so. don't bring up here. new england patriots and f.o. coach bill belichick says he won't accept the presidential medal of freedom from donald trump in the wake of last week's siege on the u.s.

capital trump announced 3 days after the riots that 6 time super bowl winner better check would receive at the nation's highest civilian honor the better check he's previously called a friend said in a statement that while he was flattered the decision had been made not to move forward with the award fans of the university of alabama as college football team have ignored covert restrictions holding a huge block posse after the crimson tide won the 18th tie so they beat ohio state 5224 in florida on monday the back of the university's home in tuscaloosa fans flooded the main strip to celebrate despite a 10 pm curfew which was in place following a 30 percent rise in cases across the state in the last 14 days 4 games have now been called off this week in the n.b.a. is basketball teams deal with the coronavirus it's forced the league to bring in new tighter rules for at least the next 2 weeks players and team staff will have to remain at home when they're not travelling and won't be allowed to leave their

hotels or have outside guests when they're on the road the new rules a similar to what existed when the n.b.a. played in a bubble in disney world last year the n.h.l. ice hockey season starts on wednesday but the league is expecting to lose more than $1000000000.00 because of the shortened season and lack of fans each team will play 56 games instead of the usual 82 we spoke to hockey reporter frank sara vali who explained why the sport's been hit hard. the n.h.l. unlike the other major for professional sports in north america there are a lion on gate revenue and so they need those ticket sales the concessions the parking all those different things that really make a huge difference in terms of their bottom line throughout the year they're not reliant on big media rights deals like the n.f.l. or the n.b.a. or major league baseball and so the lead back to get revenue to survive and so revenue is going to plummet the n.h.l. was a $5000000000.00 business last season before the pandemic hit its they're looking

at a potential worst case scenario of around $1800000000.00 so a significant drop off and what that means is these owners are going to have cash halls they're going to need to be writing checks throughout the year to make payroll and to keep things afloat and that's a totally different way of life for these teams even those that didn't draw well previously you know they're going to need all the help they can get take care and then pick organizers say they expect to decide in february all macho whether it's that spectators attend the games assessing current of ours cases his problem to the government to the class state of emergency and recent surveys showed that 80 percent of people in japan won the olympics to spend again or canceled altogether but with just 192 days to go i feel guys in committee continues to aim for a start date of july 23rd the 1st major of the golf season and the mosque is is set to what i was small group of spectators to attend this year the tournament which is how it will cost

a national was pushed back to november last it because of the coronavirus pandemic it's a return to its usual april slot they said the start of the formula one season has been delayed because of that 19 base the opening race in australia and the chinese gone pray have been pushed back that's because strict travel restrictions make them among the hardest countries for f one teams to enter the australian race without a place in november with china yet to name a new dates to classify them withdrawn from the australian. in tennis qualifiers taking place in casts off to testing positive for 19 men's qualifying is being held inside the bubble in doha because of the australian restrictions all the women competing in dubai players will start arriving in melbourne this week ahead of recent grand slam stuff and pressure hansal is how to into the overall lead at the rally after winning stage 9 the 55 year old frenchman nicknamed mr jack off for his record 13 wins and not want to stage until tuesday but he picked close his rival last alice his victory stretching his advantage over the qatari driver to 17

minutes 50 seconds with 3 stages remaining manchester united are in action right now in the english premier league a draw or will be enough to send them top but they're doing better than that they are leading one the way. thanks to poor puck go i can tell you there are leading despite what that says they definitely are leading one though so as it stands united will go 3 points ahead of liverpool in the se. and staying in english football in an f.a. cup match was brought to a halt in spectacular fashion. and approach to fireworks display outside stockport county's ground force the referee to stop play off to 15 minutes because it kept on going like reports say the fireworks were let off in tribute to a 15 year old boy who'd been badly injured in a car accident while we of course wish him well and hope he will make a full recovery from that so it's only

a sport barbara thank you so much thank you that is it for this news that we do stay with us still going to be back in just a few minutes with more of that he's right. what a survey have been doing with the money that it's boring we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in seen as congress is debating a bill seeking to raise billions of dollars for the super rich poor families hit all by i'm betting counting the cost on al-jazeera. these men are survivors of

covert 1946 year old is a limousine driver is the only one here who needed to go to hospital when he became bill in early march with the. border will be so bad that it's already november so deep it is a 34 year old driver for kotori family and he tested positive my body is good it will always fall but will you want to live the health officials say the rate of new infections has slowed the goal here is to conduct a broad serving to better understand transmission and asymptomatic cases which in turn could help policy decisions in the future so it would be easy for us to inform the a decision making on what to do next the goal now is to increase testing and contact . the government provides free testing and medical treatment for those who need it while campaigns to raise awareness continue. the american

people have finally focus on america as i slid one of their kids off balance or become more dangerous the world is looking for those who live next year of sadness and. with the election behind us to move the republican party dumptruck the fuel weekly take on us politics and society that's the bottom all. during a high profile visit to the controversial border war with mexico president trump again shrugs off attempts to remove him from office. bloomberg percent are you watching al jazeera live from london also coming up the investigation into the capitol hill f.b.i. says it expects the list over arrests to grow.

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