we realistically how can you do with institutionalized corruption in this country if we listen if this breaks up and real conflict between bug and india this has implications for the rest of the world we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al-jazeera. to day in a bipartisan way to have demonstrated that no one is a far from alone not even the president of. the house of representatives votes to impeach donald trump for inciting an insurrection making him the 1st us president to be impeached twice. i'm not madison this is all just a real live from doha with breaking news coverage of the historic day in the u.s.

10 republicans crossed the political aisle to support trump's impeachment but most argued that the vote is divisive. this is all about madam speaker the un brattle hatred of this president there is never a justification for violence no excuses no exceptions trying to remain silent on the impeachment but calls on americans to avoid violence amid concern about more demonstrations. donald trump has made history by becoming the 1st u.s. president to be impeached twice the house of representatives has formally charged him with inciting an insurrection that's after capitol hill was overrun by his supporters some of whom were armed on wednesday the crowd was attempting to stop joe biden being certified as the next president 5 people were killed in

a remarkable result in the house 10 republicans back to democrats to vote in favor of the impeachment trial and in a week but democrats say he is unfit to hold office. today in a bipartisan way the house demonstrated that no one is above the law not even the president of the united states. that down of counters a clear and present danger to our country. and that once again we are oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the not only way to help our clock. and now i think adding we're going to have growth and over what this means tax country. of a president who in fact interaction. the time being well spent of the article i think. joining the pavement debates in the house and some republicans

said the charges out baseless and a form of revenge the speaker said to us just moments ago words matter but apparently those words don't matter when they're uttered by democrats when the gentle lady from massachusetts calls for unrest in the streets when the gentle lady from california brazenly brags that she called for people to get in the faces of those who serve and support the president i denounce political violence from all ends of the spectrum but make no mistake the left in america has incited far more political violence than the right for months our cities burned police stations burned our businesses were shattered and they said nothing or they're cheering led for it and they fundraise for it and they allowed it to happen in the greatest country in the world well i speak to my counter who's joining us now from washington d.c. the fact that 10 republicans not expected 7 but 10 crossed the. divide and joined

the democrats and this is significant his name right. that is significant because it gives the democrats ammunition to argue that this was largely a bipartisan vote the fact that 10 republicans eventually crossed the aisle and joined their democratic party colleagues there's once again fill it to the democrats hoping that this was a bipartisan vote to avoid the accusation of carrying out some political witch hunt as president trump has described it and some of his supporters of. as described it one must remember though 2 there are more than 130 republicans in the house actually voted against a validating the elections earlier the 10 is a very important figure for democrats because as i said then they can argue that this is a bipartisan decision and does truly reflect the will of all all parties in the house not just the democrats and of course donald trump has been issuing

a statement just in the last few hours or so with a very different tone than the statement to what we're used to ferry much a different tone and earlier in the day during the vote while it was taking place statement was read on his behalf by republican congressman jim jordan who was given a medal of honor by president on and this week in which he basically expressed the same sentiments calling for an end to violence this particular message was put on the white house page because president translate this lee has no social media at the moment having been banned from forums like twitter etc but it was a very different turn it's the 1st time really that. president trump has generically called for an end unequivocal into violence he was reading from a teleprompter it would appear throughout this particular statement but it is

a change it is a different. form of tone and certainly a very important call for calm at this very very tenuous period this is what president trump had to say. i want to be very clear i unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week violence and vandalism have absolutely no place in our country and no place in our movement making america great again has always been about defending the rule of law supporting the men and women of law enforcement and upholding our nation's most sacred traditions and values mob violence goes against everything i believe in and everything our movement stands for no true supporter of mind could ever endorse political violence no true supporter of mine could ever disrespect law enforcement or our great american flag no 2 supporter of mine could ever threaten or harass their fellow americans if

you do any of these things you are not supporting our movement you're attacking it and you are attacking our country we can not tolerate it. now the president elect joe biden has also released a statement in the wake of the impeachment pointing out that it was a bipartisan impeachment the president elect also expressing the hope that when the matter does go to the senate for trial the senate can divide its time now constitutionally an impeachment process is a priority so the senate cannot do any other business while the trial is going on now earlier we understand joe biden did speak to the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell which mcconnell asking him whether the senate could split its time in terms of approving the members of government that joe biden wants to push in as soon as possible when he takes over the office he has been told by mcconnell that

he will consult the senate parliamentarian but this is obviously something that joe biden is hoping for that if the constitution can be altered well the rules of the senate can be altered to allow the senate to allowed to them to nominate his appointees for posts in government at the same time as conducting the senate trial obviously joe biden wants to get up and running the 1st 100 days in particular he's got a lot on his agenda mark thanks very much indeed my kind of talking to us from washington d.c. i want to bring in jeffrey have a service he's director of political studies that is come in center which is a center right think tank based in washington d.c. he's joining us now from melbourne in florida it's good to have you with us i want to ask you about donald trump's message that we heard just a few hours ago what do you think he was trying to achieve in terms of the content but also in terms of the timing and the tone. i think that donald trump's message

date was helpful because it was an explicit disavowal of violence on his behalf one hopes it will contribute toward making inauguration day more peaceful than it might have been otherwise but what we didn't hear from donald trump was a surer admission that he lost the election to joe biden that joe biden is the duly constituted and legitimate president of the united states and unless and until donald trump actually makes that message explicit and until the republican party repeats it to his followers the united states the social fabric will continue to be shredded what do you think is going to happen to the donald trump supporters who either believe implicitly in what he's saying irrespective of proof to the contrary or those who accept the fact that he is prone to gaffes in the stakes but i'm prepared to make allowances for that nevertheless that that group of course holds

a tremendous amount of anger and disenfranchisement what do you think is going to happen to all of that emotion that these people are feeling at the moment where is it going to be guided. donald trump's supporters do constitute the base of the republican party now it is largely a populist party in his image some of his supporters anger and feeling of disenfranchisement i think is legitimate many of these i'm from the parts of the country that really have been left behind by globalization there are places that are disproportionately subject to job loss from automation from globalization and subject to family dysfunction but their anger at the supposed to steal by the democrats of the 2020 lection is not legitimate and should not be appeased and until they actually come around to believing that joe biden is the legitimate president they can make any number of difficulties for the country as

a whole they can selectively choose which laws they choose to obey they might opt not to pay taxes that really it's a recipe for social disaster in division. as we have from my hunter just a couple of minutes ago 10 republicans voted with the democrats in favor of this impeachment but of course many more didn't how big are the divisions not just within the republican party but also between the republican party and where the democrats are and given the fact that the biden ministration has somehow got to try and get some sort of working relationship between the 2 how do you go about that. you know it's true that 10 republicans did vote for the articles they article of impeachment and on the one hand that's impressive given that that's more members of the opposing party who were voted the party who voted to impeach their own president then any similar impeachment proceedings in american history but it's also pathetically small given the gravity of donald trump's offenses as list cheney who is after all the number 3 republican in the house said there has never been

a greater betrayal by a president of the united states of his office and his oath to the constitution and from talking to the members of the staff of some of these members of congress i think many more would have voted for the impeachment if not for the fact that they were afraid of trump's base and afraid of the violence that could come from his most ardent supporters so it remains to be seen what kind of developments will happen within the republican party as well as between democrats geoffrey kemp a service we appreciate your time sir thank you very much indeed for joining us on knowledge of syria thank you. well the u.s. capitol it's very different than it did a week ago no fences are going up and soldiers are being cold and as joe biden's innovation moves closer and fears of more violence remain bicycle hand reports from washington. many of the people that did this by linley storming the u.s. capitol terrorizing the people inside say this was just the beginning social media

post suggesting in the coming days as the presidential inauguration gets closer there will be a repeat in washington d.c. and in state capitals across the country this threat is real it's present and the american public should know that law enforcement is working round the clock to make sure that this threat is checked at bay but if they come this is what they will find as many as 20000 national guard soldiers some armed surrounding federal buildings sleeping in the hallways between shifts a heavy police presence and heavy equipment the top leadership of the military taking the unprecedented step of sending out this letter to the entire military reminding them they're bound to support and defend the constitution and that joe biden will be the 46th the commander in chief and there are renewed calls for people to stay away from the inauguration be taking the unusual step of canceling all d.c.

rentals for the event we have asked americans not to come to the washington d.c. event but instead to participate virtually inside the capitol members now ask to pass through metal detectors to enter the chamber several republicans refusing democrats are making serious allegations that some of their political opponents even colluded with the rioters as numbers of congress are coming through the capitol and i saw in general that. our common sense in the next day as members of congress that it cited the silent crowd the leader of one of the groups that was at the capital's. he has been coordinating with at least 3 members of congress allegations they all to know why but in a sign of how polarized this institution has become some members like democrat alexandria ocasio cortez now say they were afraid to shelter with others afraid they would tell the mob where they were i can tell you that i had a very close encounter where i thought i was going to die i did not know if i was

going to make it to the end of the game life across the country police are being deployed capital buildings boarded up but former cia agent glenn carle says the u.s. capitol could still be at risk the center of everything is washington. so if you want to make a statement or if you're really angry you want to strike where things are most important going to be your remarks on january 20th this is where joe biden is expected to take the oath of office surrounded by images of a country at war with itself how to call him how does euro washington new york city plans to cut all business contracts with the trump organization mera bill de blasio said the decision is based on thompson citing that attack on the u.s. capitol here to announce that the city of new york is severing all contracts with the trump organization our legal team has done an assessment of the contracts made

very clear if a company in the leadership of that company is engaged in criminal activity we have the right to sever the contract. and citing an insurrection let's be clear i want to say these words again and citing an insurrection against the united states government clearly constitutes criminal activity. in other news china's reported its 1st coronavirus death in 8 months as the country battles with a resurgence in cases the fatality it was in the province where most of the country's new cases have emerged and on thursday the country reported its highest single day tallies since march large part so had they are now in lockdown and authorities have launched a mass testing drive to use joining us now from beijing this must be a blow for china after such a long period without fatalities. that's right it was quite a shock to everyone here in china because normal life seemed to have resumed for the past few months at least and now we've had this 1st death in her bay province

and since the beginning of 2021 we've had about 700 new cases reported here in china and the new center of this outbreak is should drug drug which is the capital city of herb a province and that's now gone into one hand style lock down they have a very similar amount of people living there leavened 1000000 people is the population and they've also just started to build its own field hospital that is to quarantine all the close contacts of those who have been infected but we do know in china there are now about 5 regions currently under lockdown that is about 23000000 people who are living now with quite strict restrictions now this is all quite troubling because it comes ahead of the chinese new year period which is coming in mid february when hundreds of millions of people typically travel across the country to see loved ones for the weeklong holiday and it also comes just as the world health organization is sending a team here to china to investigate the origins of the carbon 19 outbreak now this

was a hard fought mission after months of negotiation with the chinese government there were some setbacks including visa issues and the chinese government was reportedly reluctant to provide access and they have been strictly controlling any investigation into the origins but the world health organization team said they're happy to revive in the king to get started of course this mission is also heavily politicized we do know that the us for example the trump administration has a check to the chinese government saying that they have been responsible for this pandemic mike pompei or the u.s. secretary of state accused the world health organization of being corrupted by china on twitter just on cheers day team members themselves some of them who have spoken to al-jazeera said that this mission is not about pointing fingers it's not about a loss in blame it's simply about finding evidence and finding facts to help fight this pandemic. forward so they would investigate a number of theories including that carbon came from an animal that might have originated in a seafood lock and also they're going to try to get into

a wood hand lab and see if anything was involved in terms of a leak from the one hand lab there but of course like any trouble in coming to china at the moment they must 1st undergo a 14 days of quarantine katrina bring us up to date from beijing between the thank you parts of malaysia have reentered a 2 week partial lockdown after the prime minister declared the health system is nearing the breaking point non-essential shops are closed in the capital call of the poor and 5 of the worst hit states the king declared a state of emergency suspending parliament on tuesday that's after malaysia reported a record of almost 4000 new cases in one day the u.k. has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the pandemic began promiser boris johnson told parliament the current restrictions are beginning to slow the spread of the disease but he says he's concerned about a new variant discovered in brazil and is looking at ways to stop it from entering the u.k.

what we're now seeing and it's very very important. to stress these are early days we're now seeing the beginnings of some signs that that is going to have an effect in many parts of the country but by no means everyone and it is early days mr speaker and people must keep their discipline keep in forcing the rules and work together as i said to roll out that vaccine program iran has committed another breach of his 2050 nuclear deal with world powers to iran says it started working on your rainy a metal based fuel for a research reactor it's the latest in a series of breaches that started in 2019 in response to the u.s. withdrawing from the agreement and re imposing sanctions u.s. president elect joe biden's place to return to the 2015 deal if iran resumes full compliance. hundreds of suspected members of the under gets

a crime syndicate are on trial in italy the charges include murder extortion money laundering and drug trafficking $70.00 deca has more from. under heavy security in the heartland where the indicted to hold power the trial of more than 350 suspected members and associates of the calabrian mafia got underway most of the accused appearing on video link from their jail cells no small achievement for a prosecutor in the college that terry has been working against the powerful group for decades and as a result has lived under police protection for the past 30 years the chimney fire but a lot of because on earth decades ago people would tremble when talking about the cosa nostra when using the word and drunk it or something they would do only in it in rooms whispering today we're speaking out in the open sunlight in the last 2 years we've been seeing a spike in complaints by people bullied by the drunk. almost is an age old mafia code of silence applied through fear instilled by violence in

a population so as not to tell not to testify to the authorities but around 900 witnesses are expected to be called in this trial backed up by thousands of hours of wiretaps to help the case against the accused who include politicians police chiefs in lawyers most were arrested in a raid in 2019 that spanned italy germany switzerland and bulgaria in the words of the chief prosecutor this is a mafia that looks like us and is everywhere one in 3 restaurants in rome one in milan is operated by the end run by not you're going to drag it out look around and one in 10 bank deposits is operated by them over to administer public administration it spans over 5 continents from germany to colombia from usa to australia with powerful ties with the chinese mafia as and many many south american cartels then during that time is said to be the most powerful of the italian mafia

is running most of europe's cocaine trade with close ties to the latin american drug cartels it's believed to be involved in the trafficking of weapons in people as well as narcotics when estimated turnover of more than $60000000000.00 a year this trial focuses on one specific family among those but there are others in the language is made up of different family dynasties blood ties that experts say make it far more difficult to infiltrate or recruit informants the general consensus here is that regardless of the outcome of the trial it's not going to affect the day to day operations of the group but the fact that the trial is taking place at all we're told sends a strong message to what is one of the most powerful violent and richest criminal organizations in the world the prosecutors on their case and are determined to do everything possible to bring them to justice stephanie decker al-jazeera. the u.n. peacekeeping mission in central african republic says the soldiers being killed in

an attack by armed groups in the capital won't be rebels have been trying to overturn december's election results which saw president fox in our hands tore them reelected they can sack reports. capital of the central african republic under attack above the sound of russian helicopters interrupted by explosions and gunfire one rwandan u.n. peacekeeper was killed dozens of rebel fighters died in combat. one of the rebels is captured alive but security forces saved him from a mob who wants him dead later he's paraded on state t.v. by the country's security minister well look these are foreign fighters this one doesn't even speak french or the local language he is now in our hands thanks to the smaller peroration of the people of the central african republic on tuesday prime minister. with the u.n. and russian escorts visited the neighboring town while the to boost the troops' morale. dozens of government forces are deserving the frontline too scared to fight

against what appears to be a well equipped and well organized rebel force using girl or warfare tactics the rebels have taken control of more than 2 thirds of the country. ecowas in the enemy is composed of rebels from all over the central the republic coming from the borders of cameroon chad sudan the full army in the in terror of the country. on the go by a majority military including gendarme and police all in this coalition the size is about 9000 men the intention is to overthrow the government in place and force the population into submission in 3 days the offensive comes days before the constitutional court is to confirm president. victory in december's presidential election the government accuses former president of what was easy a fomenting unrest russian fighters are patrolling the capital securing strategic positions including the presidential palace much to the relief of people living in

benghazi saw nothing to do with it as long as the russians are here i feel safe their presence with the u.n. forces is. but even still the future remains uncertain. they request of france the former colonial power in the central african republic the un security council is discussing the presence of russian fighters in a country where it had a stronghold french troops left in 2016 after soldiers that were accused of rape and sexual violence against young girls in their absence russian fighters are now more visible in a country on the brink of civil war nicholas hawke al-jazeera. uganda's minister of state says he survived an assassination attempt after gunmen ambushed his car near the capital and it's the latest in a series of violent incidents ahead of thursday's presidential election on tuesday the main opposition leader bobby wine said security forces raided his home and

rested his security guards ones running to unseat the presidency already more severely who's been in office for 35 years. the polls in uganda open in less than 2 hours the internet has been shut down and there's heavy security presence 2 thirds of registered voters are under 30 and as catherine sawyer reports from kampala many feel disconnected from politics. who is going to vote on thursday. and move for the 1st days no one here who's aged 35 or older and this popular food on the outskirts of kampala. dominates the conversation however some including reach i don't have a vote has caught. i want to vote but i could literally just i lost my id card and the process of getting another on. james on the other hand says nothing

will stop him from casting his ballot in the past as part of our upbringing we thought it was up to the elders to decide on the country's affairs but looking at the social and economic challenges we're facing i think it's time to stand up and claim a right for position in politics 2 thirds of registered voters are below the age of 30 which means they have only ever seen 76 year old president yoweri with 70 in power. to 70 started a social media campaign recently to try and gain young people support the exercises she. takes part in popular. among other things. uganda this. young population on the continent often you know here they are marginalized they say they have no job and feel disconnected from the country but in previous elections many have been reluctant to engage in politics or even vote 38 year old pop star todd politician and the president's

strongest challenger. is banking. and the voters of his generation to back him there has been in the past. in very big divide a very big gap between young people and they way they are governed however for the last 3 years we have been since the days ing people connecting them to the politics of their country president said that he supported he still has a huge support base especially in one area it's for them someone has a vision it's a vision has shared with ugandans it is about a transformation for this country and for as long as ugandans believe is their right this country i'm sure they're going to be. back at a food kiosk they say they want change they want jobs like taxes and money in their pockets catherine so we are just 0. russian opposition leader alexina van de plans

to return home to moscow on sunday 5 months after being airlifted to germany to be treated for poisoning the well he says he's almost back to full health the accuses russian security services of an assassination attempt but the kremlin denies any involvement vonnie is one of president vladimir putin's most prominent critics and faces criminal charges on his return but. this is all it is here these are the top stories donald trump has become the 1st u.s. president to be impeached for a 2nd time the house of representatives formally charged him with inciting violence over the storming of the capitol building last week that left 5 people dead 10 republicans joined democrats to back the move mike hanna has more from washington d.c. the result was a foregone conclusion given the democratic majority in the house because the voters conducted on

a simple majority that being said there was something surprising there and that is the new.