legal assistance. no one is of the law not even the president of the united states charge for inciting an insurrection donald trump becomes the 1st us president to be impeached twice. meanwhile i'm president of security arrangements in washington d.c.'s thousands of troops are deployed ahead of joe biden's inauguration next week and. so you're watching al jazeera live from doha would me fully back to you before also ahead

a voting is underway in uganda's general election and made an internet blackout 10 reports of violence and so after weeks of delay a world health organization team arrives in war han to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic. thank you for joining us donald trump has become the 1st president in the history of the united states to be a 2nd time with just a week before he leaves office the house of representatives has formally charged him with inciting an insurrection 10 republicans broke ranks enjoyed democrats to vote in favor of impeachment is a rebuke of trump's repeated questioning of election results which included a speech she gave to supporters before they overran the capitol building castro has the latest from washington. the arguments came down to what's. more dangerous

impeach donald trump again and risk further dividing the country or allow him to remain in office even if it's just for a few days he is capable of starting a civil war he must be impeached he must be stopped now on this though the final vote was 232 to 197 in favor of impeachment and took place in what a week ago was a crime scene that's when a pro trump mob occupied congress in an effort to overturn the presidential election leading to 5 deaths democrats argued this was the shattering of trump's glass house of lies built upon 4 years of racist fear mongering every one of us in this room right now could have died as senator lindsey graham said the mob could have blown the building up they could have killed all and now the far right is calling for returning gauge mut from january 17th to generate 20 if they're asking

the president to pardon the conspirators in last week's reem page as they prepare for a race war. republicans defending the president called the rioters a lunatic fringe rejecting the claim that trump had incited them during a speech moments earlier he was wrong to set such a confrontational tone in a politically tense situation but what did he actually survey his exact words were quote i know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard unquote. that's impeachable but trump also called upon the crowd to march on the capitol to fight for him then silently watch the riot unfold despite pleas to intervene only later recording a message telling the crowd to go home but that he loved them we love you you're

very special a year ago trump was impeached with no republican support this time 10 republicans joined democrats in the vote to impeach last week there was a domestic threat at the door of the capitol and he did nothing to stop it that is why with a heavy heart and clear resolve i will vote yes on these articles of impeachment. a few hours later house speaker nancy pelosi signed the impeachment article today in a bipartisan way the house demonstrated that no one is above the law not even the president of the united states. that donald trump has a clear and present danger to our country and that once again we are over the office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states in a late video message from the oval office trump did not address his 2nd impeachment

and instead asked the country for unity what is needed now is for us to listen to one another not to silence one another all of us can choose by our actions to rise above the rancor and find common ground and shared purpose today i'm calling on all americans to overcome the passions of the moment. and joined together as one american people trust message will not stop this impeachment though from heading to the senate for trial mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader says that will not happen though until after trump leaves office on january 20th mcconnell is among the senate republicans who've indicated they may be open to convicting trump with the potential consequence of barring him from returning to office. castro al-jazeera washington. honest discuss this

further now with steve a-kon who is a senior advisor at mackinaw tea associates and international so t.j. good byes very firm his via skype from singapore thank you very much for being with us steve so let's talk about what happens next in this whole process and the impeachment on ical not going to the senate for a trial which as we know is in the process of changing hands from republican to democrat what do you think are the likely scenarios here of how this could play out and what's the likelihood of conviction in the senate. well the 1st question you have to ask are when are the articles going to be delivered from the house to the senate for that trial to start the house can bring them when they want the last time donald trump was impeached it was about a month from the impeachment vote in the house to them being delivered to the senate for the trial to start the complicating factor here of course are 2 things one is that donald trump is not going to be president once the trial starts so do

you want to get impeachment started before he leaves or after he leaves 2nd impeachment takes up almost all of the time of the senate and joe biden in his administration they need to get the ground running they need to get their nominees chim firm and there needs to be legislation passed on stimulus so when is that going to take place we need to figure out those 2 answers before we know when the trial is mitch mcconnell has already said that he doesn't plan on reconvening the senate before the nomination of joe biden and we heard yesterday most republicans arguing that impeachment would be too divisive for america while at the same time of knowledge and that trumps rhetoric led to the storming of the capitol hill building what do you see the consequences what do you think would be the consequences if trump is not convicted could it be more than a divided america. well there that's the question is are there 17 republican senators who will vote with the 50 democrats to convict him and so it's not you

don't need a majority of the republicans you need 17 of those 50 that's up in the air right now as to whether you're going to get that or not if you don't get that conviction what this means is that donald trump is going to be with us for the next 4 years at least it means he can run for office again it means he is going to be the dominant force in the republican party and he'll be a dominant voice in the u.s. and that's why conviction and disqualification from office is so important if that happens it changes the entire dynamic so the those 17 republican senators if you can get that number can really change the course of the country and of the world and that's why we have to watch what's going to happen how this plays out is there going to be more violence on inauguration day what is donald trump going to say about that what is donald trump going to do at his trial if he testifies in the senate so so much to to watch before we can figure out if he's going to get

convicted or not right this this 2nd historic impeachment trial as if say it also hangs over joe biden at this well like a signal has for us and genda i attempts it's going to be a very difficult balancing act for him isn't it finding the right telling. well it is going to be finding the right tone and then finding the right way to to keep the senate moving do you delay the trial you know 100 days in let's let joe biden get here is it ministration confirmed there's 1200 people who have to get approved by the senate eventually you need to get at least a 1st couple 100 in there right away will that happen what's going to happen in terms of legislation passing is the senate going to stop everything for a trial or is it going to split it's time to go $5050.00 but that will be difficult so we have to watch all of those things in addition to all the balancing that done that job i need to do to try and bring the country together thank you so much for talking to save a con senior advisor at mclarty associates joining us now from singapore thank you

for your time and now the world news voting is underway in uganda election long queues formed before polling stations open at 7 am local time after 35 years in power president yoweri missed 70 is seeking a 6th term but his facing a serious challenge from opposition leader bobby why in the run up to the vote has been paid by violence as he took catherine sawyer who joins us live from a polling station in one key so district which is not far from uganda's capital kampala so the polls are now open catherine how's the voting going self-righteous and there were a few glitches that in the early hours. yes there were people sponsored voting on our stuff holes opened for g.m.t. and this is because of delays in the delivery of voting much cereal and we've had a report from either party in station even compile with voting materials haven't yet arrived you're also receiving information that in some polling station in some

polling stations the biometric machines are failing i'm not sure how widespread this is by the electoral commission stays that it's trying to resolve the issues this has been quite an intense election period the internet is still down there's a huge deployment of security forces including the military who have taken positions on rooftop positions and buildings in the cockpits all kampala in the last few months we've seen police security forces using force to dispatch protesters opposition protesters to break up opposition rallies and while we have also seen some presidential candidates like bobby wine and tactical moriarty being tag it said rest that more time the line says that most of these election team members are detained others have been killed so the situation has been quite tense and people are worried about the credibility of the election indeed and both

opposition and the government have been accusing each other as you say of intimidation and violence against their supporters present was save any katherine is seeking a 6th term in office just how serious a challenge is he facing this time round. well bobby wine is young he's 68 years old he was just a toddler when president was there anyone sticking power from those on the border back in 1986 he does not have any story connections to the ruling elites of uganda falls is a very young population 75 percent of the population is and us 85 years old and these are the generation of the ones the people i've been speaking to say that they relate to him they connect to him he grew up poor he's a very popular musician and people are saying that he is going to he's really going to represent that interest and this can cause

a consent to any incumbent president. 70 old still has the properties off our i have the control of the military's electoral commission and the bodies and he supporters are also saying that he has an edge and is still well liked in much of the rural areas where a majority of people for the actually vote thank you catherine for that catherine story reporting live from uganda on the general elections underway vegetate. and still ahead on al-jazeera. i'm natasha butler in the french city of repaying where testing campaign is helping in the race to isolate cases of the heidi infections kavi variant seen in the u.k. and how it can work as in peru or go on strike in a dispute over working conditions and the shadow of a virus. that

one faces say the snow has now long gone from spite however remains but it's really cold that's because the clear skies and the light winds on with this larger area of high pressure have allowed things to really cool off quite rapidly and in fact in madrid once they monye temperatures fall back to minus 11 celsius should be about plus 2 or 3 at this time if you're about $200.00 promises to the east of madrid it was a staggering minus 25 celsius that will warm up a little is to go on through the next couple of days by day we're getting up to around 10 degrees celsius the image of the plenty of wintry weather across a good parts of europe more snow pushing across southern parts of the bowl has seen a fair mix of rain sleet and snow to into turkey says cool off the coast at eastern side of the med few days ago athens was getting up into the mid to high twenty's 12 celsius and falling thursday and friday then we're lucky to get into double figures

here meanwhile there's plenty of cold air across central parts of europe eastern areas moscow minus 15 cells just bung chill here once again 4 celsius the full on the 5 degrees in paris logic right for the time being the cloud in the rain will gradually sweep in from the northwest as we had tools we can get a bit wet weather to into northern parts of africa with ray from egypt. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse or $2200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bomb in this race he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines how will a place like it live get the vaccine when there's no money and all the rest of rich countries are fighting for it inside story on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera a recap of our main story donald trump's become the 1st u.s. president to be in peach twice the house of representatives has charged him with inciting an insurrection over his repeated questioning of election results which included a specie gave to supporters before they over on the capitol grounds. and also in the news holders are heading to the polls in uganda's general elections president yoweri most 70 seeking a 6th term in office but he's facing a serious challenge from opposition leader bobby why in the run up to the vote has been paid by a bias. when our top story and the fallout from the attack on capitol hill by tom

supporters the u.s. capitol looks very different than it did a week ago now fences are going up and thousands of soldiers are being called in as joe biden's inauguration will skill set the f.b.i. has a police chief to be on high alert for extremist activity radical henry for some washington . many of the people that did this by lightly 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 relic flock to make sure that this threat is checked 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. and in them they're bound to support and defend the constitution and that joe biden will be the 46th 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 that's numbers of congress are coming through the capitol and i saw action right there. are condescends the next day as members of

congress that cited the silent crowd the leader of one of the groups that was at the capitol says he has been coordinating with at least 3 members of congress allegations they all deny 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 that game life across the country police are being deployed capital buildings boarded up but former cia agent glenn karl 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 here 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. al-jazeera washington. south korea's top quarters apparently 20 year prison sentence handed down to former president on a 4 corruption box involvement in a large scale abuse of power in bribery scandal led to mass protests in 2017 and ultimately to her removal from office she was accused of conspiring with her longtime confidant choice on sale to take millions of dollars in bribes and extortion from south korea is the largest companies it's nice former prime minister material renzi has withdrawn his party from the ruling coalition risking the collapse of the government runs the announce the resignation of 3 ministers from his italia of either party on wednesday in a state that deprives prime minister said to condi of his parliamentary majority tensions between the 2 men have been rising for weeks now over the handling of the

corner virus outbreak it's killed more than 80000 people in italy. scientists from the world health organization have arrived in the chinese city of what they've been sent there to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic china has just reported its 1st death in 8 months as it battled with a resurgence in cases the fatality was in head bay province where most of the country's new cases. katrina you is in beijing she says the latest outbreak was unexpected. it's 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 her bay province and that's now gone into one han style lock down they have

a very similar amount of people living there are 11000000 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 a 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 week long holiday and it also comes just as the world health organization is sending a team here to china to investigates 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 are happy to revive in the king to get started the french government may have to tighten coronavirus restrictions to contain the spread of a highly contagious variant of the strain almost 24900 cases were reported on wednesday an increase from the previous day's number but mary for some the city of kobe. in an old cold suit all 24 year old myal camel inc is being tested for covert part of the mass campaign against the virus in the northern french city over a health workers want to test most of the 130000 people who live and work in the city to isolate positive cases so just i feel a duty to participate as a citizen because the labs need as many tests as possible for the research french health authorities chose repay for mass testing because its infection rate was one of the highest in the country last year it's lower now but as elsewhere in france

the city's doctors fear the spread of the highly infectious covert strain that's forced the u.k. into a 3rd lockdown. dunc one is a doctor and deputy mayor. when the health ministry decided to must test we didn't know about the so-called british strain now that we know more we asked the health ministry to search the u.k. variant and a positive cases we detect during this campaign so far less than a dozen clusters of the ferentz have been detected in france the biggest in the southern city of mass a link to a french family who returned to the city for a holiday from their home in person many people in france worry that the situation in the country could soon become similar so that in the u.k. where the covariant has been described as out of control in some areas the french government under pressure to do more to stop its spread everyone. will be british

to ration through the question is one. the president of the french scientific committee say that it will be in march or april. i believe that is probably sooner and the end of february the new emergencies prompted the government to order researches to reexamine recent tests nationwide. they've also exhilarated their fax nation program this week although we hope to have vaccinated more than a 1000000 french people by the end of january and we also want to prioritize the taxing for the 15000000 people regarded as the most vulnerable the government is racing to curtail the covert variant and the void and not the national lockdown but the message from most health experts seems to be that it may be already too late natasha butler al-jazeera. parts of malaysia have reentered a 2 week partial lockdown after the prime minister declared the health system is nearing breaking point nonessential shops are closed in the capital kuala lumpur

and 5 of the worst hit state the king declared a state of emergency suspending parliament on tuesday as after malaysia recorded almost 4000 new cases in a single day the u.k. meanwhile has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the pandemic began 1564 people died from covered 1000 over the past 24 hours and another 47000 new cases were confirmed prime minister boris johnson told parliament the government is hoping to inoculate 15000000 people by mid february he also said the current restrictions are beginning to slow the spread of the disease but we're now seeing and it's very very important. to stress that 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 the discipline keeping forcing the rules and work together as i said to roll out that vaccine program. around the clock curfew has come into effect in lebanon to combat a dramatic surge in corona virus infections on wednesday there were long queues outside food stores as beirut's residents stocked up along don will be in polls for 11 days and is the country's toughest response to the pandemic so far it comes amid growing criticism that uncoordinated policies helped fuel the spread of the virus and to peru now where health care workers have gone on strike demanding better working conditions the country is experiencing a surge of corn a virus cases and those on the front lines are often without the equipment needed to keep them safe and save lives mariana sanchez reports some lima. putting pressure on an already strained health system peruvian doctors and nurses

have gone on strike indefinitely they say and to the government increases the budget to help pay for better equipment. even with luck infrastructure oxygen human resources equipment we can't go on like this it will be worse than last year. last year analysts say nearly 90000 peruvians died of covert 19 a 2nd wave this threatening more lives including health care workers. in the line of fire tending to the sick with a security measures we are going to die because there are no vaccines here no beds no specialist personnel not enough oxygen. health official c. i.c.u. wards are at near capacity coronavirus cases have spiked to the end of your holidays and not only impeding. the pan-american health organization says cases are

rising in every country in the americas it is only in the last week 2 and a half 1000000 people were infected with the virus. hospitals are overwhelmed with the cases reaching a 6 month high. why in colombia the mayor of. a strict quarantine this weekend and asked twice against to stop meeting family members mexico's fast trucking authorization for the russians book in effect seem with more than one and a half 1000000 mexicans infected. back in bed to president francis bill such as the title restrictions in many regions imposing early curfews till the end of january analysts blame the covert spike in latin america to a more contagious virus strain and they see the consequences may be devastating but if you don't we go through it seems provisions don't get it would says to have 90000 dead in our history and they don't understand this doesn't end with a vaccine you must continue using masks everyone is affected we must be strong and

listen to the governments message. but health care workers have the wrong message to the government do more to help those on the front line of this crisis. and the innocent as i see them beating. her again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera donald trump has become the 1st us president to be impeached twice the house of representatives has charged him with inciting an interaction over his repeated questioning of election results which included a speech he gave to supporters before they overran the capitol building last week trump call for unity and a video message that made no mention of his impeachment meanwhile washington has been heavily fortified over a few years more violence erupt ahead of joe biden. thousands of national guard

troops are stationed in and around capitol hill overall up to to $20000.00 soldiers are expected in d.c. over the coming days.