knowledge of the land is journalism the last hope in the fight so steep that on the sun this is not only a land conflict but a conflict a narrative brazil in the age of also natural truth is that any way an al-jazeera. 2000000 people dead worldwide from covert 19 as infections continue to rise and countries rush to roll out vaccines. come about us and this is our desire live from doha also coming up u.s. president elect joe biden unveils his kovan 1000 vaccine plan to speed up inoculations and promises to improve what he calls donald trump's dismal failure. the ugandan military surrounds the house of presidential challenger bobby wine who

rejects results which give the incumbent to writing with a vanity and only lead. on hold what's up postpones planned privacy changes that lead to major confusion and so many users abandon the messaging service for its rivals. the world has reached another tragic milestone in the fight against corona virus 2000000 people are now known to have died after contracting covert 19 just over a year after the pandemic began and i said nations secretary-general is calling for a joined up approach to save more lives. which the heart wrenching as though the coffin. plate 2000000 lives behind the steady numbers and names and faces the smile. the seats whatever the table the rule that echoes the silence of a loved one. sadly the deadly impact of the pandemic has been made worse but yes as

of a global coordinated efforts in the memory of those $2000000.00 souls the world must think it's fair to debate that so that 80 dollars brazil is causing particular concern average daily cases are up by 44 percent in the past 2 weeks and 2 new variations of the virus is spreading rapidly in parts of the country like imus on the state hospitals a near collapse and the running out of oxygen and in the u.s. the hardest hit country in the world president elect joe biden has just outlined his vaccination plan he's going to invoke a cold war law if necessary to help boost the production of vaccines the city one of the most challenging operation a 1st ever undertaken by our country but you have my word who managed the hell out of this operation but as i said last night we need funding from common congress to make this happen and i'm optimistic. the u.s.

health watchdog says it expects nearly 100000 more deaths within the next 3 weeks and the signs in his county alone officials say the virus is killing one person every 8 minutes and as rob runnels reports patients are waiting hours for hospital beds to become available. ambulance crews are the frontline troops in los angeles is battle with covert 90 brutally long hours and the stress of trying to rescue so many sick people has put tremendous strain on emergency medical technicians like 30 year old jennifer mohler i work 24 hour shift and we leave at about 7 o'clock in the morning and we don't get back to about 630 the next morning so it takes a toll on our bodies everyone's exhausted e m t's rarely get a break or even a moment to rest it's a lot on a lot of the times we don't get lunches because there's just the many cars going now hospitals are so overstretched that ambulance crews have to wait for hours to

wheel their patients into the emergency room there's simply not enough space not enough staff to take them it's typically like on all hours at the hospital you're with a patient to be admitted to get off the gurney. could be waiting anywhere from 2 to 3 hours at ambulance dispatch centers the calls for help just keep coming 30 years and i've never seen one kind of. call volume like this with the riots. it was not like this at one time 9 call fittings that's 9 people that are in distress the country's largest mass vaccination center opened friday at dodger stadium in los angeles other large vaccination centers are launching across the state as officials seek to rapidly ramp up what has been a frustratingly slow effort 4000 people will get the vaccines today we hope that's a goal this is just day one the idea of getting to 12 plus 1000 will be significant

while hospitals and i.c.u. admissions have begun to decline in california the centers for disease control issued a sobering outlook the new much more transmissible and fast spreading coronavirus variant 1st discovered in england last year could become the predominant strain in the u.s. by march the agency warned that would lead to more cases overall more deaths and more pressure on the health care systems overworked heroes rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles meanwhile the situation in hospitals in brazil is getting worse one of can you not have has the latest from rio de janeiro. when i was is much poorer than religion and some fall and there it's not only a lot of places in the hospital or places to bury dead the problem there in my mouth is the lack of oxygen so patients are dying because they're not breathing and

we're talking about co had 19 patients but we're also talking about 61 babies that were premature babies that are into baiters and the government has said that it has guaranteed for oxygen for those to keep those babies in integrators for another 48 hours so it's a very very dramatic situation and but as president. today talked about what he did he says he did everything he can and let's hear what he has to say. something physical we're always doing what we have to do the problem in manassas terrible but we've done our part by providing resources and means today the armed forces have launched a field hospital that the health minister was there on monday and provided oxygen but truth is that the federal government did not do everything but it's true that the government of the state of mind was to blame in

a sense that it did try to shut down commerce before but public pressure to keep please open was so great that the governor. then we went back on his idea so people were taking that measures they should know social distancing and that sort of thing but it's also true that the president of brazil was that a bad example from the start he's always done. well not exactly so it's not very clear the message that he's been sending brazilians and we must remember that vaccination yet start and it's not very organized. ok now to the political fallout of the violence storming of the u.s. capitol last week in which 5 people died house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for the prosecution of any members of congress who may have helped supporters of donald

trump if in fact it is found that members of congress were accomplices to this insurrection if they aided and abetted the crime there may have to be actions taken beyond the congress and in terms of prosecution meanwhile the mayor of washington d.c. saying the city will have to adjust to a new normal security there is going to stay tight after joe biden's inauguration the f.b.i. has identified $270.00 suspects linked to the attack on the capital leading to the deaths of 5 people more than 80 people have already been charged over the violence mike hanna is in washington d.c. and has more on the investigations into the capitol hill siege. threats of violence in the days leading up to the inauguration and maybe even beyond certainly very real according to security officials here in washington d.c.

and palosi saying that it would be investigated whether some members of congress or those who stormed the capitol last wednesday now the background to this is that more than 30 lawmakers have sent a letter to the master sergeant of arms of the senate and the house asking them to investigate how many people were brought into the capitol the day before the siege by republican lawmakers they want to investigate this is a slog to see exactly how many of come supporters were given guided tours of the capitol by lawmakers in congress they had observed a large number of groups being given tours around the capitol on january the 1st remembering at the moment all to a band because of covert regulations so this of great concern and nancy pelosi has appointed a retired lieutenant general to investigate all the events around january the 1st

however she hasn't ruled out the possibility of an outside commission such as investigated $911.00 so certainly there's great concern not only about what is happening now in the threats that are happening now but also exactly how those events last week came about and whether very importantly some members of congress were complicit. rescue teams in indonesia are still searching for survivors after an earthquake shook sort of ways the island more than 40 people were killed in fighting is quite on the death toll is expected to rise dozens of people remain trapped in collapsed buildings but a lack of heavy equipment has made it difficult for rescuers to reach them jessica washington's joining us now from jakarta jessica just bring us up to date with what's happening with those rescues. will we have the confirmed death toll that sounds out 42 at this moment 34 dead in the city of mama june pace in the city of much mate and more than 826 people injured 15000

people are still displaced in the city of progeny the majority of them are seeking shelter at emergency evacuation shelter as a sound list by authorities some of them are still in sports stadiums and some are seeking. residents the ministry of health search and rescue officials the military and police are working to assist these communities at least 100 official search and rescue workers are on the ground and they're also indonesian and she owes working to assist those communities as well we understand that electricity is being slowly restored to mahmoud which should assist with that recovery effort there's still no electricity out much meaning however as i'm speaking to you i military vessel has more on the way. on them essential supplies and. supplies for children and the elderly and help equipment as well 30 tons of supplies on the way to these affected communities the team of medical workers is also on board the vessel which should

arrive soon now in the past few days alone there have been 30 children off the shelves in these communities just this morning there was an obvious shop with a magnitude of 520 kilometers from the center of margin a authorities in indonesia warning of the possibility of further strong officer. jessica thanks very much indeed that's jessica and washington in jakarta. still ahead on al-jazeera why the national rifle association of america is arming itself against so-called corruption by filing for bankruptcy and heading to texas. but our government resigns after a child care benefit scandal that saw rises of families falsely accused of defrauding the state. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways

more snow to come for japan particularly and you can see why the center of the storm generally speaking we're still talking about low temps has been not severely so for almost all of china certainly the korean peninsula is colder than usual but really about 4 degrees below average might see a bit of snow in seoul and think on sunday but be mostly focused on the other side the water in hong shared her current or what cloud there is in the far western side of china will give no more than a few breaks of snow in you now for example but temperature wise you're only 17 in hong kong could be better big showers still wander slowly around the south china sea this town is falling back into northern borneo and across the central philippines flash flooding seems likely from these the same is also possible in sort of y.c. but to the west things are much quieter than they were all the way down through southern thailand toward singapore and over sumatra showers are nothing like as big nor is frequent as they were and we got seasonal right and proper seasonal rain in

sri lanka and parts of the south of india otherwise it's dry there is extensive fog in the northern plains of indian across in pakistan nothing much is going to move it in the next day or so of course in the cities like delhi that also means smog. qatar airways. when all that seems to matter is the headline there is always 2 sides to a story when narratives and counter narratives of just curiosity the leader on the one hand the enemy is all believe they're on the other hand the listening post strips away the spin what kind of reporting if you can see on the ground misinformation is right place better the bias a lot of people believe things because they want to believe them done covers the uncomfortable truths do you think they did enough to scrutinize the case for war the listing posts on a. national

disease or a mind of our top stories this hour 2000000 people around the world have now died from covert 19 the chief of the world health organization says governments and communities are failing to break the chains of coronavirus transmission. us president elect joe biden has outlined his plan to inoculate 100000000 people within his 1st 100 days in office invoke a cold war law to help boost the production of facts in. the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has suggested that any lawmakers 'd found to be accomplices in the capitol hill riots will be prosecuted many democrats have voiced concern that some republicans may have helped rioters. ugandan presidential

challenger bobby wine has told al jazeera that his life is in danger after security forces surrounded his home they arrived soon after the pop star turned politician claimed victory in the presidential election that's despite early results that show him trailing behind president you are the most of any catherine so i reports from come paula. bobby wine shoes journalists the soldiers deployed around his home he says they raided the house on friday beat up the security guards and arrested some this was after he made allegations of widespread voter rigging in the presidential election the electoral commission has asked him to back up his claims with evidence . on the campaign trail. i know. still we are being attacked. so yes. we have not shown us.

military officials say the soldiers are around one's home we're following suspicious unknown men who jumped over his fence there arrested one while the other 2 escaped a security we could not allow somebody to jump over the fence of a presidential candidate the presidential candidate is not an ordinary man presidential candidate must be given enough security because we don't know this person who decides instead of using the main gate to jump over the world what are the intentions the intention presidential results are coming out gradually and president yoweri with 70 has taken the lead over 10 other presidential candidates including wine ugandans are also voting for members of parliament the lead up to the election was mad by balance with security forces accused of using excessive force on some kind it is and their supporters police and military officials have in town accused some opposition leaders of encouraging violent protests and defying covered 1000 rules it's also been

a huge deployment of security forces here in kampala and other towns we've seen roadblocks set up by police in some parts food patrols a by the police and military in areas particularly perceived to be opposition strongholds all this i had of the final declaration of the presidential results these are tough times in uganda some local human rights groups say the electoral process is already tainted by the electoral commission maintains that everything has been free and fair catherine soy al jazeera kampala. one of the most powerful special interest lobby groups in the u.s. has filed for bankruptcy the national rifle association of america insistence in its strongest financial condition in years the gun rights. group plans to move its headquarters from new york state to texas because of what it calls toxic politics announcement comes months after that state's attorney general sued the n.r.a.

over claims of corruption and misspending by top executives well richard feldman some former regional political director of the national rifle association is also author of a liquor shaped confessions of a gun lobbyist he's joining us via skype from orange in the state of new hampshire it's good to have you with us on al jazeera thank you very much indeed so the n.r.a. says it's in a good financial position yet it's filing for bankruptcy and is moving to texas why this event and hello my name is matheson here i just wondered if you can hear me we might be having about you know that's lovely we may have a delay on the skype line but i will question again sir eighty's good to have it is good to have you with us on let me ask the question again the national rifle association is saying that it's in a good financial position and yet it's claiming bankruptcy and it's moving to texas

why do you think it's doing that. well i'm not surprised that they're moving into new york perhaps they're about 3030 years too late to have done that. clearly you don't file bankruptcy when you're in a good financial position. they're contradictions. but perhaps they're hoping that if some positive news they're doing something it has no impact whatsoever on the lawsuits that have been filed against them it only effects proceeding forward once they're dissolved in new york state and they establish themselves in texas would would anything change and only prospect of like if i understand it correctly chapter 11 doesn't necessarily mean that the organization needs to dissolve it it goes allows it to restructure its finances and there is an argument that suggests that they're actually doing this ahead of those lawsuits

that we mentioned earlier because there's a good chance that they're going to get sued there's a good chance they're going to lose and there's a good chance they're going to have to pay out do you think that that's accurate. yeah in chapter 11 reorganization they may be some protections. in there but again it it's not going to affect the ultimate outcome of what the court is seeking to do in new york state. given everything politically that has happened in the u.s. over the last few years the n.r.a. has been comparatively quiet in previous occasions we've heard of it's had a very high profile but in the run up to the last election it has been fairly low key is there any suggestion that the n.r.a. is either choosing to stay below the political horizon or is actually losing some of its power. well the national rifle association probably is moving

a fair amount of its own clout that doesn't translate of course to gun owners losing clout there are 710000000 new gun owners in the united states just in the last year that's a tremendous more new gun owners than there are members of the n.r.a. . but the n.r.a. has had financial difficulties and they've been embroiled in this internal fight for the last 2 or 3 years and it's clearly hurt their ability to function in publicly in the political and legislative arena how strong is the feeling amongst rank and file members of the n.r.a. that the the organization has moved away or lost sight of its original goals to protect gun ownership in the united states and has become a platform for the political ambitions if you like and the profiles of the leadership at the top well one would have to do

a scientific poll of the membership to really accurately answer that question i know than an awful lot of the folks i know that have been strong financial backers in the past are refusing to. unfortunately i think we've lost our food from richard feldman there that's it richard feldman is a former regional political director of the national rifle association well the dutch government has resigned over the child benefits scandal that drove thousands of families to financial ruin prime minister and his cabinet will stay on in a caretaker capacity until elections in march a parliamentary report blamed them for mismanaging the childcare subsidies scheme was sold on to 10000 families accused of fraud many were targeted based on their ethnicity and forced to pay back tens of thousands of euros. promiser moross says

he will still run for a 4th term during the march election and i sang during some families steadfast and has more from amsterdam this walk of shame so to speak is seen as merely symbolic here by many even including the parents who have become victims of this huge scandal in which prime minister mark curtis said the government did not protect its citizens many mistakes have been made many things have gone horribly wrong so he is taking responsibility the cabinet is taking responsibility but they will all stay on except for one minister of economic affairs who has actually resigned but the government will stay on to take care of course of this serious grown up and make and the next week 9 weeks there will be an election and prime minister marketa will run again and there were many questions about this during the press conference he held after he announced that the cabinet has resigned and many were asking him why

are you not taking individual responsibility you were the prime minister for the last 10 years many of these years this this candle happened when the tax office was hunting down tens of thousands of the tram elise wrongly accusing them of fraud racially profiling them discriminating them because of where they're coming from their double nationality so there's a lot of questions being asked why is prime minister rather not feeling personally responsible and he said that he didn't have the individual responsibility as a minister and he wants the voters to decide in march those have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas's says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and june been delayed because of negotiations between us party fatah and its rivals hamas the palestinian factions are aiming to build a united front against israel. in the coming hours india will roll out

what's expected to be the world's largest covert $900.00 immunization campaign health care and frontline workers will be the 1st to get the shot it comes as hundreds of thousands of hindu worshippers gathered in the city of holland walk for one of the world's largest religious events is going ahead despite the country recording more than 10000000 coronavirus cases elizabeth put on them reports from new delhi. before sunrise on the 1st day of the command festival hundreds of thousands of hindu pilgrims congregate on the banks of the ganges river in the northern city of haifa. as well as offering prayers people immerse themselves in the river and the belief that it will wash away their sins. everyone has come here because of the gun just as blessings. and all of the problems of. the 3 month festival is going ahead this year despite the coronavirus and the guy this country

is a hindu country the majority is hindu so even the government needs to show some flexibility when it comes to our religious festivals and. the events organizers and police that have deployed thousands of offices to ensure club in 1000 protocols were followed. that really are the you. all are welcome in the fair please come be offered prayers but follow the covert protocols where mosques use sanitizers. if you seem to be listening at the command and other than the festivals in india this week. millions of people are expected to visit hydride in a state with this year's call meda with accidents tourism directors had the event to revive the economy that depends on religious tourism. but the state's high court has criticised the local government to allow them the event to go ahead it said medical facility that insufficient and the state isn't prepared for what it calls an explosion of this is his elizabeth purana al-jazeera you daddy. mexico has

deployed extra soldiers and police to its southern border back to thousands of 100 and migrants began walking north towards the u.s. mexico's government and 10 others in the region worried about the migrants spreading coronavirus many in the so-called kind of on trying to escape violence and a lack of opportunities in their home country guatemala is already detained hundreds of migrants its border with honduras. the messaging platform what's up has postponed planned changes to its times because of a backlash from users whatsapp had given customers until next month don't accept an update about the data it shares with its owner facebook its no scrapped the deadline what's up boasts more than 2000000000 users but concerns about the changes have led to a surge in demand for rivals signal and telegram moggy murphy is the technology reporter for the daily telegraph newspaper she says whatsapp didn't communicate very well with the users about the planned update. what's up is actually updated

how you talk to businesses and what happens are a few maybe a bind something from a shock or retire or want to interact with you kind of like a chapel with whatever what. they might be share and back information with thanks to all that age they wanted to let people know that that's what the change was and africa everyone out and that led people to look into what actually is being shot and what's up and actually don't check quite what information there has been during sex for about all years so it's interesting that this week is when people start to realize what half assed came out remember people dominated it was actually harmed by facebook and facebook subsequently bought it and that's when things started to change and that's why i think for a long time pretty said to be very cautious about using whatsapp if you care about privacy because terms and conditions change all the time it's a private company and it's about to do what it wants at the damage is that we were

seeing people now migrating off into apps like telegrams signal which. will print. and on and on whether there'll be a group who got the only thing that might be stopping it is if. the savviest you get one signal terrible about it not as good as what's happened that might make people think well you know i i promise merit mation and. the other thing is the contact you have you any want to go on you know other people have. their it will be interesting to see how it plays out. now i am now and this is a deserves of the top stories 2000000 people have now.