the injustices the defiance the tests of character and the person they trace the witness documentaries with a delicate touch on al-jazeera. the u.s. capitol on lockdown ahead of president elect joe biden's inauguration amid fears over possible armed protests against his election victory. i know about this in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. celebrations as you've gotten this presidency away the most of any wins a 6 but his main challenger calls the election results a sham and says there was widespread fraud. we're live in the now sprigs ill for

emergency supplies of oxygen are being sent to hospitals struggling to deal with a covert 19 outbreak. gemini's ruling party picks on in lash it is its new leader putting him in the running to succeed chancellor angela merkel when her term ends. the u.s. capitol is being transformed into a fortress 4 days out from president elect joe biden's inauguration barriers have been set up across washington d.c. thousands of national guard troops have been deployed and roads and bridges being closed just a few hours ago police arrested a man carrying a pistol and more than 500 rounds of ammunition he was trying to pass through one of the many checkpoints the city is on high alert after the f.b.i. warned of possible violence leading up to biden's swearing in state capitals are also beefing up their security officials are geared up for possible armed pro

trumpet demonstrations to protest at biden's victory. well gabriel is on to is live for us in washington d.c. let's talk about this arrest 1st of all it's exactly the kind of thing that the security forces have been worried about what more do we know. yet the capitol police tell us this happen around 5 30 pm on friday night and it was a man that apparently came up to a checkpoint not dissimilar to the one that i'm standing in front of here and flashed what is apparently a non-governmental badge that did not give him authorization to enter the area they searched him found a loaded weapon in his vehicle as well as 509 rounds of ammunition he's a 31 year old man from the neighboring state of virginia he was taken into custody this is exactly what officials here are worried about they are not so much worried about the same scenes as january 6th hundreds or thousands of people overtaking

the u.s. capitol the capitol is completely sealed off that it would be unfathomable for a large group of people to even get close to it at this time but what they are worried about is what they term lone wolf domestic terrorism one or 2 people doing some sort of trying to do some sort of. harm to people here in washington d.c. and this is why that is why this arrest has raised so many alarms here and of course all of this is happening around the people of washington d.c. who are trying to go about their daily business just talk us through what the mood is like amongst the people in washington d.c. at the moment when this is going on. it's tense i mean there are 25000 national guard troops fanned out across the city at checkpoints just like this. the streets are pretty empty but there's

a lot of traffic because there are dozens of roads that are just completely shut down they have dogs sniffing bomb sniffing dogs at checkpoints and it's just a show of force in this city that has never been seen before even after the terrorist attacks of september 11th 2001 this city went into somewhat of a lockdown but it was nothing compared to this and what makes it so tense here in washington right now is because what happened on january 6th that really shook this city to its core and shook many of the residents here and frightened them deeply so that's why many people in d.c. are pretty much laying low staying home many of left the city completely because this is washington d.c. that is not like it normally would be for an inauguration it is completely on lockdown and quite frankly just very tense give

a lot of talking to us from washington d.c. about those preparations ahead of joe biden so biden's inauguration in a few days' time gabriel thank you very much indeed. uganda's president has warned he'll deal decisively with anyone planning to create chaos following his election victory there will be most of anyone a 6th term in office extending his 35 years in power but his main challenger bobby wine has denounced the election as a complete fraud is under heavy guard at this home and what his supporters say is effectively house arrest and so i reports from kampala. whoa whoa. whoa. whoa whoa it did not come as a surprise presidential where 70 has maintained a decisive lead against his opponents from the start of the vote count a little commission declares you. are elected president of the republic of uganda the president addressed the nation after his

victory was declared and say despite attempts by some individuals to tamper with the barometric identification kits the election was largely free and fair they who would issue to you for telling. illegal numbers and voting for their gun deaths and for their buddies. i think this may turn out to be the most. read. elections. supporters of the 76 year old incumbent cand out to celebrates. his support. this isn't the being the he's the one with. the electoral commission and they've done their best under the circumstances but already the results have been redacted by bobby wine said he had evidence of widespread irregularities including

rigging in favor of president yoweri with 7050 members say they are considering moving to court to challenge the. other forms of grignon that are not restricted to for the question of the credits from forms including chasing i will agents at the polling station including forcing people to vote in the open yet under the law i suppose the power of the sekret. the result so why not receive nearly 35 percent of the vote and his party the national unity platform has garnered a sizable number of legislative seats however he told us that his movements have been restricted and visitors including gianna lists have been blocked from accessing his compound by soldiers surrounding his home security official say they had information that he was planning to declare himself we know there's also been heavy deployment of police in the military in the capital and other areas perceived

to be opposition strongholds the we may have been declared but the country remains on edge catherine soy al jazeera. jeffrey smith is the founding director of vanguard africa it's a pro-democracy organization he explains why most of any is still popular with some voters. just like any liberation movement leader has general most 70 was nearly 4 decades ago he does retain support and one of the ways in which he has been able to do that is his system of patronage in the country when you've been in power for as long as he has longer than most ugandans have been alive for 35 years now this will be his 6th consecutive term in office rebuild the build up there was networks in are able to pay off and to pay bribes and use corruption to to stay in power so certainly he does have his support because the people that support him are largely benefiting from him being being in office and i think the really

unfortunate outcome here is so often people point to uganda as being this bastion of stability and in other ways unstable region but that is clearly not the case if you look at the pictures and the videos coming from uganda that the opposition supporters who have been bloody and be in and killed in disappeared the peaceful protesters who have been gunned down with impunity i don't know how any sane person could possibly still say that that represents a stable country ok let's go to northern brazil now for more emergency supplies of oxygen respirators have been airlifted to a city that's been overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus cases people in manassas have been queuing in the streets to buy oxygen and a desperate bid to keep loved ones alive to new coronavirus variants are spreading rapidly throughout the capital of on the so in the state of hospitals a buckling under the strain the military has been flying critically ill patients to all those states for the hospitals are better equipped well monica and i think of

is in the she's joining us live i would imagine but the fact that there is some oxygen getting in is a relief to those who've been desperately waiting for it but what's the situation there in. well like we're standing right now in front of the hospital is the of the hospital called august 28th and it's there was no oxygen here until recently today the situation is much better than yesterday because the oxygen has arrived but we've also seen families desperate because they say it arrived late we spoke with propofol who just lost to. a woman who just lost her brother in law and she said that her sister had gone out had been able to get oxygen cylinder into the hospital yesterday but it was too late so for many it's the oxygen that has arrived like that for $61.00 babies that were also in

the incubators and that people thought they would have to fly them out because the situation is more stable but at the same time it's not over because we're talking about oxygen that arrives at hospitals but there are many people that are at home because there was no room in the hospitals and were in my mouse but which is the capital of the amazon us state but around us it's full of cities smaller cities where the sox gin has not arrived there also expecting oxygen to arrive from venezuela in the next hours and as you know venezuela is that is a country that has been in deep economic crisis and also the president of venezuela and president both on audio from brazil are totally opposed to one another they one represents the far right and considers that the other one represents communism so it is a very confusing situation and we're waiting for the next hours to see how this

will develop a lot of things very much we're going to be checking in with you to see how things develop in the next few hours but monica you not have and when i was thank you. still ahead on al jazeera anger and frustration in the netherlands why its vaccination program is being criticized and not waiting for immigration reform in the u.s. how some undocumented migrants forced to leave are finding thriving careers in mexico. another winter storm has been rolling around the midwest the u.s. city names on here in the low center it's become rather complex now destroying the worse the weather slowly east was so we're backing up with cold northwest is not as strong but minnesota and i were both were and blizzard conditions for

a while blowing through life is very strong winds and a lot of snow they'll be more snow to come but not quite strong winds pennsylvania organism it's a quite a long way south as well and briefly the rail to snow i think in new york for them the bulk is north of the border so that's the picture around the midwest and that's the most active weather in the u.s. and i want sunday's pictures a fairly cold warm with low temperatures as daytime highs 14 in new orleans not being as good as it could be the coast of california looking fine as is washington but another frontal system is on its way in the caribbean it's nice and quiet now but it's a bit of a focus on the rain in honduras belize and guatemala places where they really need much more rain but it's definitely falling with big showers likely cuba and the bahamas but potential flooding comes in the depths of a sudden bolivia paraguayan and southeastern brazil.

the. american people have finally spoken about it as i slid one americas off balanced the world becomes more dangerous the world is looking at us live next year of sanderson. with the election behind us while the republican party dumptruck the few weeks he take on us politics and society that's the bottom line. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s.'s role in the war on al jazeera.

you're watching out is it a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. capitol is a high alert after the f.b.i. warns of possible violence leading up to the president elect joe biden's inauguration barriers are being set up across washington d.c. and thousands of national guard troops have been deployed. uganda's president has been reelected for a 6th term in office but his main opponent probably wind says the vote was a complete fraud and his voting supporters to reject it the u.s. and other observers have described the poll as fundamentally flawed. in northern brazil more emergency supplies of oxygen have been airlifted to a city that's been overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus people in the now so being queuing in the streets to buy oxygen in a desperate bid to keep loved ones alive. germany's ruling party has elected a new leader on lush it has been chosen as the next head of the christian democratic union and that makes him the top contender for the chancellor in

elections later this year aguilar merkel is set to step aside after 16 years in power when it came reports from valen he's led germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia finale for years now army lashes will soon be leading his national party with a clear direction in mind in mid after i'm vote on divorced i'm aware of the responsibility of the strobe and i will give my all to walk to give a through this year to win the regional election in only a few short weeks to make sure that we will win the next general elections and provide the chancellor of germany although this vote needs to be confirmed by the entire party membership on friday for many army lash it is a continuity candidate his slogan was that i am the representative of the executive branch so if you vote for me you can be sure you get a leader you get someone actually who had won elections so none of the other 2 candidates actually ever won an election. governing in his state during the

pandemic has been an ordeal for lash it the numbers of infections and deaths there have been among the highest in germany back when the incidence of coded was much lower he argued for less stringent lockdowns hoping to protect the economy as much as the people it's important to point out that winning the party leadership on its own does not bring with it the right to work here the german chancellor angela merkel has already said she intends to serve out her term here so in order to replace the new party leader must win september's general election. but before he can do that he may have to deal with another leading conservative marcus's head of the cd used to varian sister party the christian social union many say they would rather vote for him as chancellor congratulations to i mean lash it i'm very happy i think this was an exciting party congress it was a very fair contest it was a very good introduction to 3 excellent candidates and in the end i believe there was a result from which the c.d.u.

deserves congratulations it offers an opportunity for great cooperation. but what form that cooperation will take in terms of who runs for chancellor remains unclear meaning there is much still to do with arm in law should wants to replace anglo-american dominant came earlier. us president elect joe biden has named top geneticists eirik longer to be his administration's science adviser than for the 1st time the roles been elevated to a cabinet position biden says his advisor will lead with science and truth to combat the coronavirus pandemic climate crisis and other challenges learned as a former mathematician and was an advisor to president barack obama today the opportunities we have and those challenges we face are greater than ever before the president elect knows that science and technology will be crucial in meeting this moment. a 2nd bunch of the russian made sputnik vaccine has arrived in the

argentinian capital it was the 1st country in latin america to approve the vaccine last month that began inoculating its citizens medical workers were the 1st to receive the job president of about often under has called it the largest vaccination campaign in the country's history doesn't want to say it is and says despite the vaccines argentina still has a growing problem so this is the arrival of the 2nd batch of 300000 doses of the sputnik vaccine from russia a 16 hour flight from moscow to one of cyrus those that scenes have now been loaded onto refrigerated trucks and taken the length and breadth of this huge country to the capitals of the 23 provinces and mostly given to the patients who were injected in the middle of december when the 1st batch of vaccines arrived here the 1st major banks an asian program in latin america the numbers continue to rise 12 and

a half 1000 new infections reported on friday 102 deaths 1700000 people have now been infected less severe than it was back in the middle of last year but the big concern here is that. medics have confirmed the 1st case of somebody infected with the extra virulent virus 1st reported in the united kingdom to the other big concern is numbers rise and as the vaccination program is rolled out 300000 is a good start but in the country of 45000000 inhabitants there's still a long way to go many elderly people in the netherlands say they fear they will die waiting to be vaccinated from coronavirus currently health care workers and care home star for getting the 1st inoculations national health council is urging the government to revise its vaccination program so awesome reports from the hague. bit of on the pole is waiting for is inoculation but the 71 year old doesn't know when that will be in other countries the elderly are 1st in line for vaccinations

against govt at 19 but not in the netherlands many of beatles fellow residents have died in the past year and month of quarantine and restrictions are taking their toll free to full and makes me very emotional it really hurts me not seeing my children and grandchildren i've not seen my grandson for 6 months. they have also been delays in organizing vaccines because all $120000.00 residents in dutch nursing homes have to give special consent for their covert $1000.00 japs a time consuming procedure especially because 75 percent of them are suffering from dementia peter has no doubt he has survived one covert infection and is worried he won't be so lucky next time. i really don't understand that in neighboring countries people have been vaccinated for weeks and we're only just starting we are much too late especially for as vulnerable people are on a very high risk especially in such a closed living environment the nursing home has

a special covert section where residents who are tested positive are kept in strict isolation many of them die behind these doors because of their age and vulnerability doctors have advised against taking them to intensive care units in hospitals hundreds of residents in that care homes are dying of covert every week but not a single one has been inoculated yet the so-called flexible dutch vaccination strategy has led to great confusion about who will be vaccinated 1st and what facts seen will be used this has not only created frustration and anger but also fear now the british variant and the country far ologist say it's a race against time before the nat'l and will face a serious outbreak of the new strain and they're urging the government to get a proper vaccination strategy in order but accusations of managers and office workers in care organisations jumping the queue have turned this into a more personal battle household coach i know hostess was invited by her employer

to be among the 1st to be vaccinated but when she realised that care workers on the frontline working directly with patients and elderly are still waiting she said no . when i cancelled my appointment the health authority said they are not involved in gets back needed 1st that made me angry this is one of my. any examples where things have gone wrong during this crisis. because of strict privacy laws in the nablus for both employers and how the authorities it's difficult to know who is vaccinated and who it's not how worried are you about a delay of a couple of weeks how serious is that for the people of course it's very serious because if you see how many people in this category of age. have big problems with this kind of ill will also or can die about so this is really important that we go. very. quickly bit of on the poll is reading

the reports about what's happening in the u.k. and holding his breath his nursing home is scheduled to start inoculations in 10 days time unless the government changes its plans again step fasten al-jazeera the hake schools in libya reopening after being closed for nearly a year because of the pandemic al jazeera is not a trainer visited one establishment to see what precautions have been put in place in the capital tripoli. after almost a year children in libya are returning to their classroom administrators at this primary school in tripoli say they are taking safety measures seriously like they have this school year is very different to other years because of coronavirus a thanks to god the measures we have put in place are working very well but some parents say the ministry of education has been slow to provide adequate protection . has 4 children but one is at a different school and he can't start yet. you know see the ministry of education

should have been more prepared the school one of my other good schools who has no running water and a delivery opening the virus spreads very quickly so i'm worried and fearful our children can bring back home from school. well this school has been given the ok to open its doors others have not at all be sort of yes some schools are closed we have allocated a budget for every school in order for them to purchase the necessary protection and fix the issues that they should receive the funds but some parents are more optimistic than this many. as parents with very happy our kids are back at school they went to a long time without studying my son has down syndrome see school is very important for his mind to develop and for him to socialise with friends. these children are happy they are back in school with their friends this pool has approximately 600 students separated into 2 groups studying 3 days a week school officials here tell us that's to allow for social distancing inside

classroom although parents have mixed feelings about the government's preparation for the school year for most of these children there's nothing better than being back at the. knowledge train or al-jazeera tripoli. u.s. president donald trump has ordered the expansion of the pentagon's middle east command center to include israel those military dealings were previously handled by the european center pro israel groups have been pushing for this for some time calling for a coordinated front against iran the last minute change is a departure from decades of u.s. military command structure. at least 1000 hondurans have managed to cross into gotta mala since friday as they make their way to the united states initially they were faced with resistance from border police but they were eventually allowed to cross due to the number of families with their children many people from latin america fleeing poverty and violence the situation has been made worse by the

economic fallout because of the pandemic and how dickens. undocumented migrants deported from the u.s. to mexico say they hope the incoming by the ministration or bring about comprehensive immigration reform but for a growing number of the so-called dreamers who are returning to mexico if american dream seems just as achievable in their homeland one of apollo reports from mexico city out of the field in the middle of the one remembers walking to los vegas strip but that's when he lived with family in nevada as an undocumented migrant scared over what seemed like a looming threat of deportation from the u.s. when many men made the choice to return to mexico just over a year ago when they both leave and they and that of faith. in the moment that efficient got stopped because. of the steps. i've decided to come back to mexico and start again.

like thousands of other mexican nationals who return to their country of birth by choice or not a popular starting point is a neighborhood in downtown mexico city known as little l.a. the nickname is a nod to the many deportees who have settled in this part of town this area is also home to many startup businesses that offer employment to deportees often its american companies who draw on the english language skills and genuine knowledge of u.s. culture that a majority of deportees possess. someone for one such startup that's always looking for talented in english speakers returning from north of the border is new call me insoles or new beginnings since 2015 the organization has not only helped thousands of returning mexicans get back on their feet but teaches them how to thrive in a country many only know as a distant memory. israel the founder of new commune lived most of his life in texas

before being deported says his organization and others like it are getting rid of dated stereotypes and misconceptions about those sent home definitely here we are you know years later what's happening with these people that got deported while many of them are now creating now opportunities for themselves and for others for example the american dream in mexico we have many people from our community that are sending reminiscences. to the u.s. from mexico they're able to provide for their family while they're living here because times have changed their bring in drugs they bring in crime their rapists since the start of the trumpet ministration the white house has pursued more than $400.00 executive actions related to immigration policies that led to thousands of deportations and voluntary repatriations to mexico. for one man to it and for many others like him however the solidarity of this tiny community in the middle of the

mexican capital has brought new opportunities even though officials here in mexico you thought well. we have a better life here in mexico than they and that affects. al-jazeera mexico city. you can find a lot more on our website the address for that is al-jazeera dot com. and this is al-jazeera these are the top stories the u.s. capitol is on high alert after the f.b.i. warns of possible violence leading up to president elect joe biden's inauguration barriers have been set up across washington d.c. and thousands of national guard troops have been deployed. in washington d.c. they are not so much worried about the same scenes as january 6th hundreds or thousands of people overtaking.