on high alert in washington d.c. after threats of a repeat of the capitol attack ahead of joe biden's inauguration. hello i'm daryn jordan this is obvious here at live from doha also coming up brazil rolls out its coronavirus inoculation campaign after proving to vaccines for emergency use. china becomes the only world economy to make a positive economic growth in 2020 yet it's the slowest pace in 4 decades. and russian opposition leader alexina valley's arrested on arrival from germany after

recovering from a poison that. u.s. defense officials have told the associated press news agency they fear a possible inside attack at the inauguration of president elect joe biden and will have national guard troops vetted the army says there's no place for extremism in the military and it's working to determine which service members require additional background checks but washington d.c. meanwhile is almost closed off with unprecedented levels of security roads around the capitol building up been blocked with barricades and metal fences there are also fears of more violence by supporters of the outgoing president donald trump following an insurrection there that left 5 people dead. i'm not i'm not only concerned about their state capitals i'm also concerned about other parts of washington d.c. and what you're showing it's really the federal enclave of washington d.c.

now where the 700000 of us live so our police department working with our federal law enforcement partners and the united states army quite frankly so has a plan to inhibit if we have any attacks in our neighborhoods well other states are also seeing heightened security governors of rolled out a show of force to counter the threats of right wing extremist groups joe biden is facing more challenges than just a deeply divided nation he's proposed a stimulus plan to help americans struggling in a pandemic battered economy well more on that later but 1st a country on edge john 100 reports now on the extraordinary levels of security in washington. the u.s. capitol is surrounded by sirens steel and soldiers in a military occupation never before seen in the american capital 25000 national guard troops secure the national mall that's twice the number here after the 1968

assassination of martin luther king jr and then there are the thousands of u.s. capitol police city police f.b.i. border patrol and others. the mob assault on the capitol on january 6th shown here in a video released sunday by the new yorker magazine has left a city and a nation grappling with the aftermath of an insurrection fearing another possible assault on democracy and traumatized. i think. joe biden's january 20th inauguration comes with crowds reduced by the pandemic on ground trampled by a riot under the shadow of his predecessors 2nd impeachment. pennsylvania avenue is usually one of the busiest thoroughfares in washington d.c. now it is the center of a green zone a security area that stretches 3 kilometers from capitol hill behind me to the potomac river this is now a city in lockdown. everyone entering the largest secure

a zone in presidential inauguration history is screened for weapons inside fences upon fences steel steel just as it seemed the center of the city was entirely barricaded workers bring in still more fortifications every manhole cover is sealed against threats from below now the city's most iconic street is a park for runners. and pedestrians enduring a historic. i don't know what. i couldn't go. i think. that. across the u.s. the f.b.i. warns of possible protests outside all 50 state capitalized following the armed invasion in april of the michigan state house. as federal agents scour the country

for those who invaded the houses of congress arresting this nashville tennessee man on sunday the u.s. prepares for what most americans hope will be a peaceful handover of government power even as it braces for another assault john hendren al jazeera washington. has more now from washington d.c. . we've been told constantly actually from national guard leadership that members of the national guard are routinely vested for any potential dangers in their backgrounds any links to extremism and so on the new development that we've had just in the last few minutes that it's been reported is that the f.b.i. is now getting involved it's not just the national guard relying on its usual mechanisms to ensure that those within the service radicalized in some way some ways the reports we've got now is the f.b.i. is also taking a look at the some $25000.00 troops who may be deployed in the capital by wednesday

that's 2 and a half times more than normal inaugurations that's the new bet so the f.b.i. apparently has been doing this according to the associated press at least and this is the announcement is new but apparently the f.b.i. has been conducting these background these background checks on the national guard members since they began deploying to the capitol a week ago and clearly 25000 people that's a lot of background checks but all they're doing basically that is running these names through f.b.i. databases checking for any any red flags any connections to extremist groups or militia groups or the clique stream right wing or indeed or watch lists and things like that so that's basically all of this i running through these names through the f.b.i. computers now and not just relying on the national guard because in the words of the report that initially got everyone's on tell i am of the fears of an insider threats on inauguration day.

the emergency approval of 2 vaccines as brought some to brazil the country with the 2nd number of covered 19 deaths mass distribution of the chinese made sign of the british oxford astra zeneca jobs will soon begin but in my analysis people are more worried about surviving until a dose is reached the remote areas of latin america's biggest country want to you not hear of reports from the gateway to the amazon rain forest. but. after months of political infighting the 1st brazilian was vaccinated today some fall. but the round of applause in brazil's richest city was a far cry from the reality of man hours more than 3000 kilometers in the capital of the amazon a state a new strain of the corona virus is still spreading infections like wildfire.

many here barely make it to a hospital and those who do have few guarantees they'll get out alive nearly 38 has just lost the 3rd person in her family only then. i cannot understand how the government let me now switch this point they're killing us the strong our family my brother in law died because there was a shortage of oxygen we bought a cylinder but it was too late. not far from the hospital others are racing against time. these men have spent the morning rushing from one oxygen supply or 20 other to fill up their metal cylinders the federal government brazilian states and even neighboring venezuela have sent supplies to my mouse but it hasn't been enough. has been standing in line for his son cole who's suffocating in the hospital in one week he had 2 cardiac arrests. it's ironic everybody says the amazon

rain forest is the world's green lungs and yet people here are dying from lack of oxygen like a war zone and report of my now time seems to have stopped instead of oxygen cylinders bananas are unloaded from the boat to be sold on the market but the river which could be a lifeline is also an obstacle to fighting the pandemic when us is the gateway to the amazon forest it's surrounded by water which makes the logistics of bringing anything here like up suggests cylinders or vaccines very difficult you can reach the capital of the amazon a state by plane or by boat but there's some of the edges here behind me which are hours and hours 7 away by boat and that's the only means that you can reach them and not every boat like this one is strong enough to carry supplies. here the

vaccines which will be distributed throughout brazil are still a promise for the future in the meantime people are just trying to survive monica and not give. my mouse well let's bring in paul also taro his a distinguished fellow and former director of the brazil institute at the woodrow wilson center and joins us via skype from washington d.c. paula great to have you back on the program again. 8000000 cases 200000 deaths and counting how much is this down to president both in oral playing politics with the virus to appeal to his base. absolutely he has a great responsibility he is a pandemic deniers and has played politics with the incident to dish they actually all others are also doing the same today only the health. agency the regulatory agency approved as you mentioned the 2 1st vaccines in

brazil but it's in part it's a very good news but in part also a bit of political theater because brazil has no more than a 1000000 and a half dozes at hand to start the campaign of that summation you know more than $200.00 and people have already died in brazil ok. and and it is worrying palla because both scenario has no trust in vaccines either he says there experimental they're not based on scientific evidence so so how does both america spect brazil to get through this pandemic with thousands of people dying that. absurd it may sound i think both completely irrelevant or the fight against the vaccine it will be up to state governors to some responsible people in the federal government to

coordinate the effort it has been so far a chaos in brazil as far as planning for a vaccination program brazil a country known for its capacity she has to fight them makes as it did in the case of h r u z a because of the complete incompetence and irresponsibility of its current government that fight itself in situation is low it's borderline criminal what's happening in brazil yeah and despite both scenarios opinions paolo brazil has started as you say its vaccination program but if there's no political will behind this is the program like that to fail and could this cost bolton are a politically in the long run do you think i think it could i think more than that i actually am going to educate henri allies a little bit but i think it should the 1st responsibility of the leaders to protect

its people and bet it's obviously something that the brazilian settlement is not the we in this instance the consequences for brazil will be devastating already as the story you just reported on my mouse scholz. a very very sad and this is a very dark period in brazil's history terror always good to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed sir for talking to us. time for a short break here not as iraq when we come back uganda's opposition prepares a new legal challenge over its presidential election as pop star turned politician bobby wine says he's under house arrest. and honduran refugees and migrants charge of a line of police and soldiers in guatemala as they fight to head north towards the united states morning stay with us.

it's time for the perfect gentleman the winter sponsored plan qatar airways well it's quiet throughout arabia at the moment it is not quite struck turkey more especially the eastern med this finger of rain is yet more result of cold air of a warm water heading towards the levant now this is the picture on monday exactly becomes interesting in lebanon so rain on the coast easily snow inland get to the mountain area it will be covered and then that rain has a long way south dancer israel dance or north of egypt it will be windy and fairly wet but to the north of it things are cleared up the some snow from the north coast of turkey otherwise the sun is out kelly masses of snow and this is an overall picture looking at here for northern parts of iraq and eastern turkey and then you're back to the showers it's quite a cold breeze 9 or 8 degrees even as

a high for jerusalem was shows pushing through during wednesday. now let's go long way south more active weather though eloise a tropical cyclone on its way to madagascar now it'll take a while to get there but it could make landfall late on monday more likely early tuesday and this is the area of most active weather so we're leaving a good part of south africa on the dry side with the rain for mozambique madagascar of course zimbabwe botswana and zambia. sponsored paul qatar airways. when all that seems to matter is the headline and always 2 sides to a story when narratives and counter narratives obscure reality they lay there on the one hand the enemy is open neither on the other hand the listening post drips 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 and done covers the uncomfortable truths do you think they did enough to through tonight is the

case for war the listing posts on a. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera washington d.c. remains locked down with unprecedented security ahead of the dog aeration of president elect joe biden a military green zone has been established and 25000 national guard troops being deployed. defense officials have told the associated press they fear a possible insider attack at the inauguration and will have national guard troops vetted the army says there's no place for extremism in the military and it's working to determine which service members require additional background checks and

brazil has begun its vaccination campaign with a nurse from sao paolo getting the 1st jab she was given the chinese made sign of that vaccine it's been given emergency approval along with one developed by oxford university and astra zeneca. china's economic recovery has beaten expectations in the 4th quarter the g.d.p. grew by 2.3 percent making it the only major economy in the world to avoid a contraction last year despite the corona virus pandemic the 1st case of coded 19 was detected in the city of blue hand in december 2019 let's bring in katrina you should join me live from beijing katrina so was this 2.3 percent growth in line with expectations. well actually for the final quarter of 2020 analysts had predicted growth of about 6 percent the 6 point one percent mark but we actually had according to the government growth of 6.5 percent boosting the overall annual growth for 2020 in china to 2.3 percent as you

mentioned which is slightly higher than what was expected now this is a pretty dramatic recovery for the chinese economy considering that we saw a historic plunge at the beginning of 2020 this was just around the time that the outbreak 1st hit the country missile the economy practically paralyzed with all the factories shut down at that stage so this really is a significant turnaround we do have to put it in context though 2.3 percent is still the weakest pace of economic growth that we've seen in decades but it is significant because china is the only major economy to poorest growth after what was an unprecedented year due to this pandemic now analysts have attributed this 2.3 percent to a number of things firstly virus controls the chinese government had quite heavy handed restrictions put in place to tame the coronavirus outbreak but the result of that was that by the middle of 2020 or so vast swathes of china returned basically

to normal life we also had some various economic stimulus measures put in place and that was really a big boost to manufacturing it does seem that chinese manufacturing is largely responsible for this square with the specially at a time when we saw the pandemic slowly spread across the world many other countries hit by the crisis there was a surge in demand for chinese factory goods p. p. e. for example but at the same time the picture isn't completely rosy the chinese government is quite concerned about consumption this really was a weak spot you actually saw retail spending slump by 3.9 percent people simply are not spending as much as the chinese government would like and it does seem that confidence is still really very much affected by this continuing pandemic across the world and katrina the big problem now of course is that china is currently fighting a resurgent outbreak how is this likely to affect the economy going forward.

that's hard to answer just since the beginning of 2021 china has identified just over 1000 cases which relative to other countries may not seem like a vast number but it is quite significant for the chinese government and as a result we've seen a number of cities put back into lockdown a lot of restrictions put back in across major cities in beijing and this really has affected confidence people simply. going back into being a luddite and not not putting their hands in their pockets and spending on cars and homes and things like that and especially this was a concern because we have the chinese new year period coming up in mid february and there was a lot of hope that because of these celebrations people would be traveling again people would be spending but actually we have seen because of this resurgence in the virus the chinese government tell people to stay put and not to travel so it seems like this will definitely affect the economy's growth going forward katrina thank you the u.s. secretary of state mike pumpin has joined the e.u. in calling for the immediate release of alexina valmy the russian opposition leader

got as far as possible control when he was detained at a moscow airport he spent the past 5 months in germany after being poisoned in an attack he says was ordered by president vladimir putin really chalons reports. it's a particular type of person to survive a probable state sanctioned poisoning and then returned to the country you believe tried to kill you a country where you face imminent arrest. never gave the slightest suggestion he would do anything else following months of recuperation in germany alexei and wife yulia took their seats on a moscow bound plane from berlin. with it in a monopoly boy bring us a little vodka we're flying home says yulia quoting a much loved russian gangster movie it's a number on the whole mark that he and his family make light of the many dangers they face and what he faced was jail on arrival he violated his suspended sentence

by leaving russia to receive life saving treatment he makes the choice is a brave man because he always pretended he's a brave man who. has no fear before that gorgeous it's no fear of welton he has no fear of law and order machine now it's the time to prove. prove these claims. and show the deeds that's why if he states brought. well he diminished risk exclaims being well number one and brave for position at the airport where he was due to land police detained members of his team have through supporters out around his plane was then diverted to another moscow airport away from the crowds after landing he spoke to the journalists who travelled with him. i am not afraid i feel ok walking free immigration i will pass it and go home

because i know that i am right i don't need a criminal case against me had been forged scary stories that they have tried to scare me wave it is not only the truth by my side but also to quote. but out passport control after a goodbye kiss with his wife police led the valley away the kremlin denies the f.s.b. had any role in last year's novacek poisoning that nearly kills the opposition leader but now it seems likely russia will jail no brownie for surviving it rory chalons how to 0 facing what amount of fired tear gas to disperse thousands of honduran migrants trying to cross into the u.s. security forces surrounded the group on a highway in vital hondo near the border with 100 euro's someone arrested as they tried to break through a police blockade and had to mexico from home and as more from mexico city. a confrontation between guatemalan security forces thousands of people from home

douras trying to cross the country and eventually reach the u.s. . that's a tear gas canister. this 6000 people traveling to modern authorities estimate that makes this one of the biggest caravans from honduras since they began in 2018 but if it was the police tried to stop them on the border. authorities said they wouldn't let anyone him without a code test all the right papers they called this a danger to a country already struggling with a pandemic. but they got. through these people of desperate good luck if my goal is to reach the united states why because of the level of crime that we have in this country because of the lack of work the lack of education because of extreme poverty. and duress was already one of the poorest the most violent countries in latin america but 1st the pandemic and then 2 massive storms in november have made things worse. they're also traveling at

a moment when joe biden is about to be inaugurated as the new u.s. president many see him as more sympathetic with soil and secrets but the acting customs and border protection she told these people not to waste their time and money on the trip he says any change of administration makes no difference to the rule of law i even doubt mrs didn't get to them or more likely they are too desperate to listen john home now does it. uganda's opposition party says it will challenge the presidential election results in court president nowhere in the 70 has won a 6th term in office his main opponent pop star turned politician bobby wine has dismissed the outcome as fraudulent branka gupta reports. andrew not a money or can barely walk without support the campaign coordinator of uganda's opposition leader bobby wine says he was beaten and tortured by the police they put

something. that. i had been connected directly to the bio port and what do i was shocked i his allegations come a day after a long time preston u.a.d. who surveyed he was handed a 6 term in office extending his rule to 40 years his rival bobby wine remains at home tightly guarded by soldiers outside once party the national unity platform says he's under house arrest but they're determined to challenge the outcome of those days for what we're here to inform the country but. reject we are now through over the provisional action. announced yesterday by the e.c. do not in any way relate to the privilege spitted of the party pressed in most of any insists the vote was fair despite

a crackdown on opposition candidates and internet shutdown and of growing international concern about the validity of the election for now uganda remains on edge with many calling for calm and an end to political upheaval my only hope for the best. and this country but that may not be easy the 76 year old president faces an undetermined opposition bolstered by young ugandans fed up with high levels of unemployment corruption and growing increasingly impatient with the old political order. demonstrations have continued in tunisia days after the 10th anniversary of the toppling of president zuma but in ben ali for the 2nd day there's been fighting between police and protesters in several major cities including the capital people are angry about the country's economic crisis and poor public services the police have arrested 240

people most of those teenagers. egypt has announced another major archeological discovery are nothing a treasure trove of coffins and bury a lot of that's more than 3000 years old they've been found in the remains of the ancient city of memphis a unesco world heritage site south of the capital cairo ripples. in the shadow of the state pyramid the oldest in egypt lies a trove of traces and it says archaeologists have been digging here since 2007. they found a permit for a queen but didn't know her name and who now the most important thing that we found were followed at them bill a picture of a queen inside the temple and the name and you name of the queen. she was the wife of the king and this was at a small part about the king tapes he was the 1st pharaoh of the 6th in

a city more than 4000 years ago. the discovery happened at the succumb or a vast symmetry of the ancient egyptian capital of memphis and you know sco will here is huge site archaeologists uncovered $22.00 shocks food with dozens of tray shoes they found 54 coffins some more than 3000 years old minister we extract the coffins and the most important thing in extracting coffins this to study them in order to add a new piece of information to egypt's ancient history we had linguistic information or something about how the coffins were made even restoration as information. made and what not hidden 10 meters underground now these artifacts have been unearthed archaeologists can piece together a more complete picture of the ancient civilization we found near statutes we found games that they played with. many unique artifacts such as an.

blog to all this discovery will rewrite the history of support in the new kingdom excavations are continuing with only 30 percent of the site on earth the search for artifacts has been stepped up for the upcoming opening of the grand egyptian museum at the giza pyramids egypt relying on its past to breathe new life into a tourism industry disseminated by the covert 1000 pandemic challenge bellus al-jazeera. time for a quick check of the headlines here this hour washington d.c. remains locked down with unprecedented security ahead of the inauguration of president elect joe biden a military green zone has been established a fears of more violence following an insurrection at the capital or part of those fears about rip.