release of politics. and a health system struggling to cope al-jazeera investigation 3 days that story the world. and scenes just 2 days to joe biden's inauguration fears rise of an insider attack . a low i'm sami's a than this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the boss of south korean industrial giant samsung is sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison for bribery international condemnation as russian opposition leader in a van is arrested in moscow after recovering from

a poison attack plus. strafford reporting from the narran river in kyrgyzstan where despite the freezing temperatures the winter months of the best time to plan for gold. the u.s. defense officials say they fear a possible insider attack at the presidential inauguration of joe biden well that's prompted the f.b.i. to all 25000 national guards deployed to the capital washington remains locked down with unprecedented security there are fears of more violence by supporters of outgoing president donald trump that follows an insurrection that left 5 people dead. one of the things i think we're learning and lessons learned is that. we need to take those threats seriously and we're prepared. to do we need

to do in order to support the citizens of our nation and our soldiers you know we all come from different backgrounds different walks of life and we have different ideas of what we've done is uniform we have one mission at hand and that is to to do what is necessary to protect america. john hendren reports 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 1988 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. to what. i think it's going to be better because i think they're taking it like overly. joe biden's january 20th inauguration comes with crowds reduced by the pandemic on ground trampled by a riot under the shadow of his predecessor 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 up on 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 this city's most iconic street is a park for runners roller bladers and pedestrians enduring a historic up evil my heart bird and i don't know what to do. so i usually go for my daily walk and i couldn't go for it so. i think there doubt that i could walk this way. across the u.s. the f.b.i. warns of possible armed protests outside all 50 state capitalism following the armed invasion in april of the michigan state house. has 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 now the f.b.i. has arrested an elected official from new mexico for illegally entering the u.s.

capitol during the january 6th attack koya griffin is a county commissioner and founder of the cowboys for trump group investigators say this video showing him inside the building during last week's attack griffin had vowed to return to washington with firearms to protest the inauguration of president elect joe biden he was arrested in d.c. on sunday let's get more now from she has a tendency at the white house. we've been told constantly actually from national guard leadership that members of the national guard are routinely vetted for any potential dangers in their backgrounds any links to extremism and so on the new development has 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 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 bit 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 capital a week ago and clearly 25000 people that's a lot of background checks but all they're doing basically there is running these names through f.b.i. databases checking for any any red flags any connections to extremist groups or militia groups sort of like stream right wing or indeed or watch lists and things like that so that's basically all of this by 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 are of the fears of an insider threats on inauguration day the head of one of the world's most influential companies samsung has been jailed for corruption. has been sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison by a south korean court he was convicted of bribing in the sociedad former president. fry now joins us from sol so where does it go to from here to jail or to an appeal court. well initially to jail it is thought the j. wiley's legal team could appeal this they can take it back up to the supreme court but it has already been through the supreme court down to this the high court for this ruling so it's thought that its chances of success are limited to say the least and they may just have to accept this now as a done deal but it certainly caused a shock samsung share price dropped by

a good 2 percent points when news of this 1st broke i think people were expecting a more lenient decision the share price has rebounded now somewhat but there were appeals by various business groups are for the court to show leniency not to send a leave back behind bars again also of course from samsung itself this is by far south korea's biggest conglomerate and their view is that they need to have the boss at the helm they don't want him sitting inside a prison cell but he starts this 2 and a half year sentence this is it goes back to bribery charges connected with the previous administration of disgraced former president park geun hay and her longtime associate choice and still now lee was charged and found guilty of paying bribes to foundations controlled by choice it's thought to smooth the way for the transition of power within samsung from his then incapacitated father to him himself he was originally given

a 5 year sentence he served one year of that that was he was then released but that was appealed by the prosecution now this ruling is for 2 and a half years now because he has already served a year in prison effectively he now starts what would be a one and a half year stretch in prison he arrived in court walked into court not knowing if you'll be able to walk free and indeed at the end of this ruling was subsequently and immediately rearrested. right there from seoul. how international condemnation is growing over the arrest of russian opposition leader likes in the valley when he flew into moscow the van they spent the past 5 months in germany after being poisoned in an attack he says was ordered by president vladimir putin both u.s. administrations and the european union are calling for his immediate release germany is describing the valley's arrest as in comprehensible for a chance now. it's aches a particular type of person to survive

a probable state sanctioned poisoning and then return to the country you believe try to kill you a country where you face imminent arrest but alexina valmy 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 the. monopoly boy bring us a little vodka we're flying home says yulia quoting a much loved russian gangster movie it's another alley hallmarked 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 a choice is a brave man because he always pretended he's a brave man who. has no fear before

that gorgeous it's not for iraq and 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 he states brought. well he diminish his claim so being well. and pray for position at the airport where he was due to land police detained members of his team and through supporters outside the rally his plane was then diverted to another moscow airport away from the crowds after landing he spoke to the journalists who traveled with him. i am not afraid i feel ok walking free immigration i will post it because i know that i am bright and i don't need a criminal case against me have been forged so scary stories that they have tried to scare me wave it is not only the truth by my side but also to quote us. but out

passport control officer 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 al-jazeera let's go live now to alexandra god so what impact is all of this international reaction having on moscow. well indeed not a lot of impact we have only one reaction so far of the spokesperson of minister of foreign affairs marty has a heart of a who wrote on her facebook page and she was actually reacting to condemnation and the request for immediate release of the vile need. that was made by jake sullivan the the advisor of president elect joe biden and what she said before she wrote is actually that they should abide by international law and not interfere in

a national law but they're out there deal with their own problems and that was her message for all the international politicians reacting to the arrest of we know from the past that such requests. to kremlin are not very well met in the red square are not really very well matched by the russian dorothy's that is to say they're not going to make them at least not by any or have show any leniency to him all right thanks so much that's alexandra from moscow. still ahead on al-jazeera. during refugees and migrants charger police and soldiers in guatemala struggle to reach the u.s. . hope on the horizon after more than 200000 deaths vaccine roll out is about to

begin in brazil. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored play qatar airways. how much of your remains very much in the grips of winds at the present we do have some rain sleet and snow pushing across turkey a fair bit of snow to central western parts of turkey bit milder weather greg going to make its way into western parts has become one through the next couple of days so at present most of these temperatures 7 celsius there for madrid this is 7 in athens as well just last week getting up into the low twenty's so that is something of a shock wintry weather there across turkey into the black sea a look at moscow with a high of minus $21.00 celsius that's cold even for moscow we go on into cheese that warms up to minus 13 to his that mild weather pushing into western parts of

getting up to 11 celsius in london as that model read does bump into the cold weather will be some outbreaks of snow for the snow flurries into parts of the british isles and also into scandinavia more snow coming in central parts of europe down towards the southwest we're still struggling to get to 4 celsius in madrid but temperatures starting to recover in athens to around 9 degrees celsius at this stage some of that cooler weather weather clearing the far north of libya 10 days in current around $1819.00 celsius over the next covers as you can see wanted to show i was just making the way through here but try to the south. sponsored paul qatar airways. it is murder when you throw a fire bomb into someone's home and mishit you off trashing you know. now that is significant in numbers that insignificant ideologically that is significant evil is a crime against the very significant by dictating the government and the

fucked up policy now shalt not kill part of the radicalized series on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines u.s. defense officials say they fear a possible insider attack at the inauguration of president elect joe biden that prompted the f.b.i. to vets all $25000.00 national guard troops deployed to the capital washington remains locked down with unprecedented levels of security. samsung boss jay wylie

has been sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison for bribery he was convicted of and of bribing an associate of former president park geun hye he was previously convicted in 2017 but only served a year in jail. the u.s. has joined the e.u. in calling for russian opposition politicians are like saying that all need to be root freed from cost to the family was arrested at a moscow airport shortly after arriving from germany he spent the past 5 months in the recovering from a nerve agent poisoning. the u.k. says everyone will be offered a vaccine for corona virus by september deployment minister nadine zahawi says on average $140.00 people per minute are currently getting the jab there are also plans to roll out a 24 hour vaccination pilot program in london by the end of the month. brazil is

approved 2 vaccines to tackle covert 19 mass distribution of the chinese made sin of the british oxford astra zeneca jobs will soon begin but i'm a mouse people are worried about surviving until the doses reach the remote areas of latin america's largest country monaco of reports from the gateway to the amazon forest. but. after months of political infighting the 1st brazilian was vaccinated today and some followed. 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 and. 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 on the night their lone wolf 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 brushing 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 has the world's green lungs and yet people here are dying from lack of

oxygen it's like a war zone. in the port 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 minnows is the gateway to the amazon forest it's surrounded by water which makes the logistics of bringing anything here like upsurge in 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 images here behind me which are hours and hours 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. china's economic recovery is beating expectations in the 4th quarter g.d.p. grew by 2.3 percent that makes the only major economy in the world to avoid a contraction last year despite the coronavirus pandemic the 1st case of cove it was detected in the city of war in december 2009. police in guatemala fired tear gas to disperse thousands of hondurans heading to the u.s. security forces surrounded the group on the highway invite the hondo near the border with honduras somewhere arrested as they tried to break through a police blockade and head for mexico john heilemann has more from mexico city i am a confrontation between guatemalan security forces thousands of people from honduras trying to cross the country and eventually reach the u.s.

. a city gas canister was 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 there was police tried to stop them on the border. authorities said they wouldn't let anyone him without a code test with the right papers they called this a danger to a country already struggling with upon them it. was that they got through these people are desperate to get out 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. there are 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 silence equals with the acting customs and border protection she really told these people not to waste their time and money on the trip he says any change in administration makes no difference to the rule of law i even that message didn't get to them or more likely to desperate to listen john home how does it. joe biden has promised a different approach on. from day one but some changes will take time he says an executive order will be signed on inauguration day to reverse president trump's ban on arrivals from 13 muslim majority countries biden adds he'll immediately send a bill to congress outlining a route to citizenship for the so-called dreamers 11000000 people living in the u.s. illegally who grew up in america but his teams admit it will take longer to change trump's asylum restrictions including raising the cap on refugees from $15000.00

a year to $125000.00 and there's a promise to create a task force to reunite hundreds of children separated from their parents under trump's 0 tolerance policy on illegal border crossings with mexico then the reverse is the executive director at last america's immigrant advocacy center she spoke to my colleague adrian finnegan earlier said that as joe biden prepares to take office big changes in needed to start treating migrants humanely right now what we're dealing with under the trumpet not in ministration is some of the cruelest policies that we have ever seen implemented to essentially stop asylum so we know that the rebuilding has to start immediately and not only rebuilding but we also hope to see expansion for protections for people who need it so at the very least you're hoping for a more compassionate approach to the of the issue absolutely compassionate humane

moving away from the idea. immigrants and refugees as a national security risk and united states treaty starting to treat people with true humanity is something that we are strongly advocating for and to hear the bided administration began to plan for example to turn back the n.p.p. or remain in mexico program where thousands of asylum seekers were sent to mexico into dangerous situations isn't it it's a very promising start going to this issue of not wanting to continue to have anything to do with a policy that separates children from their parents absolutely we need to stop this policy and additionally start to reunite some of these families especially those families many of them who have been deported without their children and face to

face indefinite separation these are families that you know we in our past so have identified have been working with. so unfortunately was the pilot program for family separation so we knew families separated since 2017 we hope to bring them into the spotlight we hope that the by an administration will begin to reunite these families to try and we store so much that they have lost and what they have endured what about the contentious issue of of financial help for migrant guests well you know that the 1st step is we need to figure out how to help migrants in a way where they are not forced into dangerous situations to migrate we know that the law is up asylum that we already have in our country allow for asylum seekers to have a process to work we want to reject detention for asylum seekers because that this

is this is important for them to began there to truly be welcomed into our country we believe that that is that is where we need to start. now karega stand has some of the world's largest gold deposits the precious metal accounts for around 50 percent of its exports but high unemployment has some turning to illegal mining specially during the harsh winter months charles stratford reports from the town of narron the river narin flows through the coldest region of kyrgyzstan. temperatures here can drop to 20 degrees below 0 this time of year but the driving snow and bitter winter conditions aren't enough to keep these men from working on the ice and in the freezing rain water because the river narin contains gold. they use steel bars to break through the ice the rubber suits they were off

a little insulation but at least keep them dry. big malakoff carefully slips into a hole in the ice. his friends help him clear an area so they can work. they get sand gravel and stone from the riverbed pockets. planning for gold is illegal without a license but only 2 back and his friends can't afford one so they give some of the gold they find to a man in the village pays the police to stay away but this whole process if god gives us hope we will do the rest we find a little cold he would be but it's enough. the men into the pockets of sand and rock into a makeshift see if they watch eagerly for the bright yellow flicks to appear. in. the west bank there is no other job for me in the village we didn't go to university we don't have qualifications in the summer we work in construction and

in the winter we work here. it's not known how much gold is illegally extracted from the narain river. and provides a vital source of income for families who struggle to survive the winter months in this underdeveloped and by saluted region. get it all together have we found any yet this man asks. for villages along the nile river have been panning for gold in the syria for centuries the best time of year to do it is the winter because the river is lower than during the summer months these tiny little yellow flex you can see might not look much but they were around $50.00 a gram. on average the men find around 2 to 3 grams a day they take breaks every hour or so and warm up around the fire before climbing back into the water. to get it whatever little they said this is about money and

food for my family it's about taking care of my children is not as dangerous as people think it's. after an hour's work the gold found so far is carefully emptied into a small bowl and the last of the sand washed away the ball is then placed on the fire to boil off the remaining water will rot holds up their findings so far this morning approximately 15 dollars worse the men will keep on working despite the brutal winter conditions because the day he's still young chance trafford al-jazeera norrin kyrgyzstan. and let's take you through some of the headlines here on al-jazeera now u.s. defense officials say they fear a possible inside attack at the presidential inauguration of joe biden it's prompted the f.b.i. .