power investigation bureau $39.00 cash for kim parker one just. an independent panel appointed by the w.h.o. criticizes china's handling of the pandemic saying its response was not forceful enough. and the images from china tried to censor an al-jazeera investigation raises questions about beijing's early efforts to control the outbreak. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al-jazeera live from doha also coming up donald trump announces the lifting of coronavirus travel restrictions on brazil and the e.u. countries from the 26th of january a move rejected by incoming president joe biden.

stopped in their tracks thousands of desperate migrants trying to enter the u.s. stop pushed back by guatemalan security forces. an independent panel set up by the world health organization has criticized china's early response to the coronavirus interim report says officials could have applied measures more forcefully during the initial outbreak in the panel also criticize the own response saying the global pandemic alert system is not fit for purpose its full investigation will be released in may double h.-o. says it's too early to comment for a senior u.s. health official has called on beijing to provide evidence linked to the outbreak and will hand including samples taken from the wet market. but team which finally arrived well this week will be well only be successful when it is provided with the

following information conway possession of chinese authorities 1st all studies produced in china on the presence of sars could be 2 related genetic sequence sequences in animals i don't know of certain results in around a province environmental samples in the markets you can read in our sense of genetic data circles al-jazeera has obtained video recorded in will hand in the 1st days of the outbreak the images were smuggled out of china after police tried to prevent journalists reporting on a local health crisis that became the global pandemic they raised questions about beijing's only efforts to control the virus theorise has this exclusive report. a year ago journalists from chinese state media arrived in graue han to cover a story about a mysterious new virus it's 3 days before the city goes into lockdown. the few

confirmed cases of the disease are up to seafood market. doesn't look so good on the uniform we have concealed the generally psych entities for their own safety they soon realize the outbreak is much more serious than they fought. over a reporter who we've called yang continues to film secretly after being detained by the police. called out. oh it was a model called out of the 20200 it was over japan adults i'm up 21 and there are learning things i didn't go. yang is forced to show images on his camera to public security officers while doing so he continues to film on his phone. or knew very well china's response to the virus was late to praise the lack of openness at the beginning of the outbreak has been blamed for contributing to a failure to contain the disease 10 out of 5 yang is blocked from entering

hospitals was even a one year you're being told they didn't leave or even when it's really. altered in order to enter yang pretends to have a fever. and. a heart. he finds packed wards with patients waiting to get tested. this was just one week after the disease had been given a name 19 and on here i knew i wouldn't broadcast simply 8 year old grandfather to the gates of the hospital he'd already been turned away from one that had no more beds i think i think a family on the guards wouldn't let him in for a very good job you got. to go to the government. offices stop young filming even at the hospital gates was always a would have been going on the lockdown is announced at 2 am on january 23rd yang is told to return to beijing before it comes into force the next morning. the roads

to the airport and railway station are packed with taxis young joins 300000 people who left hand that night the decision to provide an 8 hour window before the city is sealed off allows many infected patients to flee for the outside world. still race al-jazeera. the white house says it will lift an entry ban on travelers from $29.00 countries but the incoming biden administration says it doesn't plan to ease the coronavirus restrictions most non-u.s. travelers are currently barred from entering the country from the e.u. u.k. and brazil the restrictions are due to be lifted in the week after joe biden takes office a new requirement for a covert negative test will come into force will she have a chance he joins us live now from washington d.c. should trump is lifting the travel restrictions biden says that's not going to happen why now and is this just politics at play here. i think that was the impulse

that many had or least the reaction that many had when it's began leaking out a few hours ago that the top administration was planning to issue this proclamation but actually when this presidential proclamation was released there was a cogent argument and in fact it actually was probably one of the more you know logical arguments that i've seen in a presidential proclamation over the last 4 years if anything i mean basically they said look on the 26th of january we have new c.d.c. requirements which mean that all travelers arriving at u.s. airports from international travel all travelers will be required to have had a curve a test within 3 days of their departure if they are over the age of age of 2 most most travelers from the u.k. island and the and the shame in europe where they have borderless travel arrive in the u.s. through ad travel as well as travelers from brazil we have excellent communication with the health authorities in those countries we haven't always transparency about

that covert figures so we've decided that there's no need anymore for a blanket ban on travelers from those countries because anyway they will have to have a test or does the majority of them have to have had a test but that was always immediately rejected the entire argument was always the media rejected in a tweet from joe biden's press secretary who shot back with a pandemic questioning and more contagious variants emerging around the world this is not the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel on the advice of our medical team the administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on january 26th in fact we plan to strengthen public health measures around of the national travel in order to further mitigate the spread of covert $900.00 strength of public health measures for the perhaps promising even even more stringent travel restrictions and we can't really tell but immediately the biden ministration shot back showing that they were not going to accept this and let's face it this was a presidential proclamation which relate to. 2 events off develop drug house left

office you can see how it might have rankled those in the biden cab but just at yet another example they're off of the biden team immediately saying look we we don't really care what the drug administration is saying about covert we're definitely going to have a very different approach and what will do well into our devices thank you very much all right to have a chance to live for us in washington d.c. chad thank you so let's bring in dr eric fido doing he's chief of covert risk communications at the federation of american scientists and joins us live from washington d.c. so i mean as you have was saying there that given that the u.s. has the highest number of infections and deaths in the world why would president trump lifting his travel bans now this is make any sense from a public health point of view it doesn't really make sense although the c.d.c. guidelines are absolutely changing the c.d.c. guidelines are not that straight because it allows for testing for 3 days for travel and we know that oftentimes it's into magic people and early infected people

will not be caught by that such as p.c.r. test before trouble in addition the new variants are the b 170 very in the u.k. is very infectious and the south african and the broome brazil variants which is also in europe as well are also very very dangerous and it can potentially escape immune responses and antibodies if you are already going to affect it and maybe that might infect vaccines and we actually think could be 117 you can bury it by actually take over the u.s. as early as march ok and that's a c.d.c. estimates so we're really concerned about this especially given how infectious it is and it's ultimately does not make sense to live there right now and we know that president elect joe biden's team as we heard there immediately shot that down saying the travel bans will stay in place just quickly eric how do you see the incoming by the administration handling this pandemic how challenging will it be to repair the trump administration's failures uncovered 19. well it's kind of like

trying to turn around the titanic. when we're already deep in the iceberg field is very difficult and takes tie ins very tricky to steer because we are already expecting half a 1000000 deaths by the end of february because those deaths are already 'd affection that's already happening now by thing invoking defense production act mobilizing backs that's a nation's $1.00 trillion dollars vaccine initiative to create like a wartime crisis. mobilization and it will make a huge difference in addition to testing concentrates think and all the resources that will be brought to this i think dulce are back in the room in terms of actual pandemic management and eric we know the u.s. is about to pass the very grim milestone of 400000 bits i mean that's an incredible figure do you see

a situation where in the very near future all international travel is to the u.s. around the world will have to show proof of vaccination before they can fly and is that going to work do you think in controlling the pandemic. i think improve a vaccination bit that's not instituted yet that was excluded from the c.d.c. requirement right now i think testing plus plus vaccination is only good to a certain degree the swiss cheese model not number perfect by themselves means testing do miss next the nations need to know that they're all hugely some recent dramatic transmission that can still pass through but i think it would trouble corn in the of those arriving must be quarantined i think that should still be instituted by i think there's no panacea vaccines are not a panacea yet given how high the transmission levels are still currently we need all the public all the cautions and right i think the need to impose travel

pointings like many year 8 countries do for inter european travel dr eric thank you very much indeed for sharing your thoughts about is there thank you now or hassle for the inauguration of president elect joe biden in the capital was interrupted by a fire staffa moved out of the capitol building after smoke was seeing nearby the washington fire department dealt with the incident at a nearby camp for the homeless there was no indication of anything suspicious and the u.s. capitol is under a security lockdown ahead of the presidential inauguration on a wednesday the secret service is carrying out one of its largest ever operations the national mall usually packed with tourists now resembles a heavily militarized zone just 2 weeks ago the steps of the capitol were overrun by rioters now it's completely closed to the public. lots more to come here not just here including. only. a day ahead of the inauguration we'll hear

how come the i.r.s. has already made history and set a new standard for u.s. politics and uganda allows a partial restoration of the internet which was shut down ahead of the now disputed presidential election but social media remains of long haul in the states. however the weather sloshy fine and dry across a good parts of the us at the moment pretty quiet weather for the most part we have got some wet weather started to push into western parts is because through the next hour samson some snow down towards the southwestern corner pushing through hours and on into well in parts of new mexico we'll see something of a drop in temperatures l.a. at around 19 degrees celsius come choose day could do cooler than it has been recently the temps just recovering to around 24 as we go on into wednesday showers

longer spells of right pushing their way into a good part of mexico southern parts of the u.s. also seeing some what a weather not just some snow there across central parts of canada but for the eastern seaboard not see that if a little on the cool side it has to be said you see wintry flowers not too far away from the eastern seaboard that come down across the southeast and colder through florida is fine in try some but it's places a class stretch across cuba into the yucatan peninsula caribbean will see some showers once again see some showers possibly making the way across to make a southern part of cuba by this stage filtering out as we go on into where to stay one of 2 showers pushing into haiti and also into the dominican republic but for the east the nolens is fine and sunny. the venezuela colombia border has become a stomping ground for trespassers. as desperate people transgress an illegal

passage. to feed an emerging field trafficking markets. we follow that perilous journey unguarded through the line of fire. risking it all ok in israel and colombia. on al-jazeera when the only. a. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera an independent panel set up by the world health organization has criticized china's response to the coronavirus outbreak the interim report also criticized the double it shows initial actions he

says it's too early to respond. the white house says it will lift an entry ban on travelers from the e.u. u.k. and brazil will impose a new requirement for a code with negative test instead but the incoming biden administration says it doesn't plan to ins the restrictions. and the u.s. capitol is under a security lockdown ahead of the presidential inauguration on wednesday a rehearsal was briefly destructed by a fire nearby the secret service is carrying out one of its largest ever operations . nakama harris will be sworn in as u.s. vice president on wednesday the 1st woman to hold the position she'll join joe biden in the white house after 4 years as the junior senator from california and a career as a senior prosecutor out as it was alan fischer looks at the impact towers may have all the incoming administration. only for a moment of history a moment when it became clear would be the 1st female vice president. she will also

be the 1st black and 1st of asian heritage too so it's taken you know nearly 245 years for this moment to happen because racism sexism myside war they're all deeply ingrained in us politics how does his father is from jamaica her mother from india she attended a historically black college in washington d.c. and joined alpha kappa alpha historically one psyche for female students after graduation she wore 2 we are from attorney general in our home state of california . to senator a run at the presidential nomination ended early or connections to the biden family put it in prime support for the vice presidential nomination 1st of all is here to yes. couple hardest brings to the white house a background a set of life experiences that are different from anyone who served as vice president with race is such an important part of the national discussion at the moment she has the chance to influence policy on that and other issues which could

change the face of the united states. the country the u.s. respect. black women hispanics and other people of color you know mabyn at the table she'll be a target for criticism she was before and will be again and you have to say her day brighter she gets very upset over there definitely going to be many challenges that she faces and of course her ability to respond to those will also be sort of circumscribed within the way that joe biden understands her role to be in his administration a she takes the oath of office those who know her passionately understand what it means a not just for her this historical moment. yes imagine what is. there a black holes and. if you can see it you know being a woman in a space is revolutionary just by or mere presence i mean and we should not

underestimate that because it's psychologically mentally as to get people in a position where you know talk about glass ceilings and the like where we think this is normal joe biden says he wanted a vice president who will hit the ground running someone smart capable thoughtful but come a hardass will be more than not a standard bearer for those who tried before and those who will try in the future alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. what a mile and security forces moved against thousands essential american migrants trying to reach the united states traveling in a circle care of that and that's a large group formed mainly for security reasons and coming u.s. president joe biden has edged people not to make the journey his job. the moment guatemalan police broke up a caravan of thousands of people from honduras. was they were trying to get the u.s. but they hadn't made it far just about their on the town 50 kilometers into guatemala

the 1st country on their route was security forces stopped them on saturday saying they needed covert tests and papers to pass since then they've been camped out on the highway well a huge traffic jam filled up behind them. now lorries are running again but the problems of these people remain on resolve. this is one of the poorest most violent countries in latin america and 2 massive november storms make things worse but there are many who don't how they work there is no food there isn't anything we're keeping up the fight the government doesn't save the president one orlando has been criticized for his handling of the economy the rule of law and democracy itself you're not going to if the president doesn't want us to leave why does. give us quicken a good salary here's increasing taxes christie bills the price of gas for the sellers are rubbish. given all the many say they'll go but they'll find it hard to do so as a group and even if they make it as far as mexico this is waiting for them others

are being bussed back to honduras the place they say they left because they have nothing john home and. about 25 people have been arrested in sent petersburg after protesters rallied in support of kremlin critic. particularly some. of the. testers were taken one by one to nearby police buses and alan has been jailed for 30 days for breaching parole conditions the russian opposition politician was arrested at a moscow airport on sunday he was returning from germany where he was treated for a nerve agent poisoning. the constitutional court of central african republic has upheld president darrow's reelection the opposition had challenged the results of last month's vote and had asked for a recount but today or a 2nd term is under threat of violence by a coalition of armed groups or against him to u.n. peacekeepers were killed just hours after the verdict from the capital is marking

which. violent last month's presidential election and widespread rigging according to political opposition to the central african republic the constitutional court rejected their demand for a rerun president fast into a day or was announced the winner. you can see that it was called the candidate 5 student what data having reached the absolute majority of the express for what is declared elected in the 1st round of the presidential election i. i good news for tiger and his allies but then other challenges to the government's fragile grip on power the cool building is in the center of the capital which is one of the few parts of the country is under the control of the government and the foreign armed forces this quarter you know everybody agrees with the court's decision just a few kilometers up the road groups refute the election dispute is result in

a threatening to attack the city. they tried last week. forces on the government side for the month but the rebels have said the government must go. they are a coalition of armed groups backed by former president ford swappers easy to control about 2 thirds of the country's territory and most of it diamond and gold mines. the communication minister told us they have foreign support we have some suspicions but we cannot say for. the. european countries. and some countries. for. the passage. for the. president and his government are assisted by

russian mercenaries and rwandan troops it's not clear who is covering the costs the government says it's not today or is now due to be sworn in for a 2nd term. we have over criminals who want to divide the country. the u.n. into the elections the international community has seemed desperate for a clear outcome to support the election process however flawed some may see it is now over the conflict is not malcolm webb al-jazeera. central african republic. a nationwide internet blackout ahead of elections in uganda has been partially lifted social media platforms are still blocked and can only be accessed using virtual private networks which bypass the restrictions now the president 70 has been declared the winner it remains unclear how much longer the ban will continue catherine saw reports in the capital. of. britons that work week

were put out of afternoon on a normal day this office at a motorcycle transport ordination will be very busy robert thomson ricky started their own line company that connects motorcycles taxis called put up or does with passengers and food korea's 2 clients so the 5 day blackout affected the company badly over 20000 border boarders borders and people and between predator 50000 people there between around 50000 shillings a day and the action for now what for 5 days. government officials say the shutdown was necessary to crush violent demonstrations that were being planned by opposition leaders make bodyline some political analysts who trustee it was for the best the one who cannot afford now is having another round of is the ability i think shutting down to get it for 3 days or even a week in order to ensure there's a bit of discomfort is

a very small price to pay. when it comes to internet shutdowns african countries are among the world's worst offenders according to transparency international cameroon the democratic republic of congo a born algeria prudy if other countries have all shut down or restricted internet during elections or periods of underestimate this uganda election observers say is only a progressive leaders and revise the trend if you have for instance a parliament. like the 12th parliament that you know is going to parliament. expect that parliament to be very proactive in terms of championing. a civic culture. that. takes us away from the convention the internet in uganda might have been restored by the political dispute

is far from over the winds home and his national unity platform offices are still besieged by security forces he says he has evidence of widespread irregularities in the just concluded polls and will file a petition with the supreme court some election observers say internet shut down infringed on the rights of ugandans to get information people we spoke to here in the city told us they were frustrated because they were unable to get election related information as quickly as they would have wanted. many are disappointed that the internet will shut down on important days but they say with election out of the way and internet back up they hope the leaders will settle the dispute peacefully catherine al-jazeera kampala. 10 sheltering displaced syrians have been submerged during days of heavy rain around $100.00 counts have been drenched in the province adding to the misery of those who have nowhere else to go off the nearly

10 years of war and the ripples. in camps for displaced people this is what happens when it brains more than 100 camps in northwestern syria have been affected over 48 hours mud is everywhere hundreds of tents have been damaged or made unusable. we set up a tent on the agricultural land when it rained everywhere became muddy roads are blocked we cannot meet our warden it's. already overcrowded and with many homes ruined people here keep closer together to stay dry often overnight. ventured the roads of blocks when the rain comes the tents cannot protect us from rain cold and wind children and women a badly affected by 10 laws. 'd made worse by sewage and a lack of water supplies covered 19 is spreading rap. with more than 2000 cases recorded in the camps according to syria's response coordination group around half

of those in camps are children and many lack adequate clothing for winter let alone flooding. volunteers here are trying to make the best of the situation for them soccer tournaments really races and competitions to see who can clear water from tense the fastest. we came here today to the kaffir darian camps to be with those who are facing critical situations and to share some time with them in the cold weather and dirty mud a few minutes are tough for us can you imagine the feelings of those who live here in tents that don't protect from the heat in summer and cold in winter. 12000000 syrians have been displaced by nearly a decade of civil war a 1000000 children have been born as refugees last year a russian backed offensive pushed about a 1000000 people from their homes in aleppo and it lives the last rebel held area in syria 4000000 are living under turkish protection on syria's side of the border many living in the camps alongside it a ceasefire by turkey and russia is largely holding and amid the rain there's

a tense calm in the camps aid agencies are helping thousands of families move to brick homes one turkish agency has handed over 14000 so far providing a degree of respite to some from the challenges outside and al jazeera. time for a quick check of the headlines here on the al-jazeera an independent panel set up by the world health organization has criticized china's response to the coronavirus the interim report says officials could have applied measures more forcefully during the initial outbreak and will have a panel also criticizing chose own response saying a global pandemic alert system.