brings new insights into christine spine of the small region it's a story that seems to have been airbrushed simply street. in search of moderates on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian forgive and this is that is a lie from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes that just over 24 hours the presidency of donald j. trump comes to an end and joe biden will take over it will be one of the most unusual transitions in u.s. history. i'm come out santa maria here in washington d.c. where security is high treats around the streets it is basically cold as well

coming up live coverage and analysis from here at the u.s. capitol. a wall of security in guatemala stops thousands of refugees and migrants trying to reach the u.s. many of those say they'll press on. the future of italy as governments will be decided as the upper house of parliament prepares to hold a confidence vote will be live in rome. and then spall india secure a famous test series win over australia india claiming victory on the final day of the deciding much interest spending. in just a little over 24 hours joe biden will become the 46th president of the united states bus his inauguration ceremony will take place with the backdrop of the.

unprecedented security operation and a pandemic that's claimed almost 400000 american lives biden will take the oath of office on the steps of the u.s. capitol just 2 weeks ago it was overrun by a mob of pro trump supports us it now resembles a fortress here surely a crowd as an inauguration would likely stretch all the way back to the washington monument with the double threat of security breaches i am coronavirus flags will represent americans who can't attend there in the thousands however will be police and national guard they're expected to outnumber the attendees al-jazeera should have pretends he runs through how biden's inauguration will look very different from those of the past joe biden is calling on the public to stay away from inaugural events a request he'd already made due to the pandemic but one that's taken on added emphasis since the rant of january the 6 nonetheless seats have been installed on

the west side of the capitol where biden will take the oath of office at noon on january the 20th it's clear that the president elect felt it was important that the entire inauguration not to be virtual i am not. saying here you know. i'm 6. american stand up stand up. enough enough enough but instead of some 200000 tickets just $1070.00 will be issued for members of congress and one guest along with v.i.p.'s that this year will include all living presidents except for 96 year old jimmy carter vice president mike pence says he will attend donald trump says he will not follow in the ceremony and a military review biden will travel to allington national cemetery with the former presidents to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier before being escorted to the white house by the military government instead of the usual inaugural parade

a televised and live streamed virtual parade will be broadcast that will be similar to this summer's virtual democratic national convention featuring diverse voices and musical performances authorities say the security perimeter in downtown d.c. is larger than previous at all gracious and will be in place for longer far more national guard members have been deployed on the national mall where in the past the public has gathered to watch proceedings on large screens. dc's matters are asked for all permits for gatherings to be declined but inaugurations are traditionally times for political protest. and it's clear that since police were overrun by trump supporters on capitol hill authorities already have a different posture towards demonstrations this protest attracted barely 50 people protesting against the republicans who supported donald trump and yet a very very quickly masses of police appeared followed by the national guard not

far behind or. at least some plans of protests by progressives on inauguration day intended to pressure joe biden to the left have been cancelled our reprimand for people that are all. corrupt about our own good. right wing white supremacy actors quited out with the before they have created this problem the state needs to deal with it i'm not recommending personally that anyone take a discreet and in any way. put themselves at risk as for the future they need dean block and others fear that even the authorities had existing laws and military equipment to clamp down on the violence capital hill protest as the result will be even more restrictions and repression of legal dissent against those in power in the coming years she had her town see al-jazeera washington. well let's focus on the man who will be president because yes joe biden's a familiar figure a senator

a vice president but he's the one with the unique and compelling personal story of the year at the age of 78 he'll take office as the oldest president in u.s. history biden's been chasing this moment for decades he ran for president in 1808 and again in 2008 and very publicly considered running in 2016 when he was still vice president before being chosen as obama's running mate biden spent 36 years in the centers representing delaware he chaired both the judiciary and for nations committee's personal tragedy has haunted his years in the public eye biden's 1st wife and infant daughter died in a car crash a few weeks after he was elected to the senate in 1972 his sons bo and hunter were gravely injured in that same accident but went on to make a political career in his own right but in 2015 he too died tragically succumbing to brain cancer biden cited his grief over oppose death as one of the reasons that

he didn't run for president in 2016 but 4 years later his moment has arrived but in the most extraordinary of circumstances tomorrow's inauguration takes place during a global pandemic meeting they'll be no members of the public out there watching and of course it's just weeks after supporters of donald trump overrun the building in that the center of washington the capitol building trying to in the end stop the inauguration from happening but as they say the show goes on and every 4 years washington really does put on a show here's my colleague kemal santa maria. traditionally it is a day of sermon. and obama do solemnly swear like the idea is for. granted a. ritual stretching back to america's founding. joe biden says the 59th u.s.

presidential inauguration and across the more than 200 years of history there have been some stand outs times when images have become iconic and words of captured moments of generational change and ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country. moments of political transition. in this present crisis government is not the solution to our problem government is the problem and sometimes moments where americans were told what they most wanted to hear and maybe needed to believe about themselves there is nothing wrong with america that cannot be cured by what is right with america. messages have been sent to both allies and adversaries we shall pay any price bear any burden

meet any hardship support any friend. oppose any foe to where you are the and the success of liberty from this day forward it's going to be only america 1st. and a few inaugurations are remembered only because something bizarre happened like in 941 when william henry harrison wanted to prove he was tough by speaking for 2 hours on a cold went day purposely without an overcoat he died of pneumonia exactly a month later and 12 years earlier when andrew jackson threw up in the white house to anyone and everyone it got so out of hand he had to escape his own party by climbing out a window. the ones history most remembers of the ones that captured a moment and seem to bend it to the new president's will in 1933 a nation teetering on the brink of economic ruin heard these words let me or my

family. that the only thing we have. heard. and by all accounts the national mood began to change perhaps appropriately the most famous inaugural address was delivered by the president often considered america's greatest in 1965 as the civil war drew to a close abraham lincoln called for unity with malice toward none he said with charity for all of us strive on to finish the work we are in to bind up the nation's wounds woods that once again resonates in this deeply divided america of 2021. and kemal santa maria joins us now live overlooking the capitol in a very cold washington into one little after 10 in the morning here 26 hours now until joe biden becomes the president of the united states the 46th president way

here overlooking the u.s. capitol here on constitution avenue to a credible view isn't it and we're going to be here for the next 2 days breathing out some analysis on the events of and inauguration that frankly americans have not seen since well 150 years since the civil war really and the world will not have seen either perhaps we've got some pictures which show you i was hoping to just go back to some earlier pictures which i showed you of the field of flags here in washington because it is quite a lovely sides of the 200000 flags on the national representing all those people who can't be here for this inauguration. also 56 beams of light representing the 50 states and 6 territories as well so no people but they are high on symbolism here in washington very pleased to welcome may be counter to al jazeera today associate professor from howard university which is where common

interests graduated from and i think we'll talk a little bit more about that in a moment but i want to really focus 1st of all on inauguration day i know we keep saying it it's unprecedented there's been nothing like this you walking in this morning and you said the calm was what struck you absolutely there's literally nothing moving in the city right now this usually a very celebre torrie very jovial time but right now i think many people are just still reeling from the events of a couple weeks ago and not really sure how to enjoy this moment not only with the added security but with the rancor and uncertainty about maybe violence and so i think it's just a very different mood in the city right now i think events tomorrow will lose something the fact that they won't be all those people here manage it hastert we have lived in this strange virtual world for 9 or 10 months now at the conventions were held online maybe we just kind of get used to that sort of thing i think we do but i do think the inauguration is something different it's a moment of

a revelation it's a moment of 'd sort of installing a new leader in sort of welcoming them to this place and i think most citizens want to be able to participate in that some ways and yes if you're at a distance bertold is great but living here in the city or being at proximity to the city being able to come to the city i think was something that many people look forward to and of course we knew this year would be different with the pandemic but certainly the events of last week added a different kind of danger to gathering of any gets even more different when we think about the main players involved the president the man who is still president right now will not be there and that is quite something i've been watching u.s. media here and they've been using terms like historic snow that the president won't be there that there won't be a handover done at $1600.00 pennsylvania. and you at the white house that all of those things which are supposed to happen one tap and it's. but how important is that well i mean i do think it's important to show that hey i acknowledge to transfer this power that this person won the election fair and square and it's now

time for me to do my duties and make sure this transition happens but if we've been paying attention for the last few months donald trump is sort of hampered this transition so sue me it's not really a big loss and i do think that perhaps his presence may not do as much to unify the country as people might think and that's typically what we look at to these handoffs why it was so important michelle obama barack obama over there giving presents and doing those kinds of things because it is an important signal to the next person who will who will take this office and it's a small group of people that have had that distinction but at the very least i guess joe biden and dr jill dougherty to tour the i think that they've been able to kind of how it works and they say let's talk about joe biden's speech of course he has to speak of unity that is what this is all 'd about trying to unify the nation downs he reference what happened here on the 6th because it's delicate set is still rule absolutely and i think he does have to thread a very thin line here because there are lots of people on both sides who feel very

strongly about the events that happened here some people want to call it a revolution some people are calling it an insurrection and i do think you know joe biden is the president recognizes that he has to represent all of those people regardless of their personal feelings about what happened i do think he will probably reference it but perhaps not by name because it is still so fresh i mean there are ongoing people being arrested right on an ongoing basis there are prosecutions that are going to be taking place over the next few months so i think he will make some nod to it but i think he wants to make this about him and about vice president harris and not necessarily the ugliness of the top tier vice president how is that stroke about here we can't forget it's. hugely historic moment she gets sworn in i think about half an hour before the president does what an extraordinary moment for americans to watch for the will to watch absolutely and i think for many people of me like me this will be the 1st time i see a person that looks like he gets sworn in in all of my years of life so i imagine

for the younger people when this will be their normal hopefully my that this won't be something that's sort of extraordinary it will become usual but absolutely the historic sort of value of this moment can be lost perceived as so many firsts wrapped into one she comes from your university how would she graduates advance from an h b c u historically black college or university and you would say that how it is one of the leading on some of those goals and i think that's fair enough what's it been i mean the the the level of celebration i guess for you and how it's to see one of your a lot this go this far yes and she is a political science student as well so i have to put that plug in for my department i think if that means howard students are proud i mean howard alone are notoriously proud of probably some people say to crowd but i think for all a species who's in those who've been educated by a.b.c. news it was a moment of the world to receive the confirmation of the kinds of education that

our students receive i think many times people you see used to somehow dismiss it but when you look at a speech the use we are making in creating more doctors more lawyer has yeah you know more engineers then most universities with better resources and all the name recognition we're still doing that kamel at harris comes from a long tradition of 1st not just the howard university but a number of h b c u's i mean we look at iraq war not who's becoming the senator who's georgia 1st black man elected from that state is an a.p.c. you went to morehouse college as the martin luther king whose birthday be celebrated the national holiday and i guess these are the types of things which are important to remember was we're thinking about a pandemic must be thinking about a lockdown. thinking about what happened that they are repulsive it's happening at the moment absolutely and i think one of the things about a speech to use the reason that they have to exist or that they've historically had to do this is because they were locked out of other kinds of educational institutions but not only did they create these institutions these institutions are

flourishing and it's not from a place of lack it's not from a place of want these are places that people choose in a complex areas chose our university she tells alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated just celebrated the founding event last week so happy found is that it's a case and she chose these spaces and i think that's really important that people don't just sort of go to a species because they can't get any they choose those spaces because they are farming the intellectual labor that happens there it's great i mean if people want to be part of these traditions these legacies which are strangely important final thought from you as we are now almost 24 hours out and you feeling optimistic because we have to feel we have to know that joe biden and complex wave a magic wand tomorrow they're going to make a lot of changes tomorrow but are you feeling optimistic up on what they can achieve i am but i recognise there's a lot of cleanup work that's going to have to happen the pandemic is still devastating this country i mean we're on track to see more people dying in the next few months the back thing rollout has been slow and the economic fallout has been

wide and deep and so they're going to have to do a lot of work and then try to get to some of those campaign promises that i think most people will hold them to so they have their work cut out of for them but i am hopeful that not only will they attend to the sort of current crises but can also be forward thinking for this nation now because i'm so glad you could join us today i really am i know it's it's a hassle almost getting around this time at the moment so thank you thank you so much so we are going to be back with you 1800 pounds g.m.t. in the next 2 years now we're going to be talking to one of the more progressive elements of the democratic party how to think about how they will work with this incoming administration it's not just about the opposition it's about what's going on within the obvious that would see the 1900 g.m.t. to be 1 pm here in washington d.c. and all many thanks we'll see you again a little lisa. as we've been saying this a security climbed out of washington d.c. the city center has been divided into a red and a green zone. out on the streets of the u.s.

capitol where you've been talking to people there how they're feeling about the presidential transition. when i think there's a lot of apprehension and in the air certainly the residents of washington d.c. have never seen this before is making their life uncomfortable and they're holding up with their press bracing bracing themselves that something could happen that's because of the alerts sent out by the f.b.i. but there's so much security around this city that it's also going to be very difficult for anyone to try to disrupt this inauguration but in general the way you speak to people and you ask them about what happens the day after the integration when many would tell you the divisions that exist and that's not an understatement so deep that it will take a long time to try to even start to heal them and really. if you speak to a democrat or republican they point the finger at each other but there is really no

meeting point at this stage i haven't heard any understanding from one side to the other now if you speak to those who supported president trump they will tell you they don't see. joe biden as their president just as and they point their finger to democrats said throughout the 4 years of. donald trump that they didn't consider him their president so you do get the feeling that what goes around comes around and at this point there is deep mistrust between the 2 sides any policy that joe biden will try to bring about will be deeply criticized by the other side and so good to be very difficult to see how you get out of this impasse and now there's also the added factor of you have these. supporters. donald trump who are well armed and the mob that went in to capitol hill those are feeding anx

to a lot of people around the country and then you have the supporters that trump who fingers at groups like black movements like black lives matter saying that those are the ones who are causing havoc in the country so i think really the problems that plague donald trump will also plague joe biden serious. live on the streets of washington many thanks indeed to order so security very tight right now in washington and 100 is associate dean of the school of criminology thompson university he joins us now via skype from fort worth texas in the u.s. good to have you with us i want to start by getting your thoughts on the unprecedented security measures currently in place in washington d.c. . you know typically you see that security protocols are in place in most of the night here asians and we've known in the past few a night eurasians that that security protocol has increased somewhat particularly 4

years ago but nothing like we were seen now right so the actual security protocol that is in place today is of historical proportions in the united states i can tell you that those of us that have been in the law enforcement industry or security industry for a number of years in my case 23 years i can tell you that i've never seen anything like it in my life right where you have outside perimeter. you know space that is being frozen to not necessarily allow any airplanes close by and also the things that we're not able to see it right there's a lot of security stuff that's going on behind the scenes that most americans that are going to be close to washington d.c. will never see the f.b.i. as one of possible protests right across the nation by right wing extremists and bolton by last week's invasion of the capitol where is the evidence for that where we most likely to see disruption on inauguration day if indeed it happens. you know i think that most of us are hoping that nothing happens but i think the f.b.i.

and others are simply planning for something to happen the intelligence that they have gathered up to now all of which is public information up to this point is that they have been planning to either have some attacks locally or close to washington or other state capitals across the united states but the bottom line is that law enforcement cannot take this for granted that law enforcement cannot ignore those signs because i think to some extent there were some lessons that were learned on the 6th of january when these rioters stormed the capitol building so all hands on deck as we say here in the states i think that all 50 states are going to be ready and alert but mostly washington d.c. it took about these these signs how will potential demonstrators agitators how will they have been organized given that many of the social media groups the right wing extremists have been using to communicate and war guys have been shut down right so what we have learned is that they have actually found other ways to send each other

messages that are encrypted ways that they can communicate other than the mainstream facebook or twitter or other social media sites as you know that have been shut down so as we say here you know when there's a will there's a way right and they have the capability of being able to connect with one another but so does law enforcement law enforcement is is tracking that law enforcement is able to identify what those exchanges of information are and hopefully have enough information out there that we know the type of threat we know the type of threat level and we know how to address it immediately really good to talk to so many thanks indeed other 100 i'll come in there in fort worth texas thank you. i want also to bring in virginia ali who is the co-founder of ben's chili bowl restaurant which was established in 1958 she joins us now live via skype from washington d.c. the judea it's an honor to have you with us what do you make of what's going on in your town right now if you seen anything like it before i know i'm 87 years old and

have written its many inoculations this is unheard of this is the only real i'm never seen anything like this how is it impacting us on your life the life of your family the life of the business. yes when this it's been this is just been and them mazing time and we might reach their instant a week ago was a ride only a rude awakening and still how things can go and we weren't there plan for it obviously but our capital very own chapel hill was a little bit mentally devastated and the fear that took place and then in china. and now it's come to today i mean even today bridges are closed engine in this city so we've got. a situation here that's an. unreal bens traveling leslie and sorry to hear instead of

a war minister and it will open in 1958 so when you're 62 news we experience the riots of 1968 a civil rights movement that took place but nothing compared to what we are experiencing today and of course that scene made even worse with the pandemic that's been in place now for some time so it's a very very sad day for. suited to see what's happening we have a near a minister and then which always gives us hope that rain in the region gives up hope that this inauguration and this group of legislators will carry on and make city make things better than before so we are still i am certainly hopeful that that's going to happen once we get past tomorrow ben's chili bowl no stranger to the famous dynas even had some president's visit haven't you going to tell us about

those. yes we have had some presidents usenet. maintenance the president obama who was president stuff perseids 'd france and that's why president bush there was a few people but the reality gathering place for my new thinking that it's a guest in the civil rights movement and he is the one don't come into the chair the spirit is between the wants them we've had the privilege of. posting from all over the world and it's been our pleasure to do so genea it really has been on a speech to you many thanks indeed for being with us on i was much much appreciated . virginia ali that the co-founder of ben's chili bowl in washington established in 1958. let's bring it out as it was alan fischer who himself is no stranger to ben's chili bowl he's live for us in washington d.c. and has been monitoring. many developments for us including president trump as he

prepares to leave office where is he it's almost a quiet. he's at the white house remember yesterday here shoot a lead 30 minutes before the pool was meant to gather that means the pool gather to call the president 30 minutes before they were due to be there he said no public appearances were not expecting anything today very much behind the scenes we know he spent monday talking pardons pardons pardons he was with executives in the oval office going through the list we think it's going to be somewhere in the region of about $100.00 they were looking at the list to see which ones they could publicize and which ones might cause them problems extra special attention from donald trump because he was worried that some of the pardons might alienate republican senate support of course he needs all the votes he can get when it comes to the impeachment proceedings also told that he's considering making some sort of video statement hoping to release that in the coming hours before he finally gives up the

oval office and it we are told he may well list the huge achievements that he made over the last 4 years of course will be missing a things that he promised and didn't deliver on let's talk about a couple of them he talked about how there is going to be a wall from sea to shining sea that hasn't happened and also mexico didn't pay for it there was going to be a whole new overhaul of the health care system a better and cheaper system than obamacare that never materialized he's been talking about for more than 6 years and also we were told that there would be a new nuclear deal with iran that they would be forced to the table that didn't happen and there was going to be an infrastructure bill when he was going to revamp airports and roads and rail lines all across the country that didn't happen and here's another thing that didn't happen he never released his tax returns. all right stand by allan because this is of course the confirmation hearings for members of joe biden's cabinet beginning treating top national security officials his picks the secretaries of state and defense as well as the secretary of the

treasury will be among those to testify there are a lot of historic firsts here. indeed and a common theme between all of these is that this is joe biden's national security team and he wants to get them in place as quickly as possible there's janet yellen who used to be the head of the federal reserve she is currently undergoing her confirmation hearing for all my orca he's going to be the head of department of homeland security the 1st latin america to serve in that position and then there is going to be avril hines who's going to be the director of national intelligence if she gets through the senate tony blinken who is the secretary of state designate his hearing will take place later on big friend of joe biden's what with him for many years we're expecting his confirmation hearing from committee to happen before the end of the week with a full senate vote early next week and then there is lloyd austin who will be this

secretary of defense if confirmed by the senate and he will be the 1st african-american to hold that position also just in the last few hours we've heard that it's the intention at the department of health to appoint as number 2 it transgender doctor she would be the 1st transgendered person ever to be confirmed by the senate if that goes through so busy few days for the senate joe biden obviously wants his team around him as quickly as possible he's got an ambitious agenda including writing executive orders but we're also told that within the 1st $100.00 days it's his intention to send a comprehensive bill on immigration to congress which would mean a pathway to citizenship for 12000000 illegal immigrants undocumented migrants people who are currently in the country at the moment that might get some pushback from republicans but obviously they believe that there is a deal to be done there and that could well get pushed through within joe biden's 1st 100 days. reporting live from washington and many thanks and.

well let's return to washington in a little under 30 minutes at the start of our next he's been assigned here on al-jazeera we'll use the rest of this news out of bring you up to speed with what else is happening in the world right now and security forces a block thousands of central american refugees and migrants trying to reach the united states they were traveling in so-called caravans consisting of a large group for safety al-jazeera as john holeman reports. the moment guatemalan police broke up a caravan of thousands of people from honduras. who were trying to get to the u.s. but they hadn't made it far just about the town 50 kilometers into guatemala the 1st country and there were. security forces stopped them on saturday saying they

needed code tests and papers to pass since then they've been camped out on the highway well a huge traffic jam build up behind them. now the lorries are running again but the problems of these people remain unresolved honduras is one of the poorest most violent countries in latin america 2 massive november storms make things worse but there are many we 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 democracy is so you're not going to if the president doesn't want us to leave why doesn't he give us quicken a good salary he's increasing taxes tricity bills the price of gas but the sellers are rubbish. a lot of them have been bused back to haunt duress. thora teeth 1st thought the caravan after a bit of a confrontation as well on sunday and cleared them off the highway and then others

of the still appear to be in the town above the wandle where they sort of searching presumably for other routes to continue but they're not going to be able to go as this big group. but more than 6000 people that were on the highway the central highway going through the town so it's been broken up even though a lot of people perhaps were trying continue their journey to try to get to the united states perhaps one of the other reasons why this is happening right now they might be encouraged by incoming president joe biden's slightly more sympathetic stance especially towards asylum seekers than his predecessor the current president president donald trump some point might be one of the other reasons but the acting head of customs and border protection has actually said don't waste your time and money just because there's a new administration doesn't mean that our commitment to the rule rule of law and public health is chinese.

after weeks of setbacks brazil has started its nationwide coronavirus flex a nation program for people in the city of manassas the gateway to the amazon rain forest the vaccines just can't come soon enough the health system is on the verge of collapse as oxygen supplies. i'll just era's monica yant to kids is that. the war room was set up in a warehouse where millions of coated 1000 vaccines had been stored on monday health minister. gave governors ordered to distribute them throughout brazil. this is the 1st step towards the largest vaccination campaign in the world this is our mission in the world. but for many families in the northern city of my mouse on the edge of the amazon rain forest the order comes too late. struggled all week to keep her husband alive

then the hospital ran out of oxygen most is what. i tried buying an oxygen cylinder but couldn't find one. he died because he had no air do you know what it means for a person to try to breathe and not to be able to to beg for air and suffocate he had so many projects for the future now he's gone. in one hour we witnessed 3 burials one after the other by now as had been hard hit by the pandemic in april and quick to recover point that some scientists believed people here had achieved herd immunity the file and so the 2nd wave took them by surprise. this is more than a wave it's a tsunami before the pandemic there were 30 funerals a day during the 1st wave we had $100.00 burials now we have more than $200.00 it's

as if we're at war. scientists believed to mutated versions of the corona virus discovered in my mouse have found better ways to pierce the immune system but that is not all so probably what's going on all the. brain leaders i do believe and of course if you got what were. the population beds look a very here a little wary musts liberation going to be aired in man hours people watched on television the vaccines being loaded on military planes may be in the air but so is much of brazil's immunization program brazil was counting on 8000000 doses to get off its national immunization program but it's still 2000000 doses forte and political infighting continues making the hard task of vaccinating latin america's

largest country even more difficult monica you're not you have all this era my mouse. china is being criticized by an independent panel sent to investigate what happened in the early days of the corona virus outbreak set up by the world health organization the panel's interim report says that officials could have applied measures more forcefully in rouhani but the panel also criticized the w.h.o. zone response saying the global pandemic alert system is not fit for purpose with full inquiry findings will be released in may the trumpet ministration has issued an order lifting a covert 19 entry ban imposed on travelers from several countries but joe biden's incoming team says it won't go ahead the baron's were imposed early last year they blocked most known u.s. citizens entering from the e.u. the u.k. and brazil as it stands the restrictions will be lifted in the week after joe biden takes office hours 0 shahab return 0 in washington d.c.

says the trumpet ministration does have good reasons to lift the band's. on the face of it you could say oh no look it's the troubled ministration just sort of flexing its muscles and being difficult for the by did ministration but actually if you look at the presidential proclamation that was that was released it was a rather well argued document it said look on the 26th of january we have these new c.d.c. mandated guidelines which mean that anyone returning or entering the u.s. on an international flight over the age of 3 has to have a covert test within 3 days and because the level of transparency and cooperation between the u.s. and the u.k. and the shame concern in the e.u. that's where they have borderless travel and brazil is so good that we don't we no longer need to just have a battle on that is because now we have these. the requirement for covert tests it wasn't just you know this is what we're going to do but almost immediately we got

a tweet from joe biden's press secretary who said with the pandemic westing 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 johnny 26 in fact we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread of covert 19 stronger restrictions on travel potentially being promised by biden's press secretary clearly a. knowledgeable about methodology and about and about strategy towards covert which is very much in keeping with how both biden and the respective teams are discussing things as it goes anywhere italy's prime minister has been addressing senate says he fights to save his ruling coalition on monday come to a one a vote of no confidence in the other chamber of parliament the lower house getting a similar result that in the senate is expected to be much tougher let's go live

now to rome and to syria stephanie decorous that for assistance day 2 of this brewing. political crisis what are we expecting today. was d.-day really we're going to know today whether the government. fails or stays its into its 8 hour now of those debates we had it yesterday today more difficult as you mentioned there in the senate he doesn't have the numbers so he's trying to convince as many people as possible to come over to his side this may predict is that because the party that pulled out of the cabinet met they would end these party may abstain he may still get the numbers he needs to succeed but in a much weaker position so you know whereas he may be successful today he could still pose problems moving forward having said all of that i think we'll get to know in the next couple of hours which way it's going to go but certainly a lot of people questioning the timing of this really coming down to 2 men but they would end the former prime minister we're expecting him to speak within the hour in

the senate as well he's the one who pulled out of course this whole thing to happen many people saying that this certainly was not the time at a time you know during a pandemic and also facing huge economic challenges stephanie thanks indeed i was there a stuffy deca there live for us in rome police in russia have arrested people protesting in support of the kremlin critic alexina valley in the city of st petersburg hardly ever heard of a russian opposition politician was arrested at a moscow airport on sunday he just touched down from germany wade spent 5 months recovering after being poisoned by a nerve agent the 44 year old was detained on parole violations. flooding in indonesia has killed at least 15 people and forced tens of thousands more from their homes it's pushing rescuers to the limits of the last week's earthquake jessica washington reports from jakarta. indonesia's south kalimantan province on the island of borneo heavy rain has lashed these villages and towns for days tens

of thousands of people have been evacuated some choosing to stay put so you know one has been sleeping outside his house for nearly a week it's the 1st time he's experienced a flood but when they get banged up on was it not that i have to stay here to look after my belongings people might steal them night also i have to watch in case the electricity short circuits flooding is common in indonesia during the monsoon season but this year 11 of the 13 districts in some time have been inundated some for the 1st time ever been through on them i need help the basics like food we cannot work right now and my husband hasn't been able to work because of covert 19 evacuation centers are operating around affected areas but volunteers say their resources are stretched but i would want to get much out of that but we need blankets for the elderly we only have 3 we need food for them and for the toddlers

are also lacking medicine. some of those here are suffering from diarrhea and skin infections caused by contaminated water. and many say they don't know what they'll do when they return to their houses come back the devil knows that all my possessions are gone the water in my house is chest height president joke a widow visited the area earlier in the week. this is a major flood that may not have occurred in soft and for more than 50 years due to heavy rainfall but environmental groups say land degradation and the forest station is making the floods worse that we are not these floods are particularly bad because from the total $3700000.00 hectares of land in south column mention 50 percent is already burdened by mining and pommelled plantations. for him and this crisis isn't just about rain but the mismanagement and just to get washington out

to sea or to come to a thai court has handed a record 43 year jail sentence to a woman for insulting the king the former civil servant was found guilty on $29.00 counts of violating thailand's strict laws against criticizing the monarchy the sentence was delivered at a time of process schooling for the monarchy be to be reformed and for the political system to be overhauled before being sentenced the woman but only as i'm sure so that she know understood the gravity of what she does. so i didn't really think it through and was too confident and not being careful enough to realize it at the time that it wasn't appropriate this is a big lesson for me. from bangkok scott had like explains the likely reasons for such a heavy sentence looks like they're making an example of her you have 43 years the longest sentence for these of oil defamation laws here very very strict the strictest in the world and what's interesting is that there's

a pattern to this usually when there they go through this fairly lengthy court process this is been going on for about 6 years now usually toward the end when there's a sentencing there's negotiations on a term sentence and then a girl guilty plea is submitted and usually that sentences have been that's what we've been seeing here 43 years the longest term sentence i should say before this was 35 years so yes that's what it is she's going to serve if she serves that entire time that it be left to be determined we know that sometimes there will be some clemency in that they will be released early but right now it's clear that they're making they the establishment both the monarchy and the government here is making a sending a message by the sentencing today. while the world's attention has been focused on covert 19 developing a vaccine there's another big health problem that hasn't gone away resistance to antibiotics the u.k. is oxford university is getting a 135000000 dollar grant to help find solutions one of the half 1000000 people die

every year from bacterial infections that existing drugs just can't defeat and you bacteria at infections are growing more resistant it's been 25 years since a new generation of as a bar ticks was introduced but another factor is that antibiotics are currently overused misused or overprescribed timothy walsh is a professor of medical microbiology and says the whole way we consume antibiotics must change we actually use the same antibody think human medicine as we do for good promotion in animals around the world and that's actually where resistance is often is not driven so we want to have a complete rethink we want to approach it in an entirely different way and we want to start putting no entry microbrews into animals thereby relieving the use of human antibiotics from animals and so we have a series of programs and one of which is also to design new drugs for human

infections where resistance is very high in low income countries that the availability of antibiotics is crazy. and so we have to have a global campaign and that's why also we also have policy and she budgets to chip in policy mapped into this institute you know and this gift by any aussies is fantastically generous and president but it gives us the freedom to also talk to these organizations about being joined up because there's no point for example in the united kingdom as having very strict anti microbial stewardship policy which we do and yet on the other hand we're using the same antibiotic in funds that same south asia or africa or even in europe we can't we cannot go on doing what we're doing it is actually madness this is the reason for us here is still to come on the

program in sports the world's number one tennis player enjoys some free entertainment balik koren teams are here to tell you more in just a few but. i would say some very nasty weather across northern parts of the middle east recently a fair bit of rain state the snow spilling out of turkey some wetter weather also coming into the levant so syria lebanon jordan seeing more cloud and right any of these cold temperatures down to single figures for damascus and for jerusalem out west a weather does slide across a good part of syria where there has been some localized flooding northern parts of iraq seeing some heavy rain and that rain making its way into iran as we go on into thursday by thursday here a concert will see an increasing breeze setting in that will lift and dust and sand it will stay dry but it's going to be noticeably hazy poor visibility $21.00

celsius the top temperature here in doha will feel a little colder than that if the truth be known for the south plenty of showers across central parts of africa down to. zambia will see some wet weather some wet weather once again into northern parts of namibia but the main focus for the region has to be across northern parts of madagascar where tropical cyclone elouise is now making its way through as it punches this way across northern parts of madagascar it will weaken but then it pushes out into the mozambique channel that warm body of water and it will gradually make its way into central parts of mozambique.

but i got time to support his son thank you very much adrian while the toll for next month's a cup in qatar has just been made african champions of egypt it will take on the home team and he draw it took place at fifa headquarters in switzerland the tournament to open now will be on february 4th between it to get us as mexico and asian champions. and event had been due to take place last year but was delayed due to coronavirus. confirmation of that droll following that would stroll of auckland city. most directly into round 2 european champions by munich and the winners of south america's cup this will join the torment at the semi final stage while sports broadcaster. says she is well this is an event that

a huge importance to african football well it is a very big deal for africa and compete at the woke up because this is an opportunity to play against the very best of sides and this year specifically because you have and i think this is a very very ambitious day in the always one to be in everything from it that every competition that they have as you know they have an on going back to against malec their arkwright was on which team has the most trophies so obviously it's a long shot to say that and actually we in the book i woke up but it's worth trying you know i mean to be nice and it went all the way to the final in 2010 they're losing to interview one but they can do the same they have a very good quality side can you imagine if you're playing again at liverpool and this is just give you an example of a blow by and you need for example these a very big teams and you have their fans and scouts watching those particular game so when that attention is you want to play your very best. and you

have sailed a dramatic 21 test series win over australia the tourists chased down a victory target of 328 on the final day and suspend to take the 4th and deciding match the shop had to was the hero scoring 89 not out it's a massive turnaround for india they lost the 1st test and played most of this is without captain that call he who is on the tend to. i'm going to have mark someone who really has tears in my eyes were absolute so reduces my eyes because this is unreal what these guys are all offices. will go down in history of 0 you know one of the greatest cities or who lived with you know they're not big 9 players or not i think they show that what's some real depth and some very skewed while isn't very . yaz and i just think they might as well cook it

right and that could put a says this has been is that will live long in the memory tremendous result as in your head coach of each of us yesterday said that this would be one of the greatest series talked about him he's right he said will especially after india in 2018 different be to defeat he won the series 21 back then but question also asked about australian team back then being not so strong but this time australia had the best fast bowling attack they had the best batsman and yet they ended up using in their home soil as for india this is like a turnaround a new chapter starting and or so it was so much drama it was so most notable i mean to imagine that the test series was won in the dying minutes just of just about less than 10 minutes or something of meaning or a few who was playing to go and russia fund was just 23 years old he hits that winning still continues in your home it was like one of the best if i may say

battles on the cricket field. in the national hockey league at the columbus blue jackets a full target for the 1st win of the season a huge brawl broke out it in the final minute of their contest with the detroit red wings and blue jackets held on a 432 win. 2 more tennis players have tested positive for corona virus ahead of the australian open all competitors are in some form of corn teen and the build up to the 1st grand slam of the season most competitors are able to practice outside every day but positive cases on 3 flights to australia have forced 72 plays into full quarantine hall organizes rejected the requests from wall number one novak djokovic to relax quarantine rules to young players that took the chance that to show off their skills outside his hotel room and adelaide and also spoke 400 back to a tree that's fantastic so many thanks the days that are just not good for this

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. divorce rates in taiwan are soaring and as a marriage consultant helen knows this only too well. but as the 60th wedding anniversary approaches her own parents are looking moons rather than arms and legs out to go to jack kennedy daughterly love and professional expertise make them see eye to eye. my fine back my mother part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. i'll just era's investigative unit obtain censored and unseen video for will hot filmed as the coronavirus are great is just beginning to live on all those years of the classes only the background noise exposing the secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. ha ha ha ha ha

and a health system struggling to cope al-jazeera investigation 3 dates that stop the world. be the hero the world needs. washing. or. more national guard troops pour into washington d.c. reinforcing a normal security operation a little over 24 hours before joe biden becomes us president. our bedroom for good this is al jazeera live from joe also coming up. a war of security in guatemala stops thousands of refugees and migrants trying to

reach the u.s. but he say that they'll press on. with such a truce fitting out.