in the middle of the civil war abraham lincoln saw a better future and built it with the land grant colleges and the transcontinental railroad in the middle of the civil rights movement dr king fought for racial justice and economic justice american aspiration is what drove the women of this nation throughout history to demand equal rights and the authors of the bill of rights to claim freedoms that had rarely been written down before. a great experiment takes great determination the will to do the work and then the wisdom to keep refining keep tinkering keep perfecting. the same determination is being realized in america today i see it in the scientists who are transforming the future i see it in the parents who are

nurturing generations to come in the innovators and the educators and everyone everywhere who is building a better life for themselves their families and their communities this too is american aspiration this is what president joe biden has called upon us to summon the now the courage to see beyond crisis to do what is hard to do what is good night to believe in ourselves believe in our country believe in what we can do together. thank you and may god bless america. so that was the vice president. speaking at an event at the lincoln memorial to celebrate the inauguration of the new administration of course which means a part of. well

a big issue on the international level is the climate crisis and biden has signed an executive order to now rejoin the paris a chorus or brunell's has more on that from los angeles we're going about right now like i don't want to get i have a lot of i want rejoining the paris accords is one step in president joe biden strategy to fight global warming biden plans to spend $1.00 trillion dollars on rapidly deploying clean energy technology around the country with an enforcement mechanism to reach 1st stage goals by 2025 and the final goal of 0 emissions by 2050 biden says he'll pay for that by repealing some of the trump era tax cuts for corporations scientists say biden must also work hard to dispel climate change skepticism and convince people to act the basic answers to the

problem or not in technological change there and changing human behavior i've been should do everything possible working with social psychologists to develop narratives that will people. in the direction of greater social responsibility and greater understanding of the existential threats lighton says his plan will create millions of jobs and some economists who have studied it agree i asked him aided that that the program create between roughly 3 and 6000000 new jobs in the united states are meant jobs as long as we continue to investing at that level that's far more than the fewer than 200000 people who currently work in the oil gas and coal industries for every job created in manufacturing and construction there are many additional jobs created in the economy from the spending of those workers are high wage jobs with excellent

benefits in addition to ignoring global. warming the trumpet ministration drastically loosened environmental regulations and least protected federal lands for mining and drilling some of what trump has done is reversible but what you never get back is the years that you washed in the thing to know about climate change is it's the 1st trouble we've ever come up against with real time now it is us we do not shoot and we've never school we just finished way 4 years that we could have been working on solving it there is much work to be done and the climate clock is ticking rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles well as we've been hearing one of biden's big pitches was for unity and he pledged to be president for all americans regardless of who they voted for and he asked for a fresh start after a period of extreme division we have never ever ever ever failed in america

we've acted together and sort of day but this time in this place let's start afresh all of us must begin to listen to one of their again hear one another see one another show respect to one another politics don't have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path. every disagreement doesn't have to be a cause for total war all joe biden's early days in office will be competing for the attention of congress as the senate prepares to impeach president donald trump for his role in the capital riots jackets that has a former republican congressman from georgia he says if biden truly wants to unify the country he should tell democrats not to proceed with impeachments. president bush passed the gavel so to speak to bill clinton and then bill clinton passed it bet george bush son and the same thing with barack obama took over and

you know going to donald trump i think it's not just symbolic it's extremely meaningful to america and i think to some degree the rest of the world actually you know appreciates it a very good way as well so i think it would have been the right thing to do if he had come and you know enough very pro trump got i think this one a certainly disagreed with the president could do was say you know if you're going to proceed with impeachment of donald trump efforts that this office i realize it's just symbolic but is it really worth it because you're just going to get everybody and divided again particularly the way the house did it with the lack of due process i think the president could be very bold and a strong leader he's popular enough with his party that he could say that the only thing that we've never done in america is blacklisting people who were with the previous administration and try to freeze them out of employment i think the

president to make a strong. statement in that direction but i think the other thing the republican party can do is say you know mr but we want to work with you we know that kobe does not finish we know we have to rebuild the economy let's all come together we'll karpal out a deal agreement you're going to get some things you want get some things we want but let's make sure that we put the 2 goals of. a recovery an economic recovery center stage for hina hara is the executive director of muslim advocates she explains what the lifting of the travel ban will mean for tens of thousands of families. in practice is it meant that if there was 8 and a husband that was in the united states waiting to be reunited with his wife who was from one of the listed targeted countries iran syria and yemen among them that he could not be reunited with his own wife we have dozens of stories appearance

being separated from minor children from grandparents not being able to visit and hold their new born grandkids family members missing out on. key events in one's lives graduations weddings and even funerals i'm sitting impacts were banned. and by this action today president biden is beginning to repair that damage not allowing these families to be reunited the stroke of a pen president biden has now white to weigh the original sin of the trumpet ministration one of trunks and very 1st acts as president was to implement this big it it ain't cool band and by the actions that president biden has taken today literally tens of thousands of families can be reunited and people will be able to get those visas come to the united states and be able to visit be reunited with

family never said today is a great day but i also want to say the work does not stop with the executive order this was a huge 1st step but now we also need to take the additional stab passing legislation to prevent any future presidents from ever enacting a discriminatory ban again and so that's why we're also very excited that president biden and now that his signature immigration bill that will be his priority immigration bill that he will send to congress also includes a key bill called the no ban active bill that was introduced by senator coons and congresswoman chu that would cheat. federal law the federal law relied on to enact this thing in the 1st place well biden has also promised to put racial justice at the heart of his agenda using broad economic and social programs to support minorities race became a central issue 2020 in the u.s. with huge protests across the country following the death of unarmed black man

george floyd at the hands of police to spite the spotlight on police brutality more than 200 black americans are still shot dead by police each year the corona virus pandemic has also disproportionately affected minorities in the us with higher death and infection rates as well as worse economic outcomes vincent warren is the executive director for the center for constitutional rights he says the new administration is likely to face challenges as it tackles the issue of racial injustice. thinking about racial justice is has a challenging enough piece of american history to overcome but thinking about how one dismantles white supremacy that is the system that keeps these oppressions in place even despite best efforts to do to make things fair is a another thing entirely and i think it's important that this president particularly because he was elected on the strength of

a very very prominent black vote in the united states it's important that the center the black agenda the way that black people are treated the way that black people are mistreated in our society as a key element of his administration so he's going to face a lot of challenge in terms of how he moves this agenda forward but one thing i wanted to to throw you out is that what i like about the way president biden is approaching this and certainly over his present predecessor is that he's starting to talk about the problems that black people are suffering in this country and saying that these are american problems where just about every other president says that there are american problems that include black people and centering black people is a really key step be able to move things forward hope president biden has said tackling the pandemic will be his top priority the u.s. is facing the world's worst outbreak recording 400000 deaths and biden says the

crisis is far from over. we need all our strength to preserve to persevered through this dark winter. we're entering what may be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus. was set aside politics and finally faced this pandemic as one nation. one nation. and i promise you this. is the bible says we be man door for a night jory cometh in the morning we will get through this together together. julie fisher is director of the elizabeth r. griffen program at georgetown university medical center she says there's hope the new administration could put forward an efficient plan. but the federal government really can only mandate public health actions on federal lands but i think it's part of sending a larger message sending a message that masking and other measures to try to stop the spread of this virus

at a very at a time will recede in cases climb higher than ever before it is not shouldn't be for a little it's part of a joint action to do what we can together in the u.s. and globally to stop the spread of this virus in till we can get vaccines rolled out and protect the whole population it's really about this administration and president biden committing to bringing federal resources to bear on making the vaccination rollout as effective as possible one of the challenges in these early days has been that where doses became available it's been difficult in some communities and in some states to see them distributed efficiently and by making this pledge by pledging to bring federal resources to help set up vaccination clinics and by providing technical expertise and resources to the states and the communities that really need them it's a signal that it's not just every state and every community on its own but it's trying to bring the scientific expertise that the u.s.

has to bear on the problem of how to do this much more efficiently. on a president biden's administration has already rippled through the u.s. economy the stock market rallied to record highs with a $500.00 largest companies rising 1.4 percent across the board it was buoyed by biden's proposals to pump $1.00 trillion more dollars into the struggling economy but the u.s. is still reeling from joblessness and business closers because of the coronavirus pandemic robert scott is a senior international economist at the economic policy institute he says the pandemic is the largest hurdle to any economic recovery. the coronavirus will itself determine when the economy can restart we know right now that we're in the worst part of the penn demick we're at peak death rates 4000 a day were dying i'd like just last week so so we know it's going to be really bad for a while until we can get this virus suppressed and we need to do follow the science

follow the medical professionals and do what they tell us to do to mass to socially distance we cannot recover until we do that and that's why it is so important to provide relief to sustain people's ability to pay the rent to buy food and we saw it last year when congress congress provided the extra $600.00 a week to unemployed workers that in fact family incomes did not fall despite a tremendous increase in unemployment so we need to sustain that relief effort until such time that we can begin to recover so recovery comes later relief 1st but he's already proposed a $1.00 trillion dollar bill to provide for increased unemployment benefits to provide aid to states and and local governments to provide funding for rolled out of the vaccine and distribution and getting shots in arms and so that's essential

well vice president khalilah harris's inauguration is being celebrated 14000 kilometers from washington d.c. and her ancestral village in south india harris's mother was born in india and moved to the u.s. as a student at the age of 19 villagers have hailed the day as a proud moment for indian americans already have described today's ceremony as a training point in u.s. history class santa maria puts it into context for us with a look at inaugurations over the last 200 years. traditionally it means a day of ceremony i brought him saying obama do solemnly swear i like the idea. do solemnly swear. granted. the. ritual stretching back to america's founding joe biden's is the 59th u.s. presidential inauguration and across the more than 200 years of history there have

been some stand up. times when images have become iconic and words have 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

where she. 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 wet 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 are 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. from 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 words that once again resonate in this deeply divided america of 2021 come all santamaria al-jazeera washington. still ahead on al-jazeera round up the rest of the news from across the world including this the u.k. is reporting its highest number coronavirus deaths in a single day and the prime minister is warning the worst is yet to come.

i was taken to prison just. a little last bit drink one yes or just meet old mother and the father of my daughter i eat lunch here. when parents are imprisoned the government doesn't have any plans for the should be lifted behind so these children need food they need shelter they are searching for love. my passion is to see that this shooting of prisoners are also given another chance to live for making them which it is because they're not a party to that crimes committed by their parents when i finally get to that place to build a home for these children and they see them become somebody used to fall into society fending for themselves. to give me satisfaction.

to me. so the united kingdom has reported a record number of covert 1000 deaths for the 2nd day in a row in just 24 hours more than 800 people died more than 100-3000 people have died since the pandemic began 39000. cases have also been confirmed but more than 4 and a half 1000000 people in the u.k. have now received the 1st dose of a covert vaccine well britain's prime minister boris johnson says he expects the high number of daily fates to continue there will be more to come but

what we're seeing is the result of the wave the new variant that we saw i think just just before christmas and i think it was on the just 18th of december there by so we we saw it coming through it really has been a very big at peak of in infection it's been very quickly not just in the london in the southeast where it began but i actually all parts of the country all the coronavirus variant 1st seen in the u.k. has that been detected in at least 60 countries 10 more countries than a week ago according to the world health organization there are fears the fast spreading strain could be resistant to current vaccines but new research released by pfizer indicates its job is likely to provide protection against the mutation the netherlands will ban all flights from south africa britain and all south american nations from saturday that's part of

a string of new measures introduced to limit the spread of new coronavirus variance prime minister also proposed an 8 30 pm curfew beginning on friday. the most important measure is that we had the intention of introducing a curfew that means a ban for being outside between certain hours he's a severe measure homes nobody wants a curfew nobody's applauding this not to me not mr junger not the cabinet nobody and of course we can't and don't want to take such a drastic step without the approval of parliament if there is sufficient support only then we make a final decision. well heavy rain and snow has the story of large parts of a camp for syrian refugees leaving one child 2 days if extreme weather has battered the camp and save the children says a boy was killed after a wall collapsed and heavy rain aid workers say wintry conditions are affecting 200 camps in syria's north miami i wash there is no in adhesion

camp no food no heat where should we stay please for the sake of mohammed take this rain water. have them a lot of them and we thought we were about 800 families in the camp our tents of been flooded people went to sleep at other people's houses and some people were stuck and could not leave their tents rescue teams did not come to help us there were no heaters and children a severely cold. where in the boot camp tents had been flooded and children to suffer and there was a lack of assistance the situation is really awful. egypt's foreign ministry says it's restoring diplomatic ties with qatar egypt along with saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. ended their 3 year blockade of qatar earlier this month but ties its way in cairo and doha were fraught long before the blockade especially over al-jazeera which has

its headquarters in qatar egypt slated the channel's coverage of the arab spring a decade ago and jailed several journalists while egyptian police have released others must hold her sane has been held for 3 years without trial at least 3 people have died in a large explosion in madrid caused by a gas leak the blast destroyed several floors of her residence in the latino district emergency services have advised the public to avoid the puerto the tornado area. billionaire chinese businessman jack ma has made his 1st public appearance in 3 months the founder of e-commerce giant ali baba hadn't been seen in public since he made a speech critical of china's financial system the country's regulator then opened investigations into his company's. let's take you back to washington d.c. and the lincoln memorial to see the fireworks display taking place at the final

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it's time for the perfect johnny. winter sponsored point qatar airways i once again welcome to another look at the international forecasters say some very heavy snowfall disrupted snow recently into northern parts of japan still a few snow flurries as we go through the next day or so but temperatures on the rise and we are going to find some dry weather grassy coming in at least for a time thursday doesn't look too bad 11 celsius there for take a there will be sent out of right maybe through the yellow sea across the korean peninsula some snow well the northern flank of it and that pilots way through to that western side of japan as we go on into friday but the winds coming in from the southwest the direction temperatures picking up to around 13 cells is there in tokyo avalanche risk that remain so they have significant problem over the next day

or so with a possibility of snow melt and flooding as a result of that that disturbance makes its way into central parts of china push a little further south was cymru the nasty weather pushing across the philippines at the moment with some lively showers a rumbling away through a good part of a loose on central and northern parts probably seen the heaviest of the rainfall and then a kid scattering of showers across much of southeast asia we have had flooding recently in indonesia or showers to come here as we go through the next couple of days shows continue maymont across the sri lanka those we want to showers into the southeast the. at ways when a parent loses their child to a terminal illness. they often feel that they've taken on the weight of the world. but mr huang is determined to find out what caused his daughter's days and brought him such heartache. the story of

a committed parent turned activist a father's protest part of the if you find asian series on al-jazeera. we have never ever ever ever failed in america we're back together and sort of day but this time in this place let's start afresh. and he does joe biden begins his 1st day in office signing a series of executive orders reversing donald trump's controversial policies on climate change immigration and racial equality. that. makes history as the 1st woman and the 1st woman of color to see.