2 part people in power investigation bureau 39 cash for kim part one on a 0. if you want to help save the world. help . us president joe biden signs 10 executive orders to boost the country's covert 1000 response but warns of a difficult road ahead. i know there are a kyle this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up japan denies reports the olympics are going to be canceled saying is making every effort to make the games safe and secure during the pandemic. i saw claims responsibility for twin suicide

bomb attacks in iraq's capital at least 32 people were killed in a crowded market. and casting the net far and wide fishermen in the philippines say the government's plan to import tons of fish will harm their livelihoods. president joe biden has announced what he's calling a full scale war time strategy to beat covert 19 he's signed a string of executive orders aimed at speeding up the response to the pandemic which has claimed the lives of more than 400000 americans mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . this e.g. if you are in day 2 of the biden presidency and another flurry of executive orders 24 hours after the u.s. recorded the words so. day corona virus death toll these are focused on combating

the pandemic measures ranging from getting more vaccines to more people to improving safety in schools and work spaces we can give to dismiss overnight it's going to take more interest to turn things around but let me be equally clear we will get through this we will defeat this pandemic into a nation waiting for action let me be clear stand this point help is on the way one of the new things in this administration's if you know the answer don't guess just say you don't know the answer yet familiar face returning to the white house briefing podium sidelined for many months stuck to antony she is a central figure in the new pandemic task group and he made clear reference to the difficulties he experienced as a scientist and the president there were things that were said. regarding things like a drug cyclone rick when another things like that that really was uncomfortable because

they were not based on scientific fact i can tell you i take no pleasure at all in being in a situation of contradicting the president the idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know what the evidence what the sciences know that's it let the science speak it is somewhat of a liberating feeling there's been shocked at how little planning had been put to to combating the pandemic but there has been no centralized federal strategy it's been left to governors and their states to plan and sometimes fund and pandemic measures administration officials say that when they are safe says for a pandemic plan there wasn't one. many members of congress are dismayed what did we learn this morning we learned this morning that the company ministration had no real plan for the production and distribution of the vaccine just another in a series. they're terrible in affective

approach to it from the start and americans are reeling from a startling statistic the country has 4 percent of the world's population but 25 percent of recorded coronavirus cases. before assuming office joe biden stood at the reflecting pool in memory of the 400000 americans who have died his message now sadly will be many more before the pandemic is brought under control. mike hanna washington while another break with the trumpet ministration the country's top infectious disease expert has announced the u.s. will reengage with the world health organization donald trump informed the agency he planned to pull the u.s. out but dr anthony fauci says that will not happen he says the u.s. will continue funding the agency and join the global effort to make vaccines

available to everyone or as gaston is the o'neill professor of global health law at georgetown university he says a national and unified plan is what's needed to combat the pandemic. it's so heartening to hear that we're rejoining the community of nations by rejoining the world health organization that we're going to lead in science and that there's actually going to be and it is a federal plan is not going to just be a free for all. at the state and local government without any funding any planning or any coordination so i feel like we are in a position now where the roll ups event in the room. and we've got a strategy and we're going to follow it and it will be a long time but i do believe we'll get to the end and i think we can do a lot better just to give you an example we already in the united states on some

day yesterday for example we vaccinated a 1000000 people we can do better with the new administration and i think we can double even triple that amount this is not a goal there audacious it's very much doable but having said that actually do support the president biden because we saw over and over and over again with donald trump that he would overlook promise in early july ever i think it's really refreshing that we have a new president and president biden who will under promise and over deliver and i certainly hope that he does over deliver on the vaccine front. their opinion is planning to put in place tighter travel restrictions in the block's co that hot spots will be labeled dark red séance and travelers from that will have to get tested and undergo quarantine pan commission present us of wonderland says

nonessential travel must be strongly discouraged the sat behind it is that we understand once again that we are one epidemic a logical zone and not divided in different member states where we have different situations and we will. only contain the virus if we have targeted measures and not unnecessary measures like a blanket closure of borders which would severely hurt our economy but not very much restrict the virus well the netherlands is imposing its 1st curfew since world war 2 parliament approved a measure to try to stop the spread of a more contagious variant of corona virus on wednesday a ban flights from britain south africa and south america mutations are believed to be widespread and france could be heading to another lockdown of cases there continue to rise health officials are also worried about the potential spread of the more contagious variants of the virus they're recommending people wear surgical

masks instead of the fabric face coverings. japan's government has denied reports it's considering canceling the tokyo lympics the games had already been delayed by a year and now a state of emergency is in place in the capital because of a record number of covert cases the times newspaper has said the japanese government has privately concluded the games would need to be scrapped. is live for us now in tokyo so much speculation over these games that he was is the government saying. will the government has been very very short about very fast in denying this latest report about the possibility of cancelling took you in because i missed that mentioned in the parliament so it is attending that letter a station. that he mentioned there is still a very committed to osce thing that really makes his top spokesperson as

spokesperson it's because not because of the government's spokesperson he went on to say that everything came inside their report is that there is no truth in the report. that has been said collated about the hinting that and high altricial in the liberal democratic party the ruling party in japan say that they are. considering counseling counseling that limbic games so this fast and reaction shows you like how sensitive the issue is for your parent because actually almost 80 percent of the people according to local surveys. with gun sitting or delaying the games the government has been for think i'm the best think so much the game's on they don't want anything to do said in this mindset as if i want messages have been put in place all being put in place to assure people that the games will be safe. exactly this

is the important questions but the question that everyone is asking. when it's officials how can they get and see that it would be successful and. safe as they have been saying all the fine we're hearing now that the committee the special committee inside the liberal democratic party is considering several procedures or several levels of receivers to be implemented during the olympics one of those is to hold some of the games without spectators the other one is to reduce the number to a certain degree on the other that little would be to. to allow certain numbers of spectators that in the games but with a precondition of having the coronavirus vaccine so many procedures are going to be implemented but that would be a bigger challenge groups that they think. they're increasing number of the pictures in japan and also the emergency situation that. should be lifted in the

7th or next month but some say that it could be delayed for even longer time ok fadi salamat many thanks for bringing us the very latest there from take it. about other news and eisel has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the iraqi capital baghdad on thursday which killed at least 32 people more than 100 others were injured in the blasts a market in baghdad's tire on square iraq's prime minister reshuffled several top security officials following the attack which was the west in 3 yeah is that is all of unsolved on the u.s. national security council under presidents bush and obama and his senior fellow at the future of war project for the new america think tank he joins us from remington in the genic good to have you with us what sign is this that eisel has regrouped has gained strength and must be considered

a significant threat. i think it's much too early to say that now obviously for the victims this is a serious threat and there were dozens of people killed them as you said over 100 wounded so this was a very serious one to attack inside baghdad that said this is one data point and one data point is not a trend we don't know if this is the resurgence of beisel that's certainly possible or if this is all that i saw happen and they burned all their resources in generating this want to attack. you hate to say we need to wait and see but we really do need to wait and see if this is a trend or just a one off that they were able to make happen because it is a significant step up from the attacks that we've been seeing over the past year in iraq so make no mistake this is a you know several levels higher * than we've seen this is the most serious attack

in several years the general consensus was that isis networks in baghdad were fairly degraded so i'm sure they'll be a lot of looking at what happened you know after several years had the security forces just let some of their precautions relax or had they change the calculus has the recent withdrawal of several 100 more american troops cause some gaps did something else cause some gaps i'm sure they'll be hard looks inside to see what exactly yet contributed to this security breach perhaps insulting that the iraqi government missing a reshuffle already many iraqis are saying it's a failure. well any time you have an attack like this it's a failure that said i'm sure that you know all the successes in blocking attacks don't go unnoticed but yes it's a failure and the prime minister is assigning blame and relieving officials but it

think it's much more important to get the systemic causes of what's happening here rather than just firing some commanders and so was all of a systemic causes. i think we don't there needs to be an investigation could be any of the things i listed earlier it could be just a real out of the security procedures after years of no attacks it could have something to do with the withdrawal of more coalition forces we just don't know and they're going to have to do a hard look and you think that by the administration should be looking at iraq differently now should it continue the withdrawal or should it be taking a different approach. i don't think there was much talk of war withdrawal i think we are at a steady state although the the number of u.s. forces and their missions is continually negotiated with the iraqi government and the real danger for the brand new bided ministration is in some ways this is in

their comfort zone most of the bible in ministration left in late 2016 or early 2017 when these people left government eisel still held mosul in some ways this is the news that they're used to hearing from 40 years ago so in some ways this may pull them back into their comfort zone and hide the fact that so many other things are real problems in iraq dysfunctional government you know i con a me that can't sustain endemic corruption it's very powerful substate actors all these months to my mind much more important problems in iraq could be over a lot if this cause of the by did ministration to go back to their comfort zone of fighting i still have very and cindy douglas ollivant thanks for taking the time to join us there from virginia my pleasure. still ahead on al-jazeera a play for help from the u.n. envoy central african republic capital is besieged by rebels. and left

out in the cold days of serve until rancho rain leave thousands of syrian refugees without shelter. because some of the wet weather pushing into the southeast of the u.s. at the moment and some wintry weather pushing across central parts of canada with this area of low pressure just easing across ontario into quick back a little push its way which was a canadian maritimes now inauguration day whether to stay in they say it was fine and that's when she flies but nothing much to speak of similar pictures to go on through friday the winds if anything to back having said that let me go with the last of the snow just pushing away from that eastern side of canada come friday still some bits and pieces of rain around the panhandle let's look further west

where the rain is rather more welcome we'll see some wet weather and some wintry weather coming in across california still quite a brisk wind here but it is not of simply coldest of that will help with the fires that do continue to burn in one of 2 places we have got snow coming back in across the rockies the southern rock is saying if they're all scattering pushing across the northern plains by the time we come to sassed a bit dry and bright bright and breezy clouds and shades whether they're around the eastern seaboard as we make our way into the weekend trying to get parts of the caribbean as well ia western side of the region will still see some showers just coming into honduras guatemala easing up to will see it to tom potentially a scattering of showers across the yard as well for the most part is fine. we'll get to do. from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes . so you can relax enjoy the break in your journey.

and when you leave with a smile we know our days work is done. welcome to our. hello again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president joe biden has an out sweeping measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic that included an expansion of his last marriage wearing mandates to include airports and some public transport international travelers will also be required to

pour in tea when they arrive in the u.s. . japan has denied reports it is considering canceling the take your olympics times newspaper says the government has privately concluded the games would need to be called off because of the pandemic. and deisel has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the iraqi capital on 1st day that killed at least 32 people and injured more than 100 others iraq's prime minister reshuffle several top security officials following the attack the worst in 3 is. the top republican in the u.s. senate wants former president donald trump's impeachment to be delayed until mid february mitch mcconnell said this would give trump 2 weeks to get ready for the proceedings once the charges presented speaker nancy pelosi has rejected demands to drop the proceedings was impeached just days before the end of his term accused of inciting a riot a capitol hill that left 5 people dead you don't

say to a president do whatever you want in the last months of your latest ration you're going to get a jet you get out of jail card free because because people think we should make nice nice and forget the people died here on january 6th that the attempt to undermine our election to undermine our democracy to dishonor our constitution no i don't see that at all i think that would be harmful to unity. correspondent shihab rattansi has more from the capsule hello. well when nancy pelosi sends the article of impeachment to the senate the rules say that the trial should begin at 1 pm the following day unless it's a sunday and then the trial will continue monday to saturday every week until it

until it ends. the sense that we got from from nancy pelosi and the reports we've had previously all that the that the wrangling over the format of the trial is still underway in the senate questions like who should. over the trial should it be the chief justice of the supreme court if it's a former president for example at what how long the trial should take what sort of evidence should be presented should there be with this is involved can the senate and the house conduct alleged of business in the mornings and the evenings and have the trial in the afternoon clearly joe biden has a big legislative agenda he also wants to get his cabinet nominees confirmed so will that be done in or around the impeachment these are some of the details in addition we're actually getting reports of some pretty serious roadblocks ahead for the senate because mitch mcconnell the that the outgoing senate majority leader and chuck schumer be the incoming majority leader i still tussling over the rules of

the senate that may actually lead to delays as as well so there are a lot of a lot of problems right now in the senate according to according to reports we're getting between mcconnell and schumer the rules moving ahead but what was interesting about what police he said was there's that sense that this could be done rather expeditiously once the trial begins because unlike the 1st trial which needed witnesses and documentation those who up are citing of the trial those in congress were eyewitnesses to what happened on john ritter 6 there isn't the need for all that ever dent tree evidently documentation of what happened on that day and we did actually hear there was some talk of maybe having a 3 day trial some agreement coalescing around that i was 11 possibility but there is that sense when it does happen there is a desire on both sides to get it over with as quickly as possible. a 15 day state of emergency has begun in central african republic in an attempt to stop rebel attacks a new alliance of armed groups the coalition of patriots for change is trying to get rid of president. darragh welcome webb has the latest from the capsule bunky

a coalition of armed groups controls about 2 thirds of the central african republic territory and in it to most of the country's gold and diamond mines they're also not far from where we are here in the capital bore me they've been threatening to attack it they did attack it last week but they were 4th off by forces along with the government that includes the national army un peacekeepers but the most effective fighters are russian mercenaries and rwandan troops now the forces aligned with the government complain that it's not a fair fight because of the arms embargo they say they adhere to it but they say that their enemy the armed groups do not know they say that means the armed groups much heavier higher caliber weapons and rockets they have to fight against the communications minister we spoke to him a couple of days ago even said he thinks those armed groups are getting support and weaponry from other countries in the region and possibly even from some european

countries as well. the united nations envoy to the central african republic has appealed to the security council to increase its peacekeeping operations to un peacekeepers were killed on monday during an attack with more than $11000.00 un soldiers stationed in ca are it's already one of the largest and costliest u.n. operations in the world. you need a strategy to manage the mandate a substantial increase of uniformed troops in the missions of the police and the penal administration must be strengthened we must have greater mobility this is because of the increased ambushes by c.p.c. fighters led to 7 deaths amongst the blue helmets. cooperation will need to be prolonged for several months and as many people as possible could come from the integrated mission of south sudan torrential rain has caused widespread flooding at refugee camps in syria left thousands of internally displaced people in their lives

without shelter others have been forced to stay inside flooded tents and. reports the conditions there are increasing the risks of covert 19. the aftermath of 4 days of torrential rain and snow thousands of people displaced by war are trapped in this camp and many have nowhere to go they do their best to clear their living spaces mata pushed up to the side the tents offer some protection from the water the rains came in the middle of the night forcing people out of their homes into the bitter winter cold on tuesday one boy was killed after the brick wall built around his tent collapsed on top of him. thousands of families have lost their shelters and more rain has been forecast most every year we're having the situation where a constant actual rains flooding the area because the roads are closed even for

those who are on the ground who are trying to reach these families with assistance it's hard to get what we know so far is that at least 21900. further north along syria's border with turkey a freezing blanket of snow and weeks of rain maker unsteady ground in this refugee camp conditions here are already tough but covered 1000 is adding to the misery. was a cold weather seeps into the tents it comes from the floor we are trapped between 2 things cold weather and winter and at the same time of the coronavirus we are trapped between 2 fires we cannot isolate for corona virus and we cannot protect ourselves from cold weather this heater does not help families here have no choice but to creep inside the tends to keep away from the freezing temperatures outside. but living in such close proximity could also make them vulnerable to the virus or

. conditions are very hard here especially in winter where can we hide from the call where can we hide from the coronavirus there infections here and tents are not isolated many people are unprepared for the treacherous conditions and some don't even have shoes to wear. out. rescuers in china are drilling new shafts into a gold mine hoping to reach workers who've been trapped for almost 12 days they've been stuck deep below ground since an explosion in the mine in the major goal producing region of shandong rescuers have been in contact with the 11 workers but the fate of 10 others remains uncertain at least one miner has died from his injuries fishermen in the philippines are angry over government plans to import thousands of tons of fish many lost jobs when the taal volcano erupted last year and the coronavirus is added to their problems tomorrow and they're going reports

from province. fishing has long been main source of income for many families in towns surrounding the towel volcano on the island of luzon at least 50 kilometers south of the capital manila but most of the fish beds were destroyed by falling as when the volcano erupted in january thousands of fishermen lost their jobs including says circling neeson was spent most of his life working in fish pens own bodies. the lockdown imposed by the philippine government to prevent the spread of coronaviruses means recovery has been much slower than it might otherwise have been but fishermen say the situation is getting better and that's why the government's plans to import fish is upsetting many here not all anonymous they are getting more fish know and they're earning again we don't need more imports what we need is government support fisherman here tell us they're

still struggling financially but months after that to our volcano eruption they say their harvest are now back to normal industry or again ization scarlet an artificial shortage and say there are enough local stocks even joining to 3 months closed a fishing season it's estimated more than $30000.00 metric tons will be imported and there are fears that prices of local fish may drop significantly but the government says those who earn a living from fishing shouldn't worry. said we're going day sean. that their unborn i mean we will give those that increase the. country species. in day and there will be no need 'd for the importation of what we are doing right now to take care of our musical what was a war with you but it was the most important goal that i know that all the fish

that we need are more important now that. although we need fishing has long been seen as the solution to the country's problems the government says it wants filipino fisherman to be able to compete fairly with those from other countries but those who work you see the government does often resorted to imports in the past and these remain a stop gap solution gemelli dog and al jazeera to its profits northern philippines . so what you're out there these are all top stories new president joe biden has announced sweeping measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic they include an expansion of his mosque where a mandate to include airports and some public transport international travelers will also be.