you watch to see relief streamline on you tube channel. plus thousands of our programs will be documentaries and. subscribe to you choose would slosh al-jazeera english. the way. u.s. president joe biden promises to act decisively and boldly to help those hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. tomorrow i maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program. the senate will conduct a trial of the impeachment of donald trump. top democrats push ahead with the trial of the former president over his involvement in the attack on the capitol building

. person says britain's prime minister is saying that the new variant of the corona virus discovered in the country could prove more deadly than the previous strain. the games must go on japan dismisses talk of canceling the olympics and says they'll be a symbol the world has overcome the coronavirus. a welcome to the program out top story u.s. president joe biden has targeted the economy on his 2nd full day in office signing a series of executive orders at the white house he warned that the u.s. economic crisis was deepening he said that the government needed to act decisively and boldly now to help americans who have seen their paychecks reduced and are in his words barely hanging on. folks who were able to still keep their job many have

seen their paychecks reduced and they're barely hanging on and wondering what's next sometimes the anxiety about what's going to happen next is more consequential than what actually happened but this is happening today in america and this cannot be who we are as a country these are not the values of our nation we can not will not let people go hungry we cannot let people be evicted because of them nothing they did themselves they cannot watch people lose their jobs and we have to act we have to act now is not just to meet the moral obligation to treat our fellow americans with the dignity respect they deserve this is an economic imperative or growing economic consensus that we must act decisively and boldly to grow the economy for all americans not just for tomorrow but in the future let's cross to john hendren has

been following these developments what tell us more about the contents of these executive orders and what it reveals about the biden ministrations plan to tackle the economic crisis. well merriam what president joe biden really wants is for congress to pass comprehensive a $1.00 trillion dollar economic rescue program that sitting on capitol hill but republicans are balking at that price tag so we doing what he can and that's very limited the constitution only lets the president take certain sort of baby steps all by him self and in this case what he's doing is signing 2 executive orders that require workers who are working under federal contracts to receive $15.00 an hour and that's something he says he wants to extend to the entire u.s. population eventually but for now through executive order he's doing this for

federal workers and then he's increasing food assistance through the department of agriculture it's not a lot of money about $100.00 over 2 months but it's something he can do now and it's something he can do on his own and it sets the direction for this administration and lets capitol hill and people throughout the country know what his priorities are those are of course to tackle the kovi epidemic itself and then secondly to tackle the economic impact of it and that is vital right now if you walk down the street you see about one out of 4 restaurants going out of business the president will continue to negotiate on capitol hill with the republicans especially in the senate who oppose the massive economic relief that he wants but meanwhile he's going to do what he can because that could take time and time is something that he really doesn't have the luxury of exercising meanwhile president biden also beginning to assemble his cabinet announcing his new defense secretary

why is the choice of lloyd austin to be the pentagon so significant. well this is part of joe biden's promise that he would have the most diverse administration ever and austin is the 1st black secretary defense in u.s. history that's particularly important in the defense department because 42 percent of the armed forces are people of color and right now of the $41.00 general officers that generals and admirals only 2 are black and so this sets the direction for the defense department it's a it follows a similar pattern that we had here in the national football league where a lot of the players were black or they weren't in management will joe biden is trying to get senior black people in management there in the pentagon and elsewhere and he started with a national security team on purpose he's got his director of national intelligence

admiral haynes has been approved and he's working on getting tony blinken the new secretary of state nominee approved as well and we are told that could happen as soon as today thank you with the latest from washington john hendren. development important element today a senate trial of donald trump could begin as soon as next week after the chambers top democrat revealed that the impeachment charges would be received on monday former president made history becoming the 1st to be impeached twice by the house of representatives is accused of inciting riots has to attack the capitol building on january 6th majority to chuck schumer will receive a fair trial but the support of at least 17 republicans would be needed in order to convict him it will be a full trial it will be a fair trial but make no mistake there will be a trial and when that trial ends senators will have to decide if they believe donald john donald don trump incited the erection insurrection against

the united states. this impeachment began with an unprecedented like fast and minimal process over into. this legal cannot be an insufficient senate process that denies former president trump his due process or damages the senate or the presidency itself. why do you have castro is it a capital joins us now it looks as though a trial is going to be underway soothe sooner than expected take us through the sequencing and the timeline how it's going to unfold. miriam we know the next step will be the article of impeachment will be transmitted on monday that is when you'll see those managers march that file containing the written article cross to the senate side they'll read it aloud the senators in their ceremonial positions will be tell will be told to maintain their silence on penalty

of imprisonment they'll hear that article and eventually they'll be sworn in as the $100.00 jurors to decide the guilt or innocence of president donald trump now during the former president i should say donald trump the current senate rules would say that on tuesday that's when these senators would have to start considering the article of impeachment however that could go out the window if the senate comes together on an agreement to change that timeline and just for some reference the 1st time that trump was impeached it was exactly one week from the time that the articles of impeachment were transmitted to when opening statements were made in his trial now we know from mitch mcconnell the top republican in the senate he has been pushing for the real substance of the trial to be delayed until mid february that's to give trump's legal team time to come up with their and

refine their defense it's notable that many of those a lister lawyers that defended trump the 1st time he was impeached they're no longer part of his team and it's also notable that president biden has declined to weigh in when he would like this trial to start on one hand there is a section of the democratic party that wants to push this through as quickly as possible demand accountability from trump and then there are others including biden himself that do not want to see his administration's agenda sacrificed or delayed because of the trial so perhaps we'll see the senate splitting. it's time between biden's agenda and the trial proceedings again at the starting at the very earliest on monday or tuesday of next week but more likely delayed for a few days with the senate majority leader chuck schumer promising a full and fair trial for trial. and in other developments the house intelligence

committee has requested the files into the investigation in to the murder of jamal khashoggi be made public what are the details on that right this is a letter written by adam schiff the chairman of the house intelligence committee and it is directed to the newly confirmed director of national intelligence averil haynes in it. asks haynes to declassify this report without any time any more time wasted this is a report that the u.s. government commission looking into the role of saudi arabia in the killing of 2018 of jamal khashoggi now had made a commitment during her hearing for confirmation that she would release this report and of course the cia has concluded that it was saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin so man who very likely directed the order for killing and that

conclusion was supported by an independent u.n. investigation despite that the trouble ministration never made the intelligence report or the conclusions public and in fact maintained a cozy relationship with saudi arabia and with the crown prince thanks very much from capitol hill heidi jocasta. now portugal is running out of beds in public and private hospitals after a record surge in corona virus cases schools were closed on friday for the 1st time since march and now remain shut for students to students for at least 2 more weeks 234 people died with the virus on friday a 5th day of record figures and then in germany the number of people who have died from the virus is now exceeded 50000 the chancellor angela merkel is defending a decision to extend the lockdown until the middle of february she says it would be

unwise to ease restrictions given virus mutations have been found in the country. or here the prime minister is saying that a coronavirus variant 1st found could be 1st found in the u.k. could be more deadly it was already known that the mutations spread more quickly but boris johnson insisted that vaccines were still effective against it we've been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly it also appears that there is some evidence that the new variant very that was 1st identified in london in the scythe east may be associated with a higher degree of mortality. a government minister in charge of britain's vaccine rollouts has coronavirus could go through unvaccinated communities like a fire is warning follows reports of hesitancy among some ethnic minorities to get a job which could derail the mass inoculation process if bach reports from london.

321 is the uk already selected their very this is where the battle against vaccine disinflation is being fought community by community this british muslim t.v. network in east london debates tackling some of the many myths that have taken root around the pandemic. whatever the myths whatever the false information out there that is not correct we all need to i mean obviously we are we are british muslims we are part of the society we need to make sure we get. in a recent british survey 42 percent of respondents from bangladeshi and pakistani communities so that they were all likely or very unlikely to be vaccinated and their figure rises to 72 percent of black and black british people meaning those people who are most at risk of contracting covert 19 and ending up in hospital or even dying of the virus and now at least likely to be vaccinated. it's

a growing concern for the british government that wants to offer a 1st dose to every adult in the country by september if the adult population of the rest of the countries vaccinated the virus will look for a place for it to infect a human for it to infect and if it infects meticulous communities because they happen to be unvaccinated it will absolutely go through the market and will be hugely damaging while the whole world is searching for a vaccine this is one of many fake news items distorting people's understanding of the virus and the vaccines it claims inhaling steam kills the virus specks it is. specks it is going to change your d.n.a. wild conspiracy theories a deepening public distrust of medical science leading to an angry protest by this man outside a muslim community center offering covert jobs with muslims or south asians it can

be aware that this article that scene where i'm going in the vaccine specifically for products which is of interest to the muslim community and then there's other types of myths which are all. viruses. work all the vaccine can cause infertility or it can fundamentally change your d.n.a. of course i'd like to order. all of these assholes there's no truth and. there's a sense of unease among some black londoners many a keen to be vaccinated but one man told us he thought there might be different vaccines for black and white people scared because these. covert hesitancy also extends to all true orthodox jewish communities again over fears the vaccine contains pork or is this controversial israeli rabbi popular or new cheap suggested over fears that alters people's sexual orientation conspiracy

theories exploited a lack of trust in the government and the health system that for some ethnic minorities appears to favor white people and the more affluent the challenge now lies in building trust in vaccines proven to protect us all the bark al-jazeera london's so bad for you on the program look at the delicate rescue mission to save trapped chinese gold miners it could be another 2 weeks before their lifted to safety and big tax big threat google accused of blackmail and bullying is it challenges new regulations. a tropical low that made landfall the satellite on 80 mile beach is inland now so

its contribution is going to be significant rain there will be some flooding is it runs down to is the great sandy desert now west of that person 27 degrees cool down but east of it is rather warming adelaide's it's 39 your notes and goes up to about 41 about how we get to sunday as some more rain there's not a lot now in queens in new south wales or even tasmania is looking quite a nice hobart's of 26 degrees now adelaide 41 is not seen in melbourne 32 on sunday you get heat come monday is being pushed eastwards it doesn't last it goes down to about 20 nothing by mid afternoon is when direction changes near back down to normal again or subnormal and the opposite is happening actually in the deep winter around japan temps come up to some degree which increases the avalanche risk and let some of the snow melt this rain like fall in the southern half home shoe and the line where rain turns to snow is about tokyo so we'll probably get some snow falling out and not lying on the ground most of china is fine not particularly cold

hong kong's back up to 20 some stows possible in the west for example. on counting the cost a trillion dollar man we take a look at president biden's plans to revive the pandemic economy and create millions of jobs plus can he man fences with america's traditional allies we talked to malta foreign minister for the view from the view. counting the cost on al-jazeera. part of the sample always on the long haul we are the world traveling the extra mile where all the media don't go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. with.

welcome back reminder of the headlines now u.s. president joe biden is targeting the economy on his 2nd full day in office he signed a series of executive orders orders earlier on designed to help those hardest hit by the pandemic meanwhile donald trump could go on trial in the u.s. senate as early as next week the chambers top democrat says the articles of impeachment against the former president will be delivered on monday. and are all the headline a new variant of the corona virus which is spreading globally could carry a high risk of death britain's prime minister says vaccines austin approving effective against it. well in other news we're following rescue is a saying that it could take at least another 2 weeks to free 21 gold miners trapped underground in eastern china the desperate attempt to save the workers buried after a blast 12 days ago has been further complicated by

a blockage which is delaying trailing efforts authorities say 10 of the men are alive 11 others though are unaccounted for adrian brown reports from hong kong. state television is giving prominent coverage to the rescue in a round the clock operation a giant drill is boring through granite to create a tunnel wide enough to bring up the miners trapped more than half a kilometer below it's become a race against time oxygen is limited because the main ventilation shaft is blocked by rubble there's also a risk of flooding an animation captures the drama of what happened. and the challenges that lie ahead rescue teams have already drilled several emergency shafts 6 days ago a handwritten note confirmed 12 of the miners were alive don't stop trying to reach us it implored they detach the paper to

a wire cable lowered from the surface the miners are receiving medical supplies and food just an attempt to the food in the quids of seem to them a rich in nutrients and a more necessary than eating meals it's too difficult for them to take in protein like meat as more time is needed for the digestive systems to recover a telephone connection has also been set up the mine was reportedly under construction when the blast happened but it was only reported 30 hours later the local communist party secretary and there has since been sacked the mine is owned by a private company registered here in hong kong but ultimately controlled by one of china's largest gold producers labor rights activists who can't operate in china say the media coverage of the accident has raised uncomfortable questions not just for the owners but also the authorities. previous accidents of exposed a cold hearted reality says one activist based in the united states sometimes the

companies don't even want to rescue the miners it's just too expensive for them but for this case they have to because of all the attention from the media it is almost 2 weeks since this latest accident and while rescuers are still hopeful of getting the man out alive state media is also warning the operation could last another 2 weeks adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong the central african republic has enforced a 15 day state of emergency in a bid to crack down on armed groups threatening the capital the head of the u.n. mission there says there is a grave risk of a security setback and has called on the security council to deploy more peacekeepers these new powers allow the military to detain suspects without a prosecutor's permission well now to thailand a crackdown on and to keep protesters is under way in the country the government is pursuing more than 50 cases under draconian laws to protect the royal family but

campaigners say it's time for reform is there scott highly reports now from bangkok . he's one of the most vocal critics of the thai establishment now protesting to put penguin to iraq is facing the consequences in court he's accused of insulting the monarchy under this country's strict majesté laws and he's not the only one dozens of anti-government demonstrators have been charged under this law in recent months. earlier this week a court handed down the longest prison sentence ever for less majesté 43 years to a woman in her sixty's proposed she made on social media 6 years ago. every time that this law is in force the monarchy loses its legitimacy it's uncivil to sentence to school and to 33 years it's a political move to threaten the us sorry to disappoint you but we're not afraid and i think i'll support us i'm not afraid i don't want to key is taking its own great putting shame on the south. the law also known as article 112 was sidelined

for about 3 years on orders of king maha watch the wrong corner. but it's been brought back since protesters started taking to the streets calling for the prime minister to resign a new constitution and reform within the powerful monarchy some thais agree with the law and say the monarchy needs to be protected. what is sun on sea by one tonic it has taken it upon herself to patrol the internet she says this week's 43 year less majesté sends was fair and hopes her work will lead to others being sent to prison i think she got what she deserved this is a sensitive time because people don't want to defame the institution just once they do it on line they do it in person like when they shouted and threw objects at the royal medicaid the steep increase in 112 cases is seen by some here as a desperate move by the authorities whose previous tactics failed to stem the movement that's demanding reform and it could backfire by bringing more 'd and more

aggressive to try. it will only make this situation it will in the political interns from bad to worse make this a days and mom i'll call it i it's nice as the highest authorities are building up a new ridge she all repression. and the potential for volatility will increase over the next few weeks as recently imposed covert 1000 restrictions are relaxed bringing the protesters back to the streets scotland al-jazeera bangkok. google has issued australia with an ultimatum drop plans to make it pay for content or it will block its search engine or about manly explains. google dominate the search engine markets around the globe handling about 90 percent of all internet queries but the tech giant may be about to switch off its services in australia that's of the country passes

a bill that would force it and facebook to pay for news content they feature that google says this will open it up to too much risk the principle of honor stricter linking between websites is fundamental to search and coupled with the unmanageable financial and operational risk if this version of the card were to become law it would give us no real choice but to stop making google search available in australia. ally of google is the inventor of the world wide web tim berners lee in a submission to parliament he says he supports the right for content creators to be rewarded for their work but in this way it would undermine the fundamental principles of the ability to think freely on the web. media giant facebook also says it will block users in australia from posting or sharing links to news if the bill is passed ideally what i'd like to see is platforms like google and facebook

paying a fair price for news content and this recognizing that this content is premium content that it gives a certain man. search results and social media feeds because news content has facts and accuracy and australia's prime minister how does a message for the tech firms. strive you mike's our rules for things you can do in a strike that's done in our power and it's done by a government. and that's how things work here in stride and people who want to work with that. you're very welcome but we don't respond to threats. it's not just australia that's targeting google the french competition authority has ordered the company to negotiate with french publishers and in the landmark agreement on thursday google is now paying news publications that could challenge

the power and dominance of tech giants and give governments assailed who gets paid . out as there are. japan's government is insisting the tokyo olympics will go ahead this year the games were delayed last year because of the corona virus and damage and the times newspaper in britain is saying officials have admitted it won't happen in 6 months time victoria gate and the report's. the olympic games with jewel to be held last year but were delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic now a rise in infections has forced the government to impose a state of emergency in tokyo and other parts of the country and that's raise questions about whether the summer games will be held in 6 months as planned newspaper reports that you pans government has privately concluded the games will have to be reshaped jeweled have been denied by the prime minister. regarding the tokyo games it will be a symbol of humanity overcoming the novel coronavirus and the chance to showcase

japan's reconstruction from the devastating northeastern earthquake and tsunami to the world we will be well prepared on the measures for the infection japan has spent $25000000000.00 preparing for the take lympics they stop which is public money but a recent poll shows 80 percent of japanese people don't want the games to go ahead this summer. even if japan was able to curb the coronavirus i don't think we can welcome athletes considering the current situation it should be cancelled the money we spend on the game should be used for anti virus measures and stated my. 80 percent i want the olympics to go ahead but the other 20 percent i wonder what would happen to japan if it was cancelled when i read it going through a lot. analytics has been cancelled only 5 times before in war time a final decision on whether to hold the games this year or not is expected in early spring i think the date to watch is march 25th that's when the charge really begins

for northern japan 4 months 10000 runners crossing the country arriving there will enjoy 23rd in tokyo it would seem absurd to start the torch relay and then have to have no olympics the international olympic committee make 75 percent of its income from selling broadcast rights of the olympics if is cancelled it could lose an estimated $2.00 to $3000000000.00. of revenue victoria gates and b. al-jazeera. a look at the headlines this hour now u.s. president joe biden is targeting the economy on a 2nd full day in office he signed executive orders which he says will help those hardest hit by the pandemic in total the incoming president is proposing a plan with nearly 2 trillion dollars to help the economy get back on.