out of the sample ballot on the love we are the one traveling the extra mile where are the media don't go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. a 2nd impeachment trial for donald trump the u.s. senate formally begins the process that could bar him from ever holding office again. donald drawn from engaged in a high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government to be united states. and kim burrell this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a delay in vaccine production has europe demanding action from drug maker astra

zeneca. and a plea for help from his covert 900 sweeps through a camp for asylum seekers in the u.k. . members of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered their article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate he's been charged with inciting an insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th the former president's 2nd to big trial will begin in the senate in february a conviction would require the support of 17 republican senators the lead impeachment manager from the house of representatives said trump should never be allowed to hold public office again. in all this president trump gravely endangered the security of the united states and its institutions of government he threaten the integrity of the democratic system interfered with the peaceful

transition of power and imperil co-equal branch of government he thereby betrayed his trust as president to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. well how does your cast is at the capitol for us to just walk us through the next steps the trial doesn't get underway until february the 9th out of the leave why is the us. well the next 2 weeks is going to be more of the ceremonial elements of the pre trial if you will starting with tomorrow when all 100 u.s. senators will be sworn in as the jurors serving in this impeachment trial and another reason for this delay is actually a deal worked out between the 2 parties in the senate where republican minority leader mitch mcconnell wanted to give former president trump's legal team some time to come up with their legal brief in his defense and the democrats led by chuck

schumer and supported by president biden wanted the senate to focus on finishing the senate confirmation hearings of cabinet secretaries as well as potentially taking up biden's covert plan so i worked in both parties favor to push back this inch impeachment trial by 2 weeks and the week of february 8th is now when we expect the arguments to unfold it will be interesting to see what happens from there there's still much unknown as far as whether witnesses will be called what sort of evidence may be presented all of which would dictate how long this trial lasts if you'll recall trumps 1st impeachment trial lasted $21.00 days and it appears that many parties are wanting this impeachment trial to be much shorter so what's the likelihood then the that the democrats will actually get the live all of

republican support that they need in the senate for a conviction. well it appears that as the january 6th riot fades further into memory more and more republicans are leaning away from conviction you could probably count on one hand the number of senate republicans who have indicated they're even willing to consider a conviction and you would need 17 of them to cross the aisle and vote with all 50 democrats in order to convict so the numbers certainly are not in the favor of conviction here the arguments being posited by republicans in trump's defense being that he would be the 1st former u.s. president who is going through an impeachment trial some say that is unconstitutional though constitutional scholars argue otherwise the other argument be that this impeachment trial will only serve to further divide the nation democrats saying it's still important to hold former president accountable before

there can be a step toward true unity cam. time as your caster there live for us the capitol hill let's bring in phillip bulbous he is a professor of federal jurisprudence columbia law school and co-author of impeachment a handbook he joins us by skype from austin texas thank you for your time sir we've had conflicting reports as our correspondent there mentioned about whether legally speaking former presidents can even be convicted in this way what's your take. is that that they cannot. section 4 which for which the standard of the law to be applied in this situation says the president vice president and all the officers. shall be removed from office on a peach not for a conviction of treason bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors how that

means is that the congress has the power of impeachment over the civil officers of the united states including a president vice president but a former president someone no longer in office is not a civil officer full stop so i'm very skeptical that there is legal authority for this so what does that mean going forward i mean this is being delivered now to the senate the article of impeachment has delivered been delivered the trial will get underway on february 9th does that mean that later down the track one could argue donald trump's team could argue that this shouldn't even go ahead. or yes i think it will surely do that if there were a conviction which as your correspondent implied is. doesn't seem likely at this point. the president not removed because he is no longer president and can't be removed and if the senate then voted by a simple majority to prevent him from holding future office i think it would be

challenged in the courts on just the basis that i suggested how will this trial in the senate defer from the last one in terms of witnesses and in terms of evidence i mean incitement to insurrection is a very different accusation to abuse of power and obstruction of cong. last time president trump was impeached the majority leader was senator mcconnell a republican he was very anxious to protect the president's reputation and he ensured that there were no fact witnesses 'd all the witnesses that might have tied the president to the. attempt to bribe presidents alinsky by getting him to give information and unfavorable to senator biden or to his son. were just simply swept away they were never allowed to present testimony that would happen this time senator mcconnell won't be the majority leader that will be

democrat senator schumer and i think you'll see a long list of fact witnesses who will come before the senate to show a pattern of incitement that didn't get the 6 the january but to get many weeks even months before as the president tried to discredit the electoral process. some republicans that this trial even going ahead would. simply add to the division in the country what do you. i think the country. as opposed to its political. cultural. leaders and the country itself perhaps is not as divided as the polls would lead you to think i think the country wants unity the country i think is exhausted by this warfare between. parties and between various leaders and i think that with

president trouble out of the white house there's every hope that someone like president biden will be able to unify the country it's a person completely different temperament and character. certainly is thank you for your analysis of your time philip bobbitt there professor of federal jurisprudence at columbia law school. the u.s. senate has confirmed janet yellen as treasury secretary the 1st woman to hold the position said it has voted $84.00 to $15.00 in her favor she is also the 1st person to hold the top 3 economic jobs in the u.s. government yellen was chair of the federal reserve in the obama administration and white house council of economic advisors under bill clinton. and the senate foreign relations committee has also confirmed anthony blinken as u.s. secretary of state paving the way for a full senate vote during his confirmation hearing blinken said he'll order a review of the decision to designate yemen's who the rebels as

a terror group he said he'll also build on the u.s. brokered normalization deals between israel and arab countries. u.s. pharmaceutical company says it's covert 19 vaccine appears to work against new coronavirus variants the early findings showed success against the variant 1st to take did in the u.k. but the vaccine is less effective against the south african one health experts concerned about mutations of the virus that appeared to be spreading faster and maybe deadly and gallacher has more. as the fight to contain a global pandemic continues several new variants of the coded $1000.00 virus spreading early research suggests these so-called mutations are more infectious and potentially deadly is one variant 1st discovered in the u.k. and another in south africa and now the focus of madonna's efforts to develop a booster injection the company says its original vaccine does fight the u.k. variant of the virus but there are questions about the mutated strain discovered in

south africa i'm hearing reports that there may be some concern about the south african variant there's action in the ability of the vaccine to neutralize the virus so i'm hearing a 6 fold reduction we'll see if that's in firm. that is some concern but it still will likely cross protect out of an abundance of caution madonna says it's now working on an alternative version of its vaccine the company says its original vaccine does give antibodies above levels that are expected to be protective against a south african variant but it's a sign of the shape shifting nature of the virus dr anthony felt she says the entire medical community needs to adapt so even though right now the vaccines seem to be able to work against them we need to be prepared to upgrade in maybe even as a boost lead iran or as a by scene there goes against both the world and the mutants in

a bid to contain the variants the bargain of ministration is reimposed a travel ban on non us citizens the ban will prohibit travelers from the u.k. ireland and 26 nations in europe as well as brazil and south africa with the pandemic worsening and more contagions variant contagious variants spreading this isn't the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel and in light of the contagious variant the 1351 south africa has been added to the restricted lest from tuesday other international travelers to the u.s. must test negative for covert 19 before boarding their flight as the covered 19 virus continues to mutate companies like madonna say it's vital they stay proactive in the fight against the pandemic the company and others say their original vaccines do provide protection but they want to make sure people get updated vaccines before things potentially get worse gallacher al-jazeera miami florida.

earlier u.s. president joe biden said he might be able to improve on his 100 day goal of delivering 100000000 vaccination shots for covert 90. i'm quite confident that we will be in a position within the next 3 weeks or showed to be vaccinating people at the range of of of a 1000000 a day or and excess of that that is my high promise that we would get least i. am 100000000 vaccinations that's not people because sometimes you need more than one shot the vaccination but 800800 1000000 shots in people's arms of the vaccine i think with the grace of god the good will neighbor the crick not rising as they're all saying goes i think we may be able to get that 215-0001 point 5000000 a day rather than 1000000 a day but we have to meet that goal of

a 1000000 a day. still ahead on al jazeera vietnam's biggest can this go event the communist party needs to shape policy for the next 5 years. and the $1000000000.00 of us in the back seat it's made russia's presentation a rare public denial. it's time for the perfect gentleman who went sponsored plan qatar airways well it's about to rain significantly in south korea and southern japan and the remaining snow will probably melt fairly rapidly there's a flood risk from that but this is all moving eastwards and the real cold air that's driving it properly as a system is still a long way knowles in the siberian arctic temperatures are dropping back down again hoping and in beijing that cold wind will be noticeable but the sun's out in japan which the rain is going through that's looking quite nice not so sunny in

a good part of central and southern china of outbreaks of light rain quite possible but there's a bit of a gap beyond that where it's fairly quiet weather not many showers a full cost in the philippines most of southeast asia to. to get to indonesia where there's quite a concentration which is of its heaviest probably through java and east coast west papua occasion up in borneo as well and sort of ways and the rubbish davey showers mistily in sumatra but quite not quite as heavy as they were nor the quite as many showers in sri lanka as they could be just want to in the breeze once are showing up in the east of india but most cases it's quiet and for some to cold the cold wave is back again so most of northern india new delhi is forecast doesn't give any promise the fall comes back quite happily on tuesday last throughout extends down to bangladesh. sponsored paul qatar airways. al-jazeera world takes a road trip across spain spanish people enough to tell you they are on the way they

come from and i am no exception. one woman's journey seeking her heritage i don't come bringing new insights into christy in spite of missing a mortgage and it's a story that seems to have been airbrushed from history. in search of moderates on al-jazeera. more. or. your challenges are a reminder of our top stories this hour of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered their article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate he's been charged with insider going to

insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th conviction would require this would require the support rather of 17 republican senators. the u.s. senate has confirmed janet yellen as treasury secretary the 1st woman to hold the position senate has voted 84 to 15 to confirm yellen she's also the 1st person to hold the top 3 economic jobs in the u.s. government. president joe biden says he might be able to improve on his 100 day goal of administering 100000000000 vaccination shots against covert 90 biden said it's likely 1000000 or more shots a day will be delivered to in about 3 weeks. as governments around the world try to secure supplies of covert 19 vaccines the ability to produce them and how useful they will be is coming into question the e.u. has reacted angrily after the british drug firm astra zeneca said it would not be able to meet supply targets both israeli and thailand have also been warned of the

legs used joint vaccination program has already been criticised as a number of people receiving a jab remains low last friday the company astra zeneca surprisingly informed the commission and the european union member states that it did chance to supply conservatively fewer doses in the coming weeks than agreed and announced this new schedule is not acceptable to the european union that is why i wrote a letter to the company at the weekend in which i asked important and serious questions. the european union has preferred timeouts the development of the vaccine and its production and wants to see the return of the british prime minister is considering hotel quarantine for anyone arriving in the country to stop the spread of new strains the u.k.'s been under strict measures since last month and

a bid to curb the impacts of the new variant we're looking at the data as it comes in looking at the rates of infection this is you know. the j c b r group 24 going to be vaccinated by the 15th of february before then we'll be looking at potential of relaxing some measures but don't forget that these countries made huge progress in reducing infection i don't think people want to see another big surge in infection. but there has been more positive news from the drug company but it says it's vaccine protects against the british variant and has a booster shot to help tackle the south african strain and their affairs at a health crisis is unfolding at a former military barracks filled with hundreds of asylum seekers in the u.k. or that a quarter of residents there have tested positive for corona virus many say it's impossible to socially distance john howard travelled to the site and can't speak to some of those inside. they've survived oppression poverty and war but for many

the worst part of escaping has been arriving in great britain what is life like in this. widely back last week when how did you have got all of this 130 yes i. was lucky if everybody everybody this is not a lot of a little. bit 19 is the latest hardship they face a recent outbreak has infected more than a quarter of the $400.00 asylum seekers housed at this former military barracks behind the curtain a man who has tested positive this is what passes for isolation and social distancing in a statement the government blamed residents themselves for failing to take proper precautions in response they addressed an open letter to all british citizens when we are becoming more and more mentally vulnerable and physically ill due to the

coded outbreak ministers are intentionally ignoring us and trying their best to cover up the disaster in this army camp. i spoke to the man who wrote the letter signed by 200 of his fellow residents he wanted to remain anonymous. i want to live. for you. oh like many who've been here at napier barracks for months denied access to legal assistance and with no idea how long their claims for asylum might take accommodation is derelict there's little access to medical or mental health care one for 400 people there been suicide attempts and hunger strikes in protest at the way they're being treated and it's alleged that start from the private company

appointed by the government to manage this and other facilities like it over want the refugees that if they speak out in any way they'll risk jeopardizing their asylum claims we've got 4 principles of schools aerospace engineers barbers. internationally recognised chefs and athletes and chip chip to find yourself somewhere like this surrounded by barbed wire fencing when you think this this is the country that you are going to to make your life and contribute to society but this society is putting you in a camp like this and leaving you there in invade with no answer to your asylum claim they came hoping for something better they can't have imagined this i don't know how al-jazeera can't business and political leaders from all of the globe they're taking part in this year's world economic forum in davos top of the agenda is of course the pandemic and the economic fallout triggered by the crisis oxfam

released a report to coincide with the meeting revealing growing inequality across the world it's on billionaires had increased their wealth in the last year and nearly 4 trillion dollars. in his opening remarks china's president xi jinping expressed hope that the global community will wage a collective battle against kovac 19. the past year was marked by the sudden onslaught of the kobe 1000 pandemic global public health faced a severe threat the world economy was pulled into a deep recession humanity encountered crises rarely seen in history we also bore witness to the enormous result from the courage of people around the world guided by science reason and a humanitarian spirit we've achieved some progress in battling the deadly virus but the pendennis far from over the recent resurgence in cases reminds us that we must carry on we remain convinced that winter cannot stop the arrival of spring and darkness can never shroud the light of dawn there is no doubt that humanity will

prevail over the virus and emerge even stronger from this disaster the new us special climate envoy says his country is back to taking a leading role in fighting climate change john kerry was one of the would be this address in a virtual summit hosted by the netherlands on how to adapt to a warming planet u.s. president joe biden agreed last week to return to the 2015 paris climate of course we have a president now god who really knows the truth and you see used by this issue and president biden knows that we have to mobilize an unprecedented way to meet a challenge that is fast exhilarating so we're proud to be back we come back i want you to know if you're really the absence of the last 4 years and we'll do everything in our power to make up for ugandan security forces the still surrounding the home of the country's most powerful opposition leader after a court ordered them to leave the high court directed the police and the military

to leave the ones residence he's been under house arrest since uganda's presidential election on the 14th of january president 70 was declared the winner with 58 percent of the vote but the opposition has accused the government of rigging the results. unfortunately 6 hours later now the military and police are still surrounding our home i mean the b.s.t. looking our gates and they're not allowing it will be moved out or anybody journalists have been blocked from accessing us our party officers and other friends and even family have been blocked from coming to us it is us it is clear that you know mr binnie is continuously using the military and the police in your party's own mana to oprah's he's. all our human rights will continue to call upon the world leaders to hold you know a 72 hour count according to order to ensure that our rights are respected because

we are not invaded we don't you doing to use any violence but we are standing for what is moral what is right and what is just. a human rights commission launched by ethiopia's government says children as young as 11 are being detained in the west and gambell region along with dozens of ethnic to grains the military crackdown in november is believed to have led to thousands of people being killed and thousands more fleeing to sit down to safety the un is also warning of growing reports of sexual violence in tinkering russian president vladimir putin has condemned protests demanding the release of opposition leader alexina valley describing them as dangerous and illegal police detained more than 3 and a half 1000 people across russia during saturday's demonstrations tens of thousands defied extreme cold and police warnings to call from the valleys release from jail he was held when he returned from germany to meanwhile a video posted by novell may has forced that of

a person in 2 of rare and denial the valley claimed that the president owns this lavish palace on the black sea its investigation team says the palace was built for putin through an elaborate corruption scheme. so it's a good thing for months it was the information about this palace has been discussed for more than 10 years but now that the opposition has gotten this opportunity they've compiled everything and decided to brainwash our people with this information italian prime minister just to pick on day is expected to resign in the hopes that he'll be able to form a new government his office says it will submit his resignation on tuesday constantly content reportedly hopes president sergio method will then give him a mandate to form a new coalition the prime minister lost his absolute majority in the senate last week when a junior party quit over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. thousands of yemenis are protesting against the trump administration's decision to designate who the rebels as

a foreign terrorist organization protesters have been rallying in the capital sama and other who the control provinces the current biden administration is reviewing the designation. the it numbs ruling communist party is meeting to select its new leaders that will determine the country's policies for the next 5 years the southeast asian nation is one of the few remaining single policy states florence though it has more. minister party congress is arguably the country's biggest political event held over 9 days and mostly behind closed doors delegates will elect 200 candidates into a central committee that committee will then vote in politburo members who intend nominate for top jobs including party chief the main candidates for the new positions are said to be widely known but in december the government imposed an official ban on such discussions to discourage potentially critical debate they're

extraordinarily sensitive because this is a one party state where is the payback where is the soap confirming a blow to the people public opinion polls editorials in the newspapers even opposition they have and so extreme party feels extremely sensitive rights groups say the government has intensified a crackdown on critics prior to the congress vietnam consistently ranks in the bottom 10 in the world press freedom index compiled by reporters without borders political watchers say they don't expect much to change the main focus for the country for the next 5 years would still be trying to keep understandable rate of economic growth and maintains all sorts they believe he is specially made the comment make foreign policy by the past 5 years are the main challenge to trying to keep balance between china and the us army is a very increasingly hostile environment in the south china sea vietnam and china

are locked in a territorial dispute in the south china sea and have had several standoffs that the u.s. meanwhile has been seeking to counter the china's rising influence in the region party delegates will need to choose new leaders who can navigate those tensions along with the country's response to the coronavirus vietnam has been successful in containing it so far with strict quarantine and extensive testing and tracing but like the rest of the world its economy has suffered growth has slowed to its lowest level in more than 30 years but is on track to recover and the party's new leaders will need to make sure that happens florence italy al-jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories members of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered their article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate he.