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case is based on cold hard facts it's all about the facts and president trump has sent his lawyers here today to try to stop the senate from hearing the facts of this case they want to call the trial over before any evidence is even introduced their argument is that if you commit an impeachable offense in your last few weeks in office you do it with constitutional impunity you get away with it but why are the house managers afraid and why is the majority of the house of representatives afraid of the american people i mean let's let's understand why we are really here we are really here

because the majority in the house of representatives does not want to face donald trump as our political rival in the future that's the real reason we're here and that's why they have to get over the jurisdictional hurdle which they can't get over but that's why they have to get over that in order to get to the part of the constitution that allows removal. and got to her standing by for us in west palm beach in florida where the former president now resides we'll speak to in a moment 1st let's cross over to capitol hill to get the latest from alan fischer so and then as expected the trial will go ahead and we've been hearing the opening arguments. this is really just an appetizer for what's going to come over the next couple of days as with both sides laying out their argument the republicans on donald trump's team essentially saying look you can't hold them responsible because he's left office and the democrats simply not having that same what happened in january of the 6 was appalling and the president was responsible for driving the more towards capitol hill and for all the violence that took place after that of

the should a video of all that happened the timeline essentially from donald trump a speech to people storming the capitol hill to donald trump's tweets talking about how mike pence had let them down as a morgue was circulating in the senate itself looking for might pen some of them suggesting they were even looking to go up mike pence and hang him for treason what followed then was something that one republican senator said he'd never sat down and watched a video of all that happened on what he described as a horrendous day as for donald trump's legal team or they simply said that this was a partisan political move remembering of course that 10 republicans also voted for the impeachment of donald trump they said this was about democrats trying to remove donald trump from the prospect of running for office again they said it was unconstitutional well the senate decided it was going to side with what the democrats put forward to in their articles of impeachment and that this hearing

should go ahead it was all summed up by jimmy rascon who is a congressman from maryland he lost his son and lee in the new year he buried them on january the 5th brought his family here to the capitol hill on the 6th to see what was meant to be the set of a cation of joe biden's election win in the end they were caught up in a riot something jimmy raskin says they will never forget. and when they were finally rescued. over an hour later by capitol officers and we were together i hugged them and i apologized and i told my daughter tabitha who's $24.00 and a brilliant algebra teacher in teach for america now i told her how sorry i was and i promised her that it would not be like this again the next time she came back to the capitol with me and you know what she said she

said dad i don't want to come back to camp and. of all the terrible brutal things i saw and i heard on that day and since then that one hit me the hardest. yes an emotional moment and donald trump's defense team been focusing obviously on why they thought this process was unconstitutional i suppose the question is now will they present an alternative defense. while they had a very bizarre argument to the whole constitutionality of all 1st of all they were saying look there has to be a full investigation before you can start talking about impeachment but actually donald trump has left office or you're too late they were arguing that things were moving too fast but also saying that things hadn't happened quickly enough they blame dancey for the o.c. for not sending over articles impeachment to the senate before donald trump left

office yet conveniently leaving out the fact that mitch mcconnell who was the leader of the republicans in the senate and then the leader of the senate said he wouldn't be calling the senate back to discuss those articles of impeachment before donald trump left office it's interesting that they will not have to concentrate on the arguments that are going to be put forward by the prosecution from the democrats what is interesting is that bill cassidy who is a senator from louisiana a republican he voted to make sure that this hearing would go ahead people asked him why he made that vote he said well look the house managers to me raskin and others were organized they put forward a very coherent argument it was very compelling but when it came to donald trump's team what they did they were unfocused they didn't answer the question in fact they seemed to be avoiding the question that was being asked of them what we know is that don't count steam or have to be a lot better over the next few days it's still a long shot the donald trump is going to be convicted probably but this is

certainly the democrats' lingo in a marker and a number of republicans agreeing with them that he has to be held accountable for what happened on capitol hill here on what was a crime scene on january the 6th current thanks very much allan fisher there capitol hill let's head down to florida now away from washington d.c. where the former president is residing at his mar-a lago resort is live for us at west palm beach and the anything from the president. not a peep nick the president hasn't made any statements he is of course now off social media remember during the last impeachment trial he sent out about 140 tweets and retreats of course he's now been banned so complete silence from our log is only one thing that we actually know to be fact here or not is that the former president is that his mar-a lago estate there is plenty of reporting going on about his potential reaction to wall this some people saying that he's deeply unhappy almost

screaming at the t.v. but again that is speculation there is also. some reports that many of his close aides those close to him those he may be talking to in the next few hours a deeply unhappy with his legal teams performance hence that reporting the president was potentially almost screaming at the television so this is just day one the only kind of communication we are now getting from the former president these days are e-mails from his official office in here in maryland go in at west palm beach so nothing from the president we are told that those close to him in particular his son in law and daughter of told him don't mess this up stay quiet play golf what sure you like but this is not the time to start tweeting and making statements and holding press conferences so nothing from the former president on this the 1st day of the impeachment trial or and he will leave it there for a moment and we got to go there at west palm beach let's speak no to michael

isikoff who's a chief investigative correspondent yahoo news he joins us via skype from washington d.c. michael is a better thing you've seen but you think this is going in any other way than acquittal. but in line no after hours of arguments masterful job by the house managers a absolutely disastrous job by the 1st trump warrior bruce castor one of the worst if not the who are sleep go argument i've ever heard. the other trump lawyer david schoen did a better job and made some substantive points but at the end of the day one senator changed his vote from the previous one and that was senator cassidy from louisiana who had voted last week that the trial would be unconstitutional but after hearing the arguments. and in his view the complete failure of the trump team

to address the constitutional issues he switched his vote and voted yes the trial is constitutional but that only brings it up to 56 republicans voting to allow this trial to go forward the democratic house managers need 17 republicans to secure a conviction yet the 1st time low setting the scene to make a fist of it and they'll definitely put up a better job when it comes to concentrating on the defense arguments that are going to be on the prosecution has been put forth by the democrats. right look there was one issue on the table today and that is that was the constitutionality of trying a former president in an impeachment trial and the house managers came armed with precedents with. quotes from constitutional scholars with dissection of what the constitute what what the impeachment clause was all about

and how it was borrowed from britain which which it routinely used impeachment to go after former officials so they made a persuasive case now there were arguments on the other side but castor the 1st trump lawyer didn't address them at all he just when he was all over the place meandering. good senator cassidy just said as he came up with senator senate senate floor he turned to senator ted cruz and says is he addressing the constitutional issues and crew has just said no he's not now as i said john did i thought shown made some you know scored some points particularly on the due process argument the fact that the house rushed through the impeachment without doing a full investigation without holding any hearings without calling any witnesses but

it didn't really go to what was on the table today and that was is it constitutional to try a former officer and the senate voted $5644.00 that it is so the trial will go forward given the likely result do you think it's a mistake that the democrats brought this. well i will have to see how it all turns out but i think that a lot of people are deeply ambivalent about this because look what happens if as seems likely trump is not convicted there will be the headlines the next day trump acquitted trump will be emboldened his supporters will be emboldened and if the whole purpose of the trial is to ban donald trump from ever running from office again and expel him from our political life it is very likely the outcome of this trial will be completely the opposite that he will feel as i said

emboldened more likely to want to engage in the political sphere and perhaps run again so this could turn out to be counterproductive we'll have to see what else the house managers have in store if they have any new evidence that they're going to present senator schumer the major already leader suggested today that they do have more evidence we don't know what it is but. you know we will see whether it changes the calculus on how this trial is viewed and see how it all pans out of timing thanks a lot michael cofa sure not thank you well the white house says that joe biden is focused on the economy and will not be spending much time watching his predecessors impeachment trial applied met with chief executives of several large firms including valmont and j.p. morgan to discuss his proposed 1.9 trillion dollar relief package president is trying to be support for the package which faces tough opposition from republicans

. still ahead here announcer a clearer vision rescue teams enter a tunnel where workers are truck to northern india as the race to find survivors continues. it is really cold at the moment in the northern plains states and in central canada in fact we had a 12 miners fifty's in yukon but coming closer to where more people if it's still really cold from the rockies right across to missouri and kansas data minus 16 minus 9 and around the bottom is real cold that any weather is being steered rain or snow depending on how low the temperatures of course and it snow developing out

to the ohio valley to eventually reach new york as an example most likely on thursday is not a lot in this but there's a development taking place the cold is leaking says little rock's next only 230 suggests that where you get this meeting of as you know happens here you get the moisture in the water coming in from the gulf the cold coming time from beyond and these can be pretty poky thunderstorms i'm not sure if there's a tornado potential but it would not surprise you we have seen them after all this month and the last far south quite a weather throughout the gulf and the caribbean the trade winds are blowing like chassis unlikely in the lesser until these temperature wise is a nice 31 in kingston and in havana the on shore breeze from nicaragua costa rica and panama now just bringing a few light showers not the persistent dry of a couple of weeks rather pleasant really. but. it's america's worst kept secret cracked open in the time of the pandemic

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unconstitutional to try a former president. defense team has accused democrats of recognizing the impeachment process insisting the trial would further divide the u.s. his lawyers say the former president is not responsible for the comfortable last. place and a stepping up their crackdown on protests against last week's military coup there are reports they've raided the headquarters of the national league for democracy that political movement led by and sons hoochie the civilian leader who remains in detention. protesters took to the streets for a 4th straight day and were met with tear gas water canon scott hietala is monitoring events from bangkok. facing live ammunition fire rubber bullets tear gas and more water cannon the addict who protesters defied a van and headed out to the streets in their thousands for a 4th straight day. the military junta has barred any gathering of more than 5

people and imposed a curfew in many areas from 8 pm to 4 am. undeterred and determined from many walks of life the protesters still came out i was here and if the civil disobedience movement accelerates in the country as a whole the government machinery will start not only the lawyers i hope all the people will join the movement we must not lose a no is a joy except we must win that is why we are on the street now. in yangon police prepared for the protesters in the early hours there are 2 main areas in myanmar's largest city where they gather by city hall and a large intersection near the university of yangon. in the country's 2nd largest city mandalay thousands of protesters face water cannon and at least 27 people were arrested. international condemnation of the coup has grown over the last few days new zealand the 1st country to go a step further new zealand is suspending all high level political and military

contacts with mainmast midsomer who is all star directed that new zealand's i'd program to mean my should not include projects that i delivered with or benefit the military government we've also agreed to implement a travel ban to be formalized in the coming week on me and as military leaders. further international action is expected after a request by britain and the e.u. the united nations human rights council will hold a special session on the february 1st coup and all that's been happening in myanmar since scott toddler al jazeera. not many 60 hours after the flooding of a tunnel in the indian state who's at risk and rescue teams have managed to clear enough dead brits you went to the structure so if i were to believe to be trucks around $180.00 metres inside the tunnel connected to the top of an additional hydropower project the flooding was triggered by glassy that broken fell into a river washing away plants and roads 30 people are known to have died more than

$197.00 missing and was withdrawn and reports now from the scene of the operation into. rescue workers clear a tunnel dam they've been working since sunday to find dozens of people who'd been building the facility when a torrent of water and debris and to. sistas south. have also been coming here since the disaster a brother had been working as a supervisor on the construction of the tunnel emitted by my brother has been trapped inside for the past 3 days so we've been sitting here for the past 3 days. we don't have any hope we don't know what's going on but we are praying to god. that the rescue teams involved and the police navy and disaster. response so they're trying to reach an area a 100 inside the tunnel where they could be pockets of air.

much. the same place. where we. some. helicopters equipped with thermal imaging cameras have been jews to trace missing people the tunnel is near the top part of which was swept away in the flood and you can see that the river is brown from the torrent of mud which flowed downstream a little further from here the smaller dam and power plant near the village of have been completely washed away. rainey's has his sister. has been missing since the flood and he came to the tunnel after hearing local officials will hear he wants answers and help from the government. my sister in law had gone to get. when she was swept away in the flood i've come here and asked for

compensation from the government she has 2 children and. i just want some help from the government. the fate of 125 people working on the power plant is also. an environmentalist say the disaster is just the latest from the dams and power plants shouldn't be constructed and ecologically fragile areas like the himalayas especially when the melting because of climate change. is on finding survivors and challenging conditions elizabeth al-jazeera. and. a team of experts investigating the origins of covert 19 in china has dismissed speculation that it leaked from a world health organization researchers have traveled to the city to try and find out how the virus spread to humans the team plans to expand its inquiry to other parts of the country. it's an investigation that's been plagued by delays and

concerns over ex's but after a month long mission to woo have been considered by many to be the place where covert 19 originated the world health organization says it is not the only city of interest we can all saw. agreed that we have. found evidence of why does your pollution of the virus in in december it was not just only a cluster outbreak in the one market but the virus was also see plaited. outside of the markets. the team visited key sites in we're hand where the infection was detected in december 29th bats and pangolin have long been suspected as the origin of corona virus but other species including cats and monks will now be investigated but since one is not a city or in environments close to. these but environments

a direct jump from bats to the disease you're with us is not very likely and therefore we have tried to find what modern human species were introduced and moving in and out of the city that could have potentially introduced a contributes to introduce the virus. in in particular in the one markets the visit by the w.h.o. led team was subject to intense scrutiny and political pressure both within china and internationally claims that the state run virus laboratory we're had was the origin of the outbreak formed part of the mission but the team says a leak from this lab is extremely unlikely and that imported frozen animal products and those from within china itself may be a potential host the china representative however says there's no evidence of cases of the disease in 2019 women to use there's no indication of the sars kovi 2 in the

population before december 29th team so there's not enough evidence to determine whether there was a spread in on before december 29th team the former president of the united states donald trump accused china of failing to reveal the extent of the outbreak and share scientific data the chinese government has always rejected that climb. china will as always uphold an open transparent and responsible attitude continued to cooperate with the w h. one year on china still has in place strict quarantine controls and continues to enforce community lock downs but it could be years more before the source of the pandemic which has now killed more than $2000000.00 people worldwide is identified sarah clarke al-jazeera. china has brought to the social media app a clubhouse after a growing number of residents joined uncensored discussions on political acumen

rights issues the invite only american odio app allows users to interact in chat rooms it's become increasingly popular in china as it provided a platform to discuss sensitive topics ready to play today online including the persecution of week is taiwan's independence and the pro-democracy protests in hong kong according poland has ordered 2 problems holocaust research is to apologize for suggesting a polish man helped kill jews during the 2nd world war the family of edward man now ski he saved jews during the german occupation and they reject the holocaust survivors testimony connecting him to the death of a 1000 people a court found discrepancies in that testimony the authors plan to appeal they say the ruling jeopardizes independent of each a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in chile where thousands of mostly venezuelan migrants have entered through the and in border with bolivia they're in the town of culture ne where locals say they've been overwhelmed by people seeking food shelter

and warm clothes for the hostile environment at least 2 people and they too have died making the crossing through the atacama desert and the andes mountains in america it's only seen human is in the town with more on the conditions the new arrivals are facing. this is probably one of the most inhospitable places in the world for migrants who are penniless to cross over into any country and arrive in chani where we are right now which is practically a desert outpost there's only electricity here 4 hours a day you can see many of these migrants behind me now as many as 60000 have crossed over from the bolivian border which is only about 500 meters in front of me but they've been crossing through to through illegal passage ways which are absolutely difficult and sometimes deadly using coyotes basically traffickers to get through to avoid the army and the police and by the time they get here they're sick they're suffering from hypothermia the altitude sickness and

of course hunger there's very little food here the united nations migration program has given them some help occasionally but it's mostly for the children who are suffering tremendously in the daytime from the heat here which is suffocating and as soon as it starts to get dark it goes below 0 so these are really terrible conditions. you know to the arab emirates has made history is the 1st arab nation to successfully into orbit. along with a lot along. the space probe which is are but for who started its 500000000 kilometer journey to the red planet's of months ago the trickiest part was achieved a short time ago and involved slowing down to just the right speed to be drawn in by gravity the mission aims to unravel the secrets of the planets where the system . mary wilson a founding member of the popular 1960 s.

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