speakable cried on al-jazeera. the arab. the u.s. senate votes to proceed with donald trump's impeachment trial rejecting defense arguments that trying to convict a former president is unconstitutional. this is al jazeera live from doha i'm fully back to go also coming up on tyco protesters in myanmar take to the streets for a 5th straight day despite a growing police crackdown chile moves to expel undocumented migrants thousands of colombia and venezuela sami's have been separated before being sent back home and a world health organization team in ruhani china dismisses

a theory covered 19 was needs from a lab but it says it still doesn't know which animal it came from. so the u.s. senate has voted to go ahead with the 2nd impeachment trial of former president donald trump rejecting the defense's argument that it's unconstitutional to try a former president alan fishes on capitol hill he reports on what to expect from the trial in the coming days. in a place that has seen a lot over this truly was of historic day the 2nd impeachment trial of donald trump before the senate could even begin to question whether or not he was guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors whether he sent a crowd towards capitol hill for a violent insurrection aimed at overturning the results of a democratic election there's the question of whether or not it was constitutional to put him on trial the democrat. said absolutely he had to be held responsible for

what he did in those final days in office his defense team argued that he's no longer in office and so it's too late our case is based on cold hard facts people died that day officers ended up with head damage and brain damage people's eyes were galloped off for a heart attack or lost 3 fingers that day 2 officers have taken their own lives senators this cannot be our future this cannot be the future of america we cannot have presidents inciting and mobilizing mob violence against our government and our institutions because they refused to accept the will of the people under the constitution of the united states was also

an unforgivable betrayal of the oath of office of president trump the oath he swore an oath that he sullied and dishonored to advance his own personal interests long terms defense team said that what happened on capitol hill on january the 6th was horrendous but also putting him on trial was unconstitutional this they argued was simply the democrats carrying out a partisan political hit job on a man they didn't want to see run for office again forgetting that 10 republicans had also voted for the impeachment of donald trump you will not hear any member of the team representing former president drum they anything but in the strongest possible way denounce the violence of the rioters and those that breach the capitol the very civil law of our democracy. we

can't possibly be suggesting that we punish people for political speech in this country with this trial you will open up new and bigger wounds across the nation for a great many americans see this process for exactly what it is a chance by a group of partisan politicians seeking to eliminate donald trump from the american political scene the senate has no voted to push ahead with the to make sure that the hearing would go ahead he said that the house team led by jimmy ruskin was much more focused and answered the questions that were in front of them whereas donald trump's team was much more unfocused almost as if they were trying to avoid the central question of whether or not he was responsible for the violence that was seen here on capitol hill what is clear is that donald trump's team will have to be a lot more focused as they move in to the important part of the impeachment proceedings will donald trump be convicted it's still a long shot but his legal team will have to perform much better than they did on

day one why assassinate arena shah was a conservative political consultant and the founder of phalanx strategies she's via skype from washington right now always good to have you with us on al-jazeera so the democrats have beat back this challenge from trump's legal team but this vote isn't all bad news for president and given the number of republicans who backed his noise arguments 1st of all what did you make of what we saw earlier today. well as your viewers just heard today was about the constitutionality of the trial itself and i for 1 am so glad that 6 republicans of which i wish there were more. democrats to say the trial is constitutional should see it and one of those the senator bill asked the louisiana who just a couple weeks ago had said that he didn't believe it was constitutional but changes night and today he was one of those 6 tonight he told the american media that democrats are much better job today so what we saw were really on exhibit was

trying. and maybe that he lost the election that's. beneath the argument that he should be charged with a crime by a lot after he leaves office should not be convicted by the senate after he's left the office right tell us a bit more about who is defending him and what do we know about this strategy. well the mess like about it as if it by chance defense team were straight to be told today they were not just trying to distort facts and rewrite history simply put the week nature of his defense was astonishing and that means a lot given what we in there is from china a one term twice impeach president over these past 4 years we heard a lot of hypocrisy and a lot of trying to rewrite history but the legal team did today really did serve the poor person well but then act right so i do have a fun fact about his legal team it does include

a lawyer actually sued him just last year for not having evidence for thought i don't believe were present at the trial this is a little known fact because he loves the loyalty what would you think about the fact it is legal team currently has somebody like that on it but it just goes to show where the armature hour that is quite bizarre is met not there also rina very few democrats who believe a trial will result in a conviction of tromso why is it that they're going ahead with this we saw the impeachment managers open their arguments area with some pretty graphic videos from the capitol attack what is it that they're trying to achieve here i'll timidly. well the videos were were really heart wrenching and i'm so glad that they were played and they were put together so well because the world now sees it sacked what happened in that january 6 insurrection when i look at republican senators i see

that literally have no leg to stand on they want to take the easy route out of chocolate and they want to say this trial isn't constitutional move on but what they forget is that the history books are being written with clearly hard facts these days not their version of or the trumpet ministrations version of alternative paths so i believe the case will he or be made over these next few days will be very complex in any other court of law it would be he said to her too as an open and shut case which is balanced toll in 3 parts number one donald trump with the fewest for that january 6 insurrection number to keep crazy insurrectionists after he told them to go home and thirdly he deserves a conviction because in the break you report of law he would be charged and convicted as next sensory to murder what is it that is i'd say care all to many rayna who is on trial vainly is it donald trump or the republican party. it is the republican party because it's all in the hands of these u.s.

senators that are calling themselves republicans do they want to stand up for american democracy do they care about the events value of this impeachment process itself and that it's sort of necessary to uphold the rule of law and to bend justice at the highest level of government that are republicans and republicans survive excuse me that's what these republican senators are being asked to determined and i really believe that history will not be kind to them immediately after they cast a vote for it all because it is so very crucial in our lives the hopes were we've seen for years of our republic values aren't warms our institutions being eroded and rapidly i'm not seeing double time calls to then same or general 6 were led to the deaths of at least one police officer at the hands of the insurrectionist was on his hands and he should be held to account so let's do the

right thing republicans are there stand up for so this american republic that you have pledged to honor and do right by when the shah thank you very much right now for talking to us thank you for having me. and the white house says joe biden is focused on the economy and will not be spending much time watching his predecessor his impeachment trial biden met with chief executives of several launch firms including wal-mart and j.p. morgan to discuss his proposed $1.00 trillion dollars relief package the president is trying to boost support for the package which faces tough opposition from republicans. in other world news protests back on the streets of myanmar a day after iranians were violently broken up by security forces as the 5th straight day of demonstrations against last week's military coup now military rulers have imposed a curfew in the biggest city gone and mandalay and bans in large gatherings water

cannon and rubber bullets were used against protesters on to say. hi there is monitoring the situation forests from across the border in thailand. facing live ammunition fire rubber bullets tear gas and more water cannon the antic 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 use i hope all the people will join the movement we must not lose a new is a joy except who we must win that is why we are on the street now. in yangon police prepared for the protesters in the early hours there were 2 main

areas in myanmar's largest city where they gathered by city hall and a large intersection near the university of yangon. in the country's 2nd largest city mentally 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 main man. midsomer who has also directed that new zealand's i'd program to mean my should not include projects that are delivered with all benefit the military government we've also agreed to implement a travel ban to be formalized in the coming week on me i'm as military leaders. further international action is expected after a request by britain and the e.u. the united nations human rights council to hold a special session on the february 1st coup and all that's been happening in myanmar

since scotland al-jazeera. nearly 60 hours after the flooding of a tunnel in the indian state of cons rescue teams have managed to clear enough to break to enter the structure $35.00 workmen are believed to be trapped around 180 metres inside the tunnel connected to the top of on the action of god hydropower contract the flooding was triggered by a glacier that broke and fell into a river washing away down its power plants and roads 30 people are known to have died more than $197.00 are still missing. chile's interior minister has warned that undocumented migrants who've been entering the country will be deported more than 6000 venezuelans have come in through every moat desert passage in the last 6 weeks a lot america tennesseean human reports from coach danny. the chile bolivia border in the at the time of desert excruciating the heart by day and freezing by night.

the latest distillation for the news whalen's seeking a better life in chile for a coffee at the mia i have 7 grandchildren here they are they're the reason i've come here to help feed them because in venezuela they conservation here thousands of undocumented venezuelans have barely made it here crossing that night through illegal entry points into the isolated town of call chani. drives suffering from hypothermia altitude sickness and hunger at least 3 have died including a baby it's becoming more and more windy and pretty soon it's going to be dark but the temperature will drop to below 0 absolutely freezing conditions which is why these people have already spent one night outdoors are trying to build a makeshift shelter so that they could have a place to sleep. 17 year old. her toddler and husband were among the lucky few who were allocated a tent by the local police get them laughing coming night them i thought i would

freeze to death getting here my little boy's hands and feet turned purple and he screamed with pain i was terrified my husband couldn't breathe it was pitch dark and he couldn't carry up belongings anymore this is all i have. their stomachs ours and as their pockets went through does arrive the children get priority the adults tell us they're willing to bear any hardships not knowing the chinese government has just decided to send them back to venezuela. and if you keep it in a city anyone who enters. illegally will not be allowed to apply for residency and will be expelled administered to plea chillies government has started bussing the women and children into the city of the gift 1st 240 kilometers away to be quarantined for 2 weeks for covert 19 separating them from fathers and husbands but no one knows how long. the plan is to fly them back to venezuela once the quarantine period is over. granted is shocked.

police don't send us back they'll kill us if we return that's what the government does to people like us and if not will starve to death please chile help us a desperate plea that short to be repeated by thousands of more venezuelans as this humanitarian crisis worsens you see in human al-jazeera. the stair head on al-jazeera cracking down on clubhouse china bronx and used to discuss sensitive topics as putting economy 1st mexico's capital he says pandemic restrictions despite a national surge in coronavirus elections. it's time for the perfect gentleman the winter sponsored plan qatar airways

you may not expect to see snow in yemen and the middle east is a rare event but not on heard over there's a picture just to prove the point is southwest of the capital there i want to show is still to come probably of rain maybe thunderstorm in the yemeni americans the south to saudi otherwise it's quite the target to wednesday still blowing down through the gulf and that doesn't drop temperatures that it does to the big priority recently but it will slowly weaken is fairly warm in the event until that breeze comes in beirut 20 will probably drop to about. 70 near the average it so quite well when most of egypt and the sun is the dominant feature weather wise throughout this part of the world at the moment and the size returning to much of south africa because with the sun overhead moving slowly north daily it's taking the regs the seasonal rains with it that the focus at the moment is madagascar and mozambique and this hint of a circulation is one to be washed it's not a proper circulation just yet i don't think it'll turn into one but it does hint at

biggest shows going into sudden mozambique at the east and this side of madagascar but the hint of a suggestion is still there circulation is still there seasonal rains are a long way west and maybe again maybe to the skies and coast. to qatar airways. after more than a decade of civil war life remains a challenge in sierra leone. we follow the citizens of this war torn nation as they push their limits. for survival. risking years of sierra leone. on al-jazeera.

bochum back a reminder our top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. senate has voted to go ahead with a 2nd impeachment trial of former president donald trump asa beecher manages rejected the defense's argument that it's unconstitutional to try if former president in myanmar protesters are back on the streets for a 5th straight day against a cool thousands are rallying in young gone to the voice their opposition to last week's military coup despite an escalating police crackdown and chile's interior minister has warned about undocumented migrants who've been entering the country will be deported more than 6000 venezuelans have come to have come in through every mode as a passage in the last 6 weeks. the corona virus pandemic now a team of experts investigating the origins of covert 1000 in china has dismissed

speculation that it leaks from the lab world health organization researchers have traveled to the city of want to find out how the virus spread to humans the team plans to expand its inquiry to other parts of the country of course it's an investigation that's been plagued by delays and concerns over axis but after a month long mission to woo her and 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. 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 it related. outside of the markets the team visited k. sites and were hand where the infection was detected in december 29th teen bats and

pangolin have long been suspected as the origin of corona virus but other species including cats and minks will now be investigated but since one hand is not a city or in environments close to. these but environments a direct jump from bats to this each year we use 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. lead 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 only a cases of the disease in 2019 women to use there's no indication of the sars kovi 2 in the population before december 2900 so there's not enough evidence to determine whether there was a spread and was gone before december 29th team on the former president of the united states donald trump accused china of failing to reveal the extent of the outbreak and share scientific die. 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 is now killed more than $2000000.00 people worldwide is identified sir clark al-jazeera china has lost the social media house after a growing number of residents joined uncensored discussions on political and human rights issues they invite only american audio op and laos users to interact in chat rooms it's become increasingly popular in china as it provided a platform to discuss sensitive topics rarely debated on line including the persecution of way gore's taiwan's independence and the pro-democracy protests in hong kong china defended its decision to block the app and described it as interference by external forces be the who them 1st will china's internet is open the chinese government manages the internet in accordance with law and regulations 2nd china's position on the relevant issues has always been consistent and clear cut china has an even determination to defend its national sovereignty security and

development interests as well as to oppose interference by external forces ross fine gold is an asia political risk analysts he says it's no surprise chinese uses are once again a step ahead of internet regulate. clubhouse became popular very rapidly to the point where i had chinese friends sending me text messages asking me for help to get on to clubhouse within the past few weeks it was very sudden but nominal but just as quickly the chinese internet regulators obviously they've caught up with it and now made efforts to block it look chinese internet users routinely jump over the firewall to access internet websites as social media around the world it's not unusual that they would have tried something new that became popular there heard about it the technology and the capabilities and frankly the intelligence of internet users is always going to be several steps ahead of regulators whether in the west or in china so when it gets onto the agenda of the chinese authorities it

always comes after it was popular with netizens and this is just another example of that but it also shows once again that the tolerance level for those kind of conversation within china is very limited and it can only take place within the confines that authorities in china are comfortable with techie has indicated it could be willing to limit its use of the russian and defense system bots less than 2 years ago techies purchase of the russian s 400 had trained nations with the u.s. and the 2 american sanctions against ankara washington has been demanding that the russian missile decommissioned in an interview published by the daily takesh defense minister who will see a cost said he was open to a compromise on the issue. the united nations security council has called on somalia's leaders to resume dialogue after talks over the weekend ended without agreement indirect commentor and presidential polls were agreed last year but i've

been derailed by a rift between the president and regional leaders in a statement agreed by the 15 members the council said inclusive elections should be held as soon as possible and welcomed the announcement of further talks on february 15th the members of the security council called for somalia's leaders to resume their dialogue urgently and work together in the interests of the people of somalia to reach consensus on the arrangements for the conduct of inclusive elections with a view to holding them as soon as possible. mexico's capital has eased coronavirus restrictions extending opening hours for restaurants and shops despite the country reporting more than 3800 new cases and iran 530 deaths in the past 24 hours. from mexico city a west struggling restaurant owners are preparing to welcome. the. the the streets

of the mexican capital are returning to their usual hustle and bustle the an easing of coronavirus restrictions is allowing many people to return to work since the start of the health emergency mexico's economy has been battered leaving millions in dire straits keep it up for yet i mean i have to support the children and support the son in laws and most of all the grandchildren it's chaos then there's not even enough to eat i mean it is very difficult for us but if there was economy unemployment because of the state of the economy we can't just stay home we have to keep moving the people who go out and aren't careful they go to parties or gatherings when they know they shouldn't that's unacceptable i do not agree with that. after more than 2 weeks since testing positive for kobe 1000 mexico's president and this man. has resumed his daily press conferences the president has been criticized for downplaying the severity of the outbreak and for almost never clearing a mask in public. why did i get infected because like millions of other

mexicans i have to go to work fortunately i got through it and here we are still fighting oh mexico's government has struggled to curb coronavirus contagion even under orders to shut down non-essential services coronavirus cases have continued to spike and most can cause. much of the pressure to lift the most recent law has been led by restaurant owners mexico's food service industry has been among the worst hit by the economic downturn in agreement between business owners and city officials me. restaurants have expanded their hours of operations the new sanitation measures only allow for outdoor seating to reduce the risk of contagion . those species are the highest risks however old the country's nearly 30000000 informal sector workers caught in a country where the coronavirus pandemic has forced people indoors and it economic

crisis that's left the no option but to take to the streets in search of work. mexico city i'm indigenous politician has been from new zealand spot amends for refusing to wear a necktie in the chamber maori party leader. says forcing him to wear a western dress code is a breach of his wife's i.t.t. instead wore a traditional green stone pendant was ejected by the speaker of the house who insisted that m.p.'s could only ask a question if they were wearing a tie the necktie will was retained during a recent vote in parliament. mary wilson a founding member of the popular 1960 s. girl group the supreme says died at the age of 76. if it. was a baby love vend you can't harry now where 2 of the supreme spigots motown hits wilson sang alongside diana ross and thaw and

a lot who were originally known as the primates she was the longest reigning original supreme singing with the group for 18 years. they had lines on al-jazeera the u.s. senate has voted to go ahead with a 2nd impeachment trial of former president donald trump impeachment managers rejected the defense's argument that it's unconstitutional to try if former president alan fisher has the latest from capitol hill this is really just an appetizer for what's going to come over the next couple of days this week both sides of the argument the republicans on.