globe anyone who says policy should be left for. politics and. the passion and the politics of liverpool f.c. the defiance joint. part of the fun to make football series on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. in doha you watching al-jazeera is continuing coverage of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial. for the 1st time in more than 200 years. the seat of our government. was ransacked democrats lay out their case against the former u.s. president saying he planted seeds of the capitol hill attack well before january

6th. to us it may have felt like chaos and madness but there was nothing in the madness 7. or well what. do you know your. newly released recordings and video i used to recount the violence which trump is accused of inciting also ahead. she was a powerful advocate for women's rights and really sure was the right thing to do u.s. president joe biden welcomes the release of a prominent saudi woman rights activist who spent years in jail. u.s. senators have been sifting through videos recounting in graphic detail of the violence on capitol hill that democrats say was whipped up by former president donald trump describing him as insights are in chief impeachment trial prosecutors say trump was

fully responsible for the deadly attack on january 6th and should therefore be convicted and banned from public office this of course remains unlike a republican senators have indicated their on willing to vote against him and risk the wrath of his supporters is some of the testimony from democrats and so they came draped in trump's flag and used our flag the american flag to batter and to bludgeon and at 230. heard the term flying banging on house chamber doors. for the 1st time in more than 200 years the seat of our government was ransacked on our watch the chilling evidence shows that on january 6th

armed and organized insurrectionists train their sights on speaker pelosi they sought out the speaker on the floor and in her office publicly declared their intent to harm or kill her ransacked her office and terrorize her staff and they did it because donald trump sent them on this mission and previously on her recordings were played of panicked radio calls between place as a ride spiraled out of control oh no you. were going to. be a guy and you. you got to be. in the wrong now.

7 let's go straight to our correspondent allen fisheye is at capitol hill washington d.c. and has been following all the testimony very closely allan gymnastics much effect on scene before the events of january 6th when right has invaded the capitol building the question is is this going to be enough to convince those 16 republicans to vote to convict trump. no one can sit through that and not be moved and many of the republican senators i suspect were seeing this for the 1st time we're told that james langford was actually quite emotional at the end of the last couple of years when there's lisa murkowski who is a republican senator from alaska has said that she will obviously listen to what the defense have to see when they make their presentation but essentially saying how can someone sit through that and not think that donald trump will never become

president of the united states again and that may be what the democrats can achieve of this because as you see the numbers at the moment do tend to stack up and they me peel a few senators over to their side maybe as many as 10 but that will mean these still fall short of the 67 votes that they need in the senate to convict donald trump. certainly the there are democrats who say how can people possibly defend what they've seen particularly when you have people who came to the capitol building saying they were going to hang mike pence and in the video that we saw in the last couple of hours you saw how close they came to mike pence i mean they were literally just feet away and excel said he stepped out as some of the distances that one involved in at one point the rioters were just 58 steps away from senators the point was made that one of the people in the chamber had managed to breach the

chamber was carrying wrist ties he said what if we had managed to breach the chamber just a couple of minutes before and senators were still there what sort of situation would they be dealing with it so this is clearly very dramatic for many of the people who know sitting here in judgement and this is a bizarre trial as well remember because one it's being held at the scene of the crime this is where the breach of the capital happened the 2nd thing is that many of the people who are sitting in judgment were not only witnesses to what happen. on the 6th of january but they were also victims of what happened on the 6th of january and to my earlier point when the crowd were walking around saying they wanted to hang my pants the democrats were pointing to the speech made by donald trump and some of the tweets that he's saying it was up to mike pence to stop the steele to not certify the electoral college votes and he should do his duty while the democrats made a point of saying mike pence did his duty he was loyal to the constitution the

constitution swore an oath to and he did his job and for that he came very close to being captured by a crowd one other point to make is what we saw in the video for the 1st time. was how close mitt romney keen to those rioters those protesters mitt romney has been a vocal critic of donald trump and who knows what would've happened if any of them had managed to get their hands on him but eugene goodman who is a police officer at capitol hill police officer managed to direct mitt romney away from where he was heading to safety and perhaps in those few seconds captured on video as one democrat said perhaps you saw the moment that eugene goodman saved mitt romney's life essentially something that his son believes because mitt romney tweeted mitt romney's son tweeted that just in the last hour that was the actions of that police officer that perhaps saved his father's life. allan it's interesting isn't it because while the last hour says and focused on what exactly happened on

january 6th the hours before that had been going so far back as july before the election trying to outline. that it's. that this didn't just happen on january 6th that trump had been inciting his followers long before this. allegedly inciting i think we're going to see because the defense will see that that's simply not the case and he's protected under the 1st amendment but you're right if you remember the video that we saw on tuesday it was 13 minutes long and it was didn't have any of the footage that we've seen for the 1st time to be obviously of but what the democrats have done in the 6 hours of evidence and testimony has brought not and expand the media broader and deeper and they're drawing lines to what happened here on january the 6th they're saying that it wasn't just something that donald trump thought up just

a couple of days before or even on the day that this had been going on for some considerable time going back to when he started to look as if you could possibly lose the election when he was behind in the opinion polls and he was suggesting that the only we could lose was if in fact the election was stolen from him after the election he was suggesting that there was a problem with the way the votes were counted he got in touch with election officials in arizona he talked to republicans in michigan he brought them to the white house for a meeting he even called the secretary of state of georgia asking him to find the necessary votes to flip this state to make it a trump state and help him get closer to the electoral college votes he needs what is really interesting is that we find out during the testimony that there had been plans for a rally at the ellipse and possibly plans for a protest here at the capitol but there was no plans for a march however. that all changed when the trump white house got involved and that

will be a telling part of the evidence that will be built on a by the democrats in the coming hours remember they have got 18 hours to present their their case they've used 6 of it they'll probably use another couple of hours this over the next couple of hours probably fairly sometime around one local time tonight which is in just a of an hour and a half and that they will continue to build this case and say you're right this this wasn't something that just happened on january the 6th this is something that donald trump had been talking about for some considerable time and january of the 6 with just the combination what will also be interesting as well is why did donald trump leave model i go on the 3031st of december that was a surprise when he came back to washington d.c. a new year's eve he'd been to spend a few more days at his resort playing golf but suddenly came back to washington d.c. with no real indication of why he was doing it was it to help plan the events on january the 6 remember he tweeted out saying put it in your diary things will be

wild so the democrats still have got some building blocks to put in place but as we've said from the start it's a difficult task for them to convince $67.00 senators which includes a number of republicans to convict donald trump but what they can do is lay down in the narrative of the last days of donald trump's presidency and ledo in this story and some of them are right witnesses to that of what happened here on capitol hill the capital of the united states on january the 6th 2021 alan fresh air there for us following the impeachment trial. lead impeachment manager jamie raskin said the evidence shows donald trump spent weeks building up to the capitol hill attack it may have felt like chaos and madness but there was method in the madness that day. this was an organized attack on the counting of the electoral

college votes in joint session of the united states congress and to the 12th amendment of 100 electoral count act to prevent vice president mike pence in to prevent us from route from counting sufficient electoral college votes to certify joe biden's victory of 306-2232 in the electoral college let's talk through some of the logistics this is of course trumps 2nd trial this is how it works democratic impeachment managers like prosecutors in a regular trial get 2 days to lay out their case defense lawyers will then get the same amount of time before senators can question both sides and possibly call witnesses the 2 sides will be allocated 4 hours each to make their closing statements before the senate votes on the article of impeachment a 2 thirds majority is needed for conviction meaning 17 republicans would need to

join all 50 democrats the trial could conclude as soon as next week making it the fastest presidential impeachment trial in u.s. history let's go to brenda one apple who is the author of the impeaches the trial of andrew johnson and the dream of a just nation she joins me now by skype from new york many thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera tell tell us what you make of what we've heard so far the evidence that's been presented in the last 6 hours. well i think they have a little it is myself i think it's overwhelming i think it's been. beautifully handled by armed with the combination coming late this afternoon with the stunning . images videos voiceovers that you heard there are there bone chilling books for us. starting with the impeachment manager

jamie raskin in going through all of the impeachment managers it was it was just heartening to watch and hear that many of the senators had their whole reading books but by the same time it's the same time it for me makes you feel good. the day we're such care concern deliberation and intelligence were able to mount such a clear statement of what had happened even before the election when donald trump began to suggest that it would be stalled and it's lost and one more thing is that one of the managers actually in 2 different managers at different times asked what was a really i think important question rich is would any of this have happened without donald trump and i think that's

a very interesting and very powerful and very direct way putting into context everything that would saw and heard today let's talk a little more about the video is and the footage that we've seen over the last hour or so a very dramatic much of it on the scene before do you think it could change the sort of for gone conclusion. the trial the dynamic of this trial do you think you could convince republicans to vote to convict donald trump. well i don't see how i couldn't but that's me speaking i think that as your correspondent said media will change some minds maybe there will be 10 republicans who will cross over and go with the democrats to convict donald trump but that still wouldn't be the 17 you'd still have 7 and i think there are some who are unconvinced of the law for whatever reasons but even if you have

10 or 12 or 6 that's something that bipartisan that shows that something good happened not only to the country and good also to these senators when they're actually were able to listen if they were with an open mind and i think that would be very importantly but it i am not sure that she will ever know i'm pretty sure you won't get the 17 that you need to construct the former president given the unlikelihood of a conviction. do you think that the democrats overreached should they have gone ascension more smashing. you know i really don't want to censure it's like a slap on the wrist what is a censure or what would that possibly do it's like you know way egg in your finger or saying you know don't take the cookies out of the cookie jar this is such

a horrific event the breach at the capitol you know with people coming within inches of their lives in 5 weeks 5 people lost their lives no i think sense you're just really isn't strong and not an impeachment is still an impeachment donald trump has been a decent sax he's been impeached twice he may not be convicted but he has been impeached and that is significant and significant historically it's significant for us going court what about legally and politically what sort of precedent does it set. i i don't think legally it doesn't set any precedent one way or another because in a sense. impeachment isn't doesn't fall under a kind of legal jurisdictions constitutional politically i think there are those who are going to argue if you start impeaching your impeach again every president

to every you know several state official is in danger of pietschmann and i think to myself i think that's bogus argument because impeachment is a very serious thing and listening to it call are who spoke today of the managers and perhaps even. the defense you will see i am sure that those in congress are taking this very seriously. in terms of the. defense team who will be presenting their side of things not tomorrow but the day after they have been they have been criticized for having a poor opening performance i mean what are you expecting from them when it's their turn to present evidence. i really don't know what to expect anymore because i. would expect i saw them yesterday and myself and i think many people

watched astonished. they didn't deal with the constitutional issues and i think it's because they weren't able to and i think it's going to be very difficult for them to target someone said earlier at the scene of the crime 2 people who have just and witnessed the crime i think what they'll alleged is that donald trump cannot be held responsible that those people who are coming into the riots coming into the capitol the whites who are responsible but that doesn't yell at the questioner inside me and i think i heard earlier someone said but they may try to hide behind the 1st amendment but pietschmann manager jamie raskin spoke to that today not only citing all of the length of holmes the scream quote jurist in the early part of the joining of century but also you can't yell fire in

a crowded theater but basically saying look this isn't any innocent bystander this is the president of the united states who not only not fire but be set free said burn the place down and it's as if the fire chief said that it was a wonderful are. very simple very direct very powerful so they probably will. operate in a way to give cover to those people who are going to your vote to acquit anyway and in that sense they don't have a very they don't have much to do for and are very interesting to get your thoughts brenda wind up if the impeach is the trial of andrea johnson and the dream of a just nation speaking to us that from new york. well another impeachment monitor democrat eric swell well to tell the harrowing moments when a ross who was shot dead chairman mcgovern was one of the last members to leave the

floor as he left the house lobby just after 2 40 pm he was spotted by the mob ok. cool. minutes later at 2 44 pm actually babbitt attempted to climb through a shattered window into the house lobby to protect the members in the lobby an officer discharged his weapon and she was killed i want to warn everyone that the next video which shows her death is graphic.

coverage of the trump and pitchman trial continues shortly and now let's take a look at some of the up a nice you know it states is imposing new sanctions on those responsible for the militia coup in manama u.s. president joe biden said washington would identify the 1st round of targets this week and stands ready to impose further punishments the military must relinquish power seized and demonstrate respect for the world the people of burma as expressed in the november 8th election so the day i'm announcing the series of

a series of actions that are were taking to begin imposing consequences on the leaders of the coup the us government is taking steps to prevent the generals from improperly having access to the 1000000000 dollars in burma's government funds held in none of the states can help that has more from the white house. almost immediately following the military takeover in mian mar the united states labeled it a coup prompting the immediate review of assistance to me and market now president joe biden has gone one step further announcing with an executive order that military officials and their families connected with that takeover now subject to sanctions in addition there will be a freezing of assets for the government here in the united states and there will be strong export controls put in place now there is also a once again

a calling by the united states for the release of those detained civilian leaders as well as activists including on song suchi the hope is that this will in the words of the national security advisor jake sullivan just days ago he hopes that this will sharpen the choice for military leaders in myanmar and if it doesn't the united states says it is prepared to take additional measures the united nations nuclear watchdog says iran has started producing uranium metal which is another violation of the 2015 deal the international atomic energy agency says it's identified the material at a facility in the city and iran has previously said it needs uranium metal for such but the material can also be used and a nuclear bomb. and the u.s. state department is expressing concern over recent remarks made by iran's intelligence minister regarding nuclear weapons in an interview on iran's state

t.v. mahmoud a levee suggested to her on would pursue nuclear arms if cornered by the west the us despite iran's official position that its program is for peaceful purposes in muslim matters one or museum of a muslim or nuclear program is a peaceful one and the fatwa by the supreme leader explicitly stated that the manufacturing of nuclear weapons is forbidden and the islamic republic won't go after them and consider seeking them a ceramic however if you corner a cat it may behave differently than a free roaming cat would if you run is pushed to that direction then it wouldn't be iran's fault but those who pushed it under normal circumstances iran does not have such a program and intent at all. joe biden says the release of a saudi women activists from prison is the right thing to do that jen was freed on wednesday after 3 years behind bars she's charged with pursuing a foreign agenda and using the internet to home public order a family thank them to do more saying she's still banned from leaving the country

and her ship our ports. it was a road trip that put. in jail in 2014 she attempted to cross from the united arab emirates to saudi arabia where women were not allowed to drive after 73 days in jail she'd become the face of a movement luzhin was later pardoned by king solomon and told to keep quiet. she focused her energies on ending the male guardianship system in the kingdom 2015 women were allowed to vote and stand in elections she ran but her name was kept off the ballot. it wasn't long before public pressure appear to show results in 2017 saudi arabia announced women would be allowed to drive under reforms made by crown prince mohammed bin. but just weeks before the ban was lifted in 2018 luzhin was stopped while driving in the u.a.e. flown to riyadh and later detained with around a dozen other women's rights activists nearly 3 years had passed her family has

accused saudi authorities of torturing and holding her in solitary confinement for months at a time. saudi officials denied the allegations in december 2020 louis jane was convicted at riyadh specialized criminal court on terror charges and of seeking to change the saudi political system and harm national security her release is widely seen as a gesture towards the biden ministration she was a powerful advocate for women's rights and releasing her was the right thing to do washington also says it no longer shares intelligence with the saudi led coalition in yemen and has committed to declassifying an intelligence report on the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi well that's likely to implicate. the saudi crown prince amnesty international and human rights watch say long overdue reforms are a bittersweet victory when the women who champion them remain in prison or facing unfair trials in the latest reforms announced by the crown prince mohammed bin solomon acknowledged that the judicial system had created pains for many women he

didn't mention lou jane or other specifically she may be out of prison but according to her sister she isn't yet free shall remain on probation and isn't allowed to leave the kingdom and al-jazeera well health organization has backed the use of astra zeneca is covered 19 vaccine after questions were raised about its effectiveness among all the people against those new variants experts say while the job may offer less protection against mild cases caused by strains that confident it god's against severe disease south africa suspended use of the astra zeneca vaccine this week saying it's ineffective against a variant that's spreading that would recommend for the vaccine to be used in people 18 years and without an age limit that means people are always 55 years of age should be given the vaccine as we have made the recommendation

that even if there is a reduction in the possibility of the vaccine having a full impact in this protection be especially against the there is no reason not to recommend humans even in countries that have the circulation of the variance. for 10 now to donald trump's impeachment trial in the u.s. senate is the president distinguished senators. you just heard from my colleagues about the harrowing events that happened here at the capitol on january 6th and saw that very disturbing video and now like to turn your attention to what was happening on the other end of pennsylvania avenue at the white house. and the truth is the facts are that on january 6th donald trump

did not once condemned this attack he did not once condemn the attackers in fact on january 6th the only person he condemned this is on vice president mike pence who was hiding in this building with his family in fear for his life. in the 1st crucial hours of this violent attack he did nothing to stop it nothing to help us by all accounts from the people that were around him he was delighted. and here is the last thing donald trump said that day and you might remember the.