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also had me on miles ruling general signals he's running out of patience with antique a protest as ordering them to go back to work. the indigenous communities in mexico a large least bad so far by coronavirus who are resisting vaccination efforts. that are unwelcome senators a donald trump impeachment trial of the former president supporters believe they were acting on his orders when they stormed the capitol building last month your stomach rats have wrapped up their 2nd and final day of opening arguments against from their views graphic and at times harrowing evidence to make the case that trump is responsible for the january 6th violence and has sown no remorse impeachment prosecutors also highlighted racism in the rise in the law saying

emotional damage this could have defense team takes the floor on friday with a vote to follow. conviction still looks unlikely insurrectionist waved confederate flags and hurled the most disgusting racial slurs a dedicated capitol workers then after all that he's seeing workers many of them people of color were forced to clean up the mess left by mobs of white nationalists one member of the general staff reflected how terrible he felt when he had to clean up feces that had been smeared on the wall. and the gallagher is in west palm beach florida near trump's mar a lago say live here in a 2nd after his face alan fischer on capitol hill allan talk us through the highlights the evidence is that way. or nothing quite as dramatic as we saw on

wednesday there was none of the video that hadn't been released before but what we got was the democrats laying in the case against donald trump as they saw particularly when it comes to the idea of political violence to me rascon who's the lead impeachment manager said he the history of this you talked about campaign rallies where donald trump had said to his supporters that if they punch protesters he would carry their legal bills he also talked about the assault on the state capital in michigan and how don't trump didn't condemn the people that had done that nor did he condemn the people who plotted and no been charged with trying to kid kidnap the governor of michigan in a fight said that she should be grateful to him and the f.b.i. for foiling the plot we then got to the idea that donald trump has shown no remorse after what happened here on january the 6th there were those who said there were no apology and those who said that he should be given a mulligan which is essentially saying that everyone makes a mistake is that this wasn't

a mistake donald trump knew exactly what he was doing then there was the moment where they played a lot of republicans who not only criticized but condemned donald trump for what happened here on january the 6th saying that the quite clearly blames him and the courted the likes of jim mathis who matters who was his 1st defense secretary i'm it will be me who used to be a chief of staff and h.r. mcmaster a former national security adviser to him all of them were critical of what happened here on january the 6th and then there was the pre-buttal if you like essentially say the democrats saying this is what donald trump's team i'm going to argue this is why i should ignore it 1st of all on the constitutional question there saying that's been settled the senate does have jurisdiction to hear this. and also if you talk of both the fact that they don't trump wasn't given jus process well they said this isn't a criminal trial this is an impeachment hearing and all the boxes were taken and then the said these are the questions you have to answer it was what happened

a result of what donald trump said did he fire up the morgan if he didn't why did it take more than 2 hours to protect the people here in capitol hill why did he not condemn what they did why did he tell them that he loved them and send that told them to go home and then they concluded their case much less than the 18 hours that had been allocated but they feel they have made their point but they've certainly highlighted to republican senators look in the past donald trump has essentially abandoned those who stood by him and without seeing it they were suggesting to republican senators that is no reason to stand by him no and that she convict him on the charge of high crimes and misdemeanors. allan talk us through the logistics now when can we expect this trial to be over. or there is a lot to get through or indeed to we're not expecting to hear a great deal from donald trump's defense team they will take the floor on friday

they have 18 hours to do what they want to do 16 hours to do they want to do they're not going to take all of that they're probably going to use less than half the time allocated to them so we could be done by the end of business on friday what happens after that is there will be a vote on whether or not they want to call witnesses that seems unlikely at this stage and then they will ask questions of both teams of the prosecution and the defense they want stand up and ask these questions they'll be written questions sent to the chair they will then be given a chance to answer and that's expected to take all of saturday which means we could be moving to a vote on sunday one of the reasons that the defense team is going to take a great deal of time is that the constitutional question has already been answered they will make the point that donald trump was absolutely within his rights see the free speech to see to people that he felt the election had been stolen those who came on to capitol hill were not done in his direction at no point did you see go and storm the capital in my name despite all the i was being drawn by the democrats

and then they're fairly certain they've got this locked up the think that there are not 17 republicans are about to jump the fence and vote for the impeachment of donald trump the think they are almost home and dry so they don't need to drag this out much more it'll be interesting to see exactly what they put forward as an argument for donald trump but it's not going to take that long and they think this is in the bag and they have one and donald trump will not be convicted alanson now thanks allen says speaking to us from washington well we've also heard from donald trump's defense lawyer david stone who dismissed everything compiled and presented by the democrats the last few days. they haven't if anyway fighting. i think it's offensive but frankly if they really brought. tragedy that happened under them and it i think they're american.

that's case and they got a guy in florida donald trump resorts where he's based and a i believe donald trump's been playing golf today. yeah i mean that's the only definitive thing we know the former president has done there has been some reporting that during the 1st 2 days of his 2nd in pete when charlie was glued to the television and was reportedly deeply unhappy with his lawyers performance there is other speculation that piece navarro is former economics advisor had called him and told him to fire his legal team rehire another legal team and focus on the fact of the democrats calling the big lie what we now know is a big lie that the election was rigged so this is an uncharacteristically quiet president donald trump former president on top i should say but of course he has been muzzled from social media remember during his 1st impeachment trial he tweeted

out 140 times in just one day now some of the reasoning that he was playing golf today is that perhaps some of his advisors told him look show strength show nonchalance just get out there and do what you would normally do but there's simply no way of knowing what's in the mind of the former president at the moment apart from the fact that he is quite possibly angry with the legal team that only had a few days to prepare for this 2nd and pietschmann trial so we are waiting for have perhaps the end of the 2nd impeachment trial where we may hear from the former president who is still holed up in his mar a lago resort very close to me here in west palm beach and again again many thanks . let's bring in henry olsen he's a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center and a columnist at the washington post and joins us from washington d.c. and he thanks for speaking to us announcer henry so we've been watching the democrats because on the evidence the last 13 or 14 hours what did you make of it

would it change the mind of those 17 republicans needed to convict the president i think it's unlikely that it will change their minds but i think they've done a very good case and a very good job of putting pressure on that they've made it clear that the president if not intentionally sending the people to the capitol created the events that led to them going to the capitol and they've shown what the dramatic and disturbing results of the dow work and a lot of republicans i think will have to consult their consciences and decide if it's worth what it will be to do what they may in their hearts think is right we have heard from several republicans saying that the case being made has been very compelling so why is it that so many of them unlikely to change their votes are they sped when you have to remember that america is an extremely partisan country

most of them are from safe republican states where we have to worry more about a republican primary and polls show that between 80 and 90 percent of republicans want them to acquit so yes they may be very well scared of their political future and they all sort of the way they were is should they break their own judgment or should they represent their voters or voters are very clearly unconvinced by the evidence if the republicans are not prepared to cross the aisle and convict donald trump as it seems is the case what will have been the point of this impeachment trial don't think. i think it will have been something that made a point for the democratic party instead something of a rallying point for their constituency i think it does weaken donald trump of the broader electorate maybe republican partisans are still standing by him but that it makes it less likely that he can from back in them and i think it continues to make donald trump a focal point of the news which takes the attention off of president biden and we

know from 2020 that donald trump is something that unifies all the aspects of the very diverse democratic coalition so keeping that pressure on is something that they would very much like to do do you think there is another message that democrats could use now to sensate months tonicize things don't go as they wanted i don't think you could very well see a censure resolution which is something that expresses the disapproval of congress it's something that you're likelier to get republican votes on because it's more 'd of a moral lexer taishan than something that has a clear legal. punishment attached to it. that would let some republicans however off the hook and democrats sure come up with political calculus because then they could say that they disapproved of it so it could very well be democrats don't offer that because they want to keep republicans are tied up with

their bangs in support of money from it do you think this trial is a risk to democrats. it's not a huge risk to democrats and every time i meet barry that really we're down right big deep. distrust of democrats but it's hard to see how that would have been materially changed so i don't think the way they've conducted themselves is going to or significant political damage to them either now or in the future henry olson a very good to get your thoughts senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center speaking to us live from washington thank you. wrest the day's news coming up ahead more warnings that a coronavirus of varian 1st found in the u.k. will become the world's dominant strain. and the mother of a murdered lebanese activist eleven's a message to young people about giving up violence.

not to states has imposed sanctions on myanmar military leader and several others involved in the coup that's also targeted companies in the jade and gem sector which generate significant revenue and the u.s. international development agencies redirecting more than $42000000.00 of aid away from me and the government washington is warning feather punishments could be on the way. well the generals meanwhile are warning protesters to go back to work or else demonstrations against the current detention of the civilian leader aung san suu kyi have largely been peaceful so far a crackdown has been deepening florence leary reports. maintaining their momentum thousands of protesters again pour into the streets across myanmar in their civil disobedience campaign against the coup different

groups representing many walks of life now that are nearly done you this campaign is a little strange and co-chair but we think that the main goal is to get attention from all the countries so all the boys joining this campaign are risking their lives and putting aside. some police officers in chaos state even broke ranks and joined protesters calling themselves the police of the paper someone who was in the 1988 myanmar student uprising that ended in a violent military crackdown says that this movement has much broader support i think that the military will not be able to use the. must of their might in full extent because this is the time is different the world is different now you can see that the the world leaders came out with a strong statement especially the new zealand prime minister. our then came out

with this very strong statement that they cut their relationship with the military and his 1st public remarks on the protests coolly. urged government staff to return to work and people to avoid large gatherings because of coronavirus. people are found to be assembling in public areas we use them to avoid doing so as such assembly could increase the spread of covert 19 but many protesters seem unlikely to listen some commented on social media. that living under military dictatorship is worse than under the pandemic but minimum hang also warned that effective actions would be taken without elaborating what he meant meanwhile arrests continue . charlton's way a top aide to aung san suu kyi and several others with links to the ousted government were taken from their homes overnight. officials from the electoral

commission are also reported to have been taking. the junto says the election in november was fraudulent citing that as the main reason for its takeover. the u.s. announced it will impose sanctions against the military rulers the u.k. says it may follow suit a slowdown on foreign investment is also anticipated like in the past that could lead to the country tightening its already close economic relationship with china and sanctions and international isolation could also undo the economic progress since the election in 2015 was. but for now the message and the goal for the protesters are clear get as many people as possible out on the streets while at the same time drawing in more international attention and involvement florence louis al-jazeera south africa's president. says his country will receive 9000000 doses of the jones and johnson vaccine office

and use the one developed by astra zeneca study suggests it has limited effectiveness against a variant 1st identified african union disease experts say leaders should still use us as anika in countries where the mutation isn't present and the w.h.o. says it's still confident in the vaccine. one and a half 1000000 k. of the 90 vaccines are set to be delivered to mexico in the coming week but in the south several indigenous communities running against the government's inoculation efforts insisting they won't get the shot my new republic reports from mexico city . then they happen a municipality in the highlands of chiapas appears so far to have been spared the ravages of the copd 19 outbreak in mexico. the region is home to dozens of indigenous communities where local authorities have reported very few cases. it's

for this reason many say they don't want the vaccine. in our community everyone is healthy we haven't seen any decease here that's why people don't want a back seat to the nationwide new coronavirus cases continue to spike and mexico still accounts for the 3rd highest death toll in the world. but in this part of the country many people are supporting initiative that would prevent the vaccine from being distributed in their towns. most of us here are afraid they will come to vaccinate us there was an assembly where this was discussed and they said we have a choice so if a majority of people say no well then they cannot enter the community. southern chiapas is one of mexico's poorest regions and has the lowest coronavirus testing rates in the country here internet access is limited and conspiracy theories about the pandemic have spread like wildfire. with fear can be very imposing on any

community or say there are theories that the deceased is manmade or produced by the government and they are vaccinating to kill people it is fear that generates did resistance from people coming in and for his part mexico's president has said that everyone in mexico will have access to the back scene and his national inoculation program places a high price. communities no no respite i'd like to respectfully ask the mexican people to accept the vaccine when your turn comes it will protect you there is no other alternative don't be afraid of the side effects it's been assured that the vaccine will benefit will heal it will not affect you negatively do not be manipulated by campaigns or fear. the mexican government began vaccination efforts in december of last year and has set the goal of vaccinating the entire population by march of 2022 delays of mexico's national vaccination program mean that until now less than 800000 vaccines have been administered though health officials say

that new shipments of the russian and chinese vaccines could speed up national inoculation efforts. there are also logistical questions over how to deliver the vaccine to remote regions of the country and adding to the challenge of vaccinating all of mexico's 126000000 residents is convincing everyone that it's for their own good. and measured up a little al-jazeera mexico city u.s. president joe biden says the united states doesn't have as many vaccines as his administration initially thought he says he's selling contracts to buy another 200000000 but won't inoculate all americans by the end of summer as promised when scientists did their job and discovered vaccines in record time our predecessors be very blunt about it did not do his job in getting ready for the massive challenge of vaccinated hundreds of millions of americans he didn't order enough vaccine he

didn't mobilize you know people who administer the shots he didn't set up a federal vaccine centers where eligible people could go and get their shots when i became president 3 weeks ago america had no plan to vaccinate most of the country it was a big mess it's going to take time to fix to be blunt with you. as tend to correspond rob rannells head is live for us in los angeles i bought an ounce in this deal to acquire 200000000 additional dices which sounds like amount how significant is it. well it is significant because. according to biden and his administration that will be enough combined with all the doses that are already in the pipeline or contracted for from pfizer and madera and in addition the.

expectation that an one shot vaccine from johnson and johnson will be approved fairly soon within the next several weeks or at least months that should be enough to vaccinate 300000000 americans by july or august and the chief medical advisor to the president dr anthony said that the initial round of vaccinations that's the elderly medical workers and other essential workers that should be done pretty much by april and after that as he put it it's open season meaning that just about everyone else would be eligible to set up a vaccine appointment but the problem has been the complete insufficiency of the amount of vaccine i listen to briefings from several governors of different states across the country today all of them complaining that they are not getting enough

vaccine they're saying the people are clamoring for it their their web sites are almost overwhelmed by people trying to make a point of the but as the governor marilyn put it i can't give you an appointment for something that i don't have and as you heard as well well president biden was speaking at the national institutes of health that was that's. just outside of washington he had a tour there he was briefed by some scientists in a laboratory and then he had high praise for the scientific community in the united states but as you heard in the introduction to to me a moment ago he had some pretty harsh criticism for the outgoing former president who he said left him with a huge mess on his hands and said that this is going to take some time to sort out and and repair but at least the good news is that there are more vaccines in the pipeline the bad news is there's considerable concern about the fast spreading u.k.

variant and of course the south african variant which some studies have shown may be. impervious made me may not have an effect on the astra zeneca vaccine which by the way has not yet been approved for use here in the united states ok broth for now many thanks rob brunell's live in los angeles. for many of us wearing a mosque to protect south south and others from kevin rudd saying has become common practice but it turns out that to better than one the u.s. centers for disease control has conducted experiments on the effectiveness of mosques and it's not recommending double elias and says combining a cloth mosque of a such a cold mosque blocks more than one to 5 percent of particles the c.d.c. also says a tight fit is essential to stop any as gaping from the edges. is the chairman of

the wells health organizations global outbreak and response network he says the evidence on this is clear. the research has shown largely what we know and that is that a single layer is not a is not as effective as multiple layers it's getting translate to the little bit into. wearing to masks or even 3 and i think that's really not the point it's about wearing masks that have those different layers and this is thing really common knowledge but for some time the standard so to go mask has the 3 layers that we talk about w i w i j i was released guidelines on how to make clock masks with those 3 layers. you need anonymous organ inside layer starting absorbent inside layer non absorbent outside layer and then

a filtration process in the middle which is typically polypropylene and this is how you can make your own clothes masking that describes how to wash and all the sort of things are so i don't think i'd be pushing too masks but i'll be pushing good masks. athens hasn't had a full lockdown to tackle a surge in covert 19 cases shot sounds schools will close until at least the end of the month and there's a night curfew at weekends intensive care units in athens high beyond 70 percent capacity but many locals a critical what they describe as accordion measures that loosen and tighten. it's never going to get there at the after but i believe that these accordion measures are half measures what we need is for a large part of the population to be vaccinated so that we can reach a high level of immunity to make emission we as citizens are also to blame they aren't careful at all you say may i'm wearing my gloves and everything and i'm

outside now to visit a doctor but we are irresponsible. so ahead on al-jazeera demands for justice the family of a prominent saudi activist counts off to have release from prison. promises of reform from the president after months of mass protests but opponents say that the . however whether remains incredibly cold across canada and a good part of the us we've got a real arctic blast still digging right households canada sliding down across the northern plains and it's all well to the north of this line here actually a cold front we've got the colder air to the north of that and the much milder air down towards the south that's really significant boundary this one we're getting up

to around 18 celsius in atlanta 27 in miami you're minus 25 there once again in winnipeg and you see subzero across much of the northern plains just around the mountain states that cold well will continue to sink its way further southwards and all the northern. think of that we're looking at freezing rain a lot of heavy rainfall down towards the south as well that could cause some localized flooding and we got some snow for good measure to sliding off the rockies easing a little further east was over towards the legs as we go on into saturday some very heavy rain around the eastern seaboard by saturday right down across the panhandle that could cause some localized flooding a wintry mix continuing up towards that northeastern corner of the u.s. and i was also northwest looking for the winter here as well as we go on through the next couple of days with rain state and snow pushing all the way from the coast . but.

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