impeachment prosecutors focus on what they say is donald trump's culpability and lack of remorse the capitol hill riots i'm afraid it's a running lose. because she can do this again. this is al jazeera life and also coming up. we have miles ruling general signals he's running out of patience with and to keep protesters ordering them to go back to work. and the indigenous communities in mexico largely spared so far by coronavirus who are resisting vaccination efforts.

house impeachment managers have wrapped up their case and donald trump's trial they say the former president is overwhelmingly guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors and must be convicted and barred from public office that is highly unlikely to alan fischer reports now from capitol hill there was no dramatic video from the impeachment managers on thursday instead there was a warning donald trump had a history of political violence and if he wasn't convicted then there would inevitably be more. the attack was done for donald trump at his instructions and to fulfill his wishes. donald trump had sent them there we love it we love you grow you know you'll be happy what do you mean we're fighting for jobs. all of these people who have been arrested and charged they're being accountable held accountable for their actions their leader the man who incited them

must be held accountable as well. thank. god if we don't try the line here what's next what makes you think the nightmare with donald trump and his lawmaking and violent mobs is over. if we let him get away with it. and then it comes to your state capital or comes back here again is there any political leader in this room who believes that if he is ever allowed by the senate to get back into the oval office donald trump would stop inciting violence to get his way. would you bet the lives of more police officers on the. i'm not afraid of donald trump running again in 4 years i'm afraid he said running in and lose because he can do this again. the democratic impeachment managers

quoted extensively from republicans who had blamed criticized and condemned donald trump for what happened here on capitol hill on january the 6th a clear message to the republican senators no sitting in judgment impeachment is not to punish but to prevent we are not here to tarnish donald trump we are here to prevent the seeds of hatred that he planted from bearing any more fruit many of the insurrectionist the president trump incited to invade this chamber were dangerous people on the f.b.i. watch list violent extremists. white supremacists. i challenge you all to think about it if you think this is not impeachable what is what would be. president trump's lawyers endorsers breathtaking assertion that his

conduct in inciting these events was totally appropriate and the senate acquits donald trump than any president could incite and provoke insurrectionary violence against us again if you don't find this a high crime and misdemeanor today you have set a new terrible standard for presidential misconduct in the united states of america . defense team will note about less than half the time allowed to present its defense convinced it has the votes to stop the conviction of donald trump on the charge of high crimes and misdemeanors while giving his assessment donald trump's defense lawyer david sharing dismissed everything compiled and presented by the democrats i think to make. anyway. i think it's offensive i think it is of the healing process. the frenzy that happened on the dam

and that i think there's an american. and they got to is in west palm beach florida on a donald trump's resort he says there's been no web from the former u.s. president. there has been some reporting that during the 1st 2 days of his 2nd impeachment trial he was glued to the television and was reportedly deeply unhappy with his lawyers performance there is other speculation that peter navarro his former economics advisor had called him and told him to fire his legal team rehire another legal team and focus on the fact what the democrats are calling the big lie what we now know is a big lie that the election was rigged so this is an uncharacteristically quiet president don't 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 it 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 with a 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 the 2nd impeachment trial so we are waiting for how 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. let's bring in karen greenberg she is the director of center national security for the university school of north joins us from pound range in new york state many thanks for speaking to us karen what did you make of the democrats' case 7 days when it changed the mind of those 17 republicans needed to convict the president. it's very good question that it doesn't look like it's going to change

their minds but i think there's a further question which is will it change the minds of the american public in will appeal lost some of the people who are referred to as the base or supporters and voters be donald trump and that will determine what happens in the future so i think it's really there are really 2 issues here and i think democrats know what they're playing as they're playing to other people in that they're also playing to the country at large do you think the same page turns out process was a risk to the democrats you know and i actually as i'm watching it play out less and less that that belly of the conclusion or assertion i think it's actually been quite interesting to have to watch again we'll have to have to put in context what can do before during after this is or action

and so i think in a way it's reminded us that at a time when it's not immediate shock and immediate response but kind of well this is what happened we're looking at it from a little more of a distance and in some ways some of the videos show that it's worse than we thought . republicans have said over and over again that. this is going to increase the pot as than divide between the 2 parties do you think that could be the case. you know it's possible it's hard to imagine the partisan divide the worst what it could do is to sort of make it harder for by to go for it with his message of unity but again we're going to see i think this is an important moment even taking that risk or i think many people do think that in that it's not ok to just say let's we put some of the well and between and we can get beyond it was that out some poor accountability even if that horrific you know debility is

just let's put the record out there let's say we did the right thing as a country that's president and that's voted on and and again it's about the process president biden has been very quiet don't you think of the last 2 days well he's been quiet but you know in his way he's also said why he's been quiet no he does not look like he wants to engage in this he believes the process should play itself out and he's very much been. talking about process and every single part of the presidential again to in these 1st early days of his presidency he rather than taking these strong stances which he does take in some of these executive orders he emphasized process process process and we'll see where this comes whether it's the state department whether the justice department or other things so it's very much in keeping with the tenor that president biden is trying to describe his presidency with so it's the turn of donald trump's legal team tomorrow what

a year expecting from them any surprises at all. you know they didn't. and i don't know what to credit this with but i do think it's interesting we do know they'll talk about the 1st amendment which they've already discounted. today but there has been some talk that they might discuss what about it i'm talking about other protests that took place across the country in recent months in the black white matter but. i'm not sure that would be the case but if that is the case that would be surprising to me karen good to hear karen greenberg director of center national security affording university school of law. united states has imposed sanctions on myanmar military leader and several others involved in the coup it's also targets of companies in the jade and gems sector

which generate significant revenue and the u.s. international development agency is redirecting more than $42000000.00 of aid away from me a mosque government washington is warning father punishments could be on the way. the generals in myanmar meanwhile are warning protesters to go back to work or else demonstrations against the care and attention of the civilian leader aung san suu kyi have largely been peaceful so far but a crackdown has been deepening florence louis 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 your 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 in 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 urge them to avoid doing so as such assembly could increase the spread of covered 19 but many protesters seem unlikely to listen some commented on social media that living under military dictatorship is worse than under the pen damning but minimal hang also warned that effective actions would be taken without elaborating what he meant. meanwhile arrests continue. chawton sree 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 taken to. 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 protest is a 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. more well coming out warnings that a coronavirus variance us found in the u.k. will become the world's dominant strain. and promises of reform from the elevation president after months of mass protests i mean say that the fall.

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on through the coming days with those seasonal storms looking pretty active at the moment active showers to making their way towards flanker over the next day or so flooded as long as you dry rural it across much of south asia but as we go on into saturday this little clutch of storms will roll their way a little further westwards easing over towards franca through the course of sas day northern parts turning increasingly wet with the risk of flooding. to qatar airways. that. mutual love of the ox. the stage is set to immortalize fading memories. in a magical race against time. witness our time machine.

you're watching out of their mind top stories this hour us democrats have wrapped up the 2nd and final day of opening arguments against donald trump graphic and at times hiring evidence to make the case that the former president is responsible for the genuine 6 violence and i know. one of donald trump's defense lawyers dismissed everything compiled and presented by the democrats calling it offensive the former president has remained publicly silent he spent the day playing golf. u.s. president joe biden says the united states doesn't have as many vaccine doses as

his administration initially thought he says the government signed contracts to buy not the 200000000 but went in ocular all americans by the end of the summer as promised when scientists did their job discovered roxy's a record time mark predecessor to be very blunt about it did not do his job getting ready for the massive challenge of back hundreds of millions of american. you didn't order the vaccine you didn't mobilize you know people who administer the shots you didn't refer to a vaccine you sent were eligible people could go and get their shots while 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 south africa's presence or ram opposed says his country will receive $9000000.00 doses of the

johnson and johnson vaccine office and again the one develops seneca studies have suggested it has limited effectiveness against the variant 1st identified that african union disease experts say leaders should still use astra zeneca in countries where the new taishan isn't present and the w.h.o. says it's still confident in the vaccine one and a half 1000000 covered 19 vaccine doses a set to be delivered to mexico in the coming week but even the sound of several indigenous communities are rallying against the government's inoculation efforts insisting that they won't get a shot manual. reports. then they happen a municipality in the highlands of chiapas appears so far to have been spared the ravages of the code 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.

here in our community everyone is healthy we haven't seen any deceased 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 and i'm not the only idea in the hands of one of them or 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 good resistance from people in the community for his part mexico's president has said that everyone in mexico will have access to the vaccine and his national inoculation program places a high priority on rural communities the merest pitocin of 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 when. 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. measure up a little al-jazeera mexico city. says and has a full lockdown salt's in schools will close until at least the end of the month and there's a night curfew weekends have 19 patients have failed intensive care units in athens to be on 70 percent capacity locals a critical of what they described as accordion measures which listen and tighten. it's never going to get there at the after but i believe that these accordion measures are harsh measures but 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. ek research as say the corona virus mutation 1st found in the southeast in county of tents could become the world's dominant strain since being identified in september has spread to more than 50 countries move from rory chalons in london. what she says is that the this particular strain that was 1st detected in the u.k. back in september and it's now in 50 countries around the world but it's already swept through the u.k. now it's sweeping the rest of the world and it is likely that it will become the dominant strain of the virus outside of the u.k. as well and that's because it's more transmissible it's not necessarily more deadly but it is more transmissible it passes from one person to another more effectively

what she says is that we are going to see these these new variants popping up there have been several already that's the way viruses work and what this means is that she expects her work as a sequence of looking at corona virus to carry on for another 10 plus years now that perhaps sounds more worrying than that it actually is she's not saying that this is going to be an acute public health crisis for that long but she's saying that because viruses mutate because you get these different strains some of the strains may be less dangerous some of them may be more you have to keep a tab on things you have to keep looking looking at them you have to keep your 'd vaccines effective by making sure that tweaks to the new strains of the virus that are in circulation and although coronaviruses public health crisis may have faded from view in that time it's still a long term project scientists need to be on top of. the president to bellerose

says he'll hold a constitutional referendum next year and let people decide whether he has too much power and xander lukashenko has disputed election when last year provides huge demonstrations an international condemnation. has heard a young reports thanks alexander lukashenko has promised constitutional changes for belew spoof sure but now he has a timeline really 2022. and conditions if he was to stand down some time after that but no guarantee of that happening gamaliel much smaller school that is last year my main condition for stepping down would be peace and order in the country no protest activities nobody overthrows the country and opinions expressed are we in the norms of the law and. the opposition says his address is just window dressing to cover his true intent hanging on to power they say no matter the cost

however the setting is different now to 6 months ago after his disputed victory for a 6th term as president weeks of mass protests have presented the biggest threat to the arctic rats 27 years in power he crushed the uprising with force. that some political observers in the capital minsk believe repression won't win he situation is roosevelt precisely because he has. to rely on this is like the only thing you have left of his dog. since putting down the protests there is little doubt the look feels more empowered however his opposition isn't confined to the roofs it's outside as well the west imposed sanctions after his crackdown unneighborly 20 a supports the opposition we have them are the ocean and courageous struggle of the russian people who are standing up for their right to decide the fate of their own

country who are free basic demands free elections and of weiland and the release of political prisoners. is europe's longest serving leader and for now at least he intends to keep it that way katia will possibly yom al-jazeera. the family of prominent in women's rights activists live joan moon says they won't real justice a day off to her release from prison she still faces a travel ban on a farm and wants her conviction of a turned ports when the call came on wednesday for lucina huddles family it was good news they'd waited nearly 3 years to hear i was so hurt i was so amazed to see this strong woman well i just was asking me how are you in no way that she was like. i so you few days ago and know that back to normal life i was.

as strong really didn't yes. you did and a leading campaigner for the right of women to drive in saudi arabia before the law was changed the fluid was convicted in 20 teen her tweets were used as evidence to prosecute her under cyber crimes and antiterrorism laws after nearly 3 years in jail she received a conditional release and was freed on wednesday she's appealing against her conviction and the terms of her release that include a probation period and a 5 year travel ban jane is not free she has just been. released condition even east's and what we want now is that. really just. as the true jane is completely unconditionally free behind her family says she'll use every legal means available to prosecute those she says tortured her in prison human rights watch issued a statement saying saudi arabia should question the convictions against all had

little that essentially deem her women's rights activism terrorism and also called on saudi officials to lift the travel ban and end her suspended sentence saudi authorities should also immediately and unconditionally release all human rights activists detained for advocating for human rights. blogger and activist neufeld deliveries also reportedly left prison this week my yeah who was detained for expressing support for her is still behind bars so is human rights activists some are but some are was the 1st woman to sue her guardian because she hadn't been allowed to marry the person she wanted to marry she is also the 1st woman to file suit against the government for the right to vote in municipal elections so bars brother rifa dawi has been in prison for 7 years and defamation charges and campaign are. also remains imprisoned amnesty international says at least 10 women's rights activists were rounded up for advocating an end to male guardianship

and a ban on women driving it says they endure torture sexual abuse and other forms of ill treatment while in prison saudi arabia is working to reset its relationship with the united states and others concerned about its human rights record over forms have been enacted by crown prince behind been salmond critics say they're largely cosmetic and many hope that more meaningful changes like those championed by activists will be achieved and are schapelle al-jazeera. this is down to their the cya top stories yes democrats have wrapped up the 2nd final day of laying out their case in double tom's impeachment trial at. times hiring evidence ticks.