challenge next to truth you want to create something to break even you remove. the status quo and fight to justice down the old man sitting. down. with. documentaries not going to the section on. it is constitutional culture. donald trump's impeachment defense lawyers wrap up their case describing the trial as for that motivated by revenge. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the u.s.

warns yemen's who could still be hit with more sanctions as it prepares to revoke their terrorists blacklisting. more violence against people will only compound the illegitimacy of the cool of the culpability of its leaders united nations rights body adds to pressure on me and most generals and to keep protests well to their biggest days so far. and we'll speak to activists about what's behind a rise in violent crimes against asian americans in the u.s. . donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial is nearing its end with the u.s. senate's widely expected to acquit the former president as early as this weekend slow is wrapped up their defense they describe the trial as unconstitutional and said democrats pushing for trump's conviction were only seeking baseless revenge

the team also suggested evidence against have been manipulated trump is accused of inciting a deadly riot on capitol hill last month. this unprecedented effort is not about democrats opposing political violence is about democrats trying to disqualify their political opposition it is constitutional cancel culture history will will will record this shameful effort as a deliberate attempt by the democrat party to smear censor and cancel not just president trump but the 75000000 americans who voted for him there is significant reason to doubt the evidence the house managers have put before us let me say this clearly we have reason to believe the house managers manipulated

evidence and selectively edited footage if they did and this were a court of law they would face sanctions from the judge i don't raise this issue lightly rather it is a product of what we have found in just the limited time we have had since we 1st saw the evidence here with you this week we have reason to believe that the house managers created false representations of tweets and the lack of due process means there was no opportunity to review or verify the accuracy housen pitchman manage a democrat stacy plaskett is among those who all said senate has questions she insisted don't trump whipped up the riotous and didn't act to stop their rampage he knew the violence that was underway he knew the severity of the threats and most importantly he knew the capitol police were overwhelmingly outnumbered in

a fight for their lives against thousands of insurgents with weapons we know he knew that. we know that he did not send any individuals we did not hear any tweets we did not hear him tell those individuals stop this is wrong you must go back we did not hear that. alan fisher is in cap to hell falling or the developments for us allan that talk us through what you think are the highlights from today's proceedings. or this new reporting in the last couple of hours that suggests that the democrats may be considering calling witnesses more get to that in a 2nd but this is very much the defense that donald trump wanted his team taking the fight to the democrats claiming that the whole operation was justified because it was a threat to donald trump that they were trying to punish him that the hated what he

had done in office over the last 4 years and he wanted to impeach him from day one and they were guilty of a pa christie by claiming the use of the word fight was donald trump's incitement to crow to march on capitol hill they also accuse the democrats of prosecutorial misconduct by editing video misquoting the president and sure donald trump really wanted to make sure that his team went on the offensive in fact at one point they wouldn't even acknowledge that joe biden had won the election they said that wasn't the question here the question that the senate had to consider was whether or not donald trump's language incited the crowd in the united game and that was simply not the case as for the democrats well they said that they were here to attack donald trump this wasn't brought on by hatred this was about protecting the public and stopping political violence now let's turn to the possible calling of witnesses just in the last couple of hours that been 1st reporting 1st of all kevin mccarthy the leader of the republicans in the house it is widely reported that he had

a conversation with donald trump or in january of the 6 are doing him to call his people often initially said his people kevin mccarthy said the absolutely wear and only he could turn them back and then he said look kevin i think according to the report these people were more upset about what happened in the election you were kevin mccarthy responded with an expletive and then we have the whole question of did donald trump know that might pence's on vice president was that right. remember there was a phone call to a senator who said he had to go because the vice president had been a score to out of the senate chamber well his lawyer said that he was always worried about mike pence but there are sources close to mike pence saying tonight that when the lawyer said that there was concern on donald trump's part that was not true did he lie he was us the source said he absolutely lied so no the democrats are considering whether or not we should consider calling mike pence and

kevin mccarthy as witnesses there was a moment of unity it came at the end of the proceedings we heard the senate agreeing should present the congressional gold medal to eugene goodman a capitol hill police officer who on the day of the 6th of january 1st of all directed mitt romney a republican senator away from the crowd and then managed to distract the writers leading the more we from the senate chamber delayed them for a couple of minutes before they managed to get in there but that was enough for people to leave the chamber everyone agrees there's every possibility eugene goodman save lives by his actions on january the 6th and no will be presented with congress's highest honor allen fresh many thanks speaking to us there from capitol hill we can speak now to you richard purcell professor of american politics the university of tennessee and an expert on public law and the supreme court joining us from knoxville maine thanks for speaking to us so how do you what do you make of

the trial and how it's gone so far far now that both sides have had their say. well turned to imagine the beginning of the trial that a conviction was going to come out i think the democrats did in a shot of jabbers of showing some footage that people hadn't seen before but in the footage all time context i think the republicans the defenders of donald trump the attorneys did a pretty poor job at 1st but they managed to recoup a little today i don't think it changed a lot of minds at the court don't a critical vote maybe only 6 or 7 republicans unless something dramatic change what do you think is going to happen next do you think witnesses may be called as our correspondent was alluding to well it's interesting because because of the sort of more aggressive tact that the attorneys took today that to they took a few liberties with the truth and so democrats may want to sort of re you know

back when this is a very brilliant this is for the 1st time and have those individuals testify that what the attorneys were saying was was not true if republicans are not prepared to cross the aisle and convict donald trump what would have been the point of this impeachment trial do you think well i did as a couple things and i'm someone you know that of impeachment is a pretty political weapon and the public's you know. you know in the united states maybe 60 percent support conviction and 40 percent don't. but i think the point as 2 to one is that donald trump. from running for public office again and number 2 is that you send a message to future presidents that this kind of the if you're on that we tolerate . do you think this trial has increased the partisan divide in the country.

you know i would certainly know the partisan divide is very bad in this country but i think that you're seeing with 10 republicans in the house and maybe 7 or 6 or 7 republicans crossed in the santa with about 140000 people in the last few days renouncing their membership in the republican party may actually be seeing a little bit of sort of some move. towards maybe a little bit more towards the middle. interesting and many thanks for your thoughts richard purcell professor of american politics at the university of tennessee. as we heard earlier u.s. senate says have paid tribute to a man they say is a hero of the capital riots eugene goodman was awarded the congressional gold medal as the highest civilian honor senate majority leader chuck schumer thank the officer for going above and beyond here in this trial we saw

a new video powerful video showing calmness under pressure his courage in the line of duty his foresight in the midst of chaos and his willingness to make himself a target of the mobs rage so that others might reach safety officer goodman is in the chamber tonight officer goodman thank you thank you thank. you. coming up in the news ahead we'll look at how racism and equality a fueling vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities in the united kingdom. the international criminal court finally chooses a new lead prosecutor a long drawn out process.

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you're watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour the 4th day of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial has concluded his defense team augie the trial is unconstitutional and that evidence against the former president hot button manipulated trump is accused of inciting a deadly riots in the capitol hill last month. u.s. senators have awarded a police officer with the highest honor they can give a civilian for his role in protecting politicians during insurrection. gettman has been awarded the congressional gold medal. the united states will lift

yemen's who theory rebels from its terrorist blacklist on tuesday president joe biden the united nations and aid groups fear the designation would worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis but a shift in policy comes with a warning as catchy lopez had a young reports. well. the u.s. state department says yemen's who thier bibles will be taken off its list of terror groups it's a move that could reflect a shift of u.s. policy in the middle east but the announcement comes with a warning after the who these admitted they attacked a saudi airport on wednesday the u.s. says if the violence continues sanctions will follow if the who the leadership is under any illusion that the intent to revoke this designation suggests that we're going to let up the pressure on them they are sorely mistaken the who these however are defending their actions what

a how but even by war is legitimate because it is based on the right for self-defense when saudi and the u.a.e. stop their war on yemen we will stop immediately and without the need for any dialogue or political solutions in the past we stopped attacking saudi arabia hoping that it can change its policies and stop its aggression we have in the past introduced many concessions therefore we emphasize once again that we are not waiting for a change of heart inside the american administration or inside the saudi or your leadership. the war in yemen has led to a humanitarian crisis leaving millions of people on the brink of starvation. more than 80 percent of the population lives in areas controlled by who thinks many fear keeping the group on the terror list or f t o would make the crisis worse as it limits the access of aid workers real f.b.o. designation and place those aid workers base handled the jail time and you know it just really shuts down the international humanitarian assistance the war between

who the rebels and yemen is internationally recognised government is widely seen as a proxy conflict between saudi arabia and iran and now taking the coup thieves off the u.s. terror list could have wider political implications i think it's going to possibly upset the saudi u.a.e. led coalition and that same token it's going to help cool temperatures in yemen and possibly will temperatures we in the u.s. and iran while the war appears to be far from over people in yemen hope new policies will eventually lead to more concessions and peace agreements. al-jazeera for u.n. agencies say at least 400000 yemeni children aged on the folly of could starve to death this year without the help severe malnutrition has worsened as the coronavirus pandemic has compounded the impact of the war many

a programs are closing or being scaled back because they don't have enough money the congressman has pushed to end american involvement in the war says he was yelled at by the u.a.e. ambassador to the u.s. broke out there was a lead sponsor of the resolution to cut off washington support for the saudi led coalition representatives of the mass the use of a tie but deny he ever raised his voice at the congressman akin to recall the incident during an interview. you know i've never had a passenger up another country come to my office and literally yell at me but that's what i had with the bastard that us am and i think that they were used to be the best for you even the ambassador of saudi arabia having a very positive reception of the hill and it's really shifted dramatically in the 4 years i've been here and i also think they miscalculated in assuming that trump would just be there for another 4 years and really may no effort to think about how

the world may change if the democrats came to the white house. the u.n. human rights council has he not of slay adopted a resolution condemning me on miles manisha kay they originally text was watered down to get china and russia on board the resolution calls for the release of aung san suu kyi and all political prisoners who've been detained since the case. inside the country friday saw one of the biggest protests against the gentle fall. i as they tap their creativity for the marches for a 7th straight day the antic who protesters across myanmar continue with their movement calling for the return of democracy and the release of their civilian leaders are going to honor about what we are asking international football fans on twitter facebook instagram to save our country and share what is happening. and not just premier league football fans in yangon. in the eastern city of mean police

broke up a protest arresting several people for the last few nights security forces have rounded up people who have taken part in the growing civil disobedience movement. and as myanmar's military celebrated union day in the capital which marks the anniversary of the nation's independence facebook announced it would reduce the distribution of all content in profiles run by the military the move is not a ban but to lower the number of people who see their content the social media giant saying the military has continued to spread misinformation. and there's growing concern about a cyber bill proposed by the junta. the military says its new laws are to protect the public and prevent crimes that could harm the country's stability. freedom of expression advocates see it as an unprecedented censorship. and this is sort of a page out of the authoritarian playbook you define something so broadly that it can mean anything and then you can charge anyone and 9 times out of 10 that's going

to be a government critic or an activist so we're really worried that this law will be pushed through and then it will be used to suppress criticism of the military or resistance to the military coup also marking the union day holiday the huta announced a prisoner amnesty more than 23000 prisoners were released the military leaders say the move was to establish a new democratic state with peace development and discipline protesters are concerned that part of the reason for the release is to make room in the prisons possibly for more political detainees it's got hardware al-jazeera. a british woman rights lawyer has been elected the next prosecutor of the international criminal court crane colonist taking on one of the toughest jobs in the legal welt the tribunals seeks justice for trustees including war crimes and genocides is a dame space. this was a long drawn out process argentina. australia for the 1st time since

the international criminal court started work almost 2 decades ago the $123.00 countries that are part of the court elected the new chief prosecutor recounted it couldn't be agreed by consensus having received the highest number of votes after 2 rounds of voting there was a victor mr karim khan of the united kingdom has been elected prosecutor of the international criminal court for a period of 9 years cream cone is the 3rd person to take on this important role that always proves to be controversial. he is an experienced prosecutor who currently heads unit tab the u.n. unit based in baghdad that is charged with collecting the evidence of crimes carried out by eisel although this is an independent legal position everything about the international criminal court ends up being politically charged

a number of his early decisions a bound to be controversial whichever course he takes. the court recently decided that its jurisdiction extends to the palestinian territories this is enraged israel because the current chief prosecutor for 2 bensouda has said she believes both be israeli military and palestinian groups a possible perpetrators of war crimes has been sued or also launched investigations into crimes in afghanistan the us is not a signatory to the court and the idea that u.s. troops could be charged so enraged the trumpet ministration because the i.c.c. continues to target americans that issued travel bans on senior i.c.c. officials including misspend sudha prohibiting her from coming to the u.s. james bays out 0 at the united nations. a former european central bank boss is officially becoming italy's latest prime minister by a druggies katniss is

a mix of technocrats and politicians from his broad coalition party wrangling brought down the previous administration in the midst of a pandemic an economic freefall the world health organization says all theories on the origins of corona virus are still on the table and that his mission to will happen in china where the 1st cases were reported failed to identify the source of the virus but it poured cold water on the idea that it leaks from a lab or sri the team says it's likely to have come for that. vaccine rates have been found to be much slower among black and minority health care workers in the united kingdom and some hospitals only a quarter blackstar have been given a jab. and. there's something wrong with britain's vaccine rollout the country's way ahead of the rest of europe but vaccine has didn't see could derail government plans to give every adult in the country

a dose by september the hesitancy is down racial lines in a country where black women are 5 times more likely to die during pregnancy and covert death rates for most ethnic minorities are higher compared to white people longstanding health inequalities say leading doctors have eroded confidence in the vaccine in a recent survey 72 percent of black respondents said they were unlikely to have the job despite being most at risk of dying from the disease and according to one study a 5th of all care home staff and many workers in the country's national health service the n.h.s. a choosing not to be vaccinated 1200000 people work in the n.h.s. they are are told our society and what happens in the wider social world is bound to be reflected within within the n.h.s. workforce now what we do not want is for new misinformation to take over

individuals due to a potential lockable understanding or because. this is the hospital where the prime minister boris johnson was treated when he contracts in coronavirus the hospital trust told us that overall 80 percent of staff have been vaccinated from surgeons to secretaries but only a quarter of black african black caribbean staff and even fewer staff from filipino backgrounds. a vaccine scandal that plague the philippines for years has had a negative impact on uptake here developed by a french company dying back c.e.o. was proven to dramatically reduce severe dengue fever. but had to be relabeled after it was found it could cause more severe illness in children who have already have the disease even though none of the $30000.00 children in the clinical trial were affected and the vaccine still worked well the damage has been done effectively use of a whole range of proven treatments i look after international donors and the ones

that. are coming are the younger generation the children that were given injection and could be relatives of the nurses we have now or people that they already know or you know and that scares them. a vaccine center in a birmingham mosque the government says it can't force people to have the job but what it can do is tackle some of the myths surrounding the vaccine including that it contains pork or can alter people's d.n.a. and that means reaching out to different communities reshaping the narrative to help people make the right decision the park out jazeera london. that was supposed to be a time of lunar new year celebrations for asian communities worldwide attacks are rising against asian americans it's a particular problem on the us west coast and warning some viewers may find images

and rob reynolds report disturbing the videos are shocking. in san francisco a man attacks 84 year old vito rock tonopah d. injuring him so badly he later died in oakland's historically chinese neighborhood a 91 year old man is violently pushed to the ground smashing his head on the curb and causing serious injuries surveillance video in an oakland chinatown shop shows an assailant waiting till an elderly woman takes out money then tries to violently rob her before racing off researchers see an uptick in crimes against asian americans we don't doubt that a racially motivated are not and so we're not calling them a crimes because we have no clear racial bias and tent. we do know that asian american idol we have targeted in our data i'm asian american are we are

disproportionately represented and that's why it's so horrific among asian communities a wave of attacks has turned what should be a time of celebration the lunar new year and dawning of the year of the ox into a season of fear instead we think a community and maybe seniors who will eat inside chinatown they are also afraid it will on their own streets in the too violent attack seen here police have arrested suspects and charged them with crimes we've increased our routine patrols and our chinatown area community members are coming out and walk in and be a more visible in our chinatown area in san francisco community members have started a sidewalk patrol group what we want to do is to make our old really feel safe you know there are a lot are out and about right now to be because of the chinese new year and we need a new year and we just wanted to feel safe activists say the assaults reflect

a bigger problem in us society it's part of the again deep rooted systemic racism in america. see some people as belonging and others as outsiders and right now are cast as perpetual farmers rights researchers at san francisco state university recorded 2800 racist incidents involving asian americans last year ranging from verbal abuse and spitting to physical assault rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. this is our sara these are the top stories the 4th day of donald trump's 2nd impatient trial has concluded his lawyers wrapped up their defense arguing the trial is unconstitutional and that evidence against trump was manipulated he's a key is if in sizing the rise in capitol hill last month in which 5 people died

both sides face questions from senate.