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and that they would not respect their institute that the president of the senate mike pence hang mike pence was the chant and they just dismissed that why because maybe they can't get another job will president trump responded shortly after the verdict with a written statement he said it's a sad commentary of our times that one political party in america is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law i always have and always will be a champion for the on raving rule of law this has been the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country a trial then concludes by writing our historic patriotic and you civil movement to make america great again has only just begun let's cross live now to andy gallacher who's in west palm beach florida i mean this will be of course the result that everyone was expecting but now that trump has his victory this could really
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energize him. it could but let's not forget trump's legal woes are far from over there's a criminal investigation being opened in the u.s. state of georgia following that hour long call the trump made with the republican secretary of state broad raffensperger in which he said i need x. amount of votes to win an election in which he lost some of the charges they're looking at their rockets hearing and interfering with elections there are several other legal cases going on as well equally as serious and there was even then a comment from mitch mcconnell that suggested the justice department may now go after trump because this is a private citizen they pretty much have the right to do that but if anyone was in any doubts about whether donald trump was going to have politics or not that statement really put that to rest because he said in the months ahead i have lots of things to share with you so a foreboding of what perhaps will do over the next few days weeks or
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even years but there is a certain see here that in many ways this is now the party of donald trump and it will be interesting to see when he does a merge from mara lago what he does whether he wants to exact revenge on people like mitt romney and ben sasse etc the 7 republicans that voted. him guilty even more interesting might be what happens to the relationship between mitch mcconnell and donald trump now because mcconnell is one of the most senior republicans in the party the minority house leader and that speech he gave. the acquittal came down was extremely powerful you know a lot of people might be asking the question well if you felt that way did why did you vote guilty of mcconnell's argument there is you know this was unconstitutional which was something that was argued on tuesday on the 1st day of this 2nd impeachment trial but we know now for certain that trump is going to stay in
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politics is going to have a powerful. force over the future of the republican party but the real question is what is this republican party what's their identity are they the party of margery taylor green the cure known conspiracy theorist or are they the party of loose cheney the far more moderate republican from wyoming it's the fractures are already showing that there's some people already talking about a civil war among the republican republican party but there's no question that the former don't trump brits large over all of this know the entire nation they go thanks very much from west palm beach florida and he gallica. still with me now steve clemons host of al-jazeera is the bottom line joins us from washington is the republican party in the middle of a real identity crisis. well i think danny gallacher got exactly right of course
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it's in the middle of identity crisis they allowed their party for political expediency reasons you know with donald trump coming in to have conspiracy theory theorists. conspiracy theorists white nationalists and just really the fringe elements of american political world come together and become a major anchor of their party pushing out the establishment pushing out i mean when you look at the bush administration there's a biography out right now about one of the most powerful republicans who really ran washington for 30 years james baker and when you compare that biography of james baker to what you see in the republican party today they couldn't be at greater odds with one another james baker is still alive and it's just a remarkable change in fortune in which this party doesn't know what it's about anymore or at least donald trump has a huge huge piece of it but there are other parts of now the fringe the former
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establishment republicans trying to figure out what to do. and with with don tom sang that this is only the beginning of the movement on that rail concerns in our rail fares that they couldn't be more saying. social division of civil unrest as we saw on january 6th. well i think we have to be on guard for that that's a very interesting question you ask i think there are some pieces of that infrastructure in which donald trump spoke to and animated the crowds that he did that he no longer has you know he doesn't have airports one to fly around and to do great public rallies where the local. towns and cities and counties would give way to him because he was the president he's a private citizen now he's not a president he doesn't have twitter any longer he can't tweet will he find another
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platform we don't know that so those elements to kind of give you know a lot of surround sound to the president's messages are no longer in place and we don't know to what degree he'll be able to animate those people again but there are the proud boys the oath keepers these various groups that have essentially aligned with him that are part of his followers they're not exclusively the only ones there are many others out there that believe in donald trump and what he stands for in his kind of political muscularity but i think that. you know he's going to figure out how to speak to them at some point and i think their mission is to act as if they are revolutionaries of this moment that this is 776 that this is tyranny in washington to tyranny over their lives and i think that kind of rhetoric has driven these people to look at what happened on january 6th and think that that is legitimate and they dress is their grievances. it's interesting you point out the
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dollar is out of the why alice doesn't have the same tools mobilization that he's had in the last he is affable swan and they able to address the crowds but it could that actually what in his favor is the anti establishment guy and i guess with this trial he's raney shunk that you can is the power of high office for self interest personal ambition and policy and you can get away with it. no i think you can and i think we see parts of the media establishment in america willing to give him time and i'm sort of interested in whether donald trump comes out as chairman or one of the major voices of the one america news network to which he was so deferential and helpful in his own white house the one american news network is is proton 247 and so you what you want to with it whether there is another network that may be set up to help him but i do think that as you point out
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you know he is he is the news he drives rating says he always said he's he's the news now and i think he's going to be the news for a while you know joe biden wants to move on to governing the country to get real issues but when you look at the vote you have there today you know that donald trump when he speaks out and says blocked this from biden or that joe biden is an illegitimate president or something along those lines it's going to make joe biden's time in office very very difficult and it's going to continue to keep donald trump in place as as a major political force all right for now thanks very much steve clemons joining us there from actual action thanks steve. well it was a still ming of the capitol on january 6th that led to this impeachment trial more than $230.00 people have been charged over that violence and one of those was jacob anthony channels and also known as the killing on shannon i don't know i spoke with
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his lawyer al but what can strengthen louis missouri and i asked if he thought the former president's words had influenced his client. and we have to be candid here there are millions of americans who fell in love with president trump they were on every word my it. was at the capitol he came to washington to she after years of product. of. trumped we rally you mentioned the millions of americans out of a 70000000 americans voted for president trump in the last election they didn't all descend on the capitol but that they were members of their government in the united states is. the president of yesterday for inciting people that means making them do things that but for his words of actions they would not have gotten the president's defense team of august in the trial as you well know vandar if he
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didn't that there is no k. link between what the president said and the way in which the protest has behaved there are getting that it wasn't incitement because the attack was premeditated. that that may be true for those that were violent for those that had a nefarious goal and objective my client absolutely not you have to be on crack and absolutely deaf dumb and blind to not understand that the words and the actions of a president over the course of years did not groom millions of americans there was a nefarious element in that crowd my client was not one of them he didn't have a gun it never wore blue didn't have that he had any no he did not he had the flag of the flag was a finial the very same flag it's on top of every other very same clue as pictured with us we have every one minute it had that video is on every flag in the capitol
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building in every federal building in the u.s. that is a decorative sitting regardless of a speech delivered by president donald trump regardless of the tweets he might post does it justify an attack in which 5 people lost their lives. no question everybody myself included especially michaud was appalled at what we saw in jail you're a ships but you can load under one moniker every single individual some of them are 30405061 couple over 70 years of age that went into the capitol building on january 6th that that was my client we snowboard and insurrectionist then my dog and my dog probably could have got more people would follow him and the guy with the horns in the fur.
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we don't want to lose sight of on the global news now we tend to man mob because in the latest crackdown on protests military rulers have suspended laws that restrict the actions of the security services they've also ordered the arrest of 7 high profile critics of the military coup on fat very fast while in major cities across the country thousands of people have again marched against the regime under schapelle reports. buddhist monks are among the many marching in yangon they lead prayers outside the u.s. embassy to call for the release of unsung suchi and other civilian leaders. who have not given me that honor not that we just want a country to escape from under the military dictatorship to be peaceful and developed we don't want to go back to the doctor's era before 2010 we want peace and we are against the military dictatorship more marched in the capital naypyidaw joining thousands for an 8th day of protests which denounce nighttime raids against coup opponents. while a curfew is in place from 8 pm until 4 am local time people have been out and on
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edge neighborhood watch groups do their best to warn when police are coming in some cases they turn away to avoid confrontation and others people are taken away was. a local watchdog group for political prisoners says the raids are targeting dissenting voices a lot of us. you know were involved in the pro-democracy movement in the past. on like a lot like you know we we activated the protocols and we don't us sleep in one place we move one off to another there are a lot of activists even though they are not i rested a concerned that they may be targeted next the un human rights council has called on the gentile to release all who've been arbitrarily detained the army responded on saturday by suspending laws requiring court orders to detain suspects for more than a day for searching private property and surveillance more than 350 people have been
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arrested since the coup on february 1st be all social peaceful protests related the ruling party is on the record i'm from. moreover it places rich people's freedoms by preparing a telecommunications bill intended to draw access the internet. that state t.v. channels broadcast pictures of vandalism in attacks on police vehicles reputed how do i would do you know reality the head of the military general mint on playing has been on the airwaves repeating allegations of voter fraud in last november's parliamentary elections more errors have been found in the voter rolls he says the nation must join hands with the military for the successful realization of democracy as protests grow in size and begin to affect its flow of cash the military is about to give itself even more powers the cyber security law the human rights watch calls the dream of despots everywhere making protests more difficult to organize and the pictures of them riskier to share and al-jazeera.
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rescue workers in northern india is still trying to reach villages caught off when a collapse of last year caused massive flooding 6 days ago excavate as a clearing rocks and debra from the site where a bridge was washed away ryan even edge an atomic atara can state people living in a dozen villages have relied on food and other supplies being flown in by helicopter at least 36 people have so far been confirmed dead in those floods bought 170 others are still missing now a strong earthquake of an estimated 7.3 magnitude has hit off the eastern coast of japan dozens were injured and tremors were felt in the capital tokyo hundreds of kilometers away the quake struck near the fukushima prefecture it left almost a 1000000 households without power but officials say there were no irregularities in the u.k. a plant which experienced meltdowns following a massive quake and tsunami 10 years ago. now to nigeria where police have detained
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demonstrators in the city of lagos after a small group protested against the reopening of a toll gate activists had called for a rally at the spot where 12 people were killed last year during protests. support says of the anti police violence movement known as and sods are angry a decision by a judicial panel to reopen the lechi tollgate united nations envoy says international sanctions against venezuela are worsening the humanitarian crisis in the country un special duhon has just finished a 12 day fact finding mission to venezuela she's urging the united states and the european union to give nicolas maduro his controversial government access to frozen funds latin america and italy see a new man has more. it's no secret that the news will is experiencing a worsening humanitarian catastrophe every day more venezuelans join the more than
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$5000000.00 who've already fled the country the majority to other parts of latin america. the u.n. high commission for human rights has consistently accused president nicolas maduro of overseeing grave rights violations but a un special rapporteur toure has issued a new damning report arguing that international sanctions are also responsible for making venezuelans lives a misery you know it all sanctions increasingly imposed by the united states the european union and other countries have access or be to the above mentioned challenges. the special rapporteur tour says economic and financial sanctions imposed especially by the united states since 2015 have had a devastating impact on access to polluted medicines fuel water and electricity i put the report also recognize that the economy began shrinking earlier in 2014
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when oil prices plummeted spurred by mismanagement corruption and price controls. the government revenue was reported to shrink by 99 percent with the country currently living on only one percent of its priest sanctions income the special report says that unilateral sanctions against the oil gold mining sectors and the state owned airline constitute a violation of international law only not enough thought out today the un special rapporteur has called on the united states on the you to review and lift the sanctions against venezuela because they have exacerbated a gigantic humanitarian crisis against our people but opponents who urge the international community to strengthen sanctions to force south what many regard as a dictatorship insists that maduro has only himself to blame. since 2016 we warned there was a humanitarian emergency on the way in fairness why
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a law which the dictatorship denied over and over until we reached the catastrophe hospitals have no goal. no our cold no oxygen in many cases whoever is to blame the new u.s. administration has indicated it won't significantly essentials unless the move is accompanied by equally significant political change in venezuela. human al-jazeera on out of political developments in italy the country has a new prime minister. for me european central bank chief meyer dragging i was sworn in on saturday morning he is taking over as it faces both the health and the economic crisis the previous government collapsed in a dispute over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic drug his cabinet is a mix of technocrats and politicians from a broad coalition simak up there is
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a journalist based in rome and says that draghi has the support of both the italian parliament and the public. it was his time at the european central bank when he was dealing with the eurozone debt crisis that he made those famous words of doing whatever it takes in order to save the euro what's the hope now is that he will be able to do whatever it takes in order to save italy in terms of the both the health crisis in terms of coping $1000.00 but also the financial crisis that the country's currently in the vaccination program is really top of his priority italy started off fairly well with that but then we've seen things stall we've seen things better in certain regions and others the question remains is whether he can perhaps create some kind of centralized a way of dealing with this in terms of getting that big scene roll out quickly because of course that has an impact on the economy at the difference in terms of a technocrat leader or government this time around in italy as compared to others
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in the past is that others in the past may have had to deal with budget cuts and austerity in this situation mario draghi is getting more than 200000000000 euros of the recovery funds from the european union so he'll be spending a recent survey actually put a 70 percent or so approval rating for mario draghi now it's even higher than the previous prime minister giuseppe conti clearly i think a lot of italians know or he's a known figure he's a known name he's known to be serious about what he's doing so clearly they're hoping that he will come in there and fix things french ali they make as a taking advantage of an unusual period of leniency in coronavirus restrictions present amana lack are not imposing a 3rd full lockdown and most schools and went to half term many taking so-called staycation reports from the popular tourist city honfleur. the february went to
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holidays underway in france and in all flown out tourists have begun to arrive to enjoy the pink dress cobber on normandy east coast this couple say they feel lucky to be here because like most people in friends they had expected to be in lockdown we're only. we're happy to be able to travel as we really thought we would be confined again so we're trying to make the most of things even if the situation means we can't enjoy the restaurants or bars for several weeks french ministers had suggested that a 3rd nationwide lockdown was imminent because kovi cases the high and more contagious strains are spreading so french president emanuel mackerels sudden decision not to impose one took most people by surprise and force the government to changes to the existing our porridge the certainly exists a path to avoid a lockdown maybe narrow but it's there and will be wrong not to try and follow it. the government has tightened existing measures it's extended
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a nighttime curfew and imposed more restrictions on shops and travel in and out of france restaurants bars cultural and sports centers remain shot but schools are open mark hall is said to be worried about the impact of another knock down on the economy and on people's mental health but with the pandemic showing no immediate solutions over basing in the country it is clearly a political gamble because going to the president is taking a risk as it's his decision even though the government announced it obviously he wants to protect the economy so he's waiting as long as possible to see if a full lockdown is needed it's a big gamble but if it pays off it will put him in a strong position before next year's presidential election but this doctor says there's no room for gambling when it comes to people's lives and without a strict lock down the health situation could deteriorate rapidly this might be a big mistake actually because the situation in france's is really bad
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so we are seeing. a plateau. or a plateau because the number of contaminations per day is still increasing the government has not totally ruled out another lock down but they hope the tighter restrictions some regional measures and a stepped up vaccine rollout will help avoid 11 year before the next election it is clear that macro has a lot to gain if his strategy succeeds but he could also have much to lose if it does not natasha butler al-jazeera officer nobody. i skaters in the netherlands are hoping to get a chance to tackle one of the rarest and most unpredictable sporting events in the world the 11 cities to it takes place on natural ice and the last time it was cold enough was in 1907 but a step fastenal ports from the netherlands ice sits facing a new threat. the cracking noise of natural ice
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is music to the ears of peter becker it's been nearly a decade since dutch waters have been covered with such a layer of ice for 24 years peter has been waiting for the tour of all ice skating tourists a journey on skates between 11 cities which takes thousands of ice skaters 200 kilometers to cities in the north of the country. i like the extreme challenge of the tour but also want to enjoy the beautiful landscape skating through fields and cities and a large audience cheering you on at something for this is how peter imagines the 2 of because in reality all he has been doing is practicing because every skater selected by the committee has to be prepared to go at any time i've been doing is all where the best it begins in summer that's when i prepare you quick when is ready and i make sure i'm always sharp and when to start freezing the ice skate fever is unstoppable you make sure you're ready to go the 11 cities to or took
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place 15 times in the 20th century but this century meteorologist predicted that you will be lucky if it happens a maximum of 3 times if at all due to global warming 11 so these 2 were turned skaters into heroes and by the nation together something badly needed now during the lockdown but even before the magical 15 centimeters of thickness needed for the race was reached hopes already dashed not only global warming but now also cope with life is posing a threat. organizers have announced that it will be too dangerous to hold such a large event attracting more than a 1000000 people a bit a massive trauma and here but it has not tempered this skating fever i think it's a beautiful it feels like your life again and we haven't been alive for almost a year so it really feels like i can imagine everybody's out here feeling to say i did have a normal commission that i really missed this and it makes up for everything i work in a hospital and i've seen a lot but this makes me forget that it makes me feel happy we're going to enjoy
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this so that. these are busy days for the ice master who keeps checking the quality of the ice we are measuring about 99 and a half centimeters today. we'll just which is quite good but still not enough for us to get on the ice without heavy material only a few more centimeters are needed for the 11 cities tour but looking at the weather forecast there won't be enough eyes again this winter that brings mixed feelings for peter was desperate to escape the tour but can't bear the thought of the event getting the go ahead but then being cancelled due to the button that make step fasten al-jazeera in so mere the netherlands. well that's it for myself i'm going to have continuing coverage of that his story vote in the senate where former president donald trump was acquitted for and sizing the insurrection on the u.s.
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capitol on january 6th we'll have reaction and analysis from washington in a couple of minutes. there was a lot of there in this community as well live 2 of the women they will move to move forward to it all the women who want to up with his own man she worked with local women to solve the main problem plaguing their community was not always a key problem auction plan had been a priority and led the way in transforming your difficulty into a success so empowering a woman to me is standing oklahoma's. women make change on al-jazeera. they may not be top of the table. they much more of the biggest stadium. but they stand as titans in the face of the freshest fall right movement. if you
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al-jazeera. and. this is al-jazeera. i'm on the inside and doha with the news hour which will be dominated by the acquittal of donald trump and his 2nd impeachment trial responded john trump former president you know stage is not a guilt is cherokee article which broke. the news was greeted with immediate praise from trump perry's hinting heavily on.
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