area. morning. al-jazeera. and. its responded john trunk former president knows dates. it is not a go to charity article for the u.s. senate votes to acquit donald trump but it's a peach one trial he's been accused of inciting the january 6th riot on capitol hill democratic leader nancy pelosi had strong words about the result. in that senate today that cowardly. may have no option of a cut they were afraid. about

this and this is all deserve a live from doha where we are continuing our coverage of the conclusion to trump's impeachment trial including even though he voted to acquit a republican leader mitch mcconnell says the former president is responsible for the assault on capitol hill. there's no question. there president trump is practically. and morally responsible. for provoking this. also ahead of me and most military rulers are to give themselves more powers as they face intensifying i go over last week's coup. and struggling to age with dignity know how a lack of medicine and resources is blighting the lives of the elderly people in syria.

not guilty that's the verdict from the u.s. senate and donald trump 2nd impeachment trial the result was expected but even though he was acquitted the bipartisan support to convict the former president was unprecedented 7 republicans voted in favor of impeachment the case stems from the deadly capitol hill riots in january the 6th trumpet stood accused of inciting the assault alan fischer begins our coverage. 57 days for ease 3 for the 2nd time donald trump acquitted of high crimes and misdemeanors by the u.s. senate john trunk former president. is not guilty is charged the charge he incited the crowd ahead of the violent riot at the capitol on january the 6th. 57 senators said he did including 7 republicans but that's not enough for the 2

thirds majority to convict this was about choosing country over donald trump and 43 republican members chose trump they chose trump it should be a weight on their conscience today the day started with a surprise the democrats asking for witnesses a move which could delay the process we would like the opportunity to subpoena congresswoman herrera regarding her communications with house minority leader kevin mccarthy and to subpoena her contemporaneous notes that she made regarding what president trump told kevin mccarthy in the middle of the insurrection if they want to have witnesses i'm going to need at least over 100 depositions not just one both sides though wanted to bring this to a quick end so reached agreement which meant new witnesses and

a move to closing statements from the man who led the prosecution an appeal to senators to meet the moment senators this trial in the final analysis is not about donald trump the country in the world know who donald trump is this trial is about who we are who we are this is almost certainly how you will be remembered by history that might not be fair. we really by not be fair but none of us can escape the demands of history and destiny right now trump's team so often echoed the ex president supports this impeachment has been a complete charade from beginning to and the entire spectacle expect a call has been nothing but the unhinged pursuit of a long standing political vendetta against mr trump by the opposition party it is time to bring this concept unconstitutional political theater to an end it is

time to allow our nation to move forward with the result in donald trump meet his 1st comment since the trial began a statement from his florida home thanking senators for their vote but insisting this is yet another phase in the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country no president has gone through anything like it but one of his closest allies in the senate who voted to acquit him made it clear the former president was responsible for what happened president troubles for everything he did while he was out of as an ordinary sort of a less structured one occasion to iran. for everything you do while it went off and got away with anything yet. the decision here means that donald trump will not be excluded for running from political office in the future he could run again for the presidency in 2024 his supporters say he should and he would when but

despite the not guilty plea january the 6th will always be attached to donald trump's presidency on the day when democracy was threatened in america alan fischer al-jazeera on capitol hill well earlier alan caught up with one of the trial impingements managers stacey plaskett and she told him times guilt is clear despite the results. a majority of senators did believe us and in hearing this speech senator mcconnell they know that we prove the charges as well you know shame on them for holding themselves to an excuse that they gave themselves on a jurisdictional issue that was already resolved of course it's disappointing that the senate didn't do their duty in a manner that we felt was necessary but i think the fact that they themselves said that we proved the charges mitch mcconnell said that the evidence we had made the case should give the american people credence and could comfort to know that in

fact it was true and history has recorded this we have seen with this president did we saw over time what he did to bring those individuals here to trying to overthrow the republic to attempt to assassinate the vice president of the united states the speaker of the house in danger all of the members not just of the house and the senate but the capitol police metropolitan police officers and the precious staff that we all have here and those that work in the house for in-situ his purpose for him to maintain power. ok let's talk more about how donald trump is reacting to the verdict on the gallows in west palm beach in florida near trump's resort. the one message from that statement that was released within minutes of him being acquitted is that don trump is going nowhere and he told his supporters that his role to make america great again has only just begun and there will be big announcements in the months to come so it's pretty clear at the moment this is in many ways donald

trump's republican party he is a looming figure here but the wider question is i think what does this do to the republican party who are the republican party going forward are they people like marjorie tele green who believes in cuban on or are they people like liz cheney who voted against trump and it's more of a moderate republican there's no question now that don't trump has political plans going forward the big question is what are those plans is he going to run in 2024 as many people believe or is he going to seek revenge on those 7 republicans that voted him guilty in all of this so we haven't heard or we haven't seen from donald trump since this all began this is the longest period i think in the last few years that he stayed this quiet for this long of course he's not on twitter anymore one of his favorite platforms before he was banned from that and i'm not a magic thing seeing him on t.v. any time soon because it's the weekend here on monday it's president's day which is

a national holiday and we all know that president former president trump likes prime time so. i guess the country is waiting with bated breath to see what he says next in particular to see what he says about mitch mcconnell after that scathing speech in which one of the most senior republicans laid the blame squarely at trump's feet so the 43 republican senators who stood behind trump house speaker democrat nancy pelosi hasn't been holding back. but what we saw in that senate today was a cowardly group of republicans who patently have no options because they were afraid to defend their job respect the institution in which they served and it's on a case that is professor of history and social policy at harvard kennedy school it says senate republicans who voted to acquit well likely be seen as cowards i think

that they're republicans who supported him. will likely be viewed as opportunists and to some extent as weaklings as lacking courage i mean a common view and i you know i haven't done private interviews with many of these republicans or any of these republicans but the common view is that if it had been a secret ballot 90 senators would have voted to fight to find him guilty they feared his reprisals. and they came up with a technical pretext for finding him not guilty i mean if you listen to to mitch mcconnell speech is the 1st 10 minutes of his speech is a scathing indictment of everything trusted and then he said and of course he voted to acquit on a technicality i think that that will be seen as cowardice and opportunism. meanwhile as military rulers are granting themselves new powers to monitor such and

detain people involved in protests activists are troubled by the increase in nighttime raids by police but neighbors and banding together to prevent the arrests under supposed 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 enough 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 darkest 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 opponents. while a curfew is in place from 8 pm until 4 am local time people have been out and on 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.

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 of the protocols and we don't even sleep in one place we move one after another and a lot of activists even though they are not i rested a concerned that they may be targeted next the u.n. human rights council has called on the gentle 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 arrested since the coup on february 1st real social peaceful protests related the ruling party's offices on the record i'm from. moreover it plays was

quick to people's freedom of speech by preparing a telecommunications bill intended to control access the internet. and state t.v. channels broadcast pictures of vandalism and attacks on police vehicles if you did how that would it you know reality the head of the military general men 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 help al-jazeera but one but i want to bring you some pictures coming from the city of yangon that's where protesters are on the streets again to rally against the military coup they're also

calling for the release of democratic leaders including also. in japan protesters are holding a rally in the capital tokyo to show their solidarity with the pro-democracy movement to me a lot similar protests are taking place across asia they usually organized by me and my ex-pats. still ahead and al jazeera warnings from the united nations about child malnourishment in yemen. and blooming but no longer booming we're going to meet the zimbabwean flower growers refusing to give up on their struggling business. we got some very nasty weather coming in across much of north america over the course of this week and by the end of the weekend some pockets see as much as 30

centimeters of snow fall loss of cold air still in places tongue of colder air than across was spinning out of canada that arctic blast are going to write down all of my down into the deep south and we have got weather warnings in force anywhere from the pacific northwest right down to the mexican border as we go on through the next couple of days has that cold air then the purples they're going to make their way further south which has become one through saturday sunday going on in some monday gradually seeing that very cold air coming all the way down into a good part of texas minus 9 the top temperature and dallas on monday off minus 3 therefore who stands you can say basically cold frigid air coming through dangerously cold weather cause some wet weather now the prices are pulling away from the southeast and kona wice freezing right on that northern flank of that here comes an next batch of wintry weather that will make its way down across new mexico coming into texas is because one through sunday going on in some monday that snow

takes even further southeast and could see it's coldest weather for over 100 years that wet weather and wintry weather continues pushing east. on counting the cost of where has the rounds of oil wealth gone from fan from civil servants to grumpy politicians take a closer look and the m.r.i. and a technology behind coded 19 vaccines how long before it's used to find the cure for cancer counting the cost for now just. play an important role. ringback.

you watch it all does it remind of our top stories this hour former u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined all 50 democrats in a vote to convict him but that fell short of the necessary 2 thirds majority. tom quickly issued a statement saying this had been the quote greatest witch hunt in the history of the country is also hinted at plans for his political future. and another newsmen mars' military rulers are granting themselves new powers to monitor and detain people involved in protests activists are troubled by the increase in nighttime raids by police demonstrations have been continuing for the 9th day. italy's new prime minister and he has been sworn in.

82 the head of the european central bank comes to power as italy grapples with a pandemic and its associated economic crisis the previous government collapsed in a dispute over the handling of coronavirus that his cabinet is a mix of technocrats and politicians from a broad coalition sima gulped as a journalist based in rome and she says jackie has the support of both the italian parliament and it appears the people. 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 but 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 rule out quickly because of course that has an impact on the economy at the difference in terms of a technocrat leader of a government this time around in italy as compared to others in the past is that others in the past may have had to deal with budget cuts and austerity in this situation druggies 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 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 but he says cyprus have used tear

gas and water cannon to break up protests in the capital nicosia hundreds of people rallied against corruption and coronavirus restrictions cyprus has being gradually easing its 2nd lockdown which imposed ok says jumped after christmas. the u.n. estimates that up to 400000 children in war torn yemen could die of acute malnutrition this year the 6 year long conflict has ravaged the country and the pandemic has only made things worse there harding has this report. ahmadiyya to her is 13 years old earlier this month she weighed just 11 kilograms she arrived at this hospital in sun a in desperate need of treatment for acute malnutrition. the reason she was so poorly fed is because we have no income no work no assistance from organizations or the united nations we had displaced. her family couldn't

afford the journey to hospital so they asked friends and neighbors to help raise funds. and that was 50 men the reason she has malnutrition is because we don't have food or anything else her father has passed away we don't have anything and because of this sometimes she doesn't eat. a lack of food and other traumas nearly killed to her but her case is not unique. the u.n. says 400000 children in yemen could die from starvation this year if they don't get help but the head of the malnutrition ward at this hospital says offering help is getting harder. we cannot cope with the health situation there are severe shortages and supplies and the treatments needed in examinations everything we as the united nations and other aid organizations to help lift the blockade as soon as possible. severe acute malnutrition means there is a risk of death from lack of food aid in her day the thais and so on are mung the

worst hit areas and are closed off from receiving international aid because of increased regional fighting and a global pandemic nearly half of the aid that was expected this year hasn't come through. even when families managed to get their sick children to hospital sometimes it's too late. with most of these patients they need 2 or 3 days of travel to be able to reach the hospital and so no to their conditions worsen by the time there is a hospital and we usually expect complications. to her has gained weight since being admitted but has a long recovery ahead while famine has never been officially declared in yemen the u.n. continues to warn that it's close we are hard in al-jazeera. 4 people have died from a ball in guinea in the 1st resurgence of the disease there in 5 years one of the victims was a nurse who fell ill in january an epidemic between 20132016 left at least 11000

people dead across west africa the virus has also seen a resurgence in democratic republic of congo tens of thousands of elderly people in syria are struggling to find the treatment they need for physical and mental illnesses after 10 years of war many are living out their final years in camps catch all of his i'll tell you on reports. you know this is how on hussein moves around her camp in northern syria her health is getting worse and walking is no longer an option. for years she thought she would one day go back to her hometown but that hope is now fading the war is just one of several tragedies she's had to endure her husband became death some of their children have died others are scattered in different camps medicine is a luxury she can't afford. oh. i have nothing except my old

age other people can walk and go anywhere they want but i can only crawl on my knees this is where some of the elderly go to get help a makeshift medical center set up in another camp for the displaced it's estimated that about 200000 elderly people in syria are homeless this is the only medical attention many will have access to. we mostly care for the elderly and many of them have long term illnesses like high blood pressure diabetes and heart problems for many things are worse because they're suffering from psychological hardships many of which stem from worrying about the future. the war has devastated entire communities more than 5000000 people fled syria during the fighting about another 6000000 are still displaced within the country without a home camps have become their only refuge and humanitarian aid their only lifeline but maybe there were homeless and with failing health many here say their only hope

is to try and live out whatever time they have left with dignity. al-jazeera the coronavirus pandemics prune the profits of the world's flower industry zimbabwean growers were already struggling before the outbreak another country is in its worst economic state in years still farmers are refusing to give up as how to toss a reports from concepcion. overseas demand for fresh cut flowers plummeted last year because of cove at 19 and that's affected zimbabwe's biggest rose export company. managers say orders dropped to about 50 percent but this year they say demand is picking up. zimbabwe has high levels of unemployment and more orders mean more jobs on an average day on a summer's day rather we cut an area between 100230000 stems a day we have 700 labor force who are working from

6321132325700 people on cutting so yeah it's a nonstop operation more than 20 years ago flower exports brought in a lot of foreign currency for the country but under then president robert mugabe's land reform program the government sees thousands of white owned commercial farms since then the industry hasn't been what it used to be back in 2001 the bobby was the biggest exporter of flowers to the european union then came years of economic decline and now called 19 many guys left but others are still here carrying on. kenya and ethiopia africa's top exporters explain how they have managed to stay in business we were dealing with auction system ok we're looking at an ethiopian market that didn't primarily with auction system we deal directly with customers ok and our our main customer base is the supermarkets and supermarkets in europe was

the open because it was part of the essential and that allowed us that. that their fertility of so playing those markets. called it has abetted businesses and economies globally is no different on this farm workers here receive food parcels every month in addition to the salaries to help them push on and they know the job security depends on being able to export roses to more global markets. al-jazeera concision zimbabwe. ice skaters in the netherlands are hoping to get a once in a generation chance to tackle the 11 cities tour it takes place on natural ice and the last time it was cold enough was back in 1907 but a step boston reports this year there's another problem. the cracking noise of natural ice 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 it to have 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 over there the best it begins in summer that's when i prepare equipment 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 2 or took place 15 times in the 20th century but this century meteorologist predicted dutch will be lucky if

it happens a maximum of 3 times if at all due to global warming 11 so these 2 are turned skaters into heroes and by the nation to gather 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 all of that 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 here but it has not time but they're 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 did have a normal commission it 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 this.

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 ice again this winter that brings mixed feelings for peter was desperate to escape detour 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 kinsell mir the netherlands. robot the center in doha with the headlines on all does iraq former u.s. president donald trump has praised his acquittal in the 2nd impingement.