raise the stakes a little higher. in her long journey to success. championship dream as part of the viewfinder asia scene release. an al-jazeera. to respond to john trunk former president stage is not guilty is cherokee article. donald trump is acquitted in a 2nd impeachment trial and immediately hints about his political future. i'm rob others and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. more protests in may in mar as the military leaders prepare to extend their powers

to monitor and crack down on those taking part. blooming but no longer a booming we're going to meet the zimbabwean flower growers refusing to give up on their struggling business. and the netherlands is hoping to make use of an icy situation so we can take part in a rare sporting event. not guilty that's the verdict from the u.s. senate and donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial they 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 stand in the deadly capitol hill riots in january the 6th trump listed accused of inciting the assault alan fischer begins our coverage. yeas are 57

days for e's 3 for a 2nd time donald trump acquitted of high crimes and misdemeanors by the u.s. senate john trunk former president. is not guilty as 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. it 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 expected cole 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 const 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 present problems still for everything he did while he was out of

as an ordinary sort of a less structured levitation to iran. or everyday i could. watch it all. and get away with any yet. the decision here means that don't 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 win 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. and president joe biden's issued a statement in response to trans acquittal he says while the final vote did not lead to a conviction the substance of the charge is not in dispute even those opposed to the conviction like senate minority leader mcconnell believe donald trump was guilty of disgraceful dereliction of duty and practically and morally responsible

for provoking the violence unleashed on the capital more now and how donald trump is reacting to the verdict and gallacher is in west palm beach in florida near the former president'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 q and on or are they people like liz cheney who voted against trump and is more of a moderate republican there's no question now that dan trump has political plans going forward the bigger 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 of mining 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. well 7 republican senators voted in favor of convicting trump and one of them was long time tom by adversity mitt romney after the verdict he tweeted

trump violated his oath of office by failing to protect the capital the vice president and the others in the capital fellow republican pat toomey said tom's betrayal of the constitution and his oath of office required conviction senator richard burr from virginia put out a statement part of which read the facts are clear the president promoted unfounded conspiracy theories to cast doubt on the integrity of a free and fair election because he did not like the results as for the 43 republican senators who stood behind trump house speaker democratic nominee pelosi didn't hold back but what we saw in that senate today was that cowardly group of republicans who patently have no option because they were afraid to defend their job respect the institution in which they served their finkelstein's

a professor of law and philosophy at the university of pennsylvania she says the republicans have made it clear the party is no trumps party. i don't know how they can live with it i mean they are certainly choosing party over country but i would go further than that and say that they are choosing mistakenly what they take to be their own political futures i think ultimately if they represent the political future in their decisions and done trump represents the political future of the country not only is the republican party going to fall apart because it just cannot hold the split inside the party but the country's democracy will fall apart because democracy cannot hold in the face of this kind of assault on the rule of law is absolutely extraordinary one of the things that we learned today is that even with a democratic administration and 2 houses of congress controlled by the democrats

the democrats were un able to convict a president who everybody nearly everyone seems to agree intentionally provoked an assault a deadly assault on our capitol building something that didn't even happen during the civil war so if it is so hard to impeach even a president who has recently left office and we could not do it either when donald trump was in office when he was using a foreign power to boost his bid for reelection that really tells us that impeachment is broken. meanwhile as military rulers are grounding themselves new powers to monitor such and detain people involved in protests activists and talk about the increase in nighttime raids by police but neighbors a banding together to prevent the arrests and there's a power ports. 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 guard 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 coup 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 protocols and we don't even sleep in one place we move one to after another there are a lot of activists even though they are not i rested a concerned that they may be talking to next the u.n. 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 arrested since the coup on february 1st real social peaceful protests related the ruling party's offices. records. 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 in attacks on police vehicles you did how

do i 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. well there are more demonstrations happening now in the city of yangon phones louise following developments from malaysia she's joining us live from kuala lumpur it sounds like the military is getting tougher but it doesn't also signed as though the demonstrators are getting ready to stand down. that's right now hundreds of people have already started gathering at dan junction which has been one of the main focal points of protests in yangon this is

a major intersection in the city with roads leading to chinese and u.s. embassies which have also been one of the protest sites we're also hearing that people are also gathering at city hall in the in down in the heart of yangon city and also outside of go to one of the main focal points of the protests now there's also a protest in a photo with a convoy of cars and motorbikes driving through the capital so clearly people are not heeding the military's warnings that people should stay away from the streets the military has already put a ban on gatherings of more than 5 people but that isn't stopping people from turning out on the streets across the country to protest against the coup now we're also getting reports that people are holding up new placards new banners that read military stop arresting people at night this is of course in reference to nighttime raids where people have been taken away a monitoring group that. works for rights for political prisoners in myanmar says more than 380 people have been arrested since the start of the coup now we do

expect the military to start pushing back the protests in yangon have so far been peaceful the security forces have started using force friday police fired shots to disperse a crowd in the saudis and city of more than mean but we're also seeing the military now overall create a more repressive system of laws in the country that will make it easier for them to arrest people they've reintroduced a law that was repealed by our own sons e.g. civilian government that requires people to report overnight visitors this will make it easier for them to arrest people they've also done away with the provision requesting requiring police to obtain a court order before they can d. hold people for more than 24 hours police now no longer need a court order to go into people's homes to conduct search and arrests so really i think what we're going to start seeing in the next couple of days i think this signals the start of the military possibly cracking down on the protests by

conducting mass arrests of demonstrators there's already an arrest warrant out for 7 high profile critics of the media over comments they've made on social media but i think people are still going to be turning out in the streets across the city to protest the coup because there's just so much anger against what's happened in myanmar and clearly this is going to develop over the next few hours we're going to of course coming back to talk to us that happens before a lot of forums thanks very much indeed. so ahead on al-jazeera more revelations about the world health organizations investigation into the origins of the coronavirus in china. also starting to age with dignity the elderly in syria who can't get their hands on medicine of basic supplies. hello there the weather is set fair across the middle east lots of sunshine and

almost sunshine as well for the most part not too clever a little further north a bit got some very wintry weather making its way across greece and a significant snowfall here that is a lot is a cause widespread destruction as we go into the early part of next week over the mountains want to see places could see maybe 30 centimeters of snow so that will cause some problems but look further south it's fine in fly syria lebanon jordan into iraq into iran lovely weather here in qatar temperatures getting up to 26 celsius in doha on that sunshine stretches right down across the potential through the gulf of aden across the horn of africa we have got some showers of course into the rift valley some showers there just around southern parts of uganda southwestern parts of kenya seeing some lively showers as well tanzania saying a few showers but by far the wettest weather on the from this clutches storm storen blowing away in the mozambique channel western parts of madagascar say some very heavy rainfall that could cause some localized flooding i mean pushing those

showers into that eastern side of south africa right over the next couple of days they will be heavy they will be wise but they could cause some localized flooding by the time it comes to the early part of next week further showers the supplements and b. it's america's worst kept secrets cracked open in the time of a pandemic. exposed in the time of trump through the turmoil of 2020 the big picture traces a century of racial injustice to reveal how philanthropy politics and economics preserve structural inequality keep the white a supreme and black in its place the race for america part 2 on a jazzier.

i want to go to 0 in one of our top stories this hour former u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted in a 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined all 50 democrats in a vote to convict him but fell short of a 2 thirds majority. tribe issued a statement calling it to the greatest a witch hunt in the history of the country he also hinted at plans for his political future. could have been renewed demonstrations against me and was military rulers it follows a move by generals to grant themselves new powers to monitor and detain people involved in protests. the un estimates up to 400000 children in war torn yemen could die of acute malnutrition this year the 60 of

conflicts ravaged the country and the coronavirus pandemic has only made things worse they are hardy has this report. ahmadiyya toher is 13 years old earlier this month she weighed just 11 kilograms she arrived at this hospital in sanaa in desperate need of treatment for acute malnutrition. and. the reason she was so poorly fed is because we have no income no work no assistance from organizations or the united nations we have displaced. her family couldn't afford the journey to hospital so they asked friends and neighbors to help raise funds as a. fund 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. as. we cannot cope with the health situation there are severe shortages in supplies and the treatments needed in examinations everything we as the united nations and other aid organizations to help lift a 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 itch 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. toher 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. tens of thousands of elderly people in syria are struggling to find the trip and the need for physical and mental illnesses after 10 years of war many are living out their final years in refugee camps as a result of reports they are ill you know this is how own 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 or. 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

leverage the 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. their message over the w.h.o. says china has refused to hand over raw data on early coronavirus cases but every richo team is trying to discover the origins of the pandemic and wanted more information about the 1st cases in walk on in december 29th teen investigations been plagued by delays concerns over access and bickering between beijing and washington down and wires in australian infectious diseases experts who's on the w.h.o. teen he says china only provided summaries on the early test cases in the ideal world you would go if you were patient. and that's what we call it and that's standard practice for an outbreak investigation in this situation the chinese guy

because the dolls we would have liked i guess to erode. but that can still come the coronavirus pandemic has proved the province of the world's flower industry zimbabwean growers were already struggling before the outbreak another their country is in its worst economic state in years but farmers are refusing to give up on a mythos of reports from the town of concession an hour's drive from the capital harare. overseas demand for fresh cut flowers plummeted last year because of confident 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 621132325700 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 ended in 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 zimbabwe was the 5th 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've managed to stay in business we were dealing with auction system ok we're looking in an ethiopian market to didn't plan only 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. they're there for its ability of supplying those markets. cultivate has batted 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 jones to tackle what's called the 11 cities tour it takes place on natural ice and the last time it was cold enough was back in 1970 the start vassal 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 the 2 up because in reality all he has been doing is practicing because every skater selected by the committee has to be appropriate to go at any time you know it is over the best it begins in summer that's when i prepare you quit when there's 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 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 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 but 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

this. big day. 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 with our 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 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 kinsell mir the netherlands.