al jazeera. that. almost 2 months after the storming of congress police uncover another possible plot against the capitol thursday's house session is canceled. the whole rommany watching al-jazeera life also coming up waiting for justice the palestinian families who hope an investigation by the international criminal court will bring them the answers they need to. also be

a mass military escalates its crackdown killing another $38.00 protesters on the deadliest day since the coup and. you do it because it is like it. was the excitement turns to despair that you long must this latest test of an unmanned rocket. welcome to the program a session of the u.s. house of representatives sat down thursday won't be going ahead reportedly because of fears of a possible attack it's 8 weeks since the world witnessed the storming of the capitol by donald trump supporters and law enforcement officials have been facing criticism in congress for delaying sending help for hours elevation reports now from washington d.c. . there's been tight security around capitol hill since the day the complex was attacked. high fences razor wire national guard backing up several police services

know there's to be increased security after the f.b.i. and others picked up reports of another possible breach the idea is donald trump will be installed as president on march 4th the date of the fust inaugurations in the u.s. until it was changed in 1933 the rumor spread on conspiracy websites on this talk of a protest to back it up the current security posture for the capitol and he wants we are working with law enforcement partners as well as the national guard to provide a robust security around the campus of course that security posture in the air we have an outer perimeter as well as an outer b.c. to the new security measures announced as the senate tries to figure out what went wrong on january the 6th the latest to give evidence the head of the national guard in washington major general william walker says local officials are frantically played for help he called the pentagon for approval to send troops

a final decision inexplicably delayed by don't trust team at the pentagon i learned at the u.s. army senior leadership at the request of the approval for chief sons we ques would eventually come from the acting secretary of defense and be relayed to me by army senior leaders at 5 o 8 pm about 3 hours and 19 minutes later as congress continues to investigate an intelligence failure which feel despite the threat on january the 6th one leading f.b.i. figure insisted there was nothing concrete to act on none of us had any intelligence as suggested individuals were going to storm and reach the capital and that was the intelligence that we lacked and with the new threat a warning of why defenses are being increased i agree any time an adversary is successful others pay attention and so we're worried that this would be an inspiration. capitol police say the threat has been assessed through increased

internet chatter but there's nothing to suggest that there's any group ready to head to washington d.c. with a plan of protest or violence but after january the 6th no one is ready to downplay the threat or take the risk of getting it wrong alan fischer i'll just read up on capitol hill. calling blog is a senior research fellow at the center which is dedicated to increasing awareness around security issues joins me via skype from pittsburgh in the u.s. good to have you with us on the program it's all about the intelligence but is this now a sort of better to be safe than sorry scenario being played out i think there's a little bit of that going on at the moment you know to kind of make sure that the agencies are covered that they were you know warned the people you know that needed to be worn and that they kind of you know acknowledge that there are red flags for sure i think there's certainly some of that which is inevitable in the aftermath of the insurrection at the capitol on january 6th so that said there is

a legitimate you know tenor of chatter taking place not live between q non-adherence and militia types there are obvious concerns but what are the security communication lapses that are being discussed in sort of these recent herring's telling us about the way the security apparatus needs to be reorganized for the capital. i don't know if it needs to be reorganized but certainly there's got to be a kind of deep dive or forensic analysis of what went wrong and that's what we're seeing play out in these hearings over the last several days you know there's got to be from a top to bottom accounting of where the breakdown occurred and some serious efforts to ensure that doesn't happen again of course the breaches of security in january i do want to really show that the sort of national political send to could be a touch from within and that full house should follow not facilities that the u.s. is is weak at the heart of government is not the reputational the message d.c.

wants to get out into the global arena and it has to be you might say recaptured rio by the u.s. yeah i think there's no doubt about that we've got to harden what's been perceived to be a soft target it certainly emboldens our adversaries including international terrorist groups overseas but i think would be a misnomer to think that that could happen again i mean that was a real wake up call for the u.s. government for the f.b.i. for the various layers of security that are intended to protect the capitol you know i think it's highly unlikely we'd ever see something like that happen again at least i hope there is much talk about a little 911 type commission in the offing do you think that is a good idea and what would it achieve i wholeheartedly support a 911 style commission to investigate what went wrong because this was a failure of the system there was failure failures at multiple levels and i still

think we haven't held accountable all the individuals that need to be held accountable for that day in terms of what it would achieve we'd lay out the failures transparently and force ourselves to take a long hard look at what went wrong and to commit the resources necessary to fix it . cohen clark as always good to get your insight thanks so much for joining us from pittsburgh thank you thank you the international criminal court is set to open an investigation into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territory now the court's prosecutor says it will look into potential crimes committed by both the israeli military and palestinian armed groups has been welcomed by the palestinian authority criticized by the israeli government with ibrahim has more. this is a moment many palestinians have been waiting for the international criminal court left to getting allegations of war crimes in palestinian territory including

violence against protesters near the gaza israel fence a few years ago but the clearest violation of international law is the illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank more than 600000 israelis live in jewish only settlements killing any possibility for a future palestinian state it's been 6 years since palestine joining the international criminal court earlier this year the i.c.c. is chief prosecutor received a green light from the pretrial chamber confirming the court's jurisdiction over gaza and the west bank including occupied east jerusalem i think that we will be encouraging of prosecutor to look at all the situation in palestine all crimes crimes against humanity and war crimes and mainly the settlements regime because there is no complementarity and such regime and this is a state policy and this is the state of the government of israel policies and it's a systematic and widespread violation for international law that of course family

hopes the court brings them justice he is one of the palestinians bodies have been confiscated from their family. of collective punishment a recent report by you case for n. sick architecture says it was shot and bled to death after being denied medical treatment israeli soldiers killed at the checkpoint near a body style the army said he tried to run over soldiers but the report says he didn't pose a threat last little girls at that he used our son as a guinea pig a subject for the training this is a continuing policy dozens have been killed like this after my son and hundreds before him. dies he's chief prosecutor says it's also investigating allegations against palestinian armed groups in gaza. you can't

equate the oppressor with the oppressed and the israeli occupation policies constitute a grave violation of international law but our national resistance is legitimate. israel is not a member of the hague based court prime minister benjamin netanyahu termed the decision absurd and anti-semitic. without. the cited are brutal views every precaution. against the worst terrorist in the world. is our soldiers who are war the israeli government says it considering sanctions on palestinian officials and in response to the i.c.c. opening its investigation they might even advance more threatened building. the occupied west bank. with more day's other top story and we have seen its worst day of violence since the start of a military coup just over a month ago the u.n.

says 38 people have been killed witnesses reported seeing security forces firing into crowds with little warning at least 2 of the dead are believed to be teenagers there have been reports of health care workers being targeted by police for trying to help. protest is this video from a grocery store in yangon gold appears to show off as a volunteer medics out of a vehicle before beating them with rifles and battens al-jazeera has not been able to verify the footage school hardly reports. new tactics and new equipment for the protesters as the crackdown from myanmar security forces escalates. but despite this wednesday's protest again turned deadly with live ammunition being used along with rubber bullets and stun grenades the protesters now wear helmets use homemade shields and even create smoke screens themselves to hide from snipers and gunmen. but when the smoke clears the

protest barriers their line of defense are gone. in mandalay a regular scene for gatherings during the month of protests they have also increased their protection against the police and military but even with the added measures there is little they can do against live rounds. and in the southern city of daraa way the red flag of unsung to cheese end of the party was hoisted images of the military leader meant by pasted on the ground. as the protests continued on wednesday also present when men will face 2 additional charges his lawyer describing what it could mean. be bunny with imprisonment i the description for a time which me extended 3 years a with 50 with. some feel that the charges against women and young songs hoochie are trumped up possibly to prevent them from ever returning to politics. the 5 women being detained since one theory is only now to texas with lawyers and his

lawyers haven't even received a copy of the child's they or the case file so need a fundamental ferrite a fair trial right while asian taking place on top of everything else so as the protesters continue their stand against the coup on the streets across myanmar their elected leaders are facing their own battle in a judicial system that appears to be working against them scott hodler al jazeera. well still ahead here on al-jazeera defiant and still wanting to die announce the u.s. states not to rebel against provirus restrictions. bread's sure to rise but the small business says short term relief to help britain's battered economy isn't enough those stories after the break. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways

however we have the temperatures warming up once again across japan over the next couple days albeit temporarily only briefly will say that high pressure in charge here to keeping things calm and settled for the time being but we've got some cloud rolling out of eastern parts of china and that's going to continue moving further eastward moving into the east china sea we'll see some wetter weather coming into south korea for a time and as this cloud and rain run the same to our area of high pressure it does fizzle out but the key issue seeing some heavy rain southern parts of honshu also seeing some pits some pieces of up to 18 celsius on friday here in those temperatures to fall away as we go on through the weekend but it should be dry not so for central and southern parts of china rainy set to continue here with the possibility of some localized flooding say some heavy rain recently in sewer borneo some very big downpours just coming through here again some localized flooding we'll see some wetter weather continuing from a speck the seasonal shallows just popping off there across a good part of indonesia bad into the philippines lotty financial i wanted to share

his thoughts about this window chart a bit more showers than we have seen a recently barely any showers on forecast charts across india over the next couple of days here is fine and dry with temperatures above average. sponsored by qatar airways jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julian and global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we are aware be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we have been disconnected from who we are and would love to hear from you in the to be part of today's discussion this dream on out is there on.

your charges or with means the whole rob and a reminder of all top news stories now police say they've obtained intelligence of a possible plot to stall the u.s. capitol 8 weeks after it was breached by donald trump supporters of representatives the 1st day has not been canceled bibs national criminal court is open to best occasion into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories it says it will take a nonpartizan approach to possible crimes by both israel and palestinian groups. the united nations says 38 people have been killed in me a bar of the worst violence since last month's military coup with this is reported seeing security forces firing into crowds with little warning.

the u.s. president says a move by 2 states to ease coronavirus restrictions is a big mistake the governors of texas and mississippi heard dropping nearly all measures from next week despite warnings from health officials might come across more from washington d.c. businesses in texas preparing to reopen fully the governor's decision greeted with a mixture of joy and trepidation there was a wonderful to hear you know many years more no one has been our 100 person and i'm a little bird. has been mentioned the total taking walk the total masks i have a portion of my customers. long what we're doing over here and this message from houston's police chief making it clear that private businesses have a right to insist on a continued wearing of masks a right some say they will exercise we're still going to encourage our customers to

wear a mask because i think it is probably safe for our staff are still going to wear a mask we're still in our sanitizer we're still going to practice the safest thing we can country star dolly parton celebrates receiving the vaccine actually that seems that they're not see an increased rollout across the u.s. is one of the reasons quoted by the governors of their decision to open their states but this is premature insists the centers for disease control which continues to encourage a mass mandate the next 3 months. and asking you to read only to protect our nation and to protect your luck. whether mandated or as individuals and as community we can still take the right action to protect ourselves and others on the strongest repudiation of the decision coming from the us president for every describe the governor's decision as a big mistake in the last the last thing we need is neanderthal think you know in

the meantime we're going to try and take the mask from getting in still matter. in some states like florida the mask mandate was virtually ignored throughout the months of pandemic this despite cases peaking at close to 20000 a day in the wake of the december holiday season here in the nation's capital damascus mandate and other mitigating measures have been strictly enforced since march last year this discrepancy in how states deal with the pandemic is explained by the lack of any federal mandate under the previous administration but now a federal mandate is in force some governors insist on ignoring it mike hanna outers here or washington. joining me now is automatic davis and she's an infectious disease physician and john cochrane the medical center joins me now via skype from st louis in missouri good to have you with the surge dr davis on the

program we what's your reaction to the news that texas and mississippi are withdrawing their sort of covert 19 protocols. absolutely horrified i don't know how else to say it to you this goes against everything that we've learned over the past year masks work social distancing works and to do this at a time when texas the 2nd largest states 29000000 people with a case positivity rate of 13.5 percent is absolutely unacceptable as you know the w.h.o. has said that you can only lift a mitigation strategies once you've reached a case positivity rate of 5 percent 5 percent and $13.00 the chasm is clear there this is dangerous and it's going to put lives at risk you are in the state of missouri so how has must squaring of the rollout of the vaccine affected the

numbers of people coming into your hospitals thank you for asking it's an excellent question right now my state of reserve has the 2nd lowest increase in cases in the country here i can cite being on the board of health for the city of st louis that we have been very very much in line with the with the recommendation of the c.d.c. and the n h under the leadership of dr felt she and dr michelle were linsky and i do not think that those 2 things are unrelated i do believe that it is very much linked i'll give you another example in the 2000 to 19 to 2020 flu season $200.00 children lost their lives to influenza this year how many so far only one. what's the difference between those 2 years we are now masking and social distancing these were caressed betrayed viruses they've worked for coal that this has to be adhered to the president obviously is not mincing his words he's made it

very clear what he thinks about wearing masks he's also telling the whole country on wednesday into thursday really what he thinks of both mississippi and texas politics aside how important is it for the president or for governors or for. the legal voice you might say to to come on board to speak with one voice we have 2 different voices speaking at the u.s. at the moment about what it is all about it's unprecedented you know i compare this as an infectious diseases physician to you know the last time we had a very large epidemic that sort of rocked the nation in hiv back in the eighty's and the clear distinction here is how much politics has come to the fore and caused this dramatic polar polarization and within the population what these

leaders and governors the president are trusted messengers for better or for worse many people in the population go to them for this information and to trust to trust its validity and when they do this when they undermine the work of scientists and are trusted and the truly should be trusted messengers in scientists medical professionals and public health officials people's lives are at risk there are variance in play to be considered here this is not the time to be easing up on this at a time when the c.d.c. is actually recommending double masking or we should see what happens certainly and how this all works in the fall out to transgressors across the u.s. for the moment dr davis thanks for joining us from st louis in missouri thanks for your time great as always to be here with you thank you. well germany set to gradually hand cautiously to lift its coronavirus restrictions chancellor angela merkel and state leaders were in talks for 9 hours on wednesday working on

a step by step plan to relax measures from monday people will be allowed to gathering groups of up to 5 and some shops can reopen public support for restrictions this fall but curbs will be reimposed if the infection rate gets out of control. britain's chancellor says he'll do whatever it takes to help the u.k.'s battered economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic which is soon i commend the pledge as he unveiled this year's budget it offers more short term relief for businesses but will push the deficit to its highest level ever in peace time challenge reports now from london. the same is. true. in your diet and you spring up in the afternoon to come and see. if only britain's economy had as much bounce to it as one of 6 peers loaves the baker has gone from bread making in her kitchen to sourdough start up on a north london high street right in the midst of the u.k.'s worst economic

contraction for 300 years you come to school that's right now because it is a risk full stop there is no choice but to go ahead and and do and so you may as well put all the effort and all your money into this and make it flower so you sort of treat this as a much bigger project than it may have been if there hadn't been a pandemic she wasn't impressed with state assistance helping new businesses rise i was the u.k.'s chancellor to prove he can do better. but next priority this past year hasn't been creating new jobs it's been protecting millions of existing ones while kobe has locked down much of the economy and in his 2021 budgets he's announced the government will carry on paying the wages of workers until september they will continue to receive 80 percent of their salary for hours not worked until the scheme and as business is reopened we will ask them to contribute alongside the taxpayer to the cost of paying their employees. the government has already pumped

$390000000000.00 of pandemic spending into the economy public debt is close to 100 percent of national income for the 1st time since the early sixty's cast to continue this largess whilst also giving some sort of indication of how eventually it's going to be paid back in 2023 the rate of corporation tax. on company profits will increase to 25 percent. even after this change the united kingdom will still have the lowest corporation tax rate in the g 7 the chancellor is attempting the difficult task of appearing both generous and economically responsible he's also fighting on 2 fronts it's not just covert there are the difficulties of breck's it too many import export reliant companies are having big problems with that add into this mix the urge not to let a good crisis go to waste. there's opportunity for

a wholesale restructuring of the economy should the government choose to take it and the problem we've had with the pandemic is all of the government support to business has been about supporting business as it was and as it is rather than as it should be so what needs to happen as we're moving from the in from the pandemic into the process of recovery government support business needs to be more about nudging alterations in behavior towards a new form of a commie which beauty carbonized economy really soon act did say green bombs would be issued this summer for environmentally friendly projects they'll be infrastructure funding to level up the u.k.'s regions sharing investment in affluence beyond the sourdough hungry middle classes of london this is a long game though and the proof sophia might say will be in the pudding rory challenge al-jazeera london. and as well as opposition has accused present nicolas maduro as government of illegally selling the country's gold reserves to evade u.s.

sanctions a representative of opposition leader made the allegations before a u.s. congressional committee he says the gold is refined in mali than solved mainly in the united arab emirates the opposition says last year the game generated more than a $1000000000.00 in cash for murderers government a latin america diluting and human has more from santiago. venezuela's opposition foreign commissioner has held a news conference in which he revealed what he calls are the details of a cash for gold scheme being carried out by president. in venezuela in order to circumvent u.s. economic and banking sanctions it deals with sending tons of gold to countries like the united arab emirates on russian planes sometimes countries like mali or other countries in africa this is not the 1st time that these allegations have been made but this is the 1st time that so many details have been been spelt

out board just did not make any of the documents public but he does say that he gave them to the u.s. congress to the u.s. office of foreign asset control or as well as to the u.s. state department interestingly this coincides with the 1st face to face we presume meeting between opposition leader and the new u.s. secretary of state this was followed by an announcement by the white house that it would continue to regard venezuela as a threat to u.s. national security and this is the mechanism that used to justify all these wide economic sanctions that were 1st imposed during the barack obama administration. well it's been the 3rd time lucky again 4000000000. has the term such a successful test flights of an. i mean. if you didn't do it you could do it because it is. an idea

everything seemed on target to tell the space x. rocket landed 2 previous flights crash landed in fireballs and despite the latest failure musk remains optimistic that hill one day send the futuristic starship to the moon and mars is not yet known what went wrong. there with the whole robin a reminder of our top news stories police say they've obtained intelligence of another possible plot to storm the u.s. capitol and 2 weeks after it was breached by donald trump supporters of representative session churchills for thursday has now been canceled the international criminal court is opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories it says it will take a nonpartizan approach and to possible crimes by both israel and.