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president trump summoned the mob assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack . or u. s. congressional committee describes last year's attack on capital hill as an attempted coup. ah, i'm about to say this is all you do alive from doha also coming up, the u. s. and brazilian presidents agree to work together to prevent more destruction of the amazon rain forest. i demanding better pay tens of thousands of people rally in argentina. angry about the sky, rocketing cost of living on the pga tour suspends players competing in the controversial saudi backed gulf series. ah

attempted crew and a brazen attempt to overthrow the government. that's what a u. s. congressional committee has been told about last year's attack on capital hill. the hearings also investigating donald trump's continuing denials that he lost the 2020 presidential election. how did your casual reports from washington d. c. o. this is what police saw on january 6th, 2021, when they were overwhelmed by a mob trying to overturn president donald trump's election defeat back capital police officer. carol and edward was the 1st of many officers to be injured. there were officers on the ground. ah, you know, they were bleeding, they were throwing up, they were, you know, they had, i mean, i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in people's blood while riders vandalized the capital and threatened to kill members of congress.

trump was watching it all unfold on tv from the white house. according to committee, investigators trump ignored please from advisors and trapped members of congress to call off the riders. aware of the rioters chance to hang mike pence. the president responded with this sentiment. quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea, mike pence quote, deserves it. committee investigators also argued that a trump tweet in december was the impetus for far right groups to plan the insurrection. showing videotape depositions of writers, confirming their motives. he personally asked for us to come to the see that and i thought for everything he's known for us, that was the only thing he'd go ask me. i'll do all of us here today. then there was the ongoing effort led by trump to falsely claim the election had been stolen.

the committee showed video of then attorney general bill bar testifying that the claim was in fact a lie and made it clear. i did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out the stuff which i told the president was bold. and i, you know, i didn't want to be a part of it. investigators say trump didn't listen, but his daughter yvonne cut told them she did. i respect attorney general bar. so i accepted what he sent was sent, according to the committee chairman, taken as a whole, the riot and the efforts to overturn the election was nothing short of a coup attempt. a 1st in american history. january 6 was the culmination of an attempted cou. a brazen attempt as one right to put it shortly after january 6 to overthrow the government. then republican leaders in congress remain

the former president's defenders. in fact, it is the most political and least legitimate committee in american history. it is used congressional subpoenas to attack republicans violate due process and infringe on the political speech a private citizen. this was just the explosive beginning to a half dozen more public hearing scheduled for his mind. there promised to feature more testimony from former trump aids who threatened to resign. and believe trump was too dangerous to leave by himself. in the waning days of his presidency. i did yo castro al jazeera washington or brandon or corners, an associate professor of american politics at the university of sydney. and he's joining us live via skype vector to happy weather, sir on al jazeera. how much is this hearing about trying to establish what happened and who was responsible and how much of it is about democrats trying to throw as much mud as possible at donald trump in the administration?

i had of the midterms and i had of a possible re election bit. i think it's important that democracy in some ways is on trial whether america is a democracy that the losing side in any election will accept the paypal's will. so i think for the symbolic sort of message, it sends the rest of the whoa, that, that you know what, i'm, what i'm following in australia and probably what you're following in the middle east. undoubtedly, the democrats want to make donald trump, and the republicans look as bad as possible because trump had his hands alova this coup attempt with as insurrection. i mean, he had a rally that day on january 16 card people to go to the capital building. he saw footage for 3 hours and he didn't say anything. and then there was this ongoing law that he lost the election unfairly that the election was stolen from him, where there was a claim margin to joe biden say, it's not gonna lead to criminal proceedings against donald trump. it's look

a late to the end of donald trump's political west for ations, but i think it does put important material on the record regarding those who believe in the democratic prices of fair and free elections. and those who only believe in it really when they, when and so that, that's i think issue at stake here in these, in these hearings and how much credibility is as having to have given the fact the committee is dominated by people who are totally opposed to donald trump and his administration. well, there's 2 republicans on the committee. so that does cut against this idea that it's just the democrats seeking vengeance. liz cheney obviously, of a very famous family. a father dick cheney, and one other republican cy they were playing a leading role to die. you saw that on your knees. lip lip shiny, arguing that members of congress were under thread, that the vice president was being sought hafta. and donald trump had

a disregard for whether mike pence lived or not. a remarkable fact if we think of it in a historical sense. but this will say the police offices, 5 police officers die on the dial. soon after a $138.00 police offices are injured on the day. now the republican party is supposed to be a body of law and order that is one of the key things that have campaigned on for very long time. if you disregard the well being of police offices, i think your credibility is under mine. so that was an important part of today's hearings as well. and fox news and other conservative channels and, and media outlets on really carrying the story. the certainly not carrying it in the the way that said that some left wing media is, i mean, what are the chances that this is just going to essentially become i met co chamber for want of a better phrase and the people that the committee would actually want to convince i e, republican supporters on going to be aware of what's going on because all they're hearing

is comment from right wing channels rather than coverage. very good point. fox news didn't have any lod coverage and then their most popular inca tucker carlson, had an al on spot where he denied all of these claims against donald trump kept up the lie that donald trump won. the election said the committee's hearings were completely political, but i think there will be a lot of neutral yet. i balanced media around the world that follows this yourself . the baby say in australia, our states on said may be of the, i be say that it will be and i concern from across the political spectrum across the world, i think about how american democracy is fearing. and there are republicans undoubtedly who voted for donald trump. who believed that the paypal's will should be recognized if they win elections in the future invites they want that to be fairly recognized. so i don't think there's

a universal acceptance that democracies just i chi as long as you, when i think there are a fair minded people who voted for donald trump, who will follow these hearings? who want to say a prayer, then shy, the grace of bang alden would say, yet i concede to fate if the numbers are against them in the voting numbers or against them. so that, that's, i think, part of the political calculus here. that there's all kinds of b, any, you know, indictments from this now gets arrested from congressional hearings like this. but in the court of public opinion, it's important to put this material on the record and see how many americans want to stand up for democracy. the next opportunity, which will be in november of the she in brandon o'connor with a good to get your thoughts on this. and we appreciate your being with us and i'll just, you know, so thank you very much indeed for your time. my pleasure. the ladies of the us in

brazil have agreed to work together to stop more trees being cut done in the amazon to be meeting during the summer of the americas. both climate change and migration around the agenda. rob reynolds reports was functions the that the summit of the americas us president joe biden has focused in part on global warming and clean energy. through our efforts to strengthen clean energy economy in the americas. we're committing to just not just the energy transition, but to make communities that have been historically marginalized, are able to share equally in the gains. the us unveiled a plan to cooperate and help fund caribbean countries, trying to strengthen their vulnerable infrastructure in the face of rising sea levels and more frequent and destructive storms and to move away from fossil fuel. our member states are heavily dependent on fossil fuels for our energy needs and other programs that's goals for boosting the regions. clean renewable energy

sources for electricity. major economies like argentina and brazil have signed on. ah, the president of parkway spoke for many countries in latin america and the care of the in think they are suffering from a climate crisis. they didn't help to create greenhouse gas emissions in paraguay are low. however, we have suffered greatly and we have suffered the effects over the last few years. this is seen in droughts, floods, fires, and crises when it comes to our water resources. we need specific commitments, especially from the countries who bear the most responsibility. biden is also pushing an initiative aimed at saving what's left of the amazon rain forest that could lead to awkward moments during his 1st one on one meeting with brazilian president shire bull snarl who has encouraged more economic development in brazil's amazon basin. as with any gathering of the powerful protesters also

came approach esther demanding protection of abortion rights in the u. s. stepped in front of biden's motorcade and was tackled by 2 secret service agents and taken into custody. migrants rights advocates demonstrated with a message for biden, a furnace solution. we demand the cancellation, comply with what happens when you have politicians and executives in a room is often that the people that are most directly impacted by their decisions are left out the number of migrant seeking to enter the u. s. as well as countries like columbia and sheila has reached record setting levels this year on friday, the summit. participants will sign a declaration on migration, but no comprehensive solution to the vast and complex problem is anticipated. migration is a thorny issue and dealing with it is made even more difficult by the number of empty seats at the table here. the leaders of guatemala, honduras, mexico,

and other countries that are the homelands of many migrants have boycotted this summit. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles, your grains presidents as his troops are blocking russian attends to advance in the region whose up alicia vladimir zalinski says they're also holding on to some cities in the east. but right and forces are continuing their attack. and so that other than the ads with street fighting and heavy artillery fire ukrainian forces through the lack of long range weapons is catastrophic. keith says between a 10200 soldiers, a being killed every day. that's the highest estimate made public. so for the u. k fonseca, rulers tries, is said to speak to ukraine's foreign minister. my day after 2 british men and one moroccan citizen, was sentenced to death by a pro russian court. the 3 men were fighting for ukraine. they were captured and convicted of being mercenaries in the eastern done, yet screeching, which is controlled by separatists tries to condemn the ruling as

a sham judgment. still ahead on al jazeera, a large movement of asylum seekers heading north from mexico to the u. s. slows to a halt, and we had to a grain, sana, one north in ukraine where thousands of tons, wheat stuck at a risk of going to waste. ah, it's a one to punch for the southeast corner of australia. hello everyone. here's what i'm talking about. so on saturday, those winds, they're cranking up in, this is polar air flooding in hobart, we'll look to see wind gusts top speeds of about 80 kilometers per hour. so certainly going to feel it. they're also gonna feel those low temperatures is while waking up on sunday to 4 degrees in hobart, the capital territory camera at minus 3 back to the here and now we've got a weak band of showers across w a. but it means

a wet and windy day for perth on saturday, with a height of 22 degrees. getting strike by some rain and snow for the south island. also the north island, but over the mountain passes could pick up to 20 centimeters of snow. that mean time for the capitol region, wellington winged us on saturday potentially could hit speeds of a 120 kilometers per hour. so quite vigorous system here. se asia concentrated rain to dang south on sumatra. island west javin that western side of borneo. and we've seen more flooding in southern china all due to our seasonal plum rains here. so in who nan province at least 300000 people, displaced from their homes and thousands of homes destroyed there. now we didn't think that those rains were going to slam into q shoe and she cocoa, but the bulk of that activity will stay out over at the open water on saturday. ah vulnerable filipino with

a being exploited by landlords to make them pay exorbitant prices to leave over crowded b $1.00 oh, $18.00 mates. the big gym. it exposes the business on al jazeera frank assessments . it sounds like you don't expect anything to change the problem in lebanon. it's actually structural lebanon needs and use social contract for it to solve his problem. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera, ah ah, what you know does ita reminder what top stories this r u. s. congressional committee investigating last year's capitol hill attack has been told the violence was orchestrated by former president,

donald trump. the panels calling it an attempt to cube the presidents of the u. s. and brazil have agreed to work together to prevent more trees being cut down and the amazon mat on the sidelines of the summit of the americas. well, the focus has been on climate change and migration russian forces are continuing their attack on ukraine's eastern city. most of our don't yet with the street fighting and heavy artillery fire ukrainian forces say the lack of long range weapons to counter russian. artillery is catastrophic. a deadlock on grain exports from ukrainian ports is intensifying a global food crisis. explosive minds have been spread across black c ports and that's been blocking shipments for weeks. now officials and one of 2 rushing back to break away regions in the east, se they'll soon start shipments by rail to russia. just traffic reports from keith . another truck arrives at this farm in the queue region norton. ukraine.

thought the rush is on to empty. the silos of last year's harvest of maize, to make space for approximately 35000 tons of winter wheat. but much of this crop may go to waste because of what ukraine and many countries it exports to say is a russian c blockade. at least $20000000.00 tons of grain is already stuck in silos across the country, contributing to rising prices. and what the u. n says is a growing global food crisis. so this might have been moved out of the silos in order to make faith for the winter, wheat harvey that is expected to start in about a month from now. a lot of this may have been taken to silos elsewhere, but a lot of it will begin journey to a port in romania attorney that can take up to fremont and very complicated in

day one root takes the grain by train from cube into moldova, to avoid a coastal road that ukraine says, rush and forces of shelled. the train then drops back into the odessa region of ukraine before being unloaded. a do romanian border on to barges, and renee and ismael. it then hits down the river danube to the romanian black sea port of constantino analyst, se shortages and long overland export routes of push the consumer price of grain up . in recent months. producers have been hit even harder. there's not so much the cost of transport. logistics has increased 300 percent since before the war started . we are also looking at ways of getting the green out via the baltic sea and through hungry. but it can also take up to 2 months before the trucks take the maze away, samples are analyzed at the quality control, the bar tree on the farm. the grains will be periodically inspected again in the coming weeks because much of it will have to be stored outside silos where rod

could set in after only a months. exporting by train from ukraine is complicated because the rail track gauge is different in neighboring poland and romania, russian forces withdrew from this area a few weeks ago. this wheat was planted before the war started. farmers work in the fields of maze and sunflowers. despite the danger of mine's an unexploded ordnance making less report number, it was very difficult because we were sewing. during the invasion of our domestic market is very small. we have to sell it up on russia, which is also a major grain produces as western sanctions prevented from exporting to global markets, depriving aids of billions of dollars of revenue and making the crisis even worse. moscow says it is open to a potential turkish and un plan to allow safe passage for ships to transport grain from ukrainian ports across the black sea and out to international markets by the

boss for us. but russia says ukraine must d mind the sea root 1st. ukraine has so far, refused saying it won't leave ukrainian port like a desa exposed to a potential russian attack from the sea. no agreed solution means ukraine could lose millions of dollars in revenue. and according to the un, more countries across africa and asia already suffering food shortages could potentially suffer even more stuff without a 0 q. dozens of people have been protesting and bonus aires argentina, economy gets worse, and fashions had 58 percent. that's one of the highest rates in the world, and it looks like it's going to keep rising 37 percent of the population lives in poverty for reasonable host more from the demonstration. where here in the center of when a site is where thousands of thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against the government of i let it go for amanda. if this has generated me

to chaos in our side, as you can see, all the roads it is right in the center of when a fate is, are completely blocked by people. those who have come here to day are one to more government assistance to assist the poor, the government of america. and this is already spending millions to assist people who need distributing cash handouts, social programs, among other things. but those by marching to day are saying that it's not enough argentina is right now struggling with a very high inflation rate around 6 percent every month. and people here are saying that that is affecting their purchasing power mostly to buy food. and that's why there are protesting here today. earlier this year, argentina reached an agreement with the international monetary fund. and the i m. f announced this week that this country had reached all the major targets in the 1st quarter. this is important to one knock more debt or more relief debt. for

argentina, there is a major economic crisis right now with exchange rate controls with very high inflation, with very high poverty. and all of this are problems that so far, the government has been unable to address a group of phases of asylum seekers and migrants traveling towards the united states through mexico has been brought to a halt. many are spending days waiting for humanitarian visas that would allow them to transit freely, awful reports from shop state. the most of the cries of desperation from migrants in weeks le mexico there calling on authorities to grant them humanitarian transit visas. after waiting for days, this family from venezuela had finally had their paperwork approve the documents, allow them to move freely through mexico and make their way toward the us southern border. the monitor guy after almost 3 weeks,

this represents one less obstacle, at least now we have a permit to transit country. now we need to figure out how to get the money for bus tickets and tried to look for work. most of these people arrived here as part of a migrant caravan that left the city of cuppa schuler. near mexico's border with guatemala. on monday the massive people marching on the road seemed and got frustrated with the slow pace. some moved on ahead. other people chose to wait for their transit pieces and in just a few days, what was once a caravan of thousands, mostly cease to exist. maria and all scott, also from venezuela, had decided to make their way toward mexico city by bus, along with their young daughter and about a dozen other migrants they are exhausted but optimistic that their

hardships will soon be over there. let me see, some of the truth is this has been very difficult. we crossed the jungle. there were many people who died, others who couldn't go any further. i don't wish what we've been through on any one . we've experienced hunger and thirst, but we have many hopes and dreams of arriving at our destination. it's a long road toward the mexican capital. once there, they'll only be a few days away from arriving on the doorstep of the united states. with their transit visas in hand, many migrants will continue north aboard buses like the one we're on. now. those traveling without the necessary paperwork, run the risk of being detained and sent back to southern mexico to start their journey again. monopoly al jazeera g up as mexico. you can government plan to send her asylum seekers to her wanders, facing a legal challenge from inside courts, hearing arguments from human rights groups, which are the policies unlawful. a calling for

a court injunction to stop the 1st flight from the u. k to rebundle, which is scheduled for next week. the palestinian foreign ministers urging the international criminal court to bring to justice those responsible for the killing of al jazeera journalist, sharing ob laughlin. we had malika has delivered the findings of an investigation into our barclays death. she was shot by his really forces last month while coupling raids and janine and the occupied west bank monarchy has questioned the icy seas delay investigating crimes against palestinians is accusing the international community of double standards. japan as opening its borders to tourists. again, under a tightly controlled application process, foreign travelers are only allowed to visit with guided package tours. it must wear masks and have health insurance. japan limits daily arrivals to 20000 people that include citizens, foreign students, and business travelers. not as putting together an independent tin to study,

unidentified aerial phenomena often called you our phones there. i said, as he says, is going to try to advance scientific understanding by using publicly available data and american intelligence report. last year catalog, a 140 for aerial sightings over the past 2 decades. that could not be explained. with pga tour suspended 17 golfers were playing in a controversial saudi backed l. i. v series at teed off in the u. k. on thursday. burkins in puerto says he will appeal the suspension or a burden. money has more 6 time major winner phil mickelson swings into action. little keith, one of the biggest names to join the new live golf tour on that. but with saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund backing the series, the competition has been overshadowed by politics. if there's a scope not long after the players teed up,

the pga tour announced it was the spending mckesson and 16 of the gulf foot pga tour. commissioner j monahan. sadness statement, their participation in the live gulf event is in violation of the tournament regulations. i've also worked really hard to contribute and try to build and add value to the tour during my time there. and i worked really hard to earn a lifetime exemption and i'm i, i, i don't want to give that up. i don't believe i should have to. reality is accused of grave human rights violations, including the murder of john. this is jamarcus shock. she and it's involvement in the war in yemen. so the new tour is offering huge prize money and critic see that as a move by saudi arabia to revise that image. and it has almost endless resources to

do so. for mickleson has reportedly been offered $200000000.00 to join the break way event. and there is $25000000.00 in prize money, a line that this week's tournament sponsoring more than is available at next week's us open next week with the plays involved, a facing tough question. the school is anyway, you wouldn't. why on a moral basis. if the money was right is only where he wouldn't play machine, those who pledge their loyalty to the pga tour. believe this is fractured the world of golf. oh, yeah, i was speaking to a few people yesterday and one of the comments was anything, any decision that you make in your life that's purely for money usually doesn't end up going the right way. many golfers make more money from sponsorship deals than they win on the lakes.