welcome to bbc news, i'm james reynolds. our top stories: a senior democrat lays out the possible timeline for impeaching donald trump after at least 200 democrats give their support to a draft article of impeachment. indonesian investigators believe the boeing 737 that crashed on saturday broke apart on impact, which could rule out a mid—air break—up. japan has declared a state of emergency in tokyo, fewer than 200 days to go before the olympics. and with landmines now clear, a christian shrine on the riverjordan has hosted its first religious procession in more than 50 years.

hello and welcome. democrats in the us have clarified their plan to try to end donald trump's political career. they're hoping to persuade the vice president mike pence to use his constitutional right to take powerfrom mr trump. along with the majority of the cabinet. the democrats accuse president trump of inciting his followers to launch a deadly assault on congress last wednesday. separately, the justice department said it had charged two more people in connection with wednesday's events. the outgoing president is to travel to texas on tuesday. —— the outgoing president is due to travel to texas on tuesday. i've been speaking to our north america correspondent peter bowes about the timetable for impeachment. events are moving quickly and we are getting a clearer outline of how things could unfold during this week with articles of impeachment. we've also reallyjust seen a letter that nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, has sent to her colleagues, outlining the options as well. and before they get to impeachment, the intention is to try to pass a resolution in the house that will urge the vice president mike pence and the cabinet to convene

to invoke the 25th amendment of the us constitution. now, this is something we've heard a lot about over the last few days. this is an amendment that would essentially declare — if agreed upon by a majority of the cabinet and the vice president — it would declare the president, mr trump, incapable of holding office and he would be replaced by the vice president. now, we had indications last week that mike pence wasn't in favour of this but the democrats in the house are going to try again, pass a resolution urging the vice president and the cabinet to head in that direction. if it doesn't happen, they're going to give him 2a hours. that's when they will move forward with the articles of impeachment, which could be before the house tuesday or wednesday — and it seems as if there is overwhelming support, at least from the democrats, to pass that. it means that those articles of impeachment could go through by the end of the week and then the question comes,

what to next? is it time to send those articles to the senate? or, as has been suggested, james, should they hold on for maybe 100 days so that it will givejoe biden a little bit of leeway at the beginning of his term in office to pass some vital legislation that he needs the senate for. going back to the 25th amendment, is mr pence likely to react to what the democrats are suggesting? well, that's the key question. so far, he hasn't reacted in any way that would suggest that he would agree with that course of action. now, things have been developing quite quickly over the weekend and we've been hearing from other senior republicans who have suggested that they believe that swift action ought to be taken against the president. so perhaps it remains to be seen whether the vice president has been swayed by what he's heard from his colleagues and perhaps will take a different course of action in the next 24—48 hours. his decision will be crucial to this. what do you make of the president's plans

for potentially a final road trip? this sounds like the president wants to perhaps, to some extent, defer all the attention away from talk of impeachment and what's happened over the last few days to, as he would see it, some of his successes from the last four years, and this road trip to texas to look at a section of the border wall really would highlight, at least as far as his administration is concerned, one of his su ccesses . this is what he campaigned on — building a long stretch of wall along the us—mexico border — and it looks like he wants to at least make a point about that in his final few days in office, and i wouldn't be surprised if other issues that the president believes are at least positive as far as his promises to his base supporters, i wouldn't be surprised if they're raised in the next few days as well. peter bowes there. earlier, i wasjoined by professor michael gerhardt from the university of north carolina. he testified in the impeachment proceedings against both bill clinton in 1998

and donald trump in 2020. i asked him what he would say if he was asked to testify again. well, i would say that i think the house is perfectly positioned and has great legitimacy in proceeding with the consideration of impeaching president trump a second time. i think there's no doubt whatsoever that the misconduct that the president has exhibited this week qualifies as impeachable and therefore, the only real question is whether or not the house has the will to move forward to impeach the president for trying to undermine the legitimacy of the presidential election and inciting or encouraging behaviour that damaged the house, damaged congress, and also left five people dead. how might the president offer a defence? i think the president's defence will actually be first — i can hear it now — it's just another witch—hunt

and that he is not responsible for all those things his followers did, that, in fact, he has not done anything wrong and there is just a few days left and therefore, this is a waste of time. you know impeachment as well as almost anyone else in america. does it work as it is meant to? no, it does not work as it is meant to! i think that is the lesson we are learning over these last few decades. i think that political parties have gained stronger attachment over people and that's clouded their ability, or undermined their ability, to think in terms of what's the best thing to do here for the sake of the constitution. impeachment typically does take a while to get moving. i don't think it is going to take a while this time, though. i think speaker pelosi clearly has signalled she is going to move fast, and she certainly has that capability, but the real question becomes what's the senate able to do? mitch mcconnell, the senate leader right now, has said he will do nothing.

the senate won't come back into session until the new president is inaugurated. this will be left to the new majority leader chuck schumer to figure out how to do the trial and how to hold the president, though no longer in office, accountable for his behaviour. in a letterjust now, nancy pelosi spoke to her democratic colleagues. she talked about section 3 of the 14th amendment — that is a little—known section which allows, to my understanding, congress to vote to expel officials engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the us. is that appropriate? i think that is another option that is on the table here. i think that is appropriate. keep in mind we have senators who were encouraging this behaviour and who showed solidarity with it, and they were also — the same senators were also on the floor of the senate doing the president's dirty work and trying to undermine the integrity of the last presidential election. every state in the union has certified the results

of the election. congress has certified the results of the election. there is no fraud here. there is nothing illegitimate. there isjust a president in office who is a bad loser and that is not reason enough to overthrow the republic, storm the congress and kill people. is the 25th amendment, which allows the vice president and a majority of the cabinet to remove the president temporarily, designed for a case like this? i don't think it is designed for a case like this. it is designed to deal with a president who has substantial physical or mental disability that precludes him from being president. the problem right now in the united states is that donald trump just does not want to do the duties of being president. he wants all the glory, he wants all the power, but he does not really want — he's not doing anything as president right now. he is abdicating his authority — for example, not calling the national guard up in time to protect the capitol. so it's because of that intransigence on the part of the president that the only option our constitution allows

for right now is impeachment, conviction, removaland, ultimately, disqualification from ever serving in federal office again. professor michael gerhardt. to bring you up to date with some of the moves taken against the president and his own organisations, the pga of america, the golf organisation, will strip one of mr trump's courses, national bedminster golf course club in newjersey, of the right to host the pga championship, one of four‘s —— one of golf‘s four majors. let's get some of the day's other news. the frontrunner in kyrgyzstan‘s president election sadyr japarov appears to have won by a landslide. preliminary results suggest he took nearly 80% of the vote. voters also opted for a presidential system in a simultaneous referendum. the new system will give mrjaparov sweeping new powers when a new constitution is passed, probably later this year. a snap lockdown in the australian city of brisbane has

been lifted after no new cases of covid—i9 were found in the community. 2.5 million people were put into a three—day lockdown on friday after a cleaner in queensland's hotel quarantine system tested positive for the uk variant of coronavirus. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has announced plans for a new, futuristic type of city to be built in the country's north—west. it will be called the line, will house a million people and be 170 kilometres long. the crown prince said it would be carbon neutral, with no roads or cars. indonesian divers will today try to retrieve the data recorders of a sriwijaya air jet that plunged into the sea two days ago with 62 people on board, minutes after take—off from jakarta's main airport. reports from indonesia say the boeing 737 airliner broke apart as soon as it hit the water, and that debris found so far has come from a relatively small area. callistasia wijaya from our indonesian service is at the port injakarta.

callistasia, thank you so much. we know that officials gave a briefing an hour or so ago not farfrom briefing an hour or so ago not far from where you are could you bring us up to date with what they have said, please? yes, they say that the search will continue today and that they are trying to retrieve two black boxes which might help to solve the mystery of why the plane stopped sending signals only four minutes after take off. yesterday the officials also said they have located this black box —— these black boxes and marked the area where the accident may have happened and now behind me is a turbine of one of the engines of the plane that was collect by the tea m plane that was collect by the team yesterday and there was also another ship it will be deployed today to continue with the operation. as of now, we can update you that the search tea m can update you that the search

team has also collected what they believe to be parts of human bodies and they are now being examined by the police. do you know any more information about what kind of people were on the flight? yes, we know that there are 62 people on board and until now, we have not had information that there is any survivors for this accident. and the family of the passengers, they said they are hoping for the best outcome for this investigation but they are realistic with the expectation about the result of this investigation. callistasia wijaya, thank you so much. with less than 200 days to the olympics, japan has declared a state of emergency for the nation's capital tokyo and its surrounding areas. covid—19 cases are surging and prime minister suga has

bowed to calls to impose new restrictions. the state of emergency was imposed as the country's medical system faced increasing pressure. aru na iyengar reports. japan is battling with a third wave of coronavirus infections. there is a state of emergency in tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures. there is fewer people on the streets, rarely any tourists. now, governors of other areas such as theatre and a sucker asking to be put into emergency measures. 0n saturday, new cases topped 7000 for a third day in a row. a record of 7900 new infections was hit on friday. and deaths are spiralling, surpassing 4000 this weekend. just 18 days after the figure top 3000 on december 22. to add to japan's woes, a poll by kyoto newsagency shows woes, a poll by kyoto newsagency shows support for hosting the tokyo 0lympics has

hit a new low. just over 80% of 1000 participants said the event should be cancelled or postponed again. i jumped event should be cancelled or postponed again. ijumped from 60% back in december. bringing together tens of thousands of people from all over the world could transform the olympics into the superspreader event of superspreader event. so i think a lot of people are cautious. prime minister dr heggie suga is putting on a brave face and saidjapan is is putting on a brave face and said japan is still committed to holding a safe and secure 0lympics. he hopes the public mood will change when the country begins vaccinations, scheduled to start in late february. aruna iyengar, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: virtually anything is possible at this year's ces electronics show whether high—tech experts swapped vegas for the comfort of own home.

the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow, in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. around the world, people have been paying tribute to the iconic rock star david bowie who sold 140 million albums in a career that spanned half a century. his family announced overnight that he had died of cancer at the age of 69. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai, has easily

overtaken its nearest rivals. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a senior democrat lays out the possible timeline for impeaching donald trump after at least 200 democrats give their support to a draft article of impeachment indonesian investigators believe the boeing 737 that crashed on saturday broke apart on impact, which could rule out a mid—air breakup. democrats prepare to start impeachment proceedings against president trump this week. but many of the president's backers are downplaying wednesday's violence on capitol hill. they continue to believe, without evidence, that the election poll was rigged. sophie long reports from arizona. dear lord, we ask that you watch over our president... they come to pray for their president... donald j trump. ..and demand that their rights be restored. they will never break our will. amen. these supporters of donald trump don't recognise

the result of what they believe was a fraudulent poll. people have been coming here to the capitol building in phoenix ever since the election to protest. farfewer are coming now but those that do, say they have no plans to stop. i think there's only one thing that will happen that will stop these, is when trump becomes president again. i believe that is the only thing that will stop this. will you continue to come down here afterjoe biden is inaugurated on the 20th of january? joe biden will not be inaugurated on the 20th ofjanuary, so i don't feel any need. i'll keep coming here until trump is back in office, remains in office. these scenes in the nation's 25??? ileéiséj? gigggg— ” ' ' and the world.