this is a bbc news special — on the day president trump was impeached a second time. the resolution is adopted without objection. members of the house of representatives formally charge him with inciting insurrection after last week's mob violence on the capitol building. house speaker nancy pelosi says trump is a "clear and present danger" before signing the resolution impeaching him — call for calm. i unequivocally condemned the violence that we saw last week. violence and vandalism have absolutely no place in our

country, and no place in our movement. the capitol is heavily fortified after warnings of new security threats. hello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk or around the world. it was another historic day here in washington. president trump has become the only us president to be impeached twice. the house of representatives here has spoken. all democrats in the house and 10 house republicans voted to hold the president accountable for his actions in the lead—up to last week's riots. it comes a week after supporters of the president stormed the capitol building and a week before president—electjoe biden is due to be sworn in. our north america editor, jon sopel, has this assessment. on this vote, the ayes...

the moment donald trump carved himself an unwelcome niche in american history, becoming the first president to be impeached twice. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. as dawn broke over the nation's capitol, the place was somehow unrecognisable. the landscape had changed. it now feels like the front line, a garrison town, with the elegant marble corridors a barracks. the civil war president, abraham lincoln, looking down on resting servicemen. but impeachment 2.0 is different, very different. for a start, the us congress, where this is being heard, is also the crime scene where the trump—supporting mob descended last week. almighty god, wield your sword and penetrate the confusion and discontent of our country. and this isn't about some call to a ukrainian politician. this is about an assault on the sacred heart of us democracy. donald trump is charged

with inciting it. the president must be impeached and i believe the president must be convicted by the senate, a constitutional remedy that will ensure that the republic will be safe from this man, who is so resolutely determined to tear down the things that we hold dear and that hold us together. this was not a protest, this was an insurrection. this was a well—organised attack on our country that was incited by donald trump. last time round, every republican voted as a block to back the president. but now, they're spitting three ways. there are those backing his impeachment. today, we make history forever, so choose well. a vote to impeach donald trump means, years from now, you can look your grandchildren in the eye and say, "i did the right thing." the gentleman's time has expired _ there were those questioning the impeachment process, but not backing donald trump. we need to recognise we are following a flawed process. we need to recognise that people of goodwill can differ.

we need to recognise that while the house may be done with this matter after today's vote, it will not be done for the country. and a few whose support for donald trump is undimmed. today, the second annual impeachment of president trump isn't really about actual words spoken at a rally. no, this is all about, madame speaker, the unbridled hatred of this president. the president made his first foray out of the white house yesterday, warning somewhat ominously that his supporters would be "very angry" if impeachment went ahead. but today, a new statement issued. "in light of reports of more demonstrations, i urge that there must be no violence, no lawbreaking and no vandalism of any kind. that is not what i stand for, and it's not what america stands for. i call on all americans to help these tensions and calm tempers. thank you." today, airbnb announced that it was cancelling

all bookings in washington for next week. some hotels are doing the same, to stop potential rioters coming in. the capitol is becoming a citadel. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. well, today's impeachment vote caps off a week unlike any other for america's capital city. while president trump has been silenced on twitter, he has released a video in the last couple of hours. we can listen to that now. my my fellow americans, i want to speak to you tonight about the troubling events of the past week. as i have said, the incursion of the us capitol struck at the very heart of our republic. it angered and appalled millions of americans across the political spectrum. i want to be very clear. i unequivocally condemned the violence that we saw last week. violence and vandalism have absolutely no place in our

country and no place in our movement. meeting america great again as i was been about defending the rule of law, supporting the men and women of law enforcement, and upholding our nation's most sacred traditions and values. mob violence goes against everything i believe in and everything i believe in and everything our movement stands for. no true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence. no true supporter of mine could ever disrespect law enforcement or our great american flag. no true supporter of mine could ever threaten or harass their fellow americans. the president speaking earlier. barbara plett usherjoins us from capitol hill. the president didn't mention the fact that he has been impeached, but he does now face a trial in the senate, albeit probably after he leaves office. would you make of his statement there, that mob violence goes against

everything i believe in. is he preparing for a senate trial? it sounds like that, doesn't it, laura? it sounds like his statement is sending out his sort of defence, because of because he has been impeached for inciting mob violence and inciting his supporters to attack the congress, and now he is seeing his movement is not about that, he does not support it and anyone who carries out political violence is not something that he can endorse. it's not something that is part of his movement. on the one hand, he is not acknowledging that it was not loyalists who stormed congress, but also seeing anyone who does this is not something that i would support. so, it is possible. he is also warning about the days ahead, which will probably also factor into how the senate trial goes, and that is there are threats of violence, continued violence, from some of his supporters. and he has said don't do anything like

that. i have been briefed by the secret service and we won't know violence and we do not want any breaking of the law. you can protest, but protest peacefully. on the one hand, he was kind of talking about what had happened and presenting his own take on it, and the other hand, he was looking forward and don't repeat what happened before. �* . . and don't repeat what happened before. ., ., , before. barbara, in a week's time, before. barbara, in a week's time. joe — before. barbara, in a week's time, joe biden _ before. barbara, in a week's time, joe biden will- before. barbara, in a week's time, joe biden will be - time, joe biden will be inaugurated. is he really going to spend his first few weeks with a senate trial, the senate both confirming his appointments, his key appointments, his key appointments, and also trying his predecessor?— his predecessor? well, that is what it looks _ his predecessor? well, that is what it looks as _ his predecessor? well, that is what it looks as if _ his predecessor? well, that is what it looks as if he - his predecessor? well, that is what it looks as if he is - his predecessor? well, that is what it looks as if he is going | what it looks as if he is going to have. looks like facing a senate trial. it seems he is going to try and get other work done around the edges, because when this impeachment trial starts it usually takes up all of the senate's time, but he needs the senate to confirm his cabinet positions and focus on

his agenda, which is to create a relief package which are suffering from economic hardship because of the coronavirus pandemic and to organise a vaccine rollout and so on. he has been talking to senate officials to see if it can be done in. the cold it creating or splitting their work —— called it bifurcating, it is obligated. there are long days ahead. —— it is complicated. there are hearing scheduled for the 19th, the day before his inauguration. so they are trying to at least begin to get that work done as quickly as they can.— quickly as they can. barbara plett usher, _ quickly as they can. barbara plett usher, thank - quickly as they can. barbara plett usher, thank you. - well, frank bowman is a professor of law at the university of missouri and the author of the book �*high crimes and misdemeanours: a history of impeachment for the age of trump'. well, you've got notjust one but two impeachments of president trump to talk about. is this how impeachment is supposed to work, though? that

the house indicts president trump, but now the senate is going to try him when he is out of office? i going to try him when he is out of office? ., �* ~ ., , of office? i don't know if they are summed _ of office? i don't know if they are supposed to _ of office? i don't know if they are supposed to work - of office? i don't know if they are supposed to work that . of office? i don't know if theyl are supposed to work that way in some sort of magic sense, but it certainly can. be done that way. it has been done on several occasions in the past. where there have been impeachments of people before they left office and trails afterwards, or in one case, a situation where someone was impeached and tried after they left office. so i think there is no constitutional impediment for its. and one might ask why bother, there are two reasons: one, the important, symbolic value of having the united states congress condemn mr trump's behaviour, merely on january six, this is in some ways the least of it, and his

ongoing effort after the election to essentially have it overturned in his favour, even though he plainly lost. the second reason to do it this way, or do it at this late date, is that the other remedy for impeachment on conviction is disqualification from ever serving in federal office again. and therefore, it is at least theoretically possible that the senate could vote to convict him and thereafter vote to disqualify him so he could not run in 202a. to disqualify him so he could not run in 2024.— to disqualify him so he could not run in 2024. when you look at the article _ not run in 2024. when you look at the article of _ not run in 2024. when you look at the article of impeachment l at the article of impeachment that the senate trial is going to consider, it is notjust about the storming of the capitol a week ago, it is about the president refusing to accept the result of the election and also pressuring election and also pressuring election officials to overturn the vote? i election officials to overturn the vote?— the vote? i think you are -auttin the vote? i think you are putting your _ the vote? i think you are putting your finger - the vote? i think you are putting your finger right | the vote? i think you are i putting your finger right on the heart of its —— it. one can debate about the wisdom, the

phrasing of what the prosecutors make cold the charging paragraph in that document, talking about an incitement to sedition. but leaving all that you one side, the core of the allegation is that over a period of months, mr tried to overturn the election does make mr trump —— mr trump tried to overturn the election by issuing false statements, pressuring state officials including the secretary of state of georgia, where he basically pressured him to find more votes. he did this notably by openly, publicly, pressuring the president of the —— vice president of the —— vice president of the —— vice president of united states to unconstitutionally open up the votes from electors of the states and overturn them, reject them. he has no constitutional power to do that. finally and critically, have a long period of time, mr trump engaged in a concerted effort to induce, force,

coerce, and in the end, intimidate congress into doing something it has no power to do, which is to overturn the results of the democratic election. so that is the core of the allegations at its plainly and impeachable offence because it strikes at the heart of american democracy, it strikes at the heart of any democracy where the principal consideration is the vote of the people. consideration is the vote of the maple-— consideration is the vote of the people. consideration is the vote of the --eole. ., ~' . ., ~ the people. frank bowman, thank ou so the people. frank bowman, thank you so much _ the people. frank bowman, thank you so much for— the people. frank bowman, thank you so much for that _ the people. frank bowman, thank you so much for that analysis - you so much for that analysis there. ., ~' ,, well, despite today's vote, the republican senate leader mitch mcconnell has said that a trial won't happen before joe biden is sworn in as the next president in a week's time. if mr trump is convicted, he could lose the benefits given to former presidents. but south carolina congressman james clyburn says he wants to make sure that mr trump never holds power again. he explained what was behind

the urgency of this impeachment vote. the democracy that we all hold dear. what happened last wednesday, with only two weeks left in this administration, demonstrated to the world that donald trump has no regard for what's kept this country together all of these years. he only thinks of self and the preservation of whatever he is, that's on his agenda. he incited people to come and disrupt the transfer of power, the peaceful transfer of power. you're talking about votes that have been taken two months ago, november 3rd, certified at each state, as well as puerto rico. those 51 tallies come in here, and all we were doing is what the constitution requires us to do — meet

in a joint session, house and senate, presided over by the president of the senate, who happens to be the vice president of the united states of america, and add those 51 states up to one big total. the votes have already been certified state—by—state, so in orderfor him to disrupt this, he had to overthrow what was done. and that's a coup. this country has never even been close to anything like that. congressman james clyburn congressmanjames clyburn on why it is so important and urgent to impeach donald trump today. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: here in washington, there's tight security, as unprecedented numbers of national guard troops surround the capitol. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war.

tobacco is america's oldest industry and it's one of its biggest. but the industry is nervous of this report, this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge part of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman says she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black. children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country'sl new multiracial government. and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard of her death today, the management but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a thing.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: donald trump becomes the first us president to be impeached twice a week after the riots on capitol hill. in a video message president trump calls for calm but doesn't mention impeachment. security here in washington is extremely tight ahead of president—electjoe biden�*s inauguration. the department of homeland security called up roughly 20,000 national troops after the fbi and city police warned of new security threats following last week's riot that left five people dead and dozens injured. footage of thousands of national guard troops, seen resting in between shifts on the floor of the us capitol building, has been shared widely across the world. the bbc�*s larry madowo sent this report from capitol hill. this is the last bit of temporary fencing that is coming up around the us capital

grounds. you see this going around all the way, and i spoke to one person who has lived here for 19 years, saying this is heartbreaking for him because the beating of the american democracy is that people can walk into government institutions, he walks past and �*s runs past this place every year, and all that now fortified because the inauguration on the 20th of january has been designated by the department of homeland security is a special security event, which means all the resources of the federal government are being brought together to make sure that the president—elect, the vice president—elect, the vice president—elect, and everyone attending that event is safe. even congressmen and senators have to go within metal detectors, which they do not have to do before. staff, aides

and guests have had to go through metal detectors, and even congressmen are having to go through that, and some republicans are not happy about that event. it's all leading into this big event where there are about 6600 national guardsmen already within the city, and by the time of the inauguration, there will be as many as 20,000, which means there are more trips here in washington, dc than there are serving in afghanistan. this inauguration may one of the be —— may be one of the most protected in the history of america. we can now speak to kermit roosevelt iii. he is a professor of constitutional law at the university of pennsylvania and the great—great—grandson of united states president theodore roosevelt. someone who of course president trump likes to compare himself to. if we could just turn to the forthcoming trial of president trump in the senate, he won't in office any longer. he will still need a two—thirds majority, that's what will be

required to convict him. is it more or less likely do you think that he would be convicted for a constitutional law perspective once he is out of office? i law perspective once he is out of office? ~ law perspective once he is out of office?— law perspective once he is out of office? ~ , of office? i think in some ways it may be _ of office? i think in some ways it may be more _ of office? i think in some ways it may be more likely. - it may be more likely. ultimately is not going to happen. i think there are still republicans who feel that it will and their political careers of they voted to convict him, and there are enough of the republicans who care more about their political careers in the country.- careers in the country. what president — careers in the country. what president trump _ careers in the country. what president trump can - careers in the country. what president trump can do - careers in the country. what - president trump can do though, in the next week, beforejoe biden is sworn in, is to pardon many criminals in this country, and also potentially dry and pardon himself, not that he has been charged with anything yet. is there any precedent for that in constitutional law, part of being know it's never been attempted. i5 being know it's never been attempted-— being know it's never been attempted. being know it's never been attemted. , ., , , , ., attempted. is not surprising to me that trump _ attempted. is not surprising to me that trump would - attempted. is not surprising to me that trump would think - attempted. is not surprising to i me that trump would think about it. as far as i know he was

advised not to do it, and i think that's probably wise. if he did attempt to pardon himself, it would really give an incentive to prosecutors to go after him because i think that people do not want to let the idea that a president can pardon himself go unchallenged, and the only where they can challenge it is to prosecute him. = challenge it is to prosecute him. ., , him. - only way. ten house republicans _ him. - only way. ten house republicans did _ him. - only way. ten house republicans did vote - him. - only way. ten house republicans did vote for - him. - only way. ten house| republicans did vote for the impeachment but it was largely a democratic impeachment. is this what the founding fathers had in mind when they wrote the constitution, designed the impeachment process? was it supposed to be largely partisan?— supposed to be largely artisan? ., ., , , ., partisan? no, absolutely not the big thing _ partisan? no, absolutely not the big thing to _ partisan? no, absolutely not the big thing to understand l the big thing to understand about the way american politics is working now is that the founders did not anticipate the party system, and the party system has really thrown a lot of the structure of government that they created out of whack, so the way our government works now is not something that the founders intended or really would recognise.— founders intended or really would recognise. thank you very much indeed _ would recognise. thank you very much indeed for _ would recognise. thank you very much indeed for that _ would recognise. thank you very much indeed for that analysis i much indeed for that analysis there. nicole hemmer is an assistant

research scholar at columbia university — she's a presidential and constitutional historian. now that president trump has been impeached twice, in his four year term in office, that puts him right into the history books, but how do you think it affects his legacy? i books, but how do you think it affects his legacy?— affects his legacy? i think it is re affects his legacy? i think it is pretty damaging - affects his legacy? i think it is pretty damaging to - affects his legacy? i think it is pretty damaging to his i is pretty damaging to his legacy. in part because of what he has been impeached for. his first impeachment was because it was believed he had interfered on the 2020 election ijy interfered on the 2020 election by trying to solicit help from the ukrainian government in order to discredit his opponent, joe biden, but in particular, this impeachment in the article of impeachment, incitement, insurrection, we are in pretty unprecedented territory, so i think all of those things combined are going to be a significant stain on his legacy. to be a significant stain on his legacy-—

to be a significant stain on his lea . ., ., ., ,. ., ., his legacy. you are a scholar with columbia _ his legacy. you are a scholar with columbia university's . with columbia university's obama presidency oral history project. to what extent you see the trump presidency as a reaction to president obama? well it's very much a reaction. a lot of the things that obama was accused of while he was in office, of being of overreach, office, of being of overreach, of being irresponsible, i'm not protecting the country, those are many other that president trump has done well in office ——of not protecting. when obama was running for office he was accused of being a celebrity and made for television president and those of the same kinds of things that president trump embodies, and of course, it's a backlash to the fact that president obama was the first black president, i think it is not a coincidence that the president that followed president obama was somebody who makes the kind of racial

politics that trump does, court to who he is as president. i5 to who he is as president. is there any historical analogy for the way that president trump has enhanced the populist wing of republicanism, so that it is really colliding with conservatism, which is what we saw, the division here among republicans in washington this week? . ., , ., , week? there certainly have been presidents _ week? there certainly have been presidents who _ week? there certainly have been presidents who have _ week? there certainly have been presidents who have tapped - week? there certainly have been presidents who have tapped into | presidents who have tapped into the darker side of american popular resin, certainly andrew jackson, president in the 18305, jackson, president in the 1830s, who rallied his base around him under the banner of white male nationalism, and thatis white male nationalism, and that is something donald trump has done as well, so there is a legacy there. has done as well, so there is a legacy there-— legacy there. and it's interesting _ legacy there. and it's interesting how - legacy there. and it's - interesting how president legacy there. and it's _ interesting how president trump �*s book ended by president obama and now, joe biden, who was vice president, so we have a continuation there, don't we of the obama administration

either side of donald trump? right, a continuation, although i will say that president obama and president—elect biden are such different politicians are. they work together very well as a team, but where president obama represented a new generation of american leadership, and a new generation of american people, joe biden is kind of a flashback to an earlier time in american politics, obviously he is much older than president obama was, and he entered politics back in the 1970s, so it is a very different fields of his presidencies even though i think president obama and president—elect biden really do hold a lot of the same policies and same visions for the country-— and same visions for the count . _, ., ~ i. and same visions for the count . ., ~ country. nicole, thank you so much for _ country. nicole, thank you so much forjoining _ country. nicole, thank you so much forjoining us. - so that nicole there, a historian on the day that president trump has made history by being impeached for

the second time, one week after those dramatic riots on capitol hill, when his supporters stormed the capital. you are watching bbc news, thanks so much for being with us and remember in a week? time, joe biden is inaugurated as the president. you will be able to watch that labour bbc news. —— live on bbc news. hello there. we have wet weather across many parts of the country at the moment but it's notjust rain. we've got snow falling, too, increasingly across scotland and northern england. we have this amber heavy snow warning from the met office. these are the main areas of concern. snow across other parts of scotland and northern england. this is where we are expecting the heaviest snow to be. over the hills, 20 cm by late morning on thursday, and some snow to lower levels as well inland. we have seen this band of cloud on that front moving its way slowly eastward. whilst we see milder air out towards the west, there is still cold air across northern and eastern parts of britain. that's why we are seeing the rain turning increasingly to snow over the hills. quite a range of temperatures

early on thursday morning. that wintry mix of rain and sleet and snow continues across much of scotland and northern england throughout thursday. wetter weather in the midlands down towards the south—east and we could see a bit of sleet and snow in that across lincolnshire for a while in the midlands. it will be colder underneath that wet weather. temperatures two to 4 degrees. colder still over the high ground. much milderfor northern ireland and wales in the south—west where it will be drier and some sunshine on the way for northern ireland. during the evening and overnight, we will find a lot of that wet weather, that wintry mix petering out, so it does become drier by the time we get to friday morning. but we are likely to have a widespread frost and that will lead to some icy conditions as well as that covering of snow. things are drying off because we are seeing this little ridge of high pressure building in from the south—west. the winds are going to be light across many parts of the country. we will be left with probably a lot of cloud around. there may well be some quite low cloud and some fog

which will be slow to lift. probably the best of the sunshine towards north—eastern parts of scotland and improving towards the south—west as well. temperatures here lower than they have been over the past 24 hours. for many parts of the country, it will be another chilly day. a weather front sweeping across the country early into the weekend and behind that we get more of a north—westerly airflow, so for a while, early flow of rain and maybe some snow over the hills, it is soon replaced by sunshine and the rest of the weekend should be sunny and it will still be rather blustery.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the us house of representatives has voted to impeach president trump for inciting insurrection, a week after his supporters stormed the capitol. he becomes the first president to be impeached twice. 10 republicansjoined the democrats in a vote to put him on trial in the senate. as the house speaker, nancy pelosi, signed the articles of impeachment, she said president trump represented "a clear and present danger to the united states" and "no—one was above the law, not even the president." if he is convicted, he could be barred from standing for public office again. in a statement released via the white house twitter account, president trump says there is never any justification for violence, and he urges americans to be united. he makes no mention of his impeachment. and yet again, he made no mention of his successor,

president—electjoe biden.