a very warm welcome to bbc news. my name's mike embley. making history on capitol hill. for the second time, democrats deliver to the senate an impeachment charges against donald trump triggering the process for putting him on trial. president trump gravely endanger the security of the united states and its institutions of government. he threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperilled the coequal branch of government. he thereby betrayed his trust as president to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. president biden sets out goals to speed up coronavirus vaccinations, saying the us should be well on the way to herd immunity by the summer.

curfew clashes in the netherlands, protesters battle police as they push back against the latest covid restrictions. an all new meaning to the safety bubble, to return music to the masses. the us house of representatives has delivered its article of impeachment to the senate, charging former president donald trump with "incitement of insurrection" of the capitol riot on january 6th. it's the official start of the senate trial process. led by the house speaker, nancy pelosi, nine representatives are proceeded to the senate chamber where they'll serve as prosecutors, or "impeachment managers."

the lead impeachment manager, democratjamie raskin, read out the charge in the senate. article one. incitement of insurrection. the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for an conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanours. further, section three of the 14th amendment to the constitution prohibits any person who has "engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the united states" from holding any office under the united states. in his conduct while president of the united states and in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states, and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be

faithfully executed, donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanours by inciting violence against the government of the united states, in that onjanuary six, 2021, pursuant to the top amendment of the constitution of the united states, the vice president of the united states, the house of representatives and the senate met the united states capital for a joint session of congress to count the votes of the electoral college. in the months preceding thejoint session, president trump repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the american people or certified by state or federal officials. shortly before thejoint session commenced, president trump addressed a crowd at the elipse in washington, dc. there, he reiterated false claims that "we won this election and we won it by a landslide". he also wilfully made statements that in context, encouraged and foreseeably resulted in lawless

action at the capital, such as" if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore". thus incited by president trump, members of the crowd he had addressed, in an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the joint session's solemn constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, unlawfully bridged and vandalised the capital, injured and killed law enforcement personnel, menaced members of congress, the vice president and congressional personnel, and engaged in other violent, deadly, destructive and seditious acts. a lot of protests there, and ceremony, but as i corresponded pointed out from capitol hill, a moment of history. yes, it is an historic moment. ifeel like i have said

that many times over the past couple of weeks, but it is. it is the second ever impeachment of a president and it has taken place within a year, or 13 months, thatjourney between the house and the senate has been taken quite recently, which is very historic. it is ceremonial, as you mentioned, and the trial itself is not going to start for another two weeks. there is a question about whether there can be a conviction, because there needs to be a two—thirds senate majority, and that would require 17 republican senators to vote with democrats, and they have a lot of political considerations to take in mind when they decide whether to do that. but it is significant in that it will show what sort of republican support there is for mr trump in the establishment, in the elected members in the capital, after the kinds of things that we have seen.

if he is convicted then he could be barred from ever serving, holding high office again, which would be significant. but even if not, as i said, he is the second president, the only president ever to have been impeached twice, and that is a stigma that he would carry with him and something that i think democrats feel, even in and of itself, would be a message that the kind of riot they saw at the capitol building, but not only that, mr trump's efforts to try to spread the lie that there had been massive election fraud, that there needs to be a significant action taken and that he would bear some sort of historic mark for that. as you said, something like 17 republican senators would need to vote to make up about two—thirds vote to convict mr trump. that does look unlikely. the pressure on them from mr trump's supporters must be huge, and in many cases they must be in some danger?

well, we should say that it is completely different from the time that mr trump was impeached last year, when there were zero, well, almost no republicans who voted for impeachment. it was just mitt romney who did so at the time. the party was very strongly behind mr trump. in this case, that's not happening. the lead republican has basically told senators that they can vote as they wish, basically a vote of conscience. he has indicated he is open to listening to the arguments, although he has not said he would vote for impeachment. a number of senators have come out criticising mr trump, indicating they may also be open to voting for impeachment. so that is a difference from last time. however, to get 17 would be quite a difficult thing to do at this point, because of their political futures, as you said. the grassroots of the party is still very strongly behind mrtrump. the house republicans who voted to impeach have been getting blowback from their party organisations on the ground and also from conservative talk radio and tv and social media. polling shows that republican voters don't think mr trump should be blamed for what happened

at the capitol building. so there is a lot of pressure on these senators, no matter how they might feel personally about what they would like to do. there is a lot of political pressure on them about this vote. we can now speak to professor lauren wright, who's a research scholar and lecturer in politics at princeton university. there is, and i would love to have them pointed to the constitution where it says that. there are two main complaints here from republicans. one is that anyone except for the chiefjustice cannot reside over this. that is not true. article one, section three of the constitution clearly states that the senate has the sole power vested in it to try impeachments, and that the president

of the senate would preside over those trials, except in the case of the president and the vice president. the other complaint is that you cannot try a former elected official, which isjust absolutely not true, if you look back through hundreds of years of history, both in the 18th century in this country and in england, where we adopted our impeachment laws from, there is lots of documentation of this in the founding documents, in conversations among the founders, and my colleague keith whittington has done a really good job of characterising that in the last few days. it surely damages the process, doesn't it, in the eyes of the public, and perhaps more widely, were to have a democratic senate are providing over it rather than a supreme courtjustice? i understand those feelings. it might not be ideal politically, no matter how much patrick leahy says he will take this seriously and will be impartial, he still has a d

in front of his name and that is the way most americans see it. however, i would also look at it from the angle of democrats might not want to do this, politically, but it is so egregious and so outstanding, this president's behaviour, and such a clear violation of his oath, but despite the potential political costs, they are still going through this despite the fact that he is not still in office. the most senior republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, has been very outspoken about what mr trump did, but there is a feeling, isn't there, but because there is a gap between when this trail happens that it is less likely they will be a conviction? that is a great point, and in fact the further away we get from sixth of january, unfortunately those events are fading in the minds of many americans and even the senators whose lives were at risk that day. so, a couple of weeks ago, when i was on bbc, i said i thought you could maybe get to 17 senators if you had

mitch mcconnell, the group of senators that has been moderate or consistently critical of president trump, mitt romney, susan collins, the group that is likely retiring, or certainly retiring, and then a group of constitutional conservatives and people who might like to run in 2024 and don't want to run against president trump. that is more and more looking like it is not going to happen. professor lauren wright at princeton. do stay with us if you cannot bbc news, much more to come, including this. flaming lips front man wayne coyne explains to us the band's futuristic attempt to return music to the masses. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift off. there were seven astronauts

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welcome back. very glad to have your with us on bbc news. 0ne main story dominating the headlines. democrats in the us have delivered an impeachment charged to the senate, accusing donald trump of inciting insurrection, that triggers the process of putting him on trial. president biden has overturned mr trump's president biden has overturned mrtrump�*s ban on president biden has overturned mr trump's ban on transgender peoplejoining the us military. he announced the ban in 2017, citing what he called tremendous medical costs and disruption. debated administrations is a comprehensive study has found that transgender people have very little impact on the military�*s healthcare spending or its effectiveness. at a news briefing, mr biden said no—one could be barred from serving in the military because of their gender identity. let's go live to la and to rachel, national security law expert at south—western law school. thank you very much for your time. you also served as a judge

advocate in the us air force. what are the ramifications of this? i think the ramifications are wonderful and that is a stronger, betterfourth. in fact, the man against transgender personnel serving in the military actually hurt the military because it prevented qualified individuals who wanted to volunteer to serve their country, prevented that from actually serving and contributing their wonderful skills to the military, so this can only make the military better. i can only make the military better. , , , ., better. i suppose there is a concern _ better. i suppose there is a concern built _ better. i suppose there is a concern built into _ better. i suppose there is a concern built into this - better. i suppose there is a concern built into this for. concern built into this for transgender people, if their position can change so dramatically between administrations, it could change again if mr biden is only a one term president? that's exactly right, that is a definite concern, a web or between president 0bama opening the military to transgender personnel and then president trump shutting it down, slamming the door in their faith and then president biden opening it up again. what needs to happen is either to make its way to the supreme court which

now it will take many more years because there is no ban but what really needs to happen is action on capitol hill. congress needs once and for all to make it very clear and straight into law that transgender personnel, that all qualified personnel can serve in the united states military regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, we need our qualified people and that is what the constitution under equal protection requires a. what are the assertions _ protection requires a. what are the assertions - _ protection requires a. what are the assertions - met _ protection requires a. what are the assertions - met one - protection requires a. what are the assertions - met one of. protection requires a. what are | the assertions - met one of the the assertions — met one of the assertions made by mr trump was that transgender people who wanted surgery were going into the military and getting the military to pay for it, avoiding the cost, as they put it. has thatjust been completely rubbish? it is rubbish. _ completely rubbish? it is rubbish, and _ rubbish, and a comprehensive, very thorough report and study done by rand corporation done on behalf of the department of defence in 2017 showed that the increased cost is incredibly negligible. there is an increased cost but even at the most extreme, it would be .13%

of the overall healthcare spending by the department of defence, and in fact that the department of defence spends five times that amount on viagra, on erectile dysfunction medicine or is currently serving troops, so again that really truly was rubbish and furthermore, i would like to add, those senior leaders and uniform, the chief of staff of the various services, the f was in the army and marine corps or went on capitol hill and said that there is no degradation to any kind of morale or unit cohesion and that they need these people to be serving. fix, these people to be serving. a lot of other areas of inequality in the armed services of course. for the moment, thank you very much. thank you, have a great night. the supplier of voting machines for the us election taking $1.3 billion in damages from donald trump's lawyer rudy giuliani for defamation. dominion accused him of receiving millions of people into thinking their votes were

stolen by its machine. he given an opportunity prove these allegations copy hours before the storming of the capitol on 6january, donald trump's personal lawyer lobbed highly contentious unproven allegations to seething pro—trump supporters. over the next ten days, we get to see the machines that are crooked, the ballots that are fraudulent, and if we are wrong, we will be made fools of. but if we're right a lot of them will go to jail. cheering. so let's have trial by combat! remarks that followed weeks of unchecked claims about these dominion voting machines. all part of a venezuelan plot, giuliani said, to hand republican votes to the democrats. his comments sparked protests across america. dominion's107—page complaint cites dozens of statements made

on twitter, tv, and on giuliani's own podcast claiming the election was stolen, despite top us legal, fbi, and cyber security investigations concluding the opposite. allegations, dominion says, that damage their business and lead to death threats against employees. eventually, they say, causing the storming of the capitol. already, rudy giuliani's reputation has been in danger of dripping away after the chairman of the new york state senate's judiciary committee requested that the state court system strip the former mayor of his law license. dominion hopes a public trial will restore faith in the us election system, but some republicans think it may not even get that far. i think rudy giuliani has got himself a little over his skis in this particular case. he was notjust out there saying that the machines needed to be looked at or

investigated, he was making some pretty wild claims that he, unfortunately, had no basis in fact or evidence to back up his accusations. i think what will ultimately happen is there will be some kind of, some type of agreement that will be worked out, a settlement of sorts. rudy giuliani accuses dominion of attempting to censor the exercise of free speech. but dominion say they have had to spend half a million on security and over $1 million fighting disinformation because of allegations against them. they now seem intent on replacing the court of public opinion with a court of law. mark lobel, bbc news. it is just over it isjust over one it is just over one year since china imposed the world's first lockdown on the city of wuhan. by lockdown on the city of wuhan. by then, coronavirus had been spreading there for a few weeks in which the chinese government insisted everything was under control. new bbc documentary

has revealed the gap between what was happening on the ground, what chinese officials and scientists knew and what the world was told. new year's eve, 2019. by now it has been 20 days since the chinese man in his 70s was had by a mysterious pneumonia like disease. but the world still blissfully unaware of the virus that's about to change all of our lives. an american virologist takes a call from this man. virologist takes a call from this man-— virologist takes a call from this man. . this man. he had identified the virus, it this man. he had identified the virus. it was — this man. he had identified the virus, it was a _ this man. he had identified the virus, it was a new _ virus, it was a new coronavirus, and that it was not highly transmissible. well, this didn't really resonate with me because i had heard about many, many people who had

been infected. the about many, many people who had been infected.— been infected. the world health organization _ been infected. the world health organization in _ have been officially informed about the new disease, but it first learned about it from social media. at internal meetings, who officials made their frustration plane. meetings, who officials made theirfrustration plane. be their frustration plane. be associated theirfrustration plane. be associated press shared with pbs frontline and the bbc some linked recordings from the second week of january. back and wuhan, hospitals were filling up and health workers were becoming evermore alarmed. they are not allowed to talk to the international media without authorisation, but one has spoken anonymously to the bbc. their words are re—voiced by an actor. their words are re-voiced by an actor. , ., ~' their words are re-voiced by an actor. , ., ~ ., , actor. everyone knew it was human to — actor. everyone knew it was human to human _ actor. everyone knew it was . human to human transmission. even a full wood no. so why say there is no human transmission? this made us very confused, very confused, and very angry. they wouldn't even let us wear

masks. they said they were afraid of causing panic among the patients.— the patients. one patient in hosital the patients. one patient in hospital and _ the patients. one patient in hospital and late _ the patients. one patient in hospital and late january i the patients. one patient in. hospital and late january was the 76—year—old. his son had driven across china so that he could have an operation in his hometown after he had broken his leg in a fall. as he was recovering from surgery, he got a fever.

the chinese government has told us that it has always acted with transparency and in a timely fashion, but it until seven weeks after the first known patient got sick that it announced that there was indeed human to human transmission, and by then, covid—19 had a deadly momentum that would carry it into every corner of the globe. it has now killed more than 2 million people. in new zealand, 20,000 concert—goers rocked with the local band six60. i can't believe they have to tell you this but the oxford dictionary describes the word moshing as jumping up and down and

deliberately colliding with other dancers. we are not likely to see live events like that over here anytime soon. but the band the flaming lips have come up with a new way to play live and stay safe. i've been doing it as part of our sort of theatrical freak out stuff at our concerts since i started doing it in 2004. i haven't done it every night, but i have done it virtually every night since i've started to do it. we are the only group in the world that probably would embrace this and say we can do a concert like this. but it didn't begin like that. i don't want people to think that we jumped right to this. i knew, quite a few years ago, because i would get in the space bubble and we would do a parade here in oklahoma city, that's what i'm talking to you from, oklahoma city, and i would walk down the street in this space bubble for over 45 minutes and the only reason i would it out and into another one was because there was a lot

of condensation in there and you couldn't see me in there. we've done experiments here leading up to, you know, a couple of months back when we did our very first video shoot of this, where we have three people in there and they could stay in there, really, for probably three orfour hours. the fans of the flaming lips kind of like this — not challenge — but kind of the adventure of the whole thing. it's not just another concert. yo're part of this thing and it's never been done before. and, you know, they are quite up for it being different and being crazy and they do really take care of each other. and that is the part, don't want people to forget that. and just as importantly, wainer�*s hair because people were also given signs saying something like, i need to go to the bathroom and i'm getting a bit too hot in here. there is much more on all the news, national and international anytime on the bbc website and

our twitter feeds. thanks for watching. hello. a cold, frosty start to tuesday morning means the risk for some ice on untreated surfaces. bear that in mind if you are making an essentialjourney. through the day, we'll see rain pushing from the west. and as that wet weather runs into some cold air, snow is likely to develop, especially over high ground in the north of the uk. this frontal system pushing in from the west will bring the wet and wintry weather, cold air ahead of our weather front. behind this frontal system, though, is much milder air starting to make inroads. ice to start off, then, just about anywhere, but especially through the midlands, into wales and northern ireland, where rain will be falling on cold surfaces, and a little bit of sleet and snow to start off across parts of central scotland. through the day, our main band

of wet weather will continue to push its way eastwards. briefly, we could see a little bit of snow mixing in over high ground in north wales, in the peak district, but more especially across the pennines, where we could see 5cm of snow accumulating on the highest ground, through the southern uplands of scotland and into the grampians, where some places could well see 10cm of snow before the day is done. more likely mixing with some rain and sleet at low levels, butjust 3 degrees in glasgow. holding onto some brightness in northeast scotland, just 3 there in aberdeen. conversely, 10 degrees in plymouth, into the milder air pumping in behind our frontal system. and the front will tend to die out a little bit through tuesday night into wednesday morning. still some patchy rain, sleet and snow across scotland. quite a chilly night in prospect here, although not as cold as the last few, and very, very mild indeed down towards the southwest. wednesday is looking like a drier day for many. it'll be quite cloudy, misty and murky, and we'll see some showers of rain moving through northern ireland,

england and wales at times. the further north and east you are across scotland, it should be dry with some spells of sunshine. three or four degrees here, 10—11 across parts of wales and southwest england. and as we go through wednesday night, we'll do it all again, another frontal system pushing in from the southwest. again, that'll run into the relatively cold air, giving the potential for some snow, especially over higher ground in northern england and southern scotland. ahead of that frontal system, still some pretty cold air in place, so temperatures maybe 3—4 degrees across parts of northern scotland. down towards the south, though, highs of 12—13.

the latest headlines for you from the bbc news that doctor katz in the us house of representatives have delivered to the senate an article of impeachment against donald trump, starting the process of putting him on trial —— the democrats in the us house of representatives. it was because he incited insurrection when his supported storm to the capital. president biden says he hopes to raise his target for vaccination during his first 100 days in office to 150 million for topic claims the us could be on the way towards you —— herd immunity in the summer. for a second night running, police and the netherlands have clashed with protesters defying a 9pm curfew introduced to battle the virus. dutch police described the words unrest in four decades. the premise to describe the protesters' actions as criminal. —— the prime minister described.