the but i am. this is it every news live from berlin the world's wealthy and powerful gather in the swiss alps for the 50th the world economic forum president opens a gathering of the world's business and political elites by both statement about the u.s. economy saying america is winning like never before climate activists better to work also addressing delegates who are in davos for you also on the show trying to put on trial back home the u.s. president may be overweight in the resort town of davos but on capitol hill lawmakers are debating moving him from office

a contentious of purpose of spectacle is on the cards as trump's impeachment trial begins in earnest plus sounding the alarm chinese state media report a 6th person has died from a new coronavirus international airports and train stations are screening passengers from china concern grows as health officials now warned the virus can be cast from human to human also coming up faces of life after the holocaust 75 years after the liberation of the us which death camp a new photo exhibit here in germany is bringing people up close and personal with holocaust survivors and their stories. hoch a very warm welcome to all. view well we start in switzerland where the world economic

forum has officially kicked off in the ski resort town of davos u.s. president donald trump has a given the opening speech at the forum which is taking place just as the senate in washington prepares to open his impeachment trial on the president used his address to pitch the united states to the global business community saying the country has seen an economic turnaround that is quote nothing short of spectacular all here also use the platform to criticize climate change activists some of whom are attending the event calling them prophets of doom this is not a time for pessimism this is a time for optimism here and doubt is not a good thought process because this is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism in action. but to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their

predictions of the apocalypse. they are the heirs of yesterday's foolish fortune tellers and i have them and you have them and we all have them. and they want to see as too badly but we don't let that happen all right let's get you the very latest now did obviously i gave us is in davos for you to report on the world economic forum how we're going to see you president more esoteric speech we can see the opening speech at the world economic forum invoking profits and fortune tellers at work tell us about it. well i will tell you that he did not really receive an overwhelming applause or a standing ovation after his speech but of course he made a big effort to stress out the fact that the u.s. economy is working for the middle class in the united states helping those who have been struggling in the last few years and that it has taken the millions of people

out of poverty that is maybe maybe the message that he thought would resonate with the elite here in davos that meets only not only to stress out some of the problems in certain countries but also the global problems and maybe that was the main reason for the criticism around his speech the fact that it was so centered in the united states that he did not really address any of the big global issues that people here are trying to bring forward to discuss in a global forum of course we're talking about the countries where did that are under privileged that do not have the resources sources that the united states has and that cannot follow the policies that donald trump is touting as a role model for the rest of the world to follow right now let's talk about gratitude also had the opportunity to take to the stage what did he tell powerful that were gathered there. well gratitude stayed on message

delivering what we would expect from her specifically the warning signs that it is already almost too late to act and that what has been proposed so far will not work she can consistently criticized the net 0 policies that are tackling carbon emissions saying that we have to get to 0 emissions not net 0 emissions and that is maybe the most important part of the message when we compare what donald trump said about those prophets of doom citing basically or mentioning the climate change activists that are saying this is the time to act we have to do something he thinks that technology and innovation can bring forward solutions that will tackle the climate crisis where great us exactly on the other hand said that we cannot rely on technologies that are not very yet in order to solve this problem so we have very contrast in visions of what can and should be done right now the u.s. president it may be in davos where you are but on capitol hill back home

a lawmakers are discussing potentially removing him from office did you say anything about that. he did not say anything about that on his speech and as far as we know here we haven't heard a single word of donald trump regarding this impeachment process of course in line with how he has perceived this impeachment trial in the 1st place often mentioning it as a being a witch hunt we know that already he seems to go into line with the prophets and the witches in that matter however of course this tells many of the critics here in davos that there is a significant part of the united states that is not pleased with how donald trump is governing and is not pleased with his policies and of course that should bring a lot of discussions on the table in the next few days here in davos to how the i guess that reporting at thank you. and as we just heard impeachment trial against a u.s. president on trial begins in earnest in just

a few hours time president trump charged with abusing his presidential power by asking ukraine to investigate democratic political rival joe biden of obstructing congress as it looked into his conduct while trump's legal team is demanding a swift acquittal by the senate democrats meanwhile have reiterated their view that the process is being considered for trump's trial is unfair. back to work house impeachment manages the democrats prosecuting u.s. president donald trump filed a brief making fresh demands for a fair trial in the senate. almost similar tenuously trips defense lawyers filed a brief of their own slamming the trial as a dangerous perversion of the constitution. and with republicans in control of the senate from steam a confident he'll be clint. we know that he's not going to be removed from office

we may help be acquitted in the senate so but again we respect the senate process so if a republican senator a democratic senator wants to make a motion to. this miss will follow along in the vote the nation is split on whether the trial should be happening a tool i think that our president's been attacked for no reason he's done good things for the country probably says some stuff we shouldn't say from time to time but no it's not perfect but the snow we've heard for we've already impeach one president here you go anywhere so i'm just hoping that someone will actually get in there they can do the job right trump is one of these guys that can kind of get away with anything because you know he's everything he does controversial so people can become immune to the controversy of surrounding him with republicans calling for 12 hour daily sessions the 3rd presidential impeachment trial ever in u.s. history is set to be a grueling one indeed and this is a momentous day no mistake about it didn't we reported jailed over is here to tell

us more because this is just a trial this is a trial where it's being called a trial and there's a judge there's prosecutors there's so-called jury members there may be witnesses but you know don't let that distract you this is got nothing to do with justice and everything to do with politics it's more house of cards the law and order and the rules of how this charlie are actually going to run are being set by the republicans and republican leaders have already said publicly that they're taking their cues from the white house so that's led democrats to say that this trial is unfair and we heard in the last hour from senior democrat congressman adam schiff who says that the trial was rigged from the outset let's listen to what he's just had to say this is not a process for a fair trial this is the process forward trial this is the process if you do not want the american people to see the evidence this is a process you use if you want to hand and hand work in concert with the president allow the president to continue to obstruct the congress and deny the truth the

american people. so democrats are saying that this is not anything like the last impeachment trial which was of president bill clinton they say that statements of being excluded documents have been kept under wraps and generally the whole thing is being rushed ok now tell us about the impeachment process is that are taking place right now the proceedings the proceedings will kick off at 1 pm washington time which is evening in europe and 1st of all the 100 senators are going to file in they don't have to hand over their mobile phones they're not going to be allowed to make any noise in the chamber and they may vote to exclude the media so what's going to happen next 4 days of opening arguments running for 12 hours each day following that another 16 hours of questioning and 4 more hours of debate now that might sound like a long time but the trial of bill clinton it lasted for over a month and a half so this one is actually quite short now also interestingly enough is that the accused donald j. trump doesn't have to be in the room in fact he's in davos as we know so he won't

be there for the opening and it's very unlikely he's going to attend any of the other days of the hearing as well a stark contrast of course with bill clinton who had to be there and we all watched him testify right we saw a very different type of trial for bill clinton now there do we expect any surprises because you were you just outlined just how basically well this is a foregone conclusion in the sense that it's so partisan well this surprises could come from the witnesses because the democrats want to call specific people to give evidence and among those are john bolton who is the former national security advisor secretary of state might pompei o and some insiders in the white house now whether or not those people are going to actually appear will all depend on republicans in the senate and there are a few swing voters who if the democrats can win them over and they can convince them that we should have witnesses in this trial this could be a change the dynamic completely it could make it much more dramatic we may hear new testimony that we haven't heard before if they fail to do so however then this is

basically a foregone conclusion that sometimes. sweet will have an outcome which will probably be acquittal on it now because reportedly the white house is trying a block of france is national secure former national security advisor bolton from testifying is that correct right i'm is their legal question over whether that's going to be possible oh not so if the republicans win divert could be a look most could be a boring trial but otherwise we might be in for a few days of interesting political theater house the cards as you said ok joel dollar or thank you so much for the in alice is greatly appreciate it right one of our you have to speed now was some of the other stories making news around the world the protesters in puerto rico are demanding the resignation of the territory's governor over the botched delivery of emergency 8 after recent earthquakes that left thousands a neat public anger erupted over a viral video showing the government warehouse full of supplies left over from hurricane rhea the took place in 2017 russian authorities say 11 people have died in a fire that destroyed

a workers shack in siberia most of the victims were migrants from was biggest on a chinese company use the hut as a dormitory for sawmill workers a court in china has jailed the former head of interpol for 13 and a half years on bribery charges meng hong ways 10 year as in a poll chief was cut short after he vanished on a visit there in 2018 while at a trial last june he pleaded guilty to accepting a $2100000.00 in bribes. and we're going to stay in china where concerns are growing over the rapid spread of a new virus of a corona new strain rather of a corona virus that has cost $6.00 deaths and infected almost $300.00 people cases have also surface in other asian countries as the travel rush ahead of china's lunar new year holiday gathers pace domestic and overseas airports have begun screening travelers from the affected region. airports and train

stations on high alert across china this after authorities revealed the corona virus can be spread between humans something they had previously ruled out officials there say vigilance is key to stopping the spread. what did you do with the one i think the outbreak is in its early stages. though they have been more than 100 cases this is a small number compared to the population of 100 which is more than 10000000 because the whole package but we need to be on high alert due to the outbreak can be totally reversed even measures are taken now and show you go. cold with engine teeth health authorities believe the virus originated at this now closed market in ruhani which killed fish and wild animals the outbreak coincides with the lunar new year holiday the busiest travel time in china on the streets concern is growing.

could be your buying calico dodge of course i'm worried i just went to buy mosques i tried buying mosques around my neighborhood before leaving but they were all sold out i'm worried because so many people will be traveling shot. to the job under. the will result but honestly on that i have no idea which reports to believe i just trust my instincts i'm not that confident that authorities have the situation under control i think the number of infected could be far more ok reported. but there's also a lot of little to take as a canadian i don't know because i'm worried and the virus can spread rapidly if cross infection happens during this travel period the epidemic will be terrible in the myopia although you and all. other countries including australia are also implementing enhanced screening measures authorities there say they are monitoring

a possible case of the virus. the world health organization will meet on wednesday to decide if the outbreak should be declared an international public health emergency. and it has a lot of people worried a list taken out of the chinese capital beijing we're joined by correspondent. fabio so the numbers now reported by authorities there are 6 deaths and 300 people infected how reliable are those numbers. well i mean that's what we have and that's what he has to trust but i can tell you that every young person in china and beijing that i've talked to says. it's really skeptical whether that's accurate or not and i think what enhanced is this paranoia against information of the government it's also that there's a lot of online censorship going on and you can see from the government reports from the news reports that the government is really concerned about calming down the population i am so. if you look at other estimates for example from the

imperial college of law and scientists they assume that roughly $1700.00 should be affected but that's of course only calculation models that are based on probability so we don't know for sure but we know what we can assume is that the number 60 higher than what the government has told recently and how of some people are on high alert where you are i presume how are they protecting themselves from the contract to this mysterious virus. it is quite interesting starting from today you can actually see this growing sea off the people because they do worst case i would say in downtown beijing every 2nd passer by roughly wears a face mask i've checked several pharmacies and also online shops and we're out of sales i mean that's definitely a sign but i think the you know a device by a medical experts say actually quite simple washing your hands regularly with hot water and soap and soul and also maybe wearing your face mark that's enough it's

basically simple hygiene and of course that's making this so difficult to contain is that of what is a happy occasion the lunar new year is coming up very soon a peak travel season of the year how could that affect the spread of this virus. yeah i would expect it. very much because the recent cases that we've seen in south korea in thailand were all by travelers for a while and that's one of the transports hops off the country in between in central china between the east coast and the provinces in the west and dream who new year 400000000 chinese people will be travelling so as course the virus will spread but just to put it into context their exports medical experts don't really share that panic that you can see among many people because the numbers are actually still quite low and. the

a pandemic that we had in 2000 to virus doesn't seem esmie thought and also the danger of infection is not that high it's about 400000000 people on the move that is a staggering and number correspond to talking on a crutch or reporting from beijing thank you. and you're watching t.w. new still to come. faces of life after the holocaust 75 years after the liberation of auschwitz a new photo exhibit here in germany puts the spotlights on those who survived. but 1st mexico's national guard has fired tear gas at migrants trying to cross into the country from guatemala hundreds of migrants began wading through the border river after authorities closed a border gate on a nearby bridge mexico is under pressure from washington to crack down on illegal migration. the quest to reach the u.s.

is ending here for many. mexico's national guard forcibly repelled hundreds of migrants trying to storm it southern border. officials also detained several 100 who may face deportation some parents and children reportedly got separated during the crossing. 2 most of the migrants are from honduras and say they want to escape rampant poverty and crime. can also to commit them lou i'm scared and i don't want to go back to my country and the cost is nothing that no one my daughter and i go hungry i think i'm a muslim member of the l g b t community it's very hard to find a job keep the employee yeah but take the majority of us suffer from violence and discrimination maybe we just don't have the option of staying in our country no not that a morsel john decided to fight. last year mexico stopped allowing migrants to cross

its territory with few restrictions in june officials daoud unprecedented steps to block crossings into the us absolutely the country was responding to threats issued by president donald trump it sprays he had tweeted in may we will impose increasing tariffs on all goods coming into our country from mexico until illegal migrants stop coming through and into our country. mexico's tougher stance appears to be having an effect since may u.s. officials say there's been a steady drop in the number of people arrested or stopped at its southern border here's a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the u.s. has dismissed as ridiculous a $3000000.00 reward offered by an iranian member of parliament for the killing of president donald trump why he made the offer amid tensions following the u.s. is the assassination of a top iranian general and u.s.

official says the balance he showed the quote terrorist underpinnings of iran's establishment well meanwhile iran's civil aviation authority has confirmed that 2 missiles were fired at a ukrainian airliner that was broad down interrogatory earlier this month 176 people were killed here on initially denied downing the plane before its revolutionary guard accepted full responsibility. events are taking place around the world so mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz death camp in germany chance on the american has opened a new exhibit spotlighting $75.00 holocaust survivors it features close up portraits of people who lived through the war time nazi genocide all some were in attendance for chancellor merkel's opening speech she said germany would do everything possible to combat present day racism and anti-semitism more than

1000000 people were murdered in the nazi german camp before it was liberated by the red army in 1945. these people were persecuted by nazi germany and survived. the portraits on display in the german city of s. and. the title of the exhibition is survivors faces of life after the holocaust. the 75 photographs by martin shiela german who lives in new york. what i think really brings these people together is a certain kind of optimism and strength i don't know if you can see that but there's also a kind of a pride and a lot of them of a talk very defiantly about i overcame the holocaust and then i did this and then i did this and this and now i have 20 grandchildren 5 kids and 20 grandchildren so

they're very proud people close ups of celebrities such as barack obama hillary clinton and uncle a magical cemented show that's renowned. each owes the same big head style as he calls it for his series on survivor as. the faces speak for themselves. charlotte took these photos in jerusalem the atmosphere at the shoot was relaxed. he completed the 75 portraits in just 10 days that's not much time but time enough for moving encounters and incredible stories the russians liberated the camp and i'm like mark. i may have any chance in this picture i had a photograph with me from a newspaper article in soldier pictures famous picture of the children standing

behind this wired friends and she's like oh yeah that's me and that's my sister motto wise herself a historian is concerned that the stories of survival not be forgotten especially in the face of resurgent anti semitism vivian oriya works for you advise sham israel's holocaust remembrance center which co-sponsored the portrait project. when we try to get to fly there and the symmetry is even the denial of all of course that we are doing good that the main to unfold doing it is education and this exhibition is part of our walk it's a new creation to educate to teach what happened what took place for the sake of their next generations. motm shola says photographing survivors was a very moving experience and hopes people will contemplate the portraits with an open mind and an open heart. as time passes and as further

away we get from it. the more deluded information. and the more they people talk maybe about it so i see it as my personal responsibility to keep the facts straight. these are among the last survivors of nazi persecution strella said their optimism and strength commands respect. very quaint here why. news coming up in d w news asia as a potentially dangerous new virus spreads in china so too does the fear of contracting as we'll see what people are seeing on social media and to do w. meet up with a hong kong activist who's dedicated his very life to the city's pro democracy

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