this is news coming to you live from the trump impeachment trial opens in the u.s. with democrats and republicans battling over the hugely important ground rules. one party that doesn't fear a fair trial and one party that is terrified for the fair trial. democrats say they should be allowed to bring it in as they try to get the president removed from

office republicans are having none of it also coming up. our team here is from new york's orthodox jews and searches for what is driving. one of the world's leading centers of jewish life and religion. plus a painful wait as the prime minister unveils a new cabinet but he faces a huge task to satisfy protesters who've been filling the streets demanding radical change. and. world economic forum in davos switzerland wondering how the really wealthy see the topic of sustainability in the midst of a global climate crisis 116000000000 private jets some of the biofuels long lines of limousines some of the metric how difficult is it being so rich and yet having to be so green.

hello i'm terri martin good to have you with this history is being made in washington donald trump is now the 3rd president in u.s. history to face an impeachment trial that could result in his removal from office trump is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of congress stemming from his dealings with ukraine the trial began with democrats calling for witnesses and new evidence to be allowed a majority republicans get to set the rules the senate will convene as a court of impeachment if there is no objection the journal of proceedings of the trial are approved to date u.s. chief justice john roberts marked the start of the impeachment trial the 1st since president clinton's over 2 decades ago 1st on the agenda the rules with a republican senate majority leader dismissing changes proposed by democrats. it

was senator move to amend the resolution orders to pay no specific witnesses or documents i will move to table fetch motions because the senate will decide those questions later in the trial just like we did back in 1999 democrats hit back with the house impeachment manager adam schiff reiterating the need for republicans to be impartial right now a great many perhaps even most americans do not believe there will be a fair trial they don't believe that the senate will be impartial they believe that the result is pre-cooked the president will be acquitted not because he is innocent he is not but because the centers will vote by party and he has the votes . with the trial underway in the republican controlled senate there is the question of what impact it will finally have on president trump polls have consistently

shown americans to be starkly divided down partisan lines on whether he should be removed from office rob warders a republican strategist believes the trial may be damaging to the democrats listen people don't like when a process is up and if you're democratically elected and if you've won they don't like to think that they're going to be invalidated that's why impeachments are so damaging to the party that does it because it up and the will of the people back inside the senate there was heated debate with the white house counsel for president trump claiming he's innocent or has that his managers on the other hand argue trump should be removed from office. as the rules of the impeachment trial are decided upon there is one area where there's some level of agreement and that's in the overall length of the senate trial with democrats hoping to see it wrapped up by the time the iowa caucuses come around at the start of february and republicans hoping for a speedy trial in this an election year this is the $100.00 senators took an oath

to act as impartial jurors but if the opening day stretched into the night even deciding upon the trials rules proved divisive along party lines. let's cross over to washington where our correspondent is standing by all over could this end up being a trial in which no new witnesses or documents are allowed and if so what usual is that. well terry this is only the 3rd impeachment trial in the history of the united states so it's really hard to tell what's unusual and what's usual here because there is not a lot of experience made with these experience with these impeachment trials and that is the underlying problem if you will that there are hardly also any rules that were made before hand so the party who is holding the majority and senate can create those rules that's exactly what the republicans have done and that's what both parties are fighting for at this point with regards to the witnesses and the

evidence and the question here is when both sides will vote on that question whether or not they should be included in the trial and all the republicans want to do this after the initial arguments are presented the democrats then say that this would be too late for this information to be considered in the senate my money or if you leader chuck schumer of the democrats today was talking about a cover up and the most unfair trial in the history of the united states what do american voters make of this trial all over did they believe justice is being done . well i think a lot of american voters believe that this is partisan politics played by both sides of the political aisle here and that is the problem for the democrats as well that they can't make their arguments resonate with the voters bots on the other hand a recent poll suggests that a great majority 70 percent of the voters want evidence and witnesses to be included that is perhaps also pod was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell all of

the republicans today gave in a slightly altering those rules both sides now have 3 days to make their case and stay 2 days and that was the initial plan that was seen as pretty rushed by some and now it's going to be interesting to watch if there will be a shift in momentum because if not then republicans will certainly continue to stay behind party lines with the result that president trump will not be removed from office well is expected to be acquitted as you pointed out because his republicans control the senate and the senators are expected to vote along party lines if things go that way this is an election year could it boost trump's reelection chances. not necessarily i think democrats are in fact hoping for the office that this is also 1st the 1st time that a president is up for reelection off to such an impeachment trial so the democrats

your are trying to make their case they're trying to damage president trump but on the other hand the economy is going well and that's also a very important selling point for the president all over thank you very much the w.'s all over salat in washington. check on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today chinese officials say 9 people have now died in an outbreak of a new corona virus some 440 cases have been confirmed in the country cases of also been reported in 5 other countries including the united states the world health organization will meet later to decide whether to declare a global public health emergency. brazilian prosecutors have charged 16 people from the mining company bale and its german auditor over the collapse of a dam a year ago disaster in the southern state of minas everest killed $270.00 people and dumped a toxic sludge in

a local river charges include homicide and environmental crimes. dozens of heads of state are due in jerusalem tomorrow to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp but they'll also be talking about a resurgence of anti semitism jewish people and institutions have been attacked around the world including in new york city home to the largest jewish community in the world outside of israel there the number of anti semitic incidents some of them horrific as been on the rise are bussed in heartache reports. i know this is a tense time with his city jews of crown heights a neighborhood in new york brooklyn. who community has become the target of an increased number of attacks in recent months. now there's more police on the

streets protecting synagogues in other jewish institutions. through fire soon and his friends the students at the local e.c. even the jewish religious. anti semitism is always been an issue in this ethnically diverse neighborhood. but the recent string of attacks has hit i'm tempted to be close to home. attacks worse on someone threw a chair at someone else i was screaming kill jews there's different attacks that have someone that pointed a gun. so in that. i have friends i got punched by the middle central crowd heights where everyone walks. the see they're not afraid but the attacks have made them more weary they want to walk their selves specially at night. just yapping obviously because of the increase of the fear in the community because of the recent attacks. on the family that added that apartment had

a feeling that you know you have to be more careful often want to got streams become targets and anti semitic hate crimes because they're doing this is plainly visible. and the colon is a rabbi in the community he knows being recognizable is a risk but he says hiding is not an option never be afraid never be afraid to show who we are never afraid to to remain and or run away never the idea would come of running away somewhere else this is this is our community and we're going to take whatever it takes to stay here and be strong but not to be afraid or to hide out of fear but it's not only the orthodox community that's feeling uneasy he also held me in is jewish too and as with many of new york's jews you can't really tell from his looks born in israel he's been in the us since the age of 3 young lives in manhattan here to me says the mood in the community has changed since the attacks.

people are talking about getting armed and carrying guns makes weapons learning self-defense worry wasn't even a subject for. roughly one in 8 new york city residents is jews for centuries new york has been a refuge for jews from the world's this city is home to the biggest jewish community outside of israel that's why rising anti-semitism here is particularly unsettling jewish advocacy groups are saying the phenomenon is surprising as it is complex because the sources of these recent attacks here in the united states are multiple that they're not all coming from white supremacists or white nationalists they're also coming from street attacks in new york. by young african-americans they're coming from black hebrews what seems to be constant is a sense that there's a copycat phenomenon now it's become sort of more involved. to go after jews

who are right that the fireball on the streets. nights rooney's friends see they will back down the chance that you see things stronger than he cheated 10 years. now to the world economic forum taking place in davos switzerland where more billionaires are flying in for a day to a summit whose main theme is sustainability the tension between trade and the environment was palpable on tuesday when u.s. president talked about the success of the u.s. economy to an audience that included climate activists pressure to back today the agenda features a special address by the new european commission president. our senior business editor ben visit is on the scene there in davos and joins us now ben european commission president speaking today what she likely to focus on.

for the line is expected to touch on trade ties and she's already struck cautiously optimistic tone in meeting with mr trump yesterday both of them cautiously optimistic from the line saying that she looks forward to working together with mr trump mr trump saying that she is a tough negotiator and that is bad news for the united states is locking horns with the e.u. in its own trade conflicts and is trying to head off the threat of cot tariffs or at least the e.u. would not like to see that it would hurt germany hard and the european union and trump is not ruling out katara she had. better as a mention earlier major focus of this year's economic forum is sustainability the trade off between business and the environment before we talk about that let's hear 2 contrasting views on the subject from a couple of prominent speakers on day one you say children shouldn't worry you say

just leave this to us we will fix this we promise we won't let you down don't be so pessimistic and then nothing this is not a time for pessimism this is a time for optimism fear and doubt is not a good thought process because this is a time for tremendous hope and joy an optimism in action but to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow we must reject the perennial prophets of doom. optimism yet also fear and doubt there ben how will the sustainability debate continue in davos today. well terry it's not easy looking into the faces of those young change makers who are here to save the planet when someone like trump takes

to the stage and basically labels them as hysterical that the billionaires continue to arrive in their private jets and helicopters and limousines some of them green energy that's something that's quite new to dev oss another surprise is one of the big panels today china's global green agenda its research is believe that china could meet its paris agreement climate targets 9 years earlier than thought this would be a huge surprise the world's biggest global emitter of carbon leading the way when it comes to the global fight against climate change. sustainability is just one of the many topics being addressed today perhaps the most important one and. there's a lot else going on what's happening elsewhere there today there sure is i'm hoping to catch up with anthony scaramucci

a famous finance here as you know and white house communications director he used to be an avid supporter of president trump he has now become one of mr trump's biggest critics i will be asking him about stakeholder capitalism and i really hope terry that he does not hold up a stake to the camera ben thank you so much senior business editor ben. you're watching d.w. news still to calm the permanent damage caused by the australian bush fires on told numbers of animals including came to routers have been killed or injured well the other saw the world of boy of his mult want to health a simple gesture the certain to be welcome down on well levanon has a new government ending a 3 month power vacuum triggered by mass demonstrations against that country's ruling elite the new prime minister in his cabinet must urgently come up with

a plan to tackle lebanon steep financial crisis it's led to soaring inflation and banks restricting access to cash well the new hezbollah a backed government may find it self having trouble winning support but that home in a brought months of protests left rudderless without effective leadership but now lebanon finally has a new government prime minister has sunday app announced his cabinets chosen off to intense wrangling by shiite group hezbollah and its allies getting a handle on lebanon spiraling economic crisis is the most urgent issue as hand or haiyan intifada thoda i salute the uprising that pushed for this path to be taken levanon has won this is a government that meets the aspirations of my protesters across the country you know after more than 3 months of anger hunt that what done he then end it will work

towards addressing their demands what's at that are mentally at that some of the my thought it was him that instead of calming then protests fled up again on the streets if the capital of beirut and around the country demonstrate to say they wanted a government of independent experts who be able to deal with the country's financial crisis and not ministers selected through horse trading by political parties. and we want a government of experts the politicians should not have brought their advisors. this is in these leaders do not represent us this government doesn't reflect us we want to government that's ours. protest is a demanding swift progress which may prove difficult for the new government with hezbollah designated a terrorist group by the us its key role in picking lebanon's ministers who make it harder for the country to win the foreign support it so vitally needs. in other

news venezuela's opposition says intelligence agents have raided the office of opposition leader. white i was currently traveling in europe seeking support for his bid to else president nicolas maduro. opposition lawmakers condemned the office raid as illegal and said it's unclear what the agents did inside the. russian president vladimir putin has attended the 1st meeting of his new cabinet russia's previous government resigned last week up to putin put forward sweeping constitutional changes kremlin critics have accused putin of wanting to make himself leader for life. now to hong kong where it's been more than half a year since protesters 1st took to the streets objecting to restrictions on their special form of democracy in that time some activists have become more deeply entwined in the movement in june d.w. profiled 17 year old student activist zach ho he's become he's come rather

a long way since his initial and ball but our correspondent yes but as this report . basketball used to be an important part of that whole is life he played for a local club and dreamed about making it into international competitions last year he even tried out for the hong kong basketball team he made it into the trading schools. but since the protests started jackhole rarely even visits his neighborhood sports grounds i were on the do you really think this is days. because i just read calls all the street i'm gonna get all my cell mates the last generation off call. i for more than 7 months on from those who have been protesting against their government zach has been active in many marches he often takes over his asian or talks. little.

5555 was there a barrel was 0000000000000000 was. i mean i think 5 i was maybe i think 5 i would be was. soon the march gets cut short protesters and police have clashed a few 100 meters ahead. by please leave the via the side streets if you don't want to get into trouble let the front miners pass ahead on the road all the elderly and people with kids use the side streets to escape and get back be careful i was. everybody is prepare the radical protesters move on to

confront the police to the applause of those who stayed behind. this has become a routine call. we 1st met zach in june had of one of the big marches against a planned bill that would have allowed extraditions to china zach was a high school student a few days earlier clashes had occurred for the 1st time zach was no help that no plans. for us have to come. back and his friends had organized a block of middle school students to march together in case of violent confrontations they would be able to leave together quickly that march turned out to be the biggest protest hong kong has ever seen hundreds of thousands took part the organizers even put the number at 2000000 hey 'd i go down oh oh oh oh oh oh i think you know i feel having i mean i don't think i've i mean 5 or more

i mean i haven't moved out of the march was 1 of the last big peaceful protests hong kong has still very cold and i was. since then most protests have ended in clashes soccer is not a frontline on the team refuses to distance himself from the radicals followers and the law he was on when we had in june but then we are forced to his followers to fight fogging la guardia airport while the government didn't listen talk us at the beginning the original extradition bill was finally withdrawn after 3 months but disillusionment in hong kong system has stuck with this generation to zach last years of letting dreams and now the distant memory. move onto it all straight when

a bushfire is extinguished there this is what's left so far 100000 square kilometers of land have been scorched scientists say the country's landscape has been permanently damaged and so to its biodiversity on the other side of the world the boy and his mother are trying to help. the australian bush fires have been devastating to wildlife an exact figure is all but impossible to come by but the estimated telly is 1000000000 animals killed among them australia's beloved kangaroos no one knows just how many have died or got lost but many of the little ones are on their own without their mother's pouch to keep them warm their lives are at risk. this situation has moved a group of fallen tears seamstresses half a world away to take action. here in quetta in southern poland these women are sewing 50 pouches for orphan kangaroo infants known as joey's. i thought

about my son was deeply touched by a photo of us they had been trying to flee from the burning bush but they couldn't escape they were trapped by a wool by the highway and they will. want them honest. the idea is that a volunteer in australia can wear the pound and take care of the joey the group hopes to deliver 50 pouches to australia by the end of the week a simple and modest gesture they say but one that shows how people can help each other no matter where you are in the world. because 8 year old son and tony who inspired the project has more ambitious plans. if everyone in the world so one such pouch then probably all can go roos would be saved. but not a tall order but given the scale of the fires big ideas may be exactly what's

needed. you're watching news i'm terry martin coming up next we've got a documentary for you looking at how sikhs in both india and pakistan live center for that of get all the latest news there from talk about our web site. dot com i'm terry martin feel follow me on twitter news stream thanks for watching.

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