this is news coming to you live from the trial opens in the u.s. with democrats republicans battling over the hugely important. one party that doesn't fear a fair trial and one party that is terrified of a fair trial. early morning by would solve republicans set the tone for the trial knode new witnesses a lot. coming up takes a step forward as the prime minister unveils a new cabinet but he faces

a huge task protesters who've been filling the streets demanding radical change. in new york orthodox jews and trust. in one of the world's leading centers. at the world economic forum in davos switzerland asking how the super rich sees the topic of sustainability during a climate emergency. 116000000000. private jets some of the. lines of limousines some of them electric how difficult is it being so happy to be so great. good to have you with us a grueling opening day in the trial of don't. trump now the 3rd u.s.

president to face an impeachment trial is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of congress stemming from his dealings with ukraine democrats on the prosecution team want him removed from office but the majority of republicans have approved rules that for now at least will prevent new witnesses from being called and limit the trials just 6 days 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 where it was senator managed to amend the resolution or to subpoena 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 19 i know democrats had 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 senators 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 well

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 so 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 president 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 as the opening day stretched into the night even deciding upon the trials rules proved divisive among party lines. well trump is

expected to be acquitted because his party controls the senate and senators are expected to vote along party lines earlier i spoke to d.w. washington correspondent all over solve it if things go that way could it end up boosting trump's chances of reelection. 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 after such an impeachment trial so the democrats 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 very important selling point for the president now let's get you up 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 bali and its german auditor over the collapse of the dead a year ago disaster in the southern state of minas killed 270 people and dumped talk 6 sludge in a local river of charges include paul masonic and environmental. and the discovery of an unexploded world war 2 ball led to the evacuation of almost 2000 people from central berlin on tuesday public transport was disrupted in street traffic diverted experts have since successfully defused the divide us.

dozens of heads of state hard to do in jerusalem to morrow 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 outside of israel there the number of incidents some of them horrific has been on the rise in hearty reports. i know this is a tense time for the city jews of crown heights a neighborhood in. brooklyn. new community has become the target of an increased number of attacks in recent months. now there's more police on the streets protecting synagogues and other jewish institutions. and his friends his students at the local yeshiva a jewish religious school. anti semitism is always been an issue in this ethnically

diverse neighborhood but the recent string of attacks has hit uncomfortably close to home. attacks so i went to a church someone else killed jews there's different attacks that have been pointed a gun. so in that. i have friends i got punched right in middle center of the crown heights where everyone walks. they say they're not afraid but the attacks has made them more wary want to walk by yourself specially at night. just yet thing obviously because of the increase of the fear in the community because of the recent attacks. for the family that added that apart from that is the feeling that you know you have to be more careful often orthodox jews become targets of 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 what kind of running away somewhere else this is where this is our community where falling to take whatever it takes to stay here and be strong but not to be afraid or to hide or to fear but it's not only the orthodox community that's feeling uneasy they all feldman 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 u.s. since the age of 3 you know lives in manhattan here to me says the mood in the community has changed since the attacks. people are talking about getting armed carrying guns weapons learning self-defense. for.

roughly one in 8 new york city residents is jews for centuries new york has been a refuge to jews. and 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 prizing 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 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 identifiable on the street. lights the room his friends see they will back down the. stronger than he cheated tempers.

here watching the still to come we meet up with a young hong kong activist who has dedicated his life to the city's pro-democracy protests. but 1st level has a new government ending a 3 month power vacuum triggered by mass demonstrations against the country's ruling elite the new prime minister and his cabinet must urgently come up with a plan to tackle lebanon's deep financial crisis it's led to soaring inflation and banks restricting access to cash but the new hezbollah backed government may find itself having trouble winning support of home and abroad. months of protests left rudderless without effective leadership but now lebanon finally has a new government. prime minister has sunday announced his cabinet chosen after intense wrangling by shiite group hezbollah and its allies getting

a handle on lebanon spiraling economic crisis is the most urgent issue at hand or haiyan intifada i salute the uprising that pushed for this path to be taken lebanon has one this is a government that meets the aspirations of the protesters across the country after more than 3 months of anger at that what. you know and it will work towards addressing their demands was a paramedic really thought about it him. that instead of calming the protests flared up again on the streets of the capital beirut and around the country. demonstrate to say they wanted a government of independent experts who'd be able to deal with the country's financial crisis and not ministers selected through whose trading by political parties. we want a government of experts the politicians should not have brought their advisors.

this is on these leaders do not represent us this government doesn't reflect us we want a government that's ours. protesters are demanding swift progress which may prove difficult for the new government with hezbollah does ignatius' a terrorist group by the u.s. its key role in picking lebanon's ministers who make it harder for the country to win the foreign support it's so vitally needs. more of the story i'm joined in the studio by reporter for him good to see you so 1st of all how different is this new government from the old so this is a downside government now there are 20 ministers in the lebanese government from about 30 before some ministries have been merged for example agriculture and culture which has raised some eyebrows if you will tourism and social affairs have also been. bundled up in terms of female representation this has

a very high female representation 6 ministers out of the 20 are women and for the 1st time i've been on has a female defense minister and this is really a government coming after months of protests and the big difference that it is actually tasked it has the behemoth task of saving lebanon from the crisis that it is currently. undergoing these are from the differences if you will but there are a lot of also similarities as we heard in the report meeting and a lot of the ministers have been handpicked by the political elites. and consideration was also paid still to sectarian divide. ins and political establishment parties which was a key demand from the protestors that this doesn't happen anymore that they want a government of you know complete technocrats and some of these ministers are indeed specialized people and academics but what the protesters say is that these are also advisers to former ministers for example the ministry of energy the new

minister is an advisor who's been in the ministry since 1995 and the country is facing a huge energy and the tricity crisis with power cuts but perhaps the most notable difference something that came and caught my attention yesterday at the press conference from the prime minister when he was asked is there any representation from the protestors in this ministry and he said yes there is and then when the journalist then asked ok who is that he said well let's talk about it later maybe in a smaller room so there was a lot of hesitation to get into that obviously still very sensitive given the reaction from the streets this new government has been welcomed by some of the u.n. secretary general antonio terraces he will work with it to support reforms but the big question is will this new government be accepted by the lebanese people will the protesters accept. so i was in lebanon just a couple of days ago and i mean the the mood on the street is really really tense even before has announced this government there was already

a lot of agitation against against it without even really listening to the people that are there and that's something that the protest movement is being criticized for that they're not even really giving a chance to the prime minister. to announce this government and to then see how it operates this happened yesterday even before they announced it so it seems that there is there's there's a there's already a lot of skepticism from the street precisely because in the months leading up to the announcement of this government a lot of the same old political maneuvers were observed different political parties delaying the announcement and the government just because they want to have a minister here or see there cetera et cetera so there's already a lot of skepticism on the streets that maybe this is just. same old same old and another really important thing is that this is a government that excludes sad it had a. party the future movement and the druze progressive socialist party and the lebanese forces so now you have you know. talking with the differences from the

last government very established parties in the opposition and they have popular support as well so they could in this context also mobilize the masses to come out against this government 11 and is facing a political and a financial crisis accompanied by social unrest what impact is this having on the country it must be taking a tremendous toll well something that the protesters kept telling me time and time again they said our presence on the street is not causing this crisis this crisis caused our presence on the street they were you know this was triggered by a what's a tax something that was really insulting for people that the government wants to subsidize itself off of something like their cause you know wildfires the government not being able to deal with them and it to city because i mean i was just in beirut 6 hours a day of electricity cuts and this is the only business hospitals being an affordable. banks because of this panic imposing capital controls on people being able to withdraw their money so that's that's an important thing to remember with

that being said it's not helping because it's making look like an unstable place to the rest of the world i thank you so much for your insights. now some other news and venezuela's opposition says government agents have raided the office of the opposition leader on why don't. why don't we as currently travelling in europe seeking support for his bid to oust president nicolas maduro opposition lawmakers condemned the office raid is illegal and said it's unclear what the agents were doing inside. russian president vladimir putin has attended the 1st meeting of his new cabinet russia's previous government resigned last week after putin put forward sweeping constitutional changes kremlin critics have accused putin of wanting to make himself leader for life. day 2 of the world economic forum is getting underway in davos switzerland at this year's summit the world business and political leaders are focusing on the theme of

sustainability the tension between trade in the environment was palpable on tuesday with a u.s. president on the trump talked about the success of the u.s. economy to an audience that included climate activists great to talk about it today the agenda features an address by the new european commission president on the line . our senior business editor ben presumably is on the scene there in davos and joins us now ben the european commission president speaking today what she likely to focus all. 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 conflict and is trying to head off the threat of card tariffs or at least the e.u. would not like to see that it would hurt germany and the european union and trump is not ruling out katara see it. as a mentioned earlier major focus of this year's economic performance 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 maker is who he is to save the planet when someone like trump takes to the stage and basically labels them as hysterical but the billionaires continue to arrive in their private jets and helicopters and limousines some of them out on green energy that's something that's quite new to dave oss another surprise one of the big panels today china's global green agenda. 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 there today perhaps the most important one at this 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 financier 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 data is senior business editor beneficial in there. to hong kong now 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 profiled 17 year old student activist zach ho he's come a long way since as initial in baldwin and our correspondent budding and caught up with him again. bucketful used to be an important part of that close life he played for a local club and dreamed about making it into international competition and last year he even tried out for the hong kong basketball team he made it into the trading schemes but since the protests started jacko rarely even visits his neighborhood sports grounds i'll ron do you really think this a days. because i just read calls all the street i'm not sure it's all my cell mate the last generation 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 all the musician or talks. little. 5 was but her was 000000000000000 was her either i think 5 i was maybe i think 5 if i was. so in 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 zack in june had of one of the big marches against the 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 there are no plans. for us you 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 in the organizers even put the number 2000000. 5 i think you know 5 you have 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 go that. was. since then most protests have ended in clashes zach is not a frontline not that he refuses to distance himself from the radicals. father of. law we was where we are in june but then we are forced to use follows to fight for. why the water in the fent taught 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 zoc last years of dreams and now a distant memory. you're watching g.w. news up next if you go india takes a look at the secret file diversity of mumbai i'm terry martin thanks for watching .

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