this is. from berlin tonight the final act in u.s. president trumps impeachment drama in a just a short while the republican held senate is expected to acquit trump of high crimes and misdemeanors he's charged with withholding aid to ukraine to benefit his own reelection campaign just one will his acquittal mean for the future of his presidency also coming up emergency on the runway a passenger plane it is devils airport breaks into pieces trying to weigh in officials say one person has been killed and over $150.00 others injured the plane

was being lashed by strong winds and heavy rain as it attempted to put wheels on the ground plus a political taboo here in germany for the 1st time 2 of the country's mainstream parties have teamed up with the far right party to elect a regional leader. it's good to have you with us we are just moments away from what could be the last chapter in donald trump's impeachment saga u.s. lawmakers in the republican controlled senate are poised to cast their votes deciding whether or not to remove him from office the u.s. president is almost certain to be acquitted of abusing his power with only one republican senator open. breaking rains that's the signature of mitt romney from

utah we're coming to the end of an intensely partisan trial that appears to only have hardened the country's political divisions trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine in exchange for dirt on democratic presidential candidate joe biden for more on what is happening on capitol hill i'm joined now by our correspondent oliver salat he is on in pietschmann trial watch for us tonight but evening to you oliver i mean this is a a very pivotal vote a historic vote that is expected to begin within this hour and it is a vote that will most likely clear the president of all charges. that's right brant as we're waiting here for that one it's pretty clear to say already that he will be acquitted from the charges made against him the democrats said in that trial that they collected overwhelming evidence against him and that

interesting lee even some of the republican senators at mit at that that now famous phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president a lot of mayors alinsky was wrong that he was pushing for investigations against his political rival that of course would be abuse of office so but in the end we need we know that it needs a 2 thirds majority in congress to remove him from office and congress is held by the republicans they were standing 3 right behind their president during the trial so there were a couple of undecided senators in the process especially when it came to vote on evidence and witnesses like a susan collins senator of maine or lisa mccroskey from alaska but in the end they gave in and did not support allowing evidence and witnesses here in this trial but someone who already came out in support of removing president trump from office was a mitt romney from utah he called this his political duty essentially to speak up

here to vote for president trying to move let's listen to how he explained his decision the great question the constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor yes he did well how much of all of the strain does this put on trump's presence didn't see at the end of the day. does it actually help pave the way forward for his reelection chances. well with regards to mitt romney he's been critical of president trump for a long time but in contrast and that's perhaps an interesting aspect to look at to the other undecided center is he's not up for reelection in november so he's going to be reelected or not in 2024 so he doesn't have to fear the anger of the american

voter here and that shows and reflects perhaps in his decision to be able to speak up here but in the end credits all about the polls and if we look at the polls right now with regards to support of impeachment and of trump they're pretty much the same before they were the same before the impeachment proceeding started and after and so they just reflect a very divided country here with the half of the american voters supporting impeachment the other half against it and the impeachment proceedings did not change that at all a lot of supporters had already made up their mind who to vote for and so the big question certainly will be in the end. democrats will be able to convince that those famous swing voters here but they have other things in mind than the impeachment trial topics like health care or the economy much more important and with regards to the economy that's a field that is very much in trump's favor at this point and over let me ask you

about what we saw away it's not i did the state of the union address there what happened at the beginning of the speech what happened at the end of trump's speech there with the speaker of the house. how did you experience the the the refusal to shake your hand had been you had posey ripping up his speech. all right i mean nancy pelosi certainly did not appreciate the speech president trump delivered here as we could see when when she ripped apart a sensually he accused him to you know of having wrong facts in his praises praising his achievements there and also you mention of course that he refused trump when he came in there before he started his speech refused to shake her hand so usually the speaker of the house has a very close working relationship with the president in this specific case they

haven't met in months they're not talking with each other so you can again see that very divided america you know that's also represented in the democratic and republican leaders writes oversoul it. is washington as we await the the verdict in trump's impeachment trial all over thank you a turkish passenger plane with 177 people on board has crashed into a field it broke apart after skidding off a runway at an airport in istanbul there were 30 say one person was killed 157 other people injured some passengers were able to escape from the wreckage of the pegasus airlines jet simply by walking away merchants and crews pooled others from the wreck. or let's get the latest now jones he is in good evening to you dorian so we know now at least one person has been killed

more than 150 injured is the rescue operation is it still going on. well i think it's more now looking into best skating what was the cause of this crash yes it's the health ministry in a press conference confirmed that one person has died his hand of a person is going to undergo an operation and 2 are in intensive care all in all a 157 people have been treated in hospital according to the health ministry in this accident even though the plane was very badly damaged it is still seems remarkable that there have appeared to be the only one so far off a toilet seat. let's talk about the crash the investigation of course and yet to be good but obviously people are asking what could have caused the crash are we talking about the weather. well i think the weather will be under scrutiny istanbul has been hammered today by ferocious winds a storm driving icy rain with very strong winds. close to the the

mom are at sea so it was the extremely difficult landing conditions of coding to the transport ministry pilots had an early of pilot landing had complained that there were a very severe strong tail winds and according to the vote the governor they all believe calls the plane to land very heavily and resulted in the plane having problems and decelerate ultimately the plane flew off the end of the runway and fell down a 30 minute 30 meter full quote in the plane to tip over and to break up into several parts you also saw images of the plane on the runway of his landing it paid to be one of the engines was on fire and there were reports that a fire did break out but was quickly put out by so much as he said to says it is really a miracle that people were able some people were able to walk away from deb and we see that video there and this accident that we're in it comes a month after another pegasus plane skidded off the runway in istanbul at the same

airport there were no deaths or injuries in that 1st incident but now we're talking about 2 accidents here are people going to be talking about maybe the safety of this low budget airline. well indeed i think the papers said i will be under scrutiny like he said that that wasn't paid to be a a similar incident again bad weather was blamed for the plane careering off the runway and a year ago at another at a provincial airport on the black sea again pegasus saw a plane full of the runway and into the into the nearby coasts of the sea org and there was no injuries or fatalities but the landing procedures all the airline will be under scrutiny the pilots and i feel good change too will be under scrutiny given the fact that both of these incidents that cut in bad weather and the way that the minnesota nice conditions given the fact get as extreme the will also be a point of. of investigation in the coming days and weeks. jones with the latest on

that crash at an airport in istanbul dorian thank you. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world turkish authorities say at least 33 people have died in a 2nd avalanche in the country while several others are still missing now and struck while the large team of rescue workers was searching for people who were hit by an earlier avalanche in the eastern vaughn province that avalanche killed 5 people at least 6 people were reportedly killed after supporters of a populous cleric stormed an anti-government protest camp in iraq's southern city of new jobs medical sources say at least 20 more were wounded the cleric. has wavered between support for and opposition to iraqi protesters who are demanding that the ruling elite resign severe floods on new zealand's south island

have forced thousands of people to flee their homes and farms the flooding follows days of torrential rain authorities have been cleared a state of emergency for the region forecasters say that the weather should improve in the coming days. when i was going to lecture here in germany that is sending shock waves across the country for the 1st time ever to mainstream political parties have joined forces with the far right party to elect a regional leader thomas a politician from the pro-business free democrats was elected premier of the eastern state of turin geo with the help from the conservative c.d.u. party does the party of german chancellor angela merkel and the far right now before today germany's mainstream parties have refused any cooperation with the a 50. even thomas kennedy seemed dumbfounded by his selection as the range of state premier last fall his business friendly free democratic party had barely managed to top the 5 percent hurdle his victory was secured with votes

from the far right alternative for germany party. that's been met with shock by parties that lead the previous state government. from because this is this is a rupture of the political landscape the mainstream conservative parties the christian democrats and the free democrats have forged a coalition with a group led by fascists you could see this was a coordinated maneuver in which is the in can chemically only entered the race in the 3rd round of voting the previous state premier botha hamann no had lost twice as did his opponent christophe kenda fatah a rural mayor who had been appointed by the far right kinda fought to emerge from the 3rd round without any votes those who supported him in the 1st 2 rounds apparently voted for a candidate the 3rd time around but now he faces major challenges the new state leader has no platform and no team so so he will not work with the state leader

elected with help from the far right it's a good period and it's the end of the term for germany's 1st ever left party state premier. and he's still in shock. well this year's chinese grand prix could be called off after sports organizers in shanghai were instructed to cancel competitions as a result of the corona virus outbreak on wednesday authorities in shanghai recommended this is spent in of all sporting events until the viral threat is over formula one bosses will meet later this week to discuss the race which is scheduled to be held in late april elsewhere in the world indoor athletics championships as well as several tokyo 2020 a limb picks fall a fine gibbons they have already been postponed as a result of the outbreak. you're watching news from berlin coming up next a storm of criticism for german engineering giant zeman protesters say the company

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