orderly transition does that mean that this is now over certainly not sumi those are the kind of mixed messages we've been getting from president trump throughout his presidency and you read it all yourself in his speech in contrast to what he said in his written statement said this is not the end this is just the beginning and he also let's be very clear did not distance himself from the protests that cost 4 lives at this point by the way and he said we lost you you are a special people so that simply shows that all trump is determined to go on he will certainly not let go as easily in the next 2 weeks will be crucial for american democracy of course after all a trump isn't is not going to disappear so quickly and there is a big danger for joe biden and his presidency that there will be some kind of right wing terrorism resulting out of that that will overshadow his presidency well these were certainly extraordinary and really shocking images that we saw from washington we'll talk about that in a moment but 1st let's take

a look back at what happened. chaos unravels on capitol hill as to building a storm by hundreds of trump supporters. battle in shoes between riot police and the protesters as they break cost security. they stormed the senate chambers to prevent congress from certifying joe biden's election victory literally bringing democracy to a halt. picked up by. police then drew their guns. was a woman was shot by police officers and was laid to proclaim dead.

some protesters also turned that anger against the media. not through like who. barely had a rally near the white house president trump had repeated his i'm substantiated claims that the election had been stolen from him and urged his supporters to rally at the capital. we're going to walk down to the capitol was get it sirrah on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them hours later trump then released a recorded message telling his supporters to go home but failed to condemn the actions we have to have peace. so go home we love you you're very special we've seen what happened trump has now been suspended from several social

media accounts including twitter after tweeting to supporters who attacked the capital. when lawmakers finally got back into the senate chambers several senior republicans condemned the violence including trump's vice president mike pence today was a dark day in the history of the united states capitol we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. the binds was branded as a siege by president elect joe biden who warned of a threat to democracy. stormed the capitol to smash windows to occupy offices the floor of the united states senate rummaging through desks on the capitol of the house of representatives threatening the safety of duly elected officials it's not protest it's insurrection. the crowd dissipated

once the 6 pm curfew came into force but national guard troops remain alert for potential violence throughout the night. it's all over a lot of questions being asked today about whether president trump will face consequences for what happened and what's your take on this. well there are some republicans who are already breaking loose senate majority leader mitch mcconnell vice president mike pence also one of his closest allies south carolina senator lindsey graham openly criticized him in the late night session and senate yesterday and there are some reports of preliminary talks underway are underway off several cabinet members and they're discussing or they're discussing invoking the 25th amendment of the constitution that is a an amendment that allows to remove the president from office now a majority of cabinet would then have to declare the inability of donald trump to

discharge his duties and should that happen vice president mike pence would become president for the remainder of the time because no matter what happens and if that happens in the end on january 20th is the inauguration and that means that joe biden from that day will be the new president of the united states over how concerned are people there in washington about the state of american democracy right now whether institutions here really have been damaged it is certainly a dark day in american history and as you said the damage to the the institutions is enormous also if you consider the misuse of power. that the president did there by inciting his supporters is certainly a big damage also done to the office off the president the reputation of american democracy you consider that the u.s. has always been trying to export democracy leading by example all of that

credibility is certainly lost and that will cast a big shadow over the joe biden presidency will be a big challenge also for him in the coming 4 years and the damage that will be certainly felt throughout the next 2 years and all of it just quickly are there concerns that we could see more violence more impressed in the days to come. yes absolutely and it's also important point that this is not the 1st time that protesters storm a cast of those similar scenes we've seen earlier this year in michigan when protesters stormed the state's state tells they are protesting the governor's walked on they are we also filmed with our militias here at u.w. this summer they were training and were pretty open about the fact that they were ready to take to the guns and serious serious threats certainly for the for american democracy in the weeks to come. all over salat reporting for us from

washington good to talk to you. leaders around the world watched in disbelief as the chaos unfolded in washington many have condemned the violence and called for democracy to be respected german chancellor angela merkel gave her reaction earlier let's listen in. we all saw the unsettling pictures of the u.s. congress being stormed yesterday evening and these images made me angry and also sad. i'm sure those feelings the shared by the vast majority of the united states friends and the millions of people who admire america's democratic traditions. and want to go to them a basic rule of democracy is after elections there are winners and losers both have to play their roles with decency and responsibility so that democracy itself remains the winner and i very much regret that since november president trump has not acknowledged his defeat and failed again to do so yesterday doubts about the

outcome of the election was stoked and that set the stage for what made wednesday's events possible in the 1st place but the words of president elect joe biden and reactions from both u.s. parties make me quite certain that democracy will prove to be much stronger than the attackers and rioters. our chief political editor michelle was there recovering the chancellor statement for us. what did you make of what we heard from chancellor merkel. well clearly angela merkel has come full circle with u.s. president donald trump it was her may turn cooperation conditional on him appearing to those western values of democracy when she congratulated him to his election victory to years ago now we see a german chancellor who's giving him at least part of the blame for the scenes that

we saw on capitol hill over the past 24 hours and i asked her directly what damage she felt had been done to the very concept of western democracy and she responded saying that yes of course this didn't really paint a very positive picture and particularly to those watching all over the world who do wish democracy well who want to see a more total war this is something she's referred to many times actually particular throughout this pandemic that democracies need to so that they can deliver but she did also stress she would do that democratic institutions are prevailing in the united states and that that was the important message that was also being sent by those scenes where many germans have also been echoing chancellor merkel's concerns about what happened in washington and we talked to some people on the streets of berlin let's listen to what they said. here it was very very shocked these pictures reminded me of the situation that the german parliament when conspiracy theorists

stormed the bundestag yeah yeah what was really bad was that in the usa of all places. people managed to get through. and there was no police no one to stop them. terrible i didn't expect something like this but i guess you can expect anything else from trump. thank you i. do think that it's not a bad idea to show that the state should wield power to ensure security in a country. even more efficient than i'm long been from because i'm leaving boy life but it is also important to show that the power still comes from the people. ok michelle a hearing some voices there from germans what about other lawmakers here in berlin how worried are they by what unfolded in washington. where they are certainly disconcerted but even within the governing coalition you see differences in how

this is being received in interpreted the chief whip of the social democrats who also have the foreign ministry here in germany he said that it was now time for your of to depart from standing so close america's side whereas it into largely holds a ceremonial role here and many accuse donald trump of having disregarded the cornerstone of democracy that peaceful transfer of power he also appealed to germans that particular to politicians quite clearly that in this election year in germany it was time to show that democracy would prevail and that the democracy would be stronger than all the difference is that people may have so this is yet again sparking debate over the relationship with the united states at the same time sending the signal that it's time to decide how united the west and particularly with the u.s. at the home where he is our chief political editor thank you very much. well

around the world there was disbelief at the scenes that unfolded in the u.s. capital we can take a look at some of the front pages from around the world germany's build newspaper a saying here was an attempted coup and also a moment of great shame if we go over to the u.k. the daily telegraph there mincing no words saying this was a democracy under siege and now the images of trump supporters storming the capital they also dominated the united arab emirates gulf news you hear you see those images there and then we have the nigerian tribune with a blistering verdict on what happened happened saying a trump supporters defile u.s. democracy well earlier we spoke to james de been a not all from the university of bond he served as an american diplomat in germany for 3 decades and we asked him what he made of the chaotic scenes and washington have had much experience with. the 2 countries for almost 47 years just let me just

say that. paul shamed and i find it pitiful the way the president has incited this insurrection the sedition that has stormed the american capital the 1st time since the war of p.t. 12 in 814 is there's a whole apollo in the effort to undermine our democracy. how worried are you about the state of the u.s. a mock receive right now i'm very concerned i'm also at the same time reaffirmed in one congress then decided and came back neatly after the council was cleared to continue the business and to confirm the election of biden and harris that is a really ship a gary good sign of the resilience of the members of congress and the institutions that are marcus's but they're threatened. there is some relief here in germany at least that joe biden was elected but i mean in front of your sense here being in

germany how much trust is are still in the u.s. as a partner you know that that's a very important question there is i've seen the relationship under mr trump erode in dramatic ways on the other hand points of the chancellor just made in the point point that she made at the very beginning of his term that we are near connected by the values of democracy rule of law and a respect for human dignity that have held us together and it is at this time that democracies need to come together because this threat is not just in america so also we see it in europe all over we see the populist movements who see the difficulty in democracies and feed the strength of democracies is and be together and plod to prime the chancers comment that we need to stick together in this effort and it's not a time to abandon your friends when they're in trouble what does the president elect joe biden now have to do to restore some of that trust. the

democrats and certainly the president and the vice president elect will need to reach out to those 74000000 people who mr trump has misled through his conspiracy theories and lies so that they can understand that the the democratic process is one that is they should join in and meet remain the democrats need to respond to the concerns that they have that many people have been left out of then left behind by globalization and trade agreements and of financial crisis many people lost their homes and they've lost their dennehy those are issues that are really core of that mr trump has been used to change and what we need to do in america is address those concerns and win them back for democracy and get them out of the fantasy world of mr trump. james even and i call director of the center for advanced its

strategic and integration studies thank you so much for joining us my pleasure thank you across europe other leaders have echoed chancellor merkel's condemnation of the attack on the u.s. capitol this is what french president in one of my call had to say i just wanted to express all friendship and all faith in the united states what happened today in washington this is not america the finitely we believe in the throwing thought of all democracies we believe in the strength of american democracy. we can speak now to our brussels spiro chief alexander phenomenon i like sandra what other reactions are you're seeing from european leaders and lawmakers. i think that it's fair to say that most e.u. leaders seem to they seem to be shocked about what happened in washington d.c.

yesterday show me show the council president expressed those feelings on twitter saying that you ask the last congress temple of democracy that it's important to assure ensure a peaceful transition that this was what was a life on the line the commission president also stressed in her statement we heard from many leaders like for example from the czech prime minister who said that what happened in the past was an arc and unacceptable attack on democracy and even leaders in europe who used to work very closely with donald trump to govern who were considered his closest allies boris johnson the. prime minister they also condemned the bans in washington d.c. johnson described them as a disgrace what comes after 4 years of what can be described as

a pretty contentious relationship at times between the european union and the u.s. so how great are concerns right now about the reliability of the u.s. as a partner going forward. i think that it was very telling that it was not only the french president but also. leaders who expressed they believe who said that they have faith in the democracy and that of course shows you that they still consider the u.s. as a very important partner but as you just said they had to learn it in a very. hard way what it means when the you ask absence as a leader in the world when you cannot rely on you ass president so that's why we have this ongoing discussion that you need sort of strategic autonomy and i don't think that this discussion is going to disappear when joe biden takes office you

know that's a question alexandra you know there are hopes that of course joe biden can somehow repair this relationship but what do you think will have to be done going forward. i think that it's important for him to show that he is ready to work with you as allies that he is ready to listen and that is something that he has been promising since the election he said that he wants to host a summit of democracy that he wants to rejoin the. climate agreement of course a very important topic for the you were peony union so i think this will be key to repair the transatlantic relationship brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena thank you very much. let's get a quick look now at some other headlines the mayor of paris and france's interior minister have laid flowers and held a minute's silence for the victims of the attack that happened 6 years ago today

and 2015 jihadist gunmen stormed the satirical newspaper and shot dead 12 people. and japan has declared a state of emergency for tokyo and 3 nearby regions as coronavirus cases hit new daily highs stay at home measures will be enforced starting friday for a month the japanese capital reported more than 2400 cases in the last day a rise of almost 1000. and the race to vaccinate against the coronavirus germany has been getting off to a slow start did it order too little of the jap let's take a look at where the holdups may lie everything is ready hundreds of people could already have been vaccinated here but the vaccine refrigerator at berlin's battle hospital is still empty no one has received the coveted job here yet and chief dr hans fi gold is disappointed. we haven't started vaccinating anyone yet in we've been waiting for the vaccines so that we can get

started and we're frustrated that we haven't been able to. we've been working nonstop for months the vaccine is a glimmer of hope for us but i just hope that we can start soon. but why is it taking so long people have been getting paxson aged in germany for about 2 weeks but things are still slow even in vaccination centers the long awaited serum does exist but it's only gradually being made available here vaccination centers have yet to reach their capacity. we can vaccinate up to 20000 people a day but when we reach that depends on when we get the vaccine hopefully next week 2 more fags nation centers will open and then a week after that the others will be. here in germany thorough preparations have been made the vaccination centers were set up early on and staff of been ready and waiting but even though the vaccine was developed in germany it's in short supply

here. that's why there are strict criteria for who gets the japs 1st starting with very old people and nursing home workers the 1st facts of nations have turned into media events. germany's health minister yen spawn says the slow start comes as no surprise. the reason behind the bottleneck for the short supplies at the start of the vaccination campaign is not because too little was ordered supplies are short because of low production capacity. but other countries took that into account and ordered large amounts of the vaccine very early on that involved taking a risk germany's approach was more cautious and took into consideration the likelihood of increasing production qualities and decreasing prices that is the

joint strategy of countries meant to prevent competition among member states there is also hope that more vaccines will soon be approved after all the government's aim is for every german who wants to to be able to receive the vaccine by this summer. coming up next on news asia china bars and world health organization scientists from investigating the cove in 1000 outbreak want for lack of cooperation. and mongolians pick up their plans to protest china's growing cultural it's. also china so sorries up next we leave you now with some of the images that sent shock waves around the world.

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