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those 2 w. news line from berlin criticized across the world for stoking the storming of the capitol building u.s. president donald trump now condemns the rioters to those who are engaged in the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent your country. also coming up a grim new record for germany the country records its high use coronavirus death toll in a single day since the start of the pandemic and the refugees trying to reach the easynews stuck in bosnia and harsh conditions we met some of the migrants forced to
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fend for themselves after their camp this burnt down. come to the show. over 30 hours after the attempted insurrection and 3 months after the election u.s. president has now acknowledged joe biden's when he has also changed his tone from previously telling the rioters he loved them to now calling the storming a heinous attack a police officer has died of his injuries following clashes with the pro trump mob . 2 days late fresh fortifications around the u.s. capitol building. after an angry mob invaded the altar of american democracy. those who attacked journalists. and
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police and now being attacked by their leader who himself is under intense fire the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy to those who are engaged in the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent our country and to those who broke the law you ok we have just been through an intense election and emotions are high but now tempers must be cooled and calm we store. america's next president joe biden lays the ugly insurrection squarely at trump's feet you know unleashed an all out assault on our institutions of our democracy from the outset and yesterday was about the culmination of that unrelenting attack and the aftermath even former
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allies have called for trump to be removed immediately is the true president cost us the president is on the fed and the president is on $1.00 and the president must now control the executive branch voluntary or involuntary mr vice president would you advise president mike pence who has the power to begin that process has said he will not do so or. the speaker of the house nancy pelosi is threatening to impeach trump for a 2nd time by citing sedition as he did yesterday he must be removed from office while it's only 13 days left. if any day could be a horror show for america members of trump's administration have since resigned including the transportation secretary and most recently education secretary betsy device he must fully open for more on this let's bring in peter mathews he's
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a professor of political science at cypress college in california mr matthews good to have you with us a clear change of tone there from wednesday when called those involved in the storming of the capitol very special and said he loved them to him now speaking out against the violence and saying they'll be an orderly transition tell us how did this u. turn come about it's typical donald trump he's got so many times in the last 4 years he'll say one thing in order verse themself you'll reduce the tone it's all about himself you want to protect themselves you don't want to be the 1st president you're about $20.00 to 25th amendment which was the bound to happen the way things are going and he just wanted to cover himself and decided to go and be nice i don't trust him one bit in terms of the change of tone and i don't trust the people that follow him into the capitol or you know decided to go to capitol hill knew much of you know get a speaking engagement the across thousands he told me go in there go to the capitol and he said we've been to go to the election and he's inside of the virus and now he's trying to play those pressures nollywood mounting on there's talk on capitol
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hill as impeachment or invoking the 25th amendment what do you believe will happen here. you know we would predict such a short time we have less than 2 weeks left in that time makes a difference if i have the 2 i don't think it is tough the 25th amendment take a majority of the cabinet to vote to go ahead and change power from trump to parents and if you have trouble objects and you milk out a vote for it then it goes to each house and each house has to hold back 2 thirds majority to override trumps objection and then the power shifts to try to buy tracks so that's a bit of a aris right now with just 10 days left but the impeachment could occur if enough people riled up in the senate the house will a peach of the senate to convict him and last time they failed to do that but now things have changed a lot since insurrection and this call it what it was it wasn't a riot it wasn't something random people having fun drinking and getting drunk and breaking windows this was a planned insurrection against
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a lawful elected government administration and the process of it so that's what happened yesterday and i don't know exactly what will happen with 2 to happen but people are all the republican republicans and democrats are calling for his reserve resignation or removal it seems that this attempted insurrection took police and security around the capitol by surprise but many reports suggest far right social media users had been posting hints of their intentions how could line for us and ignore these signs. that is a very puzzling question that has to be answered has to be investigated very deeply and carefully now to find out where things went wrong because how could these thousands of people enter the capital take over the floor of the saudi desecrated place and break the windows and get in and take pick up papers from the desks of senators and not anyone getting hardly anyone getting arrested i mean the and so far they're saying that 60 people were arrested or so there were there were
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hundreds of people in that you know go again and yet why would the police not even risk to stop them why was the national guard said in much earlier and finally vice president pence is the one who actually acted to activate the national guard b.c. national guard present trying to not bring them in and it was too long senators and congresspeople relied on the floor fearing for their lives they were locked in the right hiding in place and this is a total disgrace to the world and a very dangerous situation that has happened and someone has to pay the price with some asshole be held accountable for his absolute all right peter matthews professor of political science at cypress college in california thank you for your time. thank you so much take care. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour boeing will pay to want to have $1000000000.00 to settle a u.s. justice department probe into conspiracy charges related to 2 crashes of the 737 max plane the accidents in indonesia and ethiopia killed $346.00 people and led to
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the aircraft being grounded the settlement includes compensation to airlines and money for victims' families and a fine. this is spec that mastermind of the 2002 bali bombings that killed more than 200 people has been released from an indonesian prison prison authorities said cleric bashir would now enter a deal radicalization program he was imprisoned in 2011 for his links to a militant training camp in the province. yes trillion city of brisbane is going into a 3 day lockdown this comes as workers in a quarantine hotel tested positive for the new bryant of co but 19 which originated in the u.k. australia's prime minister says all international travelers will have to test negative before boarding flights to the country. that's from the coronavirus have reached a new one day high here in germany despite an ongoing nationwide lockdown figures
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from the country's public health agency show 1188 covert related deaths in the past 24 hours and almost 32000 new covert 19 cases were recorded that's a little less than the previous peak and december but health officials warn actual numbers could be higher. our political correspondent joins me now to talk some more about this huns how do we explain this new record death toll. well that their figures are always. did it delayed by a couple of weeks after the infection figures have peaked in other words what we're seeing no other deaths that are the result of the peaks in infections that were recorded in mid december it always takes about a week or 2 before people actually have sent to the senate takes a while for them to go to hospital if they do go to hospital and then it takes
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a while for them to die if they do die so the figures we see you know are a factor of the high infection rates that we had in mid december and looking up that this means that the infection rates still high. ever to believe the death toll but their figures will continue to be high for at least another 2 or 3 weeks and almost 32000 new infections germany doesn't seem to have a grip on the virus is this the mutant virus strain hitting the country or more testing after the holidays or maybe something else. well the mute constraint hasn't really hit germany as far as we know it there haven't been that many investigations of what to what extent that strain is at the moment present in germany although a couple of cases have been recorded so that's probably not the reason there is a number of factors play a role here partly it has to do with the festive season and the number of cases being reported. is higher because they were not reported in the festive season
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the wrong new year and there was a public holiday 2 days ago also in parts of germany so that's one factor the other factor is that indeed to the number of tests has picked up again since the festive season but in the end it means that infection rates during man high in germany because they locked on measure so far have not been as effective as people had hoped and with this spike in casualties the urgency for a roll out of coming back summations is even more pressing and it seems people here in germany are increasingly willing to get the job hands stay with us we'll talk some more after this report injections to bt infections hopes for progress in the battle against the coronavirus a focused on the vaccines but success in developing them and be accelerated approvals process will be of little use if people won't come forward to be vaccinated 75 percent of germans now say they are prepared to get one of the
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vaccines compared with november many more people are saying it's not just likely but definite that they will and the number of people not planning to face the needle is dropping it's now less than a quarter of the population some say that for those who do get vaccinated rules should be used who tells in restaurants for instance could be reopened for those with proof of vaccination others think the idea would create unnecessary division. the german public seems to share that skepticism nearly 3 quarters say the rules should be the same for everybody even if it were proved that vaccination means people cannot infect others which is not yet clear in the e.u. the european commission handled the ordering of vaccines this was done so that all the u. countries could benefit from the blocks negotiating power and smaller nations were not disadvantaged by critics say it slowed the arrival of vaccines and may have
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influenced the choice of which drugs to buy such concerns have not dampened german support for your opinion cooperation 70 percent of people think it was right not to have a united nations competing against each other to secure maxine's looking ahead everyone is longing for the end of the pandemic when will lockdowns masks and distancing be a thing of the past half of germans think restrictions will be lifted this year but a further gloomier not expecting a return to normal until 2022 and some germans think corona measures will not be lifted for a long time perhaps never. quite a lot of pessimism here and germany hands what are the hurdles and contacts and far return to some kind of normality. well i mean one on the one hand we've seen that
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the locked all measure so far have not had the effect up to the government and everybody else has hoped for so the major hope now concentrates on being vaccinated on a very widely distributed vaccine and clearly that is not possible at the moment because the supply of vaccines is only picking up very slowly government only expects that enough vaccine for everyone will be available within 6 months or so the pessimism that we see in these polls seems to be fairly realistic that the situation is continuing to be serious it will continue to be so for quite a while and it will take months before everyone who wants to be vaccinated even though people do want to be vaccinated it will take months before they will be able to get the job and for the situation then to be more relaxed and political correspondent thank you very much the coronavirus pandemic is also heading south africa hard work case numbers have been surging since the start of this year it's
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the worst affected of all the african countries with more than 1000000 cases already reported on and has more. this isn't a waiting room it's the treatment room for kobe to patients at the hospital in khayelitsha one patient calls out to us to tell us she'd been sitting and waiting for 3 days waiting for a bed to become free next door. in regard to signature so we don't want it understood just. dr susan cohen caller has been working here for 9 years and this pandemic is pushing him to his limits the 3rd of his colleagues have already had the virus how do you feel to see your fertility sometimes it's good for this going to be enough speed sometimes we don't give enough oxygen and we need you for our youth and you know the one point
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when did you feel she did something you drew. do you 1st do it looks just any should we just stuff but sometimes we just did it. on average one person with coverts dies in the hospital every day there's a small room next door with somewhat better beds for acute patients waiting for an intensive care bed at another hospital. the local health minister at mit's that not everyone can get an i.c.u. bed most are already full if that doesn't matter why but then i see. that instead of nobody to i didn't try on i.c.u. and that is what it is but in that house on fire so this is actually the waiting all the waiting area off the hospitals where people would normally wait for their treatment but you can see it's people who come here with non-coverage related issues emergencies often now being treated here because they need the space on the
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other side of the building for potential coverage cases. south africa meanwhile has reintroduced tough are locked up. measures there's a strict a mosque requirement alcohol sales are bans and beaches have been closed but police are overwhelmed with enforcing the rules. only patients over the age of 45 now being tested at the state clinics the demand is overwhelming. here in viral load just volved on kaiser's laboratory every 2nd test is positive the peak of the 2nd wave is expected in south africa in mid january but even after that experts anticipate further waves. i fear that neither the current. that we are experiencing know nor the arrival of the vaccine some time into half way through to a g. 24 small proportion of the population will be able to make
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a big difference the government announced it is already in talks with the manufacturers but there are no details yet. that came cailleach out however there is hope studies show that steering the 1st wave up to 40 percent of residents will already infected and possibly even social distancing remains impossible for many here. dr calm cool and his team they are forced to bracing for a tough few weeks ahead of. the european union says it will help fund accommodations for thousands of migrants currently living without shelter in bosnia herzegovina e.u. foreign affairs chief burrell said $3500000.00 euros will be granted to alleviate what he calls completely unacceptable conditions bosnia is not an member but it borders croatia which is part of the union human rights groups say migrants have
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frequently reported rough encounters with croatian police including beatings and being forcefully sent back into bosnia a charge croatian authorities deny currently nearly $9000.00 migrants are estimated to be in bosnia many are from afghanistan pakistan or syria the un's migration agency says more than a 3rd are living without any shelter many were left homeless when a camp in lipa was evacuated on december 23rd after bosnian authorities failed to prepare the camp for winter the empty camp was later set on fire the bosnian army has set up new tense but n.g.o.s say more permanent shelter is sorely needed as muddiness touts reports. asked for comments he's angry and he's not the only one of feels that way going on a year in tempe is up but yes they are guys that same problem they are suffering here as men tells us he was forced to leave his home in pakistani controlled kashmir 2 years ago due to conflict in the region now he's one of several 1000
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migrants and refugees here in bosnia herzegovina right at the doorstep of the european union most of them have only one goal answering the you ask mitt has tried several times to reach crazy but says he was always violently pushed back by border guards we had a human being we want to live we have a fairly the old guy's got to not give it another terrorist we don't have a gun we had a very pulis asked mat is now stuck here in camp which made headlines just before christmas when it was 1st cleared and then burned down these demist bank beds are a minder of what happens since then people here have mostly had to fend for themselves some are collecting rainwater to drink. we're not allowed to enter at this camp police told us they're just following new instructions from the
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government but they could not explain to us why journalists are not being permitted inside boston authorities have faced harsh criticism because of the appalling conditions the mayor of the nearby town of beotch suited fashion it's says the national government and the e.u. share the blame piano on his parents so much money in my crises but the hatch has not received any any euro we have been dealing there on need or money even though resources european union. should treat migrant crises is a european problem as a global problem the e.u. says it is helping for example by funding a former refuge. shelter in b. hutch but after repeated protests it was closed down in september and replaced by complete some residents of are still gathering here every day because they fear that a migrants could move back in. they said to us that we are lost we are not to assist
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3 years we suffering and helping that people they don't want to stay in bosnia they just want to go to the border in europe and dear europe open the border take them this is what many and can be for hoping for a swell but for now to have to cope with a little of the half local authorities are setting up new a commendation for the people here you can see them transporting mattresses to the thames but many migrants and refugees have been telling me they're not very happy to move in their midst says the new turns a far worse than the old ones this is a game was living place here this is a. suitable place for leaving during the season if things don't improve ashmit wants to organize the protests in the long term he treats of taking up his medical studies again in germany. to turkey now or president of russia type and one is
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facing a rare challenge hundreds of students have ignored police warnings and watched across assemble and protest at his appointment of a loyalist as head of a major university it's a show of defiance on the streets in a country where public dissent is increasingly suppressed. police offices outnumber students at the entrance to istanbul's wasn't she university whoever wants to get on campus is very carefully checked. it's been like this since earlier this week when news of the surprise appointment of a state approved director started to sink in. one of turkey's most respected and most liberal universities sealed off by police offices and was a cannon's conveying a strong message that protests won't be tolerated here many students say that despite the shortcomings of turkish democracy this university still with
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a safe haven for academic freedom and many fear that will soon no longer be. the new man on the job. was never a faculty member at was a cheat he has run in elections as a candidate for the ruling party and is considered a loyalist of president. that's why many view his appointment as a provocation. i know that by heart i am a physicist i know that a scientist needs freedom to think freely. you don't need. an academic institution needs to be independent it should not be managed by someone with a clear political agenda. to get accounts instead of suppressing us like this and making young people want to leave the country they should support us and encourage freedom of speech. the government has had no
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patience with the protest as on monday students clashed with police and officers fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. since then dozens of young people have been detained in nightly raids more women. anti-terrorism operation this. president has appointed about 30 university rectors by decree since last year alone. he rejects any criticism. from the. top deity the president has discretion for this within the laws therefore the accusation that academic autonomy and freedom are being destroyed is invalid. now. the boy wasn't she students see it differently they remain concerned and are taking
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their protests off campus to other sites in istanbul. germany is known for its rich arts culture with visits to the country's many museums a frequent outing for many people but with a national lockdown across germany possible now museums in munich are finding creative ways to bring their collections to the people and out onto the streets using projectors video and large open areas where people can space out safely sections of munich's nights are lighting up with the colorful artwork from inside the city's museums the creators of the project hope to share more excerpts and installations in the coming weeks. and a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you president dollar trump has condemned wednesday's violence at the capital and pledged a smooth transition to a new administration but democrats are calling for trump to be removed from office
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before inauguration day by invoking the 25th amendment of the constitution. but as for now up next is to the point with my colleague peter crane's and i'll be back with more headlines at the top of the hour of c.n.n. . odds. come.
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to the point shauna bringing a clear position on the international perspective such. for the 1st time in its history a member nation now has much of the european union the question is though can the united kingdom really forge an independent future and looking practice is all going
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to happen for me to do it so find out the answer the point. to point them in the bottom of the political. news you can change lives these children from mexico are just learning that. their lives overshadowed by poverty and family problems but in new york istra they can leave that all outside and find hope for the future 3 times or. 16. you know that 77 percent. are younger than 65. cuts me into me and you. and you know what it's time all voices well part.
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of the 77 percent we talk about the issue. this is where you. know 77 percent this weekend on g.w. . the united kingdom has made history by becoming the 1st and only country to fully leave the yugo european union the 2 sides did manage to come up with a last minute trade agreement to prevent a possibly harmful no deal departure now though they must learn to live together geographically but politically independent prime minister boris johnson has promised a golden age for.

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