lift the proof i'm a hopeless changed i was willing to listen to our podcast on the green. planet of the. planet. this is news live from berlin and the u.s. house of representatives moves forward with a vote to impeach president trump over last week's attack on the capital trump projects for sponsibility for the violence but the democrats act now also some republicans say that he is a danger to the nation as must be stopped. also coming up the largest mafia trial

in over 30 years he came in italy with more than 300 defended set to take the stand we speak to the informant risking his life to put the mobsters behind bars and no end in sight in germany as deaths from cold 19th valent and the country appears and able to bring the latest surgeon tases under control plus the men's handball world championship gets underway in egypt today there will be no spectators this year due to the coronavirus pandemic but that hasn't put everyone at the needs. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is on the verge of becoming the 1st a leader of the united states to be impeached twice the house of represent. this is

set to move forward with a vote to impeach trump in a few hours a number of key republicans now say that they also back the move trump will face a single charge of incitement of insurrection over the storming of the capitol building by his supporters last week he denies that he encouraged the violence. president trump has been subject to massive criticism of late but he can still draw a loyal supporters. banned from major social media outlets trump seized the opportunity on tuesday to reconnect with his base he headed to texas to talk about one of his favorite topics the border war with mexico but before that he remarked about efforts to remove him from office the impeachment hoax is a continuation of the greatest and most vicious witch hunt in the history of our country and it is causing tremendous anger in division and pain far greater than

most people will ever understand which is very dangerous for the usa especially at this very tender time. his comments came as debate continued in the house of representatives democrats are stepping up their efforts to remove the president from office. democrats accuse trump of having incited the capital riots and say failing to hold him to account would be a dangerous precedent all of us should do some soul searching about 5 dead americans a capitol police officer who's dead dozens of people wounded lots of our capital cops in the hospitals and a country on edge and inflamed right wing which thinks that we are on the verge of a civil war. the assault on the capital has eroded support for trump in congress several republican lawmakers say they're willing to back impeachment efforts they now include 5 members of the house of representatives notably liz cheney the number

3 republican in the chamber she's released a statement saying the storming of the capitol was trump's doing and that he did nothing to stop the violence she said there has never been a greater be trailed by a president of the united states of his office and his oath to the constitution cheney's move lays bare a split among republicans over trump and the future of their party and let's get more we are joined by d.w. reporter peter vala dogs supported tell us what can we expect from these efforts to remove the president from office. right i mean as we heard in that report there today really is said to be a historic day with donald trump also sure to become the 1st president the united states history to be impeached twice and we heard also not report these 4 republicans have said that they will support and teach mitt we're getting reports

that even as many as 10 or even 20 or more can end up back in that effort and that's extremely notable because just over a year ago during the 1st impeachment exactly 0 house republicans voted to impeach but the interaction on generous dick really does appear to been the last straw for many in the party it really signals a strong break with trump who is finding himself increasingly isolated as he's about to leave the white house and that many republicans really see the party at an extension crossroads you know according to reports senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has even indicated that he believes impeaching trump might be the easiest way to not just get rid of trump but of trumpets them from the republican party whether that translates into from actually being removed from office that is a different question you still need a 2 thirds majority in the senate to convict and that is all but guaranteed ok so those are not the are the efforts on the part of congress as for trump himself

peter he's the digging in his heels walk us through what he's been thang. right i mean trump has never been one to adamant defeat or or even mistakes and his 1st public appearance in texas yesterday on tuesday was really no different he went down to texas denied any culpability in the violent riots that left several people dead that threaten the lives of many members of congress and even his own by his president and trump continue to insist that his remarks to his supporters in washington at that rally last wednesday which many really took to be an encouragement to essentially storm the capital that those remarks were quote totally appropriate from also warned that impeachment could lead to even more violent than a lot of people are really worried about him you know sending out got type of message at this point because they know the transporters are hanging on his every

word and that they could maybe read this to be an instruction where tacit instruction at least to even more unrest let's talk a little bit more about that impeachment peter which will take place in exactly one week's time you mention these unprecedented security measures in washington i'd like to have a closer look and then get your reaction there after. time to tighten the screws washington is building up in anticipation of the presidential inauguration. victor and his colleagues have their hands full with work they have never seen this city like this everybody is afraid to go with the momentum right now so we treat it like this will protect the safety for the people instead of festive celebrations businesses brace for damages. and at the capitol security has been ramped up significantly. the atmosphere here at

the capitol is very different compared to last week for one and over 2 metre high fence was erected and this patrolled by members of the national guard additional police is roaming the streets all of which to guarantee the safe inauguration of president elect joe biden next week on the steps in front of the capitol the big worry is that approach i'm supporters will try to disrupt the ceremonies but police wants to be better prepared this time. the city is in a state of emergency buses with national guard troops are right around the clock up to 15000 soldiers could be deployed in this city. meanwhile the stage is set perforations on the go but a celebration certainly feels different. you know i'm excited for joe biden to

assume the presidency but at the same time as i continue to read reports about the potential insurrection here again potential interaction across all 50 u.s. capitals it concerns me to say the least i think now that we saw that the capitol was stormed i think there's a high chance that we'll see more people who think that that means that they can just behave like that i feel safe you know i mean this place looks like an armed camp at the moment. will start to use underscore aging americans from coming to d.c. on inauguration day like many others that will stay holed up at home instead. was the 1st thing a house for the t.v. was going on because i don't want to go home. it will be a hot topics of biden to bring the barricades between americans down again. and we're back with peter peter i mean you look at the scene that actually you are also reminded of scenes of shops being boarded up heading in to the u.s.

election as well now we have law enforcement warning of major trouble looming ahead how serious is the situation yeah that's right i mean we've seen a lot of activity on social media by. supporters who sometimes have really indicating that they're planning more violent protests in the days leading up to inauguration and what's remarkable here is also i think it does go to show just how coordinated these efforts are what we saw last wednesday does not appear to have just been a spontaneous act of rebellion you know even america's most senior military leaders the military joint chiefs released a statement condemning the insurrection after u.s. capitol reminded their service members of a geisha and to support and defend the constitution and that is really notable because the cheat usually speak to a boy making any statement that could be construed as political if it does come

amid reports that you know potentially violent rallies as i said are being prepared . not just in washington but really in every single state across the country notably on january 17th and so pressure on security forces across the country to ramp up security and also just a lot of pressure to really avoid a repeat of what we saw there on generous tax t.w.s. peter volatiles breaking it down for us thank you. thank you. let's get a look at some other news the u.s. has carried out the 1st federal execution of a man in nearly 7 decades lisa montgomery was put to death by lethal injection in an indiana prison shortly after the supreme court gave the go ahead in 2004 mungana marie killed a pregnant woman and still her baby. russian opposition leader alexina volley says that he plans to return home to their moscow this despite new efforts to jail him

for allegedly violating his suspended sentence in a volley has been recovering in germany after being poisoned with a nerve agent the kremlin denies responsibility. flooding has left more than $10000.00 homes in southern serbia without power days of heavy rain and snow in the balkans region has caused rivers to burst their banks inundating houses and fields and disrupting transport. and spain is grappling with record low temperatures after the heaviest snowfall in half a century temperatures have pledged to minus $25.00 degrees celsius and areas on used to stream winters like this authorities are urging people to stay indoors to avoid straining hospitals already busy with covert 19 patients. all the largest mafia trial in over 3 decades is starting in italy the defendants include more than $350.00 suspects they are members of one of the world's most feared

organized crime groups the end drawn gaita they are accused of offenses dating back to the 1990 s. including murder drug trafficking extortion and money laundering. and are spoke to the lead prosecutor in the case and also a former mobster turned informant who fears for his life now. he has to move quickly the chief prosecutor of capone's out of new connector theory has powerful enemies illusion number one mafia hunter is leading the fight against the notorious calabrian network then that on get the case on a woman in there. there are men of the get there within the public administration by attempt to manage it in whole or in part trying to succeed in dominating not only on the economic level but also on the administrative and political level

because. i mean is that the you are pretty thick. he has been fighting them for more than 30 years and he's been preparing a strong message to send to the calabrian families and the public. over the next 2 years more than $350.00 mafiosi and accomplices will take the stand in the biggest mafia trial in decades here in a specially built bunker courtroom set up to accommodate them together with hundreds of lawyers and witnesses the families. over the years its business model has evolved from fighting bloody wars in the streets to more sophisticated financial crime. now operates in the shadows for example by importing tons of cocaine from latin america and quietly buying power and influence over europe this and their twisted but strong sense of family are the main reasons why it's so hard to fight the family clans. tells us now working with prosecutors he was raised to become a powerful us. you start with guns as

a child. you shoot. it but you carry guns and you're a kid and it's all a game to you. the kids have toyed guns but your guns are real you're not afraid of being beaten but of disappointing those who are training you. smuggle drugs extorted people and even participated in murders but after the birth of his 2nd child he decided this life was no longer for him and turned against his own family . when it became known that ambushed me twice within 12 hours the 1st time i managed to escape the 2nd time i was armed and returned fire 3 people they tried to kill me several times and set fire to my wife's shop since then when i've been to or has helped put hundreds of mafiosi behind bars he welcomes the efforts of prosecutors like but he is not the only one worried and i will fight back.

but if i understood that if they knock me down all this great work and discreet team will stop there are thousands and thousands of people who believe in me and therefore i am the last hope. so this also gives me courage and helps we have to carry on what ever it takes if i pulled out today i would feel like a king. howard meant that i mean the missing today will be while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. you have let's bring in correspondent max ender who you also saw there and that report max is standing by for us in limits yet tell me where the trial is taking place max what's expected.

right this is a historic day not just for but also for italy this is a very important trial that just is about to kick off. but to understand the magnitude of this process it's it's important to understand how the end didn't get to operate their core business is to import cocaine from latin america to europe to make a lot of money with it the control of the majority of the cocaine trafficking and selling it at the throat throughout europe and they use this money to invest to buy power to buy influence to buy politicians and even for legitimate businesses and a lot of white collar crimes and the aim of this process is not to take out the input on get but more so to shine a light on their business shine a light tell the operates in the shadows. we've just heard from a witness from the prosecutor in your report and the trial is of course dangerous for them how do they handle that. but it's incredibly

dangerous for xmas yosi who cooperate with the authorities that's why there are so few actually but even for the chief prosecutor we tell it so you cannot go to terry he has he is from the region he is from collaborate he grew up with some of the mafiosi that he's putting putting away putting behind bars and in the process of this this is this this trial he tells us he played of soccer with them in the streets you know is their mentality and as a kid i had a very early age and when he would go to school he walked past bodies people shot dead by by the mafia so he decided in early point that he wanted to do something against that and he has been living. at a great risk for a very long time he has been in the police protection for 30 years he told us yesterday that he sleeps in a bunker it's in his office doesn't have a life and he lives with constant death threats but he also said it's worth it even having a target on his back because if you can take back the country from the mafia and give it back to law abiding citizens then it's worth living like that just citizens

seem to agree that it is indeed worth it max people that you've been speaking with there what has been there were reaction given the influence of this group in kolaveri and also perhaps the fear among some that they could retaliate. look the reactions are twofold you have the anti-mafia movement people who are active against the corruption who suffer from the corruption and people who are just simply afraid of the mafia but on the other hand you have a lot of benefactors a lot of people who who benefit from government contracts for example business people who benefit from who gets a good assignments from politicians who are in the pockets of the mafia so the they have tools to control public and to control the public opinion and this is also something that we've seen here that they are attempting to do so leading up to this trial today. max sander in limited to may where the trial is getting underway thank

you. germany's health minister again sponsors of the country will not be able to lift all of the restrictions in place to curb the spread of the corona virus at the beginning of february the news coming as the death toll from covert 19 continues to mount and new infections show no sign of decreasing in 24 hours more than 1000 people have died of the virus nearly 20000 more people have tested positive chancellor merkel has reportedly said that she expects the situation to remain tough for at least another $8.00 to $10.00 weeks. and let's bring in political correspondent on your caller so you know as we've heard there the chance are saying that the situation will remain difficult at least until easter how is that going down with germans. these remarks have sparked a debate about the current restrictions in germany's sarah should they be prolonged

should they be tightened politicians warned that we can ease them up too early the next meeting for discussing these restrictions will scheduled for the 25th of january and now it might take place earlier. made her remarks during her party's parliamentary group meeting and at the core of her concern is the mutation of the virus which is prevalent in great britain and according to participants of the meeting the chancellor said if we are not able to keep this mutation at by in germany we will be in trouble because the strain on the hospitals and i see use is severe and just to remind our viewers the country is currently under a hard lockdown now basically only really supermarkets that are that are that are open and in able to operate so you know given these statements on what could the country now be looking at going forward because this lockdown was supposed to last

until the end of january. yes but how tough is this lockdown really sara experts who have a look at mobile phone data say that people move around pretty freely that they move around far more than they did during the 1st lockdown in spring which is something which spreads infection people did reduce their private contacts but they tend to contact those they are close to and with people you know very well you don't abide by the rules how you would with strangers so people seem to be miscalculating the risk they take with these contacts so that the appeal from the politicians is reduced contact even further stay at home we're waiting to get more information from the health minister today against don what's expected he's giving

our parliamentary speech on the vaccination on different aspects of the vaccination on tuesday a high profile politician here in germany has suggested that vaccination should be mandatory for medics for doctors and for nurses the health minister rejected this he said he had promised in parliament during this vaccination would be strictly voluntary and he's going to talk about vaccination strategy off of germany and he's going to appeal to people to get vaccinated because the willingness to get the job isn't that high as it could be. a new color thank you. for force news for you now answer the handful men's world championship starts today egypt germany enters the tournament

as underdogs the organizers initially planned for the event to go ahead with spectators despite the pandemic but that changed after a number of players forced concerns. horace the god of the pharaohs the mascot of this handball world championship he stands for strength power and in durance characteristics that matter in this mammoth trying to make it. but with the covert pandemic raging not everyone is on board. i'm definitely looking forward to the world championship i realised the situation isn't the best of a moment to host a world championship though. i just wouldn't feel right travelling there in january my priority is my family and i'm convinced that's right. the controversial president of the world handball federation egypt mostafa has insisted the

tournament must go on it seems like a vanity project with one of the halls bearing his name the event was planned to be held with spectators until the organizers nixed the idea after many athletes had spoken out against it so safety 1st i believe it's the right decision so i think. we'd all rather play in a packed hall but right now i think this is the way to go the hosts have been working on a hygiene concept for months all teams will live in so-called bubbles leaving their hotels for training or matches. no contact with the outside world. it certainly takes some getting used to. of course you also have to look after yourself and try to avoid cabin fever in a small group. the world championship is expected to boost handball in egypt where it's already the number 2 sport behind football the cairo club ali runs 3

youth academies with over $300.00 players even 6 year olds are taking up the sport young girls and women also play here and a national women's team is being planned. nowadays in egypt the culture of limiting women to the home has changed a lot of women go out and take part in many areas of blood if. germany are not one of the favorites at this world championship with important players missing due to withdrawals and injuries but maybe they'll still be able to soar. quick reminder of the top stories that we're following for you u.s. president donald trump has dismissed charges that he incited a riot at the capitol building last week and has shown no remorse for the violence which led to the deaths of 5 people his comments coming as the house of representatives prepares to vote on his impeachment and the largest mafia trial in

more than 3 decades as opening in italy over 300 suspects are to be prosecuted in the southern region. the group has used billions of dollars in cocaine revenues to extend its reach across the globe. comes next it is business news with my colleague monica jones who has the very latest business headlines and don't forget this was more on our website dot com i'm sara kelley in berlin thanks for watching take care.

cheap meat more superfood. discounted and inexpensive but animals are suffering from environment is crying out. for the new trend healthy eating and feeding resources and. prizes more on the plate how good is cheap.

made in germany. 60 minutes on t w. 2 children to come to. one giant problem and nearly there is no limit to see a picture you. mean by illegal features in a fuel economy the but how will climate change affect us and our children our job. dot com slash water.

i was issued when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room for the 9th cimarron it was hard i was for. i even got white hair. learning the german language and now a lot of this gets me and create a bunch maybe 2 in truck loads of say you want to know their story the muslims are fighting and reliable information for margaret. washington scraps a diplomatic trip to taiwan the trip has been a move by the outgoing trump administration to increase official ties with the sell fruit island while also provoking china we go to taipei for more also coming up his presidency ends next week just enough time.