this is the w. news live from for land u.s. president donald trump is officially impeached again congress charging him with inciting supporters to attack the capitol building last week calling it an armed rebellion against the country trump is now the only u.s. president to be impeached twice. also coming up voters in uganda begin voting in parliamentary and presidential elections after a campaign marked by widespread violence veteran president yoweri most 70 is facing

a challenge from a pop star turned politician bob you want to search for the source of the virus a team of experts from the w.h.o. arrives in the chinese city of hoopla to investigate the origins of the pandemic their mission to save us from a repeat of this disaster plus in football there's a huge shock of the german cup holders by a really hard dumped in the 2nd round on penalties by 2nd division goldstein. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the united states house of representatives has voted to impeach president donald trump for a 2nd time trump was charged with incitement of insurrection following the storming of the capitol by his supporters last week the president will now face a trial in the senate but that's unlikely to happen before he leaves office in

a week from now our coverage begins with this report. this was the moment that made history donald trump became the 1st us president ever to be impeached twice on distro the i 32 the nays are 197 through that resolution is adopted without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the total. and this time it wasn't just democrats who were in favor 10 members of trump's own republican party also voted to impeach the president the president took a no to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic last week there was a domestic threat at the door of the capitol and he did nothing to stop it that is why with a heavy heart and clear resolve i will vote yes on these articles of impeachment.

the impeachment proceedings moved at breakneck speed the result coming just a week after the violence the capital. democrats were hoping to remove trump from office just days before his term ends but that would 1st require a trial in the u.s. senate and their majority leader mitch mcconnell has rejected a quick process saying there is no chance of a feral serious trial before the president leaves office donald trump denies his fiery speech last week incited his supporters to storm the u.s. capitol building shortly after his impeachment was announced he released a video online in which he distanced himself from the violence. mob violence goes against everything i believe in and everything our movement stands for no true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence no true supporter of mine

could ever disrespect law enforcement or our great american flag. it's unclear if lawmakers will get the 2 thirds majority needed in the senate to officially convict trumpet of incitement of insurrection but now it does seem clear that any trial will take place once he's already left office. and william glu crossed joins us now for more william 1st of all walk us through the significance of this moment especially considering that some republicans voted to impeach the president as well what happens next. yeah not only is this the 1st time a president has been impeached twice it's also the most serious charge against a president accusing him of inciting insurrection against the country and the 10 republicans who voted along with democrats to impeach that is a record number of people from the same party of the president of any impeachment

process of course there has not been many impeachment especially of presidents in u.s. history so not a lot to go on but it should also be put into perspective that there are still many more republicans who either because they believe that trump did nothing wrong or their staunch supporter of him or some who do believe they did something wrong but were are scared to speak up because of districts they come from and a sense of of voter fear from voters did not vote to impeach and we should also note that many of the republicans even those who disagree with donald trump and want to see some kind of consequence for his actions that led to that mob violence we saw they've been peddling much of the same rhetoric that donald trump has for many many years so we're going to see this impeachment now move into the senate when and how exactly that happens remains to be seen it will probably happen after biden takes office and after democrats take control of the senate mitch mcconnell the republican majority leader will no longer be in charge because of that runoff in georgia that puts democrats on top but we're going to see exactly how this

shakes out a kid last many many months or it's not even quite clear when it will start how about the inauguration in just 6 days time william in washington i mean there's obviously already a stain on the peaceful transition of power in the country with this capital and so rection how big of a risk to trump and his supporters still pose to a peaceful transition of power. the f.b.i. is warning that not only in the nation's capital but all in all 50 states all capitals of all 50 states should be prepared for potential violence for a militia groups for these kinds of people who by the way are not new they've existed for decades in the united states but are coming to the surface now because of all this heated rhetoric we're seeing not only from donald trump but for many of his supporters we've seen thousands of national guard troops stationed inside the capitol to protect it and congress people members of congress members of government

this is something the united states has not seen since the civil war just see federal troops heavily armed in fatigues sleeping on the floors you know doing their their mission getting ready to protect the capital against potential violence it really is some stunning scenes coming out of washington right now and i want to play william for our viewers a flip now from democratic congresswoman and. she was in the capitol when it was attacked she said that she had an encounter where she thought she was going to die she also said that the behavior of the trump supporter shows republican party claims that they are party of law and order are essentially a lot let's have a listen they don't give a damn about we're going to give a damn about about safety they give a damn about white supremacy they care about preserving the social order and the mythology of whiteness the electoral college is built on a compromise with slavers the senate is read in their favor this

presidency and the last great key and the pardons of people who have betrayed our country all of it rigged in their favor and they can't even reason with the who deck stacked with them they can't even really with the deck stacked in their favor and so what they were willing to do is set a match and light our entire democracy on fire on fire. some pretty strong words there well i mean she is she's saying it's not just trump who she also by the way calls a traitor in that video she says it's the entire republican party that's a problem yeah of course we're very used to hearing such fiery words from the congresswoman i think the important thing to realize is all of this upheaval is not beginning with trump the republican party for years it's a largely white party and they are for years been appealing to white resentment

especially in rural areas in the less urban areas a to win elections and they've been using very very dizzy divisive and dangerous rhetoric long before donald trump to to get people out to vote for them we saw this for example you know in the immediate aftermath of 911 when there was a vicious debate about national security and the protection of the united states and you had republicans calling democrats you know as allies to terrorists and not being strong on defense and not doing what it takes to defend the homeland so as i mentioned these militia groups these kinds of white supremacy groups they've been around for a long time federal law enforcement have been warning about the risk that they pose the united states for decades and it's now because they have a leader in the white house who has who has essentially appealed to them in a very direct way more so than republicans have in the past that they really come to the surface and we're seeing the consequences of that right now why am glue croft thank you so much. elsewhere in the world polls have opened in

uganda as presidential and parliamentary elections that are in leader you wary most 70 who has been in power for 35 years is seeking a 6th term in office his main challenger the singer turned lawmaker bobby why the campaign has been marred by violence against both opposition figures and their supporters and there are fears that the violence could flare up again. long lines of people waiting patiently to cast their vote and riot police out in full force after an election campaign that seen almost daily violence that ugandans remain undeterred. to this nation. and of 2 mit student. it's a clash of generations in one of africa's youngest countries incumbent uare most of

any is one of africa's longest serving leaders the film a guerrilla leader has spent 35 years in office in a country where the average age is less than 30. ugandan is because. we have it is easy. strong the i mean is strong. and the experience is. the. undervoltage. thursday's election pits him against opposition frontrunner bobby wine who voted me a compiler with his wife on thursday morning the former reggae artist has managed to channel the frustrations of a generation into a viable challenge against most of a nice ruling national resistance movement the n.r.m.

has cracked down on opposition candidates back on social media and messenger apps and all access to the internet pre-election violence has also taken the lives of dozens of opposition supporters one recently appeared at one of their funerals. were not prepared for the election when they are rushing her for her. birthday right by the military on the morning of. the n.r.m. promises the elections will be free and fair but without the presence of many outside observers the international community says the vote will lack accountability and transparency. and let's cross over to our correspondent yulia. was standing by with the view from kampala he joins us now on the line we see images heard reports of long lines of voters since the morning what is that stake

what is going on right now. what is going on right now is exactly what you just have a lot of people very many like but it's also important that i point you to what is most important to be selection it is the youth vote i care center stage modem we out of every. if you're 40 that is a very significant influence drugs the campaigns the frontrunners appeal to the youth of which many are voting for the very 1st time they have only been with their brain and crazy again. for support you need to keep him to innovate for his achievements in phuket by has been did mark you please stay here with her not for me to pick you up yes puja will be what i want to deliver them to a new grand old british leadership. very interesting point you make on especially considering that the vote is so young and you have the incumbent meantime who is

one of the longest serving leaders in africa in power since the 1980 s. many of these young voters believe they're relying on social media in order to get information. there's been an internet blackout we understand what more can you tell us about that and where that leaves the level of transparency in this election and figuring out what's going on right now. i must think is really disturbing let's just. doesn't rely on those jobs and it's a commission now you've got there we experience departure in kind of just where i get excited especially social media were blocked by the government are defending their decision prism or through the now yes big that you are going we got yes posters will confuse will be right there on minnesota forgot about most of the lot of you everything going to be children critics will shut down you're going to grabbing them on the food setting was using facebook i guess get the courts to deny you going to people based on what has been going pretty good to do with. i get

stuck with the did not break down and shut down other. but there is an effort to the election. that came out of the electoral commission has been court cases complaining that shutting down the senate. by making sticking delaying voting in many places told the whole island people going to communicate as they used to and that can be an open against the flyers could be called many would still make the media hounding look i don't know about the other among probably my stick racing to set goals for the king tonight uli's just briefly i have to ask you how high is the risk of unrest. one of the many delayed sites being detected it's going to be good i was in the police and military presence in many places but the air like the plague you would see it's like you're watching and i think it did become a thing that money can be extended into the evening you guys are likely to have a very peaceful election but the timing is also another purpose to watch it is an

area of contention because the government wants people to go home after voting to avoid this parade of coronavirus but the opposition leaders i guess they have to do that to read in their god so if people insist on paying the money for the cutting it could clash with the police which has a structure to send them home that's going to be a recipe for confrontation which might revive where it would have been peaceful protests to have you find sponsors gun was joining us some time paula uganda where the election is underway thank you for your reporting. scientists from the world health organization have arrived in the tiny city of will haunt to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic now the international team of experts will 1st spend 14 days in quarantine before researching how the virus may have moved from animals to humans early on it was traced to this wet market now shuttered up for

wild life the sort of food it suggested that it was here at that it made the leap that delayed trip follows months of diplomatic wrangling china initially denied entry to the scientists it argues that the virus may have originated elsewhere. for more let's bring in dale fisher infectious disease specialist at the national university of singapore he's also head of the global outbreak alert and response network thank you so much for making the time to speak with us here on news we understand that you were part of the w.h.o. china joint mission last year as we've been hearing another w.h.o. team arrived today in walk on what are they looking for. well they're obviously trying to woo to find the origins of the virus which is obviously a very complex mission we chose to not address this a year ago because we prioritized. more in terms of the response on the standing

the virus the disease the interventions the good works are so this is. now in a more elective why. going to look at this this is this will take a little while to get to the bottom and the mission to establish the origins you know if you just look at the timeline here you know china earlier had kept this initiative out what's what have challenges has that presented now to finding out how the are of the outbreak really started. so that's not quite true it was it was very much a joint decision that we would back in february prioritize the work and i think if you look at the report that we came out with in in february i think it's it's literally full of essential information that's been used in a stood the test of time so in fact even back then we were looking at some of the

data which china was producing in terms of swapping of animals and trying to find intermediate cars so so this is really. building. on a lot of work that's been done so far and actually have quite a dispute the fact that we have we're losing anything in the last year. it's. it's i don't know if you're going to get a lot from looking at a market even back then it's really about looking at the data looking at the the p.c.r. results of all of. people over animals looking at the environmental swabs doing all the genome topping. some of the mission really is to give a context if you like it's. it's important to go there but actually i think a lot of the work will be done inside of i'm looking at looking at data ok got it

tell us a little bit more about what you see happening you know in the country right now because we've we've had some reports of a spike in infections and lock downs in several areas of china what more can you tell us about that and what you might be seeing also in the region more broadly. yes that's a good point but actually china has. if you plot china over the last year there was obviously that huge effort to to bring under control the nation wide spread which was obviously focused in in and who by but in fact every problems was a was affected probably in the in the triple digits and that that massive nationwide what lockdown that since then they've had several other clusters. now the there are obviously a couple of theories and everyone will be aware of the theory of importation on

fresh frozen food. the the other theory of course is could it have just plain in a in a travel of. that. process a false negative test on clearing aren't things sort of things so so somehow as we've seen in many countries are can infiltrate the borders and cause clusters and china's response has always been very aggressive as we now it's it does lockdowns it isolates communities it does mass swapping in the order of millions of people as an adjunct in to the the contact pricing and quarantining and and the serial testing of contacts it's china's obviously really. learned a harsh lesson from what happened in. and even a couple of cases now results in a very dramatic response actually what's happening now and i think is significantly different to what we've seen for the last year in china. chair of the

global outbreak alert and response network and thank you so much for joining us. thanks for having me back and elsewhere in the world germany has recorded its highest 24 hour death toll in the pandemic so far the public health agency for infectious diseases the robert costa institute reported almost 1250 deaths in a single day its president called upon employers to allow more work from whole warning that the new coronavirus variant presented a serious threat especially to the least possible that the situation will get worse that's why it is all the more important that we consistently had here to the current measures we must prevent the new codes of 19 variant from spreading if you need to bring most i'm going to syria travel should be avoided all cases of the strain that we're currently aware of in germany because of travel. a constant

voting push and meanwhile the w.h.o. is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the new variant of the corona virus there are concerns that the variants may be much more infectious than the 1st strain that emerged in china and could potentially render some vaccines less effective global virus cases now stands at over 19000000 with some 2000000 dead several countries are experiencing their worst day yet of the pandemic at this munden hospital doctors are treating 3 times the usual number of patients in intensive care units. they say they are struggling to cope this is going to be with me and them in the fall that they need to do this if. someone comes right up there and. stuff like that where it's right. or whatever for the call if we're ever going to work you know for a shopping increase in serious cave in $1000.00 cases and record deaths come

a month off to a new variant of the corona virus was detected in the u k. many countries have since restricted travel due to the british variant but it still spread to at least 50 territories according to the world health organization other new variants have also been reported including in south africa and brazil the consequence of an ever changing virus. is that the birds being in them or there are more it's threats in an uncontrolled magno in many places where the chances were getting that back to you. here really empty streets again a feature of countries worldwide as governments extend all rampart restrictions to try and limit the spread of the virus variants while authorities say there's no evidence the british and south african variants make the virus more severe they

share a common trait that's believed to make them much more contagious. reigning german cup champions byron munich have been knocked out in the 2nd round of the competition by 2nd division side host and kira tired byron took the lead but she'll twice equalized including in the last 2nd to send the match into extra time at $22.00 it went to penalties were killed converted every kicked the fire and missed one this is the 1st time in 20 years the buyer has exited the german cup this. is by a coach hands if they conceded that it was an embarrassing defeat but warned against reading too much into the last. system of those wins the way it panned out and it shows where we are at the moment we just have to look forward for this we've got lots of work to do we can't make any more excuses. i think we showed for

120 minutes that we all face it i'm can still impose also. elsewhere hundreds of thousands of hinges pilgrims have flocked to the ganges river in india to mark the start of the cool may love religious festival the annual event attracts millions of people over several weeks but it comes as the country tries to cope with the world's 2nd highest number of coronavirus cases which stands at more than 10000000 most of the visitors wading into the river did not have masks and social distancing also proving a challenge. quick reminder of our top story donald trump has become the 1st president of the united states to be impeached twice the house voted 523221972 peach him on the charge of incitement of insurrection over the storming of the capitol building by his supporters 10 republicans broke ranks trump

denies encouraging violence it will now go to trial in the senate. up next on news tim sebastian interviews german politician going to create a new defense the decision to tie funding for other countries to the rule of law just stay with us and keep an eye sarah kelly in berlin and thanks for watching.

battle. to the conflict so expensive mr cole shows democracy in the us my guest this week from joe movie is good so could follow. you affairs committee in the photo column and why the big gap between the rhetoric about rights to move.

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you have 10000000 e.u. citizens living on the earth or a tarion rule we cannot tolerate to see democracy in europe be. crawling only hungry oh oh oh. the insurrection in washington has focused attention on the apparent fragility of democracy in the us but how strong is democracy in europe and i guess this week from germany is going to create found an m.p. from angola merkel c.d.u. party and chair of the e.u. affairs committee in the federal parliament why the big gap between the ease rhetoric about rights and the rule of law and the dismal reality in parts of the

union. going to create from welcome to comfort zone. money when bush took over the rotating e.u. presidency it's such itself the tasco of protecting fundamental values and rights in the european union and i want to look 1st at whether it meant that objective in any way at all according to human rights groups you have now almost 10000000 citizens living on the authoritarian rule in hungary aren't you ashamed of the. well i am not totally satisfied with the results to be that we are as anyway we are able to achieve the 1st step to calm that financial aid from the budget of

the euro e.u. leave it to the stack of rule of law just wasn't quite my gma wasn't my question about hungary you have 10000000 e.u. citizens living under our thora tarion rule and you have the commission's vice president e.u. commission vice president vera's arriva went so far as to call hungary a sick democracy how many sick democracies can you tolerate in the european union these days. we can now tolerate the 6 democracies in european union but you but you do not know one second please let me choose my stance because we have not problems only in hungary but also in poland are unmarked when a journalist asked kill and we had a serf the or it is not really. the case so i think it is necessary to make more pressure on the states and with the budget we have really

and truly not in power and so i am satisfied then we get the 1st step but i think also it is not and will be not enough in the future should be normal to respect rule of wrongs don't you're yes well they've gone a long way from what you regard as normal then this tool that you're talking about is a mechanism which germany proposed that looks as though the e.u. would make payments to member countries conditional on their respect for the rule of law the problem for several countries was that it was just too soft in fact it was all hype wasn't it when you looked at the fine print of the proposal it turned out this mechanism could only be used if the rule of law if the violations of rule of law affected or seriously rest affecting the sound financial management of the e.u. so in other words it was all about money and that wasn't enough for a lot of countries was it i think money is a very good tool to me crush on states because they beat the mind and soul finally

it was necessary to find a compromise because i think you followed the baby's heart difficult it was to get a solution concerning the mutual financial strain were and awful they were carried far which allows now to rebuild colonies of the concerns states due to the economy corona writes but anyway now we have not only mechanist. the combination with the financial aid. also article says. finally we have the core of the european union and it's up to them not to decide if there are violations of rule of law or a way i think this will work for half an hour this combination. with the change but most agree upon your article 7 processes against poland hungary of going absolutely nowhere and the looks as though none of this is going to result in any sustained

that action whatsoever and this latest mechanism also ended in failure because both hungary and poland announced that if you went ahead with it and they would veto the latest stimulus package straight unashamed blackmail wasn't it and you gave in to it. no there i don't share his opinion because her really always respected decisions of the car and business of on me personally the red blood and the red light means to respect the decisions of the hike or so there's decisive hungrily in the past so now they will also do their we have more problems. and saw my dear i have asked the more to respect the citizens and to the now we have once again this is known as the respect rule or otherwise 'd we can lock them up and this is the one consequence one which will leave.

a feeling of. concern states i have to take issue with you when you say that you know this mechanism survived intact what what you did was in fact climb down but when brokered a deal that will have the effect of delaying for months even years the use of this procedure and then only after the european court of justice has ruled on it and hungary in poland had the chance to challenge it who knows how long that's going to take so this has been kicked in definitely into the future in other words nothing will happen will it. i don't think so because the decision which will be taken by the european car will also have any impact from the very beginning and not only for the future that means when the decision will be taken by the european car so this was a very involved line for the netherlands and so once again i. am

really glad that we have not at this combination between the 2 and respect of rule or which was not the case in the us let's see how well it works it set a precedent that you will climb down you will climb down every time there is a challenge and every time states say we're going to blackmail you and hold up your stimulus package or your budget i think it was not the right view one step in the right direction but it's if it's a trip normally i think you should be very clear state which guides european union should respect the rule of law so that of the reason why the article sounds are. only regulated with a few sentences in the treaty take also recip rights it is our the basic watanabe scott tickets. but not on article 50 of the 50 only

a few sentences why because we thought it will never happen or one state will leave european union that nation why these rules are very cool or if you want the treaty so it was apology it was our challenge not to better not mechanisms for scenes which are not really understanding and when has it not only is our understanding i get a problem in arguing to them and to the candid states so the states who want to join. do you worry you know because i tell them well if you want to join your union you have to respect my privacy you have to respect the rule of law and the cetera et cetera so above also all they have to respect the rule of law when e.u. officials said after this latest you call it compromise i call it climb down said the rule of law a mechanism is like the stability pact for the east it will never be enforced and

will only create political resentment on all sides that's the view of some people within the you and while this mechanism does really said that they are ok and they have the right of that for this opinion but those don't have happened isn't that the opinion is based on not up and they just look at what happened and really astonished that they judge other mechanisms which now starts were we have not to ourselves our reverse but i think that's really finally. to come down a mechanism which will long null and let us not only nobody can really tell that it will not work then i don't see so it will work less in the future and it will not be the case then i am really sure there will be the pressure to allow her to achieve it in the right sense so i'm satisfied once again that we

got this mechanism. and not let us up hollinger us well i would say than that you are easily satisfied with the creek down because human rights organizations for instance human rights watch are far from satisfied they said last month the last weeks have shown that leaders who violate human rights have no shame in bullying and blackmailing the whole european union to shield themselves from any consequences for their actions you set a dangerous precedent here where you allow loathing to take place well i don't want to interrupt you but we have to be very carefully we are speaking up about him and state of the european you. ian and everybody knows how important it is to their respect for we are not talking about the state run another car in the world with the doubtful regime without school governance and so our so we're not you are talking you are talking about european union states that disrespect the rule handling we have to make

a difference we are not speeding up the state of central america. we are all human rights are violated every day mr. let me let me just make a point here let me just you let me just lay complaint in our european union that's not of. the costs of hers and then we have also to really get the reaction last and i think it was part of a rare excess. presidency because it was not only the mechanism of rule of law it was also to come to a result in the negotiations finance of your finances the greek about the let me let me let me let me just raise an issue here you say you're not talking about african states you're talking about members of the european union you're talking about in the case of hungary at least a leader who effectively gave himself absolute power under cover of the pandemic who's been politicizing the courts who's decimated independent media who's been

chipping away at academic freedom these are not things they signed up to do when they joined the european union so unless there are mechanisms and so far no mechanisms have persuaded the leadership in hungary to change their proper course of policy things are going to change and to go back to my original question at the top of the interview what have you managed to do to ensure rights for those 10000000 hunger ariens who live according to the human rights organizations under or thora tarion rule in the middle of the european union you seem to find that acceptable they don't. well once again i think it is worthwhile to make a difference also in hungary we have a government 1st which is elected by their own democracy. are. always criticized when we have not asked fair conditions follow me yes no that's

the point it is not the case that no one can tell his friel galeon saw that my mind were necessary to make a difference and once again we want to have additional and i want that. each can present itself on an economy basic which this surer and which will not be my lady by the state so i think it is not only black and the only white still we have differences and that i think the point when we are adopted when european commission is still pain under the treaty is our. then it's the duty of the commission to ask for a decision of the european car and this is one of them done and hunger a respected. your equal mr creeper you talk about the european commission deciding

whether a state is in line with its rule of law values or not look a bug area 14 years in the european union and still getting away with some of the worst practices of a communist era even though it's been under special monitoring by the e.u. how does that happen. well at 1st i don't share a doggy and that is worse than the communist. time i don't share really not been communist time people suffered under the judge and the communists resi a mother coming hysteria it was. violating human rights every day no to democracy no rule of we have nothing well i criticize in the case of parking area east of the system of law concerning. to

all. cases of corruption we have cases which take 10 or 12 years in courts true long if. in example an example of long time. there is has also something to do with the rule of law are a one point which i criticise very very not mr mr chris brown you have massive government corruption this according to independent n.g.o.s you have mafia capture you have democratic backsliding a politically manipulated and almost dysfunctional just sister says them is that good so far that what how is that in any way in line to any degree.