i want to know their story for migrants terrified and a lot of the information for my parents. this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight the u.s. capitol in a security lockdown ahead of joe biden's inauguration as divisions over the impeachment of the outgoing president deep double trump supporters are accusing the democrats of twisting the knife house speaker nancy pelosi insisting no one is above the wall not even to the u.s. president also coming up tonight latin america struggles with surging cohabit 19

numbers colombia enforces a curfew but illegal border crossings from venezuela are fueling the increase in cases and the world health organization calls an emergency meeting to tackle new variants of the corona virus as it science has arrived in china to investigate the origin of the pandemic plus why the coronavirus is failing to deter pilgrims from attending a giant hindu festival in india hundreds of thousands are gathering for a celebration by the river ganges strutting in faith rather than face masks to protect them from the virus. i'm bring to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin tonight in washington d.c. with the impeached u.s. president lawmakers just. they voted to impeach donald trump an unprecedented 2nd

time while 10 republicans joined democrats in voting to impeach the party as the political parties have rarely seemed further apart washington d.c. meanwhile is on high alert in the run up to president elect joe biden's inauguration the f.b.i. is warning that trump supporters are planning violent protests in all 50 state capitals. in the last 4 years the white house has perhaps never been so quiet this after its top president was impeached a 2nd time. fencing has cut off the 1st residents more significantly to president trump twitcher has cut him off from his supporters. but supporters aren't necessarily turning away even after congressional democrats and 10 members of trump's own republican party sided with democrat house speaker nancy pelosi she called trump a clear and present danger to the country even with under

a week to go in his term i hear 232 they may share 197. there is a resolution is adopted without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon that total well that motion to reconsider is a formality in the decidedly red republican state of texas trump supporters see cause for congress to reconsider namely an impeachment backlash against seems like they're just doing it just to dig tonight deeper and twisted they believe in what they believe and that's that's not going to change because of somebody else's political tactic tactics his presidency is over but his base is going to be stronger i think that as a very divisive thing to do not think it's a very vindictive thing to do that's not going to help to heal this country but speaker pelosi says the impeachment resolution she signed is simply about justice to have demonstrated that no one is

a far from law not even the president of the united states. the next step is a trial in the other chamber of the capitol the senate where the proceedings will likely wait until after trump leaves the white house trump and his supporters are confident an impeachment backlash will help prevent a conviction in a polarized senate for the needed 2 thirds majority to convict democrats are banking on a call for bipartisan justice. are this bring in our correspondent oliver salahi's in washington for his good evening to you all over new following that the u.s. capitol and now with threats of more violence ahead of inauguration day next week we understand the department of homeland security has implemented a security lockdown in downtown washington i mean you live and work there what's it like. well brandon i go live to work by bike every day and i really have to tell you it is like a ghost town right now and it's such

a bizarre atmosphere really that i have never seen a lot of washingtonians that i've spoken to feel the same you have that big fence surrounding the whole capitol hill area and the national mall and the wide tells you can't get even close to those sites there's razor wire on top if you look through that fence you'll see some 20000 soldiers patrolling there there are concrete barriers walking the streets police cars with their flashing blue lights on 24 hours so really scenes like like in a science fiction movie and some people are joking knol ready that all chum finally has his wall not at the water with make the mexico. really. distributing basically washington d.c. into 2 parts become a tourist attraction also people taking pictures and videos there all day long so authorities really trying to make clear here that this situation we've seen when when a violent mob stormed the capital that this situation won't read won't repeat itself and we knew all over the f.b.i.

is warning of possible. across the united states saying that trump supporters may be far right groups are calling for demonstrations ahead of joe biden's inauguration what more do we know tonight. that's right so there are warnings issued by the f.b.i. that there could be some armed unrest in all of the 50 us states so not only on inauguration day but also this sunday so it washington d.c. right now seems like a safe place but of course the concern is that the rest of the country is not as safe that there is not the same security measures in place in the michigan attorney general said for instance at the state house they are is not safe it was stormed before by a militia group there were plans to kidnap the governor so it's a real threat and militias feel emboldened by donald trump by his demeanor of course i talked to an extremism expert earlier this week she told me that there is a broader far right coalition that is openly advocating for civil war in the united states sounds unbelievable but is apparently true and certainly

a big challenge for the authorities already to abuse all over zealous with the latest tonight from washington d.c. the city is in security lockdown all over thank you. when l.t. depend dimmick coronavirus case loads are surging across latin america in brazil president continues to downplay the virus despite record breaking infection rates and more than 200000 deaths but brazil is not the only country in the region that is struggling in mexico case numbers have reached a new high 90 percent of hospital beds are now occupied and deaths are rising rapidly mexico ranks 4th in the world with nearly 160000 say talents a further south than its way let it has recorded as you see there more than 170000 infections and 1000 deaths the government have signed a deal with russia for millions of doses of its sputnik 5 vaccine and in

neighboring colombia a new surge in cases has prompted a curfew in the capital bogota the health crisis especially acute at the border with events way low with people fleeing poverty and corruption and entering colombia illegally our correspondent johan remember as reports tonight from kuta. colors to cape watch is the moment when and it's cheering he left the hospital he's colombian and spent 36 days in intensive care there he saw the havoc that covert 19 has caused in the hospitals of kooky. in general the attention of the doctors and nurses was very good. but i also saw that there are a lot of people who are left on their own abandoned you get there and you are practically left in a disposable diaper. connected to a machine. in an effort to curb the

spread of the virus or thirty's close the colombian venezuelan border but that has not stopped the flow of people non-governmental organizations estimate that some 100000 people continue to move between the 2 countries every day. they do it along illegal trails like this one where the authorities overwhelmed to carry out any health checks. it puts more pressure on city hospitals some of them have reported a 100 percent bed occupancy. being someone who comes infected and crosses it using these illegal trails ends up being a spreader of the virus to everyone around here. and the number of people he can infect is really impossible to calculate. coronavirus safety measures are barely respected in kuta many do not maintain

social distancing or even wear a mask even without the illegal border crossings it email just fear that a 2nd wave could soon hit the region that could bring the already alarming death toll in the border areas since new highs. are for more on that i'm joined tonight by our correspondent you're hungry mira's he is in bogota going to see you johan so the situation seems dire how much is the flow of migrants influencing the coronavirus crisis. to influence these huge to understand the impact that migratory flow has in colombia we have to imagine that according to non-governmental organizations about 100000 people go around that border every day 100000 people about the border has been closed for the last 7 months so these people are using illegal paths to go in the paths where there are

no sanitary controls so they have not gotten migratory flow is not just very significant but it's a curious also beyond the law and beyond every biosecurity missed measures and you know on the migrants certainly they know about the dangers of the coronavirus that could be waiting for them if they crossed the border aren't aren't the migrants worried about catching the virus. they do care of course but even if it sounds incredible venezuelan migrants have other priorities before the pandemic of venice while facing very big problems of poverty unemployment insecurity so that pandemic has deepened that crisis but at the end of the day the concern of venice one migrants is still the most elemental one finding something to eat in the border with so many migrants where even a face mask for example but others don't and that's something that we can't

understand how can they value a mask when they don't have money even to buy food to eat the very good point beyond venezuela in colombia when you look at all of south america how would you say the crisis is being handled. each country has handled the crisis in its own way there there had not been joint policies but what worries right now is that many countries that have already reopened their economies they are shooting them down again like europe why or argentina or rule or here in colombia we're facing lockdowns we're going to how we can lock down in 2 days so that latin american cannot be our 2nd long would be at that bastille for for their region so everybody here is that waiting for defect seen as that miracle that could save the region from collapse you know the vaccines can not come fast enough your hunger mira's reporting tonight

from bogota johan thank you. will vote counting is underway in uganda after an election pitting one of africa's longest serving leaders against a charismatic young challenger incumbent president yoweri museveni is seeking a 6th term in office after ruling for nearly 4 decades his main rival the former pop star bobby wine has inspired a new generation of voters. the election campaign it has been marred by widespread violence and an internet blackout through. one by one each vote from this polling station is called out to onlookers supporters cheer for their preferred candidate. it's been quite chaotic like expected this point in time i think everything's more for the moment but it got to the polls are now closed in uganda as people settle in for a tense count election day sore excitement in the long lines to vote mixed with the

threat of violence with riot police patrolling the streets the election campaign has seen almost daily violence and crackdowns on opposition supporters but ugandans remain undeterred. and with love to make you stupid. it's a clash of generations in one of africa's youngest countries incumbent yari mr veiny is one of africa's longest serving leaders is the former griller leader has spent 35 years in office in a country where the average age is less than 30. i would call him a strong the i'm is strong. and experienced the british and. i would. gotten votes

thursday's election pits him against opposition frontrunner wine he voted new compiler with his wife. the former a reggae artist has managed to channel the frustrations of a generation into a viable challenge against most of a nice ruling national resistance movement. pre-election violence has also taken the lives of dozens of opposition supporters wind recently appeared at one of their funerals. was a lecture on. radio not prepared for the live sun. rising yardbirds over the predecessor of act of god that broke the ice with by the military that morning. the ruling an hour and blocked access to the internet for the election challenger bobby wind calling it dictatorial tendencies the in iran promises the elections will be free and fair but with the blackout on

communications those looking for change are warry devoted to lack of accountability and transparency. our let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world dozens of people have rallied in sudan's capital khartoum to call for the closure of illegal detention centers the demonstration was held after the alleged torture and killing of a man by a paramilitary group known as sudan's rapid support forces the protesters are demanding that police be granted the exclusive authority to arrest and detain people the siberian region has experienced its longest cold spell in 14 years temperatures dipped below minus 40 degrees celsius more than a month ago when forecasters say it's due to get even colder many residents were caught off guard due to an unusually mild although. a racing pigeon has made an epic 13000 kilometer journey across the pacific ocean it disappeared from

a race in the u.s. and showed up again in australia the pigeon probably hitched a ride on a cargo ship but authorities say this bird is a foreign team risk and therefore it will have to be killed. when the world health organization is holding an emergency meeting to discuss new variants of the corona virus there are concerns that they may be more infectious than the 1st strain that emerged in china it is also unclear if new variants could potentially reduce the effectiveness of current vaccines. at this london hospital doctors are treating 3 times the usual number of patients in the intensive care unit. they say they are struggling to cope with this they are going to be with me seeing them in the fall that they live with and that if. someone comes back up their. stuff like that we respect. the wife or the god 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 after a new variant of the corona virus was detected in the u.k. many countries have since restricted travel g.h. the british variant but it still spread to at least 50 territories according to the world health organization are the new variants have also been reported including in south africa and brazil the consequence of an ever changing virus. is that. being in the more the more it spreads in an uncontrolled magnet in many places across the word the chances we're getting 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 that british and south african variants make the virus more severe they share a common trait that's believed to make them much more contagious. w.h.o. scientists have arrived in the chinese city of han to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic the international team 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 market which has now been shut down and used to be a place where wild animals were sold as food this delayed trip follows months of diplomatic wrangling in china initially barred the scientists arguing that the virus may have originated elsewhere. or earlier we spoke with our china correspondent mike he has berlingo and we asked him what we can expect the science is to discover. scientists themselves that they're not likely

to come up with an answer to the question where the virus originated how it crossed from animals into humans but what they're going to do is mostly trying to track back the patients the cases they're going to talk to people on this seafood market this wet market where the 1st clusters the 1st known clusters appeared and they're going to talk to medical personnel in old chew find maybe unaccounted cases off pneumonia. then the 1st known kovac cases and from these cases they hope to get a clearer picture of where to look for the origins of the virus that was monday and spilling in their reporting from beijing here's a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic lebannon has entered full lockdown after some of its hospitals began running out of intensive care beds this includes a 24 hour curfew it is now forbidden to go grocery shopping residents will have to

rely on delivery services france will impose a nationwide 6 pm curfew beginning saturday 8 beginning next week everyone traveling to france from outside the european union will have to show a negative coronavirus test and then isolate for 7 days and germany is mulling tougher restrictions after a record number of daily deaths chancer uncle americal is considering measures including shutting down all public transport. sports news now there was unwelcome news for track and field as the athletics integrity unit announced that olympic 100 meter hurdles champion brianna mcneil has been provisionally suspended for a doping violation deal took gold in the hurdles at the rio olympics in 2016 to add to her world championships victory in 2030 the ai you has charged the american with boat tampering with the results management process without giving further details

to that rollins big deal is the 4th fastest woman ever over the 100 meter for us. well the 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic in europe has put the focus on the behavior of professional footballers they have been widely criticized for the physicality of their goal celebrations as the pandemic continues others think the accusations are unfair given that players cannot be expected to socially distance during the rough and tumble of a soccer game. when elite european football resumed after its coronavirus hiatus back in may players were careful not to over celebrate they had been told not to hold a shake hands. fast forward several months and coronavirus is as big a threat as ever it football seems to a forgotten the guidelines social media in germany and elsewhere is oppose with criticism. in england

a host of premier league players have tested positive and several games have been postponed the league and even the government have asked players to tone down their celebrations. now of course they have special arrangements to ensure the players are. safe now testing regime for instance but i do think that it's simple 'd really respects not just the less about the spirits of the rules this is actually the spirits of the rules the simple. but many football coaches believe it is unrealistic to expect players to rein in their emotions the real moment of joy like we were all the time all the teams all the clubs to the moment that we scored a goal say to please don't try cute and celebrated together. is an interesting reaction so is difficult so i don't know what we will be able to do. some football fans also feel sorry for the player as they can be no social distancing when going in for a tackle. all when most players are in the box for

a corner so what makes goal celebrations any different. but amid the empty stands critics say prefer. footballers in europe should recognize how privileged they are the top leagues are able to keep playing jewing the pandemic grass roots balls and other forms of entertainment. the. governing bodies are now considering sanctioning clubs if players do not set a better example. ball has been one. of those who sad news tonight from the world of show business the german but just shouldn't seek fried cispa has died after a battle with terminal pancreatic cancer he was 81 he was best known as the sikh freed of the world famous 6 friedan royal los vegas magic act the duo rose to fame in the 1960 s. and performed in sold out venue use well into the 1990 s.

their shows often featured dozens of white tigers and lions sick for its long time partner roy horn died last year as a result of the 9000s of thousands of hindu pilgrims have descended on the banks of the river ganges for a festival billed as the world's largest of 2 a 1000000 people are expected on the 1st day all trusting in faith rather than face masks to protect them from the coronavirus india has the 2nd highest number of cases in the world with more than 150000 deaths so far. bathing in the holy ganges hindus believe this war will ridden of sin and save them from any future evil including from the coronavirus this god will take care of the pandemic says humans do their duty and god does his. india's festival is billed as the world's largest gathering of people this year only around

1000000 are expected for the 1st day of the pilgrimage people travel from all around india to bathe in the symbolic water most on twitter and mosques and that makes the job of enforcing social distancing a logistical nightmare. sort of a part of ever going to spread. through the sense that. india has the world's 2nd highest number of 19 cases now more than 10000000 and more than 150000 people have died of the virus bus as the riverbanks team with pilgrims and vendors and families take it in turns to plunge into the river it seems people here are more than happy to entrust that fate to mother ganges. one of the calling original tintin artwork under the hammer at all. the records

3200000 euro which is the artwork by a belgian cartoonist has been intended or was intended for the original cover of the 1936 comic adventures of tintin in the far east. but his editor rejected it complicated for color process required to reproduce the image was deemed at the time too expensive. you're watching t w news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around we'll be right back.

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