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donald trump departed the white house and the us presidency last week but he hasn't gone anywhere he still faces an impeachment trial but not for another 2 weeks and this delay in justice it may just work in his favor with each passing day the january 6th storming of the capitol which trump is accused of inciting it seems ever more distant the likelihood that republicans will vote to convict the likelihood republicans will sever the party forever from donald trump last week that seemed possible tonight it's more like mission impossible i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. articles one incitement of insurrection. i believe it will be a fair trial but of the relatively quickly i think this is going to be really bad

for the country everyone wants to put this awful chapter in american history behind us but sweeping it under the rug will not bring healing but it's going to take us not just is going to keep us from focusing on really important things but it's also just going to stir it up even more and make it even harder to get things done moving the only way to bring healing is to actually have real accountability. also coming up with moderate conservatives in america they used to call the republican party home that was pre donald trump is the party now entering post donald trump it doesn't sound like. those factors those feelings that are out there among tens of thousands of americans didn't leave when he left on wednesday they're still there that's why he got elected and that's what i hope will be a party. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of our viewers all around the world welcome we

begin the day with the u.s. senate preparing to become a courtroom on trial donald trump yet again almost 2 weeks ago donald trump became the only u.s. president to be impeached twice the house of representatives accusing him of inciting an insurrection the storming of the u.s. capitol on monday the u.s. house of representatives delivered one article of impeachment to the u.s. senate today senators were sworn in as jurors they'll deliver a verdict at the end of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial but that trial is not starting tomorrow or this week or next week congress has pandemic problems to tend to 1st donald trump once denied the severity of the pandemic could that pandemic now delay or deny justice we have this report. a solemn procession through the halls of the u.s. capitol with donald trump's future in their hands democrats from the house of

representatives set in motion a 2nd impeachment trial for the former president by delivering the single article of impeachment to the senate. article one incitement of insurrection damo by john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states the democrats say donald trump's baseless claims as election fraud were an incitement to violence culminating in a speech he gave before congress was set to confirm the election results. we will never give up we will never concede it doesn't happen you don't see that. shortly after these remarks of violent mob reached the u.s. capitol building. by. writers took over the building for hours and forced lawmakers into hiding high fees will died during the assault.

while several republicans had criticized trump after the riot on january 6th members of the g.o.p. are now softening their stance and are increasingly criticizing the impeachment proceedings were talking about dissolving the trial stupid think it's counterproductive democrats say it's important to hold donald trump accountable and look everyone wants to put this awful chapter in american history behind us but sweeping it under the rug will not bring healing the only way to bring healing is to actually have real accountability which this trial for. the trial begins in 2 weeks' time a test for both parties and the decisive moment for donald trump's legacy. or then for more let's go over to. washington now our bureau chief in is paul she's on the story for us good evening to you. if you could help us understand this is

the process of swearing in senators for this trial that has already begun but the trial itself will not start for another 2 weeks why. exactly they're just taking the initial steps to start the trial but friend what democrats are doing here are 2 things they want to confirm as many as as many of president biden's cabinet members as possible before they start the trial because once it has started all congressional business will come to a halt and they also agreed to give trump and the republicans an opportunity to get their legal counsel together so that they can be prepared as well so that's also kind of a fair gesture and we know that the pietschmann article the charge here it certainly is it complex either senators believe that trump inside did the capitol riot on january the 6th or they don't is there any chance tonight that enough republicans

will vote with the democrats to convict. well this is the big big question and this time there probably won't be any witnesses or experts because as we talked earlier this will be really how didn't try case of whether from inside the insurrection or not at this very moment it does actually not look like the democrats will get enough have enough support from republicans to convict the former president you know brand we have to keep in mind it's a very tricky situation for republicans they are under a lot of pressure to not challenge from why he still has a grip on the party and he still can ruin political careers of those who are not loyal with him and his supporters that's right and the threats have been made or

intimated that we know for sure there has been agreement in the senate on how business will be conducted and that should have a bearing we understand on the future response to the cove of 19 pandemic we're going to talk about that in just a moment but 1st i want to look at a report on the rollout of the vaccine nations in the u.s. surrounded by the corona virus in her illustration it's all i think about visual artist sandra bed like expresses her feelings about the pandemic her biggest hope is getting a vaccine and the gate was already sent. when i got the appointment i called everyone i told everyone i thought it implied that i was there was like what a lot of that the new york city ran out of vaccine doses. and didn't know that it had been changed until i saw something on the news and some friends sent me things saying that they were canceling all the rest of the appointments on thursday personally no one emailed me no one called me she's one of at least 23000

people in new york city whose appointments were cancelled 15 vaccine have shut down over the weekend new york authorities blame the federal government new york blames the federal government. they said they had additional dosages in. that they would send they say will increase the supply. they never did this is one of the facts you have here in new york city had to close due to the vaccine supply shortages thousands of apartments had to be cancelled and many other parts of the us are experiencing very similar problems the by the administration is under serious pressure to solve this problem quickly this is the plan better vaccine distribution is part of joe biden's coronavirus strategy. if you want stronger federal coordinator in the entire vaccination process by contrast former

president donald trump left most of the decisions up to the individual states experts warn current problems won't be solved without increased production. i think number one is increase maxine supply very very important motivate companies to accelerate the production of. meet the demand. americans have high expectations. i mean my family for almost a year now. and i really want them to get vaccinated too so it's not just new york it's everywhere that. kind of problem so the federal government needs to step in there i think there's a lot of order that needs to take place in these testing and vaccination sites that asking a lot of patient out of people that people are going to react for more than days. center bed lex appointment was rescheduled but after the last cancellation she's

now much more skeptical and just like hoping that they're going to come through with it the now i don't believe them anymore you know like i trusted them last week but not that all it'll take more time until the vaccines free americans from the virus. as it actually reports we know that the pandemic in the us where you are things will probably get worse before they get better president biden he's pushing for congress to pass what was 2 trillion dollars in coded relief trumps impeachment trial no it will not begin for another 2 weeks is this enough time to take care of the country's business before attention turns to the trial and into taking care of the constitution. excellent question when you're living here in the united states i mean joe biden's team the white house is really attempting to move as fast as possible and get through the impeachment as fast as possible as well but the problem brant with the relief package is that republicans won to slim it down

by the democrats want to address a number of issues for example raising the minimum wage with it but this most likely actually we're not going to get policy so the vora here is that they won't have enough time to pass something before march that's when the federal unemployment benefits run out again so as washington kind of continues to be bathed people are losing their jobs day by day and wondering whether they will be able to put food on the table or keep a roof over their how is so it's crim times here in the united states the misery seems the not want to and that is for sure in his poll with the latest tonight in washington as always enos thank you.

well here in the european union anger is growing over a vaccination rollout stuck in slow year it comes as both pharmaceuticals astra zeneca in fines or have announced cuts in the amount of vaccines that they will deliver to the e.u. in response the european union is calling for stricter controls on exports of the coated 19 banks seen that are produced here. talks and more talks have done little to less than anger at astra zeneca european officials say the firm has failed to adequately explain why it was slashing expects seem deliveries to the e.u. . europe invested billions to help develop the world's 1st 1000 maxine's to create a truly global common good and now the companies must deliver. they must honor their obligations. astra zeneca as delivery cuts for the latest setback

to e.u. plans to vaccinate 70 percent of adults by summer earlier this month fires are said it would temporarily reduce its deliveries to the e.u. was well citing production issues. but u.k. health officials say they expect to have enough supply to meet the country's vaccination targets that reality is fuelling tensions already that. i think the thing to do now is not to. go down the sort of the dead end of the nationalism is to work together to make sure that we protect our people that's my priority is to protect the british people to protect the knocking of but also to protect the whole world is no one to save a little sick. but divisions over how to fairly distributed vaccines will likely persist in the near term south africa's president lashed out at wealthy countries accusing them of buying up the global vaccine supply. now rich countries in the

world won't need vaccines and we say really needs the x. box that you have you have already had and hoarded south africa still needs to secure 14000000 more doses to accomplish its vaccination goals by contrast the e.u. u.k. and the u.s. have signed contracts with truck makers to acquire more than $200.00 times that amount. all right europe's supply shock to talk about that i'm joined tonight by rachel silverman she's a policy fellow at the center for global development she specializes in global health policy rachael's good to see you again i remember last november you calculated that the world's wealthy countries had snapped up almost all of the bio intact pfizer vaccine that was the 1st vaccine that was approved what's the picture like now in terms of vaccine access for the world's poorest countries. so it's

a much better picture i think also it's great that it's a much better picture but it is a complicated exercise to help so the 1st big thing that's happened is we have additional back seen candidates that have shown themselves to be highly active in related to nickel trials so we also have mckiernan vaccine and of course the asked as i think a vaccine and that's expanded the overall supply of vaccine in system there are also the vaccines coming out of china and russia that although in my opinion do not have sufficiently transparent share data and are being taken out by some low and middle income countries even already at today and we're seeing is there still are not having vaccines reach these countries in the quantities we would like to see and the speed that we're seeing in rich countries but we are starting to see kovacs which is an international agreement. to longer at that. charity effort to ensure equitable access to these vaccines we see that they are

talking about scheduling some of these deliveries more this 1st round of vaccines in q one so things are improving but they're not where we want them to be quite yet and we've got the european union saying that it's not receiving what you paid for and what it ordered at the same time you've got south africa's president today accusing wealthy countries of hoarding the vaccine for their own citizens i mean what do you think what's the truth here. and the truth is it's complicated the truth i mean fundamentally this truth is there's just not enough vaccine supply to go around to everyone right now and so what we're seeing is no country actually has access right now everyone is struggling to get enough supply to back the their citizens and is trying to keep up with demand however what is true and i think what the president of those i was referring to is the fact that rich countries have preordered much more than they will need in aggregate so by the end of this year

assuming supply projections happen as expected many wealthy countries will have much more than they need while court countries probably still will be struggling to meet the needs of their populations so what i'd like to see is some commitments to back to me to do any of the excess vaccinations once countries have know that they have enough to vaccinate their own populations and what norway is doing actually is donating some doses in parallel to their own docs and staff or one of the cheaper vaccines that are coming along you know i'm thinking of astra zeneca i'm also thinking about the ones with johnson and johnson shouldn't they help solve the problem for poor countries. absolutely so every new vaccine that comes on line especially the of ones with lower priced plans is and are enormously helpful because our role as is astra zeneca we have a pretty large international production capacity including at the syrian institute in india which is producing this vaccine in math j.n.j.

we still have i think is the readout for that act in but if it comes on line that would be great news in large part because it only are criers one dose which is tremendously helpful from a logistical perspective so the more actions we get on line the closer we get to solving this problem and relieving the overall like constraints that we're all feeling in europe in the u.s. and for i'm curious rachel superman with the center for global development treats will we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. think it. the senate trial of donald trump will decide much more than the political future of the former u.s. president it could shape the future of the g.o.p. itself if trump is convicted he could also be barred from holding political office again perhaps more important would be the act of breaking with donald trump by voting to convict we'll get some republican opinion on that in just a moment but 1st the thoughts of 2 republican senators who will be involved in that

trial. i think it's pretty clear that over the last year or so there has been an effort to corrupt the election in the united states and it was not by president biden it was by president trump. president trump of course will continue to have influence but i think our party is going to return to some of our more fundamental principles which is fiscal responsibility believing in the importance of character standing with our allies and pushing back against people like kim jong un and and vladimir putin there is i think the trial is stupid i think it's counterproductive we already have a flaming fire in this country and it's like taking a bunch of gasoline and wearing it on top of the fire so i think obviously fairness is important no matter who it is we're talking about but i just want to repeat i think this is going to be really bad for the country it's going to take us not just is going to keep us from focusing on really important things but it's also just going to stir it up even more and make it even harder to get things done moving forward. on this side like to welcome back to the day richard painter he was the

white house senior ethics lawyer during the presidency of george w. bush he was also a member of the republican party until 2016 the year that donald trump became us president this is good to have you back on the day we just heard from 2 republican senators mitt romney and marco rubio which one speaks the truth about the future of the republican party. i believe that mitt romney does and mitt romney's but the truth about the future of the republican party in 2016 when he warned that donald trump was a fraud that he should may not be nominated for the republican. nomination for president the united states unfortunately he was nominated he won the election . donald trump has engaged in. solicitation of election fraud in georgia trying to get they georgia secretary of state to come up with 13000 votes is incited

a riot and encouraged sedition he had a meeting in that white house where he talked about it with michael flynn as former general flynn as national security advisor about using martial law and having the military go into pennsylvania and georgia and other states to redo the election donald trump is behaving like a dictator and you can have a left wing dictator or a right wing dictator. they hate that way this has nothing to do with political ideology there's a big difference between a staunch conservative of which mitt mitt romney certainly has and someone like donald trump who does not believe in objective truth talks about alternative backs spills out lies and then ultimately believes in force rather than the rule of law and that's a decision the republican party has to make those want to say that marco rubio is just running scared right now because there's talk about

a bunk up trump running against him for that senate seat down in florida no maybe he's just trying to not alienate the trump voters and he just trying to save his skin and save his job as fake up for what's right for the united states and for his political party you know it could be fear of evolve and go who would have thought about that 4 years ago trump's adviser jason miller he was asked about. trump's future role in the party and this is what he said the president has made clear his goal is to win back the house and the senate republicans in 2022 there's nothing that's actively being planned regarding an effort outside of that but it's completely up to republican senators if this is something that becomes more serious a mr painter that sounds like a threat if republican senators vote to convict trump they're going to be punished . well donald trump could try and that's why i think what's going to happen is

we're going to either get to the 17 and they gray they're going to do it and convict him in which case donald trump would be permanently discredited in the court of public opinion. to think that he isn't already or they're just going to run scared no one's going to want to be one of the they 7 or 8 are willing to do it if they can't get to that magic number 17 republicans or requires 2 thirds of the senate to convict donald trump but once again this is about not just people trying to save their own jobs politically or at least i would hope that wouldn't may not about the future of our country and the republican party the republican party if it wishes to be stocks like conservative can do so i was a republican for 30 years my belittled views are much more moderate but that's a separate issue from what we're talking about with donald trump right in his brand of politics which is completely unnecessary to advance a conservative agenda and is indeed very destructive and has harmed the republican

party a great deal those 2 georgia senate seats where there was there was no way that went to lowe's of people could've imagined the democrats winning those 2 georgia senate seats a bit a year ago even with donald trump in office humiliating the republican party but his behavior after the election was so reprehensible that georgia even georgia threw out not one but 2 republican senators that donald trump campaigned for so the republicans have to decide if they want to go down with donald trump in this brand of politics or return to their own traditional agenda and advance their agenda but using democratic means i've got about a minute left mr pena let me ask you this trump remains the biggest fund raiser in the republican party he still has his base of supporters here it would almost be impossible to sever ties from him at the moment. well we're going to see what happens he has lost his twitter platform but won he was

a very very powerful fundraiser as president of the united states but his appeal his emotional in the united states is not to the well to do that people might be large campaign contributions his motional the bill is to lower income predominantly white. people who want to blend our economic problems on immigrants on african-americans and who actually are very willing to take a bunch of conspiracy theories into consideration and i don't think there's a lot of money in that those quarters misprints and we're out of time richard painter we as always we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you find us on twitter either at u.w. news you can probably be a print off t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

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a speech and poison everything inside. global 3000. next on d w. gopher cut. and made of plastic. the canadian fashion label the boy in the bill is committed to up cycling. and making sustainable garments. bits of veritable success story. africa. in 60 minutes. life on earth was a coming to an end. a gigantic coincidence.

beds and previously the earth was just a messy chemistry lab automation club. where the improbable but such was the creation of our solar system with our planet is a bit like winning the lottery but there is a good. money for earth. starts feb 11th on t w. welcome to global 3000. return of the trees 2 sisters replenishing a forest in brazil. dirty fuels in india anger is growing

towards the coal industry. but 1st for profit climate is abandoning capitalism the answer to saving all planets. more commodities more production more consumers more consumption more growth and more profits it's a never ending spiral the promise of our economic system. but can this really go on forever unlimited growth on a limited planet. where already experiencing its alarming affects our climate is changing storms cause untold damage as do droughts and floods every year 10000000 hectares of fertile land is lost overfishing is devastating all ration these forests are shrinking and with them much of a spider diversity we've reached a crossroads. now

forests are already beginning to change in many places. these protesters are fighting to limit that change and to say about this the activists from friday's futures say it's a measure of life and death and many experts agree. it's not just about surviving summer it's about safeguarding a future where we don't have lots of. species dying out or entire regions that are uninhabitable and people fighting each other to survive. allowing the climate to warm by 2 degrees celsius or more above pre-industrial levels would have serious consequences but studies suggest it's not too late to avert disaster if that's true why is so little being done. let's hear it this is what we're

lacking and that's the problem is the economic link information on what would happen if we took the necessary action what would it mean for jobs income a little savings that's the information the politicians need in order to decide whether we can start moving toward a climate neutral economy. green growth is the new buzz word the idea is that the economy can continue to grow steadily while wind and solar power and other technologies do you see our 2 emissions but many experts say that's not enough. fortunately even if we were to switch to renewables completely we'd still have some emissions in the background because we need to acquire all the raw materials given the carbon that's how it starts with our view so it's an illusion to think we can have growth there is a 100 percent grains let's. take hydrogen feel it's use doesn't

emit carbon but producing if usually does and the idea that green energy can power infinite economic growth is an illusion says business journalist hellman what we need is a form of green d growth but that defies the very ethos of capitalism. this isn't in the softened historically every time energy efficiency improves and the amount of energy needed to produce a specific product declines capitalism says ok then you can grow. when you need less energy to produce the same product your productivity increases and you can use the supposed saving to produce more it's this mechanism that needs to change was that deliberate d. growth would that even be compatible with capitalism which depends on accumulation and grows if the economy shrinks assets are diminished what would happen to jobs

return on investments pensions swiss economics professor. points out that capitalism isn't all bad. after all it has a very large number of positive elements of. material prosperity it leads to full employment we have a very good standard of living today so the whole thing is a people and as soon as we realize that all these positive aspects of capitalism would also fall away the desire for change tends to evaporate. out the coronavirus have seen economies shrink and many are worried about their livelihoods others have learned to live with less less shopping fewer flights could that be a lesson of the pandemic less is more no says hemant because right now we actually need more growth. if that's the paradox we know that we need to produce less if we want to protect the climate but because of

the covert $1000.00 crisis we need to stimulate the economy right now otherwise we might end up in a severe economic crisis that could allow populists to get into power. listen to what. she says limiting climate change will require not only scientists but economists we need to develop a new economic system a system that's not based on endless growth and the destruction of the planet. in the 2500 it's true that you can't bargain with nature. friday's for future movement is right so the question is will we end capitalism in time and in an orderly fashion or will the system collapse in chaos at some point because our planet's limits have been boundlessly exceeded. but others say it's not so simple. and in tampa to listen would be the solution if we had an alternative right

rob but we don't. either doesn't believe in major system change he believes the answer will be found in many adjustments such as moving to locally produced food companies that are less profit hungry and tentative system of stocks and shares. try to gradually improve things to moderate our growth and do without some things at the same time ensuring that the economic system continues to function. does that sound somewhat but actually it would be revolutionary where i mean. and even this revolution would involve giving up certain things that we may have grown accustomed to certain privileges that affluent countries and people enjoy. but i think it herman says we'll have no other choice if resources become scarce.

we must give up certain things but it will require planning and the involvement of the state. if everyone gives up their car what happens to people who work in the automotive industry a large majority of society needs to agree that yes we need to abstain make some sacrifices and then figure out how to organize that at the state level. the trouble is abstention and sacrifice don't sound that appealing to most philosophers eve of a vicar believes things will only change when people start to realize that abstention is not only losing something but gaining something better. when you picture all the riches beauty and diversity of our planet is things you can just enjoy and don't need to possess that you can live among and savor with all your senses then this question of abstraction is transformed do we really want to

live without birds singing in the forest or do we want to preserve that pleasure that richness order of all the entire debate on abstention just seems to focus on maintaining our own privileges our lifestyle but those things aren't life itself. existential questions with no easy answers but what is at stake here is life itself . more and more people around the world are starting to value and protect the wildlife around them the u.n. estimates that in recent years more than 13000000000 trees have been planted worldwide. for our global ideas series we went to brazil where our reporter bianca cops traveled to the saturday mantic yet a mountain there she met women who are working to replenish the atlantic forest 90

percent of which has been destroyed. 2 sisters have realized their childhood dream on apollo and flavia buddy danny are growing tree saplings to replenish brazil's atlantic forest up to $130.00 indigenous species many of which are threatened with extinction a large part of the atlantic a rain forest has been cut down shocked by the destruction of their native woodland the 2 women founded their own environmental group when they were just teenagers. the atlantic rain forest is among the world's most diverse natural habitats it has a very wide variety of species it's also one of the most bright and natural habitats our work aims to preserve our native forest through protection restoration and tree planting. they started out with great dedication and very little money but the work has since grown considerably the

biologists now supplied the entire region with plants from their nursery huge sales are an important source of income to finance the work of their angio. growing about $400000.00 seedlings each year it's just a part of it. is on her way to plant some of their seedlings here in the mountainous region of said i didn't take it up in southeastern brazil. the area is now dominated by coffee plantations and grazing land for livestock there's hardly anything left of the original forest and yet trees play a vital role in preserving groundwater supplies. but efforts to reforest the area depend on the landowners. the natural sources of wool people's property drying up but these landowners here no longer have any water coming by reforesting we aim to restore the vegetation cover and rehabilitate the

land so that groundwater levels can be replenished a bit about. the farmers only recently purchased their property. 30 years ago the land was cleared for potato farming and later used for grazing. this was the spray. for a level that is water used to flow from here in this direction or. half of the property is forested now the couple wants to bring the forest cover up to the field where they have their organic farm a few days earlier on a pole and her and planted 4 and a half 1000 seedlings here now she's bringing a few fruit trees as well. she says the fruit trees need more space to grow well so they're being planted in a more open area. the seedlings are hard to see in the middle of the

meadow but within just 2 or 3 years they will have grown into small forest. carnival so they're all if you have vegetation cover the ground is protected and there is no erosion. when it rains a good part of it filters down and fills the groundwater reservoir. that's how we can regenerate the springs. so you. on apollo will assist the farmers for 2 years until the trees are well established her n.g.o.s work is mainly financed via donations and company partnerships for the farmers it's free. we've now we're covering the soil around the seedling with grass she explains this way it can stay moist and develop better. on apollo and cope by anybody have helped more than 200 landowners restore their forests but not everyone is up for it at 1st she and her organization often have to work hard to convince the landowners.

so the n.-g. o. has joined forces with a large scale reforestation program called the monkey conservation project it's supported by germany's international climate initiative. more than 400 cities universities environmental groups and companies in and around brazil's extrema region are involved extrema is something of a pioneer in this area laying down environmental requirements for local businesses and providing bonuses for the farmers market but as you say. here in brazil the farmers have always been encouraged to clear the forest to work economically and gain more farmland. while not a new message is the exact opposite they should reduce their grazing land and instead plant forests and be paid for it to. you has to be of the whole thing is financed by local companies who pay contributions to the community in order to

neutralize their greenhouse gas emissions that are disasters in missouri as you graduate figures to theodora he's an extreme i have set up their own nursery taking reforestation matters into their own hands. but the need is so great that they also get seedlings from the copiah and 10000 of them just today. the municipality planted the surrounding forest between 8 and 15 years ago on cleared land it plans to restore 1500000 hectares of the atlantic or rain forests as part of a conservation plan involving numerous cities a big step for climate protection in brazil the project is also designed to secure the water supply from the mountainous region it's a vital source of water for brazil's biggest cities and rio de janeiro alone which is 450 kilometers away nearly 10000000 people depend on that water.