>> welcome to live from paris, world news with an analysis from france 24. incitement of insurrection, dom -- donald trump held up on the single charge by u.s. democrats who acted in the wake of the storming of the congress where capitol police and four others were killed in the process trump a power under the 25th amendment. vladimir putin brings together the leaders of azerbaijan,

armenia, in the kremlin. this is their first face-to-face meeting since the end of the 40 day war. armenians calling it a betrayal. the most crucial week yet for france, faced with covid-19, more people than ever are in hospital fighting the virus. they may have to take more action to stop the spread. france is in the meantime facing the corona threat in the alps. this is live from paris. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. donald trump is to face a single charge of impeachment. the u.s. democrats accused him

of the incitement of insurrection. they saw the congress overrun by an angry trump supporting mob. a capitol police officer and four others were killed in the process. the fbi's now investigating the death of the officer, who died of the injuries sustained defending the capital. >> just eight days left, democrats and the house of representatives -- in the president incitement of insurrection related to the invasion of the u.s. capitol last wednesday and have given the vice president 24 hours to invoke the 25th amendment. >> to activate section four of the 25th amendment after executing the duties of his office to exercise power as

acting president. >> sofar mike pence doesn't seem intent on replacing his boss and the republican mothers -- members block the resolution. the republican lawmaker who objected said the house must never adopt a resolution that demands the removal of a duly elected president without any hearings, debate, or recording -- recorded votes. this has angered nancy pelosi. >> the republicans rejected the legislation to protect america, enabling the presidents deranged acts of sedition to continue. the complicity endangers america, erodes democracy, and must end. >> enough democrats have signed on to an impeachment resolution to pass the measure if mike pence fails to act, making donald trump the first president in history to be impeached twice

and could prevent him from holding office again. >> caroline joins us from the brennan center of justice and is the former president of the american center for progress. do you think it is the right thing to do to impeach trump again? >> absolutely we have an unprecedented president. the actions that he took, fomenting mobs to send them through congress, tearing through furniture and windows, leading to the deaths mentioned earlier, it requires congress to send a strong message, we cannot have a president thais leading this count down the path of autocracy and away from democracy. >> do you think that he should face criminal trial given the five people that died? >> that's a different question and the proof that would be

required to make him criminally liable a very different question as to whether he should be impeached, that's a political question. whether his actions helped to create the circumstances that gave rise to those death, congress absolutely needs to move forward. >> republicans are blocked the use of the 25th amendment. were you surprised that this was blocked or is this what you expected? >> not at all. the rule that speaker pelosi was using is one that requires unanimous consent in order to expedite the process. unanimous consent, they were never going to get unanimous consent with the extreme far-right trump supporters in the republican caucus. there was just not a possibility of that moving forward. >> some not considered to be extreme far-right, mcconnell, 10

-- ted cruz, you can analyze this in greater detail than i, but you could say that these people are his enablers. if he is impeached, should they face a political trial, to? >> ted cruz, i would put him on the far-right. he has been an enabler, he brought this to ahead, challenge duly certified, legally rtified election result. really offending the whole process of electing the president and the casting doubt on the state officials who conducted these elections. te cruz it to answer for this. there are some who he calle for hito resig. th is a stretch, he's never going to do it. just like donald trump is never going to resign. but should he be censured? absolutely. what he did was absolutely attempt to undermine our democracy.

>> security measures beginning earlier than scheduled. the fbi's already warning for -- warning against armed protests leading up to january the 20th. have you ever known the usa to be as divided as this? >> no, i wouldn't even -- we have been divided, there have been political disagreements, but what we are lurching into, caused by donald trump, is the possibility of a civil war. we already had those white national supremacist extremists who tried to kidnap the governor of michigan. there have been so many incidents in which these people who are, again, fomented by donald trump, he fans the flames of insurrection. he has encouraged violence, sending the mob to the capital. i think we are in a very, very

difficult place as a country right now. i think it's a small minority that wants this violence, but they are armed, they are heavily armed and encouraged by our president. >> carolyn richardson, thank you very much indeed for joining us. we appreciate your time there from the brennan center. well, the trump administration has redesignated cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, hitting the country with no -- new sanctions shortly before joe biden takes office. secretary of state pompeo cited cuban harboring of u.s. fugitives and support for nicolas maduro. as a nation it is one of their latest in a series of last-minute rules the trump administration is making before biden takes office on january 20. russia's president, vladimir putin, has hosted the leaders us

are by and armenia this monday, their first meeting since the 44 day war this year. 6000 people lost their lives in the conflict, which was brought to an end by a russian brokered peace deal. the armenian say that it amounted to betrayal. they met at the kremlin. >> in moscow the leaders of azerbaijan and armenia flanked the russian president after the rare meeting between the three of them. the armenian prime minister says that the conflict over the region is still not resolved. >> [speaking foreign language] >> thousands of people were killed fighting over the region before a peace agreement in november saw armenia receipt --

seed large amounts of territory to azerbaijan. >> their future status remains undecided at it is not clear how many prisoners of war the two sides asked -- intend to exchange. striking a different tone to his armenian counterpart, the president of azerbaijan said that the conflict was now in the past. >> [speaking foreign language] >> russia has deployed around 2000 peacekeepers to remain in the region for at least five years. one unanimous decision to come from the four hours of talks was the creation of a joi working group to reopen transport links that have been paralyzed for decades. >> france remains in the grip of the covid and amick.

3500 82 new cases this monday and deaths are down through june 10 of the last 24 hours with new cases admitted to hospital being up. france has begun to do with the more infectious areas of the disease found in britain. this is a six-day high for the virus. >> dozens of firefighting sailors have been deployed in the french port city of marseille to help authorities slow the spread of the covid-19 variant first detected in the u.k.. they are taking samples of wastewater from the surge system in an effort to ascertain how widely the variant may be circulating. >> [speaking foreign language] >> a 6:00 p.m. curfew was imposed on sunday after the so-called british variant of the virus was detected for the first time.

>> [speaking foreign language] >> this is used to identify variants of covid-19. one government advisor has said that france should consider closing its borders to certain countries. >> [speaking foreign language] >> a weeklong mass testing program is underway in northern france and by the end of tuesday 2000 people are expected to have been screened at this community center south of paris, where an

employee of the school tested positive for the british variant last week. >> we will be watching for more developments on covid-19 in france and beyond. the world health organization says that it has been notified by japan of a new variant of their. they have detected it in four travelers and it features 12 mutations, including one found in highly infectious variance in england and south africa. >> the coronavirus has mutated again, a new strain detected in japan. four travelers w recently arrived from brazil. it's not clear how infectious the new strain is, though it has some slim and arid ease in its genetic makeup to the variant from the u.k. and south africa, the discovery coming days after

tokyo imposed a citywide state of emergency in response to a surgeon cases and an 8 p.m. curfew is now in place. nonetheless, japan'snnual coming-of-age day was marked monday celebrating those who turned 20 this year. here in kawasaki the traditional celebration went ahead despite the new rules. >> ♪ [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> event haven't been explicitly banned by the japanese government, but it strongly encourages people not to gather in large groups. the prime minister has said that young people are particularly at risk, more than half of new infections in tokyo are among the under 30's. >> a team of experts from the world health organization is

expected to arrive in china this week to get an insight into the origins of the pandemic and beijing finally osher -- authorize that. it marks one year from the first confirmed death covid-19. the precise source of the outbreak when you're on remains unknown. >> a feeling of deja vu on the streets of the city here in northeast china. public transport has been suspended and no one is allowed to enter or leave without a special permit. 11 million people are in lockdown and volunteers are reinforcing efforts to curb the spre of infections. on monday, may ninth, china reported its biggest daily increasing cases of covid-19 and more than five months. authorities are carrying out widespread testing ahead of next

month's lunar new year celebrations. the city set up a mobile inflatable lab were up to move -- up to one million samples can be screened per day. people here must stay in their homes unless they need groceries or other essential services. >> [speaking foreign language] >> one year after announcing its first death from the virus, life here has returned to normal. beijing has reported a handful of new cases, prompting authorities to lock down some suburban areas. anyone entering the capital for work must show proof of employment and a clean bill of health. schools are set to be closed from friday until the end of the month as experts from the world health organization prepared to travel to china later this week in a bid to trace the origins of the virus that france -- that was detected here in 2019.

>> health workers in madrid managed to get there and i covid-19 jabs this monday, despite the snowbound capital. such snow hasn't been seen in madrid in living memory. fun for some, difficulties for others. the important task of distributing the vaccine has been hampered by the forecast. time now for business, kate moody joins us from home. kate, great to see you and happy new year. let's start with the latest on the debate about social media platforms in the wake of the riot on capitol hill. >> the social messaging platform parler has been essentially shut down from its hosting service tt kept it

online. this monday they have filed a lawsuit asking for access to their internet service to be restored. tech giants say that they have taken these moves after finding dozens of posts that they say encouraged andncited violence, many of them directly linked to the violent cre last week at the capitol building parler arguing that this is a war on free speech, that's how they describe this. many users have been restricted from twitter and other platforms for spreading conspiracy theories and other calls the violence as they look for alternative places to express themselves and communicate. gaba, another social network for sting hate speech caters to another far-right base has claim 600,000 new users in the united states over the weekend as these started coming in. all of this talk really reigniting the debate about

expression with the responsible regulation of online content and the question is not just where be drawing it.ne but whohould should governments impose regulation or is it up to tech platforms to monitor and police what's posted even if it is misleading or incites violence? >> the world's biggest gadget convention getting underway with a digital format this year. how is that working out? flex sounds familiar to us, doesn't it? the consumer electronics show usually has over 2000 panels in las vegas with 4000 displays, chockablock of the latest tv gadgets and smart devices. just a quarter of the usual number of companies are taking part this year in the digital displays. 150,000 people are expected to

presentationthroughout the week, kicking off with what has become a familiar sight for many of us over the last year, videoconfencing, theeo of panasonic addressing the digital attendees and acknowledging that while technology can and does bring people together, many people do still miss that face-to-face contact as well and there is a contactor this year on technology gadgets for the home, tv's, laptops, entertainment devices, smart refrigerators. a robot made has been made in the second half of 2021 after it was it was. >> the tagline was better normal for all.

this has been a big thing with more people staying at home and jim's closed. >> take us to wall street, tell us all about the markets. >> wall street had been stable throughout last weeks turmoil. markets falling today, the dow jones that one third of 1% in red. tech heavy nasdaq in 1%. facebook shares were down 4% after they banned donald trump, some investors wondering if thoselatforms will be able to keep users, advertisers, and relevance once he's gone. the price of bitcoin has tumbled in the last 24 hours. the cryptocurrency has been on a tear over the last month or so, doubling in value to 20,000 or $40,000 in the last moh, taking other cryptocurrencies with it, wiping about $200

billion off the overall value just today. we have heard from the u.k. financial conduct authority issuin a strong rning to investors that get into crypto asts should prepared to lose everything, every single cent that they invest in it because this is an area that has no regulation or protection. >> wise words that people would do well to note. kate moody with all the business, thank you. the maldives open again for business. those who can afford it are flocking therefore fun in the sun in what many consider to be a paradise on earth. the first thing required to get in now is a negative covid-19 test. >> it's difficult to find a dream year landscape, with its splendid isolation and taking

the beautiful coral reef, the maldives are a real-life picture postcard. coronavirus has kept visitors away for months. but now they are returning. in the capital, the previously grounded seaplanes are taking off again. they take tourists to the hundreds of island rests that ma up the archipelago, with a flight every 10 minutes. companies are well on their way to recovery. >> we already have almost 500 passengers on average. previously it used to be 800 that got on. that's a gradual part of the recovery. >> this french couple have come from north-central france. the entrepreneur and glasses designer spontaneously booked the trip two weeks ago. >> we just needed a real break that would be safe and this is the ideal place for that, we can drop o suitcases and clear our

heads. >> the maldives only has one requirement to enter the country , a negative covid pcr tests. there's no quarantine and tourists are welcome from anywhere in the world's. visitors to the resort islands are even encouraged to take off their masks as soon as they step off the boat. >> [speaking foreign language] >> it's like stepping back in time to a pre-covid world. masks aren't called for because employees all live on site, so the risk of infection is limited . the only people arriving our customers who have all been tested. patrice has been running this resort for four years in the last few months have been anxious ones for him. now with the hotel nearly fully booked, he can breathe a sigh of relief. >> [speaking foreign language]

>> the resortdidn')teven need to cut its rates to attract customers. they are all paying between 6500 and 16,000 euros for a week long all-inclusive stay. escaping pandemic comes at a price. >> it's not cheap, but you make the decision once-in-a-lifetime and it's a good time to do it. >> more than one quarter of the economy rests on tourism. that is the case for the resort's driving instructor. he has been showing tourists the stunning sea beds here since he turned 18. he earns 1600 euros per month, without which his family would not survive. >> my kids, my parents as well.

>> but not everyone is nefitingrom the return of tourists. to prevent infections, excursions away from the resorts to inhabited islands are currently banned. a decision that's hurting locals. >> i would like to seek tourists return. we are prepared to receive them. they could come and do some shopping here. >> they welcomed 500,000 tourists in 2020, a number expected to surge this year. >> maldives, open to business provided you have a negative covid-19 test. stay with us. more to come live from paris. >> we are taking a broad outlook by talking about the women who appreciate and embrace the art world.

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01/11/21 01/11/21 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! sadly, deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of e united states. until wember of days can be protected from him. but he has done something so serious, there should be prosecution against him. amy: house speaker nancy pelosi