>> here are the stories making world headlines. donald trump on trial. impeachment managers say the former president alone is responsible for an attack on the u.s. capitol that killed five people. they are arguing that trump had been stoking his supporters for months. our washington correspondent is standing by with the latest. the u.s. announces sanctions againsthe military regime in myanmar following a coup there last week. protester in the fifth straight day with two protesters -- hurt in clashes with police. one critically.

a well-known activists in saudi arabia is released after serving three years. she was a leading voice in the fight in her countries ban on criminal -- ♪ hello, everywhere. thanks for joining us. the inciter in chief come the name house managers gave to donald trump as they argue h is responsible for an insurrection of the u.s. capitol on january 6. this is the second day of his impeachment trial in the senate. since he's already out of office he faces the punishment of not being allowed to run for political office again. they are using unseen video from the capital -- the u.s. capitol and clips of trump's statements to make their case. they argued that once the violence began, trump did

nothing to stop it in their wor ds watched with glee as his supporters stormed the building. >> the evidence will show you that ex-president trump no innocent bystander. he clearly cited the january 6 insurrection. it will show that donald trump surrendered his role as commander-in-chief and became the inciter in chief of a dangerous insurrection. and this was as one of our colleagues put it the greatest betrayal of the presidential oath in the history of the united states. >> joining us is our washington correspondent. can you tell us about how house managers are arguing their case today? >> well, they're really trying to tie the pieces from donald

trump's words, whether they were spoken out publicly during rallies, or tweeted on his social media platform to the violence and the strumming of the u.s. capitol on january 6. they are not only focusing on the day of january 6. they say this started months before that, months before the actual election. they went back to the campaign when donald trump said during the summer if, the only way he would lose the election is if it were stolen. when he actually lost, continuing saying the election was rigged, that the election was stolen. that led to the stop the steal push, asking supporters to fight for him and pushing them on january 6 to go and stop the certification that was taking place in the u.s. capitol. they are tying all of this

together. one of the impeachment managers said that the truth is trump spent months calling his supporters to a march on a specific day at a specific time, in a specific place to stop the certification. and his supporters took this as a call to arms to attack the u.s. capitol. that was in a nutshell they case the impeachment managers have been making throughout the day. they're really insisting on the fact that donald trump, as the president of the united states at the time with the platform that he had with the words that he used, was singularly responsible for what happened at the u.s. capitol. >> trump's attorneys will eventually have their turn to make their case, but there are reports he was very upset with their performance yesterday. what can you tell us? >> yes, there have been reports coming out saying that the

former president was extremely unhappy with the performance of his defense team for the opening of the trial. this was supposed to be their big day because the argument of this trial being unconstitutional was really their argument. that was going to be one of the main focuses of their defense, that the senate does not have jurisdiction. and donald trump was unhappy, but so were a lot of the republican senators there defending donald trump and who were counting on that un -constitutional argument to try to dismiss this trial. they themselves slammed the defense team, saying they were disorganized, they were rambling. they did not do a good job. they did not make a legal argument for this trial not being constitutional. you had people like ted cruz, who has defended donald trump for years, who has been supporting the president on

everything, who voted to say it was unconstitutional to try the former president, he praised the impeachment managers. he said they did an impressive job, and that that was definitely not the case of the defense team. so, this defense team is going to have to -- step it up, because they are under a lot of pressure from all these republicans and from the former president donald trump. really the republican senators who are trying to find a way out to not convict donald trump are counting on the defense to actually put out something they can cling on to argue -- to argue there is no case. you willear the dense team probably focusing on this question of donald trump really simply protected by his first amendment right, and to say what he wants and that you these words were simply words and he was not responsible for the violence.

>> thanks so much. for some an analysis of what is happening we are joined by her international commentator, douglas herbert. how do you assess the arguments of the house managers thus far? >> look, the arguments, it has been a very cogent, very incisive and a very tightly structured presentation. as she was reporting, they are trying to paint the picture of a pattern. as one of the prosecutors pointed out and might have felt like chaos on january 6 the day of the u.s. capitol insurrection, but there was a method in the madness on that day. and the method is that as they pointed out this riot was eminently predictable and foreseeable. donald trump, he could have stopped it, but he didn't. that is essentially the crocks of their case. because donald trump knew his base very well. and he even knew the violent potential for his base. he may not of exclusively use the words, go out and burn the

u.s. capitol, smash the windows. he did not have to. heknew how to mobilize his base into appealed to their instinct. and he knew exactly because he had been laying the groundwork -- for months, if not for years. donald trump's trying to overturn the election results, trying to pump prime his base for the eventuality that if you lost the election that they'd better be ready. you remember the line, "proud boys, stand back and stay by." basically putting them on notice there. donald trump, at the end of the day, they are making the case premeditated this u.s. capitol attack, premeditated and the sense that he was there to incite, to provoke, to orchestrate. even if he was not physically present with the mob he was there in spirit. even on the night after he was tweeting "remember this day forever."

rather than condemning it in the aftermath and those who were killed and hurt, he was basically almost euphoric about and praising it. >> house managers need to convince 17 republicans to go along with this. very unlikely that is going to happen, but how are these arguments being received by republicans? >> ok, well, obviously have to speculate. we know on the basis of reports of anonymous sources, the sense isnk that a lot of republicans e squirming in their seats. a lot of them yesterday were at the shambolic opening defense argument by trump's lead defense lawyer. they know, they see, they know the house prosecutors have a cogent case but they will stick to trump, for the same reasons that the vast majority over the republican party has stuck by trump over the past four years. the reason being is that they know trump still has that

stranglehold over their voters, over his base, and even if his populate get slightly declined since the riots, it has gone down, he still has a vast majority of the republican party in his grip. so, you could say, cynics and critics would say, it is moral bankruptcy among republicans. this is an open and shut case. why have only six republicans join the democrats to let the trial proceed? they are looking for any fig leaf to have to avoid to hold donald trump to account to these actions. they are scared of their voters. they are scared of primary challenges coming up. and they do not at this point want to just cut that -- those links. could it happen in the next few months or years? yes. but the republican party has been radicalized. a trend that began with reagan and started and continued through newt gingrich in the 1990's and the new contract for america and has continued up to this day with more and more

mutant strains of the republican party leading to the trump variant of the republican party which is sort of like the south african coronavirus equivalent, to make a bad analogy. but it is a mutant strain that gets harder and harder to tame, because more and more disassociated from reality, not relying on the basic commonly accepted set of facts, and they are able to give themselves the added justification in this trial, it is unconstitutional. to stick with trump and at least try to give themselves a pretense of a clear conscience when they go to vote. yes, it is all but certain they will vote to acquit donald trump. >> douglas herbert. thanks so much as always for your insight. u.s. president joe biden has announced there will be new sanctions against the military regime in myanmar in the wake of a coup there last week. biden said his administration is working to identify the first round of measures this week, and

that they would include strong export ctrols. he also did not rule out imposing additional sanctions if the country's military does not standdown. president biden: i again call on the burmese military to immediately release the democratic political leaders and activists they are now detaining including aung san suu kyi. she is -- also the president. the military must relinquish power and demonstrate respect for the rule of the people of burma. as expressed and then november 8 election. so, today, i'm announcing a series of actions that are worth taking to begin imposing consequences on the leaders of the coup. >> meantime, it is the fifth day of protests in myanmar. so far at least two people have been injured in clashes with police. they include a woman shot in the head and who is w in critical

condition. ousted leader aung san suu kyi and senior members of her party remain under arrest. >> the critical moments when -- she laid on the ground fighting for her life during protests. on tuesday the 19th summit was one of thousands demonstrating -- the 19-year-old was one of the thousands demonstrating in the name of democracy. she has become a symbol of the movement after being shot in the head by police. she's still in hospital. >> [speaking foreign language] >> tens of thousands continue to take the streets across myanmar denouncing the military coup. in the wake of tuesday shooting, some -- wednesday saw several

demonstrators come out in ball g owns, while others had rubber tubs. they sat in front of the japanese embassy asking the world to intervene. >> [speaking foreign language] >> japan and>> the u.s. have condemned tuesday shooting. the two are calling on the police to stop the violence. while they consider a resolution denouncing the coup on friday. ousted leader aung san suu kyi and several senior members of the party are under house arrest. >> now to yemen where a group aligned with iran has claimed responsibility for a drone

attack. no one was hurt but the attack as a reminder of the conflict that has served as a proxy war between iran and saudi arabia and has devastated yemen. the u.s. urged the houthis to stop aggressive actss. president biden recently announced the u.s. was stopped arms sales to saudi arabia and was seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict. one of saudi arabia's most prominent activists has been released from prison. he fought to end the countr's ban on women driving she was sentenced to six years under an antiterrorism law. her arrest prompted internatiol outrage. they suspended part of her sentence and gave her credit for time served. more on what brought her to this point. >> the news came via twitter, complete with a beaming smile. she's home.

the sister of the saudi activist confirming that she's been released from prison after 1001 days behind bars. she was arrested in may 2018 after spearheading a long campaign to improve women's rights in saudi arabia, including the right to drive. just weeks before female drivers were given the green light, she and a dozen activists were thrown in jail, sparking an international upper. -- uproar. she was convicted of terrorism including inciting regime change. after years of campaigning by her family, the first signs of a breakthrough came last november when a judge suspended part of her sentence. that offering hope her release could be forthcoming. november was also the month joe biden became the u.s. president-elect. he has pledge to take a tougher line on human rights in saudi arabia than his predecessor. although she is out of jail, she is not entirely free.

she's been placed under a three-year probation. and cannot leave saudi arabia for five years. >> we want to mention that right now house managers are showing -- back to the impeachment of donald trump -- are showing some unseen footage from the u.s. capitol as part of the argument they are making the donald trump alone was responsible for the insurrection that happened at the u.s. capitol on january 6th. you can see the house manager is making an argument. one of many, comin forward with both video footage and oral arguments in this senate trial. we want to go back to our story and saudi arabia and the release of this activists. right now we are joined by the spokesperson for the human rights group. thanks so much for joining us. first, what does her activism mean for human rights in saudi arabia?

>> first of all, i want to congratulate her and her family. she was a symbol of -- she's a hero, and she has been fighting for rights for the people for a ry long time. yesterday, the saudi courts refused to start an investigation on her torture. and the saudis have been, ted push that -- what is happening is she, is that example for somebody should be treated as a hero. but unfornately, in udi arabia a hero like her is now banned from traveling, had bn in jail tortured and sexually harassed for 1000 days.

if the authorities are serious about reforming the situation in which we deserve, they should take a real approach and to give the peop more participation and make a clear plan how to fix this situation and helping it not happen again by allowing us, the people of saudi arabia, the governor choosing our elected an the right to balance and check on them and have a say of what is happening. now, in the situation with absolute monarchy, there is an absolute lack of justice. so, she was tortured. and now she is banned from travelin for what? for communicating with the u.n. and other ngo's. she did not do one thing wrong. the hypocrisy of the situation. claims to be aeformer.

and the first thing he should do is drop all of the charges against her and treat her as a hero, at least as a normal citizen. instead of punishing her for doing nothing wrong except for asking for the rights of people of saudi arabia. >> as, of course, you have been telling us, this case highlights the issue of human rights. and, of course, there is also the death of journalist jamal khashoggi. has there been enough attention paid to human rights in saudi arabia by the international community? >> no. the severity of the crimes. so, the war in yemen. kemal khashoggi killed in a very dramatic way. and the heroes who are being tortured now. hunger strikes between political

activists in saudi arabia. this type of situation makes anybody react simplest moral backbone stop against this, because what is happening is not normal. was happening is not legal. at is happening is not just. it is not just that a person claim power over a whole nation, whole population. there is nseparation of power in absolute monarchy this is a regime or a system from the medieval ages. and putting us in jail as activists and saudi arabia and frontline defend for asking for the simple right of having the right to parcipate in choosing our ruling system is just something that i don't think every or any body can justify or defend in -- now, despite -- of this

violation, last year, we have children, sorry, in the last couple of years we had children be headed in saudi arabia. it is not a normal situation. we welcome that a woman can drive but we say this is not normal to ask for rights. it is t normal for a hero to out of jail. the normal thing is regime -- she takes all of her rights but that is not happening in saudi arabia. >> we want to thank you, the spokesperson for the human rights group. we want to go back to our live coverage of the impeachment trial. we are looking at life pictures. showing that to you in the corner of your screen. right now house managers are showing video, making moral arguments, trying to explain why they believe donald trump was responsible for this

insurrection at the u.s. on january 6th. maybe we can just listen a little bit to this video they're playing right now. [shouting] >> you can see these are supporters of donald trump, they are breaking windows, pounding on doors of the u.s. capitol, eventually breached the u.s. capitol, got inside. and this was definitely violent. five people ended up dying as a result of these events on january 6th. we'll keep the coverage in the corner of your screen and come back with major developments. we want to turn now to business with ryan quinn. he is here right now. nice to see you. starting with the possible reprieve for video sharing app

tiktok in the u.s. >> the wall street journal is reporting that u.s. government plans to force the sale of tiktok's american operations on indefinite hold. the trump administration had threatened to ban the app in the u.s. entirely unless it it sold its stateside operations to a group including oracle and walmart. the new administration is taking review of trump's policy in confronting data security. risk from chinese firms the sale has hit a snag in u.s. courts are the white house says there is no timetable for the review of chinese tech firms. insider said the process could drive on for months. here is the white house press secretary. >> comprehensively evaluating, as we talked about in here, the risk t to u.s. data, including tiktok, the risk to u.s. data, i should say, including from tiktok and we will address them in a decisive fashion. >> time for check on the

markets. wall street recovering some of the day's losses at the close as investors took in jaty -- jay powell's latest remark at he says the u.s. is very far from a strong labor market and fiscal policy will be key to turning it around. those remark seeming to signal support from president joe biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan with powell saying now is not the time to worry about the national debt as republicans had been doing. the dow eking out yet another high. the s&p just involved -- just above the flat line. sparking purchase media companies. front pages left blank wednesday. tv stations broadcasting black screens of the government's plan to collect 2% to 15% of tv ads.

the tax will hit the local independents critical of the government while sparing the liberal and pro-right wing conservati outlets. the government says it will collect reasonable psalms. -- sums. but they fear it could herald the end of the free press in poland. >> the aim is to control the whole media. media will remain on the leash. getting money from the government. they will ha to close shop. >> wednesday brought a day of strike action and protest by employees of a french national utility edf. 200 activism politicians gathered outside the national semi to denounce what is known as project hercules, a government plan to split edf into three entities, one for nuclear plants, one for green

energy and one for hydroelectric power. paris hopes to use a plan to attract private investment to the debt laden company. the plan has already run into trouble with the e.u. which one is stricter split and more privatization to ensure fair competition. unions say privatizing public utilities will make a bad situation worse. >> for 10 years, 13 million french people have been -- meaning they are unable to pay their bills. since 2004, the price of natural gas has gone up 80%, while the cost of electricity has gone up 40%. when a private company gets into the business of selling electricity, it is coming to make money. >> thanks a lot. that is it for now. stay tuned for more will news on "france 24." ♪

02/10/21 02/10/21 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> this cannot be the future of america. we cannot have presidents inciting mob violence against our institutions because they refused to accept the will of the people. amy: the u.s. senate has voted to move forward with the impeachment trial of donald trump for inciting the deadly insurrection on the u.s. capitol. w