4 people are dead after trump supporters storm the capitol building in washington d.c. the traumatic events expose the deep divisions within the united states. a major social media platforms have met the turmoil with censorship facebook says trump's account could be suspended indefinitely while a number of platforms have also blocked the president's account says. she sees

competence in democracy being planted. politicians around the world expressed shock at the events in washington with people across the globe also wondering what impact they will have on so-called american exceptionalism it is very wiring since it is an example of democracy it is really the 1st time that we see such a fierce struggle that things can have political and economic repercussions for the rest of the. life from the russian capital this is our to international law donal quarter taking us through today's top stories welcome to the program. 4 people have been left dead following clashes that erupted when pro trump supporters stormed congress on wednesday as it was certifying joe biden's victory they had gathered in washington for a stop the steel rally in support of the outgoing president the u.s.

capitol police chief as just resigned following the huge security breach more than 50 officers were injured while dispersing the crowds with $68.00 people in total detained only one of whom was actually from washington. i. live. in that we are proud that.

the president invited me. and get invited to become. live. live. president trump has condemned those who stormed the capitol building saying he is outraged by the he and his attack he also vowed to oversee an orderly and seamless transition to a joe biden administration. the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy to those who engage in the acts of violence

and destruction you do not represent to our country my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth orderly and seamless transition of power and to all of my wonderful supporters i know you are disappointed but i also want you to know that our incredible journey is only just beginning trump's response to those events come as democrats are calling for his impeachment accusing him of inciting violence the scenes have laid bare the divisions within american society with biden branding the senate intruders domestic terrorists let's cross live now to our tease new york correspondent he will pop in for details caleb thanks for joining us again so caleb where does it it appears that both sides have never been further apart a lot of accusations and counter claims right indeed we just heard from u.s. president donald trump accusing those who participated in a rally that he himself addressed basically accusing them of committing violence

saying they didn't represent the country they went against what the country stood for and his words of condemnation come after what he said yesterday when he urged his supporters to go home as things were getting a little bit rowdy but earlier today we heard from joe biden the president elect who will be taking office rather soon joe biden referred to the protesters as domestic terrorists let's review some of what's been said we witnessed yesterday was not to sent it was not disorder it was not protest it was chaos there were protesters don't dare call them protesters there were a riotous mob insurrectionist domestic terrorists. now it's important to note that at this point we've got democrats talking about removing trump from office before he leaves they want an impeachment perhaps they were perhaps invoking the 25th amendment this is what we heard from chuck schumer.

what's happened at the u.s. capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the united states incited by president trump this president's must not told office one day longer i joined a fair democratic leader and calling on the vice president to remove this president i immediately invoking the 25th amendment now has been a wave of calls from celebrities and basically echoing joe biden and the democrats take a listen and it's shameful. to keep calling them protesters. this is a. people walking around with the flag upside down thinking their picture arctic today was not patriotism today it was terrorism now interestingly we've seen some trump supporters actually take this moment to take what they consider to be a humorous swing at the democratic party take

a listen to this i'm sure glad that at least for one day i didn't hear my democratic colleagues calling to defund the police however it's important to know that 4 people died during yesterday's events and the divisions in the united states are very very deep archies caleb maupin thank you very much for those updates now one of the protesters killed during the turmoil was a woman shot by a police officer in the capitol hill building she later died of her injuries in hospital the standoff was caught on camera warning you may find the footage disturbing. thank you don't like to thank you thank you god i was

a woman shot has been identified as air force veteran ashley babbitt from san diego she was a passionate trump supporter who actively aired her views on social media it's been reported the officer who fired the shot has been suspended pending an investigation here some of the reactions to the killing cities would be burning if ashley babbitt was a member of be a lamb aren't. asked about the died as a radicalized domestic terrorist violently assaulting our capitol a spot of a lawless more intent on harming the embassy of congress the united states government capitol police murdered an american mother a she supports it exposing the d.n.c. lies in our nation's capital her name was asleep bob it's there's another video that shows that this was a very deliberate act on the part of the officer in question. the woman was surrounded by capitol police who were heavily armed they were making no effort to to stop her from moving in she clearly had no weapon and yet she was shot there

will be an investigation but the bottom line is this when thousands of people seek to illegally occupy the capitol the united states well congress is in joint session of course when as every right to use whatever force necessary to protect lawmakers from do any harm you know under those circumstances lethal force is authorized i spoke with a number of experts as that fiery political turmoil unfolded. this is sit decision this is an act to overthrow the us government people died this is beyond crazy this is a criminal act this is unprecedented i don't know that any point is certainly in recent american history has a group of has a mob essentially tried to storm the capitol during a basically a routine procedure i mean this is not the election this is the vote certification

which normally gets basically no media coverage it's just routine and to see this level of higher in this level of of anger and hate and passion really shows that things have kind of got off the rails in american politics this is not normal behavior in american politics this is honestly not all behavior in any politics to see this kind of violence happening on sort of a routine you know certification process there actually is great precedent for it is we 'd look back at history we didn't realize that the the time the documents that were styled next week of the declaration of independence those are mutually contracts signed by who agreed to be governed a certain way and when they decided that they no longer true love the way you know mr glover as americans i actually believe that the contract allows us to say we have you know how we don't like how things are going and we want a change we didn't we didn't change we voted our vote is not the cart and that's

how the people you know think you have a right to make their voices heard and it actually is honor courage that if you read the fine print oh the declaration where it says that if you tell the great and there comes a time when you need other people of your government that you may use that this is a carefully planned political strategy listen if you are seen as the loser in a contest you don't have the same spirit behind you as if you're seen as someone. was wronged in a legal hearing and trump has very cleverly brilliantly shifted the narrative from basically i lost an election to i was wronged by the evil system trump is just getting started i cannot imagine that this is the end of it this is the midpoint if anything i expect that trump supporters who are loyal to trump who want the rest of the republican party to be more like trump they don't want trump to be more like the rest they want the rest to be more like trump i don't see this as as as as

calming down any time soon i'm going to i imagine that the next 4 years you're going to see a lot more rallies a lot more potential violence unfortunately we're going to see a lot more ire and i do believe that trumps political career is very far from over everything that we are a hazard purchased through or he will do people say we do not consent to the government's rights and what you see right now is every year history you see people standing up and say i don't like where this country is headed i don't agree with the principles i or each that is mean governing the democratic right absent that we're seeing right now it's not about treason it's about people more american citizens saying that this is not what they signed up for facebook and twitter aren't just just censoring the president they're censoring basically anybody with a with a position that doesn't go along with the silicon valley narrative do they have the right to do it sure because does the government have a responsibility to cease any involvement with facebook definitely and most

importantly do we have as a as a community have the responsibility to say yeah i'm not going to be part of a organization that censors people absolutely and so this is incumbent on us as people to say we will not be part of any kind of organization that censors people up to and including the president of the united states i'm not defending mr zucker here trust me i'm not but he owns the real estate i'm walking on his lawn he's not walk. being on my lawn if he decides that you've got to wear green hat on my lawn that i have to wear green hat or i get kicked off his lawn if he wants to charge me for being on his long then i might have an expectation of privacy or protection board freedom of speech but i'm on his lawn his rules are. elsewhere in the united states and he trump activists clashed with police and supporters of the president in the state of oregon.

the scuffles appeared mainly to take place between the 2 rival groups there were no reports of serious injuries but one person was arrested. meanwhile facebook has extended its suspension of trump's account for at least 2 weeks until power has been completely transferred to joe biden the network's c.e.o. mark zuckerberg claimed the president's last post posed a threat to us democracy we believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use all service during this period is simply too great therefore we are extending the book we've placed on his facebook and instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next 2 weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete i spoke with radio host and political analyst dave perkins who fear social media will start censoring conservative opinions on their platforms now that trump will no longer get in the way. the social media companies are no longer

a little bit restrained by the power of government potentially used against them which was what a donald trump presidency meant he was the one calling the commissions and interrogating what you're seeing now is their perception that trump has lost his power to do anything to them and they're going after him 100 percent this 2 week ban will turn into a permanent ban trump will no longer be seen on facebook or twitter ever again they're going to succeed at limiting conservative opinion from being spread and the result is the social media is going to lose all sense of restraint and do what they have wanted to do for years and that is completely stifle any viewpoint they don't agree with and all of those people in management and ownership are fairly hard leftists and that is going to be the only acceptable view i think some leftists will be surprised to find they're on the target list because facebook and twitter are going to be very serious about what opinions they're going to allow on their

platforms and some people who are fairly solidly left and have been for years are going to end up getting snapped into their own traps and those people once they get started banning you they ban and ban and ban until one day they'll look around there's nobody left on either one of their platforms but that day is a long time from now in the meantime it's going to get much worse there's understandably been a strong international reaction to the events in washington peter all of us has been taking a closer look. rioters storming one of the seats of power saying that they want to carry out a revolution isn't scenes that we usually expect to see from the united states and when it comes to reaction from iran the message coming out of tehran is there's only one person to blame for wednesday and what we saw last night and today in america demonstrates the failure of western democracy and reveals how fragile and weak is foundation is we saw what calamities a populous has imposed upon his own country over the past 4 years he's blemish the

dignity and reputation of his country there's also been a response from china where the foreign ministry has put out a warning on its web site the chinese citizens in the d.c. area telling them to strengthen precautions that they're taking judy to the mass demonstration that took place on wednesday also chinese social media has been drawing a lot of comparisons to what we saw the capital building to what we saw in the arab spring color revolutions. in anti government demonstrations in hong kong as well now u.s. allies around the world have been expressing their shock their concern and the hope that this doesn't fundamentally damage america's democracy after them up the peaceful handover of power as a result of free elections is the foundation stone of democracy and armed mobs spurred on by a sitting president to disregard the. u.s.

congress yesterday we all saw yesterday the unsettling pictures of the storming of the u.s. congress these pictures made me angry and also sad i regret that since november president trump has failed to acknowledge his defeat and that includes yesterday what happened today in washington d.c. is not america definitely we believe in the throwing thought of our democracy. we believe. in the strength of american democracy in the eyes of the world american democracy appears under siege this is an unseen assault on us democracy its institutions and the rule of law we see your incompetence in democracy means. there's no justification for the level of violence will stop a lot of shock being expressed openly by world leaders a lot of people wondering what comes next for the united states and it's not only

the world's politicians who have been expressing concern here's the view on the streets. but it was like a civil war kind of like science fiction. up there in the past the united states was a model of development and democracy but we can't say they are a model of democracy anymore one by starting or ending in the yes democracy has a long history and when it ends in something like this yes people are afraid. to present it it is very worrying since it is an example of democracy it is really the 1st time that we see such a fierce struggle it thinks through out there it can have political and economic repercussions for the rest of the world will look at them and this is totally unacceptable because it means excuse the term to spit on what is supposed to be the constitution the will of the people to spit on the image of a civil state in 2021. then after now they claim that they have democracy for their own people but i would call it a false democracy because it doesn't exist and it's all made up the only try to

show about image of our country is saying that our countries are not developed and disorganized to complete nonsense much of it is completely crazy this morning i said to myself that well even in a crazy world and the completely studied by all the things happening at my age have never seen anything like this in a democracy. we're getting reaction from guests on how the events on capitol hill will affect america's image abroad. there's a lot of posturing by international leaders all have the titular interests of their own societies but states like that further by making reference to the ones who spoke yesterday but it by proceeding double standards are have always 'd been a small change almost so i wouldn't get too excited about these remarks or too soon as to how relations with. other sectors will develop in with the near

future as a result of what transpired when again the allies in europe in particular are very welcome in of his plans to bring back into the center of all progress and developments in climate change so 100 after a few days of being used to it relations will continue along its channels as soon as it was that i definitely disagree with the president elect of saying that this is not us this is not america this is exactly what america is it started with colonization of indigenous land genocide of indigenous people pillage of african bodies forced to work on stolen land continued with jim crow and then of course perfected with the southern strategy of barry goldwater lee at. richard nixon a new character and manifested today in the form of trump ism this is so-called america this is exactly who we are and it is

a cough for us to really get introspective and to look at ourselves before we even have the temerity to go anywhere else on this planet to preach ideas of democracy and justice and righteousness we're hearing right now from european countries who are looking at this nation as if it was some banana republic and so the scenes are very very troubling but i have to say unfortunately not too shocking. to a different part of the world there are conflicting reports surrounding a recent attack by french forces in mali the french military claims it neutralized dozens of jihad ists in an airstrike but local say it was a wedding party that was hit charlotte dubinsky has the story. france's role in the sun hell in africa has once again come under fire this time amidst grave accusations that a strike it carried out over the weekend hit a wedding party earlier this week the french army released information about a raid which it said had targeted just harvests that mission had the only claim

neutralized dozens of fighters but locals tell a much grim a version saying that they were taking part in a celebration when many were killed and was surprised by the intensity of the strike the helicopter was flying very low the attacks took place around the village of banti a remote area but also the same location where so just an operation barking carried out for a shoot now the doctors without borders has confirmed that it treated some of those who were injured people from from to be ages that. came to the hospital and requests to. enjoy. and we managed to send a couple of. 18 inches from the area from the east

to. all of them when a man. from explosions. so the day was started so if met there was. gunshots were assume was from the french military has to know i did it school says hit a wedding in the village there can't be any doubt so ambiguity there was no wedding this was a strike that was carried out after a particularly strict multi-party process on a fully identified armed terrorist group after collating information intentions posture in a study to area france's role in the saw has been difficult it has over 5000 personnel on the ground in a bid to counter is a missed militants for the 7 year long intervention has come at a huge cost with $5.00 soldiers having recently paid with their lives in the region just in the last few weeks there have also been huge tensions over the presence of french military in the sun help with some accusing france are still seeing itself

as being the colonial power and they have been protests against soldiers being stationed. was. if these reports are confirmed it would be seen as a new low for the french military in the soho. scheme ati paris political analyst. believes france should have taken a different approach to combating the militants. reports were fed for locals beforehand that. as the wedding was taken place they were accosted by militants who asked for the men and women to be separated at the wedding party and more from that people said that they heard a helicopter gunship above and. and fire

fighters were raining down on them during the wedding i think you have the support of the militants were there but quite familiar to the drone strikes in trouble pakistan in which you female it to you in your mind do in terms of tells you that they are there that the famed time last year merged with a party that merged with local population and rather than withdraw to fight another day they have chosen to go in leaving and have me made the wrong choice of the future ration. the militants were there but the same time it's. a wedding taking place it is a social event and they should be more clear on how they treat militants and how they actually go about stopping them out. of their own or in other news part of a frozen waterfall has collapsed on a group of tourists in the region can chart in russia's far east one person was

killed and 3 others injured it happened earlier on thursday more than 40 medics and rescue workers were dispatched to the site by helicopter rescue operation is now over and all those injured have been airlifted to a local hospital rest of the tour managed to leave the scene without further assistance. for more details on the political turmoil that took place in washington d.c. check out our web site r c dot com and follow us on twitter i'll be back with more in just about 30 minutes and i hope to see that. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going foundation let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic to follow only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical

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