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. >>> al jazeera's gabriel elizondo join joins us now frome capital brasilia.f all, tell us more about the impeachment process, what is likely to happen? >> reporter: yeah, the impeachment process against dilma rousseff is moving forward and it's actually being accelerated. what we know is it's going to be starting on tuesday in the national congress building that you can see behind me. this goes what we know, it will be by a certainly impeachment commission of a little over 50 lawmakers from various different political parties that will be holding their first of what could be as few as 15 sessions analyzing the impeachment questions against dilma rousseff, it will be start we are told on tuesday in the building behind me. they could reach a decision as early as three weeks from now, early april. once they decide yes or no, if the impeachment process should go forward or not, if they say yes, it goes to a full vote of the congress and then after that, a vote of the senate that will ultimately make the final call. but it's moving ahead very fast and we will expe

gabriel elizondo, al jazeera, brasilia. >>> gabriel joins us now from the capital brasilia.more about the impeachment process. >> reporter: yeah that, process is going going to be starting tuesday here at the national capital building you see behind me. what we know about it is that the process of impeachment is actually being accelerated. speeded up. it will be a panel or special commission of more than 50 lawmakers from various different political parties, left, center, and right they will start the impeachment hearing process on tuesday here. they say there will be about 15 sessions. so 15 days essentially is what they are saying. now, after that, they will decide if the impeachment process should go forward even further or not. after that, if they say it should, it will go to a vote of the full congress and then potentially to the senate who will make the ultimate ruling. it's a really completed process but essentially what the panel or the commission is saying is they are going to be meeting every single day, monday through friday, holding hearings trying to get this pr

gabriel elizondo reports. >> nontraditional works at metropolitan museum of arts, met broyer classicalart objects seen through the same lens. on opening day it had art connoisseurs trying get a peek from all angles. it is a radical shift to slake off an image, the met was fowrchted ifounded in 1870, as n encyclopedic museum shunning modern works. >> we built up our collection in the late 20th century but now there's an opportunity for us to do evenly more. >> but doing so in a fast moving world, where change is murder in centuries and not re-tweets will take time. that's why the met's reinventing itself but the challenge to do so will be in a city where there are so many options for art lovers. >> you don't have to look far. whitney just moved into a new modern building. and new york's museum of modern art famously known as moma as well as the g guggenheim. art net news says the met found itself trying to stay relevant. >> contemporary audience he are more interested in relevance than class. and the met is the classiest museum in new york but not the coolest. their attempt to refresh t

we might try to get gabriel elizondo later in the coming hours. now the infamous former mayor of toronto rob ford has died of cancer at the age of 46. the controversial figure is best known for being filmed smoking crack cocaine. he originally denied, but then admitted to using it in a drunken stuffer. >> in myanmar the call tall is being formed. >> another step for democracy on tuesday as myanmar's parliament received 18 names to form the new cabinet. the first name on the list, aung san suu kyi, she led her party to a landslide victory in the last election. there have been speculation as to cha her new role will be once the cabinet takes power. they ar >> i think aung san suu kyi taking position in the government will help government development much better in the country. >> by having two foreign sons suu kyi is barred from becoming president but she said she would governor from behind the scenes. she'll take up the roles of ministr energy ministry in the office. >> one of the biggest challenges will be fighting the country's drug trade. helpin

be gabriel elizondo lasgabriel . >> presidential palace she outlined new housing projects for the poor. she pushed back forcefully from her critics and left no uncertain terms how she feels about impeachment process against her. >> impeachment without process is away? it's a coup. there is no point pretending, we are discussing a very concrete impeachment. there is no point in discussing whether impeachment is or is not written in the constitution. it is. but what is not written is that without crime and responsibility impeachment can be passed legallily and legitimately. the name of that is coup. >> a special committee continues their impeachment hearings. they expect to continue their hearings by the second week in april. as for rousseff, her approval rating continues to plummet. on thursday more protests are planned in a country as divided as ever and a president that is trying desperately to hold onto her job. >> al jazeera's gabriel elizondo in brasilia. >>> colombia last been negotiating with the farc for 30 years now. it will start negotiating with the second largest group. be a

for more i'm joined by gabriel elizondo in brasilia. dilma rousseff has been fighting against corruption allegations for a long time, but this is really a huge blow to the coalition and her political future. >> it really is. you can't overstate it enough. the party was one of rousseff's strongest allies unquestionably for many years, even dating back to her predecessor lula da silva. even a month ago or even weeks ago it would be unthinkable to consider they will breakaway from her government. things have gotten so bad now they have done just that. what this means is that her choice choice--her chances of overcoming impeach is very slight. just in a week and a half-two weeks the vote will go to full congress to see if impeachment should proceed. even if the party pulled away from the government the vote was going to be very tight. they're literally counting votes. it was going to be a very narrow vote with this party pulling out of her coalition. a party with 69 lawmakers and congress, it's almost certain that she is going to have a ver

al jazeera's gabriel elizondo has more. >> meeting with her top advisors trying to work out any solution, to the problem engulf not only her government but the country as a whole. the impeachment is moving forward. here is what we know. it's going to start at the congressional building, next week by the impeachment commission set up by the lower house of congress. they say they'll be accelerating the impeachment process, have as many as 15 different hearings if they decide whether the impeachment process should move forward or not. wee could hear from them by mid april or even early april. if they decide that it should go on, the senate will determine if dilma rousseff should be impeached or should keep her job. >> time for a break, when we come back, president obama are visits cuba and can deforestation be reversed? >> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera. the passenger plane from dubai has crashed. boeing 737-800 was making a second approach in poor visibility. there were 63 passengers and crew on board but no report of any survives. >>> arrestafter a dramatic shootout in b

gabriel elizondo is in brasilia for us. obviously this terrible news for dilma rousseff, how much of a set back will this be to her if this breaks down. judge. >> reporter: it is aabsolutely . the pmdb party is the biggest party in brazil, now this was her key ally party in her coalition and with the entire party now saying they're breaking away, from rousseff's ruling coalition, it basically signals that her coalition is crumbling. what that means for her on a very practical level is assuming this goes to a full vote of congress which everybody expects that this impeachment vote will go to that, in perhaps as early as a week and a half or two weeks from now, it is very difficult for dilma rousseff to have the number of votes she needs, 171, to block impeachment. so right now her people are huddled ar arnold, literally counting votes. even before this party broke from her coalition, it was going to be a very tight impeachment battle and tight vote in congress. now it's not with total certainty but ready close that she's goi

gabriel elizondo, thank you very much indeed. >>> the campaign manager of donald trump has been arresteded over an incidents where he allegedly grabbed a female reporter. the incident took place as trump left an event in early march. cory lewandowski has been charged with simple battery for inning textsly grabbing and bruising the arm of journalist my she fields, seen wearing the jello jacket n a statement trump says he's completely innocent and will plead not guilty. >>> meanwhile, trump has began to flesh out his foreign policy in an interview with new york times he says he would cut oil purchases from saudi arabia and may scrap a longstanding security pact with japan. alan fisher has more. from the first moments of his campaign. >> i will build a great, great, wall on our southern border and i will have mexico pay for that wall. mark my words. >> reporter: don't trump has talked about how he will change u.s. relations with the rest of the world. several months in, he start today give a little more detail how foreign policy would look under president trump. in an interview with the mor

joining us is gabriel elizondo from about a sylvia.ell us more about what is happening there. >> well, behind me is a presidential palace. this is president dilma rousseff's office, and she has been meeting with some of her top advisers trying to figure out how to get out of this political crisis that threatens to bring down our government and has engulfed all of brazil. i can tell you the key point in brasilia, and what everyone is talking about is the impeachment process. and it is moving forward. we heard today that it's being accelerated in congress. it's very--let me break down the key parts of it. starting next week they'll have impeachment hearings held by a commercial committee employe committee. after the hearings are completed in roughly three weeks, dilma rousseff will have a chance to defend herself during those hearings. if they vote yes, then it will go to senate. it will then be the senate that brings up hearings to decide if dill have a rousseff is able to keep her job or if she's impea impeached. all this happening as

. >> gabriel elizondo there in brasilia. >> south africa's ruling party is scheduled to meet on sundayand insists that the impeachmet of the president is not on the agenda. we have the latest from pro tore i can't. >> there have been mixed messages over the course of the weekend from the national executive commit fee of the african national congress. around to what extent it will be discussing these allegations against president jacob tshuma. he's been accused or rather his relationship with a prominent influential family here in south africa originally hailing from india has been under question in terms of the influence this family has on the running of the a.n.c. as well as south africans, the influence they have in terms of the relationship with president jacob cuma. a number of accusations and revelation have come out in recent days and despite this, the national executive committee or indications from the commit key are that these allegations won't necessarily be high on the agenda, rather than dealing with the president's relationship with this family, they may discuss the issue