this is going to be at the front of many people's minds are the next couple of months reporter jared reed thank you. well the u.s. house of representatives is preparing to take its impeachment process public starting on wednesday the hearings investigating alleged wrongdoing by president donald trump will be broadcast on television and. explains democrats hope it will make for must see t.v. . from now on every hearing will be live on television and that's the big chance for the democrats to make their point president tranced july phone call with ukraine's president selenski was impeachable after years of special counsel mahler's investigation and weeks of the impeachment inquiry this will probably be their last chance to gain public momentum and convince the american voter and that's crucial because in the end they will have to be side of both president trumps fate we asked voters on the streets let's listen to what they had to say about the public hearings how important is it that it's going to be broadcast live on t.v. it's good because you know they don't satisfy that need that he has

reporter jared reed is here now in studio with more on those fires i mean 1st of all bring us up to date i mean what's the latest on these bushfires so as you say this is one of the worst bushfire threats astray years of a scene in basically the bushfires stretch from the mid north coast of new south wales to central queensland and this is an area about a 1000000 hectares big 1000000 hectares of land. that is burning all has burned over the last few days there are dozens of fires that is still burning on cheese day most of us were looking at new south wales because imagines he services there had warned of catastrophic fire conditions and in fact some of the 5 even reached the outskirts of of sydney but it wasn't as bad as predicted because there were a lot of emergency services deployed and also the way the chain so it got a little bit cooler that brought some relief although the threat is still very severe there at the moment though not everyone's worried about queensland because it is very very hot there and they're also worried that the winds are going to turn and that could fan that

our let's get more of the story now joining me in studio is your porter jared reed so 1st of all just walk us through the basics of this new law here in germany right so that basically means children in schools day kids and and kindergartens will have to be vaccinated against measles and that applies to everyone working there as well so carers for example parents will have to prove that kids are vaccinated it's not enough of them to say my kids are excited they'll have to prove it and they if they don't vaccinate their kids they face a fine of up to 2 and a half 1000 euro as it applies to asylum seekers and refugees that they have 4 weeks once they've been given accommodation to be vaccinated against measles this state of play in germany is that if you are vaccinated against measles you get what's called a triple shot that immunizes you against rebel and mumps and in some cases chicken pox true so this is kind of all encompassing of the state of play at the moment i ranging kids and adults included they're interesting now more than no. 90 percent of the german children starting school

jared reed is taking a look. >> he is saying that since he invented the structure, things have gone ait pear-shaped. there is some truth in that. he says he invented this to be a platform that would help humanity. it has become an area where misinformation and hate street -- hate speech and extremism has begun to flourish. he wrote in the new york times today, he says, we are at a tipping point. how we respond to the -- to the abuse will determine whether the web lives of the hit potential -- to its potential for a close -- for a force for global good or to what he describes as a digital dystopia. if we leave things as they are, we are only going to get worse. phil: what does he want to do about it? jared: he has a foundation. they have teamed up to create a contract for the web governments and individuals can sign up for it. it is a nonbinding contract. it outlines principles to safeguard the internet. governments would make sure everyone can connect to the internet. that their privacy is respected. if you have data you know the government has about you, you can ask for it back. comp