i am laura trevelyan. ♪ laura: welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe.f the prosecution of donald trump, one of the textbook legal strategies. the house managers make argument upon argument to paint a picture of a president directly involved in the preparation or an execution of the unrest on capitol hill. as part of the argument they ed never before seen footage of the siege, the second day in a row that democrats have used shocking videos to play on the emotions of that day. >> because the truth is, this attack never would have happened, but for donald trump. laura: part of their case, democrats introduce never before seen footage of the capitol hill right. senators who are the jurors relive those terrifying moments. the head of the european commission admits they were late to authorizing coronirus vaccines. >> another lesson to be learned when it comes to the mass production of these vaccines, is why we are quite rightly focused on development, globally speaking, we underestimated the difficulty of mass production. laura: patients rely on doctors and

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laura trevelyan, bbc news, the bronx.tics team has killed himself, hours after being charged with sexual assault and human trafficking. officials say the body ofjohn geddert was found in the afternoon, after he failed to surrender himself at the appointed time at a sheriff's office. the charges against the coach include verbal and physical assault, including the alleged sexual assault of a girl aged between 13 and 16. the victims suffer from disordered eating, including bulemia and anorexia, suicide attempts and self—harm, excessive physical conditioning, repeatedly being forced to perform, even when injured, extreme emotional abuse and physical abuse, including sexual assault. lebo diseko is in washington with more. this happened after the attorney—general of michigan, dana nessel, announced those charges againstjohn geddert, which include the allegations of sexual assault of a girl between the ages of 13 and 16 and also include multiple allegations of verbal and physical assault against young athletes. 0n the issue of h

laura trevelyan reports from the bronx.ws on the coronavirus vaccine. and i'm still on the fence about taking the vaccine... wanda's trying to get an appointment, while sadia is wary. it usually takes over two years for a vaccine to be made and it's been, like, how many months and boom! we have a vaccine. so, ijust feel like it's too fast for me. wanda's hearing this from her niece and many others. but as a community organiser in the bronx, wanda feels a sense of responsibility. i don't want to be a guinea pig, but i've also seen how more than 500,000 americans have died of this and it's also important that if i do community work and i'm in the community in the front line that i also set an example. the bronx is reeling from the impact of the pandemic. families have lost loved ones and jobs, and after this turbulent year, doctors are finding people have many questions about the vaccine. well, there's a lot of concern about what is this? how's it going to affect me? is this the government's way of doing something to us? so,

laura trevelyan, bbc news, the bronx.n's gymnastics team has killed himself, hours after being charged with sexual assault and human trafficking. officials say the body ofjohn geddert was found in the afternoon after he failed to surrender himself at the appointed time at a sheriff's office. the charges against the coach include verbal and physical assault, including the alleged sexual assault of a girl aged between thirteen and sixteen. the united nations has called for the urgent rescue of dozens of rohingya refugees, it says, are stranded at sea. they've left refugee camps in bangladesh, where they've been confined after escaping persecution in their home country. last year alone, more than 200 rohingya refugees lost their lives this way. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports. a perilousjourney on the high seas. for months, thousands of rohingya muslims, women and children have risked everything, leaving the refugee camps for a better life in east asia. this footage shows one such journey last year,

laura trevelyan, bbc news, the bronx.tional and domestic pressure is mounting for the country's conservative government to adopt a net—zero carbon target by the middle of the century. but strong opposition remains in parliament to any constraints put on fossil fuel use and exports in australia. president biden�*s climate envoy, john kerry, has publicly acknowledged "differences" between the us and australia in tackling the climate crisis, calling for a faster exit from coal—fired power. australia has been criticised for setting targets that ignored scientific advice, but prime minister scott morrison has always defended his climate policies. let's speak to economics professorjohn qwigin from the university of queensland in australian city of brisbane. good to have you with us. just talk us through this struggle for australia to take on net zero targets when it comes to carbon emissions. is there something the country can ever get across? weill. country can ever get across? well, in technical — country can ever get across?

i'm laura trevelyan in washington and this is bbc world news america. former president donald trump's second impeachment trial begins. a video cuts between his words that day, and the chaos that unfolded. the lead democrat says their case against mr trump is clear. you ask what a high crime and misdemeanor is under our constitution. that's a high crime and misdemeanor. if that's not an impeachable offence, then there is no such thing. for donald trump's lawyers, this trial is about freedom of speech. and warning of tearing the country apart even for the. the child were the country apart even for the. tue: child were tear the country apart even for the. tte: child were tear this country apart like perhaps only once like we have seenin like perhaps only once like we have seen in our country's history. == seen in our country's history. -- this trial — seen in our country's history. -- this trial will _ seen in our country's history. —— this trial will tear this country apart. welcome to world news america, on pbs and around the globe. today's impeachment t

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laura trevelyan, bbc news, the bronx.part of to messaging. it does, that is why you saw kamala harris visit predominantly black area and a pharmacy and try to persuade black americans who have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic that they should be taking this vaccine. remember, there is this vaccine. remember, there is this history here that black men were experimented on with syphilis backin were experimented on with syphilis back in the previous century and so that historical memory of being experimented on by the government is very real and it is behind people's hesitancy to take the government tarmac vaccine. we hesitancy to take the government tarmac vaccine.— hesitancy to take the government tarmac vaccine. we have to get to that 70% vaccination _ tarmac vaccine. we have to get to that 70% vaccination rate. - tarmac vaccine. we have to get to that 70% vaccination rate. why? | that 70% vaccination rate. why? because they concern in here and in the united states is that new variants will undo all the good wo

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my colleague laura trevelyan spoke to anthony salvanto, director of elections and surveys at cbs news of americans said they would look to the senate to get a conviction. now it's not a coincidence that that 56—44 split on conviction looks a lot like the election results, and the reason for that — i can show you on the screen — is there are sharp party breaks in views on this. you find large majorities of democrats saying the senate ought to convict, but the bulk of republicans, of course the former president's own party, saying the senate ought not to convict. now having said that, there are some republicans, though they are outnumbered, who seem to be open to the idea of a conviction, and that's an important part as we go forward and look at devices such as they are, if they are very many, among the republican party. so, anthony, it seems that this vote we sought today on capitol hill, where 56 senators voted the trial was constitutional and 44 voted it wasn't, that's all because of public opinion. some of it is. certainly some of it is, and one of the things that is interesting her

i'm laura trevelyan in new york. christian fraser is in london.re was encouraging news for britain's government today. first came a preliminary report that the astrazeneca vaccine does reduce transmission of the virus by two—thirds. until now, there had been no real data on that. and the very same study found that delivering a second dose after 12 weeks, rather than three, made the vaccine more effective. the report hasn't been peer reviewed but seems to vindicate the uk government's strategy. the other extraordinary news was that by following that strategy, the uk has now vaccinated 10 million people. 15% of the population has been given a first coronavirus jab, which means the uk is bang on target to vaccinate all elderly and vulnerable people by the middle of february. here's the british prime minister, borisjohnson. we have today passed the milestone of 10 million vaccinations in the united kingdom, including almost 90% of those aged 75 and over in england and every eligible person in a care home. and with everyjab and every day, we have more

hello, i'm laura trevelyan in washington. christian fraser is in london.winter storms across the south and east of the us have left millions without power, and more snow is on the way. nowhere has been hit harder than texas, where nearly three million people are facing their third day without light or heat. the state has its own electrical grid, and it's been unable to meet the increased demand for power. it's striking these power outages are happening in a state with such abundant energy resources. texas produces more electricity than any other us state, almost twice as much as florida, the next—closest. but because it has isolated itself from the rest of the grid, it can't import any, and so there is a very public row under way over who is to blame — the public private partnership that operates the grid or the state politicians who oversee the regulation. the bbc�*s barbara plett usher reports. another day of winter misery for texas. millions of people are still without power. this historic storm has generated an epic energy crisis in america's energy st

hello, i'm laura trevelyan in new york city, christian fraser is in london.our weeks since supporters of president trump stormed capitol hill, claiming the election was stolen — and today, house democrats laid out their case for convicting mr trump of inciting that insurrection — accusing him of being singularly responsible for the events of january the sixth. the impeachment trial will be in the senate next week. in the memo they submitted, the nine impeachment managers say the president incited the attack but had laid the groundwork for what they describe as the big lie, well before the election in november. they say the speech he delivered onjanuary 6th — whipped his supporters into a violent frenzy. and quoting directly from the constitution and its framers — they say the senate has the jurisdiction to impeach a former official. in the last few hours — mr trump's lawyers have responded — claiming it's unconstitutional to impeach and convict a former president. their defence is simple — the senate they say has no jursidiction given mr trump is no longer pr

hello, i'm laura trevelyan in new york. christian fraser is in london.art our programme with a mix of good news and bad. on the plus side, the number of new covid cases and hospitalisations has been dropping in both the us and the uk. the bad news, though, is that new mutations of the virus could threaten to wipe out those gains. so the race is on to vaccinate as many people as possible, to try and prevent highly contagious variants from spreading and mutating further. the uk's vaccination efforts are going quite well. half a million people were vaccinated just yesterday. in the us, the goal is to get to 1.5 millionjabs a day. the fear is that as the coronavirus evolves it becomes ever more difficult to fight. the uk variant has now been discovered in at least 55 other countries, and we know it is much more transmissible. the now dominant strain in south africa is more of a worry, because we know the existing vaccines perform less well against it. and for that reason, the uk health secretary said today he was taking extra precautions before the strain ta

laura trevelyan is in new york.ng back the america first agenda has been the hallmark ofjoe biden�*s first two weeks in the white house. he has already returned the united states to the paris climate accord and the world health organization. this week, he renewed the new start nuclear treaty with russia and signalled he'd like to return to the nuclear agreement with iran. part of his challenge will be restoring morale within the depleted state department. and today, he paid them a visit to set out a long list of issues on which the white house is now fully engaged. and it is quite a list, starting with russia and the arrest of alexei nevalny. "he should be released immediately," said president biden, "without condition." the united states will be stopping any troop withdrawals from germany. from today, the white house will end its support and arms sales to saudi arabia for the war in yemen. "the military in myanmar," said the president, "should relinquish the power they seized over the weekend and release the prison

laura trevelyan is in washington.st hour of this defence. and today was the bus to be largely procedural. we have just come out of the trial because they are showing video, as we saw earlier in the day from the democrats, pretty graphic, it had some fairly strong language, and elements of violence in it. we do not know what is in this video, so we're going to take a human... we do not want to desensitize it but we will show you when we have a chance to look at it and we will, for the course of the programme, take you back to the proceedings in the senate as well. let's bring in hakeem jeffries. he is a democratic congressman for new york who was an impeachment manager at trump's first trial in 2020. he joins us from brooklyn, new york. it is very good to have you with us. it is very good to have you with us. i wonder if you could just give us your thoughts on what we have had so far. we have had a fairly powerful case set out by the democrats at the opening of the trial, in the last hour or so, the response from the d

hello, i'm laura trevelyan in washington. christian fraser is in london.re about four hours into day one of the prosecution of donald j trump. —— day two. it's been an afternoon of text—book legal strategy — laying argument upon argument, fact—upon—fact, example—upon—example. house managers aim to prove without a doubt that the former president should be convicted of inciting an insurrection. but as we've said before, it's notjust a legal matter. there are politics at play. it's not a traditionaljury of one's peers, but a group of 100 democratically—elected senators who will decide the outcome. and while the democrats have clearly come out with a strong presentation, it's only day one. and it's not even over yet. anthony zurcher is in washington. hejoins us now. i was he joins us now. i was struck by how house managers have gone all the way back tojuly of house managers have gone all the way back to july of last year to point out that back then, donald trump was refusing to accept this prospect of the peaceful transfer of power. yes. the peaceful transfer

hello, i'm laura trevelyan in washington, christian fraser is in london.a has suspended the roll—out of the astrazeneca vaccine, because a new study shows it to be much less effective against the south african variant of covid—19. this matters because the vaccine is supposed to play a big part this year in meeting the huge global demand. three billion doses have been ordered so far. so not great news. but then we should put this into some perspective. while it may not be effective at stopping mild or moderate infection from the south african variant — we can't draw any firm conclusions about severe cases, because the participants in the study were young and so weren't in the demographic most at risk. and the better news is that the oxford vaccine has shown to provide good protection against the uk variant which is much more predominant here in the uk of course and in the united states. astrazeneca says it will have tweeked its vaccine by the autumn. here's david shuckman. around the world, there is now a race between the virus and the vaccines, between the