work contracts the votes impeach came during his 2nd congressional trial in less than 2 months marianna sanchez reports. he came to power unexpectedly martin discover i was sworn in as painless president in 2013 after big republican stepped down amid allegations of corruption now after a tumultuous time in office he's got a has been ousted. lawmakers accuse him of moral incapacity for allegedly receiving more than $630000.00 in bribes public works when he was a governor in southern region of martinis carroll said there was absolutely no proof of the allegations and denied any wrongdoing getting them i have my head apart you know very well that i never run away i hold in my hands the augments for the truth less than 2 months ago we scored a survived a previous attempt to remove him over claims he interfered in a corruption investigation in september before the 1st impeachment trial the government filed a lawsuit at the constitutional tribunal to clarify what moral incapacity means according to the constitution but the justices said they will not have an answer before december allowing lawmakers

marianna sanchez is following the story from lima. so is francisco sagacity going to last a bit longer than his predecessor let's hope so, because many peruvians are ashamed of what has happened this past week. a few, as you just said, 3 precedents in just one week. one week ago of a former president martin discolor was being impeached from office, took office after that, and then he was ousted by the pressure of protesters who considered his government illegitimate. and 2 students died in the protests and now he has taken over. he has just been sworn in with many challenges ahead. for him. he's only going to take the government through these last few months into elections on a, on april next year and turn in the government over to a newly elected government in july. but he has many challenges ahead for these past few for the, for the next few days with, for the next few months. i think the most importantly is to bring back stability in the country. that has been in turmoil for the past week. he understands this very well 24 hours bef

it's well, our correspondents, marianna sanchez, is in lima with more on what's behind this some rest. this is really about the legitimacy of this new interim government led by, man, we'll maybe know who is technically still the congress president and who is now leading the country and who has now named a new cabinet, a very conservative cabinet. does that people feel that it does not represent them, and people feel that this group of legislators, 105 who voted for the impeachment of discover, have really stolen the presidency. they say that they did not vote for this new interim government. and people are very angry. also because a lot of these congressmen, 68 of them are facing criminal investigations that go from homicide to abuse, to fraud, to money laundering. so people say that there's a group of, of thugs, really, that have taken over the government, that there is no independence of powers between the executive and legislative and that democracy is, is on the line. thousands of supporters of u.s. president donald trump have held a demonstration in washington. d.c. the courage,

now his car a denies all the allegations he's agreed to leave office without filing an appeal marianna sanchez has the latest from the capital lima. martin discovered i was flanked by members of his cabinet in front of the steps of the presidential palace he gave a last goodbye to peruvian he has said goodbye he said he was going home that he disagreed with the result of this vote and that he has always been transparent he said he would not take any legal action and that he was now going to face justice and prove everyone wrong a lot of peruvians are now angry in the last few polls we have seen that peruvian supported president martin these kyra and now people are protesting the streets of lima some also in the city of through here north of lima and in other places we've just seen a few people there is a curfew here in an hour because of the pandemic so possibly we will see more people in the streets tomorrow or remind you that it's 8078 percent of peruvians who have supported the scar all along and have said that he should stay that he should have stayed until july of next year we have electi

he is the nation's 3rd leader in a week that follows days of political turmoil of 0 as marianna sanchez reports from lima legislators finally agreed to seal the power vacuum they selected 76 year old, francisco sas, the hospital's congress, president, and the such. the country's new interim president, he immediately addressed the political crisis. you know his family really wondering what we are seeing on the streets now is the anger that we must recognize, accept and channel through peaceful means to help prosper as a country. have a day before he sworn in the signaled the new government will listen to the concerns of young peruvians. the noise today is not a day of celebration because we've seen the deaths of 2 young protesters who expressed a point of view democratically and practically without violence. we cannot bring them back to life, but we can from congress, take measures in order for this not to happen again. died of metal pellet wounds on monday in the family and friends gave him a traditional for will with andy and music, downloads and tears. this will be no, no made. my nep

marianna sanchez has more from the anger and outrage, be deuced major cities from lima to cusco to keep. the protesters clashed with riot police. dozens were arrested violence. also erupting around the perimeter of congress as madrid, maybe no, was sworn in this new interim president. this congress does whatever they want with us. we have to fight the country, can't go on like this. in his message remedial said he'd been entrusted with a legitimate vote to defend the nation. this is momentum we do visit, but at least this is a difficult time for the country. do people have expectations and look at us worried that the crisis isn't deniable, we must act maturely. he knew i should. peruvians elections will be held in april and that he will respect the rule of law. but that's a message. do you believe plausible? 68 of 130 lawmakers face criminal investigations from murder to money laundering, abuse and fraud, among other charges. the new congress president faces $52.00 investigations alone. peruvians say corruption is entrenched at the highest levels and the outgoing president of the discov

let's go to marianna sanchez who is live in lima. so marina is gone after, not even one week in power. it seems he faced a bit of a mutiny in congress. well, i would say more than a mutiny in congress myleene. it was a mutiny in the streets of the country, not only of, of towns of cities close to leave, but in the north and south cities from who spoke to do. he'll keep on the most important cities and small towns throughout the country where people have been protesting since former president martin. this guy was impeached not even a week ago, and not even a week ago that the latino was sworn in as an interim president. and now he is gone, and that's basically and foremost, because peruvians have been protesting throughout this week, demanding that maybe no leave questioning the legitimacy of this of this government that was just dissolved if you will, are questioning also that the impeachment was not, was not legal something that will be of course, seen by the constitutional court, perhaps on monday. but protesters pushed and put a l

or we can go and speak to our correspond marianna sanchez who is in the capital lima. we are seeing these pictures. the protests don't exactly look peaceful what exactly is going on and clearly there is a lot of popularity for this president. well molina, i think that has changed a little bit. lol ready. it's been nearly a week since a former president can discover, was ousted, was impeached from government, and people are still out on the streets and you don't hear them claiming that this cover should be taken back to power. people are enraged because they say that maybe, you know, the interim president who was still is actually the president of congress. technically has taken over and people say they don't feel represented. they say that there is no independence of powers. now the executive and the legislative are the same thing, and people feel that the bunch are a group of, of congress men. many of them, 68 who have criminal investigations are voted for this. they feel that the people are fed up with corruption and they are putting a lot of pressure in the streets

ok marianna sanchez, their brain is the very latest from the peruvian capital. thank you. the syrian foreign minister. well, these are more state television, confirm the news in the last hour. the 79 years old confidence of former syrian leader half as his son, bashar al assad's throat, the war. he served as ambassador to the u.s. . she 909-2000. well, for more on this, we can speak with the he's the executive director of the arab center of washington and joins us now on skype. thank you for joining us. and i'll just 0. just talk us through what you think his legacy will be. what will he be remembered for essentially i think it's your ability as a diplomat in a very stable, i would say regime where people didn't last very long and particularly in high positions or ship prime minister for i mean foreign minister deputy prime minister. i saw him, he was the ultimate sort of sort of viper and i think that would be his legacy turn out game within the party and within the regime very well to the leadership and make himself and this simple and that way. and that's very simple or

marianna sanchez, who joins us live from lima. so tell us a bit more about this new interim president. and how have people reacted to the news that he's been appointed is from the purple party, a centrist party, which all voted against the impeachment of former president. that's the main reason why he has been elected the new congress president. and he will be sworn in as proof interim president on tuesday, because there are no vice presidents that have succeeded maybe no, it's the turn of the president of congress to take the presidency, interim presidency until july of next year, after general elections in april. now. so i guess the, even before having sworn in being sworn in as the new interim president, he already gave a speech to the wounds of this past political week of political crisis. and he talked of a message to the young people saying that he wants to gain their trust again and in a very special sign of what he wants and what he wants to do and be with them. he walked out of congress with security, but a lot of people

marianna sanchez has more from lima on the challenges. francisco sagat see faces he's only going to take the government through these a last few months into elections on a, on april next year and turning the government over to a newly elected government in july. but he has many challenges ahead for these past few. for the, for the next few days of work for the next few months, i think the most importantly is to bring back stability in the country. that has been in turmoil for the past week. he understands this very well 24 hours before having been sworn in. he already spoke in congress saying that these protests have been a call, a serious call of attention to legislators and politicians from the people. and he also understood that he had to get close to the people. he went out. he walked out and waved at protesters outside of congress, and then last night he went to hospital to visit those wounded in the protest. one very important thing. he needs to tackle the pandemic. peru had one of the worst outbreaks in the world, and he needs to t

marianna sanchez has more now from lima. peruvians are now celebrating in the streets, not only of lima, the capital, but in several cities around the country. they've been protesting for nearly a week. and now there are many people celebrating the same doubt that they wanted maybe not to leave because maybe, you know, did not represent them. and because he's popular action party was one of the parties that were the masterminds. if you will, of, of impeaching, of the impeachment of former president martin, discover people felt that this was a coup d'etat. and now they are on the streets, many of them celebrating, but many of them through the social media. you can see you can read that they may, they keep themselves vigilant to what will happen because now they say that they do not want any one of the 105 congressman who voted for the impeachment to be near the presidency and all of congress to become the next president of peru, they also are saying that the next president of the country has to have a clean slate. and that is

marianna sanchez there for us in the capital a pretty much now u.s. president donald trump appears to have acknowledged for the 1st time that joe biden won the election while still making unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. try tweeted saying he mean by then one. because the election was rigged, trump went on to then say that no vote what says observers were allowed. continuing his claims of vote rigging. trump would then go on to tweet again this time saying biden only one in the eyes of the fake news media. he added the he concedes nothing . joe biden's, chief of staff, has a republican leaders to acknowledge the project, a presence he has not spoke with senator mcconnell about anything yet. we're hoping that senator mcconnell will accept the reality that is just the reality. joe biden won this election, come on harris win this election. and i think it's time for leaders in both parties to get to business of this transition to get to business of working together to start to plan out a legislative agenda for next year. and that's peter also in

marianna sanchez has more from lima, violence in the streets of central lima, riot police, protecting parliament, and the presidential palace fired tear gas. protesters attacked them with rocks. protesters say police fired rubber bullets. some of them were wounded. oh, protesters filled streets and classes around the country. many of them university students. they say they're fed up with corrupt lawmakers. more than half of the $130.00 congressmen, face criminal investigations from homicide to fraud, to money laundering among other alleged crimes. but lawmakers accuse former president of corruption and say he's so-called moral incapacity means he had to leave office said we cannot allow them to trample us. they've taken the government unconstitutional and we can only make them react with our protest. thanks to the protesters, insist lawmakers perpetrated a coup guitar hero, who in fact we've witnessed the kidnapping of our democracy. the congressmen have committed treason during one of the worst moments of our history. as the crisis deepened, human rights watch says, the rule of law i

marianna sanchez has more now from lima for these demonstrators, the departure of interim president, manuel, maybe not, represent nothing short of a victory. peruvians, including our youth, were able to unseat this criminal. now we want him to go to jail and the same goes for congress because they don't represent us. idina was forced out after the deaths of 2 protesters during clashes with police. he couldn't survive the way for cabinet received nations that followed is the moment to build and play at this moment in the country is going through one of its greatest political crisis. i want to announce that i present my irrevocable resignation of the post of presidency. i call for the peace and unity of all peruvians. my commitment is to peru there have been demonstrations since the impeachment and dismissal of the nice gotta over unproved. bribery allegations on sunday discover called the country's highest court to step in. but it will be very careful to ensure that what happened can't happen. again. it's unacceptable that congress led us to this political crisis. it's paralyzed peru

sanchez. she joins us live from lima. marianna, there appears to be something of a pair of vacuum in peru who is in charge, and here is likely to replace marino is the biggest question right now. there is indeed a power vacuum and no one house is. no one is there to be able to take responsibility of the congress or the country. there's no precedent. there's no congress president, there are no vice presidents. there is no cabinet, no. and no ministers, no one. and it is the responsibility of legislators who have voted tonight against the only list that there was to set up the most important posts at congress. and to define who the interim, the congress president will be, who would have been sworn in to reign president of the country. there was the only list led by a woman on the stand. i'm a 57 year old poet from a left wing party. apparently, most legislators don't like the left wing party and they prefer to leave the country in this power vacuum instead of voting in favor of one of the few people. one of the few legislators who d

plot following his own efforts to introduce anti corruption reforms arianna sanchez is live for us now in the capital marianna was this result expected. i think i can say yes or no just a few days ago members leaders of several parties have said that they would not vote in favor of the impeachment and given the fact that just less than 2 months ago there was an impeachment proceedings for the same reason corruption allegations against a precedent which didn't get enough votes so it was unexpected that he actually the lawmakers passed. this impeachment however it is very clear that the president has made many enemies throughout his to want to have years or nearly 3 years in office he closed congress he made reforms. against to fight corruption and so he made many enemies i think the president president i think he's got i had trusted that 78 percent of peruvians had said expressed in a recent opinion polls that they thought that he should stay until the end of his tenure in july of next year to have general elections in april and asked to the people were saying and after that well then he can be prosecuted whic

sanchez. she's in the previous capital, lima for us. marianna. we've been watching these protesters take to the streets again, and his car does appear to be very popular. still amongst many peruvians. yes, i think that's one of the reasons, but another one is that people are fed up with corruption in the country. there are protests erupting in different cities from school to any, keep to trujillo, to all the major cities apart from lima in peru, have people marching in the streets of people being arrested in the northern city of pewter and people have clashed with police in the perimeter of congress this morning, when a man is maybe no one has been sworn in as the new president. there is a recent history that of course, peruvians have very present in their, in their minds of corruption among the top leaders of the country. from him already in jail, from alan garcia, taking his life when he was going to be arrested from, you know, who's under house arrest. and the list goes on of precedents. and also now with members of congress that have a so man

that we'll see what happens if he is telling the truth there and i sanchez there with all the latest for us from lima thanks so much marianna. news of a potential corona virus vaccine has raised hopes across the wild but just who will be able to get it once it's been approved and how much it will cost has led to much debate the makers of pfizer and biotech say they have the capacity to produce nearly $1400000000.00 by the end of next year they priced it at just under 40 u.s. dollars for a 2 dose course in the u.s. but they haven't promised to make it available on a not for profit basis that's provoked criticism from rights groups especially as analysts say it could generate about 3500000000 dollars next year but bio enteric has assured by as it will be priced well below typical market rates that will differ across the world well let's picture simon clark he's an associate professor in cellular microbiology at university of reading and he joins us now on skype from there dr clark welcome back to al jazeera i know everyone's very excited about this vaccine in creating the stock markets understandably so but i want to talk abo