basis for in a house presidential impeachment in american history let's not go to washington where pablo foley and yes it's called covering the story for us hi pablo do mitch mcconnell's statements today show that the dismissal of these impeachment charges by the senate is now a full gone conclusion. hi tell me well i mean mitch mcconnell denouncing the vote there it comes as a salute me no surprise whatsoever we can't forget of course that the senate is controlled by the republicans they have 53 senators compared to the democrats $45.00 and then there are 2 independents so you know we saw with the vote in the house of representatives republican support for president trump is and you know here in the united states it said that in the senate it won't be any different and we're seeing that as well as well from the reaction from many of the senators here who expressed their support for president but we do also have to note that you know removing the president from office in the senate works very different to the democrats would need a 2 thirds majority which is a very difficult feat for the democ

pablo foley las is covering the story for us from washington hi pablo now construction of north stream 2 began in may 28th seen so why is it now that u.s. lawmakers are planning sanctions on it. i told me it well the measure is actually part of a basically huge annual defense spending package known as the national defense authorization act now congress and the senate have passed it you know with a lot of ease we'll say and then president trump is expected to sign it was mentioned there you know probably by the end of week but it's not known yet and the aim is basically to stop the further construction of this pipeline under the baltic sea which is worth you know over $10000000000.00 and what will happen is that it will double the shipments of russian natural gas to germany now as soon as it is signed it is expected that the president will sign it the administration would then have 60 days to identify companies or individuals who are providing services on the pipeline and then they would be sanctioned but what's important to note is that of course here in the united states it hasn't rea

joining us is correspondent pablo foley elliot's as we heard sue articles of impeachment against president trump in a short document only 9 pages walk us through this what exactly do those pages say . well i mean what's actually being alleged you know against president trump a are high crimes and misdemeanors and that comes straight out of the u.s. constitution and i think it's had the effect of reminding many americans of the gravity of this situation let's not forget of course that the impeachment inquiry began back in september and what the democrats have done is basically narrative down to 2 articles of impeachment 2 articles which are pretty easily understood the 1st is of course you know abuse of power and that relates to president trumps putting pressure on ukraine to interfere in the 2020 presidential election now the other is obstruction of congress which is the base of the president made it very difficult for as democrats to investigate those allegations which were made against him with regards to ukraine as you mentioned this investigation going on for some months now so no surp

that was the correspondent pablo foley of the us here's a check now of some of the stories making headlines around the world at least 6 people including one police officer were killed in an hour's long gun battle in the u.s. state of new jersey the police officer was shot dead near a cemetery 2 suspects then fled to a supermarket 3 civilians and the 2 suspected shooters were killed in the gunfight inside that supermarket. tens of thousands of people returned to the streets of prague to urge czech prime minister andre bobbish to resign the latest protest was fueled by the country's chief prosecutor's decision last week to reopen investigation into bobbish over allegations of fraud involving european union subsidies. alberto fernandez has been sworn in as president of argentina except for the presidential sash from his predecessor mauricio mockery in his in the inaugural speech the center left politician about to put the people's needs ahead of repaying argentina's foreign debts his vice president is former president cristina fernandez to care is now. a giant sinkhole has swallowed up at leas