. >> joining us now, congressman raja krishnamoorthi. democrat from illinois. he's a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, good to see you. your sense of tonight's developments, the idea that there have been senators making unusual arguments. we've seen unusual arguments from the president's defense team in the last 24 hours, including that the things that the president did do are not illegal, not necessarily even appropriate, and that the president isn't subject to the things that govern his behavior. now, if that were true, there would have been no other impeachments in american history. richard nixon would have been found to have done nothing wrong, and the time that you all spent investigating this that led to the impeachment of the president was wasted time. >> that's right. i think that -- i think earlier in the week, i think they felt that -- this is me inferring from what we saw.

manu raja, and thank you very much. now to the white house, and jim acosta has the latest on the trump preparations for the trial in the senate, and it does not look like the president is going to be getting the dismissal that he is asking for. >> that is right. the white house officials are scrambling to limit the damages of his upcoming impeachment trial, and for the president and his allies were pushing for the idea of a quick dismissal and it looks like that is not going to happen, and now the president's team is going to look for a trial with witnesses that could not hurt mr. trump, but it is very much an open question. >> reporter: with the president trump's impeachment trial fast approaching, the aides to the president had been quietly pushing an idea proposed by some republicans, killing the whole thing altogether with the vote to dismiz the proceeding. >> whether this thing is going to to full trial or modified or dismissed out of hand for the sham, illegitimate scam it has become, we will be ready. >> reporter

let's go straight to capitol hill right now, and our senior congressional correspondent manu raja has been speaking to everyone. and what you know and it is still a little bit of a mystery, but walk us through what is anticipated to happen? >> yes, house speaker nancy pelosi is going before the cameras to sign the formal records that is going to lead to the articles of impeachment, and she going to be flanked by the seven people she selected today as the impeachment managers. and after she signs the papers then the house clerk is going to sign papers as well. then afterwards a procession is going to occur in which they will march from the managers will march from the house clerk and the sergeant at arms from the capitol stahalls through th senate doors. this is the last time this happened was in 1999 in the clinton trial, and so a number of the house procedures are murky. they are debating a lot of the procedures as they go, and lot of the things are not written in stone, and some unpredictability of how this is actually going to play out. but wolf, it is a historic moment to unfold i

has said that he wants an inquiry or will assist the state of raja starting anything that it needs and of course we wait and see what the outcome of that help will be all of any inquiry into why so many babies have died in southeastern rajastan. in paris anti-government protesters of targeted the party headquarters of the french president emanuel mark wrong the demonstrators lit slayer's as they continue their campaign against the government's pension reforms police trying to disperse the group it's the 29th day of nationwide strikes against the reforms which a paralyzed train and metro networks across the country. at least 16 inmates have been killed in a prison riot in central mexico which least 5 others were injured in the violence that broke out on tuesday night officials say some of the victims died from gunshot wounds that were caused by weapons believed had been brought in by visitors now the u.k.'s economy has stagnated in the last 3 months according to a new business survey despite the gloomy outlook opinion polls suggest the british people are becoming more optimistic about t

has said that he wants an inquiry or will assist the state of raja starting anything that it needs and of course we wait and see what the outcome of that help will be all of any inquiry into why so many babies have died in southeastern rajastan. at least 4 people have died following attacks on a refugee camp in sudan's west for region and u.n. spokesperson says arab tribes men arrived at the camp and started shooting killing and burning the latest incident in a wave of ethnic violence that's left up to 40 people dead in the past few days and many more fleeing their homes west are for. generally calm since 2010 but ethnic tensions have resurfaced in recent years. and incidents capital hard to me people are protesting against those attacks the country's new government says it will send troops to the region to help stop any further violence but in all the developments a military transport plane has crashed in west off or killing 18 people an army spokesperson says 4 children are among the dead i was taking off from an airbase in allegheny know the capital of west to off for aid agencies a

journalist of raja main audience here said there we asked him whether very thousands of people stranded on malik kuta beach are getting help a little but not on up the early hours a day a police bird arrived with. water on or but apart from that there's a brutal in the work food and that problem is being replicated further north in the south coast of new south wales where that thousands of people are still stranded some shops have been open and of course there's been a run on supplies but i'm telling by and and queues forming long long queues forming at the supermarket and outside supermarkets you know just know that you're going to bed was wise to a many carriages a report it running out of door or on the other hand they can't pump the petrol because there's no power no electricity at the pumps so a real crisis developing at the government trying to urge people to get out as soon as possible but that of course is easier said than done given that the roads are open and it may be some time before the before they have the opportunity to get out even if they have enough fuel in their car t

government of national unity there was also a large demonstrations many supporters of fires also raja's administration said while they were in favor of peace they rejected the planned peace talks in berlin. after 9 months of fighting and they see that there will be a meeting in berlin but now we have the power and are able to return have to our back to where he came from. i know that i myself will not agree with any meeting nor will i be accepting any dictators inside but i'm. nevertheless both cars and general have to are expected to attend sunday's peace talks in berlin. and so to 2 other men whom observe is considered to be the decisive players in the conflict turkish president red chip type one who supports seraj and russia's vladimir putin. the goal of the berlin conference is to turn the fragile ceasefire both libyan leaders have agreed to into a long term solution and hold foreign military into ferentz in the country but that could be a tall order considering the level of international interest in the country and the various nations with competing interests there. taking a look n

get out even if they have enough fuel in their car to do so that was day doubly generous journalist raja may not in sydney or violence has marred the 1st pro-democracy rally of 2020 in hong kong skirmishes broke out police used tear gas to disperse protesters and hundreds were arrested. it was the 1st authorized protest in several months and to hundreds of thousands of people. in recent weeks it's been mainly a small. the number of committee demonstrators on the streets but wednesday's march shows there is still significant public support for the pro-democracy movement i. know it i hope this march can reunify everyone to come out and protest and buy into it is it time for us to get there today here again and share tell the world that we haven't given up yet how much money on the ground by sheer force of numbers will show the government how many of us a still going to fight for hong kong's freedom with a home run that. the rally was largely peaceful but then a small number of protesters began vandalizing local businesses. police responded with tear gas and water cannon and told organizers

german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president raja type 2 and have agreed to work to apply all the 2016 refugee deal between turkey and the e.u. under the deal and pledged to stop refugees traveling to europe in return for about 6000000000 euros present one has accused the e.u. of not honoring its commitments. u.s. president donald trump has attended the bush in march for life in washington the 1st sitting u.s. president to do so trump took to the stage as thousands gathered for the annual protest a rallying point for opponents to abortion rights which was granted to women in the u.s. in 1973 troops appearance coincides with america's election year hoping to win a 2nd and even gentle christians are among his most loyal supporters. spoke to correspondent publicly arius was in washington for us and i asked him how significant it is that trump turned up to this rally in person well in fact in the past republican presidents such as george w. bush and ronald reagan have actually addressed the group bush in fact they did that remotely which is very different to what president trump d

let's bring in congressman raja.ir, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> let's cut to the chase here because your names are showing up on these short lists of possible floor managers that democrats would send over for the impeachment trial. would you do it if asked? have you been asked? >> i can't really comment or speculate on this process. i think that nancy pelosi is going to select an excellent group of people who know the facts and can present the case fully and bring credit to the house. >> would you consider yourself an excellent person who knows the facts and could bring credit to the house? >> i don't know if the word "excellent" would ever be appropriate. certainly you'd have to ask my wife about that. but i'm happy to have played a role in the house with regard to the intelligence committee, and as you could tell, we try to maintain decorum and do it the proper way, and then we presented the facts as we best knew them to the judiciary committee. >> it sounds like if asked, you would do it, though, if

our senior congressionalu raja n capitol hill. how quickly would that happen? >> within days. the opening arguments could occur days after that, and the steps are going to look like this. nancy pelosi will put a measure on the floor to name the impeachment articles, and then the prosecutor will try to make the case that the president should be removed from office and that case is going to be led by adam schiff, and gerry nadler and other democrats will be named to the team by nancy pelosi next week. after that what will happen, is once the arguments begin and probably the week after that, the white house will have its defense team to make the case on behalf of the president. what the white house is hoping for is this to move quickly as the senate republicans are as well. they want it done potentially by february 4th, the president's state of the union so he can use it as a rallying cry of sorts to use these likely acquittal to make the case that he never should have been impeached in the first place and to make the case before the nationally televised calendar and looking at t

appreciate it mau knnu raja, th you. >>> and now, joining us congressman bob menendez and thank you for joining us. and now, the defense secretary says that the attack was coming within a matter of days do. you believe it? >> i will believe it when i see the intelligence that justifies it. we don't need another weapons of mass destruction moment that led to a war in iraq in a previous administration. we need to know what the intelligence was and the facts that are depriving there from that created the imminent threat that made soleimani singularly the most important figure to take out in terms of preventing such an attack, and thenally believe it, but until then, i want to see the proof. >> the secretary of state mike pompeo said earlier today that they assessed what he called the multiple pieces of information from not only the u.s. intelligence community, but also elsewhere as well. you are going to get, and you and your colleagues will be getting a formal briefing tomorrow, and what questions specifically do you have about the u.s. intelligence? >> it is the essence of what i just sa

and manu raja, they are railing what they have heard from the trump officials and that is unusual. >> yes, mike lee of utah and rand paul of kentucky, and two republicans who do from time to time break from the party on orthodoxy of national security, and the close allies of the president came out railing against the briefing saying in mike lee's words, one of the worst briefings he has had on a military issue in the nine years in serving in the senate. what these two republicans in particular were concerned about were the administration official's contention that it did not have to be a congressional debate of pushing forward on the military action in iran, and also the suggestion that the existing authorities that were proven in 2002 to go into iraq were sufficient to carry out the attacks going forward. one that mike lee, i asked him whether or not he believed that the attack that the president should have authorized the attack that led to the killing of the soleimani, and the top irani general and he said that he was agnostic on it, because of a lack of specificity of what the act

rebel general khalifa popstar on the one hand sand or the un backed government of prime minister also raja.

. >> i would love to explore space with raja because you can always count on him. >> reporter: is that of a diploma, each astronaut was given a silver star -tipped pen. pin. two of which are on the moon today. >> if one of you are on the surface today on the moon, and you do find one of those pins. if you would leave it there, we would appreciate it. >> reporter: after training and robotics, space washing walking they say the new crew is ready to take another giant leap for mankind. kenneth craig, cbs news. >> the astronauts will earn a gold pin was a flow to space. they also use the training on the ground to support astronauts currently on board the international space station. >>> the first week of harvey weinstein's trial is coming to a close. it kicked off with a heated courtroom exchange. also a flash mob appeared outside the new york courthouse. the crowd of female protesters were so loud, their chance can be heard inside the courtroom. the women chanted slogans that appear to be derived from a feminist movement in chile part of the chant said "it is not my fault or how i dressed

congressman raja krishnamoorthi. i want to bring in michelle goldberg with "the new york times" and msnbc political analyst and barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan and msnbc legal analyst. >> i mean, i think the first thing to point out is these text messages don't just indicate surveillance. they indicate a plan to go beyond surveillance. right? there's one point when robert hyde texts lev parnas, talking about ambassador yovanovitch being in this secure location, basically says if you want to get her out, here's what we have to do. so why did they want to get her out, right? what were they planning? >> what is the need? >> that is an urgent question and it is a matter of urgent national security concern that lev parnas testify at this senate impeachment hearing. i mean, what possible excuse can there be for not calling him? i also think that, you know, given the fact that the president and his henchmen were putting an ambassador in danger in this way, there should be a widespr

that russia and turkey have waded in on either side of this conflict with turkey behind fires alsa raja's un backed government and russia supporting have to . moscow has denied reports it sent a messenger is to reinforce the general's fighters but on thursday turkey confirmed it had started deploying troops to help in tripoli despite a un arms embargo. with libya's so unstable the fear of resurgent islamist terror has worried many european countries but other factors mean the e.u. is split over its alliances. officially the tripoli based government has the backing of europe including germany but italy has openly supported general hafta who it sees as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has pushed towards with the e.u.'s official line there are claims it's given covert military help to gen hafta earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down. despite the many interests at stake and the players involved germany seems determined to pursue its mediation role. but even if a cea

are the ones that sent the mercenaries send the weapons to general have to on the one side to side raja on the other side with a number of external actors here and this is where the german government was worried so the idea is to dry out the support and then create the conditions on the ground that will improve the situation so one of the key elements is that orc external actors as you call them have promised to uphold the embargo how optimistic are you about that russia and to kill pretty deeply involved that yes i would be relatively positive when it comes to russia and turkey because they came to the berlin conference the president took part we've seen other high ranking delegates from from key states involved in libya taking part so i think the commitment is serious but you mentioned the parties on the ground and this is the big question mark and they were not ready to meet as i said it was not the idea of this conference but they are the germans invited and half the 2000000000 they were not ready to meet we saw a couple of accuse ations and we also see violations against the cease

that russia and turkey have waded in on either side of this conflict with turkey behind fires alsa raja's un backed government and russia supporting have to . moscow has denied reports it sent a messenger is to reinforce the general's fighters but on thursday turkey confirmed it had started deploying troops to help in tripoli despite a un arms embargo. with libya's so unstable the fear of resurgent islamist terror has worried many european countries but other factors mean the e.u. is split over its alliances. officially the tripoli based government has the backing of europe including germany but italy has openly supported general hafta who it sees as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has pushed towards with the e.u.'s official line there are claims it's given covert military help to general hafta earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down. despite the many interests at stake and the players involved germany seems to turman to pursue its mediation role. but even if a

. >> i'm raja pradhan. as we speak, the attack happened 90 minutes ago. we are waiting to see if there are official casualties. there are 5,000 u.s. troops stationed across iraq. we are just now getting video from iranian state tv. they claim this is the actual attack what you're seeing here. this happened in the overnight hours. the iranian revolutionary guard fired more than a dozen missiles at two air bases in iraq. both bases are home to u.s. troops. here are the two air bases that were targeted. now, there are new reports within the last ten minutes that a third base was hit. we are waiting for confirmation. the missiles have been classified as short range. the pentagon says it is clear that they came from iran. if you hertd richard engel from nbc news five minutes ago iran has confirmed they have launched the missiles right across the border about 200 miles into iraq. >> yeah, iran saying it is being called, this operation, martyr soleimani. the general was killed in baghdad in a drone strike. president trump ordered that drone strike because of his

certify as a as a raja excuse me he has said he's confirmed that he is coming to the conference as well so that means you have the 2 warring the heads of the 2 warring factions present and of course that raises the possibility that there could be some breakthrough towards peace so people must have been very pleased that he's now agreed to a meeting about a war in his country that was that was set up without him yeah that's right i mean he's been i think he's been in contact all the time but the thing is that general haftorah is holding all the cards really his forces control most of libyan territory where is the internationally recognized government only really controls the capital tripoli general have to has important backers like russia saudi arabia and even france so he may feel that he's still got some cards to play in this conflict but if he's sitting around the peace table that's got to be a good sign political correspondent time and young thank you. a look now at some of the other stories in the news dozens of people have died during intense fighting between pro-government troops

a raja what fish more than anybody. well and that was yes president stunnel trump speaking while he was on his way new year's eve celebrations to other news now catastrophic bushfires are spreading across eastern australia 3 more deaths have been confirmed in the states over the south wales and one in victoria lightning strikes overnight and she's say started a number of the fires in victoria with more than 200 now burning that. police serve approved a new year's day march and tens of thousands of people are expected to join their demanding greater autonomy from china and an inquiry in supplying spain tallahassee gansa government demonstrations started in june in response to a nice scrapped extradition bill. and north korean leader kim jong un has said he'll soon launch a new strategic weapon denuclearization talks seem pyongyang and washington stalled in a chopper as you updates the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story. what kind of care does that provide a listener willing to pick up the cost we bring

a shortage of medical equipment at a public hospital in the indian state of raja starner has been blamed for the deaths of nearly 1000 infants last year an investigation was launched after the death of 100 babies last month alone it also revealed hygiene and conditions at the hospital were so poor that pigs were living inside the compound and is in costa at that hospital where the deaths happened. this mother has just heard of the news of the death of an infant her daughter was just 15 days old but doctors have not yet told her the reason of her baby's death now there are many such families just in the month of december in this hospital in dr hassan in india a 100 infants died and even though the local government has ordered a quick cleaning operation the hospital is still pretty dirty you can look at that pile of garbage it's just been covered in front of our eyes have a look at this window this is right outside the modernity ward there is that garbage bin we've seen women cleaning the floors still pretty dirty and that garbage bin. very close to where the intensive care units of the ai

an investigation has found a lack of medical infrastructure at a public hospital in india's raja's son state was partly to blame for the deaths of nearly a 1000 infants last year the inquiry was carried out after 100 babies died there in the past month alone it also revealed hygiene conditions so poor the pigs were living in the same calm. reports now from quarter. reka has just heard her yet unnamed 15 day old daughter has died. her mother in law an hour by is holding back her tears to console the young mother the child was finding it hard to breathe when they brought her to the hospital. the doctors didn't say anything and they took her blood and everything but only the doctors know what happened. since december more than 100 babies have died here at this public hospital. in india's northern state of roger's town. a government watchdog says at least half of the life supporting machines like ventilators were not working. and pigs were roaming around the grounds. it says conditions were on hygenic. many of the infants died because of septicemia a blood poisoning that's often caused by

minister today i thanked him but they stepped up heard that i want to have peace i like peace i am a raja what peace more than everybody. tens of thousands of people in hong kong are taking part in a new year's day march police and approve this latest rally and called for it to remain peaceful demonstrators demands include greater autonomy from china and an inquiry into police brutality the protests started in june in response to a knife scraps extradition bill. catastrophic bushfires are spreading across eastern australia 3 more deaths have been confirmed in the states of new south wales and one fatality in victoria north korean leader kim jong un has said he'll soon launch a new strategic weapon. in talks between pyongyang and washington stolz back in october and an ongoing courts has frozen the assets of africa's richest woman as part of a corruption investigation isabel dos santos is the daughter of former president of the water the santos assets owned by her husband and a business associates have been frozen that's state's stay with us and al-jazeera the news continues after the stre

has said that he wants an inquiry or will assist the state of raja start in anything that it needs and of course we wait and see what the outcome of that help will be all of any inquiry into why so many babies have died in southeastern rajastan. at least 4 people have died following attacks on a refugee camp in sudan's west darfur region a u.n. spokesperson says arab tribesmen arrived at the camp and started shooting killing and burning it's the latest incident in a wave of ethnic violence that's left up to 40 people dead in the past few days and many more fleeing their homes by stuff or has been generally conscious 2010 but ethnic tensions have resurfaced in recent years civilians and soldiers from some ethnic regions in myanmar being trained by a u.s. backed humanitarian group the recruits say they're being persecuted by the country's army training involves reskin medical trails but myanmar's military says in reality they are ethnic armed groups that are escalating conflicts lower but in money has more. on this remote hilltop base more than 180 recruits complete basic training with t

and secretary general of the new unit pianists raja caselli. and i'm delighted to welcome back to the shore claude morris britain senior member of the european parliament joining us from brussels welcome back to the show claude it's great to be on again alex. one deal we from the leaving of the institution the britons 70 plus any piece packed their bags and leave brussels what's the atmosphere lakers you as you bid farewell to that institution you've been a member of for more than 20 years to be honest alex it's a mixture of on the one hand quite somber and on the other hand so business as usual the somber nature of it is the hard core of parliamentarians here you've been here for a long time you know the kind of british contribution contribution from all parts of britain and i think that it's created a kind of somber atmosphere genuinely and in terms of business as usual there are lots of new members lots of people feeling well this thing is going on for a long time you know let's get on with things so it's a kind of a mix of those things and

minister today i thanked him but they stepped up heard that i want to have peace i like peace i am a raja one piece more than everybody. police are far tear gases tens of thousands of people gather in hong kong for a new year's day march the government a pedigree of the latest rally in co fritzy remained peaceful demonstrators demands include greater autonomy from china and an inquiry into allegations of police brutality. kansas traffic bushfires are spreading across eastern astray leon 3 more deaths have been confirmed in the state he said wales and one fatality in victoria . north korean leader kim jong un has said he'll soon launch a new strategic weapon denuclearize ation talks between pyongyang and washington stoltz back in october and the united nations and government forces in the central african republic have to claridge's a neighborhoods in the capital bangui weapons free zone fighting recently book rights in the area known as p k 5 but you know militia and local traitors that see it states the news continues on al-jazeera afterlife. what kind of care does that provide and is any

. >> as a child seeing how they live their life out, i ofjohnny >> i would explore space with raja because you can always count on limb. >> each was given a silver star tipped pin, two of which are on the moon today. >> if one of you are on the surface of the moon and you do would leave it there, we would appreciate it. >>> after training in robotics, nasa says the knew crew is ready to fake another giant leap for mankind. kenneth craig, cbs news. >>> amazon said it has fired several workers after they were caught abusing access to security camera video. amazon announced the firings in a letter responding to questions from u.s. senators. the company said over the past four years, there were four about workers accessing ring data. in the letter amazon said they were involved were authorized the view it, but what they did went beyond what was necessary to do their jobs. the company said ring is now limiting that type of video access to a smaller number of workers. >>> they are calling on san francisco to rejoin the terrorism task force now. it fought against the trump administration's stance

cnn's manu raja will be there for all of it. >> they don't have the votes to move forward on witnessese the votes yet to block witnesses from going forward. that's because a number of key republicans are still holding back how they'll vote. they're not committing one way or the other. they're saying they still want to deal with the questions that will occur tomorrow and ultimately we'll get a decision in the days ahead. i can tell you anderson coming out of a closed door conference meeting tonight republicans are telling me they're confident they will defeat that motion on friday to move forward on witnesses. they believe they'll eventually get there. in large part because of the arguments they're making behind the scenes. mitch mcconnell is warning that having one witness could lead to a flood of new witnesses, they could be tied up in courts for some time, and that is concerning senators including ones up for re-election in 2020 who don't want to be in the middle of a court fight and a prolonged trial. and the argument that john thune, the number two, republican made to me earlier to

. >> joining me now, democratic member of the house intelligence committee, congressman raja krishnamurthi. was there any mention of four embassies being targeted? >> i would have to agree with secretary esper, i don't recall that and i walked through with the feeling i didn't have a who, what, when, where, how about any impending attack or imminent attack. >> so i'm struck by this as the days have continued, ninformatin has come out, there is a clear dispute from pompeo and the national security adviser, dispute between what they think or think was said during the briefings with house members and what i'm hearing from you and other members who were in the briefings. is it the changing story and the lack of transparency with congress that is the problem or the nature of the threat? i ask that because if you -- if they had briefed you all, after the fact, with one consistent message, they didn't know where they, they didn't know when, but they knew soleimani was planning an attack and knew it would happen, would you have been any more likely to support this strike? >> well, first of all, i

as president raja type of rejected trump's plan and called out other muslim nations for not taking action. to turkey accept a 2 state solution in not displaying their completely devour jerusalem we will never accept discipline under any circumstances other countries in this world stayed silent about display in saudi arabia has said nothing when is saudi arabia expected to talk if it does not talk today a state of emergency has been declared in australia's capital especially fires threaten to take over cumber and the surrounding region there are concerns hot weather and strong winds this weekend will spread a fire south of the city out of control. so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera next face to face takeover and the del castro in another update at the bottom of the hour. castro wanted to say wanted a different future castro want to do this country che want to do it's not a revolution for a long time those powerless objectives can sit alongside one another and drive each other forward but there came a point when obviously they not only did that and at that point their relationship