u. s. house of representatives has voted in favor of banning imports from china's weston shing jang region. over force, labor consents response of washington's pushed back against beijing's treatment of muslim wiggers, which the u. s. says, amounts to genocide to become law. it needs to pass senate and be signed off by president joe biden, the you and says a least a 1000000 week as are being held in counter extreme as extremism centers. engine jang. as the ledge force labor is rife which beijing has denied as b to adrian's ends. he is a senior fellow in china studies with the victims of communism. memorial foundation . he joins his from minneapolis via skype. so 428 to one. that's overwhelming bipartisan support. for this bill, are you surprised? no, i'm not surprised. i think it is very much a bar bipartisan issue where the parties agree that something has to be done that forced labor needs to be tackled. unfortunately, there are 2 different bills in the senate and the house that need to be reco

u. s. house of representatives has voted to hold the former white house, chief of staff in contempt of congress. mark meadows failed to fear before committee investigating the capitol hill right of january 6th. it's now to the attorney general to decide whether to formally charge meadows or several people are trapped inside the world trade center in hong kong. after fi and gulf, the major shopping center and office complex. those are the headlines now it's back to witness. i lose. you. ah, ah ah, ah ah, so much. i mean, he had the most of the committee because of the scope of these not just not gonna proceed. god has called jonah shuffled the not i'm you can i've gone on just hook hook so i could just come up on that violence on of course i'm just mac on the door. show me a bunch of me when i give dish, cut it in the me who bought tire? mommy, a tone. deed some movie. that's none of them. it did show . would you be me with dish or sick or norma? no much she lives into shaka, tech or board, ma'am,

u. s. house of representatives has voted to hold former white house, chief of staff, mark meadows, in contempt of congress. he failed to appear before a committee investigating the capitol hill rights of january 6. it's now to the attorney general to decide whether to formally charge meadows. those are the headlines witness is next. ah, me ah. oh ah oh. ready ready ready ready i'm sorry, i don't mean shall before late. ready ready ready ready ready ready ready danny paula jeanine june it. ringback ready ready should be nickel, so a tin gun, john gore, the kill me and then gal in with the answer and the plug, shining humble. oh, with door cham. mm mm. and camaro our boy at the same garage door. oh, oh, so let me go back with you buddy. the combustion, nico, whom board said above the shipper, presented them to so quash b quote unquote, my me in addition combustion, if i am invisible for you, that is. so it does. she can, he's described, can shape and chin up. dina, my business card to shipper. oh b

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u. s. house of representatives has voted to hold former white house, chief of staff, mock meadows, in contempt of congress. the mostly party line vote came one day after the committee investigating the january 6 capitol hill right, recommended the measure. the us secretary of state antony blinkin says he's country remains committed to a multi 1000000000 dollar fighter jet deal with the u. a, despite reports, abu dhabi, once out, the wall street journal reported the united arab emirates wants to cancel the purchase of f $35.00 and drones because it's security requirements front is reducing its military presence in northern molly as the government accuses of abandonment. the french flag was lowered at a ceremony in tune, but to the last of 3 french bases in this region. and nasa has confirmed its pack a solar probe which is opening the sun has touched it for the 1st time. the pro dipped into the upper atmosphere also called the corona. those are the headlines. i'm emily anglin. the news continues.

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u. s. house and rule died possible sanctions against india for buying the s 400 surface to air missile system from russia. what steps do you expect from washington and not regard? well divided that mr. hudson has talked about caps that we sort of in for just sanctions against those who do business last year. but then again, you realize the washington news, india more than india. and it's washington, especially when it is trying to undermine beijing supremacy in the south, tennessee and but at asian region, separate wants to him for the couch. and it is going to sort of undermine excellent interest in the past reason. and it simply can't afford to do that. so we have to sit in the united states having assumption again starkey when you bought the s 400 mitchell defense system. but i don't think they're going to go that far. so they'll be swap them the least. but that both everybody dodge. ok. thanks very much for your time today. i'm a lender, always good to speak to. melinda. miss are a professor

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u. s. house of representatives has voted in favor of banning imports from china's western shin. giant region of a forced labor consents as part of washington's pushback, against beijing's treatment of must and weakness, which the us says amounts to genocide, to become law. it needs to pass the senate abbey, signed off by president j budget. okay. as he headlines the knees continues opt out of their correspondence. oh oh. that when fossil september 2013 the blood is not talk on canyon soil says al qaeda's devastating warming of the u. s embassy in 1998. ah, the 70 people dead, men, women, and children. hundreds injured, ah, canyon saw asking how this would have happened. a bundled heavily armed men from algebra, the militant root canal troops have been battling, as somalia says, 2011 penetrating a supposedly secure building in the capitol. ah visa talk did not come out of the blue since 2011. there been more than a 100 trucks in the country, but i'll show up on it sympathizes and most top tech and

u. s. house of summit for democracy, but some nations accuse it of a cold war mentality that we look at the ukranian regiments, nato won't walkways because of accusations. it's linked to a far right group. ah, bill mccauley. colbert 19 variant is casting a shadow over the coming holiday period with countries across the globe stepping up measures to contain it spread south africa as approve the use of the pfizer vaccine boosters shot the w h o says the country seen a 255 percent increase in cases in the past week. in the u. k, the hell secretary is warning it could see a 1000000 on the con infections by the end of this month. cases of the new variant have been doubling every 2 to 3 days. and austria has outlined its plan to make corona's violence vaccines. compulsory officials previously hinted at a maximum fine of about $4000.00 for those who refused the jab. dominic canes, good moral. not from the german capital berlin. there are some in vienna, and in austria who say these measures are draconia

u. s. intends to do it by strengthening military and economic partnerships. in the region as him. all right, thanks. la florence. lastly, la force in quality. the u. s. house of representatives is debating contempt of congress charges against former white house chief of staff, mark meadows. on monday, a congressional committee investigating the january 6 capital ride unanimously voted in favor of the measure meadows refused to attend to hearing last week, despite being subpoenaed. go live now to she can see who's in washington with more than this. so she had, we're expecting this vote on whether to hold mark matters in contempt of congress. how is this likely to play out? yes, we've been expecting it for several hours now, but it seems clear that the house had put in a lot of other business to deal with a lot of other debates. and so it's currently waiting on the debt ceiling increase, which we may talk about a bit later. but yes, we're expecting this to pass along party lines. and then it's up to the department of justice, whether it's indict meadows as it did, steven by the and when he was found in contempt of congress without cooperating with john re 6

u. s. house of representatives voted to hold former white house, chief of staff, mark meadows in contempt of congress. meadows refuse to attend to hearing into the january 6 capitol hill right last week, despite being subpoenaed us politicians have voted to raise the federal debt limits within hours of the treasury's deadline. the vote avoided a major credit default. it raises the boring calf by 2 and a half trillion dollars. germany's new chancellor, olaf schoultz is delivering his 1st speech in the top job right now, he's been urging all germans to get vaccinated, warning his administration will have no red lines when tackling covered 19. those are the headlines on al jazeera, more news coming up at the top of the hour. that's after the stream. bye bye. ah . knowledge is here. with me. oh. hi, anthony ok. you're watching the stream on today's episode where checking in on afghanistan, where 80 percent of the country is impacted by drought. the economy is flailing due to sanctions. unemployment i

u. s. house of representatives has voted in favor of banning imports from china's western shin giant region over forced labor consent is part of washington is pushed bank against beijing's treatment of muslim week is which the u. s. says amounts to genocide to become law . it needs to pass the senate and be signed off by president joe biden. it's alleged force. labor is rife which beijing has denied as he headlines and he's continues here on out his ear off the street and stay with us. talk to al jazeera, we ask how would you describe taliban relationship with the u. s. we listen coffee . one kid who's not told for coffee 19 has been terrible demonstration of the failure of human. so we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al jazeera. i think i am josh rushing going in for me. okay. and you're in the stream today, the pursuit of nuclear fusion, many think of it as the ultimate energy source of the future. i mean virtually unlimited and free of radio, active waste

u . s. house of representatives has voted to hold former white house, chief of staff, mach meadows, in contempt of congress. the mostly party line vote came one day after the committee investigating the january 6 capitol hill right recommended the measure meadows refused to attend to hearing last week, despite being subpoenaed. those are the headlines we're backing off for now. right now is the stream for from the world's most populated, recheck been done, and untold stories across asia and the pacific to discover the current events with diverse coaches and conflicting politics. one 0, one east. on al jazeera. ah. hi, i'm sorry. okay, you're watching the stream on today's episode where checking in on afghanistan, where 80 percent of the country is impacted by drought. the economy is flailing due to sanctions on employment is on the rise. salaries aren't being paid and millions of people are facing food insecurity. they will go hungry this winter. there is so much to talk about all their solutions.

u. s house.lains how an independent commission will debate where those district lines will be and the impact it could have. the puzzle pieces on this california map, or at least a version of it will help ensure communities have equal power at the ballot box and help determine who represents you for the next decade. that means that their vote matters the same. no matter where you live in the state, it means their access to their congressman or their state legislator is the same. no matter where they live in the state. redistricting is the process of redrawing the boundaries of district lines for 52 congressional seats. 80 state assembly, 40 state senate and four board of equalization seats. it happens every 10 years following the latest federal census information in 2000 and eight and 2010 voters approved handing the redrawing power to an independent commission made up of 14 people, five republicans, five democrats and four members unaffiliated with the two parties, so this is meant to be an inclu

u. s. the white house said joe biden would issue a start warning, but what the president ended up saying didn't come off quite as expected. ortiz gilam up in comments. well, jen, saki promised that a start warning would come from joe biden, regarding those who are unvaccinated. however, the millions of americans who tuned in didn't exactly hear that. now it's worth noting that joe biden did defend his unpopular mandates that he says are for the good of the people. i know vaccination requirements are popular for me. i'm not even proper for those who are anxious to get to. my ministration has put them in place not to control your life, but to say your life. now, those mandate have been quite unpopular. there have been big demonstrations and out pouring of discontent in response. and there's been a number of shortages among jobs such as firefighters, police officers, airline pilots, and others. during his speech, he did brag about the new vaccination centers that have opened and the new widespread ability availability of coven tests. now, one interesting thing to note about joe biden's remarks is

u. s. m. boy, for iran says he's negotiate is, are ready to hold talks with iran, bought the white house is warning. sanctions remain in place. and the u. s. is preparing additional measures. if the talks in vienna fell to reach an agreement. u . s. president joe biden has held a phone call with his ukranian counterpart in a show of support over the build up of russian troops along its border. but moscow denies is preparing to invade its neighbour. both countries accused the other of filing to engage in the peace process. and emergency services. in mexico say at least 52 migrants have been killed in a truck, fresh in the southern state of cheapest. authorities saying most of the victims were migrants from honduras more than 50. others were injured with several countries are expanding booster vaccine programs to contain co, 19 variant infections. as a world health organization continues to oppose the move, the w h o says only people with compromised immune system should be targeted for 3rd shot. it says the priority should be getting everyone in the world vaccinated emerging data suggest vaccine eff

u. s. envoy for ron says he's negotiate is ready to hold. direct talks with a run for the white house is wanting sanctions remain in place and the u. s. is preparing additional measures if an agreement isn't range during talks in vienna. us president joe biden has held a phone call with his ukranian counterpart in a show of support over the build up of russian troops along its boredom. but moscow denies its preparing to invade its neighbour. both countries accuse each other of failing to engage in the peace process by disk, if not with the support of nato countries. ukraine is being pumped full of weapons and cave is building up its contingent on the line of contact and on back the number of these 5 violations which have happened since it was signed in july 2020. it's coming close 290000. the special monitoring mission to ukraine has registered the redeployment of heavy weapons, including high caliber tillery and vehicles to the east of the country with emergency services. in mexico say at least 49 people have been killed in a trunk crash in the southern state of chap. it's authoritie

judy: late last night, the u-s -- u.s. houseentatives passed its version of the annual national defense authorization act. the bill -- which still needs senate approval -- contains a number of changes to how the military deals with its long-standing problem of sexual assualt. but some members of congress say the reforms don't go far enough and could even exacerbate the problem. amna nawaz has more. amna: judy, for decades there has been a debate among military experts and on capitol hill about how to improve the way the military investigates and prosecutes allegations of sexual assault in its ranks. one major issue is the role and influence of military commanders in deciding how cases are adjudicated. with me now is new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand. welcome back to the newshour. a lot of folks have been hailing this new legislation as a seachange, a giant leap forward for sexual assault survivors. you have said it does have some major reforms, but it does not go far enough and you plan to vote against it. why? >> i

u. s. capital, our white house correspondent. kimberly how could is that for us? let's stop them with this massive investment from the white house into organizations like the world health organization. well, what i can tell you specifically about the president's plan with regard to the actions being taken in the united states is that the u. s. president will be revamping what was known as his winter strategy or winter plan due to the micron. very it, what we know is that he is doing a number of things including preparing to deploy of to a 1000 troops. in order to deal with some of the influx that we've seen at hospitals, overwhelmed, were told largely due to unvaccinated patients and states like wisconsin, indiana, and michigan. these terms will have medical expertise. we also know the u. s. president is prepared to tap into the national stockpile. something he will outline in his upcoming speech at 1930 g m t. and as well with regard to that national stock pilot is ventilators that are so much in need, that are to be dispersed around the country. to some of the s

u. s. envoy for ron says he's negotiate is ready to hold. direct talks with a run for the white house is warning. sanctions remain in place and the u. s. is preparing additional measures if an agreement isn't ranged during talks in vienna. us president joe biden has held a phone call with his ukranian counterpart in a show of support over the build up of russian troops along its boredom. but moscow denies its preparing to invade its neighbour both countries of.

u. s. vice president in roughly 6 months now. the white house press secretary spoke to this earlier this week. she said, well, that may be true. i, what we dispute from the u. s. standpoint is the fact that there has been very high level engagement that has been continuing in order to address what the vice president calls the root causes of migration northward to the united states. in other words, trying to resolve issues of crime, corruption, and even the shortage of employment so that people feel they don't need to travel. so these are still ongoing issues. the white house insist that high level engagement continues between the u. s. and central american countries, even if there hasn't been a noticeable change of policy just yet. kimberly good to go. the update, thanks so much. kimberly. how could that all white house correspondent in washington dc? no coalition has been announced in the netherlands after the longest negotiations in the country's history, but the new government has been formed with the same parties. this is despite the previou

u. s. envoy for iran says washington is even ready to hold direct discussions with to run over. it's a nuclear activity. robert malley spoke with our white house correspondent, kimberly hell kit before leaving the austrian capital. she started by asking him why the u. s. is still moving to tighten sanctions, as the talks are ongoing. is it helpful to be pushing for that as you're trying to get a deal, we are prepared to get back into the deal as soon as possible soon as are on is and we would lift all of the sanctions are inconsistent with adjacent to it. but in the meantime, we can stand by and not be prepared for world in which iran may be choosing to delay build its program, try to build more leverage, we honestly have to respond. and so that's what we're doing. we're preparing ourselves for that, that outcome. how concerned are you or how concerned is the united states that israel could potentially drag the united states into an armed conflict with iran? we are privileging the path of diplomacy. we think it's the best way. it's best for us. we suspect it's best we're wrong, but iran will have to decide that as president bud and secretary b

u. s. reporters asked the president, he left the white house on his way to kansas city to how does infrastructure plan, but why would they asked if there would be u. s. military support in terms of soldiers? the u. s. president says that is not something that is on the table. now. you heard the president a moment ago say what he sees so far is a diplomatic path forward and the time table, very tight. getting started this week in terms of nato being the mechanism for moving those discussions and trying to resolve the differences with russia over ukraine. what we should also point out those, that the u. s. president was very clear. he said in his conversations with vladimir putin, in other words, warning russia that, unlike 2014, when there was the russian annexation of crimea, the u. s. said this time, the punishments would be much more severe if russia were to take that sort of action in ukraine for the update. thanks very much. kimberly. how can that all white house correspondent? well, russia's president vladimir putin said earlier that he hopes the u. s. on the kremlin can continue to talk, bu

u. s. and the white house has been constantly saying, look, please get vaccinated. what we have is an epidemic of the unvaccinated, and that's exactly the same message that pushing know that oma corners here in the united states. and we knew was here what jelia than the thought. and of course that would a straddle the period of the thanksgiving holiday, big holiday here in the united states. millions of people on the move, big family gatherings, their big sports events. no people again are looking at putting in place restrictions in hospitals, in schools at sporting events as well. people are being taught to keep their gatherings much smaller. because of course, we're just over a week away from christmas. and that means in the next week, people will be traveling again, millions of people, there will be big family gatherings. and the concern is, as this goes on, that hospital services across the united states could be overwhelmed by people who, unvaccinated, or haven't yet had the booster. so the message from the white house and also from the medical experts is get v

u. s. envoy for iran says his negotiate is already to hold. downright talks with iran, the white house is morning. sanctions remain in place and the u. s. is preparing additional meshes. if the talks in vienna failed to reach an agreement, you as president j botton has held a phone call with his ukrainian counterpart in a show of support. the build up of russian troops along its buddha, moscow's denied is preparing to invade its neighbour. both countries, the keys each although failing to engage in the peace process. emergency services in mexico say at least 50 t migrants have been killed in a truck crash that some of the state of chiapas authority say most of the victims when migrants from doris that he others went into it. nicaragua, the government has said its breaking its longstanding diplomatic ties with taiwan. the government said in a statement, it recognizes the communist parties, one china policy, taiwan express pain, an regret at the decision. only 14 countries in the world now recognize taiwan as a country that speak to brian hugh, he is the founder of the new blue magazine and

the white house s u. s. government officials will not attend the 2022 winter olympics in beijing. that story developing as we go live now to our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit. so they're not punishing the athletes by pulling the plug on them . kimberly, but diplomats that so no, no this is something that has been called for by some members of congress as well of its activist groups and human rights. campaigners who are deeply concerned about the united states attendance at the winter olympics in beijing starting in february. and so there has been a call for a full boy caught for some time. but what the white house press secretary jen saki said just moments ago, is that what the united states a site has decided to do instead is to send the athletes only they can participate . and in fact, she says they will have the administration's full support. but in terms of a delegation or government officials attending on behalf of the u. s. government, they will be a no show they will be boycotting that event. so we've got kind of a, a partial boycott here. ah, this is something

u. s. corona virus cases. ah, well, i'm have them think of this is al jazeera life and the house are coming up. the u. s. and russia's top diplomats meet for the 1st time while tensions flare rushes military build up near the border with you quite. u. s. reinstates a trump iraq policy requiring asylum seekers to remain in mexico. ah. arising corona, virus infections and the arrival of the new variant are pushing several nations to look at stricter measures to contain the spread in germany, unvaccinated people will be banned from much of public life. outgoing chance. langler merkel calling the restrictions an act of national solidarity. germany's parliament duels or owes also considering imposing a vaccine mandate. andrew simmons reports on the situation across europe in less than a week. the abi chrome variant has swept the globe with more uncertainty about covert in many countries, especially in europe. new restrictions were being introduced anyway, with the winter surgeon delta variant infections. germany is the latest to announce new measures. signs like these vaccinate immunized is the way this count

house. while u. s. missionary group has confirmed the release of fits american and canadian missionaries where it could not in haiti, they were abducted by criminal gang just outside the capital port au prince. in october, several of the hostages were released in recent weeks. the gang members had demanded a $1000000.00 ransom for each hostage. she returns he's joining us in washington dc . so what more do we know about how this came about? as for how it came about, it's not entirely clear. we knew that the f b, i were involved and the state department said that they were in touch of the highest levels of haitian government asian police were involved. and in fact, there was an interesting, interesting statement from a congressman in michigan some to some of the congregation. some of these missionaries were actually from michigan. and he said, i want to thank members of the hostage negotiation team for that diligence and securing the safe release of all the hostages. this was apparently a negotiated rel

house. we discussed the u. s. president's response to the pandemic. so far americans, big tex, tough fear, which so leading companies come on the political 5 from both the republicans and democrats. we look at how the influential firms have become mixed up in divisive u. s. politics and a rare look inside one of russia's most notorious prisoners known housing. some of the country's most dangerous criminals and wake of a soviet collapse of 1009 feet cross shade of the 2 main buildings. not only gave the jail it's unofficial name, but also made it easy for guards to monitor and access every corner of that prison. ah good to have you with us is thursday, the 30th of december. as we head into the last couple of days of 2021, i'm calling bray with the wealth news from arte international. first for you, then france has marked a grim 1st by logan europe's highest daily cobra infections. more than $200000.00 were registered on wednesday, the scramble continues to contain the only cron variant. the french health minister describes it as a tidal wave. if you wa

let's just take you live to the media briefing room inside the white house because the u. s. government saying it will partially boycotts the february wouldn't to olympics in china. the athletes from the us will go, officials will not go jen saki, they're feeling questions on that. and also the video conference phone calls from to take place tuesday morning, local time between the u. s president joe biden, the russian premier, let me put in, but that breaking story about that partial boy comes up for the winter olympics in china, and that's broken just in the past was 1015 minutes or so. the u. s. h apartment, expressing loud and clearly loving and clearly rather they have a big problem with some issues to do with what's going on in china specifically to do with the muslim weakness and how china is handling that ongoing situation. more on that for you in the coming hours here on our to 0. in other news, the up in government says force is a recap of the strategic tons of dessie and convolt show from to grind rebels. the fighters had seen the times in the region of horror in t

u. s. president did appear here at the white house, very briefly, to speak to governors, but we have nothing for the president on his schedule today. and that is also alarming for some americans who believe he should really be out in front of this. especially when cases are spiking so high and hospitals are so strained. ok, kimberly thank you for that. kimberly help it is on white house correspondent in australia. meanwhile, mandatory p. c. r test needed for interstate travel, putting further pressure on health systems, sa, concrete force, from the countries sunshine coast calls are backed up for kilometers at testing centers across sydney. some people are waiting up for 6 hours for tests with results taking days to be returned. some states require mandatory cover tests before the allow people to travel from other parts of australia that includes queens and south australia and tasmania. but that's putting pressure on a health system already inundated with rising number of infections. they're asking people to test before they come to the hospital, but of course at choose the p c r testing. an

u. s. society i, we have a situation in the white house, says one thing, other politicians are saying something completely different will be waiting to see how this further develops. rushes for a ministries criticize the worse for its behavior after ukraine in warship approach to russian territory. bonnie: it could lead to conflict in europe. no, that's absolutely wrong. we've read that before and we, and we also spoke to a journalist north at thomas fast, bender, you think said escalation of ukraine must be stopped before it's spirals. other control has got a thomas fast spending. now i believe the situation on the ground in ukraine is perhaps worse to war because that is where people are dying. people are dying. people are suffering. people are going through through hell and have been going through hell for many years now. we have, we have seen the united states pacifically pumping weapons into ukraine for the ukrainian military. and these are weapons b, b, b, they a javelin miss are supplied by the united states or by dr. drones supplied by turkey. these are, these are weapons that are flowi

house correspondent will be taking us through the u. s. bite and administration reaction to the situation there. let's 1st the go to south africa. the government, seeing the country has entered a 4th wave, but new infections can be managed without tougher restrictions. the army kron variant has led to a jumping cases among people who had already been infected. south africa recorded 11 and a half 1000 cases on thursday. that's 5 times the number reported a week ago. live now to job work and the situation in south africa with our correspondence for me. the miller, for me to the numbers are astonishing. bordering on staggering, unpack them for us though. wave and then a complete drop in terms of infections where on average and scientists you're looking at a 7 day average. there were perhaps 3 or 400 new cases every day. that was a week 2 weeks ago. now we're looking at an average of perhaps $9000.00 new cases every day. and experts saying it's driven largely by the army con variance, and this is what's wiring them just how easily it spreads.

the move coming one day after the house select panel investigating the january 6th attack on the u. secommend the criminal charges given the former white house officials refusal to testify in the committee's probe. our democracy was inches from ruin. the committee reviewed thousands of texts and emails handed over by meadows, revealing numerous exchanges with members of congress and others on the day of the attack. many urged meadows to convince president trump to send his supporters home. these text messages leave no doubt. the white house knew exactly what was happening here at the capitol. the committee also accused meadows of withholding key information. the supreme court has already found that executive privilege does not cover criminal activity. even after mr meadows turned over text democrats have now gone so far as to see subpoena verizon for mr meadows phone records. such naked scheming should stay in house of cards and other tv shows. not in this chamber. contempt of congress charge carries a penalty of up to a year in jail. but that doesn't mean that congress gets the infor

the move coming one day after the house select panel investigating the january 6th attack on the u . sd the criminal charges given the former white house officials refusal to testify in the committee's probe. our democracy was inches from ruin. the committee reviewed thousands of texts and emails handed over by meadows, revealing numerous exchanges with members of congress and others on the day of the attack. many urged meadows to convince president trump to send his supporters home. these text messages leave no doubt. the white house knew exactly what was happening here at the capitol. the committee also accused meadows of withholding key information. the supreme court has already found that executive privilege does not cover criminal activity. even after mr meadows turned over text democrats have now gone so far as to see subpoena verizon for mr meadows phone records. such naked scheming should stay in house of cards and other tv shows. not in this chamber. contempt of congress charge carries a penalty of up to a year in jail. but that doesn't mean that congress gets the information

u. s. is reporting an average of $100000.00 cases per day. but president biden says the health system is prepared from the white house. his kimberly hawk it in the u. s. cases of coven caused by the on the crime variant, are soaring and expected to get worse in the coming weeks. the stream is being felton hospitals. new records are being fed with daily infections rising past last winter's pandemic peak. in ne states like delaware new jersey, new york, and massachusetts, but also hawaii and puerto rico. there is no federal solution. this gets solved, state level, i'm speaking to the nation's governors in a virtual meeting on monday. us president joe biden admitted white house efforts to combat the highly contagious. i'm a crime very. it have been insufficient, but it's not enough. it's clearly not enough provide. we'd known we would have gone harder quicker if we could have but new reporting indicates the biden administration was pushed to ramp up, testing as far back as october in anticipation of a holiday covered search, but declined. bided denies the report. we did reject it. still biden announced a half 1000000000 a

u. k. first we'll bring in our white house correspondent, kimberly haka to tell us about what's going on in the u. s. kimberly, because last week, washington d. c. well, the hotspot for code cases and now we're hearing that there are multiple places that are considered hot spots. yeah, we are really seeing numbers that we've not seen since the early days of the pandemic in a number of key states. new york, delaware, hawaii, massachusetts, puerto rico, and also new jersey, all exceeding the 7 day averages in terms of records that we had in place in the last 7 days. and this is particularly concerning to public health officials because of the strain that it puts on hospitals and the already fatigued medical workers who hurt now into their 3rd year of dealing with the coven pandemic. but we've also seen other instances where this is playing out in a negative way and that has to do with the busy holiday travel season. as you mentioned, flight cancellations have been a huge problem by the thousands because there simply aren't enough employees, particularly those at the ticket counter to check people in.

u. s. president just left the white house in the last few moments, the helicopter marine one that he travels on, headed over to the national institutes of health, where he's going to tour, and then speak to the american public about what he believes are some steps that couldn't as simply by time for scientists that are still trying to understand this on the kron variant. now we've had yet another case pop up in the united states just one day ago it was in california now a new case popping up in the us state of minnesota. so there is concern we know for some time, but the doctors and scientists been saying it was likely already in the united states. now we're continuing to get this confirmation. so the president, going to lay out a number of steps, 1st of all, with respect to travelers coming into the united states, the going to now need to test negative for covey. 1924 hours prior to coming to the united states. at previously that was 72 hours. we also know the president expected to extend that mandate for wearing mass some public transportation. this is expected to go until march. the presi

the u, as in boy, for ron, says, washington is ready to mate with to run over its nuclear activity. but the white house is warning, sanctions remain in place and the u. s. is preparing additional measures. if the talks in vienna failed to reach an agreement with powers have been shuffling between the 2 talks in vienna aimed at salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal. but while mount rob malli rather told al jazeera, direct discussions of the best solution to such a complicated issue, we're prepared to meet with them face to face. we think it's far superior to indirect negotiations and we're dealing with something this complex with so much so much mistrust with so much potential for misunderstanding. so we've said we'll meet at any time in any place. they are the ones who are not prepared to do it for their own reasons. we think it's a mistake. us president joe biden has held a phone call with his ukranian counterpart in a show of support over the build up of russian troops along its border. but moscow denies its preparing to invite its neighbour. both countries accused the other of failing to engage in the pay for emergency services. in mexico say at least 49

u. s. and boy for ron, says his negotiate is all ready to hold direct talks with iran. the white house is warning sanctions remain in place and the u. s is preparing additional measures. if the talks in vienna failed to reach an agreement, us president joe biden has held a phone call with his ukrainian counterparts and sheriffs court of the build up of russian troops on its border. moscow denies its preparing to invade its neighbour. countries accused each other, failing to engage in the peace versus emergency services. in mexico, say at least 53 migrants killed in a truck crash. southern states of champus authority say most of the victims were migrants from central america. $55.00 wage it. yes, president joe biden is warning global freedom and democracy is under threat. he's hosted a virtual summit of more than a 100 well leaders calling it a summit for democracy. a china and russia would notably absent from the guest list . both countries have denounced the meeting, accusing the us of stoking divisions. in my view, this is the final challenge of our time democracy. government of the

house press briefing. that was the confirmation of a u. s. diplomatic boy. quarter of next his winter olympics in china, the measure will not affect u. s. athletes competing at the games in beijing, it's in process because china's human rights record, which one has already said it will retaliate. doorway scenario so. sure, you know, yeah, i mean the winter olympics are held once every 4 years as a rare opportunity for athletes. the protectiveness of the beijing winter olympics will be athletes from various countries, not individual politicians. those politicians who clamor for a boycott for political self interest are just showing off and like things up, nobody cares whether they come or not. and they will have no influence on beijing success in hosting the winter olympics. many were sick of me. how did the white house press secretary justify this move? yeah, well this is something that's been called for by not only humans rights, human rights activists and even members of congress. but there's been great concern around the world about some

to shut down the virus saying it's up to individual states to sort have not the white house we discussed. the u. s. president respond to the pandemic so far? american big tex tuffy, which so leading companies come on the political 5 from both the republicans and democrats. we look at how the influential firms have become mixed up and divisive us politics. and to red look inside one of russia's most notorious prisons, no housing. some of the country's most dangerous criminals in the wake of the soviet collapse in the 1990 walking into a cell like this or holidays harden to tack, he'd criminal to give you. it's not been rejected by a fellow prisoners and become an aide pariah with something they fear the most with my life worldwide. this is our international for moscow. i'm calling brady world news . this. our 1st en francais marked a grim 1st by logan. europe's highest daily cove infections more than 200000 were registered on wednesday, the scramble continues to contain them. a con barian, the french health minister describes the escalating situation. it also didn't miss it of yours as the ohm icon