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us senators have taken a break.ner at the moment. we can speak to chris buckler, though. they have been at it for a while now, they voted three times, consistently on party lines. it will be good to catch up with what is going on thus far. they have to have a break to eat given what they have had to listen to. it has been an arguably dry session, because we do not have witnesses being cross—examined, instead, up until now this is about the rules of the trail and how this will be conducted, and democrats have been pushing very, very hard to try to get new evidence and information put into the public domain because up until now they have had subpoenas that have been issued for information from the white house simply refused, and therefore they haven't got information that they say they need for this trail. so up until now they have tried to introduce amendment that would give them the right to ask for new documents from the white house that they haven't had the chance to see copy new documents also from the state depa

the us senate has been hearing a second day of arguments in the impeachment trial of president trump.t he abused his power by using american military aid to pressure ukraine into helping him discredit his political rivaljoe biden. a key point of contention is whether witnesses — and more documents — should be allowed. here's the top democrat in the senate making the case. the same republicans are saying that they heard nothing new, but these republicans voted nine times on tuesday against amendments to ensure new witnesses and new documents to come before the senate. let me repeat — the same republicans saying they "heard nothing new" just voted nine times on tuesday to hear nothing new. the bbc‘s chris buckler is in washington — he told me the latest. yeah, inside the senate, the democrats are putting out their case against this first charge against president trump — that he abused his power and his position as president. you get the impression while this is all happening in a pretty staid environment inside the senate chamber, behind—the—scenes there's plenty of conversations going

war of words as this trial unfolds over the next few days, but this is the live scene now from the us senatedments down party lines, expecting the next one soon. earlier i caught up with a political scientist and expert on us government. she is from the george mason university in virginia and she gave her initial verdict on proceedings. the first day hasn't shown any particular fireworks. senators are essentially debating about the rules so there's nothing particularly exciting happening right now, but the democrats are primarily making their case, their appeal to the public. they want to get the public on their side to try to put pressure on their side to try to put pressure on some republicans who might decide to vote along democratic lines when things come to that, whereas republicans are largely focused on procedural issues and trying to get the matter over as quickly as possible. how important are the witnesses? because it could backfire for the democrats. there has been concern about that. from my point of view i can see that cutting both ways. the democrats would i think benefit from

at the trump impeachment trial, the us senate hears the opening arguments as the prosecution makes theident. let's stay with that story now. while the senators are taking a dinner break... susan block is someone who has first hand experience of impeachment trials. she'sa constitutional expert at georgetown university law centre, and she testified as an expert at the bill clinton impeachment hearings in 1998. she told me the two hearings don't compare. trumpism not cooperating. —— trump is. the facts are somewhat in dispute. the trump administration will not be providing any help in the investigation. the other thing is the senate seems more partisan than it was in the claimant, clinton administration. at least in the clinton administration there was more agreement on the proceedings stop finally, in the clinton administration, at the time it was his second term, so he wasn't facing re—election. here trump it is his first administration, so the concerned democrats have is he is reusing his office to corrupt the coming election. so things really are quite different. the democratic manage

let stay with us feed from the senate.ofessor of law at the university of richmond in virginia. what are you making of the proceedings? i think you described it very well. it does seem that the republicans are holding to their 53-47 republicans are holding to their 53—47 majority, and there have been no defections so far on the procedures. and as you properly say, the process that are used and the rules that are established may dictate what the substance might be. it is very partisan, very politicised and both sides are holding fast to their respective positions so far. and, of course, there have been many complaints from there have been many complaints from the white house and republicans in congress about the lack of representation but this hearing could have heard from officials close to president donald trump, defending him most likely, but the white house blocked them from appearing. the democrats very strongly argued that the very idea that they needed to hear from the people around the president who are so people ar

our top stories: president trump has been formally impeached in the us senate.against him as a hoax the world has now reached the point of climate change crisis — that's the stark warning from the world famous environmentalist sir david attenborough. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the straits times is leading on a jobs boom here in singapore. it says a jump in investment is expected to result in thousands more jobs being created over the next few years. the philippines star is focusing on the polio outbreak there. 16 cases have been reported across the country, with the disease now making it to metropolitan manila for the first time. and public health concerns are also on the front page of the japan times. of the japan times. the coronavirus has been reported injapan for the first time. it can cause pneumonia. a chinese national brought it back with him after visiting china, where 41 people have been infected. you are up—to—date with the papers. now, lewis, what stories are sparking discussions online? well, mariko, previously unsee

so, events coming to us live from the us senate and they are into their first hour of from the us senateto theirfirst hour of a from the us senate and they are into their first hour of a three hour session. there has been 2a hours of defence for president trump. we are watching this closely on bbc news and do stay tuned for all the latest updates. at least 41 people are now known to have died from the coronavirus in china. the number of confirmed cases has risen to almost 1,400. the virus has spread to europe for the first time, with three cases confirmed in france. there‘ve also been three more people identified as having the virus in australia, bringing the total to four. in the uk, 31 people have now been tested for coronavirus, all of which were confirmed as negative. 0ur correspondent, stephen mcdonnell, has gone to the chinese province of hubei, where the outbreak began. the authorities are starting to lock down this entire province of nearly 60 million people, where the coronavirus emergency began. hospitals in wuhan have been overwhelmed with the sick. state media has reported th

issue at hand about whether donald trump is guilty of the two articles of impeachment before the us senate impeachment. absolutely at this point it would be effectively inconceivable for senate republicans to turn on donald trump in the midst of this trial and do something that basically all of them had said they wouldn't do, which is vote for one of those two articles of impeachment. yes, there may be one or two republican senators who would consider doing that, but this is going to be a partyline affair and unless something monumental was to happen in this next couple of weeks, donald trump will still be president of the united states when this impeachment trial is over. dave, 21 yea rs this impeachment trial is over. dave, 21 years ago democratic party president bill clinton was facing impeachment, do you see meaningful comparisons? of course there are meaningful comparisons by virtue of the fact there have only been three impeachment trials in us history, but there are some major differences too, probably the most notable is when bill shorten was facing his impeachment trial, there wer

republicans, who are in the majority in the us senate, have now rejected four attempts by democrats tobtain documents in president trump's impeachment trial. it's an early sign of the partisan divide that seems very likely to see mr trump acquitted. democrats see the refusal to allow new evidence as a cover up. the latest, live in a moment, first here's our north america editorjon sopel. hearye, hearye, hearye, all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. 1868, 1999, and now 2020, for only the third time in american history, the serjeant—at—arms tells senators on pain of imprisonment that they must maintain silence and decorum in the trial of a sitting president, the 45th — donald] trump. the senate will convene as a court of impeachment... presiding over it the chiefjustice of the supreme court, john roberts. but for all the veneer of this being a judicial process, it is really raw politics. the first person to be called was pat cipollone, the senior white house counsel acting as the defence. we believe that once you hear those initial presentations, the only conc

addressing the- the senate from the us senate from capitol hill. and rather than listen to his words let's bring in more analysis- from would ingolstadt senior fellow in governance at the brookings institutionon. a william hope you can hear us- i be interesting getting your reaction- to will be hearing so far. on the arguments put forward a since this a travis began in earnest today. well it is. it is clear. that the- are trying to use the issue of. of the trial procedure in particular- the issue of witnesses la kind of political control. against against republicans. de the republicans are in a difficult position. od because they are trying to balance between the demands of president trump and the white house on the one hand. and their own political fortunes on the other. for some senators in some states where support for the president is. very pervasive this is not much of a problem. bob for others it is. and particularly in light of the fact. that we've seen an increasing percentage of americans now a strong majority. to support the principle of

impeachment process and remove president trump says is it off important time for a country that the us senate do the right thing. >>they've got a chance to do with our human little nudge these protesters vow to show up here at the senate office building every day until they get what they're asking for kathryn russo says she felt compelled to fly from massachusetts to washington. >>because it's the president's actions, including the recent killing of a high ranking iranian general putting our country and us in more jeopardy every day is a very scary situation calling gold also supports president trump's removal what happened with ukraine and then also with all lies that have started the beginning of his presidency, it's unclear when the house of representatives will deliver the articles of impeachment to the us senate triggering the president's trial the counselor to the president kellyanne conway says president trump isn't worried the news a going nowhere. >>he want to feel full and fair trial but that doesn't mean a lengthy one. those articles of impeachment are very thick in washington, ale

our top story: nancy pelosi signs articles of impeachment and sends them to the us senate, where president trump will go on trial. the house speaker said it was an important moment in her country's history. donald trump has dismissed the process as a con job. it's only the third impeachment trial of a us president. the us and china have signed an initial deal aimed at easing the trade war between the world's two biggest economies. some tariffs will be reduced and china has agreed to buy more american goods. and this story is doing well on our website: meet goody the turtle, who thanks to a new prosthetic is happily swimming again. she's been immobile after losing her flipper a few years ago, in a fishing net. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: the government has defended its decision to support the struggling regional airline flybe after coming in for severe criticism from competitors and environmentalists. you'll find lots more on our website bbc.co.uk/news and the bbc news app. now live to singapore for asia business report with mariko. trade war trues. th

the us senate has been hearing a second day of arguments in the impeachment trial of president trump. making the case that mr trump abused his power by using american military aid to pressure ukraine into helping him discredit his political rival, joe biden. jerry nadler, one of the democrats‘ prosecutors, said mr trump's attempt to cheat his way to victory in the presidential election later this year was an abuse of power that threatens the entire system of us democracy. the chief point of contention in the hearings currently is over whether witnesses and more documentation should be admitted. democrats are in favour, but republicans, who hold a majority in the senate, are against. here's the top democrat in the senate making the case. the same republicans are saying that they heard nothing new, but these republicans voted nine times on tuesday against amendments to ensure new witnesses and new documents to come before the senate. let me repeat — the same republicans saying they "heard nothing new" just voted nine times on tuesday to hear nothing new. live to washington and our corre

republican party leaders in the us senate have proposed rules for president trump's impeachment trialo witnesses are called and no new evidence is discussed. a resolution unveiled by mitch mcconnell, who leads the republican majority in the senate, could see a vote on the timetable as early as tuesday. chuck schumer, who leads the democratic minority in the senate, has called the proposals a cover—up and a national disgrace. 0ur north america correspondent — peter bowes — has more details. as far as the democrats are concerned, this is a very bad move and as you have just implied, they are livid but it seems as if the republicans are trying to push this process through very quickly. it is certainly what the white house has been saying in its pre—trial documents, that there should be a swift resolution to this, but it may not be that straightforward. essentially what has been announced is that each side will get 2a hours split over two days, so two days, 12 hours long, it will be a gruelling few days for all concerned that the initial first four days will be set aside for the opening s

the us senate has approved a new trade deal with canada and mexico, sending it to president trump tonto law. the deal, which covers annual trade worth $1.2 trillion, replaces the 26—year—old north american free trade agreement, or nafta. canada's parliament has yet to give its approval, but is expected to do so. i will have plenty more coming up later on. next up we're going to go through some the papers. the royal college of psychiatrists is calling for social media companies in the uk to be forced to hand over data to universities for research into the potential harms of using the technology. it wants independent experts to assess how children's activities online affect their mental health. angus crawford reports. she had so much to offer. molly russell's death... now it's gone. sparked a national outcry. these are companies that count their profits in the billions, and they turn around and say to us that they can't protect our children? questions about young people and mental health. you can compel them to do what needs to be done? yes, absolutely. focusing public anger on the tec

in the us senate, with a procedural wrangle over whether the hearings will call witnesses. senators are meant to act as jurors, over claims that the president misused his powers by deliberately witholding military aid to ukraine, to force it to announce a corruption investigation into mr trump's political rival. travellers worlwide are on alert, as health chiefs warn a deadly new form of coronavirus is spreading beyond china. a case has been confirmed in seattle in the us. and this story is trending on bbc.com. prince harry is threatening to take legal action over paparazzi photos taken of his wife, meghan. some newspapers and websites published pictures reportedly taken by photographers hiding in bushes, using long lens cameras. that's all. stay with bbc news. and the top story in the uk: jess phillips has admitted she cannot "unite all parts" of the labour movement and has pulled out of the race to suceeed jeremy corbyn as leader. her decision came as lisa nandy secured the backing of the gmb union. more on our website bbc.co.uk/news and the news app. now on bbc news, liv

join us in shoulders of four republican senators tojoin us in demanding it. american people have made the argument forcefully, but they want the truth. will four republican senators, just for, rise to the occasion, do their duty to the constitution, to their country to seek the truth? republican senator lindsey graham has hit back at democrats, claiming that if they wanted more witnesses, they should have allowed former vice presidentjoe biden and his son hunter to be called during the earlier house of representatives inquiry. the manager said there's not one piece of evidence to suggest that hunter did anything wrong. they never will be if you don't call any witnesses. they tried to call hunter biden and people associated in the house, and they were shut down. i am offended by the idea there is a record here and there isn't one piece of evidence that hunter biden did anything wrong, then you stop the house from calling hunter biden. that is having your head in the sand. for more on the impeachment trial — have a look at our website. there are videos and artic

josh hawley is a senator from missouri, he joins us now. senator, thanks for joining us. i know you've just come out of the senate chambers. so we are seeing reports today and i know if the other side of the aisle, but i'd be interested in your perspective that there are a number of democrats, joe manchin west virginia, kyrsten sinema of arizona among them who are considering a vote to acquit. do you think that's true, and to be, if it is, what does it tell us? >> i think it's very possible, and i think what it tells was they just don't have a case. i think we are really watching here with the questioning tonight the democrats case just fall apart. i just came from the floor, we are in recess here. adam schiff just settlement for that this case is all aboute. bribery. it's about extortion, that's what's going on here. but the house didn't charge bribery or extortion. they didn't allege any of that in the articles of impeachment. it leaves you wondering why are we here? they don't even know. and so i think the democrats are something that and i wouldn't be surprised if we p

at the trump impeachment trial, the us senate hears the opening arguments as the prosecution makes thewith that story now: susan block is someone let's look at what is happening live at the senate. this is the second day, the first day on which the democratic managers are presenting their case. they have three days in which to do it and after that it is up which to do it and after that it is up to donald trump ‘s legal team will also have 2a hours over three days for their opening arguments and then senators will be able to ask questions. many strict rules about how this goes on. there was an operation —— interruption earlier caused senators to turn their heads but the person was removed from that. so as it stands now, the senate continues to listen to arguments from adam schiff. susan block is someone who has first hand experience of impeachment trials. she'sa constitutional expert at georgetown university law center, and she testified as an expert at the bill clinton impeachment hearings in 1998. she told me the two hearings don't compare. this is quite different in that the clinton

senators are not used to that, by the way, they're not used to having to keep quiet. e reason they have to write their questions down is exactly that — senators do tend to grandstand a bit and they don't want even more time to be taken up by these very long questions which are designed for their own voters back home. the first of those senators who would like to be in iowa today but has to be here in washington if they are doing this alphabetically will be amy kluger shar. i don't know quite where we got where we are, but she will be the first. can i ask you about that lev parnas interview that christian and i were just talking about? how relevant do you think that information might be that came out in that interview, to hear it so starkly when lev parnas, with whole it is issues that he had as an indicted witness, says this was never about the issue of corruption, but about getting an investigation announced into the bidens — how much do you think those wavering republican senators might listen to that and say, "this has some influence on my decision over witnesses"?

president trump has been formally impeached in the us senate.ernment in paraguay has declared a health emergency over an outbreak of dengue fever. at least 1,700 suspected cases have been recorded. ten deaths, possibly linked to the mosquito—borne virus, are being investigated. hundreds of health workers are being deployed. gareth barlow has more details. the urgent battle against a potentially fatal virus. authorities fumigating city streets to eradicate mosquitoes that spread dengue fever. according to the country's health ministry, over 1,700 suspected cases have been reported in the capital since october. translation: the emergency declaration is for practical reasons. it will speed up our response and make funds available for supplies and medicine. the health ministry has been planning for this for months. while the virus can be mild and people generally recover, in more serious forms, it can trigger convulsions, internal bleeding and death. hospitals around the country have been inundated with cases. hundreds of healthca re workers have be

coordinating with the white house he also said he is not in our show and there is a small number all for us senators republican senators who said that they could consider calling on witnesses together with the democrats if they deem that it's necessary but they know what they are risking being attacked by the president on twitter being at tact by his allies on fox news and risking losing the support of his space so this is not very likely to happen at the heart of these proceedings this impeachment trial of course our president drums dealings with ukraine we've got new revelations tonight from an associate of the personal attorney for the president and it's fairly explosive isn't it. yes his name is less ponderous and he was deeply involved in the trump administration's ukraine dealings and he directly implicated president trump and he's inner circle saying that he has documents that would prove that the president knew about what was going on ukraine that everything what happened was happening at his direction and he also said that everyone involved knew that president was not interested in fighting

day four of donald trump's impeachment trial in the us senate has begun. crat prosecutors argue that the president should be removed from office for abuse of power and for obstructing congress. they say he's used foreign policy for his own personal, political gain. mr trump has dismissed the trial as boring. in the past few hours, us media has reported a recording has emerged of the president apparently saying he wanted the ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, fired. one of the houses‘ impeachment managers, adam schiff was asked his thoughts before today's session got underway. i don't have enough background to give you a response to it at this time but, plainly, if the president, at the urging of giuliani or parnas or fruman, if this is additional evidence of his involvement in that effort to smear her, it would certainly corroborate much of what we have heard, but i'm not in a position yet to analyse that, not having looked at it. the senate minority leader chuck schumer has been speaking — making the case for witnesses to be allowed to give evidence

you have an idea the republicans have a majority inside the senate and they will use that. t push back from a handful of republican senators who have been unhappy with how some of this has been handled. mitch mcconnell is the one who has been pushing for the way this will been pushing for the way this will be handled, and he had wanted each side, the prosecution and the defence, to set out their case in 2a hours over a period of two days so essentially 12 hours each day. handful of republican senators pushed back against that and as a result he has now said they will have 2a hours each over three days and that's an idea that perhaps information should be handed out over a longer period. people should be allowed to be seen to process it more carefully, and it gives you the idea there are some republicans may bea idea there are some republicans may be a little uncomfortable with how quickly this is being pushed and how it is being handled. but i think you are right, there is no doubt the republican majority inside this and it means this impeachment trial, you can almost write

he spoke with me a little harlier. >> you so much for joining us, senator. ld the president have sought the approval of congress before killing general soleimani? >> i think he should have soughb it, one, because congress has voted a i sponsored an amendment in the senate that passed by a majority tha if you're going to go to war with iran,eehen you to come to congress. and it's also in the constitution. that's a very specific provision in the constitution thatth says congress has the authority to declare war, not the president. and i think what the president has done here, killing this major general,ha is a part of the defense establishment in iran, is the same thing as if they had attacked us and assassinated our secretarye f defe a foreign trip some place.is s getting us into a very bad road and pting us on a very bad path. >> nonetheless, the president says tha he ordered this killing in order to stop a war, not to start one. what's your reaction to that? >> well, i'm very skeptical. i think we've received bad intelligence in some of the her ions we've go

then the chief justice will swear in all of us senators. we will pledge to rise above the factionalism and to do justice for our institutions, for our states, and for the nation. then we will formally notify the white house of our pending trial and summon the president to answer the articles and send his counsel. the trial will commence in earnest on tuesday. but first, some important good news for the country. we anticipate the senate will finish the usmca tomorrow and send this landmark trade deal to president trump for his signature. a major victory for the administration, but more importantly, for american families. so let me close with this. this is a difficult time for our country, but this is precisely the kind of time for which the framers created the senate. i am confident this body can rise above short-term-ism and factional fever and serve the long-term best interests of our nation. we can do this. and we must. >> this body, this chamber exists precisely so that we can look past the daily dramas and understand how our actions wil

senate, the country is watching to see if we can rise to the occasion. 21 years ago, 100 senators including a number of us in the chamber today did just that. the body approved a fair common—sense process to guide the beginning of a presidential impeachment trial. today, two decades later, he said it will reta ke that decades later, he said it will retake that entrance exam and the basic structure we are proposing is just as fairand basic structure we are proposing is just as fair and evenhanded as it was back then. the question is whether senators are themselves ready to be as fair and as evenhanded. the senator made a statement 21 yea rs the senator made a statement 21 years ago, we said that residents of either party deserve basicjustice and afair either party deserve basicjustice and a fair process. a challenging political moments like today does not make the statements less necessary. but all the more necessary , necessary. but all the more necessary, in fact, so i would say to my colleagues across the aisle there is no reason why the vote on this resolution ought to be remotely partisan. there is no

the impeachment trial of donald trump has started in the us senate. just the third time a president has gone on trial in us history. here's how it began. hearye, hearye, hearye. all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. all the senate of the united states is sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives, against donald john trump, president of the united states. mr trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. we'll go over those charges in more detail later. mr trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. but the debate at the moment is not about the president's guilt or innocence. senators are arguing over the rules that will govern how the trial proceeds. the democrats are accusing the republicans of trying to rig the trial. mcconnell‘s resolution is nothing short of a national disgrace. and it will go down in history as one of the very dark days of the senate. this is the man who came up with the rules — mitch mcconnell, the republican lea

republican party leaders in the us senate have proposed rules for president trump's impeachment trialan no witnesses are called and no new evidence is discussed. a resolution unveiled by mitch mcconnell, who leads the republican majority in the senate, could see a vote on the timetable as early as thursday. chuck schumer, who leads the democratic minority in the senate, has called the proposals a cover—up and a national disgrace. so what can we expect to happen? the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue reports from washington. will all senators now stand and remain standing, and raise their right—hand. do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trail of the impeachment of donald john trump... yes, these are 100 members of the united states senate, but now they are also jurors and judges be they get to fix the rules of the trail and decide on guilt. we will be sitting there and chairs for about six hours a day starting at 1pm eastern time, six days a week, so this is going to be, i think, kind of a gruelling exercise but also one that will be public. the president faces two charges.

senate. let me be very clear that this president will be held accountable — nobody is above the law. the us china sign an initial deal aimed at easing the 18—month trade war between the world's two biggest economies. i'm mariko oi in singapore. also in the programme: wildfires, flooding and drought — the last decade is confirmed as the world's hottest on record. and why trouble is brewing in sri lanka's world famous tea industry as prices fall and costs rise. it's 1am here in london, 9am in the morning in singapore and 8pm in the evening in washington, where the stage is now set for the senate trial of donald trump, only the third us president ever to face impeachment. house speaker nancy pelosi has signed the resolution finalising the articles of impeachment. democrats are accusing mr trump of abusing his power and obstructing congress. earlier, mrs pelosi named seven democratic lawmakers who will be the impeachment managers. she said the significance of today's events could not be overestimated. so sad, so tragic for our country — the actions taken by the president to undermine our nation

let's honor the constitution, let's honor our responsibility and pass the test put before us. >> senate republicans have just plain run out of excuses for not calling witnesses are getting key documents in the senate trial. under oath in the house of representatives to say she was directed by john bolton i am not part of whatever drug deal they are cooking up"and that there will be no delay that we still shouldn't call upon john bolton? i cannot think of any other kind of trial that you would call those key witnesses and ask for documents. what documents? on december 3rd president trump said i want mick - - nick mulvaney to testify he's on record to say he wants him to testify in the trial asking senate republicans to call mulvaney just as president trump has said he will. we have heard from senator mcconnell the big difference the same as the clinton proceeding where we are right now specifically all the witnesses are requested to testify in the trial given testimony under oath in previous related proceedings where we have called for have not been in any testimony but i think we want t

this is the scene live inside the us senate. this is taken place in the us senate.. president trump is accused of inappropriately pressuring ukraine to investigate his democrat rival, joe biden. his son hunter biden took a senior job at a ukrainian energy company called burisma at the same time as his father, who was then vice president in the obama administration, was overseeing american policy toward ukraine and investigating corruption. in july last year president trump called ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky to congratulate him on his election win, and raised the issue of investigating the bidens. then in august, politico reported that us military aid was being withheld from ukraine. then in september this formal complaint from a whistleblower about that july phone call was released. the complaint said that president trump's conduct was a "serious or flagrant problem, abuse, or violation of law". that was the trigger for democrats to begin impeachment proceedings. the president says he's done nothing wrong. the democrats are arguing today that ukraine was

president trump's lawers have been setting out his defence, at his impeachment trial in the us senate is accused of abusing his power and obstructing congress. the president's attorney said his accusers had no evidence — and their real motive was to undermine mr trump's re—election campaign. we'll have a full report on this story in a few minutes' time when viewers on bbc one join us for a round up of the day's news. first though i've been speaking to laurie laird — an american politics commentator and to the politico reporter daniel lippman — who explained what the trump defence was trying to achieve in their opening arguments. if you watch the couple of hours of the defence, this was heavily focused on poking holes in the democratic arguments and also previewing what we will hear on monday where we are expected to hear lots of attacks on joe and hunter biden's work in the ukraine and making the point that trump has done nothing wrong and that this would overturn an election. interesting as well is that attempt to unpick the prosecution's case. there was a wider message about the mot

mr trump was speaking hours before his impeachment trial began in the us senate in washington dc.ore on that in a moment — but first, james robbins reports from davos. getting away from it all? donald trump has flown over 4,000 miles from washington to the alpine heights of davos, hoping to look more like a president on the world stage, less like a defendant back home. he's treading carefully on all the ice and snow — any fall here would look terrible. but will this gathering of the world economic forum, 5,000 feet up in switzerland, give an embattled president the high ground he craves? even without impeachment, he is way out of step with the main goal of this meeting — to do much more to tackle global temperature rise. but to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow, we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. they are the heirs of yesterday's foolish fortune tellers and i have them and you have them and we all have them and they want to see us do badly, but we don't let that happen. being here today in switzerland and not in washington, t

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seconds after the senate approved the us mca, us-mexico canada trade agreement the senate receives the impeachment managers and that vote in the senate early, 89 to 10, that measure goes to the president for his approval. jim in albuquerque new mexico, go ahead with your comments. >> caller: i like to sayhe's not guilty . i've been watching this every day from the beginning. and it's back and forth. the democrats won't prove nothing, there's no crime there either on obstruction or abuse of power, obstruction of congress and on the abuse of power, i'm glad we got the president that talked to the ukrainians and said to us, not we democrats, to us , referring to the ukraine and to the united states about these corruption and all this misdeeds over therein ukraine . and he could have held up for another 10 days, he didn't have to give it up until the last few days, he had a certain amount of time to give it in and he gave it in that amount of time with extra days to go. and as far as abuse of power, the congress, nancy pelosi , she's held up usmc for almost a year. she agreed on the last w

the us senate heard the second day of arguments in the impeachment trial of president trump today.emocrats are making the case that mr trump abused his power by pressuring ukraine to help him investigate his political rival, joe biden. at least 13 people are now known to have been killed in storms that have ravaged parts of spain. four people are still missing after storm gloria triggered floods and swept away roads. prime minister pedro sanchez has flown over some of the worst hit areas. its about 2:30am and you're up to date on the headlines. now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. hello and welcome to thursday in parliament. coming up: as four people in scottish hospitals are tested for the new strain of coronavirus, the health secretary updates mps. the chief medical officer has revised the risk to the uk population from ‘very low‘ to ‘low‘. in a special debate to mark holocaust memorial day, mps share harrowing family experiences. i learnt that my own great—grandmother, raina sevilla, was deported from the vel d'hiv via drancy to birkenau concentration camp, where she was mur

president trump's lawers have been setting out his defence at his impeachment trial in the us senate.ing congress. the president's attorney said his accusers had no evidence and their real motive was to undermine mr trump's re—election campaign. from washington, chris buckler reports. as the future of his presidency has been under debate, president trump has been to davos to meet world leaders, to florida to speak to supporters, and ignored other events in washington to attend a pro—life rally. perhaps that's a sign that he's looking past this impeachment trial and already thinking about drumming up votes for this november's presidential election. and certainly, inside congress, his legal team have been making a point of notjust defending their client but also using this deeply political trial to attack his opponents, the democrats. they're asking you to tear up all of the ballots across this country, on your own initiative, take that decision away from the american people. democrats delivered a more than 28,000—page record of evidence and their argument, that donald trump abused his

us. >> senator, what do you think -- [inaudible] >> i don't know what's going to happen. i don't know if -- i hope we will still get the votes to get the witnesses. i've not heard any argument about why this process wouldn't improve if you're from john bolton. even if it's not going to convince you on impeachment, should the american public have all of the facts? shouldn't we as policymakers have all of the facts so that if we choose to act after-the-fact, regardless of what happens on impeachment, if we choose to make more clear that for interference is inappropriate, that in a sense acting a foreign leader -- asking for leader is inappropriate or should we have all of the sex is going to try to make policy on it ongoing basis? even if people not to move forward on impeachment, and have made my decision until we finish this process, i would think, particularly based upon the president's lawyers arguments yesterday that anyone that wants to protect our election integrity or anyone who wants to basically not invite more foreign interference or not basically say all bets ar

the us senate has been hearing the second day of arguments in the impeachment trial of president trumpdemocrats are making the case that mr trump abused his power by using american military aid to pressure ukraine into helping him discredit his political rivaljoe biden. it's now clear at least 13 people have been killed in the storms that have ravaged parts of spain. four people are still missing. storm gloria has triggered floods and swept away roads. prime minister pedro sanchez has flown over some of the worst hit areas. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. perhaps it is misleading to describe the unfolding events in the us senate as the impeachment trial of donald trump. after all, this is a process which may well avoid witness testimony, exclude key documents, and it involves jurors who drew their conclusions long ago. nonetheless, it remains an historic moment, likely to have a major impact on us politics. my guest is republican congressman don bacon. will republicans come to regret their unwavering loyalty to donald j trump? congressman don bacon,