in a statement released via the white house twitter account, president trump says there is never anympeachment. and yet again he made no mention of his successor, president—electjoe biden. italy's been plunged into political chaos because the former prime minister, matteo renzi, pulled his party out of government, leaving the ruling coalition without a parliamentary majority. the us house of representatives has voted to impeach president trump, after his supporters stormed the capitol last week. mr trump becomes the first president to be impeached twice. house speaker nancy pelosi said he represented "a clear and present danger" to the united states and that "no—on is above the law." in a statement released via the white house twitter account, president trump says there is never any justification for violence and he urges americans to be "united". there was no aknowledgment of his impeachment. and yet again he made no mention of his successor, president—electjoe biden. italy's been plunged into political chaos because the former prime minister, matteo renzi, pulled his party out of g

in a statement released via the white house twitter account, president trump says there is never anyustification for violence, and he urges americans to be united. he makes no mention of his impeachment. and yet again, he made no mention of his successor, president—electjoe biden. the uk has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll — more than 1,500 people have died. fergal keane has this special report from imperial health care's st marys and charing cross hospitals in london. it is britain's tale of two realities — locked down streets much busier than before, and just minutes from here... even though i can't hear what you're saying, you are very safe. the voices of one pandemic day. there are a lot of noises going on. lam drwong. i'm the consultant, lovely to meet you. how are you feeling today? so much better. i genuinely thought i was going to die. i i surrendered. it was the stage where suicide, for me, was probably an easieri option than to go through... i cannot put into words, i honestly cannot put i into words how terrifying and how merciless - i was to it, six days

in a statement released by the white house, twitter account, president trump says there is never anyfication for violence and he urges americans to be united. now on bbc news... hardtalk. stephen sackur talks to tamara rojo, artistic director of the english national ballet. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. some of the things the covid pandemic has taken from us are easier to quantify than others. the death toll and the job losses make headlines. the closed arts venues, the lack of shared creative experiences — not so much. but make no mistake, the arts face an unprecedented crisis. my guest is tamara rojo, the internationally renowned dancer and artistic director of the english national ballet. can the performing arts survive the covid calamity? tamara rojo, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. try to capture for me, if you can, the personal and professional impact that covid—i9 has had upon you. i don't think that upon me is that interesting or very important at this point — other than, obviously, most of the time that we were supposed to be creating, being home. i thin

in a statement released via the white house twitter account, president trump says there is never anyustification for violence and he urges americans to be �*united'. there was no aknowledgment of his impeachment. and yet again he made no mention of his successor, president—electjoe biden. italy's been plunged into political chaos after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party out of government, leaving the ruling coalition without a parliamentary majority. the timing couldn't be worse with the country trying to rebuild the economy and contain the cornavirus pandemic. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. some of the things the covid pandemic has taken from us are easier to quantify than others. the death toll and the job losses make headlines. the closed arts venues, the lack of shared creative experiences — not so much. but make no mistake, the arts face an unprecedented crisis. my guest is tamara rojo, the internationally renowned dancer and artistic director of the english national ballet. can the performing arts survive the covid calamity?

the welcome to world of art the departure of donald trump from the white house twitter and many other social media platforms has left many americans ecstatic but astonished many more of just how much power of the big tech companies have accumulated over our lives love or hate trump it isn't his jack order executed at such a politically opportune moment a warning shot for all of us not only in america but everywhere in the world well to discuss that i'm now joined by ramesh 3 of us and a professor of information studies at the university of california los angeles press is good to talk to you thank you very much for your time it's nice to meet you thank you for having me i know that you fully support removing trunk from social media platforms and yet you also find twitter is and the other big tech companies decision to suspend his accounts somewhat problematic why is that you know we don't quite see that they support sort of a. trump per se i think long before we reach this point there should have been enough there should have been a set of guidelines and rules everybody technology plat

i also want to jump in with a video message that the president has now just released on the white house twitter feed in it you see him seated at the oval office he addresses his fellow americans and he this is the most of the strongest words he's used thus far to condemn the mob violence saying no supporter of mine would i would condone what endorse political violence that this is against his make america great again movement now i got through about half of this 5 minute video so i'm sure that our producers are watching to see what else the president is saying here but it is a remarkable infosys on the statement that he also released in writing in the middle of this impeachment debate earlier in which he also called for an end to violence to vandalization this of course in the context of a growing number of warnings from law enforcement of a potential for armed or riots to happen leading up to joe biden's inauguration next wednesday but this is just a remarkable series of events we've seen unfold today rob with this impeachment vote that was bipartisan very different from the last time trump wa

welcome to worlds of where the departure of donald trump from the white house twitter and many other social media platforms has left many americans ecstatic but astonished many more at just how much power the big tech companies have accumulated over our lives love or hate trumpet.

the social media site says that it is working toe with the government to transfer white house twitterlect joe biden zab ministrations of the incoming administration will have x. says to the potus v p flotus and white house handles. twitter also says they will be taking extra precautions to try to prevent hate speech on inauguration day. the fight between amazon and the conservative social media platform parlor went to court today. a federal judge in seattle will decide whether to force amazon to put parlor back on its servers following last week's riot, the u. s capitol, amazon web services pulled the plug on parlor, citing a wave of violent content, some of which called for rape, murder and torture. parlor ceo says that amazon caved to pressure from the left. this is really a very big kind of attack on, you know, small business on up and coming startups and on free speech online. amazon says parlor had no effective way of moderating post that incited violence and that its contract with companies like parlor allows it to suspend or terminate accounts that violate amazons. terms of ser

in a statement released via the white house twitter account, president trump says there is never anyustification for violence and he urges americans to be �*united'. there was no aknowledgment of his impeachment. and yet again he made no mention of his successor, president—electjoe biden. italy's been plunged into political chaos after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party out of government, leaving the ruling coalition without a parliamentary majority. the timing couldn't be worse with the country trying to rebuild the economy and contain the cornavirus pandemic. the uk's major supermarkets have warned the government that an �*urgent intervention�* is needed to prevent more disruption to northern ireland's food supplies. since the uk separated from the eu, there've been new checks and paperwork on food products being shipped over the irish sea, which have caused delays. for over a week now, shoppers in northern ireland have seen shortages in some supermarkets. here's our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. overnight, the way we get food into northern ireland from great

in a statement released via the white house twitter account, president trump says there is never anyustification for violence and he urges americans to be "united". there was no aknowledgment of his impeachment. and yet again he made no mention of his successor, president—electjoe biden. italy's been plunged into political chaos because the former prime minister, matteo renzi, pulled his party out of government, leaving the ruling coalition without a parliamentary majority. the timing could not be worse, with the country trying to rebuild the economy and contain the cornavirus pandemic. it is just after 2:30am in the morning. now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello again and welcome to wednesday in parliament. in this program... shared anger over food parcels sent to some of england's poorest children. so can i ask the prime minister, would he be happy with his kids living on that? i don't think anybody in this house is happy with the disgraceful images that we have seen of the food parcels that have been offered. scotland's first minister tightens covid restrictions with thi

in a statement released via the white house twitter account, president trump says there is never anymade no mention of his successor, president—electjoe biden. italy's been plunged into political chaos after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party out of government, leaving the ruling coalition without a parliamentary majority. the timing couldn't be worse with the country trying to rebuild the economy and contain the cornavirus pandemic.

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hello and welcome to worlds apart the departure of donald trump from the white house twitter and many other social media platforms has left many americans ecstatic but astonished many more of just how much power of the big tech companies have accumulated over our lives love or hate trump it isn't his jack order executed at such a politically opportune moment a warning shot for all of us not only in america but everywhere in the world well to discuss that i'm now joined by ramesh 3 of us and a professor of information studies at the university of california los angeles press is good to talk to you thank you very much for your time it's nice to meet you thank you for having me i know that you fully support removing trunk from social media platforms and yet you also find twitter is and the other big tech companies decision just as spanish is accounts somewhat problematic why is that you know we don't quite see that i support sort of a. trump per se i think long before we reach this point there should have been enough there should have been a set of guidelines and rules everybody technolo

welcome to worlds of where the departure of donald trump from the white house twitter and many other social media platforms has left many americans ecstatic but astonished many more at just how much power of the big tech companies have accumulated over our lives love or hate trump it isn't his order executed at such a politically opportune moment a warning shot for all of us not only in america but everywhere in the world well to discuss that i'm now joined by the new boss and a professor of information studies at the university of california los angeles press it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time it's nice to be.

now scene there is a major change in the white house twitter account this morning. the white house isn't new a press secretary tweeted the white house is the people's house. she's inviting all americans to send in questions she says she will answer them in a video this week just seen. thank you so much the mask. >>let's go down to the south bay for more reaction to the history that's being made in the nation's capital kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now live from san jose. what's the feel down there in the south bay rob. >>one afternoon justine i spoke with san jose mayor sam liccardo here about hour ago he tells me today was the says that he's been able to fully exhale in the past 4 years he called happen in washington today is a a true moment of national unity and a real moment here for california particularly as he reminds us the past 4 years have seen some real consternation in disagreement between the previous administration in california, particularly here in the bay area over immigration sanctuary policy the environment and some other issues. he is hopeful t

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. >> reporter: now, as expected, the official potus and white house twitter accounts will be eventually transitioned to the biden administration in the aftermath of all of this drama. big tech companies usually do not act alone. facebook already has a two-week/indefinite ban on the president's page, at least through inauguration. google also taking some action against a smaller social media site, social media platform this morning. it's called parler and they have been suspended from the google play store until they address the ongoing and urgent public safety threat according to the tech giant. guys. >> jo ling kent, thank you. administration officials late into the night trying to figure out how to handle this. >>> this morning momentum is building for what would be an unprecedented move by congress, a possible second impeachment of president trump. house speaker nancy pelosi says if the president does not resign, the house will take action toward removing him from office. that's as the outgoing senate majority leader mitch mcconnell sent senate republicans a memo outlining the timing

twitter. we've heard people say what about the white house account? what about the potus account? yuft now i heard from a spokesperson for twitter. they're still trying to figure out what to do about the other accounts. those are official u.s. government accounts so that is a different scenario. and they say this ban does apply do donald trump so if he goes off and tries to tweet from some other account, he will be banned from those accounts as well. >> so, you know, the specificity is chilling. you of course have been talking to so many of the president's supporters and we've all seen those interviews. what is the permanent suspension, what is the impact going to be do you think? >> i think this is really going to rile his supporters up. i mean, trump has been drumming the beat for years that big tech is out to get him even though he had one of the most powerful and the most influential accounts on facebook and twitter for years. of course the big question is, where does he go next and where does his supporters go next? and there are other platforms out there. they're much smaller

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now, this video was posted to one of the official white house twitter accounts. it's one of the few social media platforms still available to the president who has been banned from several other media outlets this past week. now, he appears in the video to be trying to shift the conversation from last week's violence to what he alleges are effo efforts to censor people. it's important to note he recorded this video yards from the white house briefing room where he can broadcast around the world at a moment's notice. moving into impeachment proceedings, right now it's unclear who is going to represent the president. his previous legal team, white house counsel and his personal attorney jay sekulow, they say they will not be representing him this time around. >> we are fortunate to bring in chief washington correspondent major garrett to help us understand what's going on capitol hill. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> the president stirred up doubt and anger, whipped up his supporters to fight like hell, storm the violence. what's his calculation? >> it's t

is that why donald trump released that pre-produced on message video yesterday to the white house twitter account that said that he does not condone violence? his strongest statements towards what happened on wednesday yet he still didn't take any responsibility for it. >> right, so that video is worth noting that like many of these steps during and after the election the president had to be prodded and pushed into doing it. in this case by vice president pence, by his daughter and son-in-law. the president told people correctly, it turns out based on what mcconnell says, the senate will come back for a trial and he does not believe that he will be removed from office before his term is up and biden becomes the president. he also said privately that he does not believe he will be convicted. but that is a fairly open question. there is an acknowledgment when you look at the fallout that he is facing, and it is tremendous, that there are some republican lawmakers that are upset not so much by the way that he incited the insurrection, but by how he handled it. you have republican lawmakers t

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in a statement released via the white house twitter account, president trump says there is never anycation for violence and he urges americans to be �*united'. he makes no mention of his impeachment. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. this rather historic night for the united states. with me are the chief leader writer at the observer, sonia sodha and chief political commentator from times radio, tom newton dunn. thank you forjoining us tonight. tomorrow's front pages. starting with. .. the times shows a picture of us national guard troops resting in the capitol building, as the united states is put on alert after trump is impeached for a second time. that same picture is on the front of the financial times. the paper reports on an historic day for us democracy — as donald trump becomes the only us president to be impeached twice. a bit closer to home and it's �*van tamjab man�* — the front of the metro shows england's deputy chief medical officer administering a covid jab on the front line. a pledge from the prime minister sits f

eve of his final day in office president trump released a farewell video address posted on a white house twitter account. >>this week we had a great day, new administration. and pray for its success in keeping america safe and prosperous want to thank the american people to serve as your president has been an honor beyond description. thank you for this extraordinary privilege. >>trump did not mention joe biden by name nor did he recognize biden's victory. >>unlike previous presidents president trump will not attend the inauguration. he leaves behind a stumbling economy a crippling pandemic and a divided nation is also the only us president to be impeached twice as for what he may be remembered for so to press washington bureau chief julie pace has an answer is going to skip town and before will not be on the capitol e - steps and that's really extraordinary because this is one of those ways that the united states signals that we have a peaceful transfer of power roughly 400,000 americans will have died from this virus and he will be remembered as somebody who really tried to downplay the threat

. >>> and just a few hours ago, president trump released a video through the white house twitter account. remember, his personal account has been suspended. in that video, the president makes no mention of impeachment, but he did make his strongest condemnation yet of last week's violence and pushed for future unity. >> all of us can choose by our actions to rise above the rancor and find common ground and shared purpose. we must focus on advancing the interests of the whole nation, delivering the miracle vaccines, defeating the pandemic, rebuilding the economy, protecting our national security, and upholding the rule of law. today i am calling on all americans to overcome the passions of the moment and join together as one american people. >> we spoke to bay area representatives zoe lofgren this afternoon following their rotes to impeach. they told abc7 news about the house's speedy decision to hold a vote, and how the violent events of last week could convince some senate republicans to convict the president. >> we did not need a long proceeding in this case because it was just a week

it was three paragraphs or two paragraphs on twitter on the social media director for the white house's twitter account, because the president had been locked out. here is that statement. it says, even though i totally disagree with the outcome of the elections and the facts bear me out, nevertheless, there will be an orderly transition on january 20th. i've always said we would fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. while this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to make america great again. and this came at a time that you can only describe as a low point in the history of the american presidency, because the president had essentially incited an insurrection at the united states capitol, which has led some here in washington to ask the question whether the 25th amendment ought to be invoked. that's the amendment that allows for the president to be essentially removed and the vice president to assume his powers, even though there are only two weeks to go, there are concerns about what the president could do wit

trump released the taped comments on the official white house twitter account yesterday after the platform was not invited to the oval office remarks, which made no mention of his newly minted second impeachment. >> i unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week. violence and vandalism have absolutely no place in our country and no place in our movement. no true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence. no true supporter of mine could ever disrespect law enforcement or our great american flag. there has been reporting that additional demonstrations are being planned in the coming days, both here in washington and across the country. i have been briefed by the u.s. secret service on the potential threats. i cannot emphasize that there must be no violence, no law-breaking, and no vandalism of any kind. >> so, according to "the new york times," trump had to be convinced by his advisers, lawyers, and the vice president that speaking out against the violence was the right thing to do. we will see if he holds that line for the next week. it's never been more important.

in a statement issued by the white house on twitter, president trump acknowledging his presidency isng to an end, promising there will be an orderly transition of power but also promising he's not done yet with his broader goals to make america great again. phillip? >> all right, josh thank you so much. that's what so many people were hoping to hear, some call for unity. he said he would never concede he said yesterday, you know, they must hold strength, take back the country, never show weakness now we're hearing a different tone from the president. >> here's the thing. he said we will continue to fight. yesterday was a dramatic day little did we know it would be a deadly day hopefully we can see things turn around and be peaceful from here on out we thank you for starting your day with >>> right now at 4:30, breaking news. the count is now over. overnight, congress affirmed joe biden as the 46th president of the united states. now making january 6th the day our nation will never forget. >> to those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. violence never wins. freedo

he had to release it on the white house twitter account, because as you all know, he has been kicked off of twitter, banned. in the video message he condemns mob violence, one week later, seven days. sounds a little bit to us like a message that a lawyer might have suggested he put out as he now faces a trial in the united states senate for inciting an insurrection. joining our conversation, the aforementioned ari melber, msnbc chief legal correspondent and the host and steward of this hour on normal days. ari? >> good to be with you, nicolle. i'm thinking of something that you said earlier in your coverage and when i was helping with anchoring earlier in the day, it occurred to me, and i think we should all reflect on it as a nation that it's a crime scene where the vote was held. it's a crime scene where the debate occurred over whether there would be any political accountability in the civic sense for the attacks by, as the members of congress argued, as we look at that capitol dome, encouraged by one branch government, by the president who spoke and said go on down to the congres

twitter says it's closely watching other accounts like at potus and white house account limiting which can be posted and set up fire storm on capitol hill as reaction mix. democratic lawmakers applauding twitter and many asking why it had taken so long. virginia senator mark warner, this is an overdue step but important to remember this is much bigger than one person, it's about an entire ecosystem that allows misinformation and hate to spread and fester unchecked. while others say this could lead to censorship for conservatives overnight and twitter criticized for hang mike pence, some conservatives are deactivating accounts in solidarity including rush limbaugh who had millions of followers of its own and president vowing to go online to reach supporters, how he would do this and when it is launched, unclear at this point. griff: house democrats could introduce articles of impeachment as early as monday. david spunt with the latest. david: president trump is at the white house this afternoon and there's a real that donald j trump that can become the first president of the united stat

>> brian: president biden wasting no time dismantling the trump legacy taking over the white house as the twittere is now up again. one of the dozen follows, chrissy taken. carley shimkus is here, she knows everything. we have the stories we miss during the week. is this true from fox news 24/7? >> at your popcorn out for this one after being sworn into office, president biden received a new twitter handle. he is now using the official account only following 13 people including chrissy teagan, this after she reached out on twitter writing i have been blocked by the president for four years, can i get a follow please? chrissy teagan of course is a big trump critic. >> brian: john legend her husband and the answer of course is yes so the president will now follow her which i find fascinating, can you imagine if president trump had one attractive hollywood star following him, what that have been a three day story on another network? >> maybe his wife. every time i think of chrissy teagan, i have to laugh because i once did a story about her on foxnews.com, totally nonpolitical and she retweeted it a

attempted insurrection requests that his comments that he's an edge have made were made at the white house not on twitter well i mean yes i do believe that trump has been inciting to riot and that's illegal. like i say if i if i was doing that i d in jail and when you have the president himself inciting to riot. you know we have no choice but to prosecute the guy convict him yeah i know because as i say on twitter his words are different to the words he used at that white has reached before before this deadly march you can envisage a point where you can say when you were younger with this ice cream company saying all sorts of things about the capitalist system you can't envisage a time when you can imagine powerful interests in as it now is silicon valley trying to censor the kind of remarks you are trying to make about the need for a more peaceful more equitable well. i was an out and out why angry and undercutting the you know the vote the validity of elections in our country from the presidents hold. you know telling. you no i mean i think that the problem in our country is that. there's a there's a l

white house in 2016. @realdonaldtrump has tweeted for the last time. twitter banned him. in a statement the company said the decision was due to the risk of further incitement of violence. the move came as extremist groups are calling for another round of attacks on washington and state capitols on january 17th. the president responded using an official@potus account tweeting a lengthy statement where he declared we will not be silenced. twitter swiftly deleted those

after he was knocked off twitter for 12 hours, he sent those messages through a white house staffer's twitter account instead while he was locked out of his own. nevertheless, twitter gave him back his account, and he started using it again. and i will remind you -- i know it probably sounds weird to hear me talking this much about things the president tweeted, but i'll remind you this is the last day we ever have to struggle with the responsibility of how best to ignore his tweets. after today, it's over. but i do actually think, in part because it's the last day, but specifically because of the way it ended, i think it's important actually, i think it's definitely interesting, potentially important to look at the last thing that happened before this all came to an end. these are the last two posts that he made on twitter before that company decided to take down his whole account, get rid of all of his tweets, and ban him from the platform entirely permanently. these are the last two. the first one said this. it said, quote, the 75 million great american patriots who voted for me, am

. >> reporter: as for the president, he's been holed up in the white house, silent since twitter permanently kicked him off the site, "due to the risk of further incitement of violence." but breaking her silence today, the first lady. melania trump says she was "disappointed and disheartene" " by the insurrection, but that she's been treated unfairly. saying it's "shameful that surrounding these tragic events there has been salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks, and false misleading accusations on me." it's unclear what she's talking about. sunday, trump finally lowered the flags to half staff at the white house in honor of officer brian sicknick, who was killed injured in the chaos and later died. pelosi, pence and president-elect joe biden is all spoken with the officer's family, but not the president. he still hasn't said a word about officer sicknick's death. >> all right, so, let's get right to mary, up on the hill again tonight. mary, democrats are preparing for an impeachment vote on wednesday. they believe they have support from democrats and some republicans, too. but we al

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and now that he's no longer in the white house, no longer on twitter, as a former republican, how doblican party changes and how are the political lines going to be redrawn for senate impeachment trials? >> so i think that it was appropriate for the moment that we're in that donald trump was not there today. his absence was notable, but appropriate, given the trail of destruction he's left in his wake. his hold on the republican party seems to be rather strong, despite his role in a violent insurrection. we saw how many republicans still voted to contest the election, the free and fair results of the election of joe biden, which was very disconcerting. you know, the fact that he's been deplatformed and he's in a lot of legal and business peril post-presidency could, perhaps, sway some to move away from him. but if the pardoning of steve bannon and bringing him back into his orbit is any indication of the future that donald trump is looking toward, starting a new party or faction'ing some of the republicans off, republicans have a real problem and they need to have a soul-searching re

twitter account. and in the words of this white house official, the way this white house official was explaining it, they don't know what to do now. and now, they are exploring other alternatives. but anderson, i mean, it needs to be said that, you know, one of the reasons why twitter did this is because of this potential for the president to incite further violence. kind of violence you were just laying out at the beginning of the show. and that is something that gett twitter says in its statement, they were worried about plans for future, armed protests that have already begun proliferating on and off twitter regarding some sort of planning for potentially a secondary attack on the u.s. capitol on january 17th of this year. right before the inauguration. and so, they took action, according to twitter, because they were worried about what might be coming, next. and, you know, the white house can try to work around that. but that is a -- just a damning statement. a damning set of events that this white house is having to deal with, this evening. >> yeah. also, a reminder just how much advanced notice the

twitter is the instrument that fueled his rise to power. it is the instrument that has caused some of the biggest problems for this white house over the past t's the way the president goes directly to his supporters. >> reporter: yesterday, trump releasing this video on twitter, where he seemed to denounce the events at the capitol. >> i am outraged by the violence, lawlessness, and mayhem. >> the president released that video under enormous pressure from republicans, from some of his own staff, even from members of his family. but he is not happy. for the first time condemned the violence and said he will work toward an orderly transition, and i'm told he regrets saying those things. >> reporter: from what may be his last tweet, president trump announced he will not be going to the inauguration on january 20th. >> one of the few things he and i have ever agreed on. it's a good thing i'm not showing up. >> reporter: even his bitter opponent, hillary clinton, attended the inauguration four years ago. she wrote she felt responsibility to be there, to demonstrate the peaceful transfer of power. >> i don't think anybody thought trump was going