and for more on this i'm joined by did a reporter william blue cross william one thing i'd like to understand the defense was given 16 hours to make its case but it took less than 4 what does that mean. well democrat house managers the prosecution in their time also didn't take their entire 16 hours a lot of it they didn't take more than the 3 or 4 hours that we saw yesterday from the defense i mean it basically says that they don't think very highly of this trial they want to get it over with they know that the outcome is pretty much assured they don't have to mount a very strong defense to get republicans to vote with them and therefore acquit donald trump and also never they were repeated shakeups in the trump legal team so that probably affected planning and organization and just who was doing what really the the effort was very clearly reflected by how poorly they did in that 1st time around even donald trump was reported to have been outraged at how weak their original defense was and you could hear in there so much stronger more muscular defense yesterday very much with having donald t

and for more on this i'm joined by do you deborah porter william blue crossed one thing i'd like to understand the defense was given 16 hours to make its case but it took less than 4 what does that mean. well democrat house managers the prosecution in their time also didn't take their entire 16 hours a lot of but they did take more 'd than the 3 or 4 hours that we saw yesterday from the defense i mean it basically says that they don't think very highly of this trial they want to get it over with they know that the outcome is pretty much assured they don't have to mount a very strong defense to get republicans to vote with them and therefore acquit donald trump and also know where they were repeated shakeups in the trump legal team so that probably affected planning and organization and just who was doing what really the effort was very clearly reflected by how poorly they did in that 1st time around even donald trump was reported to have been outraged at how weak their original defense was and you could hear in there so much stronger more muscular defense yesterday very much with having donald

let's get more from the looser us i'm mr william blue cross welcome william let's start with yesterday then what were the main takeaways from day one of this trial. i felt yes it was very much a preview of what we can come to expect over the next coming days remember they were arguing constitutionality of the trial not the trial itself but we saw a lot of what's to come with democrats presenting both a legal constitutional case for convicting the president for an impeachment as well as creating an emotional case by showing video from the day of the attack at the capitol by very much linking those images to comments from donald trump and trying to remind senators especially republican senators who are very hesitant to go against from just how they felt especially the reminder that mike pence the vice president vice president was in self directly under threat as were all of those people sitting in the senate chamber listening to those statements meanwhile the other side trump's lawyers saying you know the exact opposite yes what happened on january 6th was a horrible thing they condemned

the republican party going forward all right we'll be watching that closely all day thank you william blue cross for that insight now to some of the other stories making news around the world american president joe biden will seek to close the guantanamo bay detention facility following a review process by the end of his term in office the intention to close the prison which houses approximately 40 prisoners echoes an unfulfilled campaign promise from barack obama's strange. ecuador's election authority says it will conduct a vote recount after presidential candidate comparison made allegations of electoral fraud environmental lawyer and his right wing rival. finished neck and neck for 2nd place and a chance to challenge leftist economists and. in a process run on. the un the un's top human rights body has passed a resolution urging mean mars' military to immediately release hoochie and other civilian government leaders detained after a coup earlier this month pressure on the military is also growing within me and maher for large crowds have been taking the streets nationwide and demanding the r

where the republican go party goes from here ok we'll be looking forward to that correspondent william blue cross thanks for your insight. the un's top human rights body has passed a resolution urging mean mars' military to immediately release. and other civilian government leaders detained after a coup earlier this month pressure on the military is also growing within me and more large crowds have been taking to the streets nationwide and demanding the restoration of civilian rule. our combined american their will to keep up the fight remains unbroken. it was the biggest day of protests yet. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and even the water to cool for democracy to be reinstated in ma. now they have been given backing by the un's top human rights body. the human rights council passing a unanimous resolution urging manaus military to release on sunset she and others civilian government leaders it was i think that reflection of a very strong view of the world looking at this outrageous act by the tatmadaw than the military of overthrowing a developing democracy a fragil

the republican party going forward all right we'll be watching that closely all day thank you william blue cross for that insight. now to some of the other stories making news around the world american president joe biden will seek to close the guantanamo bay detention facility by the end of his term in office after a review process intention to close the prison which houses approximately 40 prisoners echoes an unfulfilled campaign promise from barack obama's ministration. ecuador's election authority says it will conduct of vote recount after presidential candidate paris made allegations of electoral fraud the environmental lawyer and his right wing rival rival so finished neck and neck race for 2nd place and the chance to challenge leftist economist and brace in april's runoff. germany has suspended broadcasting c g t n china's multi-lingual cable news channel the german state media through already said the move was triggered by an earlier decision by the united kingdom to revoke the chinese stations permit. and had been broadcasting in germany under a license sharing agreement with the united

let's get more from date of loser us from mr williams blue cross welcome william let's start with yesterday then what were the main takeaways from day one of this trial. i felt yes it was very much a preview of what we can come to expect over the next coming days remember they were arguing constitutionality of the trial not the trial itself but we saw a lot of what's to come with democrats presenting both a legal constitutional case for convicting the president for an impeachment as well as creating an emotional case by showing video from the day of the attack at the capitol by very much linking those images to comments from donald trump and trying to remind senators especially republican senators who are very hesitant to go against from just how they felt especially the reminder that mike pence the vice president vice president was in self directly under threat as were all of those people sitting in the senate chamber listening to those statements meanwhile the other side trump's lawyers saying you know the exact opposite yes what happened on january 6th was a horrible thing they condemned

test for both parties at a decisive moment for donald trump's legacy i and let's bring in his william blue cross who is following all of this for us william what can we expect to see today as this kicks off. well today's going to be quite a formality the senate will spend a few hours debating whether they even have the jurisdiction the right to hear the trial that's likely to pass which with an open of the trial for wednesday when both sides the prosecution which is called the impeachment managers these are a handful of democrats from the house they'll have up to 16 hours to present their case followed by up to 16 hours for donald trump's defense that brings us to the weekend or early next week and then the house impeachment managers the prosecution they'll be able to decide if they want to call for their witnesses the senate has the ability to vote whether they even want to hear those witnesses and if they don't we can wrap this up quite quickly if they do then the process will go on even longer as those witnesses would be called for now ok it's still early days william but tell us i mean we kn

let's get more we are joined by do you have use william blue cross or william just tell us this is a pretty positive sign for the transatlantic relationship isn't it. very much and one that's been really people been waiting for him to spit in for quite some weeks even before biden became president biden is a himself a huge foreign policy player for years on the foreign relations committee when he was a senator as you mentioned just now he was a point man for many foreign policy issues with barack obama's vice president to barack obama and he gave us some pretty significant remarks earlier this month at the state department saying america is back diplomacy is back that diplomacy is not just a nice thing that the united states does but it's quote in america's own make it interest to engage with allies to engage also with adversaries it was really a quite stunning reversal of trump doctrine which was which saw the world as very transactional very 0 sum and alliances that is actually a source of weakness for america america's power and standing in the world where it's biden sees as a sou

and for more on this i'm joined by do porter william blue cross one thing i'd like to understand the defense was given 16 hours to make its case but it took less than 4 what does that.