guess all in the united states in washington d.c. jimmy la met a legislative aide and member of the sudan task force in some of the massachusetts alex deval he's the executive director of the world peace foundation and a former member of the african union mediation team fidel fall and also in the u.s. capitol karen hudson a senior fellow at the atlantic council he's a former chief of staff in the office of the u.s. special envoy to sudan a welcome to you all i'd like to begin in d.c. with you jimi what a year it's been for sudan a revolution a transitional government omar al bashir inching closer to a war crimes trial and now this historic peace deal between the transitional government and the rebels how difficult was this to get to this deal to get to. oh out of your question. honestly it's been a tumultuous year it's been a painful year last year we saw millions of people into the streets demanding freedom peace and justice asking for the ouster of former president omar al bashir they achieve that the sudanese people achieve that b

a curfew comes into effect in washington d.c. . unclear at this stage as to how many supporters are still out on the streets but come 6 pm local time they will be arrested if they violate that curfew the streets around capitol hill looking empty now many of the people have left from what it looks like and. the police operation to bring about calm seems to have worked so far from the pictures that we're seeing right now anyway president himself spoke to his supporters via video message on twitter saying that he understood them but calling on them as well to go home president elect joe biden who was supposed to be giving a speech on the economy earlier well had to change his plans of course send and. called on president supporters to end the standoff to end their. calling what is happening today in washington an insurrection so right now this is a scene it's looking much calmer than it did a few hours ago but certainly an unprecedented day in american history when supporters of us present donald trump storm capitol building. i'm full

machines in washington d.c. but in this case the facts just speak louder than any lobbyist campaign contributions or any p.r. spokespersons talking points possibly could so what good does that do us no donald trump says he's expecting a report on the khashoggi case he will come under pressure from senators to make it public when he receives it only seems reluctant to take action against the country he's built up as a friend in an ally he might be left with no choice but to act. washington a member of the u.s. senate foreign relations committee jeff flake says arms sales to saudi arabia should end if the kingdom is involved in. with the apparent brutal murder of the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi some of the some of the real enemies of the people and enemies of freedom seem to have taken license to eliminate a man that their regime viewed as a threat mr president we need to know exactly what happened in that saudi consulate in turkey earlier this month put bluntly we cannot do business with the saudi govern

that is washington the mirror washington d.c. just laying out the plans for the inauguration and pleading for people to join the inauguration from him is power transfer as presidential power transfers at noon on january 20th i'm ready to talk about the logistics and security measures and what you can do to provide a tip off so let's pretend i'm fishing briefly joins us live from washington d.c. and alan carry out a merrill judy is that this extraordinary time you're about. it's a different sort of city isn't it everyone expected the inauguration to be slightly different because of the pandemic and certainly muriel bowser has extended some of the restrictions because of that but also the fact that they have this security threat no they were worried about the threats that were online certainly they weren't even in the dark recesses of the web they were right there in plain sight or federal officials are saying that over the last few days they have seen people trying to defuse tensions suggesting that they're not going to travel to

the man washington d.c. was saying we do not want our city to be destroyed let's bring in our white house correspondent. who is in washington what do you make of company. well i noticed the tone was different what a difference 24 hours makes when we had the d.c. mayor and the u.s. president exchanging barbs on twitter really arguing over the response the u.s. president had for his part criticized mayor mariel bowzer sensually denying that her metropolitan police department had supported the u.s. secret service on those 1st night of clashes that took place outside the white house that was firmly denied by mayor muriel bowzer and in fact that was followed by a statement by the secret service in fact the and i saw it with my own eyes the metro police department have in fact supported and that is something standard that we see this sort of tandem partnership that occurs with the u.s. secret service and even the most routine of protests or even a transport of a dignitary so this is a mayor this is not known for h

al-jazeera washington. let's bring in our guest joining us from washington is sana chaps he's the director of the turkish research program with the washington institute for near east policy here with me in the studio is abraham he's an associate professor of conflict resolution at the doha institute and finally in washington d.c. is that he's the director of the gulf affairs institute and a former political prisoner of saudi arabia welcome to you all i'd like to start with let's get into this senate investigation that's been announced what is that and does it have any clout. well i think where it is heading is that in turkey the government that is the security forces are slowly but steadily real releasing information to build a case that. game aimed at indeed had been murdered and i think the turkish president answered on his state out of this so far because in my view he's still trying to avoid a direct confrontation with saudi arabia he's also trying to line u.s. position with the turkish position i think

ok let's get going let's introduce our panel in washington d.c. we have joel rubin president of the washington strategy group here in doha we have . the director of gulf studies center at cattle university and tehran we have mohammad marandi head of the american studies department at tehran university welcome to you all joel rubin in maryland is this just a rotation or something more significant than that. it's certainly not a rotation in in terms of a normal routine operation this is a demonstration that right now the threat from iran from an american assessment is diminishing threat towards saudi arabia and towards the saudi oil facilities and in addition to that there can clearly supposed to be recognition in the trunk of ministration that saudi arabia may have to get american support who are granted the bits you much certainly from donald trump because the the oil price. deflation that was caused by mohamed bin salma really impacted the united states on oil economy and many of donald trump's core constituents so a president truck maker will be

the washington post is reporting. the u.s. told me he would be safe to go to the consulate but the ambassador denies that conversation took place. taken place around the world people have been gathering at mosques. turkey saudi arabia and the u.k. . united nations special envoy says the warring parties will attend upcoming talks . with the fighters say civilians and hospitals in the port city of or hit in the latest airstrikes by coalition. if the rebels say at least six people were killed on friday has more from neighboring djibouti. invests forty. they say the pro-government forces have been getting green for months from other parts of the country. up to six civilians on friday in the days of the. of the continued against the pro-government fulls us saying they have been getting. outskirts of the city belonging to the pro-government fighters meanwhile. issued a statement calling for. among the. day that they say before we talk about peace we have to talk about the enforcement of. the whole targeting of civilians. respecting

her last visit here to washington. was it was terrible presidential trump would not even shake her hand and i think she went back to the european union and tried to make the case how the european union could go it alone if they could be a single power on the world stage to compete with the united states they didn't have to go along with the united states but i think her dismay in some ways her colleagues in europe especially in france with the election of president mccraw and he said well you know i'm not so interested for france to go along with the european union france may get a better job going it alone with the united states and so we've seen the french really out in front working hand in hand with the united states they were the first to come to the president from side to retaliate in syria after the chemical weapons attack there a couple of weeks ago president mccrone has had weekly conversations with trump not just these these visits for all their pomp and circumstance but weekly conversations with president tr

history james pays out 0 washington. meanwhile china is demanding the united states immediately cancel a potential $2200000000.00 arms sales to taiwan of course china still considers taiwan to be a breakaway province when he reports from beijing. taiwan's military is built on equipment from the united states its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no difference is a crude interference in china's internal affairs and a harms china's servant and a security interest china is strongly east dissensions wired and thoroughly opposed to this and has already made a stern representations to the u.s. side and. china regards taiwan as a breakaway province that it will one day retake that threat is why taipei feels the need to regularly upgrade its weaponry this deal may be viewed by beijing as particularly provocative if it's approved by the united states congress at $2200000000.00 it would be the largest since donald trump took over as president taiw

al-jazeera washington. let's bring in our guest joining us from washington is sana chaps he's the director of the turkish research program with the washington institute for near east policy here with me in the studio is abraham he's an associate professor of conflict resolution at the doha institute and finally in washington d.c. is that he's the director of the gulf affairs institute and a former political prisoner of saudi arabia welcome to you all i'd like to start with let's get into this senate investigation that's been announced what is that and does it have any clout. well i think where it is heading is that in turkey the government that is the security forces are slowly but steadily real releasing information to build a case that. game may indeed had been murdered and i think the turkish president that's aired on his state out of this so far because in my view he's still trying to avoid a direct confrontation with saudi arabia he's also trying to line u.s. position with the turkish position i think

more national guard troops pour into washington d.c. reinforcing an enormous security operation a little over 24 hours before joe biden becomes us president. of our bedroom for again this is out as here on live from joe also coming up. a lot of security in guatemala stops thousands of refugees and migrants trying to reach the u.s. many say that they'll press on. with cemeteries fitting out of hospitals close to breaking point brazil's covert 19 vaccination program finally begins. at a record sentence thai woman is ordered to spend more than 4 decades in prison for insulting the king. the us president donald trump is having his final full day in the white house he has a long list of possible pardons to grant before snubbing the inauguration of his successor joe biden and then leaving for florida washington d.c. is a militarized zone ahead of the swearing in on what to say soldiers and police there and in other u.s. cities a tossed with preventing any repeat of the attack by trump supporters on capitol hill earlier this month. has not see

many thanks for that alan fischer giving us reaction from washington d.c. well turkey has rejected the announcement on twitter the foreign minister said words cannot change or rewrite history we have nothing to learn from anybody on our own past but it's cool opportunism is the greatest betrayal to peace and justice when tani reject the statement based solely on populism let's go to cinemas so do our correspondent in istanbul talk us through the reaction coming in from techie. well in actually the officials in ankara have been expecting such a statement at the finish and by the u.s. president joe biden especially given the latest signals from the washington authorities it was expected and it was all over the media everybody was discussing that even after the last night's talk between the 2 presidents some government officials presented to us had had expressed reaction on twitter for to turks perspective this is not a genocide them but rather saddening situation that's happened during the world war world war war one and that's why we heard every side of the

and as i mentioned previously washington was the core form of washington was the main provider of support political support and the words and that's what he needed until he became became the king i think that is the reason i think where we don't where we have to look at the. he's not really a poor end of the regime he's not actually someone who want to see jim who want to disappear overnight actually he was a reformist if you want to call. war president said that he feels that this is an important first step and that. that anything happened shaking your head there i mean you know what's trump was saying is that in just one fact that the quarter the lead is still to the. he's actually saying that you know they said something that there was a fight this fight leads to the killing of which but there is no details about who's involved in this fight and what happened in the fight is is it because of heart attack or is it because someone hates him it's there are no details about names there's no details what is the but however the other narrative tells a lot of details there is there are names

in a moment we'll cross live to washington for reaction to new comments from the u.s. vice president mike pence can really help it will bring us that report but first let's talk to my colleague stephanie decker who's in istanbul waiting outside the saudi consulate staff let's just take a step back if you will for the next ninety seconds or so what do we know as fact what do we know is speculation and what do we know is what might have happened well the only thing we know is fact peter is that. entered that consulate behind us eight days ago and he hasn't been heard or seen from since this is the only thing we know as factually correct this speculation is coming from anonymous turkish officials senior officials being quoted in strong publications like the new york times like the washington post all across tarkus median of course being picked up by all international media that they believe that he was murdered inside that consulate the new york times going is a as far as saying that he was dismembered these are incredibly serious allegations and i think again we don't ha

kim said what everyone in washington is saying talking to all the other diplomats in washington they've all written back exactly the same thing so the bigger question is does this hamper how a diplomat can do his job he has to be able to give unvarnished assessments no one's questioning the assessment by the way. and the fact that it's now leaked it's important to find out who leaked it why and make sure that we can stem that hemorrhage because no diplomat can do their job if they're at risk of this and every other ambassador in washington with the exception of the iranians and the chinese are saying exactly the same thing maybe not the saudis and this is a fine diplomat former national security adviser doing his job and i really hope that the next pm will find a good job for him going on which is what he writes serves this is unfair to him and matthew is merely the latest in a long series of rather uncomfortable moments under the trump presidency with the government of the united kingdom he's blown hot and cold it would appear with regard to theresa may and her handling of the bricks a

well let's get more now from gabriel elizondo he joins us live from washington d.c. i gave that was the vice president elect speaking there but there has been what's of reaction coming out after that call recording was released and then just talk us through the main thrust of the reactions we've seen so far. in one word shock i think that's what you're seeing a lot of people that are commenting about this here in washington just a little over an hour ago we heard from hank johnson he's a congressman from the state of georgia and he tweeted that trump needs to step down now but he also said that on monday that he would be pursuing a resolution in congress that would censure donald trump that's essentially a slap on the wrist but it's the way for congress to voice their displeasure formally over the actions or words of a colleague in this case it would be donald trump there's no legal ramifications to this but it just shows you how seriously this is being taken by so many people here in washington while hank johnson isn't very well known internationally or even here in

and i report that washington d.c. resembles something of a fortress now it's and complete lockdown it would be extremely difficult for anyone planning anything to get inside that zone to what extent is perhaps the danger elsewhere in the united states while they were supposed to be a major protest yesterday in every capital across america and there were none so i would say that as long as law enforcement is proactive and they have enough manpower and enough intelligence and information that could lead them to at the very least take into custody anyone planning a violent attack we're going to be ok and with social media having bumped so many extremists off their platforms how does the f.b.i. become aware of what's being planned if anything's being planned with these groups having gone underground on the internet. it's a great question and the direct answer is we have to sort of depend on what we did in the old days and that was human intelligence you need to increase funding for all law enforcement local federal and st

live on the streets of washington many thanks indeed to order so security very tight right now in washington and 100 is associate dean of the school of criminology thompson university he joins us now via skype from fort worth texas in the u.s. good to have you with us i want to start by getting your thoughts on the unprecedented security measures currently in place in washington d.c. . you know typically you see that security protocols are in place in most of the night here asians and we've known in the past few a night eurasians that that security protocol has increased somewhat particularly 4 years ago but nothing like we were seen now right so the actual security protocol that is in place today is of historical proportions in the united states i can tell you that those of us that have been in the law enforcement industry or security industry for a number of years in my case 23 years i can tell you that i've never seen anything like it in my life right where you have outside perimeter. you know space that is being frozen to not necessarily allow any airplanes close by and also the things t

troops from syria and end the air campaign against eisel the announcement as along both washington's western allies and kurdish fighters in syria who say the move for the group to gain more ground there is time for other countries to step in alan fischer now from washington. u.s. president has declared the war against eisel has been won in syria we've beaten them and we've beaten a badly and he's taken to twitter to reject the idea the decision was unexpected writing getting out of syria was no surprise i've been campaigning on it for years and six months ago when i very publicly want to do it i agreed to steal longer the white house is pushing back hard against two stories would have been circulating in washington since the decision was made first of all the president at the one of turkey told donald trump he was about to launch an attack against the kurds in syria a key u.s. ally and the u.s. had to get out of the way not true the sea and that no one in the washington establishment knew this decision was coming not true they say key military officials were briefed. donald trump cal

all right so let's go and bring in our panel joining us in washington d.c. hillary mann leverett former white house. house and state department official with responsibility for iran in tehran. a professor of world studies at the university of tehran and in geneva john mark rickly the head of global risk at the geneva center for security policy welcome to you all hillary i want to start with you so here is yet another shift in tone from donald trump earlier this month he threatens iran now he's saying that he's willing to meet with iranian president hassan rouhani with no conditions is there some kind of strategy here or is this a spontaneous statement. well it's hard to say for sure with president trump and in particular the wild swings in rhetoric make it more difficult but i think a sober analysis of it trumps moves and what he's done on the world stage and who he actually speaks to and from what we understand listens to in washington i think there is a strategy it is been vastly under reported and under estimated the key foreign policy person that trump h

live in washington well it's not just the u.s. european leaders are also demanding clarification as to what exactly happened to the saudi journalist the foreign minister the u.k. of germany and france they released a joint statement in which they condemned the killing and said that nothing can justify now this is just the latest ratcheting up of pressure from won't leaders and we had president trump has a lot to lose following saudi arabia's actions he wanted a quick resolution is only a comment suggested big steps are being taken to solve the investigation now he's changed his tone and he's doubtful and a little more critical of the kingdom. the world is looking for answers will the saudi investigation tell the whole story of how the body was really disposed of where is it is responsible what about the position of the saudi government right now there's a blanket order to bring back all saudi dissidents our foreign governments going to deal with this order if they are hosting asylum seekers what about the american government and t

people said ok i'll give the state of the union when the government's back open but we know the tone in washington changed over the last twenty four hours there was a vote in the senate a motion put forward by the republicans to reopen the government funded border wall that field the democrats put forward a motion saying fund the government more discussions that field but more people including more democrat more people voted for the democrats motion than the republicans including a number of high profile republican senators that perhaps through donald trump a message saying you are losing the support of the big east now add to that the problems of heart with traffic control in the last few hours in the united states you can see why there was perhaps renewed enthusiasm in the oval office to try and bring these this partial shutdown to a close ok allan we'll leave it there for now thank you for that let's bring in chris garcia is a political commentator and former official at the u.s. department of commerce under president trump he's joining us from washington as well so there were obviously we're s

it seems the biggest question in washington now how big of a price could saudi have to pay. the washington post as a couple of other interesting tidbits and here it says that senator lindsey graham a close advisor to the president has been very outspoken on this issue even calling for regime change in saudi arabia basically saying m.b.'s has to go that he's warned the president that if he does not react strongly saudi arabia will no longer respect him we know that that is a sore point for the president if he feels he's being disrespected the washington post says on the other side of this is jared kushner the president's son in law and senior advisor and his chief of staff john bolton that they're basically saying you've got to stay with saudi arabia they're the key to getting any sort of israeli palestinian peace deal which we know the president feels is very important to his legacy but i think it's also important to point out that we haven't seen he is a close relationship with n.b.s. he has not been involved in this process he didn't go meet the crown prince when the secre

castro al-jazeera washington. the united states has called on nicaragua's government to invite you and monitor us into the country without delay president daniel ortega has agreed to an investigation of the political violence that has killed nearly one hundred eighty people since april the protest leaders say the government is refusing to show proof the u.n. has been invited and that has caused talks between the two sides to stall and of apollo has more from the caracas capital managua. another protest in the city of my now one marking the second month of an ongoing political crisis that's gripped this country since the eighteenth of april now a national dialogue that was hosted by the catholic church of the get out was ended roughly two weeks ago but once again started only on friday wonder the condition the president ordered to got. several demands of by civil society one of which was to invite a delegation from the european union from the united nations and from the inner american commission on human rights to

was our texas side washington d.c. is united for the 1st time in franchise history the washington nationals have claimed their title as the best in the world series. used to win the game started well for the houston astros in a winner take all final time the team are at home and put up the 1st 2 run suchi. thank god they ended up being their only. 176 against the nationals answered back how we can jerk an anthony ran don't both hit a home run in the 7th any was when it all came down to this point to you was the washington nationals beating the houston astros 62 years to our side in franchise history was i was overjoyed i guess that that like the 1st 5 your team wins it is amazing the nationals are the 1st team in the world series to win all 4 of their away games disappointing this houston crowd this year. i can honestly say nothing would have surprised me i mean for more we started saurashtra a travelling booze i mean you name it we've been through a lot but like i said before these guys we stuck together if you want t

university in washington d.c. if you look at the database the tracks this information in all over the last decade the government of saudi arabia its citizens and its businesses spent more than six hundred thirteen million dollars in u.s. universities but they're not alone just in the gulf nation of qatar the same timeframe more than a billion dollars the united arab emirates more than two hundred and eleven million . asked about the saudi money much of which goes to research or scholarships for saudi students many university said it would be wrong to deprive deserving students of an education as for george washington university it says it regularly reviews programs with saudi arabia to make sure they are consistent with their educational mission giving no indication that they plan to change the relationship anytime soon patty calling al-jazeera washington of the saudi led coalition has launched new offensives in yemen it's begun an operation to retake the port city of day they're currently under the control of the

washington d.c. the president didn't address the press as he posed for pictures just outside the shrine on a ring the late roman catholic pope john paul the 2nd this is the 2nd day in a row he's visited a place of religious significance his visit to a church on monday caused a whole lot of controversy to say the least more on that now from mike hanna in washington. a peaceful protest outside the white house has dispersed forcibly. gas rubber coated steel bullets and stun grenades so used to force the demonstrators further away. a few minutes later the reason becomes clear in a display of pure political theater the president and former reality star walks out of the white house across pennsylvania avenue and through lafayette park which had been surrounded by protesters during the day he arrives at the sin john's episcopal church which had been damaged in overnight and wrist holding a bible the president tells reporters we have a great country he did not enter the church to inspect the internal damage

and if he didn't do this he would becoming part of washington in so. therefore his own base not not on this issue but on keeping your word is important. but white house officials admit it could be years before the embassy moves which virtually insurer's this will be an issue in the next presidential election kimberly helped get al-jazeera washington and we'll cross over to washington now and speak to alan fischer who's joining us from there right up until this announcement was made by trump alan there was a lot of anxiety and anticipation from countries in europe right here to the middle east now that it's happened going down in washington where you are. well a lot of supporters of donald trump are applauding this are saying look this is a man who said he was going to do things on the campaign trail and this is another big take in the box for that because he said he would move the embassy to jerusalem something that american presidents and presidential candidates have been speaking about for more than twenty years they say it's not unlike what barack o

what the washington post in new york times. c m b c n n other outlets over the last hours. reported that the cia internal assessment now is pointing straight years. in some as having ordered this operation this has never happened before at the cia we probably will not comment on this kind of report however the washington post wouldn't report this unless they were accurately reporting where they believe the cia said so which is a slight nuance now one can anticipate that the congressional oversight committees will have been briefed or demand to be briefed on this the reports alleging muhammad have been solomon's involvement unlikely to field even though the congressional demands that punitive measures be taken against the crown prince and his government the question is whether the president has been briefed by the cia on its reported conclusions and if so whether he would be prepared to back away from his stated reluctance to take action against the saudi government and its leader as . the question into is why this leak happened it's not only the case of one publication but

is closing the washington office of the palestine liberation organization. effort to put pressure on palestinians to return to the negotiating table amid stalled peace talks with israel the trumpet ministration will not keep the office open when the palestinians refused to take steps to start direct and meaningful negotiations with israel the threat of the mission's closure seen by many as retaliation for actions by the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas last year at the united nations calling for the investigation and prosecution of israeli officials through the international criminal court he actions in raged many in the united states who see the i.c.c. as a body rife with abuses and an infringement on u.s. sovereignty on monday bolton called for criminal sanctions against the i.c.c. if it moves ahead with investigating allegations of us were crimes in afghanistan those sanctions could even include blocking i.c.c. judges from entering the united states the united states will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies

university in washington d.c. if you look at the database the tracks this information in all over the last decade the government of saudi arabia it's. this is it's business is that more than six hundred thirteen million dollars in u.s. universities but they're not alone just in the gulf nation of qatar the same timeframe more than a billion dollars the united arab emirates more than two hundred and eleven million asked about the saudi money much of which goes to research or scholarships for saudi students many university said it would be wrong to deprive deserving students of an education as for george washington university it says it regularly reviews programs with saudi arabia to make sure they are consistent with their educational mission giving no indication that they plan to change the relationship anytime soon . washington the saudi embassy coalition in yemen has targeted an airbase in the capital but it's been used to launch missiles and drones a t.v. channel linked to the rebels reported more than thirty r

university and joins us live from washington d.c. thank you very much for speaking to us 1st they can you tell us the significance of this megatron veto but taken together with previous votes in the house and the senate trying to restrict sales of arms u.a.e. and saudi arabia the vote are in general has still she murder recently and looking at midnight ski accent sions other votes related to the yemen war including authorization of military force we have a growing majority not a super majority but a growing majority of voices in both houses of congress that are pressuring the trumpet ministration to change its policy both of these of either war in yemen and in particular towards saudi arabia and taken all together this is becoming very significant and i would expect changes of course in the administration at least in terms of. how the weapons are used the ways in which the war is is is assisted by the united states and it will be long probably just a matter of months before further resolutions are passed with more teeth in congress t

david in washington if i start with you. do we need to keep that in the back of our minds a fact that that very last piece of the puzzle could get for in fact probably will fall in a couple of years well you know i'm not sure i mean the fact that you've had to withdraw from the i.m.f. which is always been a european centric thing as a matter fact the impetus for it was helmut schmidt when he was a chancellor that may be seen as enough to address this issue and people might have a wait and see and the other thing is you know there's an election between now and then by february of 2021 john bolton could be a private citizen his opinion could be worth about as much as mine so you know i wouldn't i wouldn't pin too much on that it's worth it's worth watching but it's not worth watching like say a predator drone watches an area of interest ok quick final thought from you this is a crime going to be where it plays out. well i think is going to very hard to replace it with something else simply given the new distribution of power a

washington d.c. grains in the security preparations now in place for joe biden's inauguration. security forces overwhelmed in guatemala as a massive migrant caravan continues its journey north towards the united states. and our from the paddy fields the indian manufacturer who's turning straw into electricity. russian opposition leader a russian opposition politician alexina volley made it no further than possible control before being arrested on returning to his homeland he landed in moscow 'd around an hour ago on a flight from but then i had been treated after a poison attack last august but the prison service detained him having warned it would try to hold him when he returned accusing him of breaking a suspended prison sentence is plane had already been diverted to another moscow airport without any explanation after journalists and so forces gathered to greet him the storage critic of putin has accused the president of arranging the poisoning a charge the kremlin has denied. let's speak now to

washington d.c. alice before joe biden said well gration we will have a live update from the u.s. capitol. the biggest bribe in history russia's detained opposition leader alexina valley makes new allegations against president vladimir putin. on the eve of joe biden's inauguration the number of corona virus deaths in the united states has passed 400000 biden says his number one priority is containing the pandemic he spoke to somebody morial those cost a way to heal we must remember it's hard sometimes. but that's how we. it's important to do that as a nation that's why we're here today between sundown and dusk. to shine the lights the darkness along the sink or pull of the flexion remember all we lost meanwhile donald trump has given his farewell speech celebrating achievements at home and abroad he blamed china on leasing a virus that ravaged the economy we imposed historic and monumental tariffs on china made a great new deal with china but before the ink was even dry we and the whole world got hit

live pictures from washington d.c. once again where as you can see police security forces are still out on the streets an hour after the curfew came into effect to try and bring back our to the nation's capital when president supporters storm the capitol building earlier the president as you'll recall issued a statement on twitter calling on his supporters to go home. but at the same time telling them that he understood them then that he loved them that they were special so mixed messages said not twitter has said that future violations of its rules would lead to the permanent suspension of president trump's account. so twitter saying that. you know the president's tweets today violated its rules including its civic integrity or violent threats policies and that if this continues this will result in the permanent suspension of the the real donald trump's accounts the account of the us president donald trump quite significant. reaction in a message from twitter threatening to permanently suspend the account of president

and from washington hillary mann leverett former u.s. state department official and now c.e.o. of the political risk consultancy strategy welcome to you all much of coming to you first what's the point of this i think it's important to put this in a context this is not the first time that the united states tries to have sort of alliances of coalition against iran this was the history the deal with iran and always there was a time that you know the regional players should play a role on isolation and isolating iran. as the norm of the not to stay and this was the case and again as iraq since the one nine hundred ninety one what is it you know and this. is that this comes up from the profession of the command with then the department of state who believes that it is enough to be away. from the reality that the united states does need its own alliances in the region and they need to see more involvement. from within the region with it afoot to isolate iran for this season i see that the administration this is an attempt from the bottom to t

to be sending national guard troops to washington d.c. let's bring in our correspondents one of the many correspondents we have covering this incredible situation for as in the united states capitol today. is with us she have you are at the white house just bring us up to date with what's been happening how all of this has unfolded in the last 2 hours or so. the context perhaps because a few hours before that because everything sort of began with the protesters beginning to have several protests protest of a planned around d.c. one of them was here at the white house at the ellipse president trump addressed the protesters here and then there was another one at capitol hill after this protest was over people walked to the one on capitol hill around 18 g. was when the certification process began which was just. as the next president elect it was in previous years it's a ceremonial affair where the certified vote a brute officially to congress. and are accepted by congress if there are any objections. you need both the house at a member of t

the coming counties here in washington. where that whale is on the joins us live now from washington d.c. gabriel it was always going to be a different kind of inauguration but what did you make of the way that it went. you know if you're a historian and you think how are you going to write the chapter of this inauguration he really have a lot to take in there was a lot that was very similar the pomp the circumstance the dignitaries as there weren't as many as normal but the dignitaries and you know the president putting his hand on the bible and taking the oath of office and then the procession to the white house there was a lot that was very traditional and very normal quite frankly but there was also so much that was different and unprecedented that we've just never seen before. in recent memory 1st and foremost as patti mentioned you know president x former president now donald trump not being there at the inauguration of joe biden was just shocking it hasn't happened in over 100 years that an outgoing president has not

was our tix aside washington d.c. is united for the 1st time in franchise history the washington nationals have claimed their title as the best in the world series. used to watch the game started well for the houston astros in a winner take all final i the team were at home and put up the 1st 2 runs to change thank god they ended up being their only brings in 76 against the nationals answered back how he can jerk an anthony ran don't both hit a home run in the 7 any i win it all came down to this 32 i was the washington nationals beating the houston astros 62 years to our side in franchise history i was a. homer or i i was just that that like the worst team wins it is amazing the nationals are the 1st team in the world series to win all 4 of their away games disappointing this houston crowd this year. i can honestly say nothing but a surprise to me i mean for more we started saurashtra a travelling booze i mean you name it we've been through a lot but like i said before these guys we stuck together if you want to live

ambassador to washington. in a word barbara bad it wasn't long ago that donald trump was in the united kingdom talking about that special relationship visiting the queen but just days after the united states celebrated its independence from the u.k. trump is speaking completely differently this is one of his latest tweets about brags that interests him a said i told to reason may outdo that deal but she went her own foolish way and one was unable to get it done a disaster he tweeted i don't know the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool now there had been some speculation that this would fit right in with the sort of russian campaign just so discontent between allies but there is reason to believe that perhaps this is an internal leak in the united kingdom the journal who ripped the journalist who reported the leak is a close ally of israel for raj the braggs it back or in the united kingdom that is important because president trump had suggested that for raj being named as the ambassador to the u

of course from washington d.c. please be seated this was the 1st of 3 days the impeachment managers have to present their case that president trump tried to pressure ukraine to get dirt on joe biden and withheld u.s. security aid as leverage nevertheless the documents and testimony that we were able to collect paints an overwhelming and damning picture of the president's efforts to use the powers of his office to corruptly solicit foreign help in his reelection campaign if this conduct is not impeachable then nothingness i would rather go the long way from switzerland president trump again called his impeachment a partisan witch hunt he said he could live with having new witnesses testify in the trial it's not up to the president that he said it and it's trawl want to listen to a particular witness we have that constitutional responsibility of the courts have yielded to us in order to carry out their responsibility republican senators has stuck by trump they include some of his fiercest defenders there on a crusade

reports from washington. this is the university of new haven in the state of connecticut not the most scenic campus or the most well known but it is now drawing nationwide media attention for its relationship to saudi arabia it has a partnership to train saudi arabia security officers executive director of the middle east crisis committee stanley heller says his group protested when the deal was announced two years ago we were appalled that any u.s. college would be helping the saudi regime in any way but especially to help police college. since we know the appalling situation of the of the justice system they were ignored then but are hoping now that saudi arabia has admitted to murdering journalist jamal khashoggi increased pressure will force the university to reconsider the prestigious university the massachusetts institute of technology or mit says it is reconsidering its relationship with saudi arabia now but these are just a couple of the dozens of universities the take money from the government and pe

in washington the turkish foreign minister also discussed the complexity of his nation's relations with saudi arabia making it clear that i'm going to don't want to sabotage those links but he added this we know well that the team who came to stumble did not come because they wanted to but they came at the request of somebody we know though that this person is not the king there was a withering response from the washington post who wrote for an journalists' rights groups president trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place the washington post said in a statement his surrender to the state. ordered murder will only make it more so an innocent man brutally slain deserves better as does the cause of truth justice and human rights in this failure of leadership from president trump it now falls to congress to stand up for america's true values and lasting interests the committee to protect journalists tweeted this if you boil the white house statement down to its essence president trump has just asserted that if you do enough business with the u.s. you're free to murder j

and world bank if in efforts by washington to remove sudan from the list in recent years in twenty seven thousand trade and economic sanctions were lifted the government of all maga share was accused of financing and supporting groups such as hamas and hezbollah the u.s. designates those group as terrorist organizations that burton was director of policy for the u.s. special envoy to sudan under president barack obama is now a nonresident fellow at the brookings institution he says washington has an opportunity to give sudan a second chance. this discussion is not new it's been part of ongoing bilateral negotiations with the now fallen regime in sudan the discussion is happening again inside the administration here in washington as to whether that does ignition could be lifted more quickly so should some of the demands of the protesters be met should a civilian led government be put in place should the terms of a transition be articulated right now policymakers in washington are are trying to find a way that they could lift that designation sooner in many ways it prevents debt relief and

let's go now to our guests joining us in washington d.c. melanie sloan an attorney who served as founding executive director of citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington and taipei ross darrell feingold attorney and republican political consultant and also in washington d.c. thomas pickering former u.s. ambassador to russia very warm welcome to all three of you russ feingold you've had time to absorb these staggering revelations and these charges how's this playing out do you think in the republican party well the key thing republicans especially republicans in congress but across the united states are going to continue to be focused on is advancing the legislative agenda that republican voters elected a republican congress and president trying to pursue most notably in the coming days that's the legislation to in action if we can tax reform and whatever is going on in the white house should not stop congress from working on these important legislative goals i can see you know the white house going to charlie this should have cau