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It has been a day of high drama and declaration. 0n the floor of thousand representatives. What is at sta ke thousand representatives. What is at stake is Donald Trumps legacy. In all likelihood, he will be known as the president who was impeached. 0nly the president who was impeached. Only the third in american history. The president himself is called impeachment an ugly word. Impeachment is no less than accusing the elected president of the United States of what the constitution calls high crimes and misdemeanors. But a skilled life to the floor thousand representatives. This is the scene as people are debating this is what they have been debating. 0ne republican laying out their case in defence of the president and then a democrat accusing the president and back and forth on this of power and abuse of congress. It has been going on all day and by most estimates, there been about two more hours to go before they vote on those articles of impeachment in congress and will be 11 capitol hill with the latest and reaction on the white house during this period and let us take a look at the listen. They want americans to believe that our president is guilty, this whole process is unconstitutional. Both sides, we need to get the truth and the truth is the decision of who should be our president should be made by the American People. Not speaker pelosi, and house democrats. And i your back. I recognise the gentleman from new york, for three minutes. I think my friend, mr speaker, as chairman of the foreign affairs, this is a sad day. No one is gleeful that the president possible his actions have brought us to this point, but when you boil it down, we are here today because the president abused the power of his office to help his chances at reelection. He used the enormous weight of the presidency and American Foreign policy to push a Foreign Government to smear a political rival and he got caught. Why is this conducts a serious . Why has the president s behaviour pushed the house of representatives to exercise one of its most consequential responsibilities . Because corrupting an american election, particularly with a foreign power, means corrupting american democracy. 0ur election at the heart of our democracy, the foundation of what makes our system of government great. 0ur republic. If we can keep it as Benjamin Franklin once said, if elections are unfair than our republic cannot stand. Anyone interested fixing election is taking away the power of the American People to choose their leaders. If it happens at any level of government, it is toxic to our democracy. And this came from the highest level. In this case it is even more serious because of what the president was willing to give up for this advantage, what press was he willing to pay . The press was our National Security and the president devised his shadow Foreign Policy to undermine our diplomacy and diplomats. And that gives us a flavour of what is been happening at the beginning and then each congressman, a woman gets a chance to speak before they go to the whole house, theyve been doing this after about five hours, we think there is been a couple of hours of this to be back and forth between both sites. And then the house will vote on these articles of impeachment. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has more now on the days events so far. Merciful god, and your presence. December the 18th, 2019, a day that will go down in american history. A day that started at least with solemn. But very quickly it moved from the secret to the profane is the bitter partisan dogfight took over. If the president undermines oui over. If the president undermines our National Security and uses the federal government for his own selfish personal gain is not impeachable conduct, then met them speaker, i do not know what is. Today, we have a president who seems to believe he is today we have a president who seems to believe he is a king, or above the law. And then the counterblast from the republicans. It is a sham impeachment. It has been carried out at the expense of hard working americans who just want us to move forward. There is no proof, none, that the president has committed an impeachable offence. And from the democratic speaker, a tone of sorrow rather than anger. I solemnly and sadly opened the debate on the impeachment of the president of the United States. If we do not act now, we would be derelict in our duty. It is tragic that the president does make reckless actions make impeachment necessary. He gave us no choice. The last president to be impeached was bill clinton in 1998 over lying about his relationship with the white house intern, monica lewinsky. And before that, you have to go back another 130 years to president andrewjohnson. By the end of today, donald trump well in all likelihood have joined the club that no one wants to be a member of. The president has spent the morning and the residence where his twitter fans have been busy. But for this first part of the impeachment process, it wont be about prayer, it will be about votes, and donald trump doesnt have them. And donald trump is barring exceptional circumstances as being the third american president to be impeached because the house of representatives are controlled by democrats and those democrats have said they are going to vote to impeach him. The disco to capitol hill. Let impeach him. The disco to capitol hill. Let us go to capitol hill. Gary, no big surprises today, we knew how this is going to go. We know what the outcome is going to be and yet nonetheless, a historic momentous down capitol hill. |j and yet nonetheless, a historic momentous down capitol hill. I think thatis momentous down capitol hill. I think that is absolutely right. This is something that is envisaged as a rare event when this republic was founded, wasnt it. It was not meant to be taken lightly or regularly and it has not been. And yetjust the third time in 230 years of american president s and here we are on the verge of another one of them being impeached. As you say, believe the argument today has been as we have for before, theres been a lot of hyperbole, a lot of lofty language about the obligations and the responsibilities of the presidency and the will and the wish of the Founding Fathers and all of that kind of thing. It is the end of the day, this is going to go pretty much straight down party lines. We make ita straight down party lines. We make it a couple of democrats voting against, we know that Collin Patterson from minnesota, he always said that he was going to vote against this and we know that one other democrat has flipped parties in order to vote against this process. But at the end of the day, impeachment is political in my goodness, today this one is political. Pretty divided and intense language and i remembered from covering bill clintons impeachment. Things got very tense of the last minutes and we have been hearing that during the course of today with one congresswoman even saying that evenjesus christ was afforded more rights and due process during his trial. Reflecting back to that letter from donald trump where, it almost 3000 words, he really put together every bit of name calling and angerand together every bit of name calling and anger and language that he could lay his hands on and likened himself to being treated worse than those who had faced trial in salem over witchcraft back in the 17th century. There is no crossing of the ways here. Back in 1998, there were a handful of democrats who voted against their president. A handful of republicans that voted to try and stop impeachment. It just of republicans that voted to try and stop impeachment. Itjust does not look like there is anyjoining of mines at all even in small numbers for this one. The other end of pennsylvania avenue as are the white houses and donald trump has been watching the proceedings on and off although we are told by his advisers that he is been working at his desk during the course of the day and has not stopped him from tweeting. Laura trevelyan is standing by for us at the white house. I say that he has been at the white house all day, but now he has left because he has a Campaign Rally in michigan. He just left in the because he has a Campaign Rally in michigan. Hejust left in the past few minutes and very uncharacteristically for this loquacious president , he did not stop and speak to the waiting reporters as he boarded marine one, he does give a thumbs up. That is only happened a couple of times, sometimes he will speak for 25 minutes, even an hour. But this was not a debris wish to have anything to say, he had to say yesterday and a six page letter to the speaker, but he is on his way to make sure, and the Trump Campaign said they are excited for the objects and giving one of his signature rallies just as the house votes to impeach him. There will be the split screen that the Trump Campaign says they are excited about and we also know the president has been talking to his friends that this is not something that any president wants on the resume to be the third american president in history to be impeached. A curious mixture of emotions going on today because republicans are telling us that this has been a fundraising boon for them that they have seen more coming into Campaign Coffers around the country and as you is suggesting for President Trump, he goes down with this historic asterix. And of course, it is all on him to stop because just after the report was concluded, the president was on the phone and talking to the ukrainian president and asking for a favour and trying to get a visit to the white house and military aid in return, that kicked off the whistle blower response. And if the president had not done this, they are lining up behind him and the president s adviser was in the Briefing Room this afternoon and sync of course it is a sad day for the president but she blamed the democrats. It is also politically effective for them because theyre hoping to contrast the president and everything they say he is achieving with a strong economy, the trade deals in the democrats are to impeach him. It is becoming the signature issue as we go into 2020, but as you know, things move so quickly around here and will it last . Outside of the white house, thank you very much. Stay warm i know it is absolutely freezing here in washington tonight. We have a great panel here on set with me to discuss all this. Elizabeth wydra is a legal expert and presidnet of the constitutional accountability centre. And Jonathan Turley is a professor at George Washington University Law school, who recently testified to congress. Let me start with you because you testified for the republicans that you felt that the impeachment process itself perhaps needed more time and you are not convinced that this rose to the level of an impeachable offence. Is that an accurate statement . The testimony, the crimes they testified against we re the crimes they testified against were dropped by the democrats and the two there were legitimate were the two there were legitimate were the two there were legitimate were the two that they adopted. My problem is not with the theory of these articles of impeachment, it is these articles of impeachment, it is the record. This record is incomplete, it is not sufficient. And it will fail in spectacular fashion. We have not heard from witnesses or because the evidence does not exist or we do not know . There is evidence, it is what my co witness said, you can base this impeachment on inference. But you do not have to. This is a very thin record, if they took a few months, they couldve gotten more, it took three months in the nixon case to a final decision in the supreme court. That is an appeal. They could get more rulings, they correctly support this case, so they have a choice. They can keep their pledge to impeach by christmas and fail, most certainly, or they could wait and build a real case in the next couple of months. The counter argument from democrats is, we could wait and tried to get mike pompeo and try to get the former National Security adviser, we could try to get the acting chief of staff and we could have them all in the house and try to get them to testify, if the white house would let them, some of the white house would let them testify, but the senate is never going to impeach the president anyway. Even if that case is built with more evidence and with more direct knowledge of those conversations. Comments that we have heard from leader Mitch Mcconnell, senator Lindsey Graham that no amount of factual record would be able to sway their opinion. They seem intent on putting their party over the constitution, over the country, which is incredibly depressing. I think the record is incredibly clear in part because President Trump is his own smoking gun. You have people who are directly involved with holding the aid of the Ukrainian Government and knowing there is a quid pro quo, including the ambassador who testified. It is quite clear and the fact that they show that this is an impeachable offe nce show that this is an impeachable offence goes to what the founders of this nation were concerned about when they wrote impeachment into the constitution as a remedy. In particular, the foreign corruption of our democracy, undermining the americans ability to have a free and fair democratic process and then, of course, putting them above the law, notjust here or there on executive privilege matters, but a blanket refusal to co operate with the legitimate oversight of authority. That is the democrats argument that they cannot afford to wait very much longer because this is a National Security issue in the president s personal lawyer has been in the ukraine as recently as last week, still trying to dig up dirt on the president s opponents and getting the ukraine involved in the process. We have to rush for this to fail as quickly as possible stop there making this easy on the white house. Theyre trying to compel these witnesses, the ones that direct testimony, they have made it easy so the Senate Majority can say, you say this record is so overwhelming. Fine. Well keep the trial on the record. He did not call these direct witnesses, you did not go to court to compel them. We will have a trial without them. They have set this up for failure. Without them. They have set this up forfailure. If they without them. They have set this up for failure. If they had simply waited a couple of months, they couldve gotten courts to rule on compelling these witnesses and then they would have a real obstruction of congress as a case and many of us are of congress as a case and many of us a re baffled. If of congress as a case and many of us are baffled. If they simply waited until april, they would have twice the case they have now and i disagree that just the case they have now and i disagree thatjust because republicans control the senate, it is guaranteed that they will not switch sides stop by two thirds majority, do you think you would manage to get enough republicans to overcome . Not in Donald Trumps Republican Party history. And you have Mitch Mcconnell saying he will not be impartial. They are using their own words as a guide which is where the get into trouble. Even if we add more and more evidence, even when we have more direct evidence because she has been direct testimony from investors and President Trump says there is nothing wrong with this phone call, he is probably the only one who has been real about the fact that this happened and he just does not think it is impeachable. And that i think isa it is impeachable. And that i think is a different point. Everybody comes to this movie and heres the lines they want to hear and the fact is, Democratic Senators have also said that they have made up their minds, Democratic Senators have talked about what a shame it would be not to convict donald trump before he was impeached. I did the last trial in front of them, i would off the cause, they have a horrible jury off the cause, they have a horrible jury for anyone to have, but theyre the only one that can remove a president. But they have surprised people. Even if you have not think about, it would make a big difference if you presented a strong case where some mightve crossed the line. Monitoring the democrats. At the house is made there virtually impossible by presenting the thinnest record ever submitted to the senate. In the country plus plus 250 year history, we have had three impeachments, too as i have been living in washington, dc. Iam either very old or impeachment is becoming more common. Which is it possible i still think it is rare, the three of them, the two have been relatively recent, is still very rare i think that perjury is against the law, it is bad, lying about an affair with an intern was very bad. You know, soliciting foreign interference in american democracy i think its to the heart of why impeachment is written into the constitution as a remedy in part because he gets to the question of whether or not the ballot box can be the effective check on our elected leaders that it is supposed to be stop and if you have foreign interference undermining our free and Fair Elections, and as the founders specifically worried about, we will not be able to properly check our elected leaders because our democracy will be undermined. Citing the house had to act, i think theres a strong case and if we do not act, if we do not as a nation act now, democrats and republicans andl act now, democrats and republicans and i agree that we should hold out hope that the sender does the right thing but then we will have the situation with the 2020 election where its not the Fair Elections that our constitution promises. Analysis of course in the evening because this phone will reckon about two hours away, two hours away. It will be a long day. Impeachment is this programme is not a quick process. You are watching bbc world news. Former Prime Minister tony blair says labours performance at the election has brought shame on the party, and let the country down. Mr blair, the only labour leader to have won a general election in the last 45 years, attacked the current leadership for going into the campaign with a strategy for defeat. His damning words came as Emily Thornberry became the first mp, to publicly declare herself as a leadership candidate. She told our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg why she thought she should be the next labour leader. Im going to run because i think im probably the best candidate and i think that we need a bridge from where we are now to winning the next election. I think that, in the end, the things that we stand for are right but i dont think we were putting them forward in the best way. We need to make sure that we have the proper Strategic Vision and we need to articulate it properly and we need to win peoples confidence and faith. We want the opportunity to serve but people will not give us that opportunity unless they can trust us. I think what was going on this time was that they had conflated brexit injeremy. At the weather reasons whyJeremy Corbyn did so well in 2017 was he was authentic. He was clear, he was a man of principle and would have happened to him, because people thought that we were not sufficiently clear and had not made an obvious decision about what were going to do with brexit. These felt that this was the very triangulation they felt that this was the very triangulation that we always stood against and he said we need to be clear about what we were going to do in relation to the single issue. But we should not have had this type of election. It is all wrapped up in one. So while we try to change the subject, it was very difficult for us to change the subject. Do you think that, upon reflection, people will look back on this period and think Jeremy Corbyn taking the labour leadership was a mistake . No, absolutely not. I think whatJeremy Corbyn did was that he brought us back to who we really are as a party and i think that was right and with the clarity of that vision, it is something that is incredibly appealing. But that then got lost and we got ourselves buried in brexit and not being able to deal with issues like anti semitism and reacting the wrong way to issues like salisbury and so, i think jeremy has been really badly let down by people who advised him badly. And in the end, i think, picked up their own agenda and are picked up their own agenda and were pushing that and that was wrong and i think in the end, advisers should be there to give advice and politicians should be the one to make the decision and we are the once who fronted up. We should not be contradicted by background briefing, we should of course, listen to a people have to say. Listen to what people have to say. But we make the decisions. Not them. Should those advisers now be out . Absolutely, they should. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre heres connie mclaughlin. It is the European Championship for to the final to become row champions as well, is that he was fearful in the winter going to extra time begin again, liverpool found a way to win. Two matches when in birmingham, the other 3000 miles away in doha, the reason being able to call yourself a row champions. But to get the saturdays final, they had to be the Champions League winners. A task that looks simpler after the ease in which they found it, the opening goal. If that was supposed to break the mexican spirit, it did not. They responded in a matter of minutes, the twin brother of a former everton player with the equaliser. And if it wasnt, they would have taken the lead. Take a chance of their own, but the opposite number was also in fine form. But there was nothing he could do about this, Alexander Arnold weve passed who could not miss. Liverpool are in the final and in that final they will face brazil for the chance to call themselves the worlds best. Relief then, they have two whole days to prepare for that final against flamingo, the brazilian champions, the south american champions and that is going to bea american champions and that is going to be a repeat of their meeting in 1981, that is when the brazilians we re 1981, that is when the brazilians were inspired by the great 3 0, liverpool of the favourites of that final in their favourites here this evening and so they will not be taking anything for granted. Each tea m taking anything for granted. Each team is here to represent the country, and try everything to be successful. So the the opponent exactly the same and so they fought really ha rd exactly the same and so they fought really hard and we have problems before the game and we know that we will have some problems in the game as well. But i really think the boys did exceptionally well. Manchester city are yet to agree compensation with arsenal that would allow the gunners to name mikel arteta as their new manager. Arteta was at oxford this evening for citys cara bao cup quarter final win, but its expected arsenal will be able to appoint him later this week. Wel,l Raheem Sterling scored twice as holders well, Raheem Sterling scored twice as holders Manchester City saw off League One Side Oxford United 3 1 to secure their place in the carabao cup semi finals. And two other results tonight Manchester United saw off colchester 3 nil at old trafford and they will now face rivals Manchester City in the semi finals. Leicester beat everton 11 2 on penalties after the match ended 2 all. Victory means leicester have reached the League Cup Semi finals for the first time in 19 years. Theyll play aston villa. Celtic moved five points clear at the top of the scottish premiership as hearts struggled to a sixth game without a win. Ryan christie scored the opener, with 0livier ntcham also getting a goal before the break to move celtic further ahead of rangers, who have a game in hand. Thats all the sport from us. Now its time for the weather with chris fawkes. Hello there. Parts of southern england have already had a wet start to was scenes of the next few days. More rain is on the way. The spread northwards and eastwards for a time across the western coast and hills, essay 60 or 70 miles an hour. Of the southerly winds will be driving milderair southerly winds will be driving milder air northwards so by the end of the night, temperatures will be around nine or 10 degrees in northern scotland and temperatures will rise through the night. Tomorrow, rain at times across england and wales should be drier, and his ascension coming through, indeed, overnight tonight, rain is already spreading into many western areas, and this rain band is going to be pushing northwards and eastwards with time. So we will all get some wet weather. The rain accompanied by some strong winds across western coasts and hills, with top gusts of around 60 70mph around our coasts and hills. But the rain will be unrelenting, really, across the midlands and central southern england as well. Its southerly winds that we have blowing in, warns the uk is facing a crisis of care. John is 64 and has severe dementia. Hes cared for by his wife, as is bob, whos also in his 60s. They both need round the clock care. Its not the dementia thats killing me. Its exhaustion. Once youve been diagnosed, you know theres going to be no happy ending whatsoever. And itsjust awful. We look at the failures in social care that are driving families to despair. Also tonight. In the us, members of congress prepare to vote on whether to impeach donald trump. The president left the white house in few moments ago. We should know his fate in the next couple of hours. Thousands of nurses in Northern Ireland walk out in an unprecedented strike over pay. Tony blair launches a scathing attack on his partys performance at the election, laying the blame onJeremy Corbyn. And the woman making history in a mans world. Fallon sherrock becomes the first woman to win a match at the pdc darts world championship. Later in the hour, we will have sport on the bbc news channel, with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from bbc sport. Good evening. The uk is facing a crisis because of the rapid rise in the number of People Living with dementia. Thats according to the charity the Alzheimers Society, which says the care system is failing those with the disease and their families. Dementia devastates lives those who get it and their loved ones, many of whom are forced to give up theirjobs to provide round the clock support. Around 850,000 people in the uk already have dementia but that number is set to double over the next 20 years. Unless far more money is invested in the social care system, the charity is warning that, by 2035, almost 3 Million People will find themselves in some way having to care for a Family Member who has dementia. Jeremy cooke has spent time with two women whove become full time carers to their husbands, both in their 60s, who have dementia. What he found is a story of emotional and physical exhaustion and the threat of financial ruin. 0k . Anne is the face of dementia care. Put it on your face. On your face, like that. So, every morning, at home in newcastle, she helps her husband, john, who is 64, to relearn the most basic tasks. Turn around thats it, like that. There you go, like that. Can you put your arms through . Yes, he can get up out of bed if i tell him its time to get up but, from that moment on, virtually everything has to be done for him. One, two, three. At home in essex, julia is a full time carer for her husband bob, who is 69. Hes living with dementia but also parkinsons and diabetes. Julias life is now totally dedicated to his physical, mental and emotional needs. I remember the way he was, how good looking he was and then i look at him now. And hes so changed. John was a factory worker. Hes a family man, a dad, a granddad, hoping for a long and happy retirement. Unfortunately, that didnt really materialise, because obviously john was diagnosed when he was 57. John . Yeah . What do you think of anne . What do you think about anne . John chuckles. 1. 8 Million People in england care for someone with dementia. Are you drinking your tea . Got to drink your tea. Forjulia and anne, its meant giving up their own careers for what can feel like a 24 7 drip feed of mundane tasks, all set against the backdrop of losing someone you love. Julia . Yeah, im gonna come and help you. Julia . Yeah, im coming. I peed my trousers. Did you . Its going to claim you, its going to make you ill, make you depressed. Lift your foot up for me. Its not the dementia thats killing me, its exhaustion. Even at night, forjulia, there can be little peace. Ill record this because then maybe somebody can give us the answer. In desperation, she has taken to filming what happens. I cant step back because im stepping in your room. Bob, bob. Its all a long way from when bob had a senior role at bt. Julia has fought in vain to get better professional support but, at 3am, she is still coping alone. Remember then that was, when we called him luke . He connected with that, see . John has rare moments of clarity. Bob can go from total immobility to this busy doing nothing, going nowhere. Although both are suffering chronic progressive disease, they, like thousands of others, fall under the social care system rather than the nhs. In the end, a care home may be the only option, but that can mean the family home, the savings of a lifetime, can be lost. When ive been phoning round various homes, some of them were quoting £1,800 a week. Im quite convinced that somebodys getting very rich out of frail, vulnerable, very, very sick people, and that is wrong. Ive worried about that probably from day one. Because of the money . Yeah. If it was this moment in time, id be left with nothing. Like bob, john and anne get some support from their wider family and he has access to a day centre twice a week. The Alzheimers Society organises events to raise awareness, warning that, in the next 15 years, the number of us giving care to someone with dementia, full time or part time, will have risen by almost a million. The loneliness is just terrible. Its a cruel disease, isnt it . Its awful. No matter what you do, theres going to be no happy ending whatsoever. Youre very tough on yourself. And youre very lovely to him. Doesnt always seem that way. Julia, can you do me a favour . Shouldnt i be in bed with you . In an ideal world, absolutely, yes. Going to get some sleep. If you had a moment of clarity with him, if he had a moment, what would you say to him . Come back. I miss you so much. Julia brutnell ending that report. 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holt, is here. That is just heartbreaking to see, and so many families going through that. Why is there not more help . You are right, it is heartbreaking, and a lot of families, part of the tragedy is they will recognise that a sense isolation and desperation. The care system supporting people who are elder and disabled is in crisis. It is dealing with increasing demand at the same time as cuts to its budget. Fewer people get support from their local authority now than did ten years ago, so those who get help will have really high needs and relatively low savings or assets. In the end, it is somebody ticking a box to a cat who qualifies and doesnt. Somebody who looks like they should get help may not, even if they do they may not get enough help, or they might have to contribute to costs. What can we expect from the new government . The queens speech is tomorrow and we are told the Prime Minister will confirm its commitment to work urgently towards a Cross Party Consensus on long term reform of the ca re system, consensus on long term reform of the care system, with the guiding principle that nobody should have to sell their home to pay for care. He will also repeat a promise to put £1 billion extra to social care for each year of the parliament, but the caveat is that that will be stretched between adult and overstretched childrens services, and experts say it isnt enough. The recognition of the urgency of the situation, that will be welcomed, but there will be scepticism about how quickly you can get things going, particularly when you have the lib dems and the labour party caught up in a leadership battle, and its all too easy for talks to be an excuse for kicking something into the long grass. In the end, this is one of those really Big Questions facing us as a society. What sort of society do we want to be, and are we willing to pay for the sort of care system we want . Thank you. Nurses in Northern Ireland have gone on strike, with the Royal College of nurses union taking industrial action for the first time in its 100 year history. The strikes over pay and conditions. A 6. 5 pay rise last year for all nhs staff excluding doctors has not been implemented in Northern Ireland because of the absence of devolved government. Health issues come under the remit of the Northern Ireland assembly at stormont, but it hasnt sat for almost three years, and unions argue the real value of nurses pay has fallen by 15 over the past eight years. Northern irelands health service, which is devolved, is already under strain, with record waiting lists and staffing problems. Emma vardy reports. Horn honking. From eight this morning, an unprecedented step. Thousands of nurses out of the wards and on picket lines. Nobody wants to be here today but we are at the point where nurses have been talking for a long, long time and action has been required. No one is standing out here in the rain out of choice but we feel it is essential for our patients safety. Nearly 5,000 outpatient appointments were cancelled today, and a number of minor injury units closed, but there was significant support for Health Workers striking. From those like sean, who came to stand in solidarity with the nurse who cared for his dying daughter. Where she died was like something out of the 1980s, a horrible grey room, its a horrible environment, the facilities are poor. 0ur hospitals need major investment, our staff need major support from our politicians. There are problems with filling posts and retaining Health Workers in part because pay here has fallen behind the rest of the uk. Hospitals in Northern Ireland have become badly short staffed. It would be very common to find a nurse crying in the corner because they feel that they arent able to provide the care that they want to provide to their patient. It would not be unusual for me to work a 12 hour shift and maybe have a 20 minute break in that period. Just 20 minutes . 20 minutes. In12 hours . When you are working with a patient, they become your responsibility. Almost like your family. And you cannot walk away. Waiting lists are the longest in the uk. It took three years for nick to get surgery on his foot and he now faces another long wait for a hernia operation. It was debilitating and very, very annoying. Its the not knowing. Im sick and tired of Northern Ireland being treated like the kind of second class pariah of the united kingdom. Weve already got one of the major strikes in the whole of Northern Irish history, its been going on for three years, its called the assembly and theyre getting paid. And they havent done a stroke of work for three years. Mounting criticism is being directed at the politicians who are meant to be sitting here. Since power sharing between sinn fein and the democratic unionists collapsed, theres been no ministers to tackle the health crisis. Now there are calls from all sides for westminster to intervene. But downing street says for the parties to start governing together again is the best way for this dispute to be resolved. Emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. In the United States, members of congress will vote in the next few hours on whether to impeach donald trump. Impeachment is the two stage procedure which can lead to the removal of a sitting president. In the first stage today, a majority in the house of representatives, led by the democrats, would need to support the move. If that passes, a trial would be held in the us senate dominated by republicans, the president s party next month. Two thirds would have to vote in favour. Thats unlikely to happen. But, if it did, donald trump would be forced from the white house. The president has called it all a witch hunt. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel, is at the white house. This is politically and historically a significant moment for america. Fiona, undoubtedly it is. Donald trump left the white house about half an hour ago and he is on his way to a rally in michigan. Its perfectly possible you are going to have that split screen moment, where donald trump is getting on the stage just as the house of representatives is voting to impeach him. He faces to mega charges. The first is abuse of office, that he lent on the ukrainian president to get him to investigate a domestic political rival, the former Vice President joe biden, who is running for the democratic nomination next year. The other is that he obstructed congress by refusing to allow his staff to hand over papers to the congressional investigation into looking into impeachment. Merciful god, we pause in your presence and ask guidance. December 18th, 2019, a day that will go down in american history, a day that started at least with selemnity. Give them wisdom and discernment. But very quickly moved from the sacred to the profane as the bitter partisan dogfight took over. If a president undermining our National Security and using the federal government for his own selfish personal gain is not impeachable conduct, then, madam speaker, i dont know what is. Today, we have a president who seems to believe he is a king, or above the law. And then the counterblast from the republicans. It is a sham impeachment. Its been carried out at the expense of hard working americans who just want us to move forward. There is no proof, none, that the president has committed an impeachable offence. And from the democratic speaker, a tone of sorrow rather than anger. I solemnly and sadly open the debate on the impeachment of the president of the United States. If we do not act now, we would be derelict in our duty. It is tragic that the president s reckless actions make impeachment necessary. He gave us no choice. The last president to be impeached was bill clinton in 1998, over lying about his relationship with the white house intern, monica lewinsky. And before that, you have to go back another 130 years to president andrewjohnson. By the end of today, donald trump will, in all likelihood, have joined the club that no one wants to be a member of. The president has spent the morning and the residence where his twitter thumbs have been busy. Mr president , are you worried about your legacy . Donald trump left the white house this evening saying nothing. For this first part of the impeachment process, it wont be about prayer, it will be about votes, and the president doesnt seem have them. John sopel, bbc news, washington. Relatives of four british soldiers who were killed in the 1982 hyde park bombing have won the first stage of a High Court Civil case against a convicted ira member. Today, the judge ruled the suspect, john downey, was an active pa rticipa nt and was jointly responsible, with others, for the attack. The judgment will enable the families to now seek damages. 0ur correspondent, angus crawford, was in court. An attack on the very heart of london, in a royal park. Theyve waited years, the bereaved, fighting to get to the truth. The judge gave that decision, but no matter what decision hes given, nothing can bring those four boys back, but weve worked tirelessly as a family to get that decision. A wicked, premeditated attack, the court heard. On a warm summers day in 1982, an ira car bomb in hyde park cut down a troop of the household cavalry, killing squadron quartermaster corporal roy bright, lieutenant dennis daly, Lance Corporal Jeffrey Young and trooper simon tipper. Fellow soldier simon utley was just 18. I had a problem with my side, i had shrapnel in it, but at the time i didnt know, and ijust remember staring in this direction, walking over but then stopping because i was frightened, and just. Ijust did not know what to do. This man, a convicted member of the ira, john downey, did Face Criminal Charges five years ago, but the case collapsed because of a so called comfort letter sent to him by the government. The letters followed the good friday agreement, ruling out criminal prosecution for some ira suspects on the run. More than 180 were sent. But they dont apply in civil cases. Today, the high court found downey responsible for the attack. Thisjudgment turned on parking tickets, bought for the car which carried the bomb. The judge said she was satisfied the prints did belong tojohn downey and he couldnt explain how they came to be there. After 37 years, some measure ofjustice for both the living and the dead. Angus crawford, bbc news. A drug dealers beenjailed for murdering a 14 year old boy in a targeted violent and frenzied attack. Jaden moodie was knocked off a moped and repeatedly stabbed by a rival gang member in east london in january. 19 year old Ayoub Majdouline was found guilty of murder last week after his dna was found on the murder weapon. Hes been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 21 years. Commuters at two of the countrys busiest train stations have faced significant delays following a signal failure. Hundreds of passengers crowded onto the platforms at victoria and London Bridge stations after the problem occurred near east croydon. Southern, southeastern, Gatwick Express and Thameslink Services have been affected. The Home Appliances Company Whirlpool has apologised for technical problems which mean customers are struggling to access a website to check if their machine is a fire risk. Yesterday, the Company Recalled half a million hotpoint and indesit models because of a flaw that can lead them to overheat and catch fire. Tony blair says labours performance at the election has brought shame on the party and let the country down. Mr blair, the only labour leader to have won a general election in the last 45 years, attacked the current leadership for going into the campaign with a strategy for defeat. His damning words came as Emily Thornberry became the first mp to publicly declare herself as a leadership candidate. Heres our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg. This is what losing looks like. Labour fell away in leigh. Its not yourfault, you know that. I know. A seat theyve held for nearly a century. Seats like it fell like dominoes, more than four years afterJeremy Corbyn took over labour. The only man born within a century to win an election for the labour party. Its clear what went wrong, in his view. The takeover of the labour party by the far left turned it into a glorified protest movement with cult trimmings, utterly incapable of being a credible government. The result has brought shame on us. We let our country down. But the contenders for taking over arent screaming for a huge change in direction away from mr corbyn, at least not yet. Keir starmer, who wanted to campaign to stay in the eu, wants the job. Jeremy corbyn was right in 2015 when he said we should be an anti austerity party, we should be against cuts to public spending, and that was a fundamentally important shift in our party. And what i am concerned about in the aftermath of this election is that we oversteer and lurch to a different position. As does his fellow europhile and london mp Emily Thornberry, who has been the shadow foreign secretary. We went into an election about brexit, where we were not sufficiently clear what our position was. And if you do that, as i anticipated, and as i told them, this would be catastrophic, and we would end up with another five years of tory government. Why would labour members, looking at the scale of the loss here, think, i know what we need, we need somebody who has been part of this project . We need somebody who is tested, who has experience, who spent two years taking on borisjohnson of the dispatch box. I know how to get under his skin. You need to look at the details, you dont allow him to throw you off course with all his bluster. You know, you have to be a girly swot, and thats what i am. The closest candidate toJeremy Corbyns machine is rebecca long bailey. Like the other contenders, its the half a million or so members they have to convince when the contest starts proper injanuary. My own preference is for becky long bailey, but i think its welcome that the members are going to have a real choice. It could be a choice between many, not few. 0ther mps, like jess phillips, lisa nandy and Yvette Cooper may run as well. The scale of labours loss here is onlyjust really sinking in, and at labour hq there is a long list of questions that beg hard answers. First, can the party avoid slipping into a bitter blame game over what went wrong, before a healthy discussion over who and what might be next . It might be five years before labour has another chance on the doorstep at the next general election, but time may not automatically be a healer. Without doubt for labour, there are many wounds to put right. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. There have been mass protests outside the stadium in barcelona ahead of a game with real madrid, which was postponed back in october because of widespread demonstrations then over the jailing of nine catalan separatist leaders. The barcelona fans and the other protesters want a legal referendum on independence for the North Eastern region of spain. Gavin lee reports from barcelona. In the shadow of barcelonas football stadium tonight, the crowds outside are making a political point. Catalan independence demonstrators are outside every corner of the stadium, while record numbers of police stand guard, as one of the biggest spectacles in world football, real madrid and barcelona takes place inside. Well, the demonstrations tonight have been largely peaceful, but, small groups of catalan separatists protesters have been burning the dustbins all around the stadium, and throwing projectiles at the police. And theyve responded cat and mouse style, getting out and pushing them back. This game had already been postponed two months ago, given the tensions here in spains northeast region, in the aftermath of the jailing of catalan separatists leaders for attempting independence in 2017. The gathering started hours before the match, and it was no coincidence that spains biggest Football Game was targeted. Classico gets seen by millions of people around the world, every country where athletes, for example, people who would watch the classico, right . So, the opportunity that you have to send a message to the world is clear, and its like free. 0rganizers behind tonights action say they will continue to target Public Events and places. The flames of the catalan protest movement shows little sign of dying out. Gavin lee, bbc news, barcelona. Football and liverpool have confirmed their place in the Club World Cup final with a win over mexican side monterrey. Jurgen klopps men went ahead after 11 minutes with their opponents equalising shortly after. But victory was sealed for liverpool in injury time with a goal from roberto firmino. Liverpool will face brazilian side flamengo in the final in doha on sunday. For the first time in the history of darts, a woman has beaten a man at the pdc world championships. Fallon sherrock, whos 25, came from behind to win in the first round of the competition at Alexandra Palace in london. She now faces the world number 11 on saturday. Our Sports Correspondent Natalie Pirks has been talking to her. Everyone was on their feet, like. A moment to savour. After two hours sleep, Fallon Sherrock woke up to a whirlwind of interviews, thousands of new twitter followers, and a place in sporting history. Commentator Fallon Sherrock smashes the Glass Ceiling at what point did you become aware afterwards that you had just written your name into the history books . When i went to shake teds hand, and i saw the reaction of everyone, and then the tv cameras and all that. Ijust realised what id done. I was emotional. Iwas, like, wow, oh, my god, like, im still speechless. I cant describe how happy i was and how i was feeling. I was just overwhelmed. Her average score last night was around the same mark as some past mail champions. All the more remarkable, considering she only began playing darts eight years ago with her twin sister. Its been far from an easy ride to be ranked the best woman in the world, though. She became a single mother to her autistic son, rory, and has battled Kidney Disease that caused herface to swell, making her a target for online trolls. She will now donate her winning board from last night to raise funds for an autism charity. I was just so proud of what ive done. We have always wanted to prove to the men that we can compete with them. Ive just beaten a man. Im a woman. Like, people dont expect that, so i feel like ive done us proud. Commentator he likes the odd pint and the odd fag. Darts has come a long way. Diets have changed, as have attitudes to women. The walk on girls that many deemed sexist have gone, and now two women qualify every year for the world champs, but more could still be done. Theres other women who can play to my ability, if not better, and wejust need more recognition, more opportunities to prove ourselves. It started off with a passion, but hopefully now i can use it to pay some bills, maybe. The £15,000 prize money is the most any woman has ever won in the sport. Shed get £10,000 more if she wins on saturday, but whilst the money may be pleasant, this moment is priceless. Natalie pirks, bbc news. Congratulations to her. Thats it. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Have a very good night. This is bbc news im rebecca jones. This is bbc news im carrie gracie. The headlines at 11 00 a historic vote on Capitol Hill Congress will tonight decide on whether to impeach donald trump a debate that deeply divides the house. Ifa if a president undermining our National Security is using the federal government for its own selfish personal gain is not impeachable conduct, then, madam speaker, i dont know what is. Its a shame impeachment. 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