Have turned fought. Germanys chancellor prepares to visit a site of the countrys most heinous crimes Angela Merkel is making her 1st visit to the house with this cat on friday just bringing a large donation to help conserve the size and allow future generations to learn about the atrocities committed it. Anyhow that thanks for joining us the speaker of the u. S. House of representatives nancy pelosi says that shes ready to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump the announcement mocks the culmination of 8 months long inquiry into whether trump abused his office in his dealings with ukraine is obliged to have held up military aid to kiev in exchange for an investigation into his rival democratic president ial candidate joe bot. Nancy pelosi was clear about the way forward with impeachment she said the president s abuse of power with clear and required action was heartbreaking but the president gave us no choice so were not going to say what we would we would honor our oath of office but what hes the one whos dividing the country on this we are honoring the constitution of the United States palosi has asked the House Judiciary Committee to draw up charges which could include abuse of power and obstruction of justice trumps response was characteristically direct on his preferred communication channel twitter. They have no impeachment case and not demeaning of country he treated but nothing matters to them theyve gone crazy therefore i say if youre going to impeach me do it now fast so we can have a fair trial in the senate. His regular cheerleaders supported him calling impeachment is a just the most are we ok with it we think it is ill conceived illegitimate process it will continue to be. Americans seem divided on the issue. I think the evidence is very clear that he put his own personal interests before the interests of our country. I dont find that appalling. And i have to say im really really disappointed. That the republicans. In government. Dont seem to be able to put their country 1st. Well right quite frankly i think its very bad timing its christmas time theres going to be you know we have an election next year and they wave let the voters speak we dont need her to speak force if the democrats move of a fast in the house then proceedings move to the 2nd stage of the peach meant a try in the senate where the republicans have a majority which could be to trumps advantage or for more lets cross to washington and d. W. Colas correspondent all of us sell all of our welcome what does this announcement mean for president. Well according to the democrats the situation is pretty clear they believe that there is overwhelming evidence that was collected by the Intelligence Committee throughout the last weeks in a number of very intense hearings and those were then wrapped up in a report those findings were confirmed by legal experts in the Judiciary Committee on wednesday and the democrats seem quite optimistic right now 5 that they are on the right side and also you heard nancy pelosi the speaker of the house in your report she also says that there is no other choice for them than to move forward with the impeachment inquiry based on those findings spotless all forget this is not a trial so we cant really expect a crow accord ruling here the impeachment proceedings are a very partial process and so we can expect lawmakers and senators to vote very much in the interest of their party and their 4 quite unlikely that President Trump will eventually be impeached out of office so on what biases could the president be impeached. So there are several articles so called articles of impeachment that the Judiciary Committee is now considering the most obvious one perhaps is abuse of power that results out of the july phone call that in famous phone call between President Trump and the ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelinsky also bribery is a potential article of impeachment essentially the democrats are trying to make the case here that there is a pattern that President Trump is asking other countries to interfere in the american elections and that goes back to the malo report that investigated the russian interference in the 2016 election also struction of just this is a potential article to be considered so we dont know exactly which ones will come to play but we will know quite soon the congress will very likely vote on this before christmas. And all of what is likely to be the republican count of punch in this scenario whats the next move. The reaction so far has been pretty much as always and youve just showed President Trumps response on twitter in the report hes been ranting all day personally attacking some of his rivals like the speaker of the house nancy pelosi is accusing her to not have her electoral district under control and the strategy of the republicans is pretty obvious to theyre trying to discredit the impeachment inquiry they call this a conspiracy against president that its politically motivated they say basically that the democrats cant accept President Trumps 2016 election victory and are trying to overturn a democratically elected president because theyre afraid to lose the 2020 elections but of course the republicans can rest assured that theyre holding the majority in the senate when it comes to the senate trial in january of a salad in washington many thanks now to some of the other stories making news around the world. 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Elections for members of the European Parliament from the break the party have resigned and urged people to vote conservative i said support for the brigs party was splitting the lead vote and the Boris Johnsons breaks that deal was the only option. Well hear here in europe france has come to a standstill a general strike by Public Sector workers joined mass protests against president. Plans to reform the Pension System royal travel schools and hospitals have been seriously disrupted and some of the protest and vomit. A sea of strikers its the largest mobilization across france in decades this time its all about Pension Reforms for future generations. Can already barely afford. Who dont have enough to make ends meet and this reform will make things worse all the defend the initiative by my free time myself in 10 years time and im not sure ill be able to survive on what my car is proposing is that simple. However by thursday afternoon scenes from Paris City Center showed increasing violence groups of protesters smashed store windows and clashed with police among them members often Anarchist Group the socalled black bloc the violence made visible to frustration many strike supporters feel with the french governments. Take even if that is a good and he says i want to say the money thats who is the one class who pay the price of the cuts on acceptable thats a fact if theres money there the people in power the capitalists have to pay it off they know how to find money for not for the deals theyve turned the world upside down and they want us to pay but we dont agree with that you went on in the for that all. The general strike was called by trade unions to protest the governments plans for pension reform many fear it would increase their work time and reduce their pensions to strike has received widespread support. Several forces united for this its really big there are a students nurses and doctors lawyers and yellow vests like me. Unions say they might extend the strike as far as monday. German chancellor Angela Merkel is making her 1st visit to the auschwitz birkenau memorial in poland lighted today its the site of the nazis largest death camp during the 2nd world war now will be attending a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of a foundation that funds conservation efforts a report that visited the memorial head of the chancellors visit. For many people this sign is a good photo op it translates to work sets you free the nazis inhumane slogan looms above the entrance to the Auschwitz Memorial the horror of the past is the tourist attraction of today visitors from around the world come here over the past 10 years the number of guests has doubled over the past 20 years it has quintupled now there are more than 2000000 visitors a year breaking to see how cruel people can be and its very moving very hard not to cry and we see on t. V. On freedoms many many times 1st time that you see the 1st time in person thats pretty reset itself is really important like a place is giving greet people kind of impression about what happened what people went through and so on but i think that we were paying too much attention to the buildings to the place itself to the general names things like that and to small attention to what was really important so where did all came from the memorial has become a victim of its own success the an ending stream of guests is quite a challenge says. Extra exhibition rooms have been added for crowd control the numbers of visitors that we are getting are already overwhelming this is logistically difficult operation so we are also planning to build a completely new Visitor Center that will be slightly at the side of the historical. Site of the comp and it will also help us from does very well just a cool point of view and even the bigger december cold doesnt stop guests from visiting the barracks in the birkenau concentration camp. At this location more than 1000000 people mostly jews were murdered by the nazis through malnutrition disease or the gas chamber. Today the barracks are crumbling but renovations have begun the goal is that they look like the original yet are sturdy enough to withstand hard winters this task may take decades to accomplish. This venue it is important that we dismantle the barracks under the supervision of the historical location of the challenge is to integrate the necessary thoroughness and concision into the process the restoration work is supported by the use of documentation that we prepared ahead of time. But its not. Something that says you. Precision is also necessary when preparing the exhibits in this case the conservation material used in the original construction has to be carefully removed because according to modern standards it is damaging to the exhibits the goal is not to repair the objects but rather to preserve their original state of these objects reflect the history of this so there deformation contamination the fact that some objects are not complete thats all this is testimony to what happened here. And yet there are plans to change the exhibition the present one was largely designed in 1958 by survivors who focused on the fate of the victims pictures of the perpetrators were hardly bearable for them in the future however their history will be included as well when we asked one of the most important educational questions about the story violence which is the question why does this not a story about the victims does is the story about people who accept to decide the all the g. Chose to join the nazi party cho chose to join the s. S. Day where here and they were working and at the same time they were bringing up their children almost 75 years have passed since auschwitz was liberated germany is now providing another 60000000. 00 euros so that the memorial site can continue and the horrors of the holocaust can be viewed up close. Youre watching the news coming up africa with any market now im Anthony Howard thanks for watching. What keeps us in shape what makes us see. Come from. My name is dr carson because i talk to medical experts. Watch them at work. And i discuss what you can do to improve your health. State use and lets all try to stay. Calm d. W