Next for the worlds 2 top economies. Also coming up russias government resigns the surprise move comes as president Vladimir Putin calls for reforms that could keep him in power well beyond the end of his term. Im told me a lot of people thanks for joining me the u. S. House of representatives has voted to submit to articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the senate that sets the stage for only the 3rd impeachment trial of a u. S. President in history Opening Statements in the trial are expected next tuesday but with the republicans firmly in control of the senate its unlikely that trump will be removed from office. A ritual with historic significance lawmakers will comprise session from the house of representatives to the senate to deliver the articles of impeachment house has. Read 79 eat a resolution of points on the right values of the peach but. Dont jar from the president of the United States. Just a few minutes earlier House Speaker nancy pelosi signed the 2 articles one for abuse of power and one for obstruction of the house she stressed the significance of the occasion this is as serious as it gets for any of us only the vote to declare war would be something more serious than that we take it very seriously and its not personal its not political its not partisan its patriotic publicans on doing the exact opposite this is a political impeachment this has nothing to do with the fact weve shown that there was no fight nothing done wrong but that does not matter when the train is on the tracks the whistle is blowing impeachment matters and the only thing that matters at one time where the only real murder say here is that there are 2020 election in which the democrats cant stand to see the fact this president is going to win again. The vote that set the impeachment trial in motion took place in the house here that i havent the journal stands approved. With 228293 vote launch me along party lines the democratic controlled house that reaches send the 2 articles of impeachment to the senate and trigger at the impeachment trial. The house also appointed 7 impeachment manages to prosecute the case against trump. The u. S. President stands accused of abusing his power by pressuring ukraine to investigate democratic rival joe biden and for obstructing the house investigation into the case. The trial is expected to Begin Next Week a guilty verdict that would remove trump from office would require a 2 thirds majority in the senate but with republicans in control of the opportunity but that prospect seems very remote. Im now joined by the w. s all of us at it in washington the articles of impeachment have now been delivered to the senate what happens next right so that vote. That took place today was basically the last step to trigger that socalled cell a trial and as you mentioned the speaker of the house nancy pelosi signed those articles of impeachment just a little while ago delivered to the senate theyre going to be read out on thursday for the 1st time and that is basically whats happening now is moving the impeachment proceeding out of the democratic controlled house of representatives to the Republican Controlled Senate where republicans are holding a 2 thirds majority in exactly this majority is also needed to eventually improve to eventually remove President Trump from office and of course this is a very unlikely scenario at this point as it does not seem that Many Republican senators if any at all will change their opinion on the question of impeachment. Trial will then begin next tuesday and republicans are hoping for a swift acquittal of a very fast trial that will take no longer than 2 weeks according to some senior officials and what will this trial look like and what about witnesses. Right i mean since we know that the outcome is pretty clear of that trial even though it hasnt even started yet its obviously a good question to ask if this will be a real trial at all the democrats are therefore trying to shape this shape these proceedings they want to get witnesses approved to get sort of like firsthand information that is potentially damaging for President Trump for these witnesses it needs several republican senators to prove that some of them have done so so far others have been reluctant so there will be a vote on the questions of witnesses next tuesday and that will also be the moment when basically the shape. Of this trial will finally be decided and very brief. Elections president ial elections are just 10 months away how divided is america over this impeachment now the voters have been staying very much behind party lines just since the impeachment proceedings began very much to the disappointment by the way of the democrats who have been hoping for a dramatic shift in opinion that has not taken place so far and that is exactly why republicans can also unite behind President Trump because there they dont have to fear the anger all of the voters so far and as long as there is no shift in momentum there will be no majority in senate and as long as this is the case president will be quite safe and secure in his position ok well have to leave it there because of a senate in washington. U. S. President donald trump and chinas vice premier have signed phase one of a trade deal its aimed at settling a conflict thats lasted 18 months the pact to loosen some american tariffs on chinese made products into the u. S. And increase beijings put purchases of american goods. Heres what trump had to say about that deal at the signing in washington. Today we take a momentous step one that has never been taken before with china toward a future fair in reciprocal trade as we phase one of the historic trade deal between the United States and china. Together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of Economic Justice and security for American Workers farmers and families im not joined by d. W. Business kate and kates donald trump coldest a Historic Deal is it well its a bit of historic of anything to fluff that only 18 months but this is a really big moment symbolically and i think its worth mentioning that while it was of course u. S. President donald trump that began this trade war the ideological rifts that us expose far predates his presidency so whether were talking about the way china treats Foreign Companies in the country or the way it handles its currency these are things that the United States and other countries including germany have long had an issue with and i think in the last 18 months what weve really seen is the reflection of a growing backlash towards globalization for a long time with china that was accused of protectionism and what were seeing now is the United States actually acting in defense you know the rhetoric coming from travis all the talk talk talk but really what sparked this trade war was fear he was looking at chinas exponential rise he didnt like it he tends to work in binary if winners and losers he was scared that china was going to take over and i think the fact that the 2 sides have come together to sign anything at all is significant so you mentioned winners and losers in this phase one is there a window well on the surface that looks like the United States is the winner here so as you mentioned beijing is going to buy 200000000000. 00 more worth of American Products a range of things that farm supply is an energy and money factor products and thats psychologically important for the United States because for a long time its been extremely upset by chinas large trait surplus so in that sense you know china was the winner and loser implementing this is going to be quite difficult so what you have to do essentially is create a demand for 200000000000. 00 worth of more American Products and china says its going to let this be an. Market led process but its difficult to see how thats going to work because youre either going to have to stop buying products from other countries or companies or it creates enormous demand for beans from the midwest in america so this looks great but we dont quite know how its going to play out and one thing that i think is worth mentioning is who wasnt at the signing state heinies president xi jinping he sent his press his vice premier you who instead some are saying that up because if this doesnt turn out so well for china he doesnt want to be the face of the deal so dont say hes won there are other issues that havent been discussed so what do we expect to come after this of these 2 or what else. Of the fed theres not going to be a phase 3 so fave to should be if its really the issues that were going to see discussed in phase 2 so it seems like state subsidies so chinas massive Economic Growth over the last few years has really been driven by the fact that the government props up companies that help them so that has allowed a huge advance in technology and were seeing Companies Like chua way of course really becoming Global Leaders a few years ago the company wasnt known side of china and i was the old name and with that of course you open up a whole lot of other issues like fiber security of course theres enormous mistrust between the United States and china concerning huawei but on the other hand its a leader in 5 g. Technology a lot of countries and Companies Want to get in the game while away is offering the cheapest and arguably highest quality product than this and again it opens up this philosophical question whats the bigger risk being left behind or putting your blind faith in china so phase 2 is going to be a lot chicken fazel interesting thank you very much for that Business Case for just some time for a brief look at some other stories making news. Police and protesters have clashed in the lebanese capital beirut for a 2nd night the clashes began after a crowd gathered at a Police Station to demand the release of protesters taking taken into custody a day. Scientists are warning that more extreme weather events like wildfires and flooding are on the horizon after the hottest decade ever recorded the average global temperature in 21000 was 1 point one degree celsius above preindustrial levels beyond 1. 00 degrees Global Warming is projected to have extreme consequences including the melting of most optics sea ice. Political drama from moscow now as the entire government resigned this came just hours after president Vladimir Putin delivered his state of the nation address in that statement he proposed a shake up of the countrys constitution that would allow him to extend his grip on power even after his term ends as president in 2024 russian Prime MinisterDmitri Medvedev decision to step down came as a surprise fed you have said the president s proposals to mend the countrys constitution would significantly change russias balance of power he due to flee made the announcement public. Because we as the government of the Russian Federation should provide the president of our country with the opportunity to make all necessary decisions to change the russian political system in these circumstances i believe it would be right for the incumbent government of the Russian Federation to resign. Or news kind just hours after president putins state of the nation address. In that speech putin suggested changing the constitution to grant parliament more powers in effect weakening the powers of the presidency. Analysts believe putin could use the shake up to create a new job for himself when his current president ial term ends in 4 years time under the russian constitution president s can only serve to consecutive terms some believe putin may even take on a new role in Parliament Although medvedev has become increasingly unpopular with the russian public in recent years putting praised his service. As with the. I want to thank you for everything youve done in this phase of our cooperation i want to express my gratitude about the results of your work even though we didnt accomplish everything we wanted to. I hope we will succeed soon some people on the streets of moscow were slightly less forgiving of medvedev tenure. In principle the only question is why it took such a long time to be honest such a government should have been expelled many years ago where you should go fuck. You meant they give the resignation is long overdue its the right decision and putin is long overdue to control the economy the same way he controls politics. Was putin is reportedly asked me if i do have to move to russias National Security council to work on defense and Security Affairs but the president appears to be leaving his own future Career Options open. 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