This is bbc news. Our top stories President Trump is impeached for a second time. Hes formally charged with inciting insurrection after last weeks mob violence on the Capitol Building. He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love. Italys new political crisis former Prime Minister, matteo renzi, pulls his party out of the governing coalition in a row over pandemic funding. And hollywood hammered the pandemic� s sent profits plummeting to a forty year low. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. President trump has become the only us president to be impeached twice. The house of representatives has formerly charged him with inciting insurrection after a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol Building in washington dc exactly a week ago. 10 of his fellow republicans abandoned the president to vote with all the democrats in the house to bring the charges. This report is from our north america editorjon sopel. On this vote, the ayes. The moment when donald trump carved himself an unwelcome niche in american history, becoming the first president to be impeached twice. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. As dawn broke over the nations capitol, the place was somehow
unrecognisable. The landscape had changed. It now feels like the front line, a garrison town, with the elegant marble corridors a barracks. The civil war president , abraham lincoln, looking down on resting servicemen. But impeachment 2. 0 is different, very different. For a start, the us congress, where this is being heard, is also the crime scene where the trump supporting mob descended last week. Almighty god, wield your sword and penetrate the confusion and discontent of our country. And this isnt about some call to a ukrainian politician. This is about an assault on the sacred heart of us democracy that donald trump is charged with inciting. The president must be impeached and i believe the president must be convicted by the senate, a constitutional remedy that will ensure that the republic will be safe from this man, who is so resolutely determined to tear down the things that we hold dear and that hold us together. This was not a protest, this was an insurrection. This was a well organised attack on our country that was incited by donald trump. Last time round, every republican voted as a block to back the president. But now, theyre spitting three ways. There are those backing his impeachment. Today, we make history forever, so choose well. A vote to impeach donald trump means, years from now, you can look your grandchildren in the eye and say, i did the right thing. The gentlemans time has expired. There were those questioning the impeachment process, but not backing donald trump. We need to recognise we are following a flawed process. We need to recognise that people of goodwill can differ. We need to recognise that while the house may be done with this matter after todays vote, it will not be done for the country. And a few whose support for donald trump is undimmed. Today, the Second Annual impeachment of President Trump isnt really about actual words spoken at a rally. No, this is all about, madame speaker, the unbridled
hatred of this president. The president made his first foray out of the white house yesterday, warning somewhat ominously that his supporters would be very angry if impeachment went ahead. But today, a new statement issued. In light of reports of more demonstrations, i urge that there must be no violence, no lawbreaking and no vandalism of any kind. That is not what i stand for, and its not what america stands for. I call on all americans to help these tensions and calm tempers. Thank you. Today, airbnb announced that it was cancelling all bookings in washington for next week. Some hotels are doing the same, to stop potential rioters coming in. The capitol is becoming a citadel. Jon sopel, bbc news, washington. So despite being banned from twitter, weve still heard
from the president , all without him acknowledging the impeachment. Adding to that statement at the end ofjon� s report, this video message, again urging calm and condeming last weeks attack, was released by the white house. My fellow americans, i want to speak to you tonight about the troubling events of the past week. As i have said, the incursion of the us capitol struck at the very heart of our republic. It angered and appalled millions of americans across the political spectrum. I want to be very clear. I unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week. Violence and vandalism have absolutely no place in our country and no place in our movement. Making America Great again has always been about defending the rule of law, supporting the men and women of Law Enforcement, and upholding our nations most sacred traditions and values. Mob violence goes against everything i believe in, and everything our Movement Stands for. No true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence. No true supporter of mine could ever disrespect Law Enforcement or our Great American flag. No true supporter of mine could ever threaten or harass theirfellow americans. Our north america correspondent has been following the impeachment process from capitol hill. This is her assessment to the video released by President Trump. It is interesting in a number of ways. He is basically saying two things. He condemns the violence and disavows it, saying it has nothing to do with him or his brand and those who are attacking his movement and not endorsing it. The other is that he warns demonstrators who plan to continue per outpost is to remain peaceful
saying the secret service told him there are potential threats so he urges people to stay peaceful with no violence nor vandalism, and so on. It is possible he is doing this with his eye on the senate trial, particularly the Senior Republicans in the senate and those who are wavering to try and say to them that he does not deserve to be convict that of impeachment. The thing that is missing is a crucial sentence and that is thatjoe biden has won, i lost and he is the new president. He still does not say that and his supporters, and many republicans, believe that mr biden� s winner is not legitimate. Bidens winner is not legitimate. Bidens winner is not lecitimate. ~. , , legitimate. What happens next and do you legitimate. What happens next and do you think legitimate. What happens next and do you think the legitimate. What happens next and do you think the senate i and do you think the senate trial will actually go ahead . I think the senate trial will go ahead. We dont quite know when because nancy pelosi has not handed over the article of impeachment yet. We do know it will not happen before the inauguration. Mitch mcconnell,
the senior republican in the senate said that was the case. But there is a great deal of urgency on the democrat side to get it done so probably shortly after the inauguration. Joe biden has put in a statement after the impeachment to say that he is hoping the senate can deal with the impeachment and also with the order of business that concerns him, confirming his nominations for cabinet, which he needs to do to carry out his agenda, working on a vaccine rollout and getting the economy going again. He has said is it a it is up to congress to impeach if thats what they think they should do but several times he has said he does not want this to interfere in him managing to get going with his agenda. He has stated that quite clearly. Lawrence douglas is professor of law, jurisprudence and social thought at amherst college, massachusetts. I know you saw much of this coming. And you are the author
of a new book, will he go . Trump and the looming election meltdown in 2020. We had a few republicans telling us tonight that the impeachment progress process is political theatre and a senate trial will not happen because someone cannot be impeached after they have left the presidency. Is that true . It is not true that there cannot be impeached. And we should also remember that impeachment is a 2 step process will the first step is what happened today with the voting of the articles of impeachment. They are then sent to the senate and the senate will then vote, for example, to impose a sanction if they convict. That conviction would require two thirds of the senators to vote. Now your viewers may be thinking what is the purpose of convicting someone, removing them from office when they have
already left office and presumably this trial will not take base until afterjoe biden� s inauguration. We should also remember that the impeachment clause in the constitution also contemplates the penalty of disqualifying a convicted person from ever Holding Office again. And that is a very potent penalty, to the extent that many people worry about donald trump � s attempt to stage some kind of political comeback and even to run again in 202a. That is a real important outcome from this process. I real important outcome from this process. Real important outcome from this process. I understand he could also this process. I understand he could also lose this process. I understand he could also lose his could also lose his president ial pension and secret Service Protection and his president ial travel budget. Could mr trump harden himself beforehand . He could mr trump harden himself beforehand . Could mr trump harden himself beforehand . , beforehand . He could. One thing we should bear beforehand . He could. One thing we should bear in beforehand . He could. One thing we should bear in mind beforehand . He could. One thing we should bear in mind is beforehand . He could. One thing we should bear in mind is that. We should bear in mind is that evenif we should bear in mind is that even if he pardons himself that does not apply to the case of an impeachment proceeding. The
constitution very specifically points out that pardons do not extend to the impeachment process. Even if he engaged in this act, lets say auto pardoning himself in order to escape some kind of criminal charges arriving arising in federal court, that auto pardoning would also be a challenge since everything we know about the framers of the constitution suggest that they did not believe anyone should be a judge in their own proceeding. Be a judge in their own proceeding. Be a judge in their own roceedin. � ,. , proceeding. Aside from the impeachment proceeding. Aside from the impeachment process proceeding. Aside from the impeachment process is. Proceeding. Aside from the l impeachment process is that your expectation that mr trump and his family members could face other legal action once he leaves office . Leaves office . Again, it is speculative. Leaves office . Again, it is speculative. We leaves office . Again, it is speculative. We do leaves office . Again, it is speculative. We do know| leaves office . Again, it is speculative. We do know that the Manhattan District Attorney has been looking into the business dealings of donald trump and the trump corporation. We should bear in mind that if somehow he were to receive some kind of pardon
that only extend to federal charges and not to the state criminal charge that could be brought by a prosecutor. So it is certainly possible. Certainly possible that he will see some legal exposure after he leaves office. It see some legal exposure after he leaves office. He leaves office. It sounds like we will he leaves office. It sounds like we will be he leaves office. It sounds like we will be coming he leaves office. It sounds | like we will be coming back he leaves office. It sounds like we will be coming back to you. Thank you. Lets quickly round up some more of the main news for you internationally. Protests have erupted in brussels after the death of a 23 year old man in police custody. A Police Station was briefly set on fire and local streets vandalised. The belgian kings car was hit by projectiles as it passed through the area. A car park at the Disneyland Resort in california has been transformed into a super coronavirus vaccination site. The opening marks ten months since the resort was closed by the coronavirus pandemic. Essential and healthcare workers, and those over the age of 75 queued for the jab. But Orange County officials have voiced concerns that they dont have enough vaccines to keep the site operational. One of the largest anti mafia trials in decades has begun amid high security in southern italy. Its targeting more than 350 people suspected of links to the organised crime group the � ndrangheta. Those accused include politicians, Police Officers and civil servants. Charges range from abuse of office and Money Laundering to Drug Trafficking and murder. Here in the uk, the governments delayed the introduction of new rules requiring travellers arriving in england to have a negative coronavirus test. The regulation had been due to come into force early on friday morning but now wont take effect until monday. The transport secretary said the government wanted to give people time to prepare. Italys been plunged into political chaos after former Prime Minister matteo renzi pulled his party out of government, leaving the Ruling Coalition without a parliamentary majority. Its unclear what his motive was, but the timing couldnt be worse with the country trying to rebuild the economy
and contain the cornavirus pandemic. Paul hawkins has more. September 2019, this was italian Prime MinisterGiuseppe Conte literally bringing in the new coalition government. It was made of four political parties, but 16 months on, one of them, italia viva, led by former Prime Minister matteo renzi, has left, leaving the current majority without a majority in parliament. Translation we are ready to help, we are ready to talkj about everything with everyone, without ideologies. Were not doing something irresponsible. Were saying if there is a political crisis, it should be faced in institutional settings. Its not clear why his party left government. Prime minister conte changed his plans to spend 223 billion euros in eu Financial Aid after the former pm said he did not like it. Translation we will never be complicit in the greatest waste l of money we could have
in republican history if we were to move forward. We have to move forward with the project. Now it is up to the government to decide, and not to us, because we have only told the truth. Since quitting as pm, Matteo Renzis popularity has nosedived, polling suggesting italia viva attracts 3 of voters. But his a decision to pull out of government could not have come at a worse time for italy. More than 80,000 people have died from covid, the second highest in europe, and infection rates remain stubbornly high. A state of emergency has been recently extended until the end of april. And to that, the economy in ruins and now an unstable government. Big political choices for the current Prime Minister, who could be trying to renegotiate a new pact with italia viva. 0r asking the government to put together a government of national unity, failing that, the only choice would be a general election two years early which could be won by a coalition of right wing and far right parties,
if the current polling is correct. Matteo renzis nickname is the � demolition man� the only thing hes bringing down is the government and italys sense of security in a time of crisis. Whistling paul hawkins, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come why cinemas around the world are being forced to close their doors. Day one of Operation Desert Storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. Tobacco is americas oldest industry and its one of its biggest. But the industry is nervous of this report, this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. There is not a street that is unaffected. Huge part of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. This woman says she had been given no help and no advice
by the authorities. She stood outside the ruins of her business. Tens of thousands of black. Children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the countrysl new multiracial government. And enrolled at formerly white schools. Tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long running play, the mousetrap. When they heard of her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonights performance, but Agatha Christie would have been the last person to want such a thing. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines donald trump becomes the first us president to be impeached twice, a week after the riots on capitol hill. Lets stay with that story now. Jennifer kerns is host of all american radio and a republican strategist and former spokesperson
for the party in california. She told us what the reaction of Trump Supporters would be if the president is found guilty. Well, that is, i think, the 600 million question here in the United States of america in the lead up to next weeks inauguration. No one quite knows, and you know, i have a lot of Law Enforcement contacts across the country, and there have been hundreds of Additional National guardsmen sworn in, more than in iraq and afghanistan combined, and they said they are uncertain about what will happen next week. We are in a tenuous situation as we wait and see what the reaction, the response will be to the impeachment. But i can tell you last weeks incursion at the us capitol, i know exactly what that was about, that was about 75 million americans being very upset, feeling their vote was not counted, their vote was counterbalanced by some
measures in those key states, and they havent been heard for the last eight weeks and in the United States court system, which also revoked President Trump. Lets not refight the election, you know those allegations of widespread fraud, which the president keeps making. Manyjudges appointed by President Trump have rejected them, also the Justice Department and his own cybersecurity chief. The house of representatives have voted to impeach the president. What does that tell us about the possibility of 17 in the senate turning against him . I think that is a likely scenario, and what you are seeing here is the beginning of a civil war within the republican party, we have been seeing a little
bit on the democratic side, you know there is some tension between the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, narrowly winning back the speakership from aoc, alexandria 0casio cortez, but we are seeing a real reckoning is coming to the United States of america. It reminds me of the tea party, which rose in 2009, the gop leader was ousted. I think a reckoning is coming to congress, and in the next mid term elections there is a huge divide, a lot of hatred between the base of the party and some of these folks who came out during that impeachment today. President trumps days in the white house are numbered but his administration is racing through a string of federal executions the tally under his presidency now 11. The latest, lisa montgomery, was executed on wednesday for strangling a pregnant woman
in missouri, before cutting out and kidnapping her unborn baby. Shes the first woman put to death since 1953. Melissa jeltsen, a Senior Reporter at huffpost us has been covering the case. Lisa montgomery was severely mentally ill and this is something the government does not dispute. Until the execution, she was held in a prison in texas that is for women with Mental Health needs. She grew up in a family with domestic violence, neglect, she was molested and raped. Her storyjust reads like a horror show and she grew up into an adult that was extremely mentally disturbed and her lawyers have argued that she committed this horrific crime in a psychotic episode. I know you spoke to her attorney straight after the execution. You werent actually allowed in yourself as a media with this. How does this particular
execution in this whole string under President Trump feed into the general debate about the Death Penalty in the us . In her lawyers were really, really disappointed when i talked to them last night. They had hoped they were going to get a stay because when they saw her prior to the execution, she was really dissociated, she did not feel connected to reality, they were trying to speak to her and she wasnt able to understand what they were saying, they believed they were able to have a competency hearing for her to make sure she was mentally able to understand the reasons for her execution and the Supreme Court did not go for that so she was executed and its worth pointing out that these executions the Trump Administration has pushed through it all happened during the coronavirus pandemic. Both of lisas lead attorney scott covid when they visited her in prison preparing her clemency petition so they are still recovering from a serious illness with covid. Just generally if you dont mind, melissa, how does this feed into the general debate . This is a federal case, a federal execution, many states have abandoned the guilty. Joe biden is against it, as is most of public opinion. Its a real anomaly the federal government pushed through all these executions since last summer. Prior to lastjuly, they hadnt had any federal executions for about 17 years. The Trump Administration decided to restart them during a pandemic at a time when other states who do the Death Penalty quite frequently, like texas, decided to hold off on executing people because they believed it was a Public Health risk to have a mass of people congregating for an execution. Its a real anomaly what the Trump Administration has done. I think when Biden Takes Office its expected he will pause federal executions that he has not said what he plans for the people who are still left on federal death row. Few industries have been harder
hit by the coronavirus pandemic than hollywood. Cinemas have been forced to close their doors all around the world. Iconic, familiar, unchanging. The Hollywood Sign may be constant, but the fortunes of the industry it represents are anything but. The cinemas and picture houses of la, along with many other cities across the nation, remain closed, and that has had a dramatic impact on the bottom line. According to Research Firm comscore, the industry generated 11. 1; billion in revenue in 2019, but four months later, it was only 2. 2 billion, a drop of 80 . And thats the worst performance since 1981, when the industry generated less than in revenue. Film after film have had their release date postponed, and then postponed again. There will be nothing left to say. The latestjames bond movie, no time to die, is due to open in april, but the speculation it might move to the autumn. Christopher nolans tenet did appear in cinemas worldwide, but its performance was seen as disappointing. The recent wonder woman sequel was released in movie theatres but also streamed online at the same time. Streaming services have been the big winners. Platforms like netflix, amazon prime and disney have seen revenues booming. The question is, will we all flock back to the cinemas when the pandemic ends or is this the new normal . Tim allman, bbc news. If you can handle more news, there is more at any time on there is more at any time on the bbc website. Thank you so
much for watching. Hello there. Weve got wet weather across many parts of the country at the moment but its notjust rain. Weve got some snow falling, too, increasingly across scotland and Northern England. We have this amber heavy snow warning from the met office. These are the main areas of concern. Therell be snow across other parts of scotland and Northern England. This is where we are expecting the heaviest snow to be. Over the hills, 20cm by late morning on thursday, and some snow to lower levels as well inland. We have seen this band of cloud on that weather front moving its way slowly eastward. Whilst we see milder air out towards the west, theres still cold air across northern and eastern parts of britain. Thats why were seeing the rain turning increasingly to snow, partcularly over the hills. Quite a range of temperatures early on thursday morning. That wintry mixture of rain and sleet and snow continues across much of scotland and Northern England throughout thursday. Theres wetter weather through the midlands down towards the south east and we could see a bit of sleet and snow in that, especially across lincolnshire for a while, and the midlands. Its going to be cold underneath that wet weather. Temperatures 2 4 degrees. Colder still over the high ground. Much milderfor Northern Ireland and wales and the south west, where it will be drier and we have some sunshine on the way for Northern Ireland. During the evening and overnight, we will find a lot of that wetter weather, that wintry mix just petering out, so it does become drier by the time we get to friday morning. But were likely to have a widespread frost and thats going to lead to some icy conditions as well as that covering of snow. Things are drying off because were seeing this little ridge of High Pressure building in from the south west. The winds are going to be light across many parts of the country. So were going to be left with probably a lot of cloud around. And there may well be some quite low cloud and some fog
which will be slow to lift. Probably the best of the sunshine towards North Eastern parts of scotland, probably improving, though, towards the south west as well. Temperatures here lower than theyve been over the past 2a hours. And for many parts of the country, its going to be another chilly day. Weve got a weather front sweeping across the country early into the weekend and then behind that, we get more of a north westerly airflow, so for a while, early on saturday, weve got a spell of rain, maybe some snow over the hills. Its soon replaced by sunshine and the rest of the weekend should be sunny but its still going to be rather blustery. There this is bbc news, the headlines the us house of representatives has voted to impeach President Trump, after his supporters stormed the capitol last week. Mr trump becomes the first president to be impeached twice. Speaker nancy pelosi said he represented a clear and present danger to the United States and no one is above the law. In a Statement Released via the white house twitter account, President Trump says there is never any justification for violence and he urges americans to be � united. There was no aknowledgment of his impeachment. And yet again he made no mention of his successor, president electjoe biden. Italys been plunged into political chaos after former Prime Minister matteo renzi pulled his party out of government, leaving the Ruling Coalition without a parliamentary majority. The timing couldnt be worse with the country trying to rebuild the economy and contain the cornavirus pandemic. Now on bbc news, hardtalk