a regional crimea. a very warm welcome to you you re watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron it s great to have you with us and our top story the u.s. senate towns voted to acquit president trump and in the furred impeachment trial in u.s. history mr truong faced it to charges from democrats abuse of power and obstruction of congress which stem from his dealings with ukraine more pain has the details. impeachment proceedings have come to their ultimate conclusion donald trump was acquitted on both charges abuse of power and obstruction of congress however even though it was a quick vote with very little unexpected activity there was certainly plenty of debate in the lead up to the ultimate vote and conclusion the proceedings this is some of what we heard and your hatred of donald trump has blinded you to the obvious this is not about protecting the country this is about destroying the president but american president to deliberately solicit such a thing to blackmail a