Normally done but as highly alluded to earlier the president still holds very strong to that base of support that doesnt want him to do things the way washington has always done things and thats why theyre not particularly bothered that he has broken protocol even as democrats allege this hits the foundations of american democracy could have really go to any American Election security. All right thanks so much kimberly how to lets just well for a moment on the numbers that were seeing here on the screen now clearly weve got more yeas the nays thats not a huge surprise 215 saying yes to this motion versus 179. 00 according to how whats displayed on the screen now pretty much all the republican votes have said no to this and all but one democratic voice so far has said yes to this measure so that is very much a partisan vote i think that most people will agree but it does look like if you look at the numbers are still going up as we talk with why we need to wait a minute but now were at 221 this way more votes in favor of this versus 182 who are against it lets bring in Michael Isikoff hes the chief investigative correspondent yahoo news and the coauthor of russian roulette joins us live from washington d. C. So looking at the numbers so far i know that theyre still kind of having their last seconds or minutes of shaping our but it does look like the as have it right. Oh yeah and i think we knew that from from the beget go here the what i was looking for is to see whether any republicans would vote for it as we sit here right now it doesnt look like any did it one independent justin amash from michigan who was a republican but then some months ago left the Republican Party announced he supported the impeachment of the president he did vote for this resolution only one democrat is now recorded as voting against its not clear to me who that is at the moment but there were a couple interim friendly districts who people were looking at it did look like a nother democrat had also voted no initially and then switched so it looks like there may have been some arm twisting last minute harm twisting going on but the bottom line is this is passed the impeachment resolution is Going Forward we whole process will move forward into public hearings very shortly in the next few weeks and it does look right now like its breaking down along partisan lines michael to im glad you spotted bax is going to ask you about they did seem like a moment ago and i thought maybe i was missing it that we had 2 democrats voting no and then it looked like briefly we had a republican saying yeah and the numbers you know they keep changing so we should but how does that happen what kind of. Twist is it that this could happen in 2 different ways and sometimes members do make mistakes when theyre voting and. Vote the wrong way and then realize it and then switch it could have been that although given the stakes of this one and the significance its hard to imagine somebody wanted to. Get us one. Yeah you it you would think you would although you know it does happen members do. Push the wrong one and then correct it or it could be that leaders surrounded or people surrounded whoever the renegade was on the democrat side and the republican side and implored them to switch and and they may have we dont know at this point. How what exactly went down here but the bottom line is there is as were sitting here right now only one democrat opposed the resolution and no republicans supported it all right so it seems like this is going to get through as expected what difference will it make frank tickly to how this process stands. In peoples eyes and how it proceeds Going Forward. Well look it this does underscore the fact that as we sit here this remains almost purely partisan divide on the issue now the question is will that change as the democrats make their case to the American People in the public hearings thats the whole point of making the public hearings thats why this is taking some time because the democrats want to make an airtight case and they want to persuade the public the independents out there who may not have made their made up their minds about whether this justifies an actual Impeachment Vote by the full house and thats why the next few weeks are going to be so important look this afternoon theres going to be an argument in a federal court about whether charles cupper men who is the who was the Deputy National security adviser d. Can testify the white house has invoked executive privilege mr kopper mens lawyer says without direction of a court. His client doesnt know whether to part to testify or not that same lawyer Charles Cooper also represents john bolton who was the National Security adviser to President Trump until just a few weeks ago now boltons testimony is if anything would be the crowning moment in this whole process if he testifies along the lines of what some of the other witnesses have said behind closed doors that he raised objections to the suspension of military and he raised objections to the idea that it was being tied to a demand from the president that the president s alinsky investigate. The bidens and the 2016 interference if he testifies to that that would be a political earthquake in this process to have the National Security adviser to the president turn against him and give the most damning testimony possible against the president of the United States its almost out of house of cards you couldnt get anything more dramatic than that and thats what i think a lot of people are going to be looking for as this process goes forward all right good to get your analysis on that thanks so much Michael Isikoff. Lets take another look at the numbers shall we how it stacking up so far weve got 230 voices saying yes and 196 saying no to that motion just to recap everyone what were seeing obviously is not an actual vote anywhere near on impeaching the president but this is a vote in the house of representatives thats the law house of the u. S. Congress voting on a measure that basically would turn what has so far been closed door hearings in a committee of the house of representatives into an official inquiry that is open to the public now the idea is that would then go some way of the minds at least of some people in meeting those concerns especially expressed by republicans that this is being too close to secretive and not really fully and properly adopted by the congress so there we have it so far its fallen largely along party lines there we go now weve got again those 2 democratic votes that say no to the measure but the rest of all said yes and as things stand now not a single republican has said yes to this measure 194 saying no. All right plenty more still to come though on the news hour including im not going to stay in this country any longer if the air i breathe of the water i drink got polluted. Protesters in lebanon promising to continue their demonstrations until the entire government is removed that says schools and banks remain closed until a forced to cancel 2 Major International summits after weeks of antigovernment protests show no sign of these. And find out why liverpool my refuse to take part in the League Cup Quarter finals thats coming up with a hole in the sport. Now iraqi president barham saleh has addressed the nation in a televised speech he promised he will approve early elections in response to the weeks long protests and he said the Prime Minister is ready to resign if a replacement is agreed the announcement comes as thousands of protesters a bank on the streets of baghdad renewing demands for reform. The Prime Minister has announced hes prepared to render his resignation and sought an agreement from other Political Parties where we avoid any constitutional vacuum i want to include civil groups in order to have the aspired reforms within the Legal Framework and in a manner that preserves Public Interest peace and security the Current Situation cannot go on we are truly in need of reform and massive changes. And tasha her name joins us now from baghdad so natasha lets start with this quote here to ask you about start with theres a lot of promises coming from but there will be early elections the Prime Minister will stand down a date for any of this though it sounds rather open ended. Sami i think what protesters heard this evening from president barham saleh was a kind of yes but yes Prime Minister ayad. Mehdi will resign but only after a replacement is agreed upon and no timeframe has been given for when that replacement that successor will be named instead there was a mention that they are reluctant. To step down immediately because there are fears of a quote constitutional vacuum another thing that saleh said there will be elections but not until a new election law can be drafted and a new Election Committee formulated. Said that a draft of a new election law will be presented to the Parliament Next Week again no timeframe has been given as to how long that would take meanwhile mehdi is saying that he is asking Political Parties or in the parliament to help find a successor to him its important to note that mehdi came to power a year ago hes only been in office for a year and a week as Prime Minister and at that time sami he was considered a consensus candidate or consensus Prime Minister because there was a lot of wrangling in the parliament as to who should become the next Prime Minister meanwhile reaction from protesters were hearing things such as its a joke what barham saleh said a disappointment other protesters are saying he came on television to try to say things that might calm us instead were going to continue protesting so it doesnt sound like theres any reason to believe that the protesters are going to weaken in their resolve were going to start to see some of those streets clearing up right. I think what were seeing is that there remains a significant gap between what the protesters are asking for and what the current government is willing to offer its really quite simple the protesters have said repeatedly what they want is for mehdi to resign now and then elections to be called in 60 days supervised by the u. N. To ensure that they will be free and fair and protesters have not heard that theyve heard a series of reforms since the protests began on october 1st here in iraq there were reforms offered early in october it was hoped by the government that it would quell the anger instead we now have more than 250. 00 people who have died in these protests protests and a lot of anger all right natasha what i mean there thanks so much. A gas stove exploded on a train in pakistan sparking a huge 5 that killed at least 70 people survive is recorded what happened is the flames tore through several carriages the train was on its way from cut on to total one pindi which is just outside islamabad some a big as this update. Gruesome details of this tragedy have been emerging witnesses have been describing accounts of how people jumped from the burning train many people lost their lives as they jumped others lost consciousness as the fire and the smoke quickly spread into 3 bodies the railways minister says that the fire was caused by a storm inside one of the bodies as passengers tried to make breakfast but that account has been contradicted by some witnesses who accuse the Railways Ministry of mishandling and mismanagement and the fire was actually caused by a short circuit and investigation has been launched by the Prime Minister and the bodies of the people the bodies of the victims rather have been flown to inflate various places some of the bodies the be told are burned beyond recognition and d. N. A. Tests have been ordered as well its worth noting that this is not the 1st incident of its kind and Pakistan Railways have a checkered history when it comes to safety and taking care of the passengers who are on board. Plans to reopen schools and universities in lebanon have been cancelled with more protests and sit ins and outs of the capsule demonstrators have been blocking roads in and around beirut calling for political leaders to go Prime Minister saad hariri quote on tuesday will this be asked by the president to stay on as temp we can take until a new government is formed. For many of us down here. Its a do or die situation im not going to stay in this country any longer if the air i breathe of the water i drink are polluted if the politicians are robbing my government if 40 percent of our annual budget goes to paying of Loan Interest 40 percent of the entire money the country makes in the year goes to paying off Loan Interest i cannot live in a country like this so for us its were ready to face the fear were ready to face the responsibility that comes with facing a sectarian ruling class that has been entrenched for 30 years because we want a better country. Than a holder has more from beirut. What happened yesterday was that the daily life really wasnt returning to normal schools universities were supposed to open today protesters left the streets after the Prime Minister sato heidi announced his resignation what the protest movement was hoping that his resignation will be followed by a decision to create a new government a new government made up of technocrats people who are not affiliated with any Political Party in order to carry out much needed reforms and instead the Ruling Coalition remains stubborn they continue to cling on to power so that is one of the reasons why they returned to the streets but as you can see behind us a security presence across the country there theyre getting close or simply opening roads not allowing the protesters to continue to paralyze this country or to cripple of the movement they dont want the public life to be disrupted even the Lebanese Army in a statement was very very clear we are going to continue to allow you to peacefully protest that is your right but you have to protest in the end could confine yourselves lets say in the Public Square so the Army Security forces out in force opening roads but protesters remain just as determined to topple what they say is a ruling class which has been in power for decades a ruling class which has been corrupt and mismanaging the country. Still ahead of al jazeera waiting for closure find out why did these government does not release the bodies of protesters through 2 weeks ago. And how business a destroyer can still close with his place for the child to just stay loyal to her. And though they were quite a few shots across areas of the middle east. The last few days and there are a fair few more to come look at all this cloud although its carrying mostly across areas of iran is further to the north its where you turkey and across this whole region through georgia thats what well see the rain and the snows those hot innovations through friday and saturday was the system plays away from turkey feeling pretty cool and i encourage just an 11 celsius meanwhile out of beirut with a high of 24 damages have been coming down across the Arabian Peninsula theyll continue to stay at these lower levels so feeling quite a lot better humidity has also begun to ease but not really of course across this coastal area of plenty of rain showers here still some fairly rough seas on friday but this storm system is losing a lot of its power so in fact not really even a tropical slike as we head through saturday but it will continue producing along these coastal areas as new studly way towards the horn of africa meanwhile you might just like to say on the edge of the screen we have a nother Tropical Cyclone suddenly working its way across the arabian sea so it is keeping an eye on that and we got some rain showers into Southern Africa and not just south africa but also across into and in india a bowl swapna and also down into most central areas so friday and stuff they want to show as a little bit cooler as well in johannesburg at 23. Hours a day you take your time on the scale of modern slavery in the u. K. Is enormous weve just seen the tip of the i spent the year to something called the modern slavery act ive just been surrounded with the dont come rescue fund so miss stone i havent Companies Need to start to understand that the citys exploitation if it sounds too good to be true it probably is and there are some very very nasty people out there aljazeera investigate britains modern slave trade. The 1st hand glimpse of the challenges faced by journalists is the donald trump we are fighting the fake fake phony the enemy of the people through the eyes of a veteran White House Correspondent what do you base your legs down the press is not after truck after the were not the enemy of the people we are the people usa the current Battle Ground truth is it anyway. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera time to recap our headlines now the u. S. 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