Announces it in the point and im absolutely confident the 1st time in more the 2 decades. And im legal experts called by us democrats have testified the President Trump has committed impeachable offenses in statements to the House Judiciary Committee they were among 4 leading experts on constitutional law or 3 were caused by us democrats and one were somewhat trying to talk to the republican. Party who are slipshod and rushed as accused of abusing his power to push ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden why did your question has more. Swear under penalty of perjury some of us constitutional scholars have weighed in if President Trumps ukraine scandal is an impeachable then nothing is and professor gerhardt did President Trump command. Impeachable high crime and misdemeanor of abuse of power we 3 are unanimous yes the 3 law professors called by democrats rein in unison alarm bells that the countrys democracy is under threat by the president s actions are like what has happened in the case today is something that i do not think we have ever seen before a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws and to protect and defend the constitution this president has attacked each of the constitutions safeguards against establishing a monarchy in this country in the simplest possible terms the president put his personal game ahead of the National Security interest its better to be on t. V. Than by for. The 4th scholar said if trump had tried to force ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid but it would be impeachable but the scholar on wednesdays sol republican witness testified the case against trump has not been proven this would be the 1st impeachment in history where there would be considerable debate in my view not compelling evidence of the commission of a crime more than a dozen white house and state department professionals have testified that trump used the power of his office to pressure ukraine to open an investigation into joe biden a potential political rival in the upcoming us president ial election the House Intelligence Committee drafted a report saying there was overwhelming evidence for this including trumps own words in a phone call with the president of ukraine thats not politics as usual at least not in the United States or not in any mature democracy trump says the law professors called by democrats represents the liberal left but he declined to test it by himself and refused to send white House Attorneys to represent his case for innocence what theyre doing is a very bad thing for our country its of no merik. The Republican Party has never been more unified ever trump is counting on republicans who control the senate to acquit him of wrongdoing in an eventual impeachment trial how do you know castro aljazeera washington she ever towns is that following events for us in washington d. C. She has what happens next what were expecting a few more open hearings at least 31. 00 of which will be the vote within committee on whether to recommend articles of impeachment were hearing we might actually see the articles of impeachment by next week already so well see what exactly the committee has decided to to impeach what is simply an indictment this isnt actually a conviction this is where the house of representatives says this there is something here that needs to be put under trial so we expect to see those articles of impeachment the indictment against the president but by next week and well expect the committee to vote upon that by the end of next week or the beginning of the following week then it goes to the full house of representatives where there will be further debate and vote thats expected to be complete by by christmas and its expected that the house will vote to impeach and then it all moves to the senate early next year were looking at the Senate Calendar its notable that they seem to have cleared the month of january potentially for an impeachment trial and thats the key part then is whether them the senate will find on trumped guilty of the high crimes and misdemeanors or so on that the house or legend donald trump has committed no evidence as yet that any republicans are going to switch sides the democrats need at least 20 republicans to switch sides so in all likelihood dont trump will be acquitted and well all move on the question is how long that trial will take perhaps 2 weeks perhaps a few months the pros and cons for both sides for a long and a short trial and is there any sign of any of this actually damaging president politically. According to the polls the country is pretty entrenched 50 percent also think the president should be impeached 50 percent think he shouldnt be impeached or frankly dont even care whether hes impeached or not and the polls also show that in the scheme of things as far as the issues that were concerned in the 2020 Election Campaign for example impeachment is very low down people care about inequality people care about the environ people care about Health Care Just today Donald Trumps administration is not top 690000 people of food stamps the poorest most Vulnerable People in the country now not getting any assistance for food unless there is some angry even amongst democrats why are you concentrating on on this when all when in the meantime dont trump is doing all these other things which are which is a real concern to americans however the democrats keep saying look this is about principle now and and precedents that we call that all trying to get away with it the republicans in the end there once donald trump is acquitted can now run and say look the whole thing was a witch hunt there was nothing to see here so its not very clear how this will change the political calculus having said that theyre in an impeachment trial peoples views can change shiva times thank you very much. The nato summit has ended with leaders uniting behind common commitment thats despite the meeting highlighting bitter divisions on several major issues it has managed to agree on issues such as russia and china and resolved a major stumbling block when turkey dropped its objection to nato as baltic defense plan behind the public display of unity cracks where our show is gentle how reports so good morning i think there is good to start if you can find those seats this gathering of nato leaders had one objective a show of unity to mark 70 years of the worlds most successful military alliance one for all and all for one instead it was a public display of differences that began the day before on tuesday u. S. President donald trump was on the combative form not the one politician on the front is not only well macron of nato strategy budget payments and trumps unilateral withdrawal of u. S. Troops from Northern Syria this was where the dish itself was one of the greatest power years ago. But views are no longer those of a president seen as preeminent leader of the alliance now some allies here including the british french and canadian leaders see donald trump as disruptor in chief apparently sharing a joke at his expense during choose a nice reception at buckingham palace. Trumps response on being asked about the canadian Prime Ministers comments. And soon afterwards he tweeted that there was no need for a final press conference. Emanuel macron meanwhile continued to press his case for change you know to me who is our enemy how can we act together against International Terrorism in particular these are all subjects that were not sufficiently settled debates should be about something or theyre then budgetary and Financial Issues or the sort of get left out of the audience. The voices of reassurance were left sounding a bit in the always been able to overcome these differences and then unite around the record tossed to protect the Founding Fathers and thats exactly what to do today the question it all raises is central to what nato is and what it exists for what happens to an alliance built on collective defense when that collective commitment that spirit of unity isnt just solid as some would like it to be nato member turkeys president rigid tired earlier one had earlier demanded that the kurds abandoned by trump in Northern Syria be recognized as what he called terrorists or hed veto Alliance Efforts to bolster eastern defenses against russia this was a threat that represented a fracturing of natos central accord is what trump and macron do seem to agree on but many others dont that russia is no longer the enemy it was and while nato is focus has widened to include china Cyber Security hybrid warfare the alliance cant hide from the difficult truth that multiple challenges mean multiple conflicting interests undermining the unity theyd come here to celebrate going to aljazeera at watford north london. Germany has expelled 2 Russian Diplomats out of federal prosecutors so there was evidence russian intelligence was involved in the killing of a georgian man in berlin the victim who had fought with chechen separatists was shot in broad daylight last august a step back in reports from moscow the kremlin denies any involvement and says the expulsions are unfriendly and unfounded this is rapidly turning into a diplomatic rom between russia and germany after german prosecutors have announced that they have strong indications that russia is behind the murder of a former Chechen Rebel commander selim han hungers feeley and 2 Russian Diplomats have been expelled from germany now russia says it will take countermeasures and the Foreign Ministry here in moscow sas that these expulsions have been groundless the murder took place in berlin on broad daylight in august and a Russian National has been arrested for shooting him in the hat but according to media reports his identity papers were false and they have suggested that the Russian Secret Service was behind the murder something that the spokesman of president putin the nice to do not produce i dont think there are serious suspicions and there cannot be any what relation to the russian authorities does this this is absolutely groundless speculation dystopic has been somehow whipped up by german media but this doesnt mean that this is how things are. This murder in berlin has been compared to the boys an attempt on former spies cripple and his daughter in the United Kingdom and 2018 also then the Russian Secret Service was mentioned as being behind the attack and the incident had a very bad impact on the relationship between the United Kingdom and russia now this role with germany comes only a few days before president putin is about to board a plane to paris where he will meet with german chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss peace in the Eastern Ukraine a visit which is meant to improve ties between russia and europe some eyes rolling out a Mass Vaccination Program on thursday and friday in an attempt to stem its fast growing measles crisis immunization is now compulsory hambre state of emergency imposed last month families who are native believed to be around 70 percent of the population are being advised to fly a red flag or cloth outside their house to help speed up the process 60 deaths have now been confirmed the vast majority of them children it comes as neighboring fiji as perspire own all sporting events likely to draw large crowds over worries the outbreak could spread just to washington is with a Vaccination Team in the summer on capitol appear and says the public message has changed as the outbreak spread. The focus is very much on these roving medical teams theyre traveling in vans like this one stocked with vaccinations and staffed by both local Health Workers and also International Medical personnel now they have been going door to door not only to those houses which have a red flag tied out their front but also to those which dont they are checking in just to make sure which families have been vaccinated and which havent and all the efforts today on thursday a very much centered around making that job just that little bit simpler roads are cleared and only those traveling to hospitals are allowed to drive today and residents have been asked to stay indoors and wait for these medical teams to arrive the key focus is very much on making sure that everyone under the age of 60 is vaccinated and it does signify a shift in focus from when this outbreak began in october at that moment it was very much about making sure that the most at risk population those under the age of an aged in order to ensure herd immunity the message now is that everyone even adults must be vaccinated and what we do know is that among the 60 people who have died since this outbreak began 3 of them were adults and that has really reinforced the message that measles is a risk to everyone here in summer still to come the body of a u. N. Peacekeepers found in the democratic republic of congo as protests against continued. Grave concerns european Officials Say they have doubts over the integrity of the investigation into the death of a maltese journalist. Hello that heat is still on across much of australia that i wanted to show in the full cost but nothing really beyond the tasmanian sea had plenty of cloud in the last few hours elsewhere it is a clear picture so keeping things a lot cooler and hope that you say 18 celsius with those braincells but just to the north of that very woman melbourne 34 again the hay really into the southeast 33 in sydney and a warm couple of days ahead particularly in tupelo 39 degrees on thursday and likely to go up a degree as we head into friday me want across new zealand temperatures feeling pretty good made to low twentys celsius wanted to showers all no way to the south island but not quite making it in to the north island and temperatures as if they stay really in the mid twentys then we had from that to somewhere much cooler that of course is operated in all these of asia the Korean Peninsula mostly clear but look at this minus 6 in pyongyang on thursday just hovering around freezing in seoul and we go to a mix of rain and snow across much of central and Northern Home shoot cool it to the north of course a par a minus 3 minus 2 at best on friday but it does really cool down throughout home show you that snow and that rain working its way east with some cold air coming in behind so just 9 celsius in tokyo meanwhile minus one in seoul. The shocking treatment of disabled people in Eastern European state run caverns in these cages you cannot have access to toilets or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and his fates tied to the beds 5 years off to fast highlighting such abuses people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europes recurring shame hard won on aljazeera. From under the top stories here now syria the 2nd round of impeachment hearings into u. S. President trump has begun with evidence from legal witnesses those called by the democrats say he has committed offenses but all professors selected by the republicans so there was no evidence of a clear criminal act. A nato summit held just outside london has ended with some agreement on threats from russia and china but its been overshadowed by personal rouse between leaders including an accusation from the u. S. President that canadas Prime Minister is 2 faced. And a mass and you know Station Campaign is planned in some off to 60 deaths for measles the vast majority of children under the age of 4 authorities have asked unvaccinated families to fly a red flag outside their home as a warning. Thousands of women are gathering in chiles capital to participate in a flash mob to raise awareness of violence against women last week a video of a live flash mob feminist collective in santiago went viral charging women in paris london and other cities to perform their own versions of them in chile originally took part in the dance as part of the International Day of the elimination of violence against women they chanted against the failures of the criminal Justice System all want an america editor lucy and human is in santiago so how big a problem is it in chile particularly. I have. Hello lauren i just lost the audio for just a little bit but let me just tell you whats happening here were right outside of santiagos National Stadium this was a place where women and men were killed tortured and raped right after the military coup here in 1973 so its quite emblematic which is one of the reasons why these this flash mob is taking place right here but there are just thousands and thousands of seniors this time its been called for women over 40 and the reason is that its a very powerful message that was sent last week that you just mentioned of like to let you to let you in on what some of the words say its the patriarch the patriarchal state is a judge that judges us from the time we are born and that punish us for having been born with impunity with disappearances and with rape but the fault wasnt mine nor how i was dressed nor where i was and then it goes on to blame the state and it says at the state is a m