People like. This is. The man who inspired the global ice bucket challenge that raised 200000000. 00 for new gehrigs Disease Research. Not in the u. S. The House Judiciary Committee has held another hearing in the impeachment proceeding against President Donald Trump attorneys of both parties presented arguments for and against impeaching trump is accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden as i was how did your castro has more. Fireworks inside of mondays impeachment hearing likely to last before the House Judiciary Committee draft articles of impeachment came not just from protests. But also republican members committed to showing that they believe the proceedings against trump are a sham. Was scheduled not to consider he made a ruling if you order to appeal him and was going to try to overturn the results of an election were not elected people to be gentlemen less than the witnesses were attorneys for both parties and though the facts were the same that trump froze military assistance to ukraine then asked its president to launch investigations into trumps political opponents the interpretations of those facts couldnt be more different President Trump use the powers of government for a domestic political airing to put his political interests above that of the nation and each a president whos 63000000. 00 people voted for over 8 lines in a call transcript is boni its unclear who the lawyers are trying to convince members of the House Judiciary Committee made up their minds long ago along party lines democrats hold the majority and will draft articles of impeachment likely by next week if the president puts himself before the country evaluates a president s most basic responsibility he breaks his oath to the American People. If he puts them south before the country in a manner that threatens our democracy and our growth our privacy the American People requires us to come to the defense of the nation trumps attorneys declined an invitation to attend the hearing signaling deliberately defend the president before the senate in a likely trial in january and its a disgrace to our country its a hoax republicans hold the Senate Majority which means that obviously a conviction in the sun it will fall well short of the 2 thirds requirement to remove President Trump from office and i think you would likely expect that it would be entirely a partisan vote outside the ivory domes of the u. S. Capitol polls show the American Public is also strongly divided by party voters who identify as democrats strongly support the impeachment republicans are strongly opposed that about split the population evenly in halves with opinions unchanged since the beginning of this impeachment inquiry republicans say trans fate should be decided by the people in next years elections but democrats say because trump is accused of soliciting foreign interference in those very elections he must be held accountable now heidi joe castro aljazeera washington. Well Daniel Freeman is a fellow at the center for congressional and president ial studies at the American University he explains what happens next fidel the members of the House Judiciary CommitteeDemocratic Caucus will meet i expect with the house leadership nancy pelosi and speakers people to decide what they want to include in the articles of impeachment and there are theres impeachment and then theres impeachment lite some people feel that they ought to just limit the allegations in the articles of impeachment to the ukrainian question and there are others in the Democratic Caucus who believe that they also expand them and include allegations relating to the moeller investigation i guess im cynical but i dont think todays hearing. Accomplished a lot it made the people who are in favor of impeaching president states. More in favor of it and vice versa so i dont think the substance of what the witnesses had to say today affected anybodys position at all except on just those narrow issues relating to the ukraine the f. B. I. s investigation into contacts between Donald Trumps president ial campaign and russia in 2016 was legitimate thats the finding of the u. S. Justice department which says there was no evidence of political bias but the departments Inspector General did find a number of areas in how the f. B. I. Handled the inquiry as there was a White House Correspondent particle haint reports. Its been a bit of a montra from the u. S. President trying to discredit the investigation into his campaigns potential collusion with russia there was absolutely spying into my campaign to go a step further in my opinion it was illegal spying unprecedented spying now this report from the Justice Departments Inspector General says it wasnt that the investigation was launched with credible information and that the people behind it did not have political bias or improper motivation a headline heralded by democrats. I think theres spying did occur but the head of the Justice Department the attorney general william barr is dismissing that conclusion sending out a statement writing the Inspector Generals report now makes clear that the f. B. I. Launched an intrusive investigation of a u. S. President ial campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that in my view were insufficient to justify the steps taken the report says the f. B. I. Did make mistakes agents withheld a lot of information about carter page a trump aide when trying to get surveillance on him approved thats something the president and his allies are focusing on instead this was an attempted overthrow and a lot of people were in on it. And they got caught they got caught red handed i look forward to the Durham Report which is coming out in the not too distant future hes got his own information which is this information plus plus plus the president disregarding what the report actually says pinning his hopes on the next one a u. S. Attorney has been tasked to prove what the president says is true even though this one after reading a 1000000 documents and interviewing 170 of the key people involved insist it isnt patty calling al jazeera washington. Russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a full and comprehensive cease. Fire in Eastern Ukraine by the end of the year russias president has been meeting the ukrainian leader in paris 14000 people have died in the 5 year long conflict in Eastern Ukraine between russian separatists and the Ukrainian Government well steadfast and joins us live now from paris steps are the leaders met for nearly 7 hours for talks and so just walk us through whats come out of the summit. Yes some no concrete steps have now been agreed on in this road map to peace in Eastern Ukraine one of them is this cease fire before the end of the year theres also going to be a Prisoner Exchange before the end of the year and also the troops will withdraw 3 different points after that same thing happened a few months ago that will continue to be done and also there will be more crossing points between the russian backed separatist area and the rest of ukraine but the very hot issues the special status on Eastern Ukraine on the us and the elections and who gets to get control over that area that hasnt been resolved at all it doesnt seem that any of the parties have moved a single engineer basically what went on is saying that the constitution of ukraine has to change to get a special status for dumbass and president im not going to be ordered to change my constitution basically zelinsky says that he wants the elections to be held in that area after all the troops have left and also the russian backed separatists have been disarmed so basically these crucial issues that have been lingering on for a while have still not been resolved but of course its a good sign that the talks have happened and that the baby steps basically on this road map for peace are still being taken yes we know that 14000 people have died in this conflict across the 5 years so what does this all mean then back on the ground in Eastern Ukraine. Well i think for a lot of people there its a great relief that the talks have happened everyone i was a day or 2 weeks ago Everyone Wants peace and an end to the fighting there have been 20 to cease fire yes and they all have been broken so it is a little trust. On the ukrainian side on the russian side so the fact that. The leaders. Have met each other for the 1st time. I think has impact on the area they are 13000 people have died and still every week people are dying so i think that gives some kind of confidence that the leaders are serious and there is a road. There in paris to thank you new zealands Prime Minister has expressed her grief for the people caught up in a volcanic eruption on monday a tourist on a boat that was just off white island called the eruption on camera just seconds after it happened 5 people have been killed and 8 others are still missing 31 others who were on or near the on and at the time of the eruption are now in hospital for a challenge as more. Thick smoke and ash rises thousands of meters into the air is the white island volcano also known by its indigenous maori name for a car erupts its 50 kilometers away but the toxic cloud of sulfur in chlorine can be seen from the mainland. 34 people managed to get off the island some in boats others including some of the injured by helicopter volcanic ash is now hampering rescue as attempts to get to the island 47 people. Into the oil and. We can never complete is deceased. 31 currently in hospital through that i think still missing in 3 had been discharged from hospital. Overnight. New zealands Prime Minister has talked to the rescue missions i want to acknowledge the courageous decision made by feast responders and those pilots who in the Immediate Response if its made a incredibly brave decision under extraordinary really dangerous circumstances in an attempt to get people out as a result of the if its the number of people we risk it from the island why its island is located in the bay of plenty and has been active for at least 150000 years hes new zealands largest and most unpredictable volcano erupting every couple of years producing gas clouds steam and rocks the alert level was raised last month a warning that the volcano may experience a period of activity more than normal and its not a particularly big eruption is its seed it was kind of. Almost like a throat clearing kind of eruption and thats why material probably wont have made it to my new zealand what mike it mainly in new zealand on the scheme of things from volcanic eruptions its not large but if youre close to it is of this not good. Emergency services havent confirmed whether any of the 8 missing a still alive but reconnaissance flights havent yet found any signs of life or retellings aljazeera. Time for a short break here now does it when we come back celebrations in argentina ahead of the official return to one of the countrys grand old party. Accusations a large part of saddams gold well has been stolen. Had the or enjoying some very fine weather across much of central and eastern china the some cloud around but now really bringing much in the way of weather with it some good sunshine by day sunny. Skies way to clear and i see 22 celsius in hong kong on tuesday and quite a bit milder up into shanghai with a hive 18 degrees celsius meanwhile weve got mostly conditions across taiwan also much of the northern philippines and also staying largely drawn across much of it now maybe one or 2 shows just beginning so what their way into these coastal areas as we head off into wednesday 23 is your high in hong kong for the middle of the week now farther to the south we have got one or 2 more showers across well central areas of the philippines some thunderstorms as well they can really see here on the satellite where the like he weather will be again as we go through the next couple of days say very widespread rains across much of borneo out across into some entre well to about choose to cross them on a peninsula want to be pushing in that as we head through wednesday said definitely some showers and thunderstorms in you for calls in k. L. And singapore now from there we head across towards india and its a fairly calm quiet picture here as well were still seeing some showers across into sri lanka you notice a line of work its way into northern india this should actually be the end of the week but dry on wednesday new delhi at 22. Sponsors countdown to. The last time i spoke to him he told me he was thinking of going to syria the world wants to see. He syrias fighters up close and personal but those behind the camera pay the price filmmaker yes it is you made these chillingly intimate footage on and behind the front lines cost him his life his body was riddled with bullets and exclusive documentary syria the last assignments on aljazeera. Are going. Out of our top stories here this hour russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a full ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine by the end of the year 14000 people died in the final conflict. The us House Judiciary Committee has held another hearing in the impeachment proceedings against donald trump from secure his depression in ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. On the u. S. Justice department has found no evidence of political bias by the f. B. I. And it opened an investigation into contacts between Donald Trumps president ial campaign and russia and 2016. Syrian activists say more than 18000 people have been displaced in the rebel held it lived province in the past 24 hours syrian the russian government their strikes have intensified despite a ceasefire announced by moscow in august at least 10 civilians were killed on sunday when a smith reports family love there was a market here in the southern italy village when the airstrikes began when. We didnt know they were russian jets according to the syrian observatory for human rights. Volunteer white helmet how medics are there within minutes to do what theyve done thousands of times during the civil war trying to save the lives of civilians them a scrabble full of dirt by hand when you know it. Could displace more rubble shes patient she thinks it was somehow this man is still a large. Muslim in a play on a lot of it is that about intensive airstrikes by jets targeted the main market the airstrikes killed at least 8 civilians and left Dozens Injured as Civil Defense we took out the bodies and help the injured. By leon was one of 5 villages hit by Syrian Government forces in italy province in the last 48 hours this territory is the last holdout of groups opposed to president bashar al assad. Russia which supports assad and turkey which backs the rebels had agreed in august that this would be a deescalation zone but attacks have continued since then. More than 18000 people have been displaced since sunday as a consequence of the latest bombardments most head north towards the Turkish Border worsening an already desperate refugee situation that. Bernard smith. And Iraqs Foreign Ministry has summoned for ambassadors for their condemnation of a weekend attack on protesters in baghdad 20 antigovernment demonstrators and 4 Police Officers were killed when gunmen opened fire on a protest in the capitals Tahrir Square on friday iraq as it used envoys in the u. K. France germany and canada of interfering in its internal affairs. And Security Forces in iraq are enforcing a complete lockdown in the Southern City of karbala checkpoints have been established people are being prevented from entering or leaving the City Residents have been mourning a prominent activist who was shot dead late on sunday after attending protests. I was particular. In argentina supporters of the Peronist Party celebrating its return to power at a rally in bonn as many supporters dressed as eva peron the wife of the former president one pair on. A major force in politics since perons presidency in the 1940 s. President elect alberto fernandez. On tuesday was at the march he spoke to supporters of the Peronist Party. We peronist social justice equality and an end to poverty unemployment and sovereignty above all. Heaven fears. Here indeed. There was a party here with people who were afraid about whats coming next in our. Great economic growth. Even when they meet. Now france will host an International Conference and result in the political and economic crisis in lebanon government protests have been ongoing since. The countrys been without a functioning government for almost 6 weeks the Prime Minister saad hariri resigned in response to those demonstrations under. The new Prime Minister. Is preparing to defend itself against charges of ge