Military. Force against allegations that they committed genocide against revenge of muslims plus we say farewell to a pop icon who provided the soundtrack to 980. 00 s. And ninetys. The distinctive voice of Marie Fredrickson of swedish pop to a rock set is no more she just died at the age of 61. 00. Well im terry martin good to have you with us u. S. President is one step closer to becoming the only the 3rd u. S. President to be impeached democrats in the house of representatives have set the process in motion by announcing 2 articles of impeachment against him they accused of pressuring ukraine to influence next years president ial election. 2 articles of impeachment abuse of power and obstruction of congress the challenges of based on president s Donald Trumps alleged efforts to solicit foreign interference in next years president ial election and tied to any evidence from congress this latest political crisis could lead to a vote in the house of representatives as early as next week. President trump solicited a foreign nation ukraine to publicly announce investigations into his opponent and a baseless Conspiracy Theory promoted by russia to help his Reelection CampaignPresident Trump abused the power of his office by conditioning to official acts to get ukraine to help israel action the release of hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid that nation desperately needed and a white house meeting with an ally trying to fend off russian aggression in so doing he undermined our National Security and jeopardized the integrity of our next election. And he does still trump was swift to reply he described House Intelligence Committee chairman democrats adam schiff as corrupt and said he must answer for his actions some americans may agree that a witch hunt is being waged against trump but democrats also showed that they were prepared to work with the president House Democrats and the white house announced a deal on a modified north american trade pact the nancy pelosi to announce it. Actually did order save their louds that they are going to have. The 45th president of the United States and this hands chump a major capitol hill when something the president himself calls the Silver Lining to impeachment. Well for more on the impeachment process our reporter william noah gluco is with this in the studio good morning willie so as we heard 2 articles of impeachment laid out 9 pay in a 9 page document walk us through this what exactly is donald trump accused of rights as weve heard the 1st one is abuse of power using his office the power of his office to get ukraine to help him for his own personal political benefit so goes the accusation in the 2020 alexion by trying to get ukraine to investigate a potential and now actual political opponent joe biden in exchange for military aid and for a meeting at the white house the other one is of course obstruction of congress that when the democrats specially in the House Intelligence Committee try to start investigating this potential misconduct that trump what they say in an unprecedented way try to block every means of access for them to gain gain witness testimony documents and these kinds of things from the executive branch from from trumps officials these are the 2 interesting is whats not in there obstruction of justice is not in there bribery extortion is not there we heard a lot about that and of course very no mention of mahler of the mother reported anything having to do with russia russian interference democrats really here wanted to go with what they see as their strongest case not only to make the public but also to keep to keep ranks to round up the wagons within their own party ok only 2 articles of impeachment but still very serious charges tell us more about how donald trump and the Republican Party are reacting to this i mean i think weve heard it before we been hearing for a long time them see this is a complete partisan move on the part of the democrats who dont like that he wanted to that 16 and dont think they can beat him fair and square 2020 we have a we can hear a sound bite from the minority leader the republican minority leader mccarthy what he had to say about the impeachment articles the speaker is more concerned about tearing the president down instead of building the country up. This is the day that Alexander Hamilton feared and warned would come this is the day the nation is weaker because they share lee cannot put their animosity or their fear of losing an election in the future. In front of all the other things that the American People want. This is moving very quickly william how soon could this end up going to trial one of the next steps it is very quickly its on its on line with how things are going with the clinton impeachment actually if youre counting counting the days what were seeing now is the Judiciary Committee that put forward these articles will debate the articles theyll probably pass within the committee that will then bring it to the full house for a vote probably next week just in time for the christmas recess for everyone to go home with the president possibly impeach for christmas which then sets up a trial lets be very clear nothing actually happens to the president when hes impeached that will go to then a trial. Mitch mcconnell the Senate Majority leader there has said that he will probably act on that as quickly as possible in the new year and then its very unclear how long or how quickly that trial may last and of course the republicans control the senate so its going to be a tough haul for the democrats to actually win and win a conviction against donald trump there now despite all this acrimony between the republicans and the democrats and you know were used to this in washington at least they have found some Common Ground in the middle of this whole impeachment process when it comes to revising the north American Free trade agreement hows that working out right the new nafta the u. S. M. C. A. This was a key talking point that came up again and again in the impeachment inquiry with republicans accusing democrats of essential e forsaking the normal legislative agenda for seeking important bits of legislation in favor of only focusing on a piece from here democrats have made a fairly savvy political move by saying no actually we can do 2 things at once we can walk and chew gum at the same time we have impeach the president moving to impeach president and were pushing forward on a piece of a judge a piece of legislation that donald trump himself very much very much wants so both sides are able to go home to their constituencies before christmas and say theyre bringing back something to their voters do you know your reporter william no a good thank you so much. Now some of the stories making headlines around the world today at least 6 People Including One Police officer were killed in an hours long gun battle in the u. S. State of new jersey the officer was shot dead near a cemetery and 2 suspects then fled to a supermarket 3 people and 2 suspected gunmen were killed in the gunfight inside the supermarket in the South Pacific island of view have voted overwhelmingly to break away from Papua New Guinea the vote paved the way for to become the worlds newest nation more than 98 percent of voters backed independence. Tens of thousands of people returned to the streets of prague to demand the czech Prime Minister. Resign the latest protest was fueled by the chief prosecutors decision to reopen an investigation into allegations of fraud involving European Union subsidies. And a giant sinkhole has swallowed up at least 4 cars in the capital of brazil it happened when a road next to a building site in brasilia partially collapsed the cars that fell into the sinkhole have been parked on the street at the time and there were no injuries. In new Zealand Police say any attempt to recover bodies from mondays volcanic eruption must wait because the island of phuket is too dangerous to set foot on poisonous gases are venting from the volcano in the island discovered in a city gosh the bodies of 9 people are thought to be on for caare 22 survivors are being treated in hospital many of them with severe burns. Joining us now from auckland new zealand is journalist caruso paramita how are Police Handling the recovery operation. Well terry today volcanic activity on the or white island unfortunately has increased therefore authorities attempts to retrieve the 8 bodies still on the island were not successful volcanic activity significantly increased overnight indicating that volcanic pressures remain high and it has been reported that the risk on the island of another eruption within the next 24 hours is like monday when the eruption happened which was 40 to 60 percent up from 30 to 50 percent yesterday police are on standby but its known that there is no recovery operation happening. And the police did manage to get a rescue services did manage to get a number of people off the island what we know about the condition of those who were injured. In the last hour the number of People Killed by the white island of options has increased to sit with a patient at a hospital and often succumbing to their injuries for australian victims have been identified and confirmed including mother daughter and there are 1200000 square centimeters stuff for the ongoing needs of the patients coming to new zealand from the United States 30 patients remain in burns units across new zealand 22 of whom still need airways the porch the nature of the burn suffered its complicated by the gases and the chemicals in the eruption of course really. Mean while doctors are close to full identification all patients although theres been a formal list at this point that they. Published today the local media is pretty much filled with stories about evacuation efforts right after the ruction on monday including a helicopter pilot who rescued wife people who described how those people lying in the crater covered in ash were crying out for help as he carried them to his highly copters and unfortunately how he had to the few people who were just barely alive behind scary. Thank you very much that was journalist caruso paramita in auckland new zealand. Myanmars leader is preparing to defend her country against genocide charges at the Uns Highest Court in the a to cheer arrived at the International Court of justice on tuesday military faces charges of mass killings and the abuse of the countrys or hinge a minority more than 700000 bridges have fled for sochi is previously denied any wrongdoing by her government. Aung san suu kyi was not obliged to appear at the hague in person but she chose to do so critics say her aim is to raise her profile ahead of elections in myanmar in the past few days to cheese supporters have helped large rallies many see her as a defender of the embattled country on the global stage but for his refugees paints a very different picture. And the refugee camps of coxs bazaar a woman who once represented hope is now a pariah the consensus here on sunset she must answer for what happened to the. Field of our how was it going to we pray to allow that we will get justice. She is not a good post by you we want prayed sincerely to go for her who supported her when she came to power she did no good for us shes a liar we had a time she did nothing for us shes responsible for the genocide she talks does she ruined. From one doorstep to the next march testimonies of ruthless violence at the hands of myanmars military. You know theres another way out of the 2 soldiers helped me down while one of them raped me in front of my mother and 4 children was a job i started out by so all didnt work and why did my daughter was crying so they hit her on the head with a weapon out of there go to the time of my soul hug. I lost 8 of my sons and grandsons they were all but shot by the military. Among many military burn to homes. We were a family of 18 and they killed 12 by burning them alive. They were more than 2000 people in our village and all their homes were burned in on a hill. On sun suci has long defended me on mars 27000 crackdown on their him sane and target militants and shall do so again at the hague. And majority myanmar to scrutiny of the uns top court has stoked indignation. Over there not just accusing one passing to me and mock their accusing the whole country we absolutely believe everything that unsung suchi does will be ok. A decision from the hague over me and marse treatment of the ranger could take years a long and uncertain wait for justice for people that have already lost so much. Its just one elses now from someone who knows me on more very well lets cross over to new york were journalist david greene about a study by dave youve spent a lot of time as a reporter in myanmar help us understand why uncle sochi a Nobel Peace Prize winner who spent years under house arrest is defending this regime whats your motivation. Yes said theres a lot of speculation about this and we should keep in mind that you know she keeps a very close confidant of people that she really trust and no one really knows everything thats going on in her mind but if you look at how shes defended things in the past i mean shes basically in the past said that the west and the people on the whole just dont understand whats really happening shes blame this you know there before this the crackdown happened to me in our military that led to so many refugees flooding into bangladesh in these accusations of thousands and thousands killed there was an attack by a a group of raw hinge insurgents and she would blame them on what she calls quote unquote muslim terrorists and then she also blames a huge iceberg of misinformation for whats going on in terms of how the world uses so shes basically been taking that stance that there that theres been a just a great mis understanding of whats really going on thats what what some people will tell you thats how she is defending the past in a lot of people expect more of the same when she testifies later today although i there are other people detractors who are saying one of the reasons why she wants to go is because of the Upcoming Elections that are going to happen next year and that although its very unlikely that her party will not retain the majority that it has and parliament that she is looking to strum up even more support more nationalistic support by doing this so theres a lot of speculation as to what her real motivations are here dave what do people in myanmar make of this trial and cheese roll in it. Yes so you know just to realize is that the typical me and my person doesnt fully understand all of the particulars of the charges a lot of them see it as its an attack on the country and they see this often as you know western powers or or foreign influence in their dometic affairs and they say that you know that outside world does not understand the complications of whats going on in Rakhine State where the real hinge are are long reviled minority they are state list and so the population generally season these are outsiders who dont understand that are meddling in their affairs and they dont really understand that this is you know a taste is not just here in the i. C. J. Case but also the International Criminal court another case filed in argentina that theyre going after people who are perpetrators of these alleged atrocities and a lot of the country doesnt really fully understand the scope of this they see it is those foreigners meddling in their affairs ok just briefly dave what sort of arguments do you think the un suchi is likely he used in defending her country yeah so you know again theres been this you know sort of a sort of justified of these i think Clearance Operations that these were appropriate attacks to quote unquote terrorism that soldiers of by and large with a few exceptions the via large have acted appropriately so and we also think you know keep in mind that the particulars of whats going on in these 3 days the actual full case will drag on for years but the particulars for these 3 days is what the gammy is asking is for the court to step in and try to protect the regime to that are currently in myanmar saying that theyre at risk for further genocide and theyre asking them to stop that respect on some suchi unless she does a complete turnabout we would expect her to say that the random e. M. R. Are not in danger. Dave thank you so much that was journalist day good abound there in new york. Now the campaign for what is being called the u. K. s most important election in a generation is entering its final day election will decide the fate of brags that the u. K. s attempt to leave European Union were taking a look at the prospects for the main parties and right now are focusing on Prime Minister for strong sense conservatives they have a narrow lead in the opinion polls. And i think he will do it think hes a man why hes doing people of seeing through. Foreign minister we love him or hate him almost everyone has an opinion on britains incumbent Prime Minister the man himself is on a Charm Offensive visiting every region in england and wales including opposition labor heartlands that voted to leave the European Union like the no then town of grimsby where he taught a fish market hes cast himself as the man to get done appealing to leave no matter what question comes up he has home the same message to move forward as a country. Now and to get that done we can you must have a poll about next year hes focusing on those iss