Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Days after the assassination of its president, haiti looks to be heading into a deeper political crisis. There are reports the country s lawmakers have nominated the head of the senatejoseph lambert to be interim president in a move that a rival political faction including acting interim prime minister claudejoseph says is unconstitutional. It s notjust politics looking uncertain the us says it has no plans reports. Some of the men the haitian authorities say assassinated the country s president on parade for the media hours after a long gunfight with security forces. The police also displayed some of the weapons they seized. Three members of the gang were killed and eight are on the run. Gunfire. The citizens of this impoverished nation are angry. Some members of the public have joined in the search for those still at large. As well as former colombian soldiers, the gang also included two americans of haitian descent. Th
show the u.n. calls for the immediate release of myanmar s ousted leader and sense too she has hundreds of thousands take to the streets there to protest the military. i m married to evanston welcome we begin in the united states where closing arguments in the 2nd impeachment trial of former president donald trump have begun democrats accuse trump of refusing to send help when his supporters stormed the capital last month as evidence impeachment manager jamie raskin cited trumps call with the senator desperate for help in the end the former president s legal team and the impeachment managers agree to forgo testimony and to have the witness statement and adds to the record that statement accuses trump of being more concerned with his political future than the safety of members of congress. former president trump also is described by congressman butler s note refuse requests to publicly immediately in forcefully call off the rights and when he was told that the insurgents insid
from jarrod great thank you for joining may we begin in the united states where the senate is a virtue to acquit former president donald trump in his 2nd impeachment trial they voted along largely along party lines with democrats failing to gang the number of republican votes needed to can 6 truss impeachment managers needed at least 17 votes from the other side bob got only 7 during closing arguments democrats accused of quote ruefully betraying congress members inciting or mall attack on the capitol last month and then refusing to stop it trumps defense team blasted the trial calling it an unlawful act against a political rival. let s go straight to washington now and speak to this poll who s out g.w. washington bureau chief. the senate officially acquitted from democrats failed to secure enough votes to convict him how have those on both sides been reacting. that was actually quite a chaotic day so it was really exciting to see and hear what the majority in the minority le
senators have voted to acquit former president donald trump in his 2nd impeachment trial senators voted largely along party lines with democrats failing to reach the necessary number of republican votes are needed to convict trump impeachment managers needed 17 votes from republicans they only got 7 during closing arguments in the trial democrats accuse trump of willfully betraying congress members by inciting a mob attack on the capitol last month and then refusing to stop it trumps defense team blasts of the trial calling it an unlawful act against a political rival. all right we want to take you live now to the u.s. senate where we can listen in to events on the floor. oh now i m being told 1st we will speak to the washington bureau chief you know as well who has been following all of these historic developments on the senate floor so you know this lawmakers just voted to acquit donald trump take us through this result what does it mean for the country now right so the pic
also coming up a lockdown fatigue in the u.s. protesters across several states call for restrictions to be lifted they want to return to normal life to get the economy going. plus cause for alarm in russia after it initially reported far fewer coronavirus cases than many other countries sunday sees a record rise of $6000.00 we take a look at how authorities there are reacting. omarion to evanston welcome to the program music fans around the world have been enjoying a virtual mega concert honoring health workers the all star lineup included the rolling stones and a grammy winner billie eilish all performing from home the event was broadcast live on streaming services and major t.v. networks. 6 that s wrong music with a message. to the global citizen and lady gaga curated the online 6 hour event as a love letter to the world was. hosted by jimmy fallon and other u.s. talk show hosts the event celebrated those on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus. most of thes