after the acquittal mr trump called the trial the greatest great witch hunt in history. president biden said said the events reminded people that democracy was fragile. and in other news myanmar s military leaders release a list of seven opposition campaigners they want to arrest as the army steps up night time raids on civilians. hello, welcome to the programme. the former us president donald trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial after last month s storming of the capitol building. the senate vote fell short of the two thirds majority needed to find him guilty of the single charge of incitement of insurrection. seven republican senators voted with their democratic colleagues ten short of what was needed for conviction. our north america editor jon sopel begins our coverage. after four days of acrimonious hearings, the second impeachment trial of donald trump came to a close and the vote, convict or acquit. the senatorjudges that the respondent, donald jo
but triggered no tsunami alert. now it s time for dateline london. hello, welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk s foreign columnists, bbc specialists and correspondents from overseas who have filed their stories from the dateline london. this week, business blues over brexit, life after lockdown, and the trump trial, what will be america s verdict? i am joined by two guests to discuss that. welcome, lovely to have you here. and clive myriejoined me in the studio, long standing bbc foreign correspondent and news presenter. and welcome to you at home. if you are watching anywhere in the world, have you eaten cornish sole? renaming is the fishing industry s response to trading issues encountered since brexit. it is notjust exports to the eu. northern irish consumers can no longer buy some products produced elsewhere in the uk. and financial services are also being affected. the governor of the bank of england warned this week there are signs from the eu i
day as anger contines following the military coup. hello, welcome to the programme. the former us president donald trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial after last month s storming of the capitol building. the senate vote fell short of the two thirds majority needed to find him guilty of the single charge of incitement of insurrection. seven republican senators voted with their democratic colleagues ten short of what was needed for conviction. our north america editor jon sopel begins our coverage. after four days of acrimonious hearings, the second impeachment trial of donald trump came to a close and the vote, convict or acquit. the senatorjudges that the respondent, donald john trump, former president of the united states is not guilty as charged under the article of impeachment. several republicans did find him guilty, but not enough to convict. the leader of the republicans in the senate voted to acquit, but then launched a lacerating attack on donald
justice into a tool of political vengeance. and in other news myanmar s military leaders release a list of seven opposition campaigners they want to arrest as the army steps up night time raids on civilians. the former us president donald trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial after last month s storming of the capitol building. the senate vote fell short of the two thirds majority needed to find him guilty of the single charge of incitement of insurrection. seven republican senators voted with their democratic colleagues 10 short of what was needed for conviction. our north america editorjon sopel begins our coverage. after sopel begins our coverage. four days of acrimoniol hearings, after four days of acrimonious hearings, the second impeachment trial of donald trump came to a close and the vote to convict or acquit. the senatorjudges vote to convict or acquit. the senatorjudges that - vote to convict or acquit. tue: senatorjudges that the senator jud
instigate. the president s remarks explicitly encourage those in attendance to exercise their rights, peacefully and patriotically. the children of the insurrectionists, even the violent and dangerous ones, they re our children too. they are americans and we must take care of them and their future. the yeas are 57. the nays are 43. the senate judges that the respondent donald john trump, former president of the united states is not guilty as charged in the article of impeachment. this is cnn breaking news. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are in the cnn newsroom. and just a short time ago the senate made history, voting to acquit donald trump for the second time. the shortest impeachment trial in u.s. history ended today with 57 guilty votes, 10 short of the 67 necessary for conviction, but more than expected. among those guilty votes were seven republicans, making this the most bipartisan impeac