Over the coming days. Im brian thomas great to have you with us president on trump is now the 3rd u. S. President in history to be impeached the u. S. House of representatives has voted on 2 charges stemming from his alleged attempt to pressure ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden now both of those fellow along party lines almost all democrats voting for the charges republicans voted unanimously against them this paves the way for a senate trial which will decide whether the president will be removed from office. After hours of debating the 1st article of impeachment for abuse of power past the hives. On this vote the yeas are 230 the nasal 197 present is one article one is adopted and just minutes later the 2nd article for obstruction of Congress Went as planned for the democrats on this vote the yeas are 229 the nays are 198 present is one article 2 is adopted. Hundreds of kilometers away as a rally in michigan President Trump reacted to his impeachment. With todays illegal unconstitutional and partisan impeachment. Would do nothing democrats and they are doing nothing all they want to do is focus on this what they could be doing are just glaring their deep hatred at this thing for the american voter. This lolas partisan speech is a political suicide march for the Democratic Party have you seen my polls of the last for which. Back in Washington Democratic had Speaker Nancy Pelosi accuse the republicans of being purely partisan she threatened to delay the impeachment trial until she could be sure it would be handled fairly in the senate. We have legislation approved by the rules committee that will enable us to decide how we will send over articles of impeachment we cannot name managers until we see what the process is on the senate floor and i would hope that that will be soon so far we havent flown for what they are to us so hopefully it will be fair when we see what all this will fall off in that matter you probably with voting concluded in the house of representatives and donald trump becoming only the 3rd u. S. President to be impeached americans now face the next stage in the process the senate trial thats due to begin in january but democrats face an uphill battle considering the senate is republican controlled and they need a 2 thirds majority to remove President Trump from office. For the capitol is about to begin a brief period of calm over the Holiday Season as members of the congress and senate spent time in their homes across this starkly divided country. Or joined now by boris foreman Political Science professor at bard college here. In berlin nice to see you again boris going to the impeachment now moves to the senate when is it going to get there both sides say they want to speedy trial and she walk us through what happens in the process so theres sort of a transmission mode with some from the house becoming managers of the case and moving it on and presenting the case to the to the senate and then there are some some. Equivocal statements that weve heard about how it will then move on the question is whether the republicans will low any witnesses the democrats are insisting on additional witnesses and so there might be a bit more of a drawn out process but i think what both parties want to avoid is a clash with the with the president ial elections in november ok so how long could the process take you know how much time were looking at in the senate well i think the theres hope that it could be done early in the year in the spring so that during the primaries it will be over and done with but theres also an incentive a small incentive for the republicans to draw it out a little bit longer because what the impeachment trial does is to bog down the senators and if warren and sanders are still in the race they will not be able to be on the computer trail ok no chance of the democrat sped in the senate will pass republicans of course have the majority there well its as everybody says its highly unlikely 20 republicans would have to move to the other side and given what weve seen not just yesterday but over the last course of the years there is a deeply polarized political system its very unlikely for that to happen. And so it remains to be seen but as long as Public Opinion doesnt shift on this that it hasnt. This is probably not going to happen ok then why are democrats pursuing this course the president s described described as self destructive why are they going down this road well i think the argument here is that the founders of the constitution. The Founding Fathers of the u. S. Have decided that there are certain mechanisms in place or have to be in place if democracy is going to be protected if there is someone who puts their private interests above the general interest then these mechanisms should should be played out and this is the democrats argument and so theyre saying were doing this because it needs to be done weve been reluctant nancy pelosi has insisted on this multiple times and they view as well theyve been reluctant to get this process started but then they had to follow through ok and nancy pelosi back in march said theres no grounds for impeachment she didnt want to go down this road but what changed for the democrats well i think having looked at the evidence after that was what for them made a difference the other thing is obviously the polarization not just between the parties but within the parties theres been a strong constituency within the Democratic Party thats been arguing for impeachment so she had pressure from both sides basically ok how do you see the impeachment process playing out in the elections trump one the former democratic strongholds in michigan and pennsylvania how is this process going to go down in those key swing states in the next election it seems like the position are very polarized again it doesnt seem like this will change. I dont know exactly whats going to happen in those swing states. There is a reason why trump was elected and why they went from democratic strongholds to republican backers i dont know however either whether what trump has been doing in office the kinds of reforms that hes been trying to get started to really have affected those voters in a popular or in the popular and helpful way so it remains to be seen ok boris foreman thanks so much for coming in give us insights this morning from bard college here in berlin thanks very much. Lets preview down some of the other stories in the news today the pretrial hearings have started the case of a slovak businessman man tried to do it tied to the killing of an investigative journalist maher in caution or suspected of ordering the killing of journalist gun. Who had been investigating his Business Activities could see act and his fiance were gunned down at their home in february of last year. Thousands of people have gathered across poland to demonstrate against the proposed law allowing the government to fire judges the protesters fear that the legislation gives the governing party the power to get rid of judges that they dont agree with. Bolivias attorney general has issued an arrest warrant for exiled former president at all as the new government has accused him of sedition and terrorism left wing leader fled libya last month after the countrys military pressured him out over a disputed president ial election he denounced the arrest order as illegal. Spanish police have clashed with protesters outside a football match between barcelona and real madrid the protesters outside the stadium in barcelona tried to draw attention to the cut along separatist movement during the goals match which was watched by 650000000 people around the world. So the philippines now where a court has found guilty the members of a family clan accused of murdering political opponents and journalists 50 people died in a massacre they orchestrated in 2009 it was the worst Political Violence in the philippines to date those convicted are members of the influential family were found guilty of ambushing a convoy of a rival clan and as a travel to register its candidate for a local election the familys trial is seen as a crucial test of impunity in a country where corruption and intimidation often decide local elections. Correspondent on a song those was in the courthouse involved proceedings there for us earlier i asked her why this case was called the trial of the decade in the philippines if this massacre caused so much public outrage because it was the killing of these 8 people including 32 journalists and there are 3 things that really throw public indignation about this trial or this case is that it was sparked by a political rivalry to rival families were added and won but one didnt want to give up power and they were willing to kill their political opponents to keep them from getting grabbing power from them 2nd this is also the brutality of the hilli that most of the women who were in the group were shot in their genitals the the victims there were their bodies were peppered with bullets and they were buried in shallow bring you the back in broad daylight and 3rd because 32 of the killed were journalists this is also a case of movie suppression so incensed you know this this trial and hed have to make the 3 things that are most wrong with the Philippine Government or the country political impunity political dynasties and crackdown on media freedoms. I was a correspondent on a santos for us in manila its to australia now where a record breaking heat wave and strong winds are plaguing Fire Fighters battling out of control bushfires the countrys most populous state New South Wales as declared emergency authorities there are warning of worsening conditions over the next few days this week has already seen 2 consecutive days of record heat with the average National Temperature reaching 41. 9 degrees celsius thats 170. 00 degrees fahrenheit and is set to get even hotter. A wall of flames consuming all before it the firemen trying to slow its advance of fighting a losing battle. Wildfires have been raging in australia for months now its causing more than 3000000. 00 hectares of land and destroying over 700. 00 homes that smoke has engulfed sydney blurring it so iconic skyline but with average temperatures reaching record highs the state of New South Wales is preparing for things to get us given the severity of extreme weather conditions today and also saturday into the next few days on advice of commissioner fitzsimmons New South Wales will be in a state of emergency from today for the next 7 days scientists blame Global Warming for the severity of this years fires parched from the searing heat New South Wales is a tinderbox already a light. The fire service sending out its biggest plane this one dumps 36000 liters of fire retardant with every flight but thats still not enough weve got just under 104 hours burning cross New South Wales and half of them are not can timed it was to die is going to be a very bad i digressed are here in New South Wales the forecast is that sort of i will be even worse so were talking about some very serious and dangerous conditions over the coming days. With the heat bearing down many australians took to the waves to cool off. Even as they relax on the beach the flames are creeping closer. We have some football now in brazil pulled level with leipzig at the top after a hard force win over bottom club born. Columns last ball seconds after the restart i was on play i was there to hammer home for blood but those were desperate to get back to winning. Ways after losing the most bird over the weekend and midway through the 2nd half blog bock were awarded a controversial penalty kept in large general stepped up to convert to nail a final score there. And cologne continued their recent good run by beating on talk frankfurt to climb out of the relegation zone clone fought back to nail deficits boss in bor now making it to all the 72nd minute with a beautiful volley that could not be stopped and in the dying seconds ishmael yacc ups put the finishing touch on a stunning 42. 00 victory for the billy goats that 2 wins on the bounce for marcus is the. Up next stay with us for our dock film exposing the hidden threats of a specimens are now though for me brian thomas and the entire news team thanks for joining us. On the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. As you see in the bridge clicks on the phone while its 250th birthday we remember going on a voyage of discovery. Expedition voyage