Before that by coming and have your children that she later is the only way. And seeking justice for their loved ones the new push to see if war crimes were committed in afghanistan. 3 legal experts cold for us democrats have testified president s donald trump committed impeachable offenses a 4th scholar invited by republicans says the evidence is insufficient well trump is accused of abusing his pirates appreciate crane into investigating his political rival Joe Biden Castro begins our coverage from washington d. C. You swear or affirm under penalty of perjury some of us constitutional scholars have weighed in if President Trumps ukraine scandal isnt impeachable then nothing is and professor gary hart did President Trump commit the impeachable high crime and misdemeanor of abuse of power we 3 are unanimous yes the 3 law professors call by democrats rain unison alarm bells that the countrys democracy is under threat by the president s actions what has happened in the case today is something that i do not think we have ever seen before a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws and to protect and defend the constitution this president has attacked each of the constitutions safeguards against establishing a monarchy in this country in the simplest possible terms the president put his personal game ahead of the National Security interest its better to be on t. V. Than by a whole. 4th scholar said if trump had tried to force ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid it would be impeachable but the scholar wednesdays sole republican witness testified the case against trump has not been proven this would be the 1st impeachment in history where there would be considerable debate in my view not compelling evidence of the commission of a crime more than a dozen white house and state department professionals have testified that trump used the power of his office to pressure ukraine to open an investigation into joe biden a potential political rival in the upcoming us president ial election the House Intelligence Committee drafted a report saying there was overwhelming evidence for this including trumps own words in a phone call with the president of ukraine thats not politics as usual at least not in the United States or not in any mature democracy trump. The law professors called by democrats represent the liberal left but he declined to testify himself and refused to send white House Attorneys to represent his case for innocence what theyre doing is a very bad thing for our country its of no merit and the Republican Party has never been more unified ever trump is counting on republicans who control the senate to acquit him of wrongdoing in an eventual impeachment trial. Castro aljazeera washington. Well speaking after the hearing the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee a democrat jerry nathless says the evidence is overwhelming this situation meets all 3 tests the president committed impeachable offenses they were important impeachable offenses they go to the constitute the heart of our Constitutional Republic they threaten the survival of democracy itself in the integrity of free elections and a majority of the people and of the end of the house i believe i understand that but these Top Republican on the committee colin says the facts are on their side when you talk about facts being undisputed these facts are disputed not just disputed theyre actually contradicted so we have no problem funnels of this president did nothing wrong there was nothing that we found is impeachable he did not do anything also ive said all along its easy for us to fight the army because the process is terrible and the facts are on our side well Chris Adelson is an assistant professor of governments in the school of Public Affairs at American University michael example raman spoke with america there and asked him how the impeachment inquiry resonates with the u. S. Public. This is not an ordinary proceeding i think professor carlin said it well whether what the president alleged to have done strikes at the heart of our democracy and our elections and really if it isnt stopped the integrity of our elections will be undermined this is a really critical moment for our democracy many analysts have their own opinions about whether democracy is badly at risk or is ok i mean how does this actually resonate in your opinion with the public i mean other hearings now attracting their attention or they only really attract attention once you might say they get to the senate to we expect some sort of debate in the senate eventually its hard to say i mean polling shows that the remote recent polling ive shown is 42 percent of the public thinks the president should be inclusion 43 percent says no i dont know how closely people are following people are pretty divided but again what should happen here is a republican should say this is not a partisan issue as republicans did in 174 the president nixon this goes beyond partisanship if president can do this democratic president s can do this republican president s can do in the future it will mean that any president can ask Foreign Countries to attack our election that cant be thats not compatible with a democracy the pentagon says a u. S. Warship has captured a vessel with missile parts believed to be linked to iran the seizure was made in the north and arabian sea and the crew has been transferred to the yemeni coast guard washington accuses tehran of illegally smuggling arms to fighting the Yemeni Government. The nato summit has ended with leaders you nice and behind common commitments despite its the meeting highlights and divisions they disagreed on issues like russia and china and settled a major stumbling block when turkey dropped its objection to nato as baltics offense fun but spa and the display of unity cracks were showing as jonah hill reports from what felt north london so good morning i think were ready to start if you can find your seats this gathering of nato leaders had one objective a show of unity to mark 70 years of the worlds most successful military alliance one for all and all for one instead it was a public display of differences that began the day before on tuesday u. S. President donald trump was on the combative form not the 1. 3 hours from his not only will macron on nato strategy budget payments and trumps unilateral withdrawal of u. S. Troops from Northern Syria this was where the politician that was one of the greatest partiers years ago. But trumps views are no longer those of a president seen as preeminent leader of the alliance now some allies here including the british french and canadian leaders see donald trump as disruptor in chief apparently sharing a joke at his expense during choose a nice reception at buckingham palace. Trumps response on being asked about the canadian Prime Ministers comments on his 2 friends. And soon afterwards he tweeted that there was no need for a final press conference. Emanuel macron meanwhile continued to press his case for change you know to me who is our enemy how can we act together against International Terrorism in particular these are all subjects that were not sufficiently settled. To be about something other than budgetary and financial is. Theres all this particular part of the book the voices of reassurance who are left sounding a bit thin. Always been able to overcome these differences and then unite around the record cost to protect them the Founding Fathers and thats exactly what to do today the question it all raises is central to what nato is and what it exists for what happens to an alliance built on collective defense when that collective commitment that spirit of unity isnt just solid as some would like it to be nato member turkeys president regift tired early one had earlier demanded that the kurds abandoned by trump in Northern Syria be recognized as what he called terrorists or hed veto the Alliance Efforts to bolster its eastern defenses against russia this was a threat that represented a fracturing of natos central accord is what trump and macron do seem to agree on but many others dont that russia is no longer the enemy it was and while nato is focus has widened to include china Cyber Security hybrid warfare the alliance cant hide from the difficult truth that multiple challenges mean multiple conflicting interests undermining the unity theyd come here to celebrate. Aljazeera at watford north london. Russias president is accusing the us of using space as a potential theatre of war that amir putin says the rapid developments of americas Space Command has prompted moscow to ramp up its own sex but put insists hes against the militarization of the cosmos its a war trump says he wants the u. S. To dominate space. At least 58. 00 migrants have drones after their boat capsized off the coast of mauritania the International Organization for migration says survivors are being treated in the Northern City of north hebrew it says the vessel was carrying at least 150 people from gambia and was low on fuel. Some oil is rolling out a Mass Vaccination Program to stem its fast growing missiles crisis 62 people have died from the disease with more than 150 new cases every day immunization is compulsory under a state of emergency imposed last month families who havent been vaccinated are being urged to fly a red flag or cough outside their house to help speed up the process jessica washington has more from the some on capital appear weve just heard from the samo and Prime Minister his message is for people to stay calm in these tragic circumstances while of course acting on those demands to make sure that people do get vaccinated we have just heard that the number of cases has actually increased to more than 4200 the message from the Prime Minister is that from these tragic circumstances there are lessons for thought from for some our children learn but that they are doing the best they can in the circumstances. This and. Then we more conscious now people are more conscious now than before that by coming and have your children vaccinated is the only way and more. If one of your children is sick and show signs of measles then the best way the most sure way. To take it. To the hospital today on thursday is very much about these mobile vaccination drives and we have heard that since that began just this morning its only been a few hours more than 2000 people have been vaccinated so the message prior to this massive Vaccination Campaign was for people to visit those clinics but today on thursday those clinics a shut down and people are being told to stay at home and wait for these mobile vaccination medical professionals to come to their houses. Still to come on aljazeera protestors condemned plans by lebanons political elites to back a prominent businessman as the next Prime Minister. And breaking their silence thousands of people in chile call for an end to violence against women. Had there we have another bit of snow across the northeast of the United States not just the last 24 hours but really for the last 3 days it is now finally carrying out of the picture but not before lots of damage was done hundreds of flights were delayed bostons that day and it may look very nice all this snow on the trees however when you get snow on the trees guess what the branches come down and then you have Power Outages thousands of generally across much of the northeast that people working very hard to get up and running again through thursday its a cold but clear day into new york city 6 degrees celsius just ace in washington and weve got plenty of snow out across into the Central Plains really down into the southern rockies meanwhile of any kind of picture really through much of the Pacific Northwest and trading down tools california again more rain pushing in as we had to friday just 15 degrees celsius in San Francisco meanwhile well see more cloud across eastern sections as we go through friday the rain also pushing into the southeast 14 best for you in atlanta and we have a few rain showers across some much of the caribbean as well if ailie widespread no say they generally through much of the minister of public in haiti to the north across the bahamas we have got some cat in the 4 calls the rains heavier as we go into Central America and they tend to stand the forecast throughout friday. The story of law. Family and fredo going from i was 8 years old to you at school he heard the sound of large explosions. And the hardships faced in captivity they came for me at midnight they told me to leave my son i said how can i contact him i saw so much pain in the eyes of the other female prisoners. And the uprising coming soon on aljazeera. This is al jazeera a quick reminder of the headlines for you now legal experts invited by u. S. Democrats have testified that President Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses but a 4th scholar called by the republicans says there is no evidence of a clear criminal act the nato summit has ended with some agreements on threats from russia and china but its been overshadowed by personal runs between leaders meeting highlighted better divisions on several major issues and some more is rolling out its a Mass Vaccination Program in an attempt to stem its fast growing measles crisis 62 people have died from the disease with more than 150 new cases every day. The head of a japanese medical aid group has been killed in an attack in afghanistan said soon the commode there was shot dads along with 5 members of his team when their car was ambushed he had been awarded an honorary afghan citizenship for his years of charity work no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The International Criminal courts will decide whether those involved in the war in afghanistan including the u. S. Should answer allegations of war crimes a panel of judges rules against a similar request made earlier this year finding it was unlikely any of those involved would cooperate lawyers representing victims say theyre united in wanting an investigation well so i berkeley spoke with relative seeking justice for 4 men killed steering the conflict in eastern afghanistan. This was a bedroom that became an Execution Chamber the night Afghan Special forces stormed a family home in jalalabad suspecting it to be an eyesore terrorist cell the operation ended with the death of 4 brothers hands tied behind their backs and shot at close range. Mohammed millet sadder describes the way his nephews were killed in cold blood. Sidique joannes eben supports a hill while were not i saw members one was a judge another a lawyer and 2 were money changes the government has not given an explanation as to why they were killed and to the families knowledge no one has yet been charged with a crime. We want all those involved to face justice the one who shot that the one who gave the orders and the one who gave the wrong intelligence they need to be hanged in front of us then we will know justice has been done. The villages of joe daraa in eastern afghanistan want justice as well to avenge the deaths of 70 friends and relatives who died in a bomb attack as they prayed in a mosque the perpetrators are either eisel all the taliban ready girl lost 10 members of his family in the blast. But i wasnt in the mosque when i came home i found the bodies of my family including my little son i fell unconscious it was truly horrible and has devastated our village. In a country that has suffered for decades of conflict justice has been in short supply the International Criminal courts chief prosecutor for 2 bensouda wants to end the climate of impunity in afghanistan and start an investigation of war crimes a request has been refused by the i. C. C. Own judges on the grounds that none of the main players will cooperate and the process will be lengthy and costly. Shes appealing that decision and has accused the taliban of targeting innocent civilians and the Afghan Government of torturing prisoners but she also says that the United States may be guilty as well the United States is concerned that if this i. C. C. Investigation goes ahead it will also focus on the role of the cia in afghanistan its black ops and socalled black sites where prisoners were subjected to controversial some say inhumane methods of interrogation and treatment misspend sudha says there is information that members of the u. S. Military and Intelligence Forces committed acts of torture cruel treatment rape and Sexual Violence against conflict related detainees. The u. S. Has defended its actions in afghanistan and has responded by attacking the i. C. C. Its threaten to prosecute its investigators and take retaliatory measures against any country that cooperates with the investigation. In eastern afghanistan theyve been bombed from the air shot on the ground and no investigation is about to change that was about to go but that it was that i think were caught in the middle when Government Forces and the other sides a