first u.s. president to attend the antiabortion march. a food threat security, is awesome -- east africa with one of its worst locust invasions in blamed on extreme weather conditions. ♪ efforts to contain a deadly oh break of coronavirus are ramping up around the world as -- deadly outbreak of coronavirus are ramping up around the world. 26 have died and 800 have been infected. health officials in france reported three cases of the virus. we have the first european cases. it might be because we set up the tests in a short time we detected the first positive cases in our territory. what matters now is to contain the situation as quickly as possible. that is why we need to know the patient -- know the people the patient was in contact with and give instructions to stay at home and avoid any contact. anchor: this is overshadowinganchor: festivities for the new year, where events have been scaled down. parts of the great wall are closed. the impact of the a break spreading. russia advised its citizens not to visit china until the situation improves. the operate first emerged in the provincial capital of wuhan. it has been locked down at a number of other cities have enforced restrictions, affecting 40 million people. the first deaths have now been confirmed outside. one person was in outside, which borders beijing and in another city. cases of the coronavirus are in nearly every province of china. we have more of the measures beijing is taking to contain the outbreak. >> has china battles to control the spread of the coronavirus, videos like this one are going viral. an unidentified female voice says three bodies covered with lincoln's have been lighting -- blankets have been lying in this category. she's there is -- she said there is little the staff can do. as more cases are reported around the world, it is not clear how many people could be affected. >> we would focus on a severe case and you would have more of those and then maybe we are missing some mild cases because people will just be a little bit sick and will not be tested. they will recover. >> many suites are empty in wuhan, the capital of the province. this is where the outbreak emerged. public transport has been shut down. other cities have done the same thing. around 40 million people are affected. cases of the coronavirus are confirmed in nearly every province of china. new year's celebrations have been canceled including in the city of beijing. shanghai disneyland will be closed saturday. parts of the great wall will be closed. millions have been traveling in china and abroad, i had of the new year's celebrations, increasing the risk the virus could spread further. >> i don't think this has been properly controlled. i just came back to china. i let of -- read a lot of news on the internet. i am not satisfied with how the government controlled the disease. i am afraid of getting infected. >> i am afraid of those people who left wuhan but i hope the situation in wuhan can be improved soon. >> this video was deleted after it appeared on a social media site. china has to control the virus and prevent the spread of panic. patrick is an international economist. he said the impact could affect the global economy. >> the economic repercussions when you have 16 cities now under lockdown, 46 million people, and you think of logistical challenges, the chinese lunar new year, which is like christmas. it is a big spending time frame. and the who thinks it will last months. so economic activity will be curtailed and the world will suffer. we will need less oil, buying less consumer goods. i was thinking about this on the way in this evening. how does a sippy cup with a lockdown and the food supplies, the logistics we take for granted? -- will it be controlled by the government? people will not be out shopping and activity will not suddenly come back. they will not say it is all over. i will spend money now. you will have a hit to consumer confidence and you have a slowing global economy. when you have the world bank talking about global growth being at its weakest since the financial crisis, there is a real possibility china could tip us into a recession. anchor: scientists are working to find out how the new coronavirus spreads and how it is a threat. we look at what we know so far. are everywhere, plants, animals, and in humans. most don't stand a chance of adapting and spreading. the natural world defense systems fight them off and help as well. every now and then a virus gets through, jumping the species barrier to target a human. the coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, and in animals. until the end of last year, just six were known to infect people. the wuhan coronavirus is number seven. four of these cause the common cold, unpleasant but not life-threatening. the others are killers. the highly contagious severe acute respiratory syndrome or sars broke out in china in 2002 to 2003 and killed 10% of those who became infected. catpread from the spotted to humans. anothererged with disease in saudi arabia. 850 people have died. thought to have come from the camel. both killed but both have been contained. this new strain is a killer and can be passed from human to human. it seems at this stage to be less contagious. panic is rising as it spreads within china and across china's borders. the threat of a global health emergency looms. anchor: a powerful earthquake has struck eastern turkey killing 18 people. buildings collapsed in the epicenter of the magnitude 6.8 in one province. emergency crews are searching for people trapped in the rubble. for -- 500 people are reported injured. this is the moment the earthquake struck. the tremor interrupting the broadcast. many people ran outdoors for safety. people are afraid to return after a series of aftershocks in the region. is monitoring developments from his temple. >> public -- from istanbul. >> there were 60 aftershocks which were around 4.0. disaster to the management agency, search and rescue are underway. know there are lots of buildings that were damaged and some of them collapsed. they are trying to figure out which buildings are damaged. we have to wait through the night to have a proper idea. the airport is operating. there is no cuts for the electricity or natural gas. this is winter. conditions are bad and people are not able to get inside their homes, buildings, they have to stay outside. that is why the ngo's, the turkish red crescent and the management agency have dispatched emergency personnel with tents and blankets to the area. the immediate cities around the city have felt the earthquake. there are damages in cities around it. there are dozens of buildings that are damaged. turkey isunderline among the most seismically active countries in the world. there are several crossing faultlines. and where the earthquake happened, it sits on the eastern anatolia and faultlines -- anatolian fault line. anchor: plenty more ahead of the newshour including tens of thousands marching in iraq with a message for the government and for the u.s.. and bush fires continue to burn in australia. scientists reflect -- reveal the impact on the atmosphere. quitting iran for germany but will it be enough to reach japan. on unusual journey to the tokyo olympics. [please stand by] ♪ anchor: it is the final day ofanchor: arguments in the impeachment trial of donald trump. democratic prosecutors are focusing their allegations on abuse of power and on obstruction of congress. the u.s. president is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival, joe biden. let's go to our reporter who is standing by on capitol hill in washington, dc. the last day for the democrats to layout arguments. what has been happening? reporter: the impeachment managers, the democratic prosecutors in this case, have focused on trying to convince senators president trump obstructed congress. this is of course the second article of impeachment he is facing. democrats say he did this by withholding documents and witnesses from congress during the investigative period of this impeachment process. and for the witnesses who defied the president orders and testified anyway, the president intimidated them, some of them while they were on the stand. reunify which, if -- marie you allowed which -- she said she was the target of a smear campaign directed by the president's private attorney and she was sacked from her position unjustifiably. while she was on the stand, president trump was on twitter disparaging her. and this is crucial for both sides, because the president's defenders and republicans say if democrats really wanted all of these witnesses, they could have taken them to court earlier. democrats did not do that. they say it is because they know any court battle can take months if not more than a year for it to see a conclusion. so they said by then, the president could have cheated his way into winning reelection with the help of ukraine which is a allegation he is accused of. so what we are left with is a mcgrath now going for a second opportunity to call these isnesses and testify -- democrats going for a second opportunity to call these witnesses and testify. the president could assert executive privilege, not allowing witnesses to show up and we could be back at square one. anchor: thank you. allen baron joins us from washington, dc. theas a special counsel to house of representatives. thank you for your time. good to have you on. what if anything has stood out for you during the days of democrat opening arguments? >> i think the star of the proceedings for the democrats has been adam schiff. i worked with congressman schiff i guess 10 years ago on two traditional impeachments. i found him to be very smart, very capable, dedicated. he has become a superstar in his presentations with regard to president trump. i think also the democrats as a group have been extremely well organized, well prepared. they have made powerful onuments that they will fall -- arguments. that they will fall on deaf ears is not something they can overcome. they have presented their case well. an awful lot of what they are doing is being presented to the american public and in in novemberoters will be disenchanted with trump, the sort of unaffiliated voters who are looking for somewhere to pledge their allegiance, so to speak, that is really what is going on in terms of substance. everything else is precooked. the republicans are not going to break ranks. say it interesting you optics for voters. could this be backfiring for the democrats? according to a recent washington post poll, president trump's approval rating is at the highest of his presidency. all of this is a gamble. everything is going to be up in the air until the last minute. trump's poll numbers have always been low. even if it is the highest, they have always been in the mid-40's which is not very good. on --mocrats have to put it is only because history demands it. what happened here, and i have studied impeachment as part of my work, this is the worst conduct, misconduct by a president in our history. it makes bill clinton's misconduct look trivial. anchor: i am interested given your experience and work, are the two sides fighting a different battlefields given trump's defense argues there is no crime, therefore there can be no impeachment? the democrats say this is not a criminal trial. anchor: -- >> it is clear impeachment historically has never required an actual criminal act occur before it is an impeachable offense. it is just not true. it is the last refuge to say it is -- it has got to be a crime. when the constitution was adopted, there was no criminal code. it doesn't need to be a crime. it needs to be bad conduct which may or may not rise to the level of criminality. anchor: let's talk about the witness issue. we have had questions and answers, and there will be this discussion about taking witnesses or allowing new witnesses and evidence. how do you think that will go? >> everything i am hearing says they won't get four republicans to break ranks. unfortunate and says a lot about what the republicans are afraid of, that the truth will come out about how bad trump's behavior really was. even by the amount unearthed we can see. they are fighting tooth and nail to keep the american people from hearing from witnesses and seeing documents. that speaks volumes in and of as to the nature and severity of mr. trump's misconduct. anchor: former impeachment counsel to the house of representatives. two protesters have been killed in an antigovernment rally in act dead. police used tear gas to dismiss demonstrators. hitwas shot in the second -- and the second hit by a tear gas canister. these are the latest protests which began in october. another protest in that dad, hundred -- baghdad, hundreds marching to have americans leave the country. the revolutionary leader is asking u.s. bases because. a oneer: the call was for million person march. simple, allis americans out. this was backed by other shia this one, whose leader was killed alongside qasem soleimani. gathering you see today are the auditing -- them mujahedin. we are united as one body and it is real. despite differences in point of use, we unite. views, we unite. >> our goal is to expel the occupiers. we are standing for iraq against any intervention. we want sovereignty. >> the government divided and in turmoil. -- anti-protests have continued since october. the prime minister remains as caretaker pending new elections. the americans have said they are determined to stay in iraq and at the invitation of the prime minister. one of the more popular songs of protest, thet, -- chorus goes what a million. they want u.s. troops out of iraq and they have got this kind of support behind them. 34 u.s. troops suffered traumatic brain injuries after a strike on a base in iraq earlier this month. to duty inurned iraq. initially washington said there were no casualties from the strikes. the attack was in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of the attack -- the top iranian commander is some solemani. commander solemani. this other protest quickly transferred into widespread anger over the struggling economy and equality. 26 people have died since the protests began. weather experts in britain are sending the alarm about the global effect of bushfires in australia. meteorological service is showing an atmospheric rise of greenhouse gas levels. the meteorologists say the scale of the bushfires is accelerating the rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. co2 levels are well past the 400 parts per million limit seen by scientists at the point of no return. climatethe head of research -- he said while this is adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, the biggest impact will be the loss of plants. every year it is given by human emissions. some of it will be soaked up by natural ecosystems but that is weaker because of weather patterns. bushfires we estimate, that byincreased the co2 level 2%. it is a notable contribution. they need to be protected to help reduce co2 but the only real way of stopping the rise is to stop burning fossil fuels. there wouldn't be any immediate effect, but what it does show is there is potential for feedback in vicious cycles. we rely on systems to soak up the co2 emissions. if they are weaker, then the rise could be accelerated. locusts have been swarming in the billions across kenya and somalia. help to has called for avert a crisis. it is the largest invasion in seven decades. the grasshoppers have destroyed thousands of kilometers of props and the u.n. -- crops and the u.n. think this will affect food security. it is linked to the unseasonal -- caused thet locust population to boom. this man spoke to us from nairobi where he is responding to the local situation. >> the locust swarms are spreading throughout the horn of africa. there was a december cyclone in taiwan that brought humid conditions to the eastern africa, creating more conditions for the locusts to develop. we have seen the development of locusts. they are already affecting the crops on range and pastor. -- pasture. the problem is that they are mature andh or -- they are laying eggs that will hatch soon and lead to a new generation of locusts which will come at a time for the planting of the next season in the region that will come around march, april. it means that that time we run the risk of really having the crops at risk and the situation with 9 million people who are already severely food insecure in kenya, ethiopia and somalia will see the situation further deteriorate. anchor: the number of people killed by a storm that battered eastern spain has reached 13. after days of off heavy rain. the storm has lasted for five days accompanied by heavy wind, snowfall and hail. bere are fears there could more people dead after reports of people missing. ahead, as turkey announces more troops to libya to support the u.n. recognize government, german chancellor angela merkel urges opposition vices -- forces to join the cease-fire. >> they are not being held accountable. thunberg met leaders at the world economic forum. upsets inay of melbourne, roger federer survives a scare at the european -- australian open. ♪ >> we have weather warnings in first -- in force across the united states. you can see this cruel of cloud bringing disturbed weather across the appellations. there is no -- the appalachians. there is snow. across d.c. up to new york, and that will drive into new england and eastern parts of canada. behind that dry, decent spells of sunshine. into texas we will see what weather into saturday. wet weather around the pacific northwest, down into northern parts of california. way furtherive its east. we will see significant snowfall across the cascades. sure the rockies will see snow. there is wintry weather around the eastern lakes into the canadian maritime. temperatures not bad for new york mdc, around eight degrees celsius -- and d.c., around eight degrees celsius. , sunshine.ater catch a shower around the leeward islands -- you might catch a shower around the leeward islands saturday. ♪ ♪ you a are watching al jazeera. a reminder of the top stories. the first cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in europe with three people being treated in france. they comes as cities across china go into virtual lockdown ahead of the new year's festivities to stop the virus from spreading. an earthquake in turkey has killed at least 18 people. buildings collapsed in the center. more than five people are reported injured. emergency crews are searching for survivors. teaching protesters have been oilled at an anti--- t -- tw protesters have been killed in an antigovernment rally in iraq. another rally wanted american forces to leave. thousands of antiabortion supporters are attending a rally in washington, dc. and for the first time since the march began, the u.s. president has attended. ♪ reporter: breaking with tradition again. , cherish andotect defend the sanctity of every human life. reporter: donald trump dissented on the national mall to personally address the antiabortion rally, making him the first sitting u.s. president to do so. again affirming his support for their cause. >> unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the white house. >> what do we want? reporter: it started in response to the landmark 1973 supreme court ruling legalizing abortion , a divisive issue in the united states. trump's promised to support -- a point judges who might overturn that ruling helped him win the white house, with the help of these supporters. for many the issue is possible. >> the unborn do not have a voice. we are their voice. they are being killed by the minute. reporter: the president also needs many of these people who consider themselves evangelical voters to show up in nove