Recorders from the airliner that crashed on saturday. To the us, because the democrats have formally begun the process of impeaching President Trump for a second time. Hes accused of inciting the attack on the capitol last week. They have also first proposed that Vice President mike pence invoke the 25th amendment to the constitution in order for him to take power. Heres what happened. House resolution 21, resolution calling on Vice PresidentMichael R Pence to convene and mobilise the principal officers of the executive departments of the cabinet to activate section four of the 25th amendment to declare president donald] trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as acting president. For what purpose does the gentleman from West Virginia rise . I object. Objection is heard. As you could see there, the republicans objected to the resolution in the house of representatives calling for the 25th amendment to be used. But it could be still voted on as early as tuesday. If that fails, the democrats say theyll move towards impeachment proceedings. The article of impeachment charges the president with incitement to insurrection. And it accuses him of wilfully inciting violence against the government of the United States it goes on to say he also willfully made statements that encouraged and foreseeably resulted in imminent lawless action at the capitol. Heres the House Speaker nancy pelosi, speaking to cbs before todays proceedings. Is anybody running the executive branch of the government . Who is running it . Sadly, the person running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the United States. And we have only a number of days until we can be protected from him, but he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him. Democrats say theyre concerned about future violent events too. The fbi is aware of possible flashpoints across the United States, according to this tweet from abc reporter Aaron Katersky armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols in the run up tojoe bidens inauguration on the 20th january according to an fbi bulletin obtained by abc. With democrats in the house mobilising quickly, President Trump faces the possibility of being the first president to be impeached twice. Last year he was impeached over allegations he tried to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election. If the house of representatives does vote to impeach him, proceedings would move to the senate for a trial. And for a guilty verdict as you can see in this graphic two thirds of senators must support it. With the senate set to become 50 democrats and 50 republicans thats a long way off. Heres the democratic strategist max burns. Unlike the first impeachment of the president , when only mitt romney broke ranks, we are starting to see that now, after republicans have had their lives are endangered by a mob that came to capitol hill looking to kill many of them, they are finally realising that it might have been a bad idea to allow President Trump to continue to serve this past year. But this is all complicated by the fact thatjoe biden is being inaugurated on wednesday next week. So the trial in the senate may need to be delayed. Heres one senior democrat. Just give president Electjoe Biden the 100 days he needs to get up and running, and maybe we will deal with the articles after that. Lets bring in the bbcs laura trevelyan. Quite a viewers might be confused that a present could be impeached after he 01 present could be impeached after he or she stops being a president . Yes, it is confusing. But nonetheless, it is possible. Interestingly, the president Electjoe Bidenjust talked about a way that the needle could be threaded, that he could both move forward with his agenda, he wants to tackle the coronavirus, reboot the economy, and also, there could be a trial of donald trump in the us senate. He said he had been talking about the possibility that the senate could spend half a day on his appointments, for example, getting through the key secretaries, and also spend half a day on a trial. So assuming that the house of representatives votes this week to impeach donald trump for a second time, then there is potentially a way the democrats are discussing upholding President Trump accountable, or no longer President Trump, while also moving forward with joe trump, while also moving forward withjoe bidens agenda. But it is complicated. Joe biden wants to move forward and doesnt want to divide the country further, but there is, on the democratic side, a huge call for justice on the democratic side, a huge call forjustice and credibility. But after all, donald trump will not be in charge from the middle of next week, so there might be an argument forjust moving week, so there might be an argument for just moving on . Week, so there might be an argument forjust moving on . That is what republicans are saying. But democrats say that what the president said and did was just so incredibly out of order that not only did he incite interaction, that the article of impeachment, but also, the president s behaviour since he lost the election, when he wouldnt accept the election result and tell people the election had been stolen, that he leaned on Election Officials in georgia, remember that hour long phone call by the president is telling Election Officials in georgia find me 11,800 votes. So they are detailing everything donald trump has done in the two months since he lost the election, and they say that this is why he should be impeached for a second time. Democrats also hope that they could, in the senate, try to ban him from ever running for Public Office again, which would put an end to his hopes of being the 2024 candidate. Stay with us, because i want to talk about the republicans and this whole situation raises lots of questions for them. On friday senator lindsey graham, one of Donald Trumps supporters, tweeted, any attempt to impeach President Trump would not only be u nsuccessful President Trump would not only be unsuccessful but would be a dangerous precedent for the future of the presidency. It will take both parties to heal the nation. Or there is this, a Republican Congress and saying, people need to take a deep breath and look in the mirror. Those who committed acts of violence must be held accountable, but democrats are eager to use wednesday to settle political scores, which would only be dividing our country more. But some of trumps allies are being more specific in turning against him. Wednesday was a fundamental threat to the United States. It speaks to what makes us american. It is an existential thing, not superficial. It is deep and real and different, which is why you saw so many resignations this week and you didnt see them over the last couple of years. Wednesday changed everything. Another senator wants the president to step down. Senator pat toomey also wants him to go. The best way for our country is for the president to resign and go away as 0011 president to resign and go away as 50011 as president to resign and go away as soon as possible. I acknowledge that may not be likely, but it would be best. For the democrats, Vice President elect kamala harris, we may hearfrom. We also heard from president Electjoe Biden, who has been speaking after receiving his final days of the coronavirus vaccine. He got his second dose of the Pfizer Vaccine at a hospital in newark, delaware, before speaking to reporters about his inauguration and about donald trump. I had a discussion today with some of the people in the senate. And the questions about whether we can buy for kate this, whether we can buy for kate this, whether we can go half a day on the impeachment and half a day with people being nominated and confirmed in the senate. Do you think they will be able to do that . I dont know. Lets go back to laura in washington. You we re go back to laura in washington. You were mentioning the potential plan are working on the impeachment for half of the day and working on things for the future in the other half of the day. But canjoe biden decide this or could he simply influence what may happen . Well, once he is in great, but is also when the two Democratic Senators who w011 when the two Democratic Senators who won last week in georgia will take their seats. At that point, its a 5050 their seats. At that point, its a 50 50 split in the senate and kamala harris, the Vice President , has the deciding vote. Therefore, democrats have control of the senate. Mitch mcconnell is no longer the Senate Majority leader. Chuck schumer becomes the Senate Majority leader and with that privilege comes control of the timetable. So yes, the democratic leadership, to the horror of republicans, who are furious with President Trump for losing them those two seats, they feel even before last wednesdays events, democrats now have the gavel. They are in control of the presidency, the house, the senate, the trifecta of political power in washington. So yes, they can control the agenda and decide the senate will spend half a day confirming joe bidens key appointments, his treasury secretary, secretary of state, defence secretary, and half a day on the trial of ex president donald trump. And they were done mr trump himself. For better or worse, we are used to reading his tweets to find out what he is thinking and we cant do that any more. Do we have any indications of how he is planning to strategise his way through the next few days . His close aidejason miller was through the next few days . His close aide jason miller was on through the next few days . His close aidejason miller was on the sunday political shows yesterday, saying we would hear from donald political shows yesterday, saying we would hearfrom donald trump political shows yesterday, saying we would hear from donald trump this week, that he is going to showcase what he sees as his legacy and achievements, that he is going to the Us Mexico Border tomorrow. That is the plan in any case, to try and show the progress that has been made towards building that border war with mexico, something he ran on in 2016 and something that has not happened, but he wants to showcase what progress has been made. But yes, losing his twitterfeed is a huge dealfor president yes, losing his twitterfeed is a huge deal for President Trump. Conservative republicans are furious. They say it is censorship, that it furious. They say it is censorship, thatitis furious. They say it is censorship, that it is unfair. But it does mean the president is no longer documenting in real time everything thats going on, and that is a huge shift in washington. Thank you for taking us through it. If those are some of the political ramifications, there are also commercial implications for mr trump. The professional Golfers Association of america the pga has decided to cancel plans to host one of its biggest tournaments, the pga championship, from a trump owned course in bedminster in 2022. The pgas chief executive said they had no choice but to act. Heres one golfjournalist on what that means for mr trump. It is his everything. Depending on how you look at him, everything revolves around him, so if they had had the event in 2022 at bedminster, at his course, he would have been a big part of that. They knew that going in when they signed the deal five or six years ago, but they could never have anticipated what they see now. Republican members of congress who supported President Trumps attempts to overturn the election result are also experiencing consequences with some big corporations saying they will know longer donate to their campaigns. The chief executive of American Express put it like this. Last weeks attempts by some congressional members to subvert the president ial Election Results and disrupt the peaceful transition of power do not align with our values. The Chemicals Company dow put out a similar statement and in the past hour google has said its pausing contributions to all Political Actions committees, whatever side of the political divide. Lets speak to the bbcs michelle fleury. Whether right or wrong, they are moving at speed in Corporate America. I mean, we have seen them put out statements in the aftermath of those riots at the us capitol condemning the violence. Now we are seeing them put some money behind the action. We know that businesses have, for a long time, seen donations to individual politicians oi donations to individual politicians or parties are something to expand their sphere of influence, part of their sphere of influence, part of the cost of doing business. But now they are reevaluating that. The events of last week have caused them to rethink how they approach this. So you are seeing different approaches by some of the biggest names in Corporate America. You singled out American Express, marriott s, the wells Largest Hotel chain, and a similar action, saying it would not donate money to republicans who essentially didnt support bidens win and refused to certify the Election Results. Some are going much further. Google, facebook, jpmorgan are among those who have said that they, through their Political Action committees, are planning to pause all donations to both parties. This has drawn some sharp words from some democrat politicians. One appeared on us tv this morning, saying, what did the democrats do wrong in terms of no longer receiving political donations from big corporations . Finally, help us from big corporations . Finally, help us understand the scale of Corporate Americas contributions to us politics. I think they want to exert some kind of leadership and accountability in this moment, but the problem is that they dont have as much influence as they did in the past. When you think back to president obama, one of the big sea changes that you are a shed and was this more donations. That was a huge pa rt this more donations. That was a huge part of the fundraising that helped propel him to the white house, or at least help their fundraising machine. That is what we have seen over the last 12 years or so. But politicians can count on other sources of revenue. The other thing is that while companies officially may not be donating, they still have other measures where they donate to groups who dont have to disclose where the money came from. So there are still ways for Corporate America to give money, just not so publicly. So for politicians, obviously, it is more the embarrassment, and for companies who want to show that social credentials, this is a way of putting money behind what they say. Thank you. The uk is entering most dangerous time in the coronavirus pandemic, thats according to englands chief medical officer, who also says stricter lockdown rules may be required. Theres been a 22 increase in Covid Patients in hospitals in the last week and the effects of households mixing over christmas may not be showing in those numbers yet. Heres more of what chris whitty said. If people are taking this very seriously, if they are minimising the number of individual contacts they have to the absolute minimum outside the things they have to do for work, exercise and essential things, that is the most important thing. Ina things, that is the most important thing. In a sense, tinkering with the rules may be useful, but the more important thing is that everybody abides by the spirit of the rules that are there at the moment. Ordinarily, government ministers hve been appearing on tv and radio to spread messages like this, but theres a suggestion medical voices are being used to push the narrative further. In fact, professor whitty even appeared in an ad campaign over the weekend. Covid 19, especially the new variant, is spreading quickly across the country. This puts many people at risk of serious disease and displacing a lot of pressure on our nhs. Once more, we must all stay home. And this emphasis on the messaging is connected to the statistics under the pandemic at the moment. The Health Service is close to being overwhelmed in a way that will affect the health care we all need all the time, whether you have covid oi all the time, whether you have covid or Something Else or whether you are a healthy person who is unlucky enough to get hit by a bus. The health care that is available to all of us is not the same right now. Today, pollsters yougov asked people hold they most responsible for the rise in coronavirus cases over the last month. Overwhelmingly, people blame other people. 58 of them. 28 blame the government. So is there an issue with adherence to the rules . Are uk citizens moving around more than they did in the first Strict Lockdown . Lets start by looking at the use of public transport. The black line through the middle is the pre pandemic baseline. As you can see, there was a dramatic drop off of public trans