Impeachment trial – live: Trump poured ‘kerosene on the flames’ as Pence family fled for lives, Democrats say

Fox News has been accused of cutting away from its coverage of the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump as shocking new security camera footage of the Capitol riot was presented by House Democrats on Wednesday.

Justin Baragona, a contributing editor to The Daily Beast, noticed Fox News cutaway from the proceedings as California congressman Eric Swalwell began to introduce the shocking Capitol riot footage — instead playing The Five, a talk show.

Joe Sommerlad has the latest:

Donald Trump has reportedly still not expressed a shred of remorse for the siege at the Capitol on 6 January.

When asked by CNN on Wednesday if the former president has shown contrition for the riots, a source close to Mr Trump laughed and said there is no greater offence to him than saying “sorry”.

James Crump reports.

Republican senators were reportedly no closer to convicting former President Trump on Wednesday, despite a slew of unseen harrowing video footage showing their colleagues bolt from the mob that descended on the Capitol on January 6.

The Democrats need 17 Republicans to back them if they are going to convict Mr Trump of the charge of "incitement of insurrection."

However, in what was always going to be an uphill battle, Democrats will be disheartened by comments from prominent Republicans after the impeachment managers' presentation.

Sen. Lindsey Graham told CNN: "I think there's more votes for acquittal after today than there was yesterday."

And Senator Mike Braun said the evidence was "riveting," but when asked if it had changed his opinion, he said, "When you think the process is flawed in the first place, I think it's going to be different to arrive at a conclusion on the facts and the merits itself."

Some Republican senators are reportedly not finding the impeachment trial of Donald Trump very interesting and have been spotted doodling and napping while being presented with evidence from Democrats.

CNN reporter Manu Raju said that Rand Paul was "doodling squiggly lines on a white pad of paper", while NBC News' Kasie Hunt reportedly said that Mike Braun, an Indiana Republican, appeared to fall asleep at certain points.

Louise Hall has all the details.

Donald Trump has reportedly still not healed the rift with his once-loyal deputy Mike Pence. The relationship between the duo fractured after Mr Pence refused to support the former president's baseless accusations of electoral fraud.

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In the video shown to senators on Wednesday Mr Romney was led away to safety by police officer Eugene Goodman, who also drove the mob back as it descended on the Capitol building on January 6.

"I was very fortunate indeed that officer Goodman was there to get me in the right direction," Mr Romney told reporters on Wednesday.

The new video was shown by the House impeachment managers for the first time, and it showed officer Goodman running as the mob entered the Capitol.

He stopped when he came across Mr Romney and redirected him to another area, before moving to the first floor where he confronted the rioters. 

Stuti Mishra reports.

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he was issuing an executive order that will prevent Myanmar's generals from accessing $1 billion in assets in the United States, and promised more measures.

Days of demonstrations have swept the country after the military coup that took place on February 1 in which leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained. Mr Biden said his actions were aimed at freezing US assets that benefit Myanmar's military leaders while maintaining support for health care programs, civil society groups and other areas.

“We’re also going to impose strong exports controls. We’re freezing US assets that benefit the Burmese government, while maintaining our support for health care, civil society groups, and other areas that benefit the people of Burma directly,” Mr Biden said at the White House.

The US already has sanctions in place against some Myanmar military leaders over the killings and persecution of minority Rohingya Muslims.

Some Republicans are so fuming at the behaviour of former president Donald Trump that they are considering forming a new breakaway political party.

The ideology of the new centre-right party would reportedly revolve around "principled conservatism" and treasure ideas that have been "trashed by Trump" during his time in office.

Stuti Mishra has all the details.

The searing images once again claimed centre stage: a mob storming the US Capitol, Trump flags held aloft as violent rioters fought with police and targeted lawmakers.

But as the traumatic video footage from Jan. 6 grips viewers of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, there is one place where, publicly, the trial is being studiously ignored: the White House.

President Joe Biden stressed to reporters in advance that he would not be watching the proceedings and his team's message is clear: Their focus is on the business of governing and not the historic events unfolding at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki has dodged question after question about the trial, declining to offer Mr Biden's opinion on the proceedings.

And Mr Biden's calendar this week is meant as counter-programming to the trial: events focused on getting aid to those suffering amid the COVID-19 pandemic and bolstering vaccine distribution to control the virus.

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Minutes before Mike was being ushered out of the Senate chamber, narrowly escaping a mob that wanted to “hang” him, Donald tweeted that the former vice president did not have the “courage” to agree to his demand of stopping the certification of Joe Biden's presidential victory.

"Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!", Mr Trump said.

Namita Singh reports