Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, January 11th, and this is your FT news briefing.

Social media companies are uniting against Donald Trump after his supporters attacked the U.S. capital.

Renters fleeing U.S. cities dent the mortgage-backed bond market.

And the EU locks up an investment deal with China, but will it sit well with the US?

Plus the Consumer Electronics Show kicks off today

and it's all virtual.

I'm Mark Filipino, here's the news you need to start your day. This week the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on impeaching President Trump for a second time.

This time around is for inciting last week's insurrection at the Capitol.

Democrats want to push through the process with just nine days left in Trump's term.

Several Republicans in the US Senate, where the impeachment trial would be held, are pushing back.

So Congress is still divided over what to do with Trump, but tech companies are more united.

Twitter has permanently suspended Donald Trump's account.

Facebook has banned Trump from posting on his platform until at least the end of his administration,

Snapchat locked Trump's account and other sites announced Bands 2.

The top App Stores, Apple and Google and Amazon's web hosting service, kicked out parlor.

That's the social media app that's

popular with far right users. Here to talk about this more is Hannah Murphy. She

covers social media for the F.T.

Hannah Donald Trump's been inflammatory on social media throughout his presidency,

and, you know, frankly, even before his presidency, why are social media companies only taking this decisive action now?

So look, you're right that the president has sort of repeatedly pushed the boundaries of the

platforms tolerance and this has in the past sparked warnings that violence could be a result. But the platforms have been reticent to act.

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