[ crowd chanting stop the steal ] [ crowd chanting treason ] traitor pence. Impeachment managers followed that promising to present a case to convict trump based on what they called cold hard facts. Their argument is if you commit an Impeachable Offense in your last few weeks you do it with constitutional impunity this would create a brandnew january exception to the constitution. Impeachment exists to protect the American People from officials who abuse their power who betray them. It exists for a case just like this one. The president of the United States literally incited an armed attack on the capitol by seeking to retain power by subverting an election he lost and then celebrated the attack. Perhaps most memorable as moments from today go was lead manager congressman Jamie Raskins emotional account of his own personal experience on january the 6th. My youngest daughter tabitha was there with me on wednesday, january 6th. The sound of pounding on the door like a battering ram, the most haunting sound i ever heard and i will never forget it. The kids hiding under the desk, placing what they thought were their final texts. She said, dad, i dont want to come back to the capitol. Of all the terrible, brutal things i saw and heard on that day and since then, that one hit me the hardest. That and watching someone use an american flagpole with the flag still on it to spear and pummel one of our Police Officers ruthlessly, mercilessly, tortured by a pole with a flag on it that he was defending with his very life. It was then trumps lawyers turn to speak before the senate, and as youll hear in detail later on in the broadcast, it did not go well. While they never argued that their client was innocent, his two Defense Attorneys eventually got around to arguing the impeachment trial is largely politically motivated and, therefore, unconstitutional. Lets understand why we are really here. We are really here because the majority in the house of representatives does not want to face donald trump as a political rival in the future. Anyone truly interested in real accountability for what happened at the capitol on july 6 january 6 would, of course, insist on waiting for a full investigation. Any civil officer who ever dares to want to serve his or her country must know that they will be subject to impeachment 46 long after their service in office has ended. This is nothing less than the politicalization of the impeachment process. The text of the United States constitution, therefore, does not vest the senate with the power to try him. They also offered their own video compilation, but theirs was set to ominous music, and it features House Democrats asking trump to be removed from office. I rise today, mr. Speaker, to call for the impeachment of the president of the United States of america. I continue to say, impeach him impeach 45 impeach 45 so were calling upon the house to begin impeachment hearings immediately. On the impeachment of donald trump, would you vote yes or no . I would vote yes. I would vote yes. Were going to go in there and were going to impeach the [ bleep ]. The former president is said to have been, lets call it less than pleased with his lawyers performance, which means he was watching on television. According to politico, trump grew increasingly frustrated with the sharp contrast between their muted response and the prosecutions opening salvo. The New York Times reports that one person familiar with President Trumps reaction said on a scale of 1 to 10 of trumps anger, trump was an 8. Six republican senators joined all 50 of the democrats, and today they included senator bill cassidy of louisiana, a republican newly reelected who last month had voted to end the trial saying its unconstitutional. The house managers were focused, they were organized. They made a compelling argument. President trumps team were disorganized. They did everything they could but to talk about the question at hand, and when they talked about it, they kind of glided over it almost as if they were embarrassed of their arguments. Now, im an impartial juror, and one side is doing a great job, and the other side is doing a terrible job. On the issue at hand, as an impartial juror, im going to vote for the side that does a good job. Meanwhile, theres this, brand new in the last few minutes. Bloomberg has new reporting on Mitch Mcconnells thinking about this trial. The Senate Minority leader is said to be, quote, signaling to fellow republicans that the final vote on Donald Trumps impeachment is a matter of conscience, imagine that. And that senators who disputed the constitutionality of the trial todays vote could still vote to convict the former president. Mcconnell has also suggested that he hasnt made up his mind how hell vote. Today the Kentucky Republican voted to declare the entire thing unconstitutional. The current president , for his part, spent his day trying to gather more support for his massive Coronavirus Relief bill. Biden met with several ceos to pitch his nearly 2 trillion plan. Of course, there was no escaping what was taking place across town on capitol hill. Reporter are you going to watch the trial . I am not. Look, i told you before. I have a job. Weve already lost over 450,000 people. Were going to lose a whole lot more if we dont act and act decisively and quickly. A lot of children are going to bed hungry, a lot of families are food insecure. Theyre in trouble. Thats my job. The senate has their job. Theyre about to begin it. Im sure theyre going to conduct themselves well, and thats all im going to have to say about impeachment. With that, lets bring in our leadoff guests on this tuesday night, a celebrated professor, a celebrated journalist, and a celebrated historian. Melissa murray, shes an nyu law professor who clerked for Sonia Sotomayor on the u. S. Court of appeals. Peter baker, chief White House Correspondent for the New York Times. Hes among the coauthors of the book we turn to every year or so around here, impeachment in american history. And the author, president ial historian and twitter humorist, michael beschloss, his latest work clearly visible on so many of the shelves just behind so many of our guests is president s of war. Its there for good reason. Peter, i would like to begin with your beat. A dry transcript of a phone call to ukraine, this is not. This was a national emergency. We all lived through this. This is, as has been said during all the day today, one of those rare events that seems to grow in importance and emotional heft the further away we get from it and look back on what happened 6 january. Does this have the capacity, peter, conviction or acquittal, to be more damaging to whats left of the trump name than that first impeachment . Well, i think its a broader look at the Trump Presidency as a whole than the impeachment trial that we had last year. Impeachment managers last year, the House Democrats decided to charge President Trump on the ukraine pressure scheme. Deliberately decided to keep their case narrow and specific to one instance they thought was move provable rather than the president s issues the last four years have raised. Today you saw the exact opposite. You saw a trial going to the heart of the presidency, because it raises so many issues of concern in the last four years, his assault on the truth, his undermining of democratic institutions, his shattering of norms. And obviously, i think, the results may, in fact, be preordained. We saw a vote today where 44 republicans said the trial is not even constitutional, so it may not be very suspenseful in the end. But i think over the next few days and this next week, youre going to see the larger issues that the Trump Presidency has raised put on display for the American People, and vivid relief in a way that last years rather abstract trial may not have been quite so compelling. Professor, in light of the news about mcconnell tonight, republicans on the hill are no doubt googling the word conscience and see what that might mean for their vote. That will be interesting, but be that as it may, as you watched today, are we correct in saying that democrats were appealing to a wider audience, and the lawyers for trump, perhaps, were appealing to the room . Undoubtedly, brian. What happened here today was that you had the American People assemble around their tv sets. You had the congress all looking forward at this. It was the widest audience they possibly could have had, so they pressed their case. They actually made their substantive case even though the issue to be debated was a narrow issue of procedure, whether the senate even had the authority to try a former president under an article of impeachment. But they brought the whole case today because the world was watching. And its a foregone conclusion that this will likely end in an acquittal for the former president , but, again, they are making a case for the American People, to the American People, and theyre underscoring that this president , during his time in office, was capable of incredible violence inciting, incredible violence, and if hes allowed to return to office, that this may again be the situation that we find ourselves in. So this is an argument for the ages, not just for this particular senate. Michael beschloss, given your passion and lifes work, you were floored and staggered along with the rest of us by what happened on january 6th. Reading you today, you were floored by today for a whole set of different reasons. Go into some detail for us. Well, starting with those lawyers, you and i had a great friend named jack pelante who was a great speechwriter for lyndon johnson. He once told me a story about johnson spent a couple days with a norwegian king who was not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and johnson, as you and i know, was a very smart man and impatient. Final almost pushed the king on to the helicopter and he said, boy, i knew they made dumb kings, i just never knew they made kings that dumb. It was like watching those lawyers today. I knew they made bad president ial legal representatives, i never knew they made two of them this incompetent. These were probably the two most incompetent legal representatives of a president in modern history. And, peter baker, to that very point, it was indeed like that best mans speech at a wedding that goes south, and you quickly show renewed interest in your shoe and sock choice for the reception. But this was writ large. These may be the last two lawyers this former president can find to represent him. Its not like Kirkland Ellis came to him and said, pick out whoever you would like. All these lawyers need to work in the future. So your colleague, Maggie Haberman, among others tonight, reporting audible ranting out of maralago. Is that just frustration, do you think . Well, look, youre right, this is not the ateam the president had before. He had the previous legal team, the ateam, the one that defended him in last years trial are not returning for the sequel. Another team he hired that was supposed to represent him this week bowed out because they had differences of opinion about the way it should be presented. And these lawyers were found in just the last few days. They may be excellent lawyers. They may have a better day ahead of them tomorrow but they did not make a lot of friends in that chamber today. They didnt impress a lot of people. In maralago, youre right, my colleague Maggie Haberman said the former president s advisers tried to keep him away from the television so he wouldnt actually see the performance, but he obviously caught enough of it to have a strong and visceral reaction to it. Among other things, he didnt like that bruce castor said specifically the managers did a good job with their presentation, and the president did, in fact, lose the election in november that the president continues to claim he didnt lose. There is speculation whether this team will even last out the trial. Its a good question because theres not a lot of backups waiting in the wings. But its a tough start for them, and they have obviously a few days to get their case together before theyll have to present it on the senate floor to these 100 jurors. Professor, i want to read you something that was read on the floor of the senate today. This is trumps tweet from the end of the day, january 6th. And like all of them, this reads somewhat like a collection of refrigerator magnets. But youll see the point here. These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously and viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly and unfairly treated for so long. Theres a period. Go home with love and in peace. Remember this day forever. Professor, i ask you this because trumps lawyers are falling all over themselves telling journalists like the Washington Post how horriied he was on the inside in the west wing where no one could see him on that day. Talk to us from your lifes work about state of mind. Will it be critical to the democratic managers case and should it be . Well, its certainly critical if youre in an ordinary court of law and this were an ordinary criminal trial where you are trying to determine whether the defendant had actually incited violence with his words. Whether the words were meant to be figurative or just simply literal, its something that would be very important, and what that person did afterwards would certainly be material. Again, this isnt an ordinary criminal trial. Acquittal is all but assured, and thats because the jurors, who are also witnesses, have their own views about what happened here, have their own views about what happened with the president over the course of the last four years, and it will all come down to whether or not theyre satisfied that the house managers have made their case for convicting the former president. Thats a much broader standard. So, yes, it would ordinarily be incredibly relevant. It may just be more political theater in this particular impeachment trial. And, michael beschloss, finally, we watched 44 republicans take the dive today. If republicans further cant find any courage at the senate gift shop, if this thing goes down, if fear of maralago ends up carrying the day, what will we have gained or lost, what will we have learned . And im speaking specifically about the writing you did today about the lessons from Jefferson Davis. Well, exactly right, brian. 160 years ago today, Jefferson Davis was chosen as the president of the socalled confederate state of america, and his mission was to start an insurrection against the United States so that the south could be an independent slaveloving republic forever. We fought a tragic civil war for four years. We defeated the south, we the north and Jefferson Davis, he was imprisoned for a couple of years and never was put on trial. The result was that he said for the rest of his life, the south never won the war. We were able to have won. It sounds like donald trump. We need to never see again what we saw on january 6th. Donald trump has taken a sledgehammer to institutions of democracy, rule of law, other traditions. Congress now owes it to us to create ways to make sure that that doesnt happen again. The first thing they can do, and this includes especially republican senators, is to vote for conviction and say, here a president tried to steal our democracy on the 6th of january. He tried to suspend a president ial election. He told demonstrators to go invade the capitol and attack the congress and maybe kill leaders of congress. It could lead to that or have a hostage crisis. This is what our president was able to do. Weve got to stop that, make sure that no president in the future who wants to hold on to a second term that he or she has not been elected to can do this again. If these republican senators vote against conviction, they will be doing what theyve done for the last four years, which is to empower donald trump, empower future tyrants who might become president and put all of us and our children in danger. I think it is very obvious. And very ominous. I think i speak for our audience from a learned man just continues to take your breath away. I cant thank our big three after the day we spent watching. I thank professor melissa murray, peter baker, michael beschloss, thank you all so much. Coming up for us, whats next for the democrats making their case . Ill talk to an eyewitness of the insurrection who happens to be a former house manager himself. And later, why some are saying todays vote in the senate shows the Republican Party is now Something Else entirely. Under new management with its members overcome by fear of a florida man. Ill ask my guest if its broken beyond repair. 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Trumps lawyer went on to accuse Democratic House managers of treating the attack on the capitol, quote, as if it were some sort of blood sport. We are joined by congressman jason crow, democrat of the state of colorado. He served as one of the house impeachment managers during the first goround. During the insurrection he was captured in a now iconic photo sheltering in the gallery with some of his fellow members of congress as rioters bore down on the house chamber. He is an attorney by training, an army ranger, a bronze star recipient and a veteran of three tours in americas two ongoing overseas wars. Congressman, thats where i want to start. If your instructors at Ranger School did their job, your pulse came down as other pulses rose on that day. You saw this trauma through your lens. We civilians saw it our way, but are we united in believing that this is that one event that seems to worsen the longer we get away from it and the showings of what happened on that day as the managers showed today . Good evening, brian. Thanks for having me on. So youre right that it was trauma, and i did view that through my former army ranger lens, unfortunately, but not before calling my wife and telling her that i loved her and telling her to tell the kids that i love them. And certainly not without fear and anxiety because the bottom line is trauma affects everybody. It affects everybody differently and it affects everybody on a different timeline. Its really important that people get the help they need and that we destigmatize that and ive been working with my colleagues and capitol Police Officers and others to get them the help that they need. But, yes, this was a crime. A Police Officer was murdered, over 140 were brutally beaten. People that were in that riot, those domestic terrorists were trying to kill our members of congress. This is a crime against democracy and against the u. S. Capitol. I want to show you some snippets of a point the managers today made very forcefully about walling off the month of january and how that makes folly of the argument that this is somehow unconstitutional. The january exception is an invitation to our founders worst nightmare. There is no january exception to the impeachment power. Its no wonder that President Trump would rather talk about jurisdiction and a supposed january exception rather than talk about what happened on january 6th. So, congressman, in other words, wouldnt it get out among current and former president s, hey, put off anything bad you want to do till your last month in office, because its free. They dont nick you for any of that. I would say its even worse than that, brian. Its not just a december exception or a january exception. What is on trial here are our norms as a nation. What we will accept as a normal behavior and rhetoric in our politics, in our civil discourse, whether we will sit back and say that a president can do anything he or she wants, can incite an insurrection, can commit numerous crimes, and whether we will turn our back on it and walk away because some folks think we have to move on rather than addressing those crimes. We are fighting for the norms of our nation, and, of course, there is no january exception, there is no december exception, but there is no exception at all to behavior of this nature and a president committing crimes like this against a democracy. The final question has to do with the breaking news just before we went on the air, this quote from Mitch Mcconnell that hes going to tell his membership despite having voted against it today to vote their conscience when the time comes. I know its another chamber. Do you take him at his word, or is this the old campaigner being crafty with the english language again . Well, were going to see, brian. Right . Ive learned in my short career in politics that at the end of the day, it matters how somebody votes, right . What they do when they cast that vote. It is a vote of conscience, its a vote of morality, its a vote regarding the rule of law, and i have always said that today is a good day to do the right thing, and tomorrow will be, too. Right . And regardless whether those individuals have upheld their oath in the past, i am an eternal optimist, and i think the people will continue to have an opportunity to do the right thing. But we have our oath, too. We have a duty, and our duty doesnt depend on their duty. There is nothing in my oath of office that says that it only is effective if other people fulfill their oath. We have our duty. We will do it. Well get our job done knowing we have fulfilled our duty. A whole lot of your colleagues were thankful on january 6th for your training as an airborne ranger. Congressman, thank you for making time for our broadcast tonight. We greatly appreciate it. Jason crow of the state of colorado. Coming up, our next guests say arguments today varied from powerful to political to straight up posturing, finally to pathetic. Where the second impeachment trial just might go from here, when we come back. Cyber attacks are relentlessly advancing. To end them, cybereason built a Cyber Security solution so advanced. It can end attacks today on computers, mobile devices, servers and the cloud. And deliver futureready protection, keeping you sharp for tomorrow. Join us, the defenders, in our mission. Cybereason. End cyber attacks. From endpoints to everywhere. As we mentioned, donald trump was reportedly furious with the performance of bruce castor especially during todays impeachment trial. Our next guest says castor is a disaster artist, adding it is one of the worst presentations he has ever seen. Here is just some of what we heard from trumps attorney today. I am the lead prosecutor, elite counsel for the 45th president of the United States. I keep saying prosecutor, but i do understand the difference, mr. Raskin. Senators of the United States, theyre not ordinary people. There isnt a member in this room who has not used the term, i represent the great state of fill in the blank. Representative soandso seeks to walk back comments about i forget what it was nebraska youre going to hear is quite a judicialthinking place. We still know what records are, right . On the thing you put the needle down on and you play it. I worked in this building 40 years ago. I got lost then, and i still do. Ill be quite frank with you. We changed what we were going to do on account that we thought that the house managers presentation was well done. I would never have guessed that last part. And on this night of all nights were so happy to have these two friends back with us. Eugene robinson, pulitzer prizewinning columnist for the Washington Post and tim miller, contributor to the bulwark and former Communications Director for jeb bush. Tim, im going to keep going on his comments. Tim, you say this about mr. Castor. On style he was akin to a checkedout, tenured College Professor who did no preparation for a lecture that had been designed by his t. A. His manner was listless and utterly devoid of charismahalting mumblecore, with castor frequently pausing for applause. There was none. He would have had more gravitas had he been replaced with the filter of a regal kitten. Go ahead and steal our closing story for me. You know, it did strike strike me as i said to one of our first guest, tim, maybe they checked all the traffic courts. Theres still barnes who they could have hired, though they got 44 votes. If they had had earl warren, would it have made a difference in that chamber where so many minds are made up . Look, brian, i dont think this is a persuadable jury pool to say the least. I think it was a testament to just how poor of a job mr. Castor did that one of the republicans actually flipped. Senator cassidy of louisiana basically saying that castor was so bad, he had no choice but to vote against him and the rest of the president s legal team when it comes to the matter of whether or not this is constitutional, especially in contrast to a really great presentation by the democrats, particularly by the rep from colorado. Look, i dont expect, you know, to your last segment that there will be too many more moments of conscience, but the president is not sending his best. And the presentation by the democrats was moving. I expect them in 16 hours to the extent they use them in the coming days to be compelling. Maybe they can drag one or two of these folks across the line just because they feel so ashamed by the president s actions and by how poor his legal team is. Eugene, lets talk about this quote from mcconnell thats making news tonight that hes going to tell his members, having voted against this today, that it should happen at all, to go ahead and vote their conscience. Lets take my favorite, rob portman of ohio. He voted no today. Does conscience mean that he starts hearing polling coming in from maybe big city newspapers or websites, cleveland, cincinnati, toledo, dayton that maybe there is a growing public reaction against donald trump, having forgotten his conscience on subjects like ukraine, russia, former soviet union . He never met them for four years of donald trump. Is that what conscience may mean in this case . Im not quite sure, because, you know, it is true, brian, that to vote your conscience, you have to have one first, and so it hasnt been apparent that most republicans do, in fact, have consciences, and maybe what they would interpret as conscience is public opinion. But, you know, and public opinion, i think they will find, especially among people who paid attention today is going to be increasingly in the opposite direction from the way 44 of them voted. But the public opinion, of course, they care most about is republican primary voters, and i dont know that there is any indication that they changed their minds today. Well have to see. I mean, the contrast between the performances could not have been greater, but you dont have to be jack mccoy to read this jury and what they did today, what 44 of them did today. It was equivalent of jury nullification, right . The prosecution proved its case and they voted, you know, not to have the trial anyhow. And youve got to say that is probably the likeliest outcome at the end of the trial, but, of course, lets see what happens. Lets see what happens. All right. Im going to take eugenes advice. Were going to see what happens, and luckily for us, both of these gentlemen have agreed to stay with us while we fit in a commercial break. Coming up, after a good day for their side, the tough road ahead for these house managers in search of a conviction. These folks, they dont have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps. Com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the services of the post office plus ups only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again. Why did you think that trumps defense team did a terrible job . Did you listen to it . I did. Okay then it speaks for itself. I took notes. I always take notes. But at one point i leaned over to cruz, and i said, cruz, are they getting to the point . And he said, not now. And im thinking maybe im missing something. If im there as an impartial juror respecting my oath of office to uphold the constitution of the United States and one side makes the argument and the other side does everything but make the argument then to live with myself i vote for the other way. More from senator bill cassidy who was the only republican to change his vote today, switch over and say the trial should proceed. Still here with us, Eugene Robinson and tim miller. First up, tim, cleanup, aisle one, selino survives. Its now the selino law firm. We lost counselor barnes in a plane crash a few months back. Point 2. They have six, they need 17. Senator cassidy invoked the name of ted cruz. Heres ted cruz from tonight. This is political theater because rather than address the real problems, the real challenges we have in this country, rather than focus on getting kids back in school and getting tens of millions of americans back to work, the democrats want a week of just political theater raging at donald trump. So, tim, you lost ted cruz. Remember, his name was used among the rioters as they were looting the desks. We heard it on video. I presume the managers will air it further. Do you think there is movement from 6 to 17 . Do you think its a mathematical possibility knowing this group as you do . Look, i think its a mathematical possibility. I dont think its going to happen. I wouldnt put any money on it. I mean, these are a bunch of pathetic cowards. I mean, for ted cruz to pretend like the senate should be caring more about covid, something that the Republican Senate did nothing about for the last nine months of the president s term when the republicans were the majority, where ted cruz himself said covid was just going to disappear after the election, because it was a hoax being perpetrated by the media, now he cares about it all of a sudden because he doesnt want to talk about impeachment. They all went on a twoweek vacation after the insurgency. If they really cared about urgency, they could have done something then. But i will say this to the democrats. The fact that cassidy changed, i think, should be taken as a lesson that they should make the best possible case and shame these guys and try to pressure them and try to get more people to come over and change their minds, because it is possible. I mean, one person changed today. It is possible. I think they should continue to pressure donald trump to testify. They should bring witnesses, which i think theyre wavering on right now and present the best possible case. And who knows, maybe you can bring a couple more across the line. I think 17 is wishful thinking, but its worth pretending that the jury is not nullified, as eugene said earlier. Eugene, a lot of whataboutism tonight on fox news. I looked over at one point and saw flames from minneapolis, flames from American Cities during the blm protests this past summer. Tell the good folks watching why such comparisons are flawed. Well, because they didnt involve the president of the United States assembling a mob in the nations capitol and riling it up, whipping it into a frenzy, and then sending them off to sack the capitol in order to stop the congress from performing its constitutional duty to certify the result of the election, therefore, trying to stage what would amount to a kind of coup detat. I mean, thats why. Thats kind of a special case. Thats different from black lives matterinspired protests in minneapolis. Well, you put it that way, it sounds serious. Gene robinson, tim miller, this is why we invite these gentlemen on to talk to us, especially given the day weve had. Gentlemen, thank you both so much. Another break for us tonight, and coming up, dont look now. Tax season is upon us. The pandemic could make this yearly task even more arduous than usual. We have a report tonight on stuff you need to know in this pandemic year, when we come back. he who is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. Take fuzzywuzzy28. Blamin losses on a laggy network. Only one or two. Verizon 5g ultra wideband is here, the fastest 5g in the world, with ultra. Low. Lag stop blaming the network and start becoming the best gamers in the ga that escalated quickly. sam 5g ultra wideband, now in parts of many cities. This is 5g built right. Only from verizon. And now, a reminder that life marches on. You know what they say about death and taxes. Tax season is almost upon us and its not like the government has decided that during an uncontrolled pandemic, lets give folks a break. For some american taxpayers, the reality will be quite the opposite, in fact, if the pandemic has changed the way you work or its location, it may also change the taxes you owe. We get the story tonight from our Senior Business correspondent stephanie rhule. Reporter after two years in san francisco, rachel meyer moved back east to be closer to family in new york. The one thing that didnt cross her mind when packing up, her taxes. I am feeling a little bit nervous, just because i do have to take an extra step. Its moving state from state, its not something ive had to deal with previously with my taxes. Reporter shes one of the nearly 16 Million People that filed for an address change during the pandemic. If you kept your job but moved during the pandemic, could you be on the hook to pay more taxes . Absolutely. Maybe even taxes in more than one state. Reporter a lot depends on which states youve lived and worked in. And how long you were there. 24 states expect you to pay if youve worked there as a nonresident even for a day. In seven states, owing is based on wages. Though some are making exceptions during the pandemic, and others have agreements about living in one state and working in another. And what about your home office . Unfortunately, as an employee, the you cannot get a Tax Deduction for the items you use. Reporter the bottom line, if your home became your office or you moved to a new state, think about hiring an accountant this year. A cost that may end up saving you a lot in the long run. Stephanie rhule, nbc news, new york. And coming up for us, on top of Everything Else that we witnessed today, put the social in social media. Last thing before we go tonight, actually a couple of things. Two stories, one serious, one not, both of them briefly blew up the internet and social media today starting with this, trump attorney david schoen, who during his long presentation paused several times to take a drink of water and each time put his hand over the top of his head. And after the first couple of times, thats when viewers started to chime in, as they do. Those not in the know had a number of crazy theories and voiced them. Thats when veteran Attorney Daniel goldman, who was part of our onair coverage, finally took to twitter to explain the situation and calm everyone down. Mr. Schoen is an observant jew who must cover his head when he takes a sip of water and quietly says a blessing. Since he is not wearing a kippah, yam ka, he therefore covers his head with his hand. Once that was solved, the conversation quickly returned to a takedown of his actual lawyering. The other talked about story of the day is what were about to show you. A Court Hearing with a district judge in texas. Along with two lawyers, well, one lawyer that were sure of and a talking cat. I believe you have a filter turned on in the video settings. You might want to oh, were trying can you hear me, judge . I can hear you, i think its a filter. It is and i dont know how to remove it, ive got my assistant here, shes trying to, but im prepared to go forward with it. Im here live, im not a cat. I can i can see that. And with that, im not a cat was launched as a meme that well all be sick of by tomorrow. And by the way, wellplayed, cats across america. We know this is your least favorite time of year, what, with all the hubbub over the puppy bowl, then the bidens move into the white house with two dogs and a vague promise of a cat to be named later. But for now, enjoy the spotlight for as long as it lasts. Thats our broadcast for this tuesday night. Our thanks for spending this time with us after the day weve had. On behalf of all my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night. Tonight, on all in what our country experienced that day is the nightmare come to life. The second impeachment trial of donald trump is under way. Their argument is if you commit an Impeachable Offense in your last few weeks in office you do it with constitutional impunity. Tonight we will replay in full the jaw dropping 13minute documentary evidence video submitted by the democrats. We know then, the expresident s lawyers forced to scramble their defense. Ill be quite frank with you