Brief so a lot more to come on that front. Also on capitol hill, democrats are moving ready to move ahead with the 1. 9 Trillion Covid Relief Package with or without republicans. President biden sat down with a group of republican senators last night for two hours to break the ice it appears on a potential bipartisan agreement. You see video from the Photo Opportunity in the oval office right there. But both sides level the room saying there wasnt a deal and no clear path really to what happens next. At the very same time, President Biden is pushing ahead today with more Executive Orders focusing this afternoon on reversing some trump era Immigration Policies. Well have more on that In A Momentch but let us start with the Impeachment Trial and donald trump and the breaking news coming from capitol hill. Manu raju has been combing through this brief, coming from the house Impeachment Managers and joining us right now. Manu, what is the case that theyre laying out against donald trump .
Days leading up to the maga invasion at the capital. The basis of the president s second Impeachment Trial starting next week. The genesis of the siege, revealing it wasnt an up rising but a coordinated campaign by the former president and his allies. That was rooted in a lie that was so convincing to some of his most devoted followers it made the assault on the capitol almost inevitable. And a growing list of people and organizations involved in planning, promoting and financing the rallies that precipitated the insurrection. Alex jones, ali alexander, the pilly gee, mike lindell, and people who have been in the Republican Party, and establishment groups like the republican attorneys general association. The heiress to the publix supermarket fortune. Her money paid for the lions share of the 500,000 at the ellipse where the former president spoke. Before they converged on washington, all the forces rallied around a single goal of stopping the socalled steal. And the times reveal, some
House correspondent, Weekend Today cohost Peter Alexander, Garrett Haake on capitol hill, brendan buck, former Senior Adviser to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and former Maryland Democratic congresswoman Debra Everets and former senator claire mccaskill. Peter first to you. Lets start with the covid Relief Package. The white house releasing a statement after that monday meaning with republicans saying the president is open to reconciliation, but the republicans are in the conversation. So where do we stand . Are democrats on the Progressive Side getting nervous hell compromise too much, or are all saying hell go big even if it means going it alone . Reporter when everybody was said and done last night, it was clear President Biden, this white house wasnt really giving much ground here. They say that the meeting was substantive and productive but at the end of the day he said they had to meet this moment. The decision is whether to go big and go it alone or scale back this
Once they walk out. Well have live coverage of that, get their read on how it went. Even before the meeting going to started Congressional Democrats took a first step setting up a process that would allow them to approve covid relief without, repeat without, republican votes. Also breaking right now, new details emerging about the case against former President Trump that will be made during had his Impeachment Trial next week. Were told House Democrats plan to accuse him of intentionally inciting rioters with a months long effort to subvert the will of the american voters. This, as divided republicans grapple with the future of the gop after trump and just ahead of a Critical Party Meeting from the House Republican leadership on wednesday. Lets go straight to the white house right now. Our chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins is joining us right now. President bidens goal of Passing Covid relief with bipartisan support is facing a huge test right now. Reporter it certainly i
Committee, as the former president himself spells out clearly in his own words just how far he was willing to go to stay in power. And ahead, the socalled Teacher Loyalty Law proposed in New Hampshire, aiming to bar educators from reaching the u. S. Was founded on racism. And more than a dozen historically black colleges and universities reporting bomb threats. Former head coach of the dolphins and brian flores filing a lawsuit against the dolphins and two other teams alleging Racial Discrimination allegations, bob costas is going to join me straight ahead. And abc has suspended Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks in the week of her comments on the view claiming the holocaust was not about race. And the president of abc says i have asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments. More about that in the next hour. I want to bring in stewart stevens, Senior Adviser to the lincoln project, and elliott williams. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us on a ver