in february, of 2021, joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand, a high crime is a felony and misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much overtime. after he s out of office, you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in january at the end of his term and just go away scot-free. the department of just
the guns, kit is greater. think about those kids practicing the speeches at home, heartbreaking pleas for change from what is now known as the lockdown generation takes us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night. for all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, see you at the end of tomorrow. the end of tomorrow the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand
keeps our democracy in place. and thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. in february of 2021 joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense and let s understand a high crime is a felony and a misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much over time. after he s out of office you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in
heard from president biden wrapping up his first speech of 2024 campaign near va valley fo, pennsylvania. he took aim at donald trump and sometimes his lack of actions that fateful day. this as we wait on supreme court and colorado springs to banff the former president trump from the ballot there. the battle for iowa, it is getting very, very nasty and an interview with ron desantis tomorrow. one of the biggest factors in the state on why he still confident that his candidate governor desantis will win. and so is investor ken fisher, predicted last year is big run up stocks when people will still running away from stocks. what is the billionaire investor see happening now? we will ask him and he s here and not leader. the teamsters boss, former president trump he just met with and who will sean o brien endorse? your world is now. boy, when it rains it pours on big news development. happy friday to you. let s go to the latest with lucas tomlinson in blue bell, pennsylvan
hello and welcome. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s start with a major story in ukraine with the authorities they are saying more than 40,000 people are at risk from flooding after that major dam in the south of the country was attacked and collapsed yesterday. we can bring you the latest on the story because in the last few minutes president putin has been discussing what has been happening in a call to the turkish president, calling the dam burst a barbaric act, kyiv s barbaric act. he has gone on to say it is a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe. he made those comments while talking to president erdogan. those comments being relayed from the kremlin. and of course it is pretty much the usual tactics from russia s president with any major situation like this, constant denial. those are the latest comments from president putin. let s get more on what we have found out and what is happening on the