Fight over ground rules. Anticipated all day tomorrow. John roberts is in switzerland to a night ahead of the president s trip. Good evening. Good morning to you from linzer heim. We got a glimpse into the defense of the president s legal team. He is going to start presenting tomorrow and a lengthy outline of their case described in the articles of impeachment as a dangerous perversion of the constitution that should be swiftly and roundly condemned. On the eve of his impeachment trial, President Trump is headed for the World Economic forum in dumbo switzerland. Taking a swipe at his nemesis tweeting, crying Chuck Schumer is asking for fairness when he and the Democratic House members Work Together to make sure i got zero fairness. What else is new . The president will be talking up american prosperity, meeting with World Leaders. In austin, texas, rally with farmers last night, he contrasted what he is doing with what democrats are trying to do. Im going to europe to talk to World Lea
Call for it. Not clear he has the votes to pass those. Lets begin on capitol hill with cnn congressional reporter lauren fox. Lauren, what are these deadlines today exactly calling for . Well, expect more back and forth between the white houses legal team and House Democrats today. Jim, the white house will have to file their own legal brief, then the House Democrats will respond to the white houses brief from saturday. So that is more legal back and forth as we head into the official start of the trial tomorrow. Here is a little bit about what you can expect. Tomorrow we expect the session to start at 1 00. Once again, youre going to see senators in their seats. This trial will begin and it will go six days a week, monday through saturday, with a break on sunday. You can also expect senators arent going to be able to have their electronics. They are not fog to going to beo talk to one another. This is a little bit of a wild west situation where we dont know how long is this trial goin
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Even though you probably look forward to it less. Congratulations and welcome. Senator coons . Judge barrett, to you and your family, welcome. Over the past weeks, ive been flooded with calls, texts, emails from delawareans, delawareans who are scared because theyre worried. Worried about their own health, the health of a parent or child, because they dont know if its safe for their kids to go to sc school, if their businesses will survive, or because theyre wondering why on earth this senate is focused on racing forward with a Supreme Court nominee but is not willing to take a vote to provide needed relief for them and their families. It is an understandable question when were in the midst of a devastating global pandemic, in which more than 210,000 americans have died, more than 7 million have been infected and have a new, preexisting condition. There were just 300,000 new cases this week. Today, more than 25 million americans are collecting
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Unacceptable. So again, we will have a thorough and independent review of exactly what happened last night. Right now, we are in the process of making sure that we get the results out. That is what we will stay focused on. Donald trump has suggested that this whole process is rigged. How do you combat that or assure the americans that it is something that we can trust the data . We have said all along, that we would make the caucuses more transparent, and this year, we are reporting out more data than we have ever reported before and in addition to that, we have paper trails that we have never had before. So we will take the time to verify the results, but the results are based off of what happened in the precincts last night. Are you feeling the pressure to step aside. When i ran for chair, i made a commitment to see the caucus process through. That is what i am working on. That is what i will continue to work on, and whatever happens that, it is to be determined. Anyway, thank you al