that was political speech protected by the first amendment. and of the over 10,000 words spoken, mr. trump used the word fight a little more than a handful of times, and he didn t mean it literally. calling the trial an act of political theater, insisting trump did not direct anyone to commit lawless actions. and that those who did, did so of their own accord. whose house? our house! reporter: but more than a dozen of those charged say they were following trump s directions. like jenna ryan of texas, who told station ktvt i thought i was following my president. i thought i was following what we were called to do. reporter: tonight, trump s lawyers demanding the case be dismissed immediately, saying an impeachment trial for a former president is unconstitutional. but democrats say trump betrayed the american people while still in office. writing, he has no valid excuse or defense for his actions. and his efforts to escape accountability are entirely unavailing.
his second senate impeachment trial set to begin tomorrow. after telling his supporters to, quote, fight like hell that day, his lawyers now say he only used the word fight a handful of times and didn t mean it literally. calling this trial political theater. democrats tonight calling the former president s defense implausible. what to watch for tomorrow in this trial and we re live on the hill tonight. president biden and his $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. tonight, there is news house democrats want to add a child tax credit of up to $3,600 per child. where does the president stand on this tonight? and the white house now reacting to the congressional budget office analysis. what it says about raising the federal minimum wage to $15. what would it do to jobs, what would it do for poverty in this country? another breaking headline as we come on. the fbi and the secret service now investigating tonight the hack. who broke into a city s water plant computer system?
audio where he said, i just want to find 11,780 votes. reporter: yeah, david, it was on one of those phone calls, as you said, that trump asked the republican georgia secretary of state to find nearly 12,000 votes, to help him overturn president joe biden s victory. we know house impeachment managers are folding that into their case, but this development comes just hours before his second impeachment trial gets under way, david. all right, rachel scott live on the hill tonight. rachel, thank you. and we will have full coverage of the former president s second impeachment trial, it begins tomorrow afternoon. the trial scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. eastern. george and the team will be right here and we ll have a special edition of world news tonight following that coverage. meantime, president biden s nearly $2 trillion relief plan tonight working its way through congress and this evening, there is news, word of a proposal to send up to $3,600 per child to american families.
and rachel, tomorrow, of course, the first day of this trial and the first several hours expected to center around this debate of whether a senate trial of a former president is actually constitutional. this, of course, has never been done before, an impeachment trial of a former president, but democrats tonight are trying to make the argument that there is precedent here. reporter: yeah, david, and democrats had to go back nearly 150 years to the impeachment trial of 1876. it was held at the time for the secretary of war who had already left office. democrats say that sets precedent. but still, those house impeachment managers face a significant challenge. already, 45 republican senators have said the trial itself is unconstitutional, david. we ll be watching that right along with you, rachel. in the meantime, you are also following a breaking headline just as we re on tonight out of georgia. the secretary of state there officially launching an investigation into the former presid
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