Overseas at a time when most of his staff members, i think just wanted him distracted to get him out of the white house, to get him away from the pressure of washington, d. C. , but these foreign trips usually have not gone well. This morning we have him actually just quoting data well, hes reading a script, very carefully. Reading a script carefully. Talking about how good the u. S. Economy is. So and there are some numbers that are really, really well. We are in the middle of a tenyear, right now, recovery, and the numbers just keep Getting Better for our economy, but for President Trump yeah. And this impeachment, the numbers actually are staying the same, or actually getting worse. We got this new poll coming out that out this morning that were going to talk about. Oh. That actually shows still the majority of americans think not only should he be impeached but believe the president of the United States should be removed from office. Thats something that did not happen for years wi
The evidence is less available, the evidence is given in the wee hours of the morning and may never be produced at all. It is a cover up. It is a National Disgrace. So schumer will offer amendments today demanding witnesses and documents and we will speak to him live in just minutes. Take a look at this new cnn national poll, it shows a majority of americans including a plurality of republicans want to hear from new witnesses in the senate trial. But thats not stopping the president s lawyers and allies in the senate from trying to stop former National Security adviser john bolton from testifying in public. Joining us now cnn political analyst maggie haberman, a White House Correspondent for the New York Times and cnn political commentator who worked for president clinton and had a front row seat to impeachment. Maggie, i want to start with what we will see today, a fight over the process which we just learned from Mitch Mcconnell last night, a process which accelerates fast tracks thi
People are scared. Live from studio 6a in rockefeller plaza, all in starts right now. Hello, everybody. Cheering and applause] how are we doing . Good to see you. Good to see you at home. Thank you. Great to be back here in 30 rock for another historic week. For just the third time in u. S. History, a Senate Impeachment trial of a sitting president has begun. Chief justice john roberts, who will preside over the trial of donald trump, he was sworn in yesterday. You may have watched it. All of the senators got to sign the little book, which seems like a yearbook ritual or something. They had to pledge that they will be impartial. Theyre now sitting at impartial jurors. The beginning of the trial comes after basically a monthlong pause was put on the process engineered by speaker of the house nancy pelosi. Remember, the house voted to impeach donald trump for abuse of power and obstruction of congress way back on december 18th, and then Speaker Pelosi basically said, im not sending them
Time teethered to a second article was approved by a vote of 2711 and 2810 respectively. The second article of impeachment alleged unlawful use of the cia and its resources including covert activity in the United States and interference with the Law Enforcement actions of the fbi. The crimes alleged were serious involving unlawful electronic surveillance of a opposing political party, attempts to alter testimony under oath. Six Republican House Committee Members joined all 21 democrats in supporting those two articles. My congressman was among those six house members. Another one of the six was a young congressman who maine who later became a member of this body serving with distinction as a senator and as bill clintons secretary of defense. That was bill cohen. A third of the six was representati representative caldwell butler. Together these six republicans made history. They did so with no sense of triumph and no fist bumps but only in the words of my congressmen with deep reluctanc
Highlights for you right here. The senate will now hear you. Reporter the democrats began to prosecute their case against President Trump today by using his own words to try to incriminate him. Just as he solicited help in 2016, he also solicited help from russia. Russia, if you are listening, i hope that you are able to find the 30,000 emails are missing. There no question that President Trump intended impressing the ukraine leader to look into his political rival. They should investigate the biden, and by the way, likewise, china should start an investigation into the bidens. Reporter the president appeared to be tuning in aboard air force one tweeting no pressure. Impeachment leader adam shave opened with marathon remarks of 2 20 without a break. That concludes the opening arguments. Reporter and he says that President Trump abused his power and obstructed congress. This lawless and unabound to the constitution, and the oath of office must be removed from that office. Reporter democ