Im ready. I mean, i think that the country seems ready, people are very eager to see whats going to happen today. So the third president ial impeachment trial in u. S. History begins in just hours. President trumps legacy and americas system of checks and balances are at stake. The trial begins with a fierce debate over these proposed rules laid out by Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell last night. These are rules designed to quickly acquit the president and make it more difficult to consider evidence. Despite what leader mcconnell had promised, this is not the clinton model. This is a radical departure from the impeachment process of bill clinton 21 years ago. Not just the pace, which seems designed to get the president acquitted about i next week, but also the framework. Not a single shred of evidence collected by the house of representatives will be part of the record, at least for the time being. Overnight the democratic leader Chuck Schumer warned of a cover up, calling the mcconnell
Nightmare, end quote. The senate has to file their brief today, but some are already making their case. There is a reason for having impeachment, and those are we dont want to see president s who are dishonest, we dont want to see president s who abuse their power. Thats all untrue. But when it comes up to creating the criteria for impeachment, we dont use terms like dishonesty or abuse or maladministration or malpractice. We have to focus in on specific criteria to avoid weaponization of impeachment. Here with more now, cnns Boris Sanchez with the president in florida, cnns Sara Westwood on capitol hill. Can you hear me . I can hear you, and for axios, margaret talev. Hopefully you can hear me. Were going to mix things up a little bit. How about you, boris . Lets go to you first. What is the president s disposition right now as his legal team is preparing its briefs to meet that noon deadline tomorrow . Reporter yeah, fred, well, were hearing from sources at maralago that President Tr
Attorney general bill barr telling foxs Maria Bartiromo the talk, clock is ticking for seattle authorities to end the chaos. I dont want to get into specifics, but we are obviously keeping an eye on it. As the president said, in due course we may have to do something about it, but we cant let it go on indefinitely. Melissa this is outnumbered and im Melissa Francis. Here today is fox business anchor dagen mcdowell, host of kennedy on the fox business network, kennedy, syndicated radio host and fox news contributor, leslie marshall, and joining us today, Washington Times opinion editor and fox news contributor, charlie hurt. Ill start with you, because whats going on right now is undeniable. I have to say, for my own part, yesterday i ran into my neighbor on the street from my same block who was held up at gunpoint recently as a result of everything that is going on. Its terrifying, and we are seeing it in so many cities across the country. Whats going on . Charlie well, it is a brutal
President number 17 was this clown, Andrew Johnson. Inarguably just a terrible president. And there were a lot of terrible things about Andrew Johnson but the most important and notably terrible thing for the time in which he served is that Andrew Johnson was really, flagrantly, unapologetically racist. He became president upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Right as the north was winning the civil war. Right . And as the war the civil war was ending, this guy, johnson, became president. And johnson did everything he could to undercut the North Victory in the war and to try to undercut the abolition of slavery for which the war had been fought. Luckily for the country, a lot of the worst stuff that Andrew Johnson wanted to do, congress stepped in and stopped him and congress was able to pass a bunch of important legislation over Andrew Johnsons veto. He had no support. But it made johnson furious, the whole process. Over and over again, congress would pass these bills to try to
Inarguably just a terrible president. And there were a lot of terrible things about Andrew Johnson but the most important and notably terrible thing for the time in which he served is that Andrew Johnson was really, flagrantly, unapologetically racist. He became president upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Right as the north was winning the civil war. Right . And as the war the civil war was ending, this guy, johnson, became president. And johnson did everything he could to undercut the North Victory in the war and to try to undercut the abolition of slavery for which the war had been fought. Luckily for the country, a lot of the worst stuff that Andrew Johnson wanted to do, congress stepped in and stopped him and congress was able to pass a bunch of important legislation over Andrew Johnsons veto. He had no support. But it made johnson furious, the whole process. Over and over again, congress would pass these bills to try to recognize and protect, freed former slaves in the so