As the Senate Begins the trial with a vote on rules. The Senate Impeachment trial of President Trump, live on unfiltered coverage on cspan. Org impeachment, and listen with the free cspan radio app app. Radio app. Nation honors dr. Martin luther king jr. , marking the 25th anniversary of the day of service that celebrates his life and legacy. This afternoon, cspan will feature the Memorial Ceremony honoring him. Afterwards, president bill clinton and civil rights leaders gather to Mark Martin Luther king jr. Day. Our live coverage of the president of candidates and iowa continues today. Warren fromabeth grimes, iowa, followed by senator Bernie Sanders in des moines. Theh our live coverage of president ial candidates this weekend on cspan, online at cspan. Org, or listen from wherever you are on the free cspan radio app. Next on cspan, some of our coverage from campaign 2020, with democratic residential candidates speaking democratic president ial candidates speaking on a forum money. W
Funds them. So it is no wonder that americans question whether their representatives are listening to them, or listening to the wealthy and wellconnected heard and this loss of faith in our democracy is a real foundational problem. So it requires a fundamental foundational sponsor. We haves foundational response. We have seen a groundswell of support for fixing our democracy , for making a foundational change. It is making an impact. We have seen the Congress Take steps to reflect the energy they have seen nationwide for reforming our democracy. This congress, the house of representatives, made the for the people act their top priority. This democracy reform bill was their number one goal and they debt it, it was their hr one. [applause] and they did it. We want our president ial candidates to do the same, to prioritize democracy reform, to campaign on it, to talk about it. That is what today is all about, we want to see president ial candidates telling us how they are going to fix our
Abouta at an Event Campaign finance. [applause] i dont think i need this microphone. Fork you for coming, braving the cold. I think it is one degree outside. So, we are really excited to have six of the candidates in conversation with us. Joining us will be on livestream. The way this is going to work is the candidates will be coming out, speaking for a couple of minutes about plans to fix democracy, kevin and i will be asking them questions, then we will take questions from the audience. React toage you to things. Please be respectful. Haggling, protesting, no rushing the stage please. I would like to first introduce senator Elizabeth Warren, our first speaker. [applause] they just use your mind and they never give you credit, its enough to drive you crazy if you let it. Sen. Warren thank you. I think the single biggest question we face now and in america is who this government is going to work for. For decades, our government has worked better and better and better for a smaller and
I saw it was one degree by. Outside. Excited. Ally two of them will be joining us on livestream because they could not be here in person. The latest will work is that the candidates will be coming out and will be speaking about their plans to fix democracy. We will be asking them a couple of questions and taking question. You to react. Just please be respectful. No heckling or rushing the stage, please. So, lets jump in. I would like to introduce senator warren. Good to see you all here. The biggest question that we face is who this government will work for. Hasdecades, our government worked better and better and better for a smaller and Smaller Group at the top and worse and worse for everyone else. You have a government that works great for those with money and not so great for everyone else, that is corruption and we need to call it out for what it is. And understand this. It is going on right now in the primaries. We have billionaires who think that they can by an election. Case in
Know what happened in the house process. Will met and he you about that kellyanne, as you talked about a full and fair trial, thats what the president wants is he disappointed then that Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is blocking witnesses . Well, full and fair means that as was the case, norah, if you or i were in a court of law in our nation under due process, we would have an attorney present. We would be able to challenge witnesses and evidence. We would be permitted to present our own witnesses and evidence. People would object if someone like a schiff or nadler in the role of a vuj, when speaking for seven or ten minutes denigrating the the defendant, President Trump that doesnt happen in a full, fair court of law. Short or quick or protracted, but i also think that if these articles of impeachment are presented to the senate, that is what the senate going to look at. It is not their job to litigate or relitigate what hasnt hasnn done, since you had representative al green on the