Alone while pushing new reform in congress as well. The centerpiece today is reversing Donald Trumps approach to immigration, launching a process for reuniting around 600 Migrant Children in the u. S. Who remain separated from their parents under Donald Trumps hardline policies. Biden ordering the federal government to do a top to Bottom Breakdown of Immigration Policies and finding ways to root out measures that bidens team says under trump were cruel and inhumane, or just not working. Im not making new law. Im eliminating bad policy. What im doing is taking on the issues that 99 that the president , the last president of the United States issues Executive Orders i thought were very counterproductive to our security, counterproductive to who we are as a country. We want to put in place an Immigration Process here that can that is humane, that is moral, thats going to take some time. Its not going to happen overnight. A moral policy, they say, pursuing an ethical approach to immigratio
The urgent meeting expected today. Good morning from the studio nsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york, im Wendy Gillette in for annemarie green. Testimony in the sentencing phase of Amber Guygers murder trial resumes today. Yesterday guyger, a white expolice officer in dallas, was convicted of murdering an unarmed black man inside his own apartment. Guyger now faces possible life in prison. Laura podesta is in new york. Laura, is guyger expected to appeal this verdict . Reporter wendy, it has not formally been announced, but its likely she will appeal this murder conviction. Legal experts say a defense that could be used in that appeal is the Castle Doctrine. Similar to stand your ground, the Castle Doctrine says a person is justified in using deadly force if someone enters their home or their castle. But this would be an unprecedented use of the Castle Doctrine because it was not guygers home. She thought it was, but it turned out to be her neighbors. 31yearold amber guyger spen
The violence at the capitol on january 6th, 2021 was just the most visible part of Donald Trumps attempt to hold on to power. Tonight, we talk to those who witnessed the whole plot unfurl and tried to stop it. The lines this election was stolen from you, from me, from the country. If you ask how Many Republican congressmen believe donald trump was reelected, i would say maybe a couple. But 60 of our base does. Conspiracy theories that could have been mickey mouse. This is the craziest thing ive ever seen. And people just bought it. Lawsuits. They tried to not have your votes count. They did not want your vote to count. Potentially illegal Pressure Campaigns. I just want to find 11,780 votes. What he was asking for wasnt supported by the facts. Wasnt supported by the constitution. Extraordinary scheming. Lets talk about this. Just Breath Taking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. And all too many in the Republican Party we belie
Investigating former v. P. Joe biden. And that he had valid reasons to raise those issues with ukraine to fight krupgds. And setting a uniquely trumpian and quote, president donald j. Trump used his official powers to precarForeign Government to interfere in a u. S. Election for his personal, political gain and then attempted to cover up his scheme by obstructing congress. The constitution provides a remedy when the president commits such crimes of his office. The senate must use that remedy now to safeguard our 2020 u. S. Election and eliminate the threat it poses to National Security. Democrats may have succeeded in turning one member of trumps legal team into a revisionest and hypocrite. Heres Alan Dershowitz. The articles of impeachment are two noncriminal as, namely obstruction of congress and abuse of power and those will have to be voted on by the senate. Is it your position he should not be impeached, even if all the arguments laid out by the house are accepted as facts . Yes.
Well, good evening once again from our nbc news hours here in new york. Day 725 of the trump administration. And day 24 of this Government Shutdown, which will become day 25 by the end of this broadcast. The stalemate over the budget that has cost 800,000 workers their paychecks entering week 4. New battle could erupt tomorrow in congress over william barr, trumps nominee for attorney general whos been critical in the past of the mueller inquiry. And this comes amid fallout from the new reporting about the president and russia. When last we spoke on friday night, the New York Times had just broken a story that donald trump had come under fbi scrutiny, for possibly working on behatch of russia. Then on sunday came the other story this one from the Washington Post, this one revealing, trump, quote, has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his conversations with russian president Vladimir Putin, including on at least one occasion taking possession of the notes of his own in