Angle. The process, the powerful players, the arguments on either side, before the gavel falls in a few hours. So heres where we stand right now. President trump is just the third president in American History to be impeached by the house of representatives. It passed two articles. The first for abuse of power over his withholding of military aid to ukraine, a u. S. Ally, whom he actively pressured to announce an investigation against the political rival, the former Vice President joe biden. The second article of impeachment is for obstruction of congress, and the successful efforts by the Trump White House to block the testimony of key witnesses and the production of possibly damaging documents. The question of witnesses as we move ahead with the trial will also be a key part of the discussions and the debate today. So the rules of this trial will be unlike anything you have ever seen before. That includes the last impeachment trial. The final guidelines will actually be set today wit
Friday morning. Im christine romans. And im laura jarrett. Friday, january 24th, 4 00 a. M. In new york. 10 days until the iowa caucuses. Today will be the final day of opening arguments of democrats. House managers on thursday made the case the president abused his power. Tla tried to convince skeptical and tired republican senators the trial needs more witnesses and documents. Republicans have said a lot of what theyre hearing is repetitive, but at least one admits some of this is fresh. Senator john kennedy of louisiana telling the new york times, quote, ive learned a lot, everybody has. Senators didnt know the case, they really didnt. We didnt stay glued to the television. We havent read the transcripts. Democrats not shying away from a topic. House managers have repeatedly mentioned Hunter Bidens position on the board at the heart of gop conspiracy theories. Democrats also displayed elaborate exhibits, judiciary chairman jerry nad ller using a 1999 clip of Lindsey Graham. At the t
To carry out a mass killing spree. In a detention memo filed this week, prosecutors say he had been cultivating a stockpile of weapons and ammo since 2017 with plans to launch a widespread attack on prominent democratic lawmakers and several highprofile journalists. The search of his silver spring, maryland home found 15 guns and 1,000 rounds of ammunition according to court documents. Prosecutors say he embraced extremist views for year and, again, following the manifesto of a white norwegian terrorist to shot and killed 11 people, the same day that he made a list of people to target, he compiled lists of best place in washington to see people and civil war in trump impeached. Those searches on his work computer threw up a red flag for the coast guard. This comes just four months after the arrest of a florida man charged with sending more than a dozen pipe bomb packages to prominent critics of donald trump. The next day a man opened fire at a synagogue killing 11. President trump has
This weekend in key battleground states. Bernie sanders is working his way through iowa, along with Amy Klobuchar, Michael Bennett and elizabeth warren. Beto orourke is also there after giving a speech in texas this morning. Kirsten gillibrand is courting the Lone Star State and pete buttigi buttigieg. Above all else, we must defeat donald trump. The other reason i decided to run this time, jill and i, is because we have to restore the back bone of america. We have to start rewarding work, not just wealth. This time well rebuild the middle class, i promise you, i promise you. Were bringing along everybody, their race, religion, ethnicity. Its not a joke. Thats what its about. So far his strategy has been pretty clear, lets go straight to the general. He set out the stakes directly attacking trump for his moral failures and lack of leadership. He brought up charlottesville in which a woman was trump, resurrecting trumps indecemb indefensible words about good people being on both sides.
And desist letter to the white house demanding that President Trump stop attacking his client. And the times reports in december when crucial aid was being held up. Zelensky was preparing to bow to the demands and announce an investigation into biden with fareed zakaria. Lets bring in maggie haberman. Shes the New York Times White House Correspondent and david gregory. Maggie, i want to start with you. Before you covered the white house, you were a decorated political reporter. And you covered bloomberg here in new york city. What do you see going on here . This seems to be in direct response to what bloomberg sees as the strength of joe bidens candidacy. Yeah. You think you described it correctly on what it is that hes thinking. We know that Mike Bloomberg has wanted to run for president for a long time. The only other person with nearly as many floats for the presidency without doing it was donald trump before donald trump ran for president. I think he is concerned about bidens diffi