Begin todays Cross Connection with a new order. Majority leader Chuck Schumer has announced the second impeachment trial of donald trump will begin the week of february 8th. The house managers and the defense will have a period of time to draft their legal breathes just as they did in previous trials. During that period the senate will continue to do other business for the American People such as cabinet nominations and the covid relief bill, which would provide relief for millions of americans who are suffering during this pandemic. Its our first show with trump out of office, but there is a developing story from overnight. Another trump scheme revealed. The New York Times and the Washington Post report while in office trump allegedly plotted to fire acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and replace him with an ally who would take up trumps baseless claims, emphasis on baseless, that the election was rigged against him and pressure georgia lawmakers into somehow overturning the States
As the shooting was happening. The alleged gunman identified by officials as 23yearold Paul Anthony Ciancia opened fire in terminal three before being shot and taken into custody. 39yearold jgerardo hernandez was killed. By now, these detail, the victim, the shooter, the place, theyve become a familiar litany in the wake of shootings that have captured National Attention for their current and public settings. As is the call that inevitably follows to make those spaces safer. Only this time the site of the shooting, the airport, was supposed to be our safest space. The dramatic retooling of Aviation Security over the last decade gave u. S. Travelers their most palpable experience of a life in a post 9 11 world, performance of the ritual, the ticket counter interrogation, the tiny bottles of liquid, the invasive hand searches, removing of shoes. Theyre supposed to be assurances of safe passage. Yesterday a man with a gun walks into an airport and pulls the trigger. And reminds us just ho
Anthony ciancia opened fire in terminal three before being shot and taken into custody. 39yearold jgerardo hernandez was killed. By now, these detail, the victim, the shooter, the place, theyve become a familiar litany in the wake of shootings that have captured National Attention for their current and public settings. As is the call that inevitably follows to make those spaces safer. Only this time the site of the shooting, the airport, was supposed to be our safest space. The dramatic retooling of Aviation Security over the last decade gave u. S. Travelers their most palpable experience of a life in a post 9 11 world, performance of the ritual, the ticket counter interrogation, the tiny bottles of liquid, the invasive hand searches, removing of shoes. Theyre supposed to be assurances of safe passage. Yesterday a man with a gun walks into an airport and pulls the trigger. And reminds us just how vulnerable we really are. Im going to turn to los angeles where nbc news correspondent Mig
The u. N. s Nuclear Agency expected to announce in svienna that iran has complied with the deal. Which according to the deal will trigger the lifting of economic sanctions on iran. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry just met with his iranian counterpart to discuss details of the implementation. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel joins us now from vienna. Richard, what more can you tell us about whats happening this morning . Well, there are a lot of moving parts right now. It all seems to be coming together here in vienna and in tehran. Today, the reason im here, the reasonp people have gathered in vienna is because we are expecting momentarily really the iaea, the International Atomic Energy Association agency, to come out and declare that iran has abided by the deal, that it has abided by the nuclear agreement, and sanctions should be immediately lifted. Including releasing tens of billions of dollars that have been frozen. That would allow iran to reenter the Internatio
It didnt take long for republicans to criticize president obama. Among them, florida senator marco rubio, himself a cubanamerican and one of the most outspoken critics who tweeted, president obama issued a pathetic statement on the death of fidel castro with no mention of thousands who he killed. Jeb bush tweeted, failing to mention that millions have suffered because of fidel castro is a strategy. Joining me, joan walsh, terrell germane star and senior political reporter for msnbc news. Thank you all for being here. Lets talk about the politics of the response. You had jeb bush, ted cruz and marco rubio leading the pack in terms of really being critical of president obamas statement, but on the other hand, you had donald trump tweeting out fidel castro is dead, exclamation point. What was the response to both of those responses in south florida among the cubanamerican community . Well, i think this is one of those cases where the cubanamerican Community Overwhelmingly was in favor of