Thats when coronavirus was ravaging new york state and likely beginning its spread to other parts of the United States heres what he told the American People on that very same day america is continuing to make critical progress in our war against the virus. Over the weekend, the number of daily new infections remained flat nationwide flat. Hospitalizations are slowing in hot spots like new york, new jersey, michigan and louisiana this is clearly evidence that our aggressive strategy to combat the virus is working. And it wouldnt be long before donald trump would start tweeting against the stayathome orders his own government recommended and urging his supporters in states like michigan and virginia to liberate those states however, we now know that he was privately telling bob woodward, who was writing a book, that the coronavirus pandemic was a deadly plague that could rip you apart. The president s lie to the American People including his own supporters is ongoing. And with potential
America. Modelly would tell us, andy, it could be dominant by the end of march. Thats the sobering news. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Inni im chris hayes. We are one day away from the start of the historic firstever second impeachment trial of donald trump, for incitement of insurrection on january 6th which left five people dead. O we are in unprecedented territory. N we have never impeached a president twice. Never tried one of office. Theres the long tables moved in for impeachment managers and defense teams to socially am distance. Of course, we have a pandemic unlike the last time we did that. The Trump Legal Team submitted their pretrial memo arguing the trial is unconstitutional and a politically motivated r pr attack on trump. House democrats filing a see you in court type of response. Heres what we know so far about the days look like ahead. Tomorrow we expect four hours of debate about the question of the constitutionality of the impeachment trial. The
But yes, they do. They do contradict themselves, of course. Thank you. Mr. President . The senator from maryland. I send a question to the desk for the house managers. The senator from maryland, senator van hollen has a question for the managers. The clerk will report the question. Would you please respond to the answer that was just given by the former president s counsel. Mr. President , thank you. Im not quite sure which question the senator was referring to, but let me quickly just dispensive of the counsels indication again of bond versus floyd. This is a case i know well. And i thank him for raising it. Julian bond was a friend of mine. He was a colleague of mine at merrick university. He was a great civil rights hero. And in his case, he got elected to the Georgia State legislature, and as a member of snic, the student nonviolent coordinating committee, headed up by the great bob moses for a long time, he got elected to the georgia legislate checks, and they didnt want to allow
Presiding is not john roberts, because theyre not trying the president of the United States. Perhaps the Gold Standard of the meaning of the constitution, commentary when the constitution was signed, said you cannot impeach a former official. John hold on there for a second. Sandra the senate has now come to order. Lets dip in and listen. The words of the new england poet James Russell lowell, to provide our Senate Jurors with just one perspective. Lowell wrote, once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. In the strife of truth with falsehood for the good or evil side. Mighty god, could it really be that simple . Could it really be that truth, strives falsehood and good striving against evil . Powerful redeemer, have mercy on our beloved land. We pray in your magnificent name, amen. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [ pledge of allegiance ] morning business is closed, and the senate will convene as a court of impeachment. I ask senators to be seated. If there is
Of many of you individually. It still is a pleasure to introduce senator mike lee, and ill introduce in this way. Not just asos one of the most thoughtful members of the United States senate, not just one of the patriots of our age, but someone who in spite of all of the challenges facing this great republic, remains steadfast in his cheerfulness. And so it is a wonderful privilege on behalf of all of us at the Heritage Foundation to introduce our friend senator mike lee. [applause] thank you. Senator good afternoon to you. Thank you. Yeah good to be here. Thanks. Thanks for being here. So were going to get into this wonderful book, which i told you earlier in the week. I had skimmed i have since read so i did my homework. And you can decide how well i did based on the questions. But before we get into the book, theres a lot going on in washington this week. I know you dont mind a question about that. Whats your assessment of whats happening in the country right now . Well a lots happe