in february, of 2021, joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand, a high crime is a felony and misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much overtime. after he s out of office, you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in january at the end of his term and just go away scot-free. the department of just
with you, my friend. an hour that is yet to be disclosed. i can t wait to see you again. i never have enough. in a little bit, see you. thank you to you at home for joining me this evening. the republican primary field has won thus canada as of this evening. former new jersey governor chris christie has officially dropped out of the race. it s clear to me tonight that there is not the path for me to one denomination. which is why, i am suspending my campaign tonight for president of the united states. i know, and i can see it from the faces here, that i and people by doing this. people who believe in our message and what we have been doing. i also know though, it s the right thing for me to do, because i want to promise you this, i am going to make sure that in no way do i enable donald trump to ever be president of the united states again, and that is more important than my own personal ambition. christy made a number of big statements about the state of the republic
lawrence. good evening, my friend. ce hey, ali, thank you very much. i ll keep her in mind, anna hochkammer. she was fantastic. watch this one closely, because every time we have seen this, people who have been pushing that up the hill when it comes to abortion rights has been met with success in the last four years of america. it certainly is. ali, thank you. have a good show. february 8th, that s one of the supreme court will hear oral arguments for donald trump s appeal of the colorado supreme court decision to disqualify him from that state s republican primary ballot over his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. and their deliberations, the nine justices could decide whether donald trump, the republican front runner, is eligible to run for president at all, under the 14th amendment insurrection kloss. today, colorado secretary of state janet griswold, announced that she had certified the republican and democratic ballots for the states 2024 presidenti
voters are asking for. all right, matt duss, thank you very much. that is all in for this week. alex wagner tonight starts right now with ali velshi in for alex. good evening, ali. important point there, this isn t an either or, all or nothing, don t support israel or do support israel. it s a measure of condition that goes along with the aid that we give ukraine or any other country that says we have to prosecute this war in a different way. in fact, it s interesting one of the things that we learned, right, during the early days of the war was very intense conditions placed on ukraine about attacks in russia, specifically because of fears of blow back, of escalation. and it was, this was an active conversation, very, ve clearly. very early, and they re constantly. i m glad you brought that up. thank you, my friend. have aooweekend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. i am ali velshi in for alex wagner. last month, the united states economy gained 2
ts r ight now wit i have one question for you, why is it so cold in the studio? i like it like this. this is you doing this? is it me? i don t even know. i think this is the equilibrium i am used to. i like being with you, so if that is the cost of sharing a studio you know what? we could raise it up to whatever you want. i ll just wear a sweater, thank you, have a good evening, chris. thank you for joining us tonight. i am ali velshi in for alex wagner. we will warm up in the next few minutes. president biden is now officially releasing his first campaign ad of 2024. in that ad, president biden makes clear what he believes will be the central issue of this election. i have made the preservation of the american democracy at the center of my presidency. i believe in free and fair elections. and the right to vote fairly and have your vote counted. there is something dangerous happening in america. there is an extremist movement that doesn t share the basic b