At the age of 103. As widely expected, the us senate has ended the impeachment trial of President Trump by finding him not guilty of abuse of power and obstructing congress. Donald trump was impeached by the house of representatives, where his opponents in the Democratic Party are in the majority, but the republican majority in the senate has cleared him, so he has evaded the attempt to remove him from office and will fight for re election in novembers election. This report from our north america editor, jon sopel. Senators, how say you . Is the respondent, Donald John Trump, guilty or not guilty . A process that started last september came to an end today with senators voting one by one on the two articles of impeachment. Mr alexander, not guilty. Miss baldwin . Guilty. Miss baldwin, guilty. And then the verdict. It is therefore ordered and adjudged that the said Donald John Trump be and he is hereby acquitted of the charges in said articles. But the wall of republican unity was broke
And the president was straight with the American People about that, but i hope people look at what happens if all of us continue to do our part and that is by some time in early june, we could well have the coronavirus largely behind us as a nation, reopen our country, put america back to work. Lets be clear. The science is clear that all these states, every have to have stay at home orders, unless everybody is doing this at the same time, its not going to work. Bill gates will tell you that. Thats what the science says, whether or not political leaders believe in the science or have other priorities. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo taking a new step, closing public plagd public playgrounds. The governor has warned about this, too many people are bunching together at playgrounds. He would have to close them. Now he says hes going to do it. Reporter he said it repeatedly, youre right, anderson. He was asked a short time ago whether people were too close. Somebody specifically referenced
On benghazi, now official after yesterdays house vote. Now we await speaker John Boehners picks to fill the republican slots on that panel that will investigate the death of four americans. And allegations of a white house coverup. Democrats, meantime, blasting the committee as nothing but political theater aimed at winning voters and hurting Hillary Clinton. The dems meeting to decide what to do amid talk of a boycott. One Senior Member of Party Leadership telling fox they are not seriously considering the idea of one dem floated to have just one member serve on that benghazi committee, saying, quote we are either in, or we are out. Minutes ago House Minority leader nancy pelosi spoke about her negotiations with the republican majority and the concern democrats would have about joining the committee. What weve asked for is that as much bipartisanship as possible. Theyve rejected and even the divided committee as the ethics committee, they rejected that. We would have liked to have had
Plus, live reports from the ground on devastating wildfires in california. New pictures coming in. Were also focused on the threat of mass ive floods and very dangerous conditions facing big parts of this country. It is wednesday, september 17th, this is the daily rundown. We begin with the admission from the militarys top man that the president s plan may not be enough to win. The congressional hearing that saw lawmakers spent three hours poking holes in the strategy. The chief says the u. S. May be forbesed to send ground forces. He says hes not ready to make that call yet. Coalition is the appropriate way forward. I believe that will prove true. If it failings to be true, then i of course would go to the president and make a recommendation that includes the use of ground forces. Later said that dempsey believes the current strategy is appropriate and the administration reiterated president obama has been categorical in taking a Ground Invasion off the table. The president s been ver
With Trump Supporters outside his latest event. This one was in anaheim. It fits a pattern where trump runs into more protesters when there is high hispanic populations in those cities. Happened in albuquerque and now in anaheim. This is an impending trump phone call with paul ryan tonight. That matters a lot. A major legal step in the transgender legal rights fight. Well talk exclusively with the Texas Attorney general later this hour. We begin with one of the Biggest Issues dogging the clinton campaign. As a state Department Reports blasts Hillary Clintons private server use. The audit reveals that clinton did violate state Department Email rules. The Inspector General writes this, quote, at a minimum, secretary clinton sure surrendered all emails dealing with Department Issues before leaving government service. Period. Clinton is expected shortly at a Campaign Stop in southern california. Weve yet to hear directly from the candidate on the report. She did not take any questions as s