Positive for coronavirus. Well, Donald Trumps Reelection Campaign is claiming total vindication after the u. S. Senate voted to acquit him of abuse of power, and obstruction of congress charges. The president plans to talk about what he calls the victory on the impeachment hoax in the day ahead. And he tweeted this familiar peopl meme, which he uses to annoy democrats, implying he will run for reelection well beyond two terms. After wednesdays vote, Mitch Mcconnell refused to say if he thought the president s conduct was inappropriate. Weve completed it. We listened to the arguments. We voted. Its in the rearview mirror. Whats inpoept is for ways where it all began, the political impact on it. Theres a giant asterisk next to the president s acquittal. Thes a ri s asterisk says he wad without facts. He was acquitted without a fair trial. His acquittal is valueless. His acquittal sparked protests in several cities. This small crowd gathers outside of the u. S. Capitol. And in new york, P
Kirk douglas who died after a long and illustrious life. The president s fate in the u. S. Senate was never in doubt. On wednesday, they acquitted donald trump of abuse of power and obstruction of congress charges. The president plans to talk about what he calls the victory on the impeachment hoax in the day ahead. And he tweeted this familiar meme, which he uses to annoy democrats, implying he will run for reelection long beyond two terms. After wednesdays vote, Mitch Mcconnell refused to say if he thought the president s conduct was inappropriate. Weve completed it. We listened to the arguments. We voted. Its in the rearview mirror. It all began, the political impact on it. Theres a giant asterisk next to the president s acquittal. The asterisk says he was acquitted without facts. He was acquitted without a fair trial. His acquittal is valueless. We get more from phil mattingly. Reporter for now, this chapter has come to conclusion. President donald trump who went into this impeachme
Seeing too much of that news. Very much news because its been all encompassing. We had a lot of meetings, as you know. But the people are getting better. Theyre all getting better. President trump is also weighing in on u. S. Intelligence that said russia is again trying to interfere in the 2020 election. Listen to this. First of all, i want no help from any country. And i havent been given help from any country. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. Just so its clear what we just did there. The first thing you heard was President Trump in india just moments ago saying that he doesnt want help from any other country in this election. And hasnt been given help from any country. And then the second bite was from way back in the campaign in 2016 when he asked for russia to look for Hillary Clintons emails. Lets bring in White House Correspondent jim acosta who was at that News Conference. Kaitlan collins as well. Both traveling in india.
This state and all of you in general. The other big story, the president came forward today with the vicepresident to make the point that he is ready, that this country is ready for the coronavirus. How compelling was it . How much do the facts back up their preparedness . Is the vp the right choice to head up this team . And the president says its about politics on the democrats side. But were going to look at what he said versus what the cdc and the facts tell us. Theres a lot to cover, so lets get after it. All right. All four candidates on the stage here in South Carolina took on the president following his wild News Conference where he blamed democrats for, quote, panic over the coronavirus. While he argued the risks of an outbreak are very low, the cdc says that there is a new case in california, and that theyre not sure how it got here. Its not clear to the cdc how the victim may have been exposed. Okay. And, look, thats not unusual here, but the point is dont play it as simple
Very well what she said yesterday, it was a big story. I just dont know how they cannot recuse themselves for anything having to do with trump or trump related. The right thing to do is that. Now, as a Supreme Court justice its a different standard but at the same time i think its a higher standard in a certain sense so they will have to decide what to do, but her statement was so inappropriate. When you are a justice of the Supreme Court and its almost what shes trying to do is take the people that do feel a different way and get them to vote the way that she would like them to vote. I just thought it was so inappropriate. Such a terrible statement for a Supreme Court justice to do. What was inappropriate about the statement . Im not an attorney so i cant really know about it. You know what the statement s john. Reporter she seemed to criticize the white house for running at the Supreme Court at the drop of a hat. No, i dont think that was it. I think what she did say is shes trying t