levelled by the democrats. the facts of the case. here with me once again, nbc news legal analyst and former u.s. attorney carol lam but start with jeff bennett, lay out the scene for us. reporter: we re told by the president s lead attorney jay sekulow to expect a shorter session than the ones we ve seen from the democrats the last three days, to expect a trailer of sorts, coming attraction, really, as the president s legal defense team mounts its more aggressive case on monday. partly because president trump said he views weekend coverage the death valley of television. you can expect the president s legal defense team will undercut the two articles of impeachment, abuse of power, obstruction of congress. the real question is, will they engage on the facts? all of the facts and evidence the democrats laid out. ukrainian pressure campaign in the spring of 2019 that began with the sidelining, the smearing, the ouster of marie yovanovitch. of course, there was that audio tap
It may take you. That is exactly what judge barrett will do on the u. S. Supreme court. Maria coming up, new gop plans to confirm Amy Coney Barrett a mother of seven and judge on the 7th Circuit Court of appeals to become the fifth woman in u. S. History to serve on the high court. And the man who will preside over her confirmation senator lindsey graham, as he is also ready to confront former fbi director james comey in a public testimony, this upcoming wednesday in front of the Senate Judiciary committee. Hes here, coming up as we look ahead to the first president ial debate this tuesday night, right here on fox news, and fox business, as the president faces off against joe biden for the first time, with just 37 days left until election day. Gop leader Kevin Mccarthy is here with the state of play and how he plans to take back control of the house, and become the next speaker of the house, and another bombshell declassified fbi interview once again putting president obamas team at th
We cannot get in trouble on the first night. We cannot joke about the absurd because it helps us focus on the realities that matter. Its true. I have to tell you, ive been sitting there, i dont do this, but there was so much going on after that ridiculous phone call last night. And you did it right. Im going to take my engagement band on and im going to put it on here and im going to sit there and say, hey, hey its criminal what youre doing. Everybodys gonna hate you. Everyone hates you. You should you got to look into it. Theyre changing the machines on the inside. Theyre burning ballots. Theyre destroying ballots. Dont you know . Ah, no, mr. President , none of that your problem is the data. That was a gutsy thing for that secretary of state to say to the president of the United States. It was very gutsy, but its the truth. You know what . He is a man of faith and i learned about it tonight as i was watching cnn that he is a man of faith and hes relying on his faith. Thats why he cou
Personal journey to others. We have to rise up in huge numbers. When you have a complicated problem, sometimes solutions are simple. To see how that first beach he began cleaning looks today, go to cnnheroes. Com. Thanks for watching. Our coverage continues. And good morning to you. A good saturday morning to you. Im Richard Quest outside the Houses Of Parliament in london. And you are most welcome to our special coverage. Its called or being called Super Saturday. It is a rare weekend session of the British Parliament as they try again, one more time, to get whats known as a meaningful vote or a brexit deal approved. The difference this time over all the theresa may votes and the various votes on this, that
and the other, Boris Johnson secured a lastminute agreement in brussels only days ago. Theres a new withdraw act without the hated backstop. There is also a new protocol on Northern Ireland. Theres new rules on trade. Its a feat that no one thought he could pull off. And a few mome
He must be removed from office. Americans get a fair trial. And so i ask you, i implore you, give america a fair trial. Give america a fair trial. Shes worth it. It remains to be seen if those arguments will resonate with a republicancontrolled senate. In the meantime, trumps legal team is expected to make a very difference case for more on what to expect, we turn to manu raju on capitol hill. Reporter this is going to be a briefly overview of the case. We do only expect three hours of so of opening arguments on that teams side. What jay sekulow said, the president s attorney, its generally going to be an overview of details and then monday and tuesday when the Senate Returns into session, expect a fullfloated offense of the president s action trying to paint everything he did in ukraine in the most favorable way. And expect them to go after joe biden, the former Vice President and the former Vice President s son. And one question is whether or not Pat Cipollone counsel will show his r