Removal of President Trump from office. This afternoon they will focus on the second charge. His obstruction of congress, they say. Last night, just before midnight, congressman adam schiff made an impassioned plea to Senate Republicans. Here right is supposed to matter. Its whats made us the greatest nation on earth. No constitution can protect us. Right doesnt matter anymore. And you know you cant trust this president. Do whats right for this country. The house managers, they wrap up their case tonight. Then the president s team will begin presenting its case tomorrow. President trumps allies are pressuring republican senators to oppose the vote to subpoena aides like john bolton and mick mulvaney. One key republican senator, one of the few you have to watch. Lisa murkowski of alaska, she seems to be telling america which way she is leaning this morning. She says the house made a decision that they didnt want to slow things down by having to go through the courts. This has to do with
President is trying to control the messaging on coronavirus as the president continues to say the threat is being overblown. Its going to disappear, one day, its like a miracle, it will disappear. From our shores, it could get worse before it gets better. It could maybe go away. Well see what happens. Nobody really knows. And southern charm, its all on the line for joe biden in tomorrows South Carolina primary. Can a big win in the state save him on super tuesday . South carolina is the trajectory to winning the democratic nomination. Thank you. [ applause ] its good to see you. Im Geoff Bennett in for andrea. Global coronavirus fears extend a miserable week for the markets. Take a look at that, its persisting today with the dow falling more than 1,000 points at session lows. The uncertainty forcing governments and major corporations too to act. United airlines announcing more flight cancelations to china and to japan. And switzerland taking an unprecedented step, canceling all Public
The situation room. First this hour, brutal losses on wall street. The Dow Jones Industrials plunlging more than 1,000 point, wiping out all the gains made this year. Traders hit the panic button as the number of coronavirus cases outside china surge. Also tonight, Top Senate Democrats are calling on the Trump Administration to impose new sanctions on russia, possibly including putin himself. The senators warning of a serious threat to americas security after intelligence officials warn russia is acti actively interer fearing already in the 2020 election. Im talk with one of the senators demanding new russia sanctions. The ranking democrat on the Foreign Relations committee, bob mendez and our correspondents are also standing by. First, to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. Hes covering the president s trip to india. Right now, the president is away, the dow has tanked, there are growing concerns about growing election interference but at the white house, theyre busy cond
Week since the 2008 financial crisis. The dow fell for a seventh straight day, closing down 350 points. Thats a 12 loss since last week. It comes as additional countries report their first cases of coronavirus, including mexico, nigeria, belarus, new zealand, and the netherlands. Now learning a second person in california contracted the coronavirus without having traveled to any effected areas. In a series of tweets overnight the president congratulated himself, his Vice President , and his administration for their handling of the crisis in this country. Among other things, trump said his decisions are, quote, putting us way ahead in the battle with coronavirus. Heres how he tried to calm fears of the virus late today. As you know with the flu on average we lose from 26,000 to 78,000 people a year, even more than that in some cases, some years. We havent lost anybody yet and hopefully we can keep that intact. There have been no deaths in the United States at all. We are working on cure
Washington, this is a special edition of the situation room, tonight the world reaches a number that just a few months ago seemed unthinkable. More than half a million dead, 25 of the deaths here in the united states. Over 125,000 americans have died over the past few months and the u. S. Trends suggest that the pandemic is not letting up at all. Only two states, rhode island and connecticut, two of the smaller states, reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases compared to last week. Over that same time, 36 states reporting an increase in new cases. Despite this dangerous surge, only 13 states have paused their reopening plans to try and slow the spread. The rest, at least for now, hoping they can boost their economies without boosting the virus. In the face of a growing Public Health disaster, President Trump still refusing to wear a mask in public. This as members of his own party and his own Coronavirus Task force are now imploring all americans to start Wearing Masks. Even the Vi