All rise. The court of impeachment of the texas senate is now in session. The honorable Lieutenant Governor and president of the senate, dan patrick, now presiding. May be seated. I am going to take your suggestion into consideration on exhibits, if time is spent from your side. Thank you very much. At this time, Opening Statement by the managers. Mr. Presiding officer. One housekeeping matter before that. Yes . The attorney general seeks a ruling from this court that to the extent privileges, attorneyclient privilege, executive privilege, etc. , may apply, those are held by the attorney general. Now, were not asking the court it rule in any particular statement or any particular document as privilege at this time but for purposes of the managers Opening Statement, Going Forward in this case, we ask that this court rule that those privileges, which all attach during the time at which the attorney genoas the elected serving duly attorney general attached to him, conversations he had wit
Pushed to make his case federal . Then, thousands of escape burning man after being trapped by rain and mud and escapee shares his midnight hike and how he got out. As the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. Good evening, once again, im stephanie ruhle, live from Msnbc Headquarters at 30 rock. Late today, a federal judge handed down the most severe punishment for any of the more than 1000 people charged in connection with the attack on the capital. 39 year old enrique tarrio, faith onetime leader of the farright group, the proud boys, was sentenced to a total of 22 years behind bars. Feds say he played a key role in orchestrating the insurrection, even though he wasnt even in d. C. On that day. But on the eve of january 6th, tarrio tory it was currently missing the founder of the oath keepers militia. He was found guilty of seditious conspiracy, and he was sentenced to 18 years in prison. The push online. Just make sure my guys are okay. Tomorrow. Ive got a lot of stuff to d
We will return live to the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney general ken paxton aftemorning of pretrial motions and we expect Opening Statements to get underway this afternoon. Live coverage here on cspan. Again, waiting for openingstf texas senator ken paxton. The texas senate is considering 20 articles of impeachment against the attorney general, which include bribery, abuse of office, and obstruction of justice. The charges stem from allegations brought to light in late 2020 by general paxtons own senior staff. They say he did political favors for a federally indicted Real Estate Developer and Campaign Donor in exchange for a Kitchen Remodel and a job for a woman with whom paxton was having an alleged affair. No criminal penalties are associated with impeachment and attorney general paxton will not automatically lose his state pension if convicted. Hes currently suspended without pay pending the trials outcome. Attorney general paxton denies doing anything wrong. Again, opening ar
In the meantime, lets talk about the price of bitcoin. It has been volatile. Shot up yesterday in a big way and pulled back after blackrock denied the report, becky. Coin telegraph saying u. S. Regulators approved the application for the spot etf. Everybody cheered and went crazy. Coin telegraph later retracted the story and conducting an internal investigation into the inaccurate report. Blackrock reported the application is still under review. Crypto markets have been waiting news for spot coin etfs which are expected to drive investment in the sector if approved. If because we still dont know. Just because blackrock and fidelity are asking for it, doesnt mean the s. E. C. Has to give it. Do i think there is momentum . Sure. It doesnt lead to the situation. The company that put out the story is now conducting an internal investigation which makes you wonder if they suspect somebody was doing this and making trades based on the story. It wasnt how it happened. Was somebody feeding the
Now at 11 00, the biggest buzz kill for an east bay beekeeper. I couldnt believe somebody would take bees. She felt the sting when the burglars swarmed her hives and stole thousands of bees. Tonight we hear from the man known as the bee detective. Technically it could be a felony to steal a single bee. What he says about hive heists that might surprise you. No, we missed it. And that isnt a commuter upset they will be late to work. We had to step out of the train at some of them and run out on to the platform and grab a photo really quick. These guys are racing through b. A. R. T. Stations on a high speed mission to break a world record. Plus, a billion dollar lotto jackpot was basically heaven sent for a man who has spent years fighting for his life. I thought, you dont have to go up now. From kpix,s in the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. And good evening, im Juliette Goodrich in for sara tonight. We hear about people swiping everything from lawn furniture to tools a