Good morning, the committee will come to order. And without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that ill now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. Two days ago, the entire world came together to Mark International holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january 1945 , the auschwitz broken out concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than 1 Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these brave anniversaries remember the nose we lost and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these things, we must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the lholocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate and violence of all kinds today i am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today. I have asked them to help us come together on
Stephen anyway, have a great show. But you know who else loved it is when i washed yo yo mas cello, and he was so grateful. Stephen you washed his stradivarius . Oh, a stradivarius. So, its, like, 300 years old, so really dirty. So no wonder he was so grateful. He looked at me with tears of joy. It was so nice. laughter playing off key stephen anyway, great to see you. Break a leg tonight. Hey, stephen, stephen. Stephen yeah . Want me to give those glasses a good cleaning for the show . Stephen uh it helps. Stephen sure. Yeah, sure. No, you can leave them on, thats fine. Yeah, there you go. Splash it up good. There you go. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight at dershowitzs end plus, stephen welcomes steve martin and musical guest steve martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen come on cheers and applause wooo hello, citizens. Hello, citi
And then around 12 30 p. M. Eastern time the house is going to vote on these house managers, run a 10minute debate and then vote. Why is it that the house votes on impeachment managers and then you see that procession on your full screen happening after 5 00 p. M. Eastern time, that procession of the house managers from the house to the senate. Why does that happen . Guest taking the last point first, i dont know that a procession is entirely necessary but it does emphasize the solemnity of theo cakes and also theres a tradition here that goes back literally centuries because this whole idea of having house managers, that is to say representatives in the lower house presenting the case for the impeachment in impeachment in the upper house goes back to British Parliament and thats exactly what happened in those days, the house managers would proceed from the Lower Chamber to Upper Chamber with the articles of impeachment in hand and knock on the door and be admitted formally to have the
Im looking forward to tonight. You have nothing last a judge. Many of you may know him. He was appointed to the United States Circuit Court november 7, 1985. Served as chief just judge from 2007 2014. Graduated from ucla and from Ucla Law School in 1975. Prior to the appellate bench, he served as chief judge of the United States claims court from 82 85 and special counsel to the protection board and he retired in 2017 after 35 years additional service. [applause] hes married to marcy and has three children. He and three grandchildren. We thank you for being here. [applause] now we mentioned ucla but we must give you this. [applause] we are really honored to have ronald trump, practical politics. [applause] director of the usc center for the political future. [applause] professor sean as director of the center and a former strategist and consultant who was described as the most sought after consultant in the Democratic Party by the atlantic monthly, he observed speechwriter and new york
We are coming on the air this morning with Breaking News from capitol hill. Our first look at just how house Impeachment Managers plan to prosecute their case against donald trump. Set to file their pre friel brief and we are now getting a look at it just seconds ago, this is all ahead of next weeks Historic Second senate trial and we have a better sense of what their argument will be. A point by point case that trump is responsible for inciting the deadly insurrection at the capitol and that his responsibility for those events is unmistakable. Those managers taking direct aim at what im told will be one of the key arguments by the former president s team. That defense team also rushing to meet their own filing deadline today. My new reporting on how theyre going to convince senators or try to to acquit donald trump again. Good morning, im Hallie Jackson in washington along with our nbc news team covering this. Garrett haake on capitol hill, Shannon Pettypiece outside the white house,