Talking about a trial where one vote could mean the difference between evidence and witnesses or not. That is the circumstance we are dealing with in this particular instance. Let me tell you what seems to have upset the senator from the great state of alaska. She was upset with Jerry Nadlers assertion that g. O. P. Members voting against no testimony and evidence would be engaged in a cover up. She this to reporters as one who is listening attentively and working hard, i was offended. Susan collins from the state of maine, i was stunned by his approach. She added this, shortly after he admonished both sides, i was glad he did. We all saw that play out. Keep this in mind, Susan Collins complaint is noteworthy because she remains among a small group who are thought to be possible swing votes during the trial. To some as you see here like martha mcsally, mitt romney, and others. However, democrats remain unmoved by the criticism. They say the president deserves to be admonished. Impeachm
The evidence is less available, the evidence is given in the wee hours of the morning and may never be produced at all. It is a cover up. It is a National Disgrace. So schumer will offer amendments today demanding witnesses and documents and we will speak to him live in just minutes. Take a look at this new cnn national poll, it shows a majority of americans including a plurality of republicans want to hear from new witnesses in the senate trial. But thats not stopping the president s lawyers and allies in the senate from trying to stop former National Security adviser john bolton from testifying in public. Joining us now cnn political analyst maggie haberman, a White House Correspondent for the New York Times and cnn political commentator who worked for president clinton and had a front row seat to impeachment. Maggie, i want to start with what we will see today, a fight over the process which we just learned from Mitch Mcconnell last night, a process which accelerates fast tracks thi
Yovonovitch. All of this as the president s beefed up legal team filled with made for tv lawyers prepare to defend him. Kristin holmes is traveling with him. Good morning to you. The house released these new documents from lev parnas last night. What do they tell us . Reporter good morning, christie and martin. There is a trove of information here, but the two main take aways are about what you mentioned, that surveillance as well as devin nunes. This is new information about the apparent surveillance of the apparent former ambassador yovonovitch. She was fired by President Trump himself after a Smear Campaign was run against her that was done by her his personal attorney, rudy giuliani. Now we first learned about this appearance of surveillance in the first set of documents released by the house in a set of Text Messages by lev parnas to a connecticut man who was running for congress named robert hyde, and in this they appeared to be tracking yovonovitchs movements. We saw more docume
If hes acquitted theres this real danger hell walk around saying ive been exonerated and hell welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is thursday, january 23rd, 6 00 here in new york. House managers will continue making their case against President Trump today. They are trying to convince at least four republicans that the trial should include witnesses and documents. Minority leader Chuck Schumer was sounding optimistic insisting after last nights session that democrats are, quote, making gains every day. Do republicans agree . The presentation from house managers is earning praise even from republicans. We have a picture to show you late last night. Thats lindsey graham, one of the president s fiercest defenders telling adam schiff he had done a good job. Really well spoken, he said. How would senator graham know . He wasnt in his chair for many of the arguments. In fact, many were not at their desk at the times despite the rules that
Until just before 2b a. M. , a long 2 00 a. M. , a long day with the most significant moment coming at the beginning a retreat from Mitch Mcconnell, and the most heated moment right at the end. It was well after midnight when chief roberts scolded them for their language and rhetoric in the chamber. He even whipped out the word heady fogging. Stop it. Really. Well play it in a moment. Republicans successfully stopped everything offered by democrats. As well as documents for from four different departments. The president was impeached and is on trial for allegedly abusing his power to investigate the bidens and then blocking the investigation into his actions. In the end, republicans approved Mitch Mcconnells rules for this trial. The majority leader made changes after getting push back from both moderate and conservative members. Both sides will now get three days for opening arguments instead of two. And the evidence from the house investigation will be the trial resumes this afternoo