Democrat cory booker, plus our round table. Well break down the politics, smoke out the spin. The facts that matter this week. Good morning, and welcome to this week. The impeachment trial of President Trump started this week with a striking portrait of solidarity in the senate. Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the United States, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws so help you god . All i do. It is almost certainly the last moment in this trial where republicans and democrats will speak as one, and in the first briefs filed overnight, the battle lines are stark. President trumps lawyers calling the impeachment a, quote, brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the 2016 election adding several times, the president did nothing wrong. The house brief concludes, President Trumps conduct is the framers worst nightmare. All ahead of the first full trial day on
A dramatic break with precedent. Democratic senator Sherrod Brown joins me coming up. Plus, jury duty, four president ial candidates are forced off the campaign trail just two weeks before iowans vote. Between you and me, i would prefer to be in iowa. The impact of the Senate Impeachment trial on the first contest of 2020. Hello, im Brianna Keeler in washington, where the state of our union is bracing for a fight. We begin with the first look of what a senate trial of president donald zwrchlt trump will look like, last night the managers filed a legal brief urging senators to remember their place in history and remove the president from conduct for the framers worst nightmare, arguing he put his own political risks ahead of the country and for the first time, the president s legal team laid out their initial strategy full of attacks on House Democrats accusing them of quote a brazen and unlawful af tempt to overturn the results of the 2016 election and denying the charges in the articl
Time teethered to a second article was approved by a vote of 2711 and 2810 respectively. The second article of impeachment alleged unlawful use of the cia and its resources including covert activity in the United States and interference with the Law Enforcement actions of the fbi. The crimes alleged were serious involving unlawful electronic surveillance of a opposing political party, attempts to alter testimony under oath. Six Republican House Committee Members joined all 21 democrats in supporting those two articles. My congressman was among those six house members. Another one of the six was a young congressman who maine who later became a member of this body serving with distinction as a senator and as bill clintons secretary of defense. That was bill cohen. A third of the six was representati representative caldwell butler. Together these six republicans made history. They did so with no sense of triumph and no fist bumps but only in the words of my congressmen with deep reluctanc
Camerota and john berman. Its monday, january 20th, 6 00 here in new york. Erica hill joins me the trump impeachment trial begins tomorrow in earnest. No one has any idea how the heck the thing will be run. Mitch mcconnell has not provided the public let alone the full senate with any information about the rules he intends to propose. We do know he does not want to guarantee any witnesses. And multiple sources say he is thinking of weighing the number of days for opening arguments. It is worth noting that exactly three years ago today the president was inaugurated swearing to protect and defend the constitution president. At issue before the senate now, whether he has broken that promise. The white house has until noon today to file a legal brief on why President Trump should be acquitted. Although weve seen the beginning of that defense. Arguing he should never have been impeached in the first place. Because his conduct over ukraine is not criminal. Democrats rejecting that position a