Oakland and san jose. One of the biggest marches was in San Francisco. Thats where sergio joins us live. Sergio. Reporter terry, people in todays group were no less determined than those who attended the first march four years ago. They touched on things like womens empowerment and solidarity with other marginalized groups. This year the crowds seemed a little bit smaller than years past. They packed into Civic Center Plaza before heading down market street. This years treme, together we rise, is an effort to encourage women to support each other and others in their communities. Organizers are encouraging people to remain active even after this manrch. Since this is aredential election year, theyre asking people to stay connected and turn out to the booth. Youve got to show up and come do the work with us and please go vote. And run for office. And this is especially for women. We need a lot more women running for office. Reporter San Francisco mayor london breed was among the elected
Scuffles at the border between it was amal and mexico hundreds of vibrance are trying to head to the u. S. And we report from a poor Rural Community and afghanistan thats finding it harder and harder to cope with winter. We begin this hour in lebanon where police have faced off with protest as in beirut Security Forces fired water cannon and tear gas on demonstrators in clashes that lasted several hours more than 200. 00 people were injured parties to say that target of waiting for the government to make the changes that would bring a resolution to the ongoing economic crisis so horrible its from beirut. Rage in the streets of the capital in what might be a new phase in an uprising against lebanons leadership that is now in its worst month fierce confrontations between antiriot police. And. Protesters turned downtown beirut into a war zone this is the epicenter of a protest movement that until a few days ago was relatively peaceful running battles began when demonstrators who want the
According to the constitution and the laws so help you god. The clerk will call the names and record the responses. Was january 7, 1999. From the floor of the senate the trial of president till clinton. We had never seen anything like this before. Thelast trial was back in 1850s, no television with Andrew Johnson. What do you remember about what happened and how this transpired . The senate trial was fascinating because of the idea that it was called a trial but. T is not a legal proceeding it had so many interesting dynamic characters involved in it. Robert byrd of west virginia, a stall wart constitutional , not a supporter or friend of bill clinton. He ended up at one point throwing up its hands and admitting this should not have happened. And heal was misguided even told a colleague that he was going to introduce a motion to dismiss the whole thing. Different senators play different roles. The house managers were fascinated to listen to the president the president s legal team was
Present the case against the president , kim strassel, and columnist and manhattan senior fellow jason riley, what do you expect to happen in this trial . Well, what we are going to have is the an Opening Statement where people put forth outlines for and against and questions about votes, youll also have the house impeachment managers going first and presenting evidence that they collected if the course of this investigation trying to convince senators that it is enough to go forward with conviction and in theory that would be by the president s defense. Paul is there a possibility that youll hear from impeachment managers and if the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says you know what, i think we have enough votes to acquit here right now that they could hold a vote after that those original arguments . This is something more and more republicans are thinking about. You know there, had been a thought of having emotion to dismiss up front but it was clear that a lot of republicans werent
Convention, and Democratic Candidates in iowa. That will get underway at four 00 eastern time on cspan. We wanted to spend the first talkingfirst hour about issues that are important to women. Thousands lined the streets on a cold and rainy saturday to strike back against President Trump. The first womens march took lace one day after his inauguration in 2017. We want to hear from you. Our phone lines are open at 202 7488000 for those in the eastern and central time zones. For mountain and pacific, 202 7488001, and you can also send us a text at 202 7488003. You can also find us on twitter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. A march took place yesterday on a cold and rainy saturday. Election year brings a feeling of hope at the womens march. The cofounderis of all in together, speaking about some of the issues important to women and what she expects as some of this Campaign Season unfolds. Here is part of the conversation. Guest there is no question and reams of evidence t