Not want the meeting in the first place. Our nbc news team here with their latest details and developments as well as todays big story. We start with geoff bennett. Democrats have a laundry list of things they want to tackle. A lot on that list and not a lot of time to get it done. A long list and little time to spare. You got three weeks until the current funding measure runs out. The end of the month. Leaders in both parties are going to come with a short term measure to buy them more negotiation time. The other issue we are tracking is gun control. You got the house and senate reconvening for the first time after this tragedy in texas and ohio. The House Judiciary Committee will consider three more bills this week. Back in february, those two bills of extended background checks are now sitting on Mitch Mcconnells desk. These new bills will ban high capacity magazines. The ground has shifted here. Democrats and some republicans have tried for 20 years to push new gun control measures
658page report, explaining the two articles of impeachment levied against the president. Suggesting that the president broke several laws, including bribery and wire fraud. And the jockeying has now begun in the senate where a historic trial will determine if the president is removed from office. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer acknowledged today that his republican colleagues are going to acquit the president. Unless more evidence emerges. There are many who have said these are serious charges. But im not sure theres enough factual evidence to merit impeachment. These people know better than anybody else the facts. There is no reason on gods green earth why they shouldnt be called and testify. Unless youre afraid of what they might say. Those witnesses, schumer says, must testify. Including, acting white house chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, and former National Security advisor, john bolton. Neither of whom testified before the house intelligence or Judiciary Committees. And while