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
We will hear from japanese epidemics at the center for strategic and international studies. Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. I am mike green and a professor at georgetown, we are delighted to have all of you join us in discussion over the next two hours with four of japans rising academic thinkers on Foreign Policy and economic affairs. This is the seventh cohort we have invited under a program called strategic japan. Eight years ago we discussed with the Prime Ministers Office how to expand Strategic Thinking dialogue, planning between the us and japan. One thing to think about which was new for japan was the need to go beyond the traditional bureaucratic sources and to tap into the growing expertise among japans academic experts on issues that affect foreignpolicy and to bring more academics into the tent in japan and expand the dialogue with the us and to make sure japanese scholars who are making an impact in japan are sharing their ideas with the us, getting reactions and re
San jose 39. Concord 39. Santa cruz 38. And up through santa rosa, 38 right now. So the temperature difference compared to the last 24 hours is pretty significant in some parts including livermore, ten degrees colder and napa 11 and oakland 10 and down through san jose 7 degrees colder compared to the same rain shower yesterday morning. Now were still dealing with the High Surf Advisory through 3 00 p. M. And talk about the king tides, we are expecting the high upwards of six feet around 11 54. So if you are around the coastline, be careful there is the possibility of coastal flooding potential. I know they have certain areas probably blocked off just out of safety. And then, guess what, kira, were tracking two more storms heading in our direction. Ill have the latest one an the rainmaker and the big one and low elevation sthoe. Wow. Okay. Well see you in about 15 minutes. Vianey, thanks. We begin an investigation into what a muni train continued down the track after hitting a pedestri
Is as to give a quick overview of my life, this will be about a few minutes of my political journey and also very briefly my thoughts of the Republican Party in the age of trump and would love to engage with you, all i was corrupt not eaten state and developed an interest in politics at a very early age. We had a cabin in the cascade mountains. It was on the east side of the state. I still remember as a kid driving with my parents to our cabin. We went every weekend. And we would talk about Public Policy. We always listened to the news at the top of the hour. And i was just a question asker. So i would ask my dad, why do the israelis and arab world not get along . And what about president nixon and Henry Kissinger and so those issues really fascinated me along with sports. And then when i got to high school, i was i got into debates with my social studies teachers. They were liberal, i was conservative. Not because i thought through political theory but mostly because my parents were c
Paul. Plus impeachment trial. After a month of jockeying between Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell im going to take my cues from the president s lawyers. And Speaker Nancy Pelosi ill send them over when im ready. Pelosi finally moves to send articles of impeachment to the senate having won no republican concessions. She should have sent them a long time ago. What will the senate trial look like . Ill talk to one of the jurors, Democrat Michael bennet of colorado. And 22 days to iowa. Iowa. Iowa. Iowa caucuses. Will the impeachment trial hamstring the senators running as a new iowa poll shows what now looks like a fourway sprint. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief correspondent Andrea Mitchell, david french, Yamiche Alcindor and stevinskeep, host of morning edition. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Think of this as a th