A cold job by his democratic rivals will begin on tuesday hello this is aljazeera Adrian Finnegan here with our coverage in doha lets bring in our correspondent joe castro whos on capitol hill right now heidi just explain to us once again what it is were seeing right now. Well sure youre seeing the Senate Members are preparing to receive the articles of impeachment which in minutes time we were told they are to be serum only only walked across the building the u. S. Capitol building from the u. S. House of representatives side which is where all of the impeachment proceedings thus far have unfolded those hearings those votes and those articles would have been printed out they allege that trump abused his the power of this office and. Who did not cooperate with. Investigators in obstruction of congress with the impeachment investigation and those articles will be delivered by hand accompanied by 7 appointed impeachment managers these are the democratic members of the house who have been
Receive the managers of the house of representatives to exhibit the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, president of the United States. The president pro tempore the hour of 12 00 noon having arrived and a quorum being present, the sergeant at arms will present the managers on the part of the house of representatives. The sergeant at arms mr. President and members of the senate, i announce the presence of the managers on the part of the house of representatives to conduct proceedings on behalf of the house concerning the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States. The president pro tempore on the part of the house will be received and escorted to the well of the senate. The president pro tempore the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. The sergeant at arms hear ye, hear ye, hear ye all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the United States articles of i
Transcript to fit their political meme. My question is what are we going to hold nancy closely, adam schiff response will for their treasonous actions but that is from michael in florida. We will go to steve next in fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. Steve, go ahead. Caller hello, sir. Good day to you. All right. This is all give intake. This all has been a plot since the day the man was elected. That evening. They came out and said on video we will see the ruination of donald trump. And they have been doing that since day one. If it is not one thing it is Something Else the next day. This wont work, well try Something Else. Host steven New Hampshire we seen video of the chief justice departure and we want to let you know the senate has been in a quorum call and very common in the u. S. Senate if you are a regular watcher. No business conducted they are waiting for senators to come to the floor and speak but as of now, in a quorum call and we will continue to take your comments and calls as t
They say the proposed rules wont allow any new testimony or evidence while we have 2 reporters covering this historic day in washington d. C. Can be how could our White House Correspondent is standing by to tell us about the president s legal strategy and who his defense team is and well be speaking to her in just a moment but 1st we go to heidi. On capitol hill heidi all right so talk us through what is going to be happening in this next hour we heard the Senate Majority leader there lay the groundwork basically tell us whats going to be happening break it down for us. Thats right and you know were actually going to be hearing likely more of the same but the official version in a few minutes time thats because what we heard just now was their regular call the order for Senate Business at exactly 800. 00 g. M. T. Is when we expect the Supreme Court chief Justice John Roberts to then call the Impeachment Court which is the other persona the senate will be adopting throughout this trial
Approved to date. I am aware of one senator present who was unable to take the impeachment of last thursday. We please rise and raise his right hand and be sworn . Do you solemnly swear that in all things pertaining 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 law, to help you god . I do. The secretary will note the name of the senator who has just taken the oath and present the oath to him for signature. The sergeantatarms will make the proper proclamation. Hear ye hear ye hear your, all persons are committed to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. The senate of the United States is sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives against Donald John Trump, president of the United States. The majority leader is recognized. I would like to stay for the information of all senators the trial briefs filed yesterday by the parti