to 9. welcome to the program the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump has begun with senate republicans blocking democratic attempts to take documents and evidence in a bitter debate over proposed rules democrats accused republicans of a cover up trump is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of justice the reports on a longer opening day that stretching well into the night our founders trusted the senate to rise above short term passions at the last moment senate majority leader mitch mcconnell altered his proposed rules for the impeachment trial gone was the possibility that the evidence collected during the various house inquiries might not be entered into evidence in the senate trial of the democratic party house managers and white house lawyers would now have 3 days and not 2 to make their opening statements that left the issue of witnesses and documents house democrats argue that they were withheld in the course of their inquiries into whether donald t
democrats have introduced which is awesome for a subpoena for john bolton president trump s former national security adviser to give evidence but then the debate about this bolton amendment soon descended into something much bigger and we wondered whether this is just the result of 12 hours of debate in the anger suddenly overflowing because maybe this this process is coming to an end this part of the impeachment trial is coming to an end but one of the house managers gerry knopfler seconds said that the votes against having witnesses were treacherous and then suddenly in rebuttal the trump and white house lawyers exploded back and said well the jury not donald trump that apology that he should be ashamed leading to chief justice john roberts who s presiding over the trial admonished both sides he said that the language had to be conducive to polite debate and so on so suddenly things exploded in the 12th hour off this of this debate they all voted on whether john bolton shou
Live from london also coming up. Warnings that to fear spreading fast in yemen let us hope more aid will start to arrive. But expresses pain and shame over chiles sex abuse scandal three churches were attacked on the way. In california after the discovery of thirteen. Captive by their parents some of them chained to their beds. And a potential military conflict is looming over syrias northern border after a u. S. Decision to form a border force led by kurdish fighters to military is preparing to strike against y. P. G. Fighters in syria because terrorists and kurdish civilians fear theyll become targets and the attack is likely to center on the african region in the turkey syria border reports. Really out about is one of many kurds whose quest parents left Northern Syria years ago but he still has family in africa which is close by on the syrian side of the border to maine and his relatives there are growing increasingly worried as turkey prepares for a military operation against few a
Spreading fast in yemen let us hope more aid will start to arrive. Tomorrow. We look at life in one of the deescalation is a tricycle used to be safe havens for syrian civilians. Pope francis expresses pain and shame over chinese sex abuse scandal three churches were attacked as his trip got on the way. Venezuela confirms that a rogue Police Officer who attacked government buildings last year died in a shootout with armed forces. And im. With all the day sports news including. Im here now to tell someone what to tell every. Almost one hundred victims of sexual abuse by a u. S. Gymnastics team doctor tell a judge their story says he prepares to be sentenced. The World Health Organization says a defeat outbreak in yemen is spreading quickly and has a high fatality rate almost seven hundred people have now been affected and forty eight people have died from the disease in the past four months the number of cases is doubled since december eighth and her data the worst hit of yemens ninetee
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this the nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. He proved last night that he is the undisputed republican from un, yet the target on Donald Trumps back tonight comes not just from fellow candidates or even from the left, but from the heart of the Republican Party establishment. In fact, the man who last won the republican rom nation, mitt romney, about to join the fight to stop him. It comes as trump vanquishes another opulent, a winless dr. Ben carson effectively throwing in the towel tonight. Trump won seven out of 11 states on super tuesday. On the Democratic State Hillary Clinton with seven victories of her own. Neither has the number of delegates needed to seal the deal, and that tonight is keeping hope alive for those determined to stop them. Nbcs Hallie Jackson starts us off with the latest. Reporter looking to november, donald trump is looking president ial down to the gold chairs and chandeliers at hi