Scenes on social media at post boost on twitter, instagram and facebook. Remarkable year for book that have been tackling the uses and especially the abuses of this countrys criminal Justice System. And we at politics and prose have been honored to host authors and poets behind them. The first event we hosted this year at this location was for the investigation of the misdemeanor punishment without crime and were closing with an equally essential look at the way the legal world unfairly treats this countrys disenfranchised and the author target is his own former profession as a public testify. The become called usual crueltity comes from alec karakatsanis. The founder of the civil rising corps, advocating for racial justice. Especially known for come batting the unconstitutionality of money bail, karakatsanis was name the 2016 trial lawyer of the year by public yates and the steven b. B. B wright aired for and as an introduction to his talk tonight im very excited to be welcoming his g
Chief prosecutor and im sure if it begins trumps impeachment trial as new evidence further implicates the president in his dealings with ukraine also coming up germanys diplomatic efforts in libya a potential breakthrough with the rebel commander. Committing to a cease fire and also attend a conference in berlin this weekend aimed at ending years of civil conflict in libya and russian lawmakers backed president putins choice for Prime Minister as jamie after the surprise resignation of the entire russian government the move has left the world wondering what is flat or mere putin planning on bringing the latest from moscow. Im sure in golf. Its good to have you with us we begin tonight with its historic proceedings on capitol hill as the u. S. Senate formally opens the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump this is just the 3rd impeachment trial in u. S. History and its happening during an Election Year with President Trump seeking a 2nd term in office House Democrats kicked o
You can see some rain drops. It has been rainy and windy. That is having an impact on flights. They have been seeing delays on average of about one hour and 55 minutes. We will bring in ktvu bet garland scott. It is moving out for some of us. This storm really having the biggest impact on the morning commute. Lot of accidents affecting the bay area travel on the roadways. Here is the live camera. It looks like the rainfall has tapered off a bit. Still some slick roadways. Take a look at the number so far. Kentfield, over an inch of rain. Santa rosa, 0. 74. Not as much but we are adding to the numbers especially in the south bay. Here is the progression of this frontal band. Those rainfall rates really jumping up quickly this morning. Winter storm warnings towards lake county, the sierra. As we come in closer, we have a flood advisory for portions of redwood city, fremont, san jose, morgan hill. This has been extended until 12 30 this afternoon. This indicating the possibility of minor
Ukraine also coming up tonight germanys diplomatic efforts in libya yield a potential breakthrough with the rebel commander Khalifa Haftar are committing to a cease fire if one is sought and also attend a conference here in berlin this weekend ending the year of civil conflict in libya. Also coming up in a d. W. News exclusive pakistans Prime Minister and kong opens up about his concerns over rising tensions between saudi arabia and iran saying an escalation of the conflict with tehran would be disastrous for his country. Im bringing off to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world well we begin tonight with historic proceedings on capitol hill as the u. S. Senate. Formally opens the impeachment trial against president donald drop in the last hour chief Justice John Roberts from the u. S. Supreme court who will be presiding over the trial and sworn in all 100. 00 senators as jurors this is only the 3rd impeachment trial of a u. S. President in u. S. History
With ukraine also coming up germanys diplomatic efforts in libya yield a potential reason for hope with the rebel commander Khalifa Haftar are committing to a cease fire will also attend a conference here in berlin this weekend aimed at ending years of civil conflict in libya. Im off its good to have you with us we begin tonight with historic proceedings on capitol hill as the u. S. Senate formally opens the impeachment trial against president don will draw the chief Justice John Roberts who will be presiding over the trial has sworn in the 100. 00 senators as jurors this is only the 3rd impeachment trial in u. S. History its happening during an Election Year with president seeking a 2nd term in office earlier today House Democrats started the proceedings with chief prosecutor as in shift reading out the charge. Article one. Abuse of power. The constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and that the President Shall be removed from o