Vote count angre that day, despite the fact that President Trump said he hopes Vice President pence, quote, comes through for us on the morning of the electoral vote confirmation. And the day before the count tweeted, quote, the Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors, which is not true, but he did tweet that. The House Democratic Impeachment Managers argue that President Trump over months and months filled a powder keg and then lit a match. Joint session of congress after losing an election is not an Impeachable Offense. It is hard to imagine what would be, unquote, as cnns chief domestic correspondent jim acosta reports for us. The arguments set the stage for the kickoff of the trial one week from today. Reporter Donald Trumps Impeachment Lawyers are trying to build a wall of their own, separating the bloody siege at the Capitol On January 6th and the then president s words before the riot. We will stop the steal. Reporter in its response to the Impeachmen
to account for that blast. here s how today s events unfolded. before midday local time, supporters of hezbollah and the amal movement gathered at the palace ofjustice, pressing for the removal ofjudge tarek bitar, who is leading the inquiry into port blast. they re chanting and burning pictures of him. this is the scene in one neighbourhood of beirut. two kilometres away, the situation had escalated significantly. you can hear gunfire and see bullets hitting buildings. hezbollah said they were fired on by snipers on rooftops. journalists on the ground said hezbollah supporters returned fire with ak lfl assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades. the army moved in to try and contain the situation. but the chaos continued. two loud explosions followed. the shooting continued, one woman was hit by a stray bullet inside her home. bullets also landed near a local school. this was the scene at around 2pm local, two hours after the violence started. residents are fleeing their homes, debr
conversations about whether china is helping us or not helping us with north korea. conversations that the president leads about whether russia is intervening in the midterm elections. what are we supposed to believe? here s my bottom line. it s a bottom line you would not have said two years ago, six years ago, ten years ago. when we go into these key questions, the president is not the arbiter of truth. that will be the members of his cabinet. that will be the congress. and that will be the media. in the past we ve been able to look at the president and say what s happening around the world, you give us the truth and then you help us understand what to do in the future. i don t think we can trust the president to do that. so to phil s point, kevin, the president has a long history of spreading conspiracy theories and lies to great success. pretending at one point that he was his own pr person, right? remember that? saying president obama wasn t born here, that thousands celebrated
rights and opportunities of women in saudi arabia, but make no mistake, there are still real restrictions for saudi women. they cannot get married, travel abroad or open a bank account without permission of a male guardian. and we are following the crisis in puerto rico that seems to be getting worse by the day. nearly half of everybody who lives there don t have access to clean drinking water. some water pumps and treatment plants are not working. there are fears of contamination now. fema is providing 4 million meals and 6 million liters of water to the island with millions more meals and liters of water on the way, but supplies are dwindling and they are still trying to get to people in the more remote areas of the island. gadi schwartz took a look from the air and has more. reporter: in remote parts of puerto rico, calls for help are written on rooftops. families desperate in the long wait for aid. roads obliterated by mudslides and flooding.
hurricane maria. the island is short on food, electricity, cash, reliable communications, much more. and according to the department of defense, nearly 42% of the population, about 3.5 million people are without drinking water. there are 69 hospitals across the island. and according to the governor of puerto rico, only 20 of them are working. now, in some remote parts of the island calls for help have been seen written on rooftops, the mayor told msnbc that the roof needs to be ripped off like a band aid so more aid can come. people say, for heaven s sake, write me a memo, ask me what we need. i m going to tell you, we need gas, we need running water. we need some way for people to find their way around. and we need our hospitals not to