Furious this morning with just hours to go until a debate and vote on the rules for president Trumps Senate impeachment trial. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell released his rules proposal last night, and democrats are calling it deeply unfair. Senate democratic leader Chuck Schumer says the mcconnell resolution shows he is, quote, going along with trumps coverup hook, line and sinker. When you look at his resolution its no wonder he delayed it until the last minute. He didnt want people to study it or know about it. After reading mcconnells resolution its clear mcconnell is hell bent on making it much more difficult to get witnesses and documents and intent on rushing the trial through. Senior Congressional Correspondent manu raju has the latest from capitol hill. Good morning, laura and ryan. Now just hours before the senate trial is officially set to begin, Mitch Mcconnell unveiled the resolution detailing the parameters of how the trial would actually take shape. And under the
Basis. David chalian, our political director, is joining us now, and what are the respondents saying on the eve of the impeachment trial . Should the senate vote to remove the president from office, and 51 say yes, and 45 say no. I wanted to show you some key demographics that are looking at how america sorts itself when it comes to the president s approval. Looking among the women, first, 59 of women in this poll say convict and remove the president. 42 of men say so. That is a significant gender gap, and again, we see it time and again in all polling related to President Trump. You will see a familiar pattern here with race. 86 of africanamericans vote to convict and remove is what they want to see the senate to do, and 65 of hispanic americans in this poll, and 42 of white americans in this poll, and age is also a telling factor. Take a look at the age divide here. Under 45 years old, 56 of those americans want to see the president convict and removed from office. 45 and older, only
The big news from berkeley. A fire at one of the bay areas best known restaurants. This happening right now in oakland. A major crime sweep involving federal agents and local police. A live report coming up. Overnight news froms. The victim of a horrible Home Invasion robbery is now telling his story. More than 100 people have been living in a homeless camp in san jose. They are supposed to clear out this morning but many are still here. What is going to happen. Mornings on 2 starts now. Complete, bay area News Coverage starts right now this is ktvu mornings on 2. Good morning. Welcome to mornings onto. Im dave clark. Im tori campbell. Happening now, in oakland, federal agents and local police are teaming up for a major crime sweep. Brian flores is live from oakland with new information on this developing story. Reporter good morning to you. What we are learning is that this police raid involving Oakland Police as well as United States marshalls, they arrested several people this morni
Islamists. Right now major questions about whether this attack is linked to isis. Tunisia is considered a breeding ground for extremists and according to experts more foreign mighters in ersfighters come from tunisia than any other country. In japan, police are investigating new Death Threats against Caroline Kennedy. According to the associated press, the threatening phone calls are not only targeting kennedy, the ambassador to japan as she is but another american envoy as well and timing is unsettling. First Lady Michelle obama just arrived in tokyo this morning. Its the first stop on a fiveday trip for her through the region. Its been less than two years since a knife wielding man sliced the u. S. Ambassador to south korea. Witnesses say the attacker was yelling antiamerican hate when he slipped through the Light Security at an event the ambassador was at. Were covering all of the angles on this. We have a reporter in hong kong. Michelle kosinski is at the white house. David, i want
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. A state of emergency has been declared in baltimore as rioting has broken out on the streets. Violent clashing between police and roving groups have left 15 officers injured did turned one west Baltimore Neighborhood into chaos. At least two dozen have been arrested so far. This violence comes hours after freddie gray, who died last week under mysterious circumstances after being taken into Police Custody was laid to rest. Anry crowds pelted police are rocks this afternoon. Several police cars were subsequently destroyed and tonight looters have ravaged Stores Setting a cvs pharmacy on fire as crowds rampaged through the streets. Tom costello is there for us tonight. Tom, whats the latest . Reporter as night fell we moved here to downtown baltimore from west baltimore because the situation was so violent. We have looting going on at a nearby mall. T