Angle. The process, the powerful players, the arguments on either side, before the gavel falls in a few hours. So heres where we stand right now. President trump is just the third president in American History to be impeached by the house of representatives. It passed two articles. The first for abuse of power over his withholding of military aid to ukraine, a u. S. Ally, whom he actively pressured to announce an investigation against the political rival, the former Vice President joe biden. The second article of impeachment is for obstruction of congress, and the successful efforts by the Trump White House to block the testimony of key witnesses and the production of possibly damaging documents. The question of witnesses as we move ahead with the trial will also be a key part of the discussions and the debate today. So the rules of this trial will be unlike anything you have ever seen before. That includes the last impeachment trial. The final guidelines will actually be set today wit
The Dow Jones Industrials losing more than 23 points as coronavirus fears intensify. Among them a march madness basketball and disneyland cancelled. The ncaa announcing this years tournament will not take place and disney says the theme park will be closed through the end of the month. Also a gloom assessment, dr. Anthony fauci admitting the government testing in his word is failing. Ill discuss todays developments with senator chris coons, and well have full coverage of the days top stories. Lets begin with cnns nick watts. We are getting new information about major disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic. Tell us what you are learning. Well, washington, as you just mentioned, disneyland say they will close through the end of the month. The governor of california said expect more announcements like this shortly. The governor of ohio just closed all the schools in the state from monday to at least april 3rd. In maryland, they have just closed the schools for at least two weeks and ne
The key is we have to have separation for this thing takes longer to go away. I think we can say this for a lot of countries, it goes away. We want it to go away with very few deaths. People have cases, how many cases do you have . Well, relative to other countries, we have few cases and certain of the major countries that have a bigger problem than us. We offered just interestingly, we have the greatest doctors in the world, we offer iran assistance. We offered iran assistance. Should they expect a respond . I rather not say. But lets put it this way. You will see. Again, i cant say. I was working on that last night also. A lot of rockets have not been fully determined. It was a rebel group. But most likely looks like it could be backed by iran and well see what the responses. Would you like to see the Prime Minister return to the white house next year . I always want him to return, hes a friend. We have been doing this for quite a while. We started off both new to the job and yes, i
The United States just a week ago, only a few thousand cases. Now look, number of deaths are rising, hospitals running out of everything they need. Doctors and nurses pleading for help, pleading for supplies. Massachusetts and michigan now the last couple of hours becoming the ninth and tenth states to issue a stayathome order. Several other major cities are doing the same. The senate also trying to get involve helping the economy with a massive stimulus. Right now returning to session for their attention, a massive stimulus package for the price tag around 2 trillion, we expect to hear from Mitch Mcconnell and Chuck Schumer as the senate comes into session momentarily. Lets bring in Kaitlyn Collins and manu raju. Where are we . Intense negotiations happening all morning long. Secreta secretary mnuchin and meeting with schumer. They have been going back and forth at schumers office. And talking to the snarts and also mnuchin meeting with some key Democratic Senators were not at the sen
More than 1. 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases here in the United States, and that more than 67,000 americans have died. And we can all agree that the economic toll is staggering with more than 30 million americans filing for unemployment. But what americans and Public Officials cant seem to agree on is how and when to reopen the country. By tomorrow, 33 states will have begun the process of at least partially reopening. A recent gallup poll found that 44 of republicans and just 4 of democrats said that theyre ready to return to normal activities. And this week we watched as protests broke out in states like michigan where a statewide stayathome order remains in effect. Of course, it was just two weeks ago when the president called for the liberation of certain states, michigan included. And this week the president tweeted his support for those protesters calling them, quote, very good people, and urging Governor Gretchen Whitmer to give a little. The disagreements and the divides