To from the house of representatives. Its 20 minutes at 10 00 eastern this morning. Well have live coverage here on cspan2. Until then some of the debate from the senate from yesterday. Tomorrow will be four weeks, four weeks since House Democrats impeached the president of the United States with purely partisan support. Speaker pelosi and chairman schiff did not wait to fill out the factual record. They did not even wait to see their own subpoenas through the legal system. They plowed ahead for two reasons, they said impeachment was too urgent to wait, to urgent to wait and they said theyd already proven their ca case. But since then, House Democrats have spent four weeks contradicting both of those claims. They spent four weeks demonstrating that impeachment is not actually that urgent, not that urgent, and maybe not actually have that much confidence in their case. An arbitrary fourweek delay does not, madam president , show urgency. And these demands for the senate to pre commit to
Smart phones to google, and selling motorola to lenovo, a huge haircut, but google is holding onto the valuable patents and it looks like stuart was right. Tv ratings for president obamas state of the younion at the lowt since bill clintons. Stay tuned, Varney Company is about to begin. The economy grew just over 3 at an annual rate of the last three months of the last year and thats in line with wall street estimates except consumer spending, that was as strong as its been in three years and say it again, the economy is growing even after or maybe because of Government Spending is in a freefall. Two news items out of washington for you this morning. First, president obama pushes for the two largest trade deals in u. S. History while a major roadblock, those obstructionists following president obamas state of the Union Address, this comes from Senate Majority leader harry reid saying he will not bring legislation to the floor that will give the president greater trading power. And reme
And climate activists. We must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. Comparisons are being drawn to the impeachment of president clinton in 1999. But on that occasion all 100 senators agreed unanimously to the rules. How times have changed. Well bring you all the key moments in the senate as proceedings fully get underway hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. The impeachment trial of donald] trump is under way. Though there is no real pretence that the men and women sitting these are the live pictures we can you from the floor of the senate. Though there is no real pretence that the men and women sitting in the senate are acting as impartialjurors. The republican leader of the senate, Mitch Mcconnell has already told us the outcome is predetermined. He is setting the rules, in coordination with the white house, to make this hearing as speedy as possible. The president could be acquitted by the end of nex
A vote against trump would remove him from office, but could it really happen in a republican controlled senate. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Donald trump will today become only the third american president to go on trial in the us senate. The impeachment hearings are about to get underway. Donald trump is acused by democrats on two counts one of abusing his power and the second of obstructing congress. But with republicans in the majority in the upper house, its highly unlikely the president will be removed from office. These are live pictures from capitol hill, where senators are arriving to take their place and begin their temporary role as jurors. Well bring you the trial live when it gets underway in about half an hours time. First, Gary Odonoghue explains how the hearings will work. Well the hearings will work. All centres now stand . And raise well all centres now stand . And raise their right hand. Do you solemnly swear that in all things pertaining to the trial of donald tru
The big story: Florida’s “recess moms” are back to lobbying. They wish they didn’t have to be. But a proposal in the state Senate calls for changes to the physical education law that the parents fear would undo their 2017 effort to get 20 minutes of daily recess mandated in public elementary schools. Rather than waiting for the concept to get too far along, the moms are lobbying to kill it .