The holidays. On friday he accepted the houses invitation to deliver a state of the union address. That is set for the first week of february. Whether that speech will happen before, after or during a president ial impeachment trial in the senate. Lets get to West Palm Beach florida not far from the president s resort. Littin home is there. The president s twitter feed today is strangely quiet. What is on the president s agenda this weekend . Well, ana, the rest of the weekend looks anything like today he spent the die at the golf course. Just about two hours hes going to be speaking to the turning point usa action summit, students that will be a friendly audience, just to give you an idea of other people who have spoken. Rudy giuliani, sean hannity, don jr. , a supportive crowd. As for the rest of the weekend and the two weeks, i spoke to someone who says that white house aides are hoping hell spend that time preparing for that senate trial. I have o to note there is concern. Theyre p
Hands the house of representatives a new partisan vote of no confidence, that the founders intentionally withheld destroying the independence of the presidency. It will be unprecedented if we agree that any future house that dislikes any future president can rush through an unfair inquiry, skip the legal system and paralyze the senate with a trial. H if the house could do that, it will under this precedent. It will be unprecedented if the senate says secondhand and thirdhand testimony from unelected Civil Servants is enough to overturn the peoples vote. It will be an unprecedented constitutional crisis if the senate agrees to set the bar this low forever. It is clear what this moment requires. It requires the senate to fulfill our founding purpose. The framers built the senate to provide stability, to take the long view of our republic, to safeguard institutions from the momentary hysteria that sometimes consumes our politics, to keep partisan passions from literally boiling over. The
The senate side. She said the moment marked history and progress for the american people. Tomorrow, the first stages of this entire process gets underway, a trial the democrats are expected to see some numbers and a majority of numbers in the senate side to lose. So why go down this road . Listen to what was said today by chairman nadler. The senate is on trial as well as the president. The senate conduct the trial according to the constitution to vindicate the republic, or does the senate participate in the president s crimes by covering them up. Martha so it is not just the white house the democrats hope they will win come november. A majority in the senate is within reach. So the next few weeks, a lot of focus is going to be on a handful of senators who are in the swing sets. Among them, Susan Collins, lisa murkowski, martha mcsally, and cory gardner also on that list. Some of them will be first to take positions that could cost them their jobs in november. A big lineup to go throug
Durhams probe into the hes looking at the email sync medications with antitrump from her ci director john brennan. Weve got details. Kristin fisher with the latest on the impeachment standoff. Where are we, kristin . Congress heading home for the holidays with no clear plan whats going to come next bit Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell shed tonight that we are at an impasse on the logistics of what this impeachment trial is going to look like in the senate. House democrats rushed to impeachment. Weeks of pronouncements about the urgency of the situation, the House Democrat prosecution seems to have gotten cold feet, they had to be insured of whether they even want to proceed to the trial. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refusing to send the two articles of impeachment that passed the house last night to the senate until mcconnell provides more details about how he intends to run the trial. Democrats want new witnesses while mcconnell does not. Democrats want a fair trial that examines
Karl rove and Juan Williams standing by with analysis and breaking tonight from us attorney john durhams probe into the russia investigation origins, looking at the emails and communications are antitrump cia director john brennan. Lets start with Kristin Fisher for the latest on the impeachment standoff. Where are we . To congress is heading home for the holidays with no clear plan what is going to come next and Mitch Mcconnell said we are at an impasse on the logistics of what this impeachment trial is going to look like in the senate. Following House Democrats rush to impeachment, weeks of pronouncements about the urgency of the situation, House Democrat prosecution seems to have gotten cold feet and to be unsure of whether they even want to proceed to the trial. Nancy pelosi is refusing to send the two articles of impeachment to the senate until mcconnell provides more details about how he intends to run the trial. Democrats want new witnesses while mcconnell does not. Democrats wa