Never knew you had. Those peripheral relationships we are missing in the time of lockdown. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in new york city, Christian Fraser is in london. Its almost four weeks since supporters of President Trump stormed capitol hill, claiming the election was stolen and today, House Democrats laid out their case for convicting mr trump of inciting that insurrection accusing him of being singularly responsible for the events of january the sixth. The Impeachment Trial will be in the senate next week. In the memo they submitted, the nine Impeachment Managers say the president incited the attack but had laid the groundwork for what they describe as the big lie, well before the election in november. They say the speech he delivered onjanuary 6th whipped his supporters into a violent frenzy. And quoting directly from the constitution and its framers they say the senate has the jurisdiction to impeach a former official. In the last few hours mr trumps lawyers have responded claim
long. you can feel it. the drip, drip, drip of disclosures about the strength and the specificity of special counsel jack smith s evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation. and today, the new york times is naming names. the new york times reveals the workers who moved the boxes containing white house documents ahead of a meeting between donald trump s legal team and doj at mar-a-lago. the new york times reports that the two employees were a maintenance worker and trump s valet, and that they moved the boxes into the room before search of the storage room that sam day by evan corcoran, a lawyer for trump. for trump. this brand new reporting, which we should mention, has not been independently verified by nbc news, raises a whole host of questions when viewed in terms of whether it helps to answer essential questions in the case. did donald trump clearly and flagrantly commit obstruction of justice? as jack smith barrels to an indictment of the president, we h
House committees looking at the latest batch of documents found in his garage. Well find Griff Jenkins in eagle pass with the latest. Griff hey, neil, just as youre talking about the president s visit to mexico. Pan the camera, you can see migrants walking up recently crossed and ill simply ask. [speaking spanish] neil, they say theyre from colombia and you can see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, it happens every day like clock work and President Biden going to el paso not able to see any migrants. Its unbelievable. I have brand new numbers, almost 50,000 migrant encounters across the entire Southwest Border since january 1st of which 73 were single adults. Those numbers just unbelievable. Now, we know now that new yorks mayor, eric adams, will make a trip now to el paso today. We dont have the details. We know hell make at least three stops according to his Press Release about that. And we hope to hear from him and it comes after mayor add adams asked fo
good evening, and welcome t politicsnation tonight s lead, rights versu might. it has been a whirlwind political week, with republicans from the state house to the courthouse, tryin to force their ultraconservative agenda o americans who have repeatedl rejected their platform at the ballot box but trump appointed federa judge yesterday suspended th fda s longtime approval of ach abortion drug, the latest blow to reproductive rights which have been under assault sinc the overturn of roe v. wad last summer. meanwhile in tennessee republican state lawmakers voted to expel two black representatives for speaking out against gun violence invoking rules used only twice before since the civil war a fair lawmaker who barely escaped this himself joins u live in just a moment. and of course, there s forme president donald trump, defyin in the face of an unprecedente criminal indictment. his house gop allies are rushing to his defense targeting the democratically elected africa
house committees looking at the latest batch of documents found in his garage. we ll find griff jenkins in eagle pass with the latest. griff: hey, neil, just as you re talking about the president s visit to mexico. pan the camera, you can see migrants walking up recently crossed and i ll simply ask. [speaking spanish] neil, they say they re from colombia and you can see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, it happens every day like clock work and president biden going to el paso not able to see any migrants. it s unbelievable. i have brand new numbers, almost 50,000 migrant encounters across the entire southwest border since january 1st of which 73% were single adults. those numbers just unbelievable. now, we know now that new york s mayor, eric adams, will make a trip now to el paso today. we don t have the details. we know he ll make at least three stops according to his press release about that. and we hope to hear from him and it comes after m