Attack unlike any weve seen in our lives. The managers case straightforward and comments by his violence supporters to show he instigated the attack and plan to rebut the notion a president cannot be tried after leaving office. As for the defense, well, their brief begins with a mistake, a pretty sloppy one at the top of page one as you see there, the lawyers misspelled United States. Those are the ex president s lawyers. From there they argue an ex president cannot be convicted on constitutional grounds. In addition, they make a claim thats easily disproved, reading from their brief quote it is admitted that after the november election, the 45th President exercised his First Amendment right under the constitution to express his belief that the Election Results were suspect. The brief goes on to say quote insufficient evidence exists upon which a reasonable juriest could conclude the 45th President s statements were accurate or not and thereafter denies they were false. Insufficient ev
Honor, ra a reminder of the insurrection that caused his death on the 6th of january. The United States senators whose lives and staffers lives he died protecting is being asked to show bravery, as well. House Impeachment Managers and the ex president s legal team today presented their briefs in next weeks Impeachment Trial and the insurrection at the heart of that trial is not ancient history. They will be weighing decisions with the seat of American Democracy and their workplace still showing the scars from an attack unlike any weve seen in our lives. The managers case is straightforward. They plan to use video of the president s rally leading up to this and comments by his violent supporters to show he instigated the attack and plan to rebut the notion a president cannot be tried after leaving office. As for the defense, well, their brief begins with a mistake, a pretty sloppy one at the top of page one as you see there, the lawyers misspelled United States. Those are the expresiden
Now on bbc news its hardtalk. Stephen sackur speaks to former Prime Minister sirjohn major. Welcome to hardtalk. Within weeks, the conservative party will have a new leader and britain a new Prime Minister. As with so much in uk politics, that battle between borisjohnson and jeremy hunt boils down to brexit. Who the tories believe it is better equipped to navigate the political and constitutional crisis that looms as the departure date of october 31 draws near. My guest is former Prime Minister sirjohn major. What kind of conservative party and what kind of country will emerge from the brexit mess . Welcome. The conservative Party Leadership is in its final lap. You have been watching it very closely. What is it telling you about the state of your party . I have been a member of the conservative party since my 16th birthday. Its been a very large part of my life. I owe a great deal to it and i hope i have given quite a lot to it. I do not think i have ever seen the party so divided or
Time for hardtalk. Apologies for that. We will bring the programme to you in a few minutes time. Stay with us, we are having a couple of technical difficulties. You can keep up to date on all the stories were covering online at our website and you can also reach me on twitter. We have plenty more of all of our top stories. Lets bring you a quick im rico hizon in singapore. Weather update. Thursday brought us the headlines a warm and humid day across many parts of the country but we also had the lion air crash in indonesia lawyers say the families of those heavy showers and thunderstorms as who died in the boeing 737 max have well. Been cheated out of compensation. A mix of sunny spells on friday and a few showers around across Eastern England and eastern scotland but many of us will avoid the showers President Trump has ordered that we have an area of low pushing all Government Agencies to provide off towards the east with High Pressure waiting out in the west records that will help de
Until elections can be held. At ten oclock tina dahele will be here with a full round up of the days news. Now Stephen Sackur interviews former british Prime Minister sir john major on hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Within weeks, the conservative party will have a new leader and britain a new Prime Minister. As with so much in uk politics, that battle between Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt boils down into brexit. Who the tories believe it is better equipped to navigate the political and constitutional crisis that lives as at the departure date of october 31 draws near. My guest is former Prime Minister is sirjohn major, what kind of conservative and what kind of country will emerge from brexit mess . Welcome. The conservative Party Leadership is in its final lap. You have been watching it very closely. What is it telling you about the state of your party . I have been a member of the conservative party since my 16th birthday. Its been a very large part of my life. I have a great deal to