Honored that recusal with regard to matters pending the Department Of Justice, but i just want to comment on what may have been on anybody elses mind or offer any opinion about that because its not for me to make those decisions. Well, it is exactly, i think, why Senator Schatz asked a whole series of questions about the scope of recusal, because i am a lawyer. Senator schatz may not be. He asked better questions than i did, but i also am having real difficulty understanding the scope of the recusal, its contours in definition, and i have an unresolved question about whether or not thats why the Attorney General failed to appear before us today, is to avoid having to answer direct questions about the scope of his recusal. I do appreciate and respect your appointment of a highly talented Special Counsel, and there have been questions from both sides that imply strong support for his independence and his conduct, and i appreciate the care with which you are answering my questions, but im
Down. Sounds seedy and weird, of course it is. Still not the strangest thing happening in washington right now. Tonight we have more on the ongoing saga of the trump dossier. Senators Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham have launched a probe into former National Security advisor susan rice. In the very final minutes of the obama administration, just afternoon on Inauguration Day 2017, rice sent herself an email on the white house computer system. In it she describes a meeting she had attended just two weeks before on january 5th. At that meeting were president obama, Vice President joe biden, fbi director jim comey, deputy a. G. Sally yates and susan rice herself. According to rice in this email, obama instructed the officials in the room to consider Withholding National intelligence from the Incoming Trump administration in case they were compromised by russia. In other words, almost two months after the president ial election, barack obama viewed trump not as his democratically elected
Will shake the Political Landscape for the rest of the year, and potentially you could argue for the next four. Once the trial begins in earnest tuesday, it will likely run two weeks at minimum. At the same time, President Trump will try to stay focused on his job. He is heading to the davos World Economic forum, and then having rallies. The caucus is coming up february 3rd. And the very next day, february 4th is the president s state of the union speech. One he may deliver while he is still on trial. Lets get more on whats going on now. Garrett hague is on capitol hill. Kristin welker is at the white house. Garrett, what do we know about what the democratic Impeachment Team is doing behind closed doors, what do we know about their preps . Reporter they kept preps and planning tight lipped. We expect seven impeachment managers to work through the weekend, some of them in washington, some of them back in their districts remotely. They have a lot of work to do, they have to prepare legal
This is bbc news im Laura Trevelyan in washington where america has a new president. Cheering. A new day for America Joe Biden is sworn in as the forty sixth president of the United States. Weve learned again that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile, and at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed Kamala Harris takes the oath as Vice President making history as the first woman ever to hold the post. Getting straight to work the new president signs a blizzard of executive orders on Climate Change, immigration and the mandatory wearing of
masks on government property. The democrats take control of the Senate Swearing in new members giving President Biden a narrow majority in both chambers of congress. A new administration a new press secretary the first News Conference of the biden era begins this hour. Welcome to washington where the new president of the United States is already at his desk. Minutes after arriving at the white house, joe biden signed executive orders, rejo
Reviewed in the senate held by members of the appropriations committee. Homeland security secretary jasonson will do his best to sell the plan to some skeptical lawmakers who claim the funds dont solve the larger problem of securing the border. The president is fighting back against critics who have slammed him on everything from the way hes handling the issue of immigration to not visiting the border. Congress has the capacity to work with all parties concerned to directly address this situation. Theyve said they want to see a solution. The supplemental offers them the capacity to vote immediately to get it done. But the problem here is not a major disagreement around the actions that could be helpful in dealing with the problem. The challenge is, is congress prepared to act to put the resources in place to get this done . Another way of putting it, and i said this directly to the governor is, are folks more interested in politics or are they more interested in solving the problem . I