The impeachment trial of donald trump has started in the us senate. Its just the third time a president has gone on trial in us history. Heres how it began. Hearye, hearye, hearye. All persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. All the senate of the United States is sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives, against donald john trump, president of the United States. Mr trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Well go over those charges in more detail later. Mr trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. But the debate at the moment is not about the president s guilt or innocence. Senators are arguing over the rules that will govern how the trial proceeds. The democrats are accusing the republicans of trying to rig the trial. Mcconnells resolution is nothing short of a national disgrace. And it will go down in history as one of the very dark days of the senate. This is the
He was just he was having fun with the crowd. You say that as a guy who lived and worked in florida around jeb bush and knows jeb bush and knows his personality and that was his dry as you say, his dry humor that perhaps didnt translate to the rest of the country, but i think in that crowd jeb still is the standard bearer are please clap in that jeb pose at the end. Do you know how else he is a standard bearer is jeb bush said during the campaign that donald trump was the chaos candidate. It is hard to imagine how this country would be different if everybody in the republican primary voted the way i did and voted for jeb bush. What a difference. I mean, you know, people go to the ballot boxes and they think, oh, it doesnt matter, they are all the same. They are not all the same. Its hard to really imagine, but now would be a good day to stop and say, okay, we are in the middle of impeachment for a president who extorted a foreign leader to interfere in americas elections and Everybody
But we begin tonight with a remarkable and dramatic day in the nations capital. Less than one week before Congress Officially reconvened, a Senate Hearing on a u. S. Military strike against syria on which secretary of state john kerry offered dire, some might say hyperbolic, warnings of the consequences of inaction. The opportunity for other dictators and or terrorists to pursue their own weapons of mass destruction including nuclear weapons. I will tell you there are some people hoping that the United States congress doesnt vote for this very limited request the president has put before you. Iran is hoping you look the other way. That was just one small part of a day in which the political machinery in support of a military strike was on full display. This morning president obama held a private meeting with congressional leaders and used the opportunity to try to reassure a wary public. Military plan that has been developed by our joint chiefs and that i believe is appropriate is prop
Special time. I appreciate kim jong un doing this and allowing them to go. Dana also today, President Trumps pick to head the c. I. A. Gina haspel on the hot seat on capitol hill. Facing tough questions from senators on the Intelligence Committee at her confirmation hearing. Watch. Under my leadership, on my watch, c. I. A. Will not restart detention and Interrogation Program. C. I. A. Has learned some tough lessons from that experience. We were asked to tackle a mission that fell outside our expertise. Dana we have team fox coverage. Rich edson on north korea, but first lets go to chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge with the latest on the haspel confirmation hearing. I understand she is behind closed doors now . That is right. They are an hour, hour and a half in classified session wrapping up three hours of public testimony this morning. Just for context, this is really way outside of gina haspels comfort zone. She spent 32 years doing operations so being undercover f