Evidence. Announcer this is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. A battle for the soul of the Republican Party is playing out on capitol hill this morning. Last night, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell condemned congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greenes lies and Conspiracy Theories as, quote, a cancer on the Republican Party, though he never actually used her name. Mcconnell said he had enough of what he calls looney lies. So, what will leader Kevin Mccarthy do now . Meanwhile, on monday we saw this a cordial bipartisan meeting at the white house. Dont adjust your sets. This really happened. President biden and a group of ten republican senators compared their plans for economic relief. Huge gaps remain between mr. Bidens 1. 9 trillion package and the republicans 600 billion counteroffer. We have new details about what happens next in those negotiations even as democrats prepare to
Me read this to you. President trumps responsibility for the events of january 6th is unmistakable. President trumps conduct must be declared unacceptable in the clearest and most unequivocal terms. The Trump Defense team has until noon to respond and they will argue that trying a former president out of office is unconstitutional, a process argument. Lets begin with Manu Raju On Capitol Hill on the legal brief by democrats. And it looks like what theyre trying to do here is connect the events of january 6th to all that preceded it, right, the president claiming the election was stolen and kind of riling up this group that ended up attacking the capitol. Reporter theyre trying to make a drink link to inciting his support erds suggesting there is no question that donald trump acted intentionally that led to the deadly riot on january 6th. Theyre calling this not a routine corruption charge. This is a charge of historic proportions and Impeachable Offense and they break it down into four
Away. Theres also movement this afternoon on pandemic relief. Despite a twohour meeting in the Oval Office Last night on the president s plan and a much smaller republican counteroffer Congressional Democrats are now moving to fast track their 1. 9 trillion package. We have so much more on what that means for struggling americans in just a moment, but, first, lets Dig A Little Deeper on this legal response filed by the former president s attorneys. Our cnn chief domestic correspondent jim acosta is live with me this afternoon. Jim, this all goes down one week from today. What will we be hearing from team trump . Well, what youre going to be hearing, brooke, is part of what you just said a few moments ago, constitutionally they will argue that the president cant be convicted at the senate trial after leaving office as president , but they are also going to say that the president s comments on january 6th, that rally on the ellipse just before the riot that took place at the Capitol Fall
File. As you may know by now, trump lost his entire legal team over the weekend. He has since named two new lawyers just last night. They are david schoen and bruce caster, hes represented mobsters and longtime adviser roger stone. Earlier tonight he previewed his Trial Argument on fox news. Besides the fact that this process is completely unconstitutional and this is a very, very dangerous road to take with respect to the first amendment, putting at risk any passionate political speaker, which is really against everything we believe in in this country, foundation of the first amendment. But im going to tell you, its the most illadvised legislative action ive seen in my lifetime. It is tearing the country apart at a time when we dont need anything like that. I think President Biden missed a great opportunity to be a statesman and to demand that this thing be called off, frankly. This is the political weaponization of the impeachment process. Meanwhile, the Biden White House is ramping
Passionate political speaker, which is really against everything we believe in in this country, foundation of the first amendment. But im going to tell you, its the most illadvised legislative action ive seen in my lifetime. It is tearing the country apart at a time when we dont need anything like that. I think President Biden missed a great opportunity to be a statesman and to demand that this thing be called off, frankly. This is the political weaponization of the impeachment process. Meanwhile, the Biden White House is ramping up their push for the president s nearly 2 trillion covid Relief Package. Tonight the president met with ten republican senators who proposed a slimmeddown version of the bill. The group, which includes senators Susan Collins and mitt romney, wants a 618 billion package. Their plan would provide 1,000 stimulus checks as opposed to bidens proposal of 1,400. After the twohour meeting, Senator Collins walked out of the white house and spoke to reporters. It was a