And at least as far as the actual the house goes and their side of the impeachment process i think weve reached the stage of foregone conclusion i really cant envision what any of these witnesses or other process between now and and the final vote in the house that could actually change anyones mind in a meaningful way david they say the senate is the judge of this now in a trial nobodys supposed to have a 3 opinion this moves the judges on the facts in front of them that can happen in a trial right. Not not not this trial larry youre right did ordinary criminal trial jurors or are. Are instructed to be as impartial as possible there voted for that but this is no no ordinary trial this is an impeachment of the president its a trial that as you said will be conducted on the floor of the United States senate presided over by the chief justice of the. State Supreme Court and the jurors in this case or 100 do elected members of the senate in other words theyre politicians and they have pol
Vetted for that but this is no no ordinary trial this is an impeachment of the president its a trial that as you said will be conducted on the floor of the United States senate presided over by the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court and the jurors in this case or 100 do elected members of the senate in other words theyre politicians and they have political interests at heart or at least many of them have expressed that they do when it comes to whether or not theyre approaching this impeachment trial with open minds i think the real question here for republicans especially is whether theyre going to actually look at the evidence and the reality is this is a factual record that is that is pretty well undisputed at this point the facts are what they are no matter what some on the far right tried to say otherwise and so for republican senators the test is will they go into this with open minds will they look at the facts as they are and will they make a judgment on the basis
Presided over by the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court and the jurors in this case or 100 do elected members of the senate in other words their politicians and they have political interests at heart or at least many of them have expressed that they do when it comes to whether or not theyre approaching this impeachment trial with open minds i think the real question here for republicans especially is whether theyre going to actually look at the evidence and the reality is this is a factual record that is that is pretty well undisputed at this point the facts are what they are no matter what some on the far right tried to say otherwise and so for republican senators the test is will they go into this with open minds will they look at the facts as they are and will they make a judgment on the basis of that factual record in other words will they actually put their oath of office before partisan interests. Of the republicans going to bring up witnesses. You know thats an ope
Life not International World the center of moscow is covered here with the round up kevin koe in just 11 am here moscow times thats 10 in the evening in the u. K. And thats where the big story of the morning is coming from Boris Johnsons conservative partys want to resoundingly purity after a strong showing in the general election in britain the Prime Minister says it gave him a powerful mandate to finally bring breaks it and hes got straight down to business to already contacts with the german chancellor Angela Merkel and irish premier. Main time bad day bad night for the opposition parties theyre both looking for new leaders now labor suffered a series of humiliating defeat and leader Jeremy Corbyn says hes not going to lead the party into the next election in time the liberal democrats making their wounds too in that camp their head joe swinson in lost his seat is that the Party Leaders reacted to a story day in westminster. Proud to say that members of our new one nation government
With a crossbow in london today Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo was found guilty of murder. Waiting times of up to four years for routine operations in Northern Ireland prompt warnings that the Health Service there is close to collapse. And how David Walliams best selling Childrens Book has been turned into a musical with the help of Robbie Williams. And coming up on bbc news, scotland will face israel in their euro 2020 play off semifinal in march. The winner will meet either norway or serbia for a place at the tournament. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A man who strangled a british backpacker in new zealand and hid her body inside a suitcase has been found guilty of murder. Grace millane was found buried in bushland outside auckland last december. The 21 year old from essex, was killed after a night out on the eve of her birthday. Her family wept in court as jurors convicted their daughters killer. He cant be named for legal reasons. Shaimaa khalil is in auckland. This wa