that was just some of the breath taking video that democrats used to open impeachment trial of former president trump. as democrats succeeded making the case for why the trial should succeed, the president s team stumbled and it was so bad his supporters complained about it and one senator flipped his vote agreeing that the trial is constitutional. good morning, i m kasie hunt. we ll start with the news. today house impeachment managers will begin laying out their case for why former president trump is responsible for inciting the deadly january 6 capitol riot, this is after six republicans joined all democrats in voting that the trial should proceed. here is how impeachment managers dismantled the belief that it was unconstitutional. their argument is if you commit an impeachment offense in your last few weeks in office, you get away with it. in other words, conduct that would be a high crime and misdemeanor, in your first year as president, your second year and third year
house correspondent, weekend today co-host peter alexander, garrett haake on capitol hill, brendan buck, former senior adviser to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and former maryland democratic congresswoman debra everets and former senator claire mccaskill. peter first to you. let s start with the covid relief package. the white house releasing a statement after that monday meaning with republicans saying the president is open to reconciliation, but the republicans are in the conversation. so where do we stand? are democrats on the progressive side getting nervous he ll compromise too much, or are all saying he ll go big even if it means going it alone? . reporter: when everybody was said and done last night, it was clear president biden, this white house wasn t really giving much ground here. they say that the meeting was substantive and productive but at the end of the day he said they had to meet this moment. the decision is whether to go big and go it alon
leaving the white house. stand by for our exclusive report. plus, we are awaiting a final vote in the house of representatives on the debt limit deal. this hour i ll be getting reaction from a key progressive democrat who says she is voting no. also tonight, attacks on russian territory appear to be escalating. kremlin officials calling the situation near the ukrainian border alarming. one day after drone strikes shook the russian capital city of moscow. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer s on assignment. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. and let s get straight to cnn s new exclusive reporting on this special counsel s criminalvection of former president donald trump. katelyn polantz and paula reid have been working their sources. they are joining us now with the latest. kaitlan, i want to go to you first. what are you learning about this critical key new piece of evidence? well, alex, this i
trump also on tape undermining his own defense. so, is it a smoking gun for prosecutors or not? the former white house lawyer for trump ty cobb will be outfront. plus, a new message from the head of the russian private army, the wagner group. we are learning new details about just how paranoid putin has become about other russians. we ve got that for you this hour. plus, a court clearing the way for a manson family member to be granted parole. will the manson follower now in her 70s go free? let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump on tape. federal prosecutors now have trump s own words as key evidence in its classified documents investigation. according to sources, trump is heard on tape acknowledging that he held onto a classified document about plans for a potential attack in iran. so that is significant in and of itself, admitting that he held onto that. and then, secondarily admitting there are limits to his actual abilit
but we have a very opinion not necessarily grounded in fact. when testimony does resume, keith davidson, the former lawyer for stormy daniels will be back on the stand to continue cross-examination that has gotten heated to say the least. trump s defense attorney trying to portray davidson as an extortionist as a business in sleaze, he brought up other stories involving hulk hogan, lindsay lohan and charlie sheen. yasmin vossoughian is reporting from outside the courthouse. also chuck rosenberg, former fbi official and msnbc analyst. duncan loven, managing partner of loven and associates. danny cevallos is still with me in studio. he is a criminal defense attorney and an msnbc legal analyst. duncan, i m going to start with you as the prosecutor in the house, and new to our panel, what has to happen this afternoon? how do they move this case forward now? i think the prosecutors need to continue to hammer home the two main points, which is why this testimony is so rivetin