now on bbc news, donald trump was the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, and the first to be put on trial after leaving office. christian fraser reports on an unprecedented moment in us history. it was an unprecedented moment in us history. donald trump, the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, was also the first to be put on trial after leaving office. they were the gravest charges everfaced by a us president incitement of insurrection. the former president was alleged to have made false allegations of election fraud, and onjanuary 6 to have encouraged his supporters to storm the capitol. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell you re not going to have a country any more. conviction would require a two thirds majority in the upper chamber of congress, the senate. 17 of the 50 republican senators would need to break with donald trump. new evidence brought the actions of his supporters that
now on bbc news. donald trump was the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, and the first to be put on trial after leaving office. in a special programme christian fraser takes a look at an unprecedented moment in us history. it was an unprecedented moment in us history. donald trump, the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, was also the first to be put on trial after leaving office. they were the gravest charges everfaced by a us president incitement of insurrection. the former president was alleged to have made false allegations of election fraud, and onjanuary 6 to have encouraged his supporters to storm the capitol. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell you re not going to have a country any more. conviction would require a two thirds majority in the upper chamber of congress, the senate. 17 of the 50 republican senators would need to break with donald trump. new evidence brought the act
no injuries onboard, miraculously and no known injuries on the ground. the pieces of huge metal debris falling from the sky in broomfield, colorado, about 20 miles north of denver and 30 miles west of the airport, clearly a very scary situation there. and we now have audio of the very moment the united airlines pilot issued a may day call to denver air traffic control as his plane experienced engine failure. take a listen. may day, may day united 28 united 328 heavy, may day, may day aircraft. yeah, 32, say again. united denver, departure united 328 heavy may day aircraft, just experienced engine failure, need to turn immediately. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean joins me now. pete, wow, that pilot was so calm on that may day call. you re a pilot yourself. what does that call tell you about the situation? what do you think was going through the pilot s mind right there. calm, cool, collected but they had to deal with something that is honestly not happened
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the democratic house impeachment managers coming out today to reflect on trump s acquittal with one remarking not enough republicans had the spine to do the right thing. we ll go to florida near trump s mar-a-lago estate. we have national correspondent suzanne malveaux with us on capitol hill. what is the plan going forward and who is on his side? reporter: well, ana, former president donald trump is already asserting himself as a force in the future of republican politics. from that statement he put out yesterday he made clear that he intends to flex that muscle. nearly 75 million voters cast ballots for him in the last election and his targets will likely be the republicans that have angered him in his eyes by betraying him by voting to impeach him and then voting to convict him in the senate as well. you mentioned a conversation trump had with lindsey graham of south carolina after his acquittal graham making clear trump is still angry at a number of people though he rem