the democrats are saying in their final briefing is that impeachment is a final act. trump s legal team is saying it s political theater. they are citing days before the insurrection, quote, either the president incited the riots like the article claims or the riots were preplanned from a small group of criminals who deserve punishment to the fullest extent of the law. let s go to jessica dean who is following this from capitol hill. let s start with the impeachment managers. the briefing was just released. tell us what else it says. reporter: this is the response from president trump s defense from earlier today. in short, brianna, their response is there is no valid excuse or argument for former president trump s actions, that he still remains drirectly responsible for the deadly insurrection that happened here at the capitol. let me read you a portion where they push back on former president trump s defense, that first defense. when president trump demanded that the arme
mike nichols one of america s all-time greatest film and stage directors. james lipton will join me for a look at the life and times and achievements of mike nichols. but first, president obama finally announces his executive action on immigration. it was a 15-minute speech, but it took only about a minute to outline the basics of his plan. if you ve been in america for more than five years, if you have children who are american citizens or legal residents, if you register, pass a criminal background check anticipate you re willing to pay your fair share of tacks you ll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily without deportation. you can come out of the shadows and get right with the law. that s what this deal is. it does not grant citizenship or the right to stay here permanently or receive the same rights benefits receive. only congress can do that. all we re saying is we re not going to deport you. joining me now, a professor at penn state s school of law,
all-time greatest film and stage directors. james lipton will join me for a look at the life and times and achievements of mike nichols. but first, president obama finally announces his executive action on immigration. it was a 15-minute speech, but it took only about a minute to outline the basics of his plan. if you ve been in america for more than five years, if you have children who are american citizens or legal residents, if you register, pass a criminal background check anticipate you re willing to pay your fair share of tacks you ll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily without deportation. you can come out of the shadows and get right with the law. that s what this deal is. it does not grant citizenship or the right to stay here permanently or receive the same rights benefits receive. only congress can do that. all we re saying is we re not going to deport you. joining me now, a professor at penn staut s school of law, julia epstein and mari laina,
infighting is not. a major effort to change that is donald trump meets with republicans on the hill including paul ryan. john: after the surprise announcement that the speaker was not ready to endorse the presumptive gop nominee trump meeting with the gop house leadership today and getting ready to sit down with senate republican leaders 45 minutes from now. john roberts is live at national committee headquarters in washington. reporter: good morning. we expect some members of the house leadership on the republican side will come out to the microphone soon, that meeting with donald trump just wrapped up. it went about an hour after the meeting with paul right and reince priebus went for about an hour. things are looking positive this morning. you don t want to spend a lot of time, sources inside the meeting describe the tone, very positive and a good step toward party unity. sources didn t want to talk too much about what was said between mister trump and paul ryan, they
then treasury secretary on the right. now, democrats have decided to boycott those committee votes on those two nominees, they say they want more information, and because they are boycotting the committees and the nominees cannot move forward. heather: on top of that, tonight president trump makes perhaps the biggest announcement of his new administration, nominating a supreme court justice, a lot of folks waiting for this. acting attorney general sally yates, meantime, was dismissed after publicly questioning the constitutionality of mr. trump s travel orders and refusing to defend them. and then a federal prosecutor from virginia, dana puente was sworn in as acting ag, even as senators move forward on the nominations of jeff sessions and other cabinet choices. the process that president trump criticize, tweeting kristin, bring us up-to-date. heather, this is shaping up to be the biggest day of donald trump s presidency so far at least. not only is he hours away from