Proceedings will lack drama with Impeachment Managers saying the former president of the United States incited rioters to ran sack the capitol. Cnns joe johns starts us off this morning on capitol hill. Christine and laura, some members of the United States senate say they are reserving judgment until all of the evi evidence. For whatever reason, they said they were reluctant to convict donald trump in this trial that is expected to begin on tuesday. They are well aware of all of the support the former president has out in the country even though some of the latest polling suggests quite the opposite. An abc news poll says 56 of respondents believes the former president should be convicted and barred from Holding Office while only 43 say he should not be. But its not up to the resp respondents polling, its up to the senate. If you believe he committed a crime, he can be prosecuted like any other citizen. Impeachment is a political process. Weve never impeached a president once theyre o
Might be delayed and he may have a hard time getting moderate democrats to back that after the Congressional Budget Office is out with a new report saying raising the minimum wage to 15 will put more put more people out of a job. Millions would lose their job from it. 900,000 would be lifted out of poverty and add 154 billion to the deficit over ten years. Some Senate Republicans says it will make stuff more expensive and hurt people theyre trying to help. Senator Chuck Grassley pleading this. Including this harmful policy in Covid Relief Bill would devastate same Business People hurt by the people. Others like Bernie Sanders are not letting that news burst their bubble. Sanders say they should do it anyway. The news from the cbo proves his point that they could pass it through Budget Reconciliation with no republican support and 51 votes. He said this today. The good news from a bird rule perspective, increasing the minimum wage would have an impact on the budget. We could raise it to
Teamed up to screw our fellow americans. And the cdc says more schools can safely reopen, but for some teachers its not that simple. I need to worry about not just what my students are facing, but also what my family and myself are facing. Welcome to Inside Politics Sunday im abby phillip. To our viewers in the United States and around the world, thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. Overnight we learned that former president Donald Trumps entire impeachment legal team is gone, with just days before the start of the senate trial, this is the reason, President Trumps insistence that his lawyers focus on his false claims that the election was stolen from him. A person familiar with the departures tells cnn that trump wanted the attorneys to argue that there was mass Election Fraud rather than focus on the legality of convicting a former president after hes left office. More on that in a bit. But before senators can get to the Impeachment Trial they are grappling with the c
And former cia officer david priest. David, good to see you. I havent seen you in a while. David is the author of the president s book of secrets. Lets start with john harwood. John, President Biden says trump should no long e receive briefings citing his erratic behavior. This is a big deal. Well, its a big deal, don, in the sense that no other expresident has been denied this information. But its a completely normal deal when you think about how donald trump is different from every other previous expresident. Is he discreet with Classified Information . No. He wasnt as president. Is he capable of providing wise advice that joe biden or any other policy maker would value based on that information . No. Is there something suspicious about his relationship Vladimir Putin and russia . Yes. Does anyone doubt that donald trump is capable of taking Classified Information and using it to benefit himself politically, financially or in some other way . No, Nobody Doubts that he might do that.
Steve well, you know what . Just like everybody else, it was a different kind of holiday. We were all together as a family but we were not in the same place. I made that Bacon Braided smoked turkey breast, which i showed you last week. That was so good. Thousands of people made it yesterday as well because they sent us pictures from our cookbook. Thats our Family Tableau from yesterday. Up in the upper left hand corner me and cathy, my daughter and marshall. Peter at his apartment. And sally and alli out in california. How about you, pete, what did you do . We had a pretty straight up traditional there. There is the fam right there. Thats our toast during our why did the proclamation of George Washington for the first. Steve he had hegseth academy . Pete also seconds as dining room. And then we had a turkey bowl. , you have to play football. Thats jen right there. She is a good free safety and was little bitting off and we had a good thanksgiving. We feel blessed. How about you . Emily