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
overnight new reporting on what s being described as an expletive ridden phone call between kevin mccarthy and former president trump as the riot was unfolding. mccarthy called trump shaken asking for help. the then president told mccarthy, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. at what point mccarthy told trump who the expletive do you think you re talking to? this as the teams are gearing up to make their closing arguments. will these new developments throw a wrench into what the trump team was hoping would be a quick wrap up? sheldon whitehouse tweeting out, one way to clear this up, suspend trial to depose mccarthy and tuberville under oath to get facts. this comes on the heels of a heated question and answer session yesterday where leading house impeachment manager jamie raskin said the former president should be brought in to fill in the blanks. this is about preserving the republic, dear senate. that s what this is about. se
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
an hour before the president added a single word on the ellipse. you did not hear that fact during the hours and hours of the house managers presentations, did you? when the president spoke, what did he call for? he called for a rally attendees to peacefully and patriotically make their voices heard and to walk down pennsylvania avenue to cheer on members of congress. president trump went on for more than an hour to come in at 111, and why is this important? because of all the events that i m about to describe, they all occurred before president trump two remarks concluded. at12:119 p:m., remarks concluded. at 12:49 p:m., the first barriers at the us capitol grounds were pushed over in the crowd into the restricted area. at 11:05 p:m., acting defence secretary christopher miller received open source reports of demonstrator movements to the us capitol. at 1:09 p:m., us capitol police chief stephen son called the house and senate sergeant at arms telling him he won emergency de
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. also with my colleaguejoan o brien in washington, more from jane in a moment. donald trump s lawyers have opened his defence case in the senate impeachment trial by saying he did not incite the 6th of january riot in which the capitol building was invaded by protestors. mr trump s team is due to resume its presentation shortly, they ve indicated it will take no more than four hours, far less than the 16 hours they are permitted. which means that this could be going to a speedy conclusion. the house ending up with some kind of a result, if you like, to say some kind of a judgement on this trial proceedings tomorrow. michael van der veen from donald trump s legal team accused the basis of the impeachment of being a lie: to claim that the president in any way wished, desired or encouraged lawless or violent behaviour is a preposterous and monstrous lie. in fact, the first two messages the president sent via twit