Statement of support by the former president expressing solidarity with the rioters in the January 6 attack. Republican lawmakers arent commenting, they are trying to distance themselves from the rally, but democrats have plenty to say. It has a cost to it. You know, when you have republican leadership and republican members of congress and others who remain silent in the face of this, that sends a very strong message that it is okay and that has a very substantial cost for not just public safety but our democracy. It is a concern that weve got this element in American Society that is embracing violence to promote a lie. And unfortunately, we have elected political leaders and former elected political leaders that are promoting the same lies. Meantime fencing is up around the u. S. Capitol again. Authorities determined to prevent a repeat of January 6. The capitol is not the only concern. Protective fencing is also Erektded Er erected around the u. S. Supreme court. Jasmine wright is w
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will bring you everything that is happening in washington, dc on another hysterical day. democrats have begun laying out their case for convicting donald trump in his second impeachment trial in the senate. he s charged with incitement to insurrection over the capitol hill riots onjanuary 6th. leading the prosecution is jamie raskin. the evidence will show you that x president trump was no innocent bystander. donald trump surrendered his role as commander in chief and became the inciter in chief. as donald trump connected a massive crime against our constitution and as donald trump connected a massive crime against our constitution and our people and the worst violation of the presidential oath of office in the history of the united states of america. he was impeached by the house of representatives and he must be convicted by the united states senate. the democrats had 16 hours to present their arguments. the democrats had 16 hours to present theirarguments. in the democrats
50 republican senators, some who, along with trump, perpetuated that big lie, some who acted as shells for president trump as he tried to toss aside democracy. big question today for house democrats, will their prosecution of the former president include witnesses? another big question, what will the president s defense look like? this morning there is rare consensus across both aisles that the president s legal team blundered its way through their opening presentation, rambled, disor disorganized, embarrassed, terrible. those are how republican senators label the performance of the president s two lawyers and their performance reportedly enraged the former president. also breaking news into cnn this hour, prosecutors in georgia have opened a criminal investigation into then president trump s phone call to election officials there. in that call the president tried to strong-arm officials to, quote, find sufficient votes to reverse his loss in georgia. we ll have more on t
from storm arwen continues a much calmer day of whether today but an icy start for some, wintry showers in the forecast but some awesome sunshine as well. goals galore for liverpool as they go second in the premier league. diogojiota scores twice asjurgen klopp s side see off southampton 4 0. it s sunday 28th november. our main story: borisjohnson has announced measures to reduce the spread of the new covid 19 variant, omicron, after two cases were detected in the uk. all travellers entering britain will now have to take a pcr test within two days, and must self isolate, until they test negative. all those who ve been in contact with someone who has the omicron variant will also have to self isolate for 10 days, regardless of whether they ve been vaccinated. face coverings will once again become compulsory in shops and on public transport in england from next week. in scotland, wales and northern ireland they re already mandatory on public transport and in many indoor areas.