actually hold office to be impeached. since the 45th president is no longer president, the clause shall be removed from office on impeachment is impossible for the senate to accomplish. now the house impeachment manager s brief was a lot longer. it was 80 p0 pages, it focuses president trump s betrayal of historic proportions and the threat he poses to the constitution. they say the president is to blame for the insurrection writing it s impossible to imagine the events of january 6th occurring without president trump creating a powder keg, striking a match and then seeking personal advantage from the ensuing havoc. jim accost osta joins me now. the trump team was concise in comparison. they appear to have come to a compromise with the president on whether to focus on the constitutionality or the stolen election. that s right. i think it boils down to what the president s advisers have been saying for weeks now, that his speech on january 6th, while some may view it as in
house correspondent, weekend today co-host peter alexander, garrett haake on capitol hill, brendan buck, former senior adviser to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and former maryland democratic congresswoman debra everets and former senator claire mccaskill. peter first to you. let s start with the covid relief package. the white house releasing a statement after that monday meaning with republicans saying the president is open to reconciliation, but the republicans are in the conversation. so where do we stand? are democrats on the progressive side getting nervous he ll compromise too much, or are all saying he ll go big even if it means going it alone? . reporter: when everybody was said and done last night, it was clear president biden, this white house wasn t really giving much ground here. they say that the meeting was substantive and productive but at the end of the day he said they had to meet this moment. the decision is whether to go big and go it alon
at the white house. he plans to stay on until the end of the term in june and until a replacement is confirmed. he is 83 years old and the oldest and most senior liberal justice. he was nominated in 1994 by president clinton. with us now is jessica schneider. tell us what more we know about his decision. we know he understands the political realities of this moment for democrats. he is someone who previously worked for the senate judiciary committee before becoming a judge and has said in the past he would consider two things when deciding to leave. his health and the court. so with no known health issues, it s clear the court s is his main focus. he s been facing unrelenting political pressure over the past year from progressives. they have been demanding he step down to leave plenty of time for president biden to name a successor, but at the same time, he has been really outspoken about the perils of viewing the supreme court politically. he published a book in septembe
kits. in ukraine, secretary of state blinken met with ukraine s president. the u.s. is warning that putin could invade at any moment. one nation can t simply change the borders of another by force. one nation can t simply dictate to another its choices. and cannot invade spheres of interest to subjugate neighbors of will. we will open a very large pandora s box. i ll speak to senator mark warren on the threshold, and updates ahead of votes this evening. and big new developments from the new york attorney general s overnight. leticia james saying she has, quote, significant evidence that former president president trump, his son don junior and daughter ivanka fraudulently with the property of the brand. james sweeting the office is seeking to compel the president and former family members as part of the civil investigation. joining me now, the nbc investigations tom windt, nbc capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. joyce vance and pulitzer prize winning investigative
agenda on capitol hill. we have fox team coverage tonight. mark meredith in washington look looks at the results of new gallup poll indicating a major voter shift to the right. chad pergram at the capitol with the senate struggle to pass voter reform legislation. jacqui heinrich at the white house with the latest on president biden s covid policy. we begin in los angeles with chief correspondent jonathan hunt with increased lawlessness and a series of heinous crimes there. good evening, jonathan. good evening, bret. the crimes are horrific and apparently random. the victims, innocent people going about their daily lives, traveling on the subway, waiting for a bus, working in a store. i m i m not claiming anybody by name, what s is going on in our society right now everybody seems to be oriented on giving back rights and bestowing favor on people that rob others of their rights. todd kupfer s 24-year-old daughter brianna went to her part-time job at furniture store in lo