let us pray. eternal god, author of liberty, take control of this impeachment trial. lord, permit the words of the new england poet james russell lowell to provide our senate jurors with just one perspective. lowell wrote once to every man and nation comes a moment to decide. in the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side. mighty god, could it really be that simple? could it really be just truth striding against falsehood and good striving against evil? powerful redeemer, have mercy on our beloved man. we pray in your magnificent name. amen. could it really be that simple? could it really be just truth striving against falsehood? barry black today, the senate chaplain. for the first time in american history, an american president has been impeached twice. republicans in the united states senate refuse to allow witnesses or documents to be subpoenaed or admitted at evidence at his first senate impeachment trial. they acquitted him at that first impeachmen
that was just some of the breath taking video that democrats used to open impeachment trial of former president trump. as democrats succeeded making the case for why the trial should succeed, the president s team stumbled and it was so bad his supporters complained about it and one senator flipped his vote agreeing that the trial is constitutional. good morning, i m kasie hunt. we ll start with the news. today house impeachment managers will begin laying out their case for why former president trump is responsible for inciting the deadly january 6 capitol riot, this is after six republicans joined all democrats in voting that the trial should proceed. here is how impeachment managers dismantled the belief that it was unconstitutional. their argument is if you commit an impeachment offense in your last few weeks in office, you get away with it. in other words, conduct that would be a high crime and misdemeanor, in your first year as president, your second year and third year
as staffing shortages continue to disrupt businesses and schools nationwide. and later, what is next for democrats after president biden s stark warning on the anniversary of the january 6th insurrection that american democracy is in danger? what are they going to do about it? tim kaine of virginia will be here ahead. welcome to meet the press daily . one day after the president s fierily address. the administration cases are continuing to skyrocket. the 7-day average of new daily infections is now above 600,000. that has pushed hospitalizations to levels we haven t seen since the worst of the pandemic. this may be mild for most people, but it s still triggering hospitalizations. white house is being urged to retool the message. focus on ways for the u.s. to live with the virus given the spread and frankly, our unwillingness to do more about it as a society. cdc chief said this morning that her agency is preparing for the covid endemic which would suggest a looming piv
workers and the guard members working together was inspiring. their team work is amazing. appreciate what they are doing. the news continues, i want to turn it over to don, don lemon tonight. those are the real heroes. this is don lemon tonight, the january 6th committee wants to talk to sean hannity. they are releasing more of his texts, that s right. his texts with mark meadows and others in the days before the attack at the united states of capitol by those blood thirsty trump supporters. and what the committee already has is stunning. we ll tell you about a text that they say indicated that the hannity had advance knowledge of the president s planning of january 6th. the quote is, look on the screen and follow alone. we can t lose the entire white house, i do not see january 6th happening the way he s being told after the 6th. he should announce we ll lead, meaning he ll lead, i imagine. the nationwide effort to reform voting integrity goes to florida and watch