already saying they will vote to acquit. so house impeachment managers face an uphill battle to win the necessary two-thirds majority to convict. trump s defense is set to argue the whole trial is unconstitutional. they call it politically motivated and as well as infringement on the former president s free speech rights. all of this taking place under what is extraordinary security at the u.s. capitol. physical reminder that federal officials still believe the threat is very real. let s begin on capitol hill. lauren fox is there. lauren, so walk us through the first day of the trial. well, this question of whether or not it is even constitutional to be holding an impeachment trial of a former president, that is going to be the agenda today. four hours of debate followed by a vote this evening on that question of constitutionality. now this is going to look very similar to what we saw a couple of weeks ago when rand paul forced senators to answer this question in a vote. ba
hannity, awesome show. thank you so much. this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. tomorrow as sean was talking about is the real super bowl but why are there still so many outstanding questions regarding the events of january 6. we ll lay them out. also tonight, will you need a vaccine certificate to get one n airplane? i warned you about this last march. a former airline ceo said this will be a total disaster if biden pushes for it. and how politics pushed a billionaire musician into becoming a s fake cowboy. raymond arroyo breaks that all down in seen and unseen. but first, biden s insurrection, that s the focus of tonight s angle. let s face it. the democrats and the media that serve them are like addicts looking for their next fix and their drug of choice over the past five years has been donald trump. they will snort, inhale and smoke trump 24-7 as they try to suck you into their downward spiral. if you re conservative and you voted for trump they want
here in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, january 19th. i m john berman. brianna is living the night life this week, and kasie hunt is here. it s great to have you here. look at all the beautiful buildings behind us. it s a beautiful morning. we have breaking news from overnight. major development and new details in the civil investigation of the trump organization. in a court filing, new york attorney general letitia james uncovered significance evidence, those are her words, of misleading and fraudulent practices to obtain economic benefits. this is a big escalation in her language. and the first time she has gone this deeply into specifics. the case also turning up the heat on trump s children. james said have been closely involved with the transactions in question. investigators now taking legal action to compel ivanka and don jr. to supply with subpoenas and appear for sworn testimony about the company s financial dealings. kara scann
u.s. lawmakers that met with ukrainian officials during a visit in recent days are warning that if russia invades, it would be the biggest mistake of vladimir putin s career. have a listen. ukrainians are going to fight for their lives. there will be a long term counter insurgency. it will be bloody. we ll go live to the region in just a moment. plus, this morning new details in the civil investigation of trump organization. new york s attorney general claiming she has uncovered significant evidence of what she called misleading and fraudulent practices and now turning up the heat on two of trump s children. don junior and ivanka trump. this as we learn of subpoenas that for rudy giuliani and others in the january 6th probe. also, this morning several major airlines have suspended flights to the u.s. after they said signals from the new 5g cell phone service rollout could disrupt essential airplane instructions. let begin with the top story now. tell us what exactly t
we re following two major developing stories. secretary of state antony blinken is in ukraine this morning, and warning that russia has already amassed more than 100,000 forces on its border with ukraine and it could double on relatively short order. ahead of blinken s crucial meeting with his russian counterpart on friday in geneva, he made clear to russia that there are only two paths, diplomacy or consequences. the world is watching what s happening here. when russia uses its strength to act with impunity against another sovereign nation, it makes other countries think that they, too, can violate the rules of international peace and security and put their narrowed strefts ahead of the strefts of the community. the attorney general says she s uncovered significant evidence of what she calls misleading and fraudulent ivanka trump and don jr. more on that investigation in a moment. first let s get to cnn national security correspondent kylie atwood at the state depart