Donald trumps efforts to target what he calls trumps desperate attempt to stay in office. Where do things go from here . Plus, Kamala Harris appealing to republican sense of History And Tradition as she tries to convince them to cast their vote for her. How the Location Today and the woman who will be campaigning alongside her could help her make her case. Just hours ago, israel expanding Evacuation Warnings to nearly two dozen more towns across southern lebanon. How the people on both sides are now bracing for this wider war. A lot to get to. We start with Jack Smith. The Trial Wont be until after election day. To do that, Jack Smith has to convince the judge that trump was acting as a candidate, not the president , and orchestrated a criminal scheme to hold on to power meaning the Supreme Courts recent ruling on president ial immunity should not apply. The following is full of examples. Smith argues trumps conversations with Vice President pence were in their private capacity as Runn
A look at the days news and headlines. At low containment. Bill its a big job. Probably something we deal with all week. Thank you live in redding, california. Sandra President Trump raising the stakes in the battle over the border wall threatening to shut down the government if he doesnt get the funding he has been demanding. The President Firing off this warning a short time ago tweeting quote, i would be willing to shut down government if the democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security. Which includes the wall. Must get rid of lottery, Catch And Release, etc. And go to system of immigration based on merit. We need great people coming into our country. Doug mcelway live at the white house this morning. Doug, an interesting tactic to see a republican president embracing the prospects of a Government Shutdown. It sure is. History has shown that whenever there has been a Government Shutdown in the past it is the Republican Party that takes the blame for it and in the aftermat
incitement to insurrection is an impeachable offense. if not, what is? reporter: other republicans attacking the whole idea of putting the former president on trial. i think the trial is stupid. i think it s counterproductive. we already have a flaming fire in this country, and it s like taking a bunch of gasoline and pouring it on top of the fire. we re going to hear these arguments in the days and weeks ahead. rachel scott on the hill tonight. and rachel, tomorrow, senators, of course, will be sworn in as jurors but we know senate leaders have agreed the trial won t get under way until the week of february 8th. and you ve learned that chief justice john roberts will not be presiding. that s a change from the first trump impeachment trial. what do we know among republicans tonight, that key number democrats need, 17 for a conviction of the former president. reporter: and david, republican leader mitch mcconnell has said that he is keeping an open mind. he has not yet decided
we re only four days away from the house passing impeachment proceedings. the house and senate are in recess. the president is at mar-a-lago. nothing is trying. the trial won t happen for several weeks. it s not unreasonable what the speaker is doing. she needs to appoint her impeachment managers, those are essentially prosecutors, and she wants to understand what kind of venue the prosecutors are going to be trying a case in. is it going to be fair? i find this whole thing a little laughable in the sebs of these process arguments. for months we ve heard from trump and his allies, the process is going way fast, we need to slow this down, we need more witnesses. that s exactly what the speaker is saying. we need to hear from more witnesses and now senate republicans are saying, no, no, no, we need to move this faster. there s a lot of irony going on here. let s take a listen to what house intel committee chair adam
manafort, they re interested in manafort testifying against trump or providing information as judge ellis said, you have to worry not only about squeezed witnesses singing but about them making up stories, elaborating on stories. the better the story, the better the deal they ll great. the great fear when you deal with witnesses and try to prosecute them in order to get them to testify against other people. i used to teach my first year students always commit a crime with somebody in america with more important than you are so you can turn them in and they can t turn you in. that s the play that s going on now. bill: paul manafort s trial begins tomorrow. trump and his lawyers have repeatedly sought to play down manafort s connection to the president. there you go. the trial won t be entirely without references to the campaign. giuliani said just this morning manafort has nothing on the president. he was part of this his campaign for four months.