Numbers coming up a few degrees in the inland valleys today, but the week ahead looks rather typical. I will explain and have a detailed forecast for pride festivities in a few minutes. Chris. Lisa, thank you. Happening today, volunteers will install the annual Pink Triangle atop twin pinks in San Francisco. The Pink Triangle was once a symbol of hate used by nazis to identify homosexuals. It is now a symbol of gay rights. It stretches 200 feet across and can be seen for 20 miles. Thats what the event is about, remembering the hatred of the past to help prevent it from happening again. The installation starts at 7 00 this morning. There then will be a commemoration ceremony with elected officials and the San Francisco lesbian and gay freedom band at 10 30. It is the 27th annual dike march starting at delores park. It seeks to bring lgbtq people together to celebrate unity and raise consciousness about the community. The rally starts at 11 00 and march at 5 00. Organizers expect tens of
privacy, simplified. across the country today on what is being called a national day of protest. we are gonna bring you a live report on the protest itself in just a moment. but it comes just one day after the president signed an executive order attempting to protect access to abortion medication and emergency contraception. meanwhile, the january six committee is gearing up for its next public hearing on tuesday it comes after the panel heard after eight hours of testimony from formal white house counsel pat cipollone on friday. earlier today, on msnbc, mary trump discuss just how damaging this could be for the former president. to say that donald is terrified is accurate, and also an understatement. i think that this might be the first time in his entire life that, even he can t deny the walls may indeed be closing. and the witness is not coming forward, are increasingly important in terms of access, and in terms of their positions and his administration. and they are an
The impeachment trial of donald trump has started in the us senate. Its just the third time a president has gone on trial in us history. Heres how it began. Hearye, hearye, hearye. All persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. All the senate of the United States is sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives, against donald john trump, president of the United States. Mr trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Well go over those charges in more detail later. Mr trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. But the debate at the moment is not about the president s guilt or innocence. Senators are arguing over the rules that will govern how the trial proceeds. The democrats are accusing the republicans of trying to rig the trial. Mcconnells resolution is nothing short of a national disgrace. And it will go down in history as one of the very dark days of the senate. This is the
Impeach after pouring over secondhand impressions of civil servants. This is a predetermined political conclusion. The most the republican leader can do is smear our request as some partisan fishing expedition intended to damage the president. We know want thing. We want the truth. Does leader mcconnell want the truth . Were also watching this. The Senate Republicans saying that theyre open to calling witnesses during the trial with the white house reportedly now expecting as many as six deflections among the gop. Only four are needed to brain rank with majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Mike emanuel has more from capitol hill. My big question, mike, why is the list growing . Harris, some folks are saying if you want to call witnesses the democrats want, you should call witnesses the president wants. Well see how this plays out. Still a lot of discussion going on. Two weeks of Opening Statements to this trial probably before they vote on witnesses. Well see where the case stands at that
Wednesdays hearing on capitol hill. I think that the main focus right now is to have the president and his counsel who you know are given the same privileges as president nixon and president clinton had to participate and engage in this impeachment process, even to the point that if we have executive sessions on the Judiciary Committee, they are invited to participa participate, and we are certainly hoping that the president and his counsel will take advantage of that. This all comes as congress is getting ready to shape up a busy week of the investigation including the house Judiciary Committees first public hearing. One member of that committee who has participated in the past three impeachment probes is sharing why this one is different. Unlike some of the other proceedings, we got the best evidence at the very beginning. To do me a favor though phone call laid out really a this for that improper scenario where the foreign aid that was a law to be released was being held for a perso