♪ you're live in the cnn newsroom. i'm ana cabrera in new york. right now in washington, d.c., we have the first official look at how president trump's newly assembled legal team plans to attack the charges that led to his impeachment. two things happened in just the past couple of hours. i want to talk a little bit more about those things right now. let me bring in joe johns. we heard about the president's mood. he's also detailing how he assembled his legal team, a team peorm well on television.d

tell us more about the -- >> what it could be like in the united states senate over the next couple of weeks with the house managers releasing and filing with the clerk of the senate the document that is essentially the trial brief that is a road map for how they plan to proceed over the next couple weeks. and a lot of this is information we've heard before. some of it is about the facts. some of it is about the procedures relating to impeachment. and some of it is about the guidance from the framers of the united states constitution, the house democrats summing it all up, essentially saying that this is a situation that is a nightmare or would have been a nightmare for the united states framers of the constitution. there is a lot of information we've heard before throughout

the impeachment of the president, but there's also some reference to new information. as a matter of fact, one of the things the house democrats talk about in their brief file today is about that report just last week from the gao indicating that in gao's view, the trump administration broke the law by withholding that almost 400 million dollar in aid from ukraine. now, that's important. the house impeachment managers and lawyers working with them say because this is a clear indication that someone has said in plain language that there was a violation of law. the administration has said there hasn't been a violation of law. in fact, in their response to the manager's brief, they put that in plain language, that there had not been a violation of law. overall, this is more, as i

said, back and forth. one thing that's very interesting ana is that the president's response to the house democrats impeachment brief is much more political and accuses the democrats essentially of trying to overthrow or overturn the 2016 election. back to you. >> okay. joe johns, thank you for laying it out there for us. let's bring in our analysts to talk more about this senate impeachment trial and other political questions that are top of mind tonight. we have cnn political comment. trump argues that it alleges no crime at all, let alone high crimes and misdemeanors. they cite as evidence ukrainian president zelenski's repeated denials he felt any pressure from trump or the administration. your reaction? >> this goes to the so-called quid pro quo and that is that zelenski, the president of

ukraine, would have understood that if he didn't investigate the bidens, he wasn't getting the military aid. zelenski has said that's not true, he didn't feel pressure. however there have been many other documents that have been revealed since that one conversation that would indicate zelenski knew that is exactly what the president wanted. as a matter of fact, there were explicit instructions that the president wanted him to announce an investigation of biden. so, i think we're seeing what the approach will be here on both sides. but the president doesn't really contradict the known facts. >> s.c., i know you've had a chance to read through the documents filed by the legal team. was it what you were expecting them to be making as far as the arguments? >> yes and no. i think there's some interesting points in here. one graph i found interesting, they say the president's actions on that july 25th phone call as well as the april 21 phone call end in all surrounded and

related events were constitutional, perfectly legal, completely appropriate, and taken in furtherance of our national interest. that can sound like a lot of bluster. but our national interest is a very interesting point to make. that is making a substantive point that what president trump was asking zelenski to do was somehow in advancement of our national interest. i think that's interesting. other interesting point, they call this impeachment effort by the democrats illegitimate and a one-sided process. as we all know, the white house stonewalled this investigative process. >> there's that, plus the white house chose not to par tis tate. >> exactly. >> it was by design. >> and by desire. so, they're pointing out a lot of problems that will fly back, i think, in the face of trump and the white house for actually creating the conditions that the white house is now complaining about. >> could i just add also just adding to what s.c. just said

because i agrow wiee with it completely. this whole dispute, what we're seeing in the papers is there's not a big factual dispute about what the president did. it was obvious from that first telephone call transcript which was released that he was putting pressure on zelenski to do an investigation of hunter biden's involvement in the ukrainian company. and one side is saying that's clearly a crime, that's illegal. that's what the democrats are saying. and the president is saying, no, that's perfectly legal. i have a right as president of the united states to pursue this element of american foreign policy, fighting corruption in other governments. >> in fact, they're saying and arguing that democrats from the house are trying to basically take him out at the knees, his ability to conduct foreign policy. >> that's exactly right. and i think strangely enough at the end of this impeachment process, we may have both democrats and republicans agreeing factually with what happened but having a big disagreement about whether it's an impeachable offense or

criminal in any way. >> so, s.c., what's your reaction to the house democrats and their saying president trump's conduct is the framers' worst nightmare? >> i think there's a lot of evidence backing this up that that's exactly what they were worried about. what's clear is the abuse of power in the president's response because it's exactly what ken starr alleged bill clinton had done. now, that was dismissed and they didn't get to do the abuse of power. but it's what democrats are now suggesting republicans, donald trump, did as well. and donald trump is trying to insist that shouldn't be part of it. but i think democrats are right. it's that abuse of power that the framers were really concerned with. and i've asked people on my show. i'm sure you have too. i've asked republican lawmakers, if a democratic president does this down the line in, you know,

the next four, eight, whatever, however many years, are you going to defend him? are you going to think it's okay? and of course they all say sure. i'm sure that's not true. i'm sure that won't be true when a democrat does it. but because trump did it, it's okay. i think that's a really dangerous precedent. >> paul. s.e. mentioned one of the lawyers that's part of the impeachment saga that's part of the president's legal team ken starr. i just wonder about the reason he put this team together. is it all about being made for tv, because if it is, made for tv courtroom dramas are one thing. arguing in a senate chamber in an impeachment trial is another, no. >> i think it's true. the president has focused on those lawyers for more than that reason. starr was the solicitor of the united states in the clinton impeachment manager. he's had a lot of television and

in-court experience. alan dershowitz is a constitutional lawyer, life long professor at harvard law school, and everybody knows who he is. maybe he makes for good television, unlike some of the democratic lawyers who nobody's ever heard of. it's like he's putting together a reality television show about impeachment with characters that everybody will want to see on television. this is the way the president operates. he got elected president using this strategy, and he may think he can beat these impeachment charges by doing what has worked for him in the past. >> i want to get this extra reporting in. we have a source close to the white house saying president trump has appeared distracted by the impeachment trial telling people at mar-a-lago he can't understand why he was impeached. why are they doing this to me, the source quoted trump as saying repeatedly. what's your reaction? >> i think to paul's point, he sees himself as a character in these mellow dramas. and the character he most likes to play is the victim.

and he is the victim of this quote/unquote witch hunt. and if he's not playing a victim, he's playing the bully. it's one or the other. so, in this one, he takes turns. he's played the bully in this saga. and right now he's playing the victim. and i would be alarmed if he weren't distracted by this. it's the biggest thing that can to a president other than taking the country to war. he should be distracted. he should take this seriously. just because he might be acquitted does not make this meaningless. it's meaningful. i hope he's taking this as seriously as we all are. >> yes, indeed. s.c. cupp and paul callahan, great to have you here. let's talk about the senate trial. join us more on what to expect, cnn contributor allen fruman, a hands on participant in the impeachment of bill clinton. allen, when we think of

clinton's impeachment trial. we think of two names: monica lewinsky and kenneth starr. monica lewinsky couldn't help weighing in on twitter. she writes this is definitely an are you f-ing kidding me kind of day. have you been having flash backs as well? >> it's nice to be here, ana. yes, i've been having flashbacks. the impeachment of the president of the united states is about the most solemn thing that can happen under our constitution. the senate is attempting to treat this trial, at least i hope the senate treats this trial with the seriousness, the solemnity, and the dignity that it deserves. we will not have a monica lewinsky, but we do have a kenneth starr. but kenneth starr is a very competent attorney. and so i see no problem

whatsoever in adding him to the president's defense team. he certainly knows his way around -- go ahead. >> sorry. i didn't mean to cut you off. i want to ask you more about the legal team that he's assembled because again as we were just discussing, he wants a legal team, we've been told, a tv legal team. as courtroom dramas goes, a courtroom is quite different in terms of the setting that they'll be facing. it's not a courtroom. it's the senate, right? >> yes, it is. >> so, give us a sense of what that should be like. >> all the senators who are seldom in attendance when the senate is in session are required to be there. and for the most part, they will be there. this is the senate in a very different setting from its usual somewhat casual approach to legislation. again, this is a very solemn situation. senators are listeners. they are both jury and court.

and they are there to listen to the arguments both by the house managers and then by the president's counsel. and i believe that the dignity of the proceedings will be enhanced by the presence of the chief justice of the united states. i know that the senate is on trial. i belie the senate will acquit itself well. i make no predictions for the accused here. but the senate, i believe, will take this very seriously. >> and walk us through a little bit more about what we can expect and how it's different than the hearings we saw in the house on impeachment. >> senators are there to listen. the case will be made first by the house managers. and they may really not be interrupted by senators. the house managers make their case. they are followed by the

president's counsel. and under the impeachment rules, the house managers get the last say. throughout all of this, senators usually remain silent. the oath, the proclamation made by the senate sergeant at arms, commands everyone to remain silent on pain of imprisonment. in the clinton trial, each side, the prosecutors, the house managers, and then the president's counsel were recorded 24 hours to make their arguments. and then the order provided for 16 hours of questions by senators. under the impeachment rules, senators submit their questions in writing. they submit them to the chief justice, and the chief justice reads the questions. so, even when senators get to participate, their voices aren't heard. now, one could argue whether not hearing senators' voices adds to the dignity of the proceedings. you could get people arguing on both sides of that. but for the most part, the

senators are not the stars. >> also on procedures, senators aren't allowed to speak during testimony which you just mentioned. but electronic devices will be barred from the senate chamber and restricted in other areas of the capital, including for journalists inside the senate chamber. journalists are prohibited from approaching senators in halls and around the senate chamber. what do you make of the restrictions that have been put into place for this impeachment trial? >> i do find the restrictions somewhat curious. i know i worked at the senate in the advent of the iphone ipad era. when cell phones and ipads were prohibited on to the floor of the senate. and woah be the one who went up to the senator on his or her ipad. i saw the restrictions and thought to myself, there's one thing senators can agree upon, they don't want to follow these restrictions.

>> that's interesting. so who's making these restrictions? who would make these if both party as agree they are bogus? >> we'll wait and see. >> we'll see. alan fruman. we appreciate your expertise and insight on this historic moment. meanwhile, we have breaking news across the pond. prince harry and meghan markle are giving up their royal titles and going without government funding. we'll have details on the deal they made with the queen next. if you live with diabetes, why fingerstick when you can scan?

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found a construct skpif supportive way forward for my grandson and his family. harry, meghan, and archie will always be much loved member of my family. i recognize the challenges they have experienced as a result of intense scrutiny over the last two years and support their wish for a more independent life. i want to thank them for all their dedicated work across this country, the commonwealth, and wond, and am particularly proud of how meghan has so quickly become one of the family. it is my whole family's hope that today's agreement allows them to start building a happy and peaceful new life. here are the exact terms. they will no longer receive public funds. instead, prince charles plans to finance them. they will also repay the multimillion dollar renovation of their residence and start paying rent. they will keep their private patronages and associations. however, harry's charity and e vick tus games, that doesn't

count. a royal expert victoria arbiter join us in new york. i want to go back to the statement from the queen. what stands out to you? >> i think it was deeply personal nature of the statement. the british monarchy is dripping in formality. that was very much about reiterating that the queen is acting as head of state but also as a grandmother. she needed to find a solution that was going to really satisfy the wishes of harry and meghan but also that was going to be acceptable to the british public. i think this statement hit all the right marks. >> i want to bring in kate williams. kate, the queen mentions the scrutiny the couple have been under. she's had such warm words for meghan. is there a sense that the queen could have put out a statement

like this over the last couple of years? >> yes, i think that's an important point, ana. as you say, this is a very personal, very warm statement. the queen complimenting meghan, how quickly she became part of the family, talking about the scrutiny which i have to say really jumped out to me. the royals don't normally talk about press scrutiny and intrusion. they just ignore it. here's a moment in which the queen is saying they have been under scrutiny. we saw this personal statement from the queen last week. i think going forward the monarchy are going to have to realize that sometimes ignoring it, it's too much. there was a survey done today actually in the united kingdom about newspaper coverage and it found out that huge amounts of the coverage, 72% of the coverage of meghan, was usually negative. and this is a really high amount -- it's incredible really. so, i do actually think that the palace, perhaps, they hoped it would go away.

they thought if they ignored it, it would go away. and perhaps it might have been helpful to back up some of prince harry statement's about the press intrusion. this statement jumped out. it really is the queen saying this is part of my family, stop the speculation, stop saying all these things. there have been cruel things said. stop saying all these things. we love them. we want them to be happy. and everyone pull together and try to give them this happiness. >> it's interesting. you talk about things going away. we know in this case their titles go away, but it doesn't change the fact that prince harry is still prince harry. he's still a member, a blood member of the royal family. do you think, kate, that the press will change the way it covers this couple? at least the press there in the uk? >> you're quite right. he's choosing not to keep his title. he's choosing not to use his title. he's got it. lots of people are saying to me is the queen going to take away

their titles as happened to princess diana. she was divorced. it's different. harry will always be a chance. he will be called harry duke of sussex. people have been asking me is he out of the succession. no, he's number six. archie is number seven all as it was. certainly going forward it is going to be different. and there are certain amounts of restraints that are applied to members of the royal family. and they may get more privacy. they've chosen canada, chosen north america because they feel there will be more privacy. they've suffered under this press invasion, the speculation, the comments. certainly i think it will be a different kind of press scrutiny, more of a celebrity kind of press scrutiny because they are not, as the queen says, working members of the royal family. they're really much more like internationally famous people. and harry and meghan are

megacelebrities. the whole world wants them. >> the fact they're no longer working royals, does that mean we won't see them at some of the traditional events, the tripping of the colors or things of that nature sf. >> i think we will see them at tripping the color. that's the queen's annual birthday celebration. that's where we see all hands on deck with the royal family. i think harry and meghan will follow the model of peter phillips where he appears on the balcony, his children are front and center. i think one of the trickier ones is remembrance sunday. harry has devoted himself to the welfare of veterans. he is a committed former military man himself. i think if he wished to show up, he would need to be on the balcony. >> he loses his military role, right? >> he loses his ceremonial military role. if harry were to be on the

balcony, that would be such an enormous distraction from the veterans they are honoring. i would be surprised to see harry at remembrance sunday this year. who's to say they won't be there next year after people get used to the new normal. >> kate, some place blame on meghan for this decision but harry gave a telling statement in 2017. according to "news week" he said is there any one of the royal family who wants to be king or queen? i don't think so. but we will carry out our duties at the right time. looking back, is this decision to step away all that surprising? >> you are right. there's been some, you know, people blaming meghan. i have to keep saying no, no, can't blame meghan. i think this is harry's choice. it's really -- he always found the royal role very confining, very restricting. he's always found it very difficult. he struggled under the scrutiny.

the only place he felt happy was serving in the army and doing active service in the army. much to his distress, his position in afghanistan was revealed by a magazine in australia and that was the end of that. he always felt struggling to find his role. he's not the future king like william. it's different. and so you do -- when you start looking at it see earlier moments in which he said i'm not happy. i'm not happy here. that interview you're referring to absolutely saying who would be monarch? who would be in the royal family. so, simply i think definitely britain needs to take a hard look at itself because a woman of color has married into the royal family and frankly she's being chased out with this speculation, sexism, racism. at the same time, i think that harry has felt as if he's struggling to find a role. and when his wife is made so desperately unhappy, i think he feels why should i stay for this. >> our thanks to victoria and kate. don't forget to watch our

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today at the women's march in new york, evelyn yang, the wife of democratic presidential candidate andrew yang spoke openly about being sexually assaulted in 2012 by her own doctor. she called it a privilege to share her story. >> it is a great, great privilege to have a public voice, and i didn't want to waste it. so, you see, for me, the theme of this march, to rise and to roar, is it's very personal. as terrifying as it was to share my story on a national stage, i had to believe that coming forward would help me reclaim by voice and help others reclaim theirs. >> for evelyn yang, the personal has indeed become political.

speaking out about sexual assault is often the only way victims can push back against a system that too often looks the other way. cnn's drew griffin has more on the doctor who allegedly assaulted evelyn yang while she was pregnant and how he got away with abusing other patients for years. >> the indictment reads like the ac acts of a serial sexual predator. women who were forcibly touched, orally violated. the alleged perpetrator, a respected obgyn accused of assaulting his own patients. but dr. robert hadden served no jail time for his crimes. he cut a deal with the d.a.'s office in new york and pleaded guilty to just two charges. he lost his medical license but doesn't even appear on the public sex offender registry, to his accusers, a sweetheart deal.

>> there's clear evidence of a pattern of bad behavior by the doctor, a lack of institutional courage by his employer, columbia university, and a lack of willingness to take the case seriously by the manhattan district attorney. everyone did the best they could to make it go away. >> melissa hock stater is one of the dozens of accusers suing hadden. the lawsuit accused him of unfettered access to female patients, many as young as 15 or 16 and that he had been assaulting women for decades while some staff, coworkers, and even patient chaperons looked the other way. a nurse tried to send out a warning in the early '90s but was told to be quiet. hadden was known as a shark around the office.

one patient was told she had a medical condition. 32 women and counting say they too were victims. >> not a day in prison. >> nothing. >> does that make sense to you? >> no community service no. fine. no yajail time. he seems to have e areceived an early paid retirement. >> why? >> he worked at colombia university. >> got away with it. >> got away with it. >> it's like being slapped in the face and punched in the gut. the d.a.'s office is meant to protect us, is meant to serve justice, and there was no justice here. >> evelyn yang, the wife of democratic presidential candidate andrew yang described her own experience to cnn's dana bash. she says her assault could have been prevented because hadden had been arrested before, and

columbia university knew it. in june 2012, police were called to his clinic after a woman reported being assaulted in an exam room. despite the arrest, hadden went back to work. >> patients weren't told the obgyn they were seeing had been accused of sex crimes. and in the weeks that followed two, of those patients would become his next alleged victims. >> evelyn yang was one of them. >> can you imagine the audacity of a man who does this, continues to do this after being arrested? it's like he knew that he wouldn't face any repercussions. >> the doctor's arrest was voided. he wouldn't be charged with any crime for another two years while the d.a.'s office investigated. hadden hired a powerful attorney. she had donated to vance's political campaign and worked on his transition team. both she and the new york

district attorney's office claimed the relationship had nothing to do with the plea deal, but the original recommendation for hadden to serve at least four years behind bars would be reduced to nothing. the d.a.'s office even agreed to lower hadden's sex offender status. he wouldn't appear on the sex offender registry though he was convicted of a felony. he had great lawyering and even brags about the win on her website. >> he was getting off with a slap on the wrist, basically. >> it's yet another case raising questions about the manhattan district attorney's office already under scrutiny for failing to prosecute harvey weinstein in 2015 and asking a judge to lower jeffrey epstein's sex offender status. melissa hoff stader says it's a pattern of white powerful men getting sweetheart deals. >> i don't see it any other way. you see a lack of willingness to do an investigation, look at the

employer. you look at the details of the plea agreechlt they're painful. it's very painful. >> manhattan district attorney cyrus vance declined cnn's request for an interview, instead sending a statement saying our primary concern was holding him accountable and making sure he could never do this again. with we regret this resolution that is caused survivors pain. >> he fighting the allegations made against him. as for columbia university medical center, not a single answer to any of cnn's detailed questions about the possible cover up in this case. only a statement saying the allegations are abhorrent and they deeply apologize to those whose trust was violated. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. >> wow. a state of emergency is in effect after a number of white supremacists are under arrest

ahead of a planned gun rights rally. why the fbi is saying there's a, quote, fair sense of worry about that rally, next.

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richmond, virginia, tonight. sources tell cnn there's been an increase turnover past 24 hours of threats against law enforcement there. this as the city's already under a state of emergency ahead of a gun rights rally on monday. the governor put a weapons ban in place for the state capitol ground. so far seven supported white supremacists are under arrest in multiple states and police say three of them were planning to

go to that rally in virginia on martin luther king day. let's go to nick valencia in richmond for us. what are you hearing about these latest threats, nick? >> reporter: some troubling news, ana. i spoke with a source at the virginia state police department who says over 24 hours there has been an increase in threats towards -- law enforcement. it is troubling consider just how anxious people are here ahead of monday's lobby day by the virginia citizens defense league. they're worried this event would be hijacked or a management at the very least for extremist groups. we've seen stepped-up security measures, you see this wrought iron fence. early this morning i saw a woman with a toddler who was going through some very thorough screening. they're being serious about this because of what the governor calls credible threats of violence on monday which is why early this week we saw him announce a state of emergency announcing a temporary weapons ban on state capitol grounds.

this h this has angered pro-gun -- the first time in about a quarter century it's been controlled by democrats. they passed three gun control bills which angered gun rights supporters. things like limited gun purchase to one over 30 days as well as allowing locality to say ban guns in public areas. that's why they're showing up here on on monday to release. fbi even expressing concerns. you had reported earlier about the supported neo-nazis that have been arrested this week. they don't want what happened in charlottesville to happen here. >> nick valencia, thank you for that reporting. there's a new merest and fatal respiratory illness spreading around china and east asia that now threatens to reach around the world. we have details on the steps being taken here in the u.s. to

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right now the u.s. centers for disease control is taking extreme steps to top a deadly mysterious virus from entering the country. screening airline passengers entering the u.s. from wuhan. an outbreak of a previously

unseen virus has already killed two people and that's in china. also sickened at least 45 others. passengers are being checked for fever, coughing, and difficulty breathing. the screenings are under way at airports in los angeles, san francisco, and new york's jfk. you are live in the "cnn newsroom." thank you for staying with me. i'm ana cabrera in new york. now a busy evening for washington, d.c. we have the first official look at how president trump's legal team plans to attack the charges that led to his impeachment. late this afternoon two things happened that are key to the senate impeachment trial that gets moving on tuesday. first we have the house managers formally transmitting their trial brief, why the house believes the president should be removed from office. shortly after that, a strongly worded, very aggressive response from the president's impeachment lawyers. it's a letter that