. >> sure, ayman. it was about 24 hours ago at this time when the democrats and senators very much were surprised by the fact that this witness question came forward and many at the time were -- once the house impeachment managers actually relented and said we shouldn't bring forward any more witnesses, many were wondering why they gave up the upper hand. many saying that already showed that they may not have been as invested into really trying to persecute trump. well, now, 24 hours later, we're hearing from those house impeachment managers, many of them saying they did win. you heard from that lead impeachment manager, jamie raskin saying they won in the court of public opinion and they will win in the course of history. and you heard the reasoning why is simply because we heard from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said that the democrats did a good job presenting the evidence and there was -- for the course of many weeks we were hearing from republicans, even those that voted to acquit, they

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. this hour labor leaders are arriving at the white house to meet with president biden and vice president harris to discuss the administration's $2 trillion relief package. as well as their infrastructure plan. meantime, anger is growing in texas as millions of people are still without power after the state's electricity grid failed to meet the high demand amid a winter storm and freezing temperatures. we're going to take a look at what is happening on the ground in dallas with texas democratic congressman colin allred. >>> and former president donald trump just gave his first interview since the insurrection at the capitol on january 6th. speaking to fox news about the death of radio host rush limbaugh. trump continued the line that the election was stolen from him. >> rush thought we won, so did i, by the way. i think we won by substantially. i don't think that would have happened to a democrat. you would have had riots going all over the place if that happened to a democrat. we don't

>> a lot, ayman. a pathway to citizenship for 11 million people is a big deal, expanding family reunification visas is a big deal, changing the way that border enforcement happens ultimately if that is to be the case is a big deal. addressing root causes of immigration is a big deal. the list goes on and on. obviously there is the politics as to whether or not this is going to happen, but when you look at this wholesale as a big approach as representative of the democratic party, this is a big departure from where things have been, it's a departure from the trump administration, it's also a departure frankly from decades of bipartisan deterrents-based approach to immigration. >> jacob, stay with us for a moment. i want to bring into the conversation now new jersey senator bob menendez who as i mention sd one of the lead sponsors of the bill. senator, thank you so much for your time. so it is a big deal as jacob was just mentioning, but this is the third big attempt in the past 15 years to act on immig

>> well, ayman, this was never about who were the assassins of jamal khashoggi. this was about exhibiting the courage to ultimately identify that individual in public based upon all of our intelligence reports. and of course, that personal is the crown prince of saudi arabia. and so you know, i appreciate that president biden did what president trump failed to do. at that time, bob corker, the chairman and myself as a ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, invoked a provision of the law to seek such a determination. president trump basically was in a cover-up for mbs to bob woodward that he saved mbs at the end of the day but here's the truth at last. now the question is, beyond what the administration has done, and i applaud the administration, making this public, observation the rule of law, following our own domestic law, and some of the preliminary actions. i believe there has to be more done. >> and that's the important question. let me dig into the report for one quick second. specifically the assessment. it says this decision, this asses

ayman?t, and we'll find out more in four hours from now, when that trial gets back under way. turning now to nbc white house correspondent monica alba. she is in west palm beach, florida, near where former president trump is. monica, lots of developments over the past couple days about the president's reaction to how this is all shaping up. certainly with his defense team. there's been new reporting about his attorneys. in fact, one of them reportedly wanted to quit. what did you learn? >> reporter: overnight, "the new york times" reporting, ayman, that david schoen, someone who we did hear from yesterday, briefly considered quitting the legal team because he didn't agree with how they planned to use some of their own video evidence, those montages that were played repeatedly yesterday. now, according to "the new york times," former president donald trump called schoen and asked him to consider staying, and ultimately, that is what he decided to do. but today, you're not going to see him, an

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ayman?on, really quickly, do you get there's any sense of accountability from the hearings today? >> reporter: it's hard to tell right now. what i can tell you is we spoke to the harris county attorney. and also here in travis county, the district attorney, they are both launches investigations. in harris county they are looking at whether or not civil acts should be brought and potential passing on information for criminal charges should somebody be warranted. not yet, but they're trying to get there. >> ellison, thank you. >>> i'll see you right back here tomorrow. "deadline: white house" with nicolle wallace starts right after this quick break. nicolle t after this quick break but the right pad can. only always ultra thins have rapiddry technology and, they absorb 40% faster. the gush happens fast. that's why always absorbs faster. mornings were made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis. when considering another treatment, ask about xeljanz... a pill for adults with moderate to sev

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. right now, president biden just wrapped up a tour of pfizer's vaccine facility production outside kalamazoo, michigan. in a few minutes he's set to make remarks. we're going to bring it live when it happens. >>> on the same day, the u.s. re-entered the paris climate acore. the president told the world america is back and ready to work with its partners, making that point with a meeting of world leaders of the world's largest economies and during a virtual appearance at the annual security conference. we'll talk about it with the chairman of the conference as well as the state spokesperson ned price since assuming role. all of that as the texas power outage is being replaced with a water crisis. many who still have it are being told to boil it. rising temperatures mean thawing infrastructure, which could lead to more problems, issues the president says he would like to see for himself next week. >> if, in fact, it's concluded i can do it without getting in the way of folks on the groun

but that was another part of the false reporting. >> you use the term "transparency," ayman. tells its own citizens about facts and policy. donald trump did it in reverse, having decided he was going to go soft on them in policy. he did what he does a lot of times, which is lied about the facts. what does it mean about a reset in foreign policy that the biden administration, according to your and other reporting is being factual about what happened? and then you have a second policy debate about whether to do more or less about this horrific murder? >> right. and that is the first step of all of this, which is to identify at least from the u.s. intelligence assessment's point of view who is culpable, who is responsible, and then to recalibrate the policy. now this is a departure from what candidate biden said at the time, which is he wanted to make saudi arabia the pariah state for the way it behaved. and to what we're going see now is the challenge presented to the united states when a president speaks about values but there is a contrast or a contradiction with the stated i

for now, ayman mohyeldin picks things up. >>> good afternoon, everyone. we are continuing our live breaking news coverage from southern california on golf star tiger woods. the los angeles county sheriff's office saying woods has been injured in a rollover car accident. just after 7:00 a.m. pacific time on the border of rolling hills estates and rancho palos verdes south of los angeles. police say woods was the only person in the car. as you can see from those images, it sustained such major damage that authorities needed to use the jaws of life to free him with the help of firefighters and paramedics. we understand that woods was rushed to the hospital and the extent of his injuries right now remains unclear. joining us in california, gadi schwartz. bring us up to speed on what more we know at this moment. >> it looks like this happened about 7:12 this morning is when the first calls started coming in. it was pretty early in the morning. a couple things happening if california, especially over social media that is causing a lot of confusion. and that is

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york.s vaccine facility production outside kalamazoo, michigan. in a few minutes he's set to make remarks. we're going to bring it live when it happens. >>> on the same day, the u.s. re-entered the paris climate acore. the president told the world america is back and ready to work with its partners, making that point with a meeting of world leaders of the world's largest economies and during a virtual appearance at the annual security conference. we'll talk about it with the chairman of the conference as well as the state spokesperson ned price since assuming role. all of that as the texas power outage is being replaced with a water crisis. many who still have it are being told to

and for more we have journalist ayman tun on the line up front yang behind a police have cracked down on protests all over the country as we've seen you tell us more about what is going on now a month after the coup shore what we seem to day is the deadliest day of protests so far but it's also a day in which we've essentially doubled the amount of bodies and we've seen since the beginning of the coup and we see all over the country that the police as well as the military are involved in security crackdowns that have been using all manners of weapons from water cannons tear gas flash bang grenades and now to live ammunition so you're saying that the police are getting increasingly violent in the way that they are dealing with the protesters is this a sign that they are losing their grip on the situation. yes you know in a way it's been a month and you might expect in some cases that people would have gotten tired of protesting have gotten sick of not working get not getting money but you know considering that the police are increased deadliness of their reactions and people are still

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york.ders are arriving at the white house to meet with president biden and vice president harris to discuss the administration's $2 trillion relief package. as well as their infrastructure plan. meantime, anger is growing in texas as millions of people are still without power after the state's electricity grid failed to meet the high demand amid a winter storm and freezing temperatures. we're going to take a look at what is happening on the ground in dallas with texas democratic congressman colin allred. >>> and former president donald trump just gave his first interview since the insurrection at the capitol on january 6th. speaking to fox news about the death of radio host rush limbaugh. trump continued the line that the election was stolen from him. >>

>> that's a big question, ayman. i think it's a smart and correct question. the short answer is he's got to do it through actions, not words. i think the justice department was widely and badly damaged under the previous administration. but you don't need to take my word for it. there was the largest sort of level of concern ever lodged on a bipartisan basis by thousands of former members of the department by both parties. so what he's got to do is day by day rebuild that. i don't think it's about more speeches, i don't think it's about press conferences per se, but it's going in there and making sure the cases of protected, the independence of those cases, be that areas where republicans are demanding kind of a shakedown of doj, which they've done. that's become a lot of partisan work of the republicans on the senate judiciary committee but also standing up to any pressure, whether there's liberals or democrats concerned about the hunter biden probe, in every case and in every way he has to be the independent jurist that frankly he's been on the court as a j

>>> next on abc7 news, ayman on a mission to make asian-americans feel a little safer on bay area streets. what he was handing out today. >>> at least one bay area county says it's being forced to cancel vaccinations due to extreme winter weather. >>> look at this. literally raining plane parts today in colorado. details op an emergency landing. >>> this special edition of abc7 news starts right now. >>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure this is abc7 news. >>> tired of being targeted. some members of the bay area's asian-american community are now armed with something to fight back against potential attackers. with that we say good afternoon and thank you so much for joining us. i'm dion lim. volunteers giving business owners in the east bay a new tool of protection. one bound to attract a lot of attention. abc7 news recorder korhonen barnard joins us from oakland with a story you'll see only on abc 7. cornell? >> reporter: dion, the newest non-violent means of protection for those in the china town community. air horns. it could be the newest weapon against rising crime in

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and let's talk now to journalist ayman time who joins me now from and gone thanks for coming on the show it is now been a month since the coup and we're seeing a police crackdown on protests all over the country tell us more if you can about what's going on there yeah so what we've been seeing over the past month is a quick us completion of force by police as well as the military and you know as the reserves are said earlier even seeing the water cannons chair gas flash grenades rubber bullets and live rounds and today there is at least 5 confirmed deaths and up to 20 the respect that that's around the country instead they have only been the bloodiest day of the protests so still more double that the body count so far as you say it does seem the police are getting more violent in the way that they are dealing with the protesters is this a sign that they are losing their grip on the situation. and you also see that protesters have gotten smarter or more well equipped and sort of are tried different strategies invigorating to the police and you know we saw especially harsh protests or so h

and for more we have journalist ayman tun on the line up front yang by a police have cracked down on protests all over the country as we've seen you tell us more about what is going on now a month after the coup shore what we seem to day is the deadliest day of protests and we seem to the beginning of the coup and we see all over the country that the police as well as the military are involved in security crackdowns that have been used in all manners of weapons from water cannons tear gas flash bang grenades and now to live ammunition so you're saying that the police are getting increasingly violent in the way that they are dealing with the protesters is this a sign that they are losing their grip on the situation. yes you know in a way it's been a month and you might expect in some cases that people would have gotten tired of protesting and gotten sick of not working get not getting money but you know considering that the police are increased deadliness of their reactions and people are still going out to the streets i think it really shows that people are responding more and more t

and let's get the latest from journalist ayman thought and yang gone a as we just heard at 23000 inmates were released from myanmar as prisoners on friday what's behind the amnesty. so in myanmar embassies are pretty common around large holidays and so this is not something that's completely unexpected but what is different about this out of the city is the sheer number of people released so the largest amnesty was 6000 back in 2011 and the civilian government was trying to show that they were serious about reforms and so this one is almost 4 times larger than that and as with many concerns from the public back you know one the people who have been released are going to be used to either sound violence among the protesting crowds or to just you know create more crime in the streets but also the other fear is that they are essentially emptying the prisons in order to make room for future political prisoners. and there's also many concern stop. people who have been involved in the political violence in the past including the assassins behind the nation of me on the p.m.r.c. top lawyers who

let's get the latest on this story now we can speak to journalist ayman ton in young gone could you tell us more about what is happening right now in yangon. so what we've been seeing today is. police have decided to target protesters especially at the major junctions where we've seen massive protests every day and really what we're seeing in yangon is an escalation of force and a continuation of the sort of force that was seen in smaller cities outside and you know where their it's. their puppet and it's much more likely that there are ethnic minorities living in the area and so we've heard reports. and rubber bullets being used you know as as they were sent there there's no. casualties as of now but dozens have been arrested and media has also been targeted including those who are wearing press jackets as well as helmets and at least one journalist was arrested today so there's another escalation you're saying at the same time the military is now officially an old and the election results from november where on sunset she and her party had won by a landslide what does that mean. it's u

they already arrested ayman romero. they stole a minivan with a four-year-old and a one-year-old in that minivan. their father was a doordash driver and was making a foodunh along with the the bay view dis. >>> in oakland, there is a different number to dial than 911 manned by a chain of volunteers who want to offer an alternative to people who don't trust police. we are shown the billboards around oakland that are promoting this new hotline. >> reporter: drivers and people crossing telegraph people will notice the giant billboard that encourages people to save that hotline number to their phones. it's an alternative to 911 when there is a health crisis, a violent moment or a social abuse problem. we spotted two billboards in oakland promoting the anti-police crisis response line. when you dial this number, one of 12 trained volunteers will pick up the phone. >> professional emts, professional rns, lvns, doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists. >> reporter: the national call to defund police departments picked up steam la

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. >>> good afternoon, i'm chris jansing in for ayman mohyeldin on a very busy wednesday afternoon.ee will take its first step in a move to strip georgia republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene of her committee assignments over her inflammatory and conspiracy-driven statements. today's hearing sets the stage for a vote in the full house tomorrow. >>> greene's fate is also on the agenda for what's expected to be heated meeting of the house republican conference. that's coming up just an hour from now. those house republicans could also decide whether wyoming congresswoman liz cheney should be removed from her leadership post over her vote for impeachment. >>> moments ago on capitol hill, nbc news got these exclusive images of bruce castor, he's one of the lawyers who will represent former president trump in next week's trial.

and let's get the latest from journalist ayman thought and yang gone a as we just heard at 23000 inmates were released from myanmar as prisoners on friday what's behind the amnesty. so in myanmar embassies are pretty common around large holidays and so this is not something that's completely unexpected but what is different about this hour. is the sheer number of people who released so the largest amnesty was 6000 back in 2011 and the civilian government was trying to show that they were serious about reforms and so this one it's almost 4 times larger than that and as many concerns from the public back you know one people who have been released are going to be used to either style. among the protesting crowds or to just you know create more crime in the streets but also the other fear is that they are essentially emptying the prisons in order to make room for future political prisoners. and there's also many concern stop. people who have been involved in the political violence in the past including the assassins behind . me one of the inmarsat top lawyers who was a proponent of constitut

i'm in for ayman mohyeldin.biden will fly on air force one for the first time since becoming president of the united states. despite cdc recommendations against travel. earlier he held his first oval office meeting with the top democrats in the house to talk about his pandemic relief plan after the first jobs report of his administration showed that employers created only 49,000 jobs in the month of january. and then the unemployment rate fell to 6.3%. a sign that some have really given up looking for work. the president is urging major action. watch this. >> we're still in the teeth of this pandemic. the way i see it, the biggest risk is not going too big. if we go too small. >> so one year ago today, donald trump's first impeachment trial ended in his acquittal with only one republican senator voting to convict. this time could be very

>>> good afternoon, i'm chris jansing in for ayman mohyeldin on a very busy wednesday afternoon. moments from now, the house rules committee will take its first step in a move to strip georgia republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene of her committee assignments over her inflammatory and conspiracy-driven statements. today's hearing sets the stage for a vote in the full house tomorrow. >>> greene's fate is also on the agenda for what's expected to be heated meeting of the house republican conference. that's coming up just an hour from now. those house republicans could also decide whether wyoming congresswoman liz cheney should be removed from her leadership post over her vote for impeachment. >>> moments ago on capitol hill, nbc news got these exclusive images of bruce castor, he's one of the lawyers who will represent former president trump in next week's trial. >> how long you expecting the trial to go? >> not giving interviews, sorry. >> nothing there. well, this comes hours after this moving tribute to pay -- a ceremony to pay tribute to u.s. capitol police officer br

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i'm chris jansing in for ayman mohyeldin. the u.s. senate is in session at this hour, less than a day before the start of donald trump's second impeachment trial which does kick off tomorrow with a debate over whether the proceeding is even constitutional. president biden was asked about the trial when he got back to the white house after a weekend at his delaware home. >> moments tag house held a moment of silence after the coronavirus killed a sitting member of congress for the first time. he's texas republican congressman ron wright who was battling lung cancer. he died yesterday at 67. it comes as the total number of cases in the u.s. surpasses 27 million, although officials say the number of daily cases and hospitalizations are dropping. and efforts continue as congress tries to reach a deal on a pandemic relief package with democrats planning to unveil a child tax credit that could give families up to $3600 per child. meanwhile, majority leader chuck schumer says he and mitch mcconnell are about to announce details of the impeac

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. it is president's day. we begin with the 45th and the 46th occupants of that office. this hour president biden returning from camp david with a lot on his agenda, including vaccinations and getting congress to approve another relief package. while donald trump fresh off, he is focused on punishing those who tried to convict him. the draft censure motion of mitt romney claiming the former presidential nominee misrepresented himself as a republican and appears to be an agent for the establishment deep state. meanwhile, nearly 53 million americans have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine in every single state in this country, seeing at least recording a decrease in new cases. the virus has still claimed the lives of more than 487,000 americans, including nearly 700 today. moving us closer to that half million mark. however, in a pre recorded message, president biden projecting optimism. >> i know better days are ahead. i know it because continuing story of the history of the journey of this n

i'm chris jansing in for ayman mohyeldin. we have two major stories unfolding. you saw it live. president biden delivering his first major foreign policy speech. the president declaring we must meet the moment on the world stage. and defending democracy in russia, china, and burma. he also formally declared an end to the u.s. war in yemen along with pausing troop redeployments for 60 days as the pentagon reviews its force posture around the world. also we're expecting some fiery debate on capitol hill where the house is expected to remove georgia republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene from the committee that's oversee education and labor. speak spoke on the floor and said she stopped believing in qanon, the outrageous group that accuses democrats of being sadistic pedophiles after she found out it contained lies. but then she compared qanon to the media and said some teeny tiny pieces of her words were taken out of context. during a five-hour meeting last night, the house republican congress did not take any action against greene for her incendiary comments and social m

i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. we're following several breaking news stories.ust released the intelligence report on the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi putting the blame squarely on the crown prince. we're going to get the first reaction from the chair of the foreign relations committee. we're also learning more about the air strikes that president biden ordered in syria as a message to iran. a mental of the house armed services committee, congresswoman jackie spier joins us now to talk about it. and soon the house will vote on president biden's nearly 2 trillion relief bill. we're also going to show you new graphic video from one d.c. police officer's view that day just as some of the people who spoke to the rally that went on to storm the capitol are about to take the stage at cpac. just a short time ago. joining us now, chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. good to have you with us. walk us through the top lines of this report.

i'm ayman mohyeldin. alex has the day off today.t bipartisan impeachment in u.s. history. a total of seven senate republicans ultimately broke with the former president voting guilty but not enough to get the two-thirds majority needed to convict him. lead house impeachment manager jamie raskin hailing the trial as a success. >> we successfully prosecuted him and convicted him in the court of public opinion and in the court of history. he's obviously a major political problem for the republican party and as long as he's out there attempting to wage war on the american constitutional democracy, he's a problem from all of us. >> the verdict came after an unexpected vote to call witnesses yesterday. just hours later, today democrats are defending their decision to back down. >> it wasn't rushing to go home. it was making sure that we didn't get into a political battle. you have to remind the american people that the republicans exposed that they were going to bring as many as 100 witnesses and ask that we bring the equal amount of witn

and for more we have journalist ayman ton on the line up front yang by a police have cracked down on protests all over the country as we've seen you tell us more about what is going on now.