cheney is our correspondent in china let's discuss events unfolding in myanmar for the now with matthew smith who is the chief executive officer of 45 rides he's vice kuyt from the u.s. we somewhat knew that this was going to come they've been rumors of a cool matthew for some time now 1st of all what is your reaction and what do you think the military in taking this action is trying to achieve ultimately. well this is a it's a profoundly dark day for the people of myanmar. the coup in many ways doesn't make sense the military already had political power it already had significant economic power so. to a certain extent were some threats of a coup over there over recent days as you noted but this is still a shark and you know we are thinking about people being more right now we're worried about further arrests we're trying to make sense of just how far the military has cast its neck in terms of arresting. people in this situation the. a military and of course the government even nonsense which he had been criticizing a great deal for the treatment of the routing of people in rakhine state and

smith. we know the scripture of matthew, chapter 5 verse 9. blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of god. i'm sorry i have to show you the next video, but in it you'll see how blessed we were that on that hellish day, we had a peacemaker like officer hodges protecting our lives, our staff's lives. this capitol and the certification process. may we do all we can in this chamber to make sure that never happens again. [crowd yelling] he

cooperated thus far and now i will correct the record if i am wrong in that and doctor matthews may have more. smith thank you madame chair and for holding this hearing on a critically important topic thank you for the hard work even putting in and those working with the veterans is a tragic number. i do have some questions i do appreciate those that have artie been asked because many of my own questions were covered but i represent the state of maine the third highest percentage of veterans per capita in the country although we are a small population state so my understanding with about 300 doses per week and i want to put this in the context that i understand overall supply is an issue whether with the v.a. or all states we hope to see increased supply as time goes on but this is a comparative and fairness issue. taking intel 2024 hoping the number increases. we have a huge rivalry with our southern states and while we have a higher population they are able to have sufficient doses vaccinating people down to the age of 50 and we are at 75 and above. i want to make sure the distribution is equitabl

sick nick leaving good a metropolitan police officer smith and many law enforcement families we pray for our loved ones and we know the scripture of matthew chapter 5 verse 9 blessid are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of god i'm sorry i have to show you the next video. but in it you will see how blessid we were that on that hellish day we had a peacemaker like officer hodges protecting our lives our staff's lives. this capital and the certification process may we do all we can in this chamber to make sure that never happens again. was was. was. was. graphic footage that shown as part of this impeachment trial of former president donald trump just like to apologize for any upsetting video you may have seen or for any profanities you may have heard a juror in this highly graphic afternoon as evidence here we do apologize for anything you may have been upset by that so listen in against recess. we are taking a recess now but i was just saying that this is a has been a live feed where the we don't have any control over the pictures so we do apologize if you have been upset a by any of the language or the content of the

smith . many law-enforcement families, we pray for our loved ones and we know the scripture of matthew , chapter 5 verse nine. blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of god. i'm sorry i have to show you the next video. but in it you will see how blessed we were that on that hellish day we had a peacemaker like officer hodges, protecting our lives, our staff lives. this capital and the certification process. may we do all we can in this chamber to make sure nthat never happens again. >>. [shouting] >>. [shouting] [cheering] >>. [screaming] >> mister president, we will now have a recess and resume at 6:15 h. >> the senate will stand in recess. >> the senate impeachment trial against former president trump resumes today with house impeachment managers concluding arguments in their case to convict the former president before defense lawyers begin their arguments . after that, 4 hours will be set aside for written questions from lawyers on both sides. in addition time will be set aside for attorneys to argue whether to subpoena witnesses and documents. closing arguments in

smith. in many law enforcement families we pray for our loved ones and we know the scripture of matthew, chapter 5, verse 9. blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of god. i'm sorry i have to show you the next video in it you will see how we were that on that hellish day we had a peacemaker like officer hodges protecting our lives, our staff slides. this capitol in the certification process. may we do all we can in this chamber to make sure that never happens again. [yelling] [chanting] [yelling] [silence] >> mr. president we will now have the recess and we will resume >> several news outlets are reporting that the louisiana republican party has censured senator bill cassidy after he voted to convict donald trump in his historic second impeachment trial. that announcement came after the impeachment trial ended. senator cassidy was one of only seven gop senators who would vote to convict mr. trump. john kennedy, the other louisiana senator, voted to acquit donald trump. the photo is from the associated press. >> the following day, house impeachment managers continued la

smith about whether or not we should keep electoral college? you are among the best defenders and critics in the country and then i will ask joel and matthew abouthe question of polarization, radicalization of voters and what if anything can be done technologically, politically or legally to lessen the dramatic polarization we saw. jesse, why don't we start you off. you and brad have debated this before. you have about four minutes if you can manage it, i know it is tough. why you think we should abolish the electoral college, but your -- give us your best arguments. jesse: i think we should switch to a national popular vote by whatever means. not because i think it is the best idea but because people of all political faiths throughout american history have thought it's the best idea. nearly 800 attempts throughout history to amend or abolish the college speak to that. it gets at this basic modern democratic notion that we value political equality, one person, one vote. and we value majority rule, the the person who gets the most votes wins. electoral college as it operates violates both of those. everybody gets that the moment that their party

con res. 5 -- majority staff michael jones, joshua smith, mike lewis, ethan rosen iskrans and rob by oroenhof. republican staff nick meyers, matthew jokeely and matthew the presiding officer: objection without objection. mr. sanders: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: mr. president, i rise today to speak in support of budget resolution that was introduced today. mr. president, let us be clear and let us in the senate understand what the american people know all too well, and that is that our country is currently experiencing the worst economic crisis since the great depression and the worst public health emergency in over 100 years. january marked the deadliest month of the pandemic with over 90,000 americans losing their lives as a result of covid-19. 90,000 americans in one month. in the midst of all of this, over 90 million americans are uninsured or underinsured and are unable to afford to go to a doctor when they become ill. the isolation and the anxiety caused by this pandemic has resulted in a horrible increase in mental illness, in depression, in anxiety, and in suicidal ideation.

smith. in many law enforcement families, we pray for our loved ones and we know the scripture of matthew, chapter nine. blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of god. i'm sorry i have to show you the next video. but in it, you will see how blessed we were that on that hellish day, we had a peacemaker like officer hodges protecting our lives, our staff's lives. this capitol and the certification process. may we do all we can in this chamber to make sure that never happens again. [ shouting ] [ shouting ] [ shouting ] >> ah! help! ah -- ah! >> that's how the prosecution ended its case today, with the words of impeachment manager eric swalwell, the congressman from california's east bay. our panel's up next to continue our coverage and analysis of the senate impeachment trial, but first, here's one more image to end this hour. it's a picture of speaker nancy pelosi's staff as the mob ransacked her office that day, they barricaded themselves in a conference room. at least one rioter broke an outer door leading to them, but thankfully not the inner door. this picture shows

smith, goodwig. we pray for our loved ones and we know the scripture of matthew, chapter 5, verse 9. blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of god. i'm sorry i have to show you the next video, but in it you will see how we were on that hellish day we had a peace maker like officer hodges protecting our lives, our staffs' lives. this capitol and the certification process. may we do all we can in this chamber to make sure that never happens again. [ crowd noise ] [ crowd noise ] [ screaming ] >> mr. president, we'll now have a recess for dinner and we'll resume at 6:15. >> the senate will stand in recess. >>> we've been watching the house impeachment managers make an extremely powerful case against donald j. trump using such dramatic, previously unseen recordings from inside the u.s. capitol during the january 6th insurrection. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room" with our special live coverage of the second trump impeachment trial. the democrats will resume their presentation, we just heard, soon. they say 6:15. we'll see what time exactly, after showing

smith. in many law enforcement families we pray for our loved ones and we know the scripture of matthew, chapter 5, verse 9. blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of god. i'm sorry i have to show you the next video in it you will see how we were that on that hellish day we had a peacemaker like officer hodges protecting our lives, our staff slides. this capitol in the certification process. may we do all we can in this chamber to make sure that never happens again. [yelling] [chanting] [yelling] [silence] >> mr. president we will now have the recess and we will resume at 6:15. the senate will stand in recess. >> good evening c-span live coverage of the second day of the impeachment trial against former president donald trump continues here on c-span2. in a minute we want to get your reaction to her what you heard today from the house and preach -- impeachment manager. there are single arguments laid out today over the past five and a half hours taking a couple of breaks. they took eight hours today to make their arguments and another eight hours tomorrow. we want your

smith. in law enforcement families, we pray for our loved one and know the scripture of matthew chapter 5 verse for they shall be called the children of god. i'm sorry i have to show you the next video. but in it, you'll see how blessed we were that on that hellish day, we had a peacemaker like officer hodges protecting our lives, our staff's lives, this capitol and the certification process. may we do all we can in this chamber to make sure that never happens again. >> mr. president will mow have a recess for dinner and will resume at 6:15. >> the senate will stand in recess. >> hi, everyone. i'm nicolle wallace. how do we know they were trump supporters? murdered a police officer, torture of others and essentially sought to carry out an assassination attempt against mike pence and nancy pelosi, because they told us so. so did donald trump. we are back with neil katyell and daniel goldman and clare mccaskill, it is truly shocking to us to witness. are you okay, clair. >> yeah, i'm okay. >> you need a minute? >> you know, it's just so hard, nicolle. watching my friends and colleagues run throug