balcerski: radiating from the capitol itself, those bars around the capitol, one did not have to go far to obtain alcohol. dram shops and porterhouses and grocery stores that sold different kinds of alcohol. once you got behind the commercial center into the boarding houses, that is where you found alcohol. for the boarding house culture it is important to understand the antebellum congress. because most congressmen lived in communal living arrangements, one could go from a drink at the capitol to a drink at home. and, for many users of alcohol, that would probably be their course during the day. beyond boarding houses, beyond the day to day life, there were lots of social occasions, formal parties, levies, gatherings at the white house and other boarding houses, so that in the high season, in those winter months, january, february, march, congressmen would attend multiple social gatherings a week in addition to the terms of the alcohol consumption, the daily consumption that took twice at work and at home. host: that included everything from a madeira wine to hard cider to whiskey. dr.

how does your customers live from capitol hill in washington d.c. so we're about to see this kind of moment of pageantry is also very significant doesn't do in the process. well it certainly is because a moment's time we will see house speaker nancy pelosi conduct what's called the engrossment ceremony of these articles of impeachment she will officially sign before television cameras these 2 articles which accuse the president of abusing his power and of obstructing congress then we will see a parade of sorts of serve a procession of these documents in printed form held within a blue on the lobes and carried across the u.s. capitol building it's a pretty large complex on one side is the chamber of the u.s. house of representatives the other side is the u.s. senate and to mark this crossing from the the house which by the constitution is invested with the power of impeaching the president of of accusing him of these crimes that could result in his removal from office moving from that in crossing the middle threshold underneath the rotunda of the u.s

back to you. >> manna raju on capitol hill. meanwhile president trump's allies and lawyers in the senate are working behind the scenes to keep bolton from testifying in the impeachment trial. according to "the washington post" they're gaming out contichancontic contingency plans. the first step would be a fierce battle in the courts. if that fails they would consider moving bolton's testimony to a classified setting citing national security concerns. that would ensure the former national security advisor's testimony does not become public, but could come with some serious political consequences for the gop with democrats asking what exactly they're trying to hide. >> although their legal role is a little unclear. doug collins of georgia, mike johnson of louisiana, jim jordan of ohio, mark meadows of north carolina, john radcliffe of texas, lee zeldin of new york. none of them are expected to speak on the senate floor. instead sources say they will serve as outside advisers and tv surrogates. a number of advisers have been meeti

i was an experienced person on capitol hill when watergate came along. i had been there almost 10 years. i began with senator urban in 1964. when the committee was set up, i knew the ropes on capitol hill. i knew the procedures. i knew what you needed to do. just a simple thing like getting office space when you have a committee that's got over 100 staff members we put together in almost a month -- can you imagine putting a staff of 100 people together in a short as a month? the way the watergate committee was set up, it was the only committee in the congress -- in the senate that was looking into watergate. senator mike mansfield of montana knew that you couldn't have fragments here and there. he put all the authority in the senate watergate committee. he made senator urban the chair and senator baker of tennessee the cochair. that's one of the marvelous things about watergate. the two of them work together. they said we are going to make this work. we will not disagree about things in public, and they didn't. since watergate has succeeded like watergat

are they up on capitol hill and any word? >> i don't think it is pompeo today. the gang of eight is getting briefed today. that is the leadership. and the ranking member and chairman of the house and senate intelligence committee, again these are people who have been read into state secrets not nor weeks but for longer than donald trump has been in office. so they're getting ready now and tomorrow there will be a classified briefing with mark esper and in a classified setting. that is the thing. what you said is so right. a lot of people were caught off guard but don't disagree on the merits, republicans and democrats, that soleimani should have been taken out. so if they had an understanding of what haspel and pompeo were thinking, not the entire congress but a small group of people, he could have haddys or people willing to vouch for the wisdom of eliminating this person, this person that everyone agrees is a terrorist from the battlefield but instead they learned about it from a.p. reports and other news reports as everybody else was learning about it which i

>> it's up there -- you left capitol. >> yes. i left capitol. before capitol i had already run mercury, and i had already run roulette. so capitol was my third label and my biggest because i was the first vice president of rock in the music business history because that's the way the pr went out. vice president of rock, and then rock was just coming in, and it was about 1965 or 6. it was just going out and i was hanging out with the moby grape, and i signed quicksilver and stuff like that and that was the start of rock, right? >> i'm talking to you later about moby crate and the manager is a total lunatic. he used to drink his own urine. >> he did, and he had his daughter do it, too, and he believed that was a longer life. anyway, that was a private story. sorry, matt! he lived near malibu, that's all i know. >>. >> what was the tipping point that said, gee, i'm going to create this company called the woodstock music and arts festival? >> no. i was running capitol and i was very successful and i ran the east coast. i had no budgets. i mean, the

we are still waiting on capitol hill for a briefing with senate democrats. they have been holding these briefings every day at this time, live coverage when it gets underway on c-span2. while we wait, more from washington journal. >> we are joined on capitol hill by senator jack reed of rhode island joining us and of what could be the final day of the impeachment trial. what do you think is ahead today in the senate? >> i hope we get witnesses. a very basic issue as you are contemplating a serious decision to the american public. what will help you make a better decision and it is obvious, listen to ambassador bolton, he has firsthand knowledge of charges, the allegations. we should do that. it does not appear we will be successful in getting that testimony but we should do that.

before capitol, i had already run mercury. capitol was the third label. i was the first vice president of rock in the music business history. that's the way the pr went out. vice president of rock. and rock was just coming in. and it was about 1965 or '66. it was going out of pop into rock. it's when i was hanging out with the moby grape and i signed quick silver. that was the start of rock. >> i'll talk to you later about moby grape. >> their manager is a total lunatic. he used to drink his own urine. he did. and he had his daughter do it too and he believed that was the key to longer life. anyway, that's a private story. sorry, matt. so he lived near malibu. that's how i know. he tried -- >> what was that tipping point that sort of said, gee, i'm going to create this company called the woodstock music and arts festival. >> i was running capitol. i was very successful. i ran the east coast. there was no -- i had no budgets. the president loved me. i probably signed the first deal where i had no limits. nobody could say no to what i wanted to do. i was in

was an experienced person on capitol hill. i had been there almost 10 years because i began with senator urban --senator senator ervin in 1964. i knew the procedures and what you needed to do. things like getting office space when you have a committee that has over 100 staff members we put together. can you imagine putting a staff of 100 people together in one month? up ity watergate was set was the only committee in congress, in the senate, that was looking into watergate. montanamansfield of knew you could not have fragments here and there so he put all the authority in the senate watergate committee. chaire senator ervin the and senator baker the cochair. that is one of the listings of watergate. the two of them work together. they said we are going to make this work. we will not disagree about things in public and they did not. no hearing since watergate has ever succeeded like watergate did because you did not have two compatible people that reached across and try to make each other work. that is the primary difference to

among those expected to descend on virginia today where a gun rights rally is being held at the state capitol. >>> you got to fight for your life! yeah! >>> and the super bowl is set. the kansas city chiefs will take on the san francisco 49ers in super bowl liv. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. i'm anne-marie green. >>> it is the eve of opening arguments in president trump's impeachment trial in the senate and the rules coconcerning possible new witnesses have not yet been established. meanwhile some of mr. trump's supporters are defending him. senator lindsey graham called the impeachment process yesterday a partisan railroad job. the president's high-profile defense attorney alan dershowitz said he plans to prove the charges against mr. trump are not impeachable. senate minority leader chuck schumer says he's prepared to force votes for witnesses and documents, even if majority leader mitch mcconnell does not call for it in his proposal. johnny fernandez is in new york here with more. >> reporter: the president's att

a live look at capitol hill. trump administration officials briefing senators about the intelligence behind the drone strike that killed a top iranian general. we will talk to lawmakers from both parties who were at an earlier briefing. we have fox team coverage from washington to the middle east. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the latest from the pentagon. trey yingst is live on the ground in baghdad. first of john roberts on the north on with the latest. >> good afternoon. president trump holding off on any military retaliation against iran for the missile strike last night. the fact that there were no u.s. casualties among the missiles that landed at the al-assad airbase and in erbil gives the president to try to ease tensions rather than escalate the confrontation. the president making it clear as he walked up to the podium surrounded by military brass and his national security team this morning that as long as he's president, iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. he also

interstat senators, returning to their day jobs on capitol hill, to get those briefings. not seen restraint from the democratic party for a while. that is what bernie sanders wants to have. he wants to have a conversation of our place in the world. joe biden has counted on his experience here. this is a bit of unchartered territory in the four weeks before voting begins for a matter of substance and substance of politics always complicated. even more so when republicans and democrats on capitol hill aren't exactly sure what the president is up to. john. jeff zeleny, live on the hill, a very important day there. >>> a few hours, the house democrats wanted to bring to the floor as quickly as possible a war powers resolution and even though it had zero possibility of passing on the senate, we want to limit your power. does that step back take the gas or energy on capitol hill to do that? >> i don't think so. i talked to some members before the president's address about that very question, are you going to press ahead with this? the ones eager to press ahead before seem to th

through the capitol rotunda to the senate side. this is the formal moment where the people's house -they have charged president trump with obstruction of congress and of abuse of power and this is the moment in which the house impeachment managers carry those charges are crossed to the united states senate, which is where the formal trial of the president will begin. othis is a moment pageantry, it is a moment that has been choreogrhed for high drama. do they aregoing past the statue of george washington, first prf idente unit states. it is highly symbolic, but it also shows the moment at which process to the united states senate. they are walking towardsto the ca rotunda. and then on the other side of that rotunda, it is symboc because he divides the house of representatives, the peop's house, with the united states senate, which isupposed to be e more considerate and deliberative body. in thee, sen that is where the senators will be sworn in for this trial of president donald j. trump. the tri will be presided over by the chief j

host: as you tour the capitol, the spittoon's are still visible. let me ask you about the congressional calendar, because it is important with congress in session, 10 or 11 months out of the year, it was a very different calendar in this time period. can you explain? dr. balcerski: think about it this way. i like to think that congress is cycle.o year as we know from the constitution, the original senators were set up on three two year cycles. even today we have 1/3 of the senate elected every two years. within that two-year cycle, you start in away with the election, the federal election in november, and then you think about when a congressman they hisd tho show up, on first day of work. the election cycle was often spaced in reverse. some states would elect representatives nearly a year before they would go on to their first session. but typically, the session would off inm december until june, july, or august and the very latest september. that's the main session of a two-year term. there's a second session called the lame-duck session which cam

an officer told me they expected about 10,000 people here inside on the capitol grounds but outside onhe streets there are thousands more. last may in virginia beach a gunman entered a municipal building and killed 12 people, sparking a renewed conversation around gun control. there's been a stark political shift. democrats now in control. the legislature and the governorship have proposed sweeping gun control legislation, requiring background checks on all firearm sales, capped handgun purchases at one per month, and let local governments ban weapons from certain locations. president trump tweeting today that democrats are working hard "to take away your second amendment rights. this is just the beginning." virginia currently has some of the weakest gun laws in the nation according to the giffords law center. >> the people showing up right here sends a message to governor northam and the democrats that our rights shall not be infringed. these infringements are unconstitutional. so we're going to challenge them all the way up to the supreme court. >> reporter: the geary family of six d

president may be away in davos but on capitol hill lawmakers are debating removing him from office a contentious and partisan spectacle is on the currents as strums in teaching a child begins in earnest plus sounding the alarm chinese state media reported a 6th person has now died from a new a coronavirus international airports and train stations are screening passengers for mainland china concerned growing up as health officials now were the virus can be passed from human to human and mexican border guards clash with migrants trying to cross into the country from guatemala while people have been waiting across the river on the border after authorities closed a nearby bridge they were using. thank you so much for your company everyone the world economic forum has kicked off in davos us for. donald trump opened gave the opening speech rather at the high profile summit which is taking place as the senate in washington prepares to open his impeachment trial the president used his address to pitch the united states to the global business community gathered in that ski resort saying the c

for what for us coming to the capitol as we've always done? no i totally disagree. >> reporter: organizers of the rally are encouraging peaceful protests but tonight virginia is on high alert. ahead of monday's rally, the governor has imposed a temporary ban on guns and weapons from the capital grounds. lester >> one we'll be watching closely. geoff bennett, thank you. >>> a massive winter storm is barrelling across the country. tens of millions under weather alerts al roker is here al, how does this time out? >> lester, we have 64 million people under winter weather advisories as we put the radar in you can see an icy mix in texas and heavy rain down to the south. this system makes its way to the east with 48 inches of snow by friday six inches or more into interior new england and saturday upwards of an inch of rain, wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour, airport delays tomorrow for minneapolis down to dallas and on saturday on this holiday weekend, looking at airport delays from new york, cleveland, chicago down to charlotte. lester >> sounds

. >>> josh lederman, on capitol hill, the week of impeachment is under way, tell us what's going on. >> reporter: weld actually have some breaking news, we've spotted several of the house impeachment managers walking into congresswoman pelosi's office on the other side of the capitol. they are having some meetings today. we spotted four of them so far, including chairman schiff of the intelligence committee, congress m congressman crow, congresswoman val demings, congressman garcia. we believe they're likely discussing which role the various impeachment managers will play when that senate trial kicks off. so i want to walk you through what the next week is going to

rengs. >> so you ran capitol records? >> yes. i had ran mercury and roulette, and capitol was the biggest, and it is that i was the first vice president of rock in the music industry business, because that is the way it went out, vice president of rock. and rock was just coming in, and it was about 1965 or '66 going out of pop into rock, and hanging out with the moby grape, and signed quick silver and stuff like that, and that is the start of rock, right? >> i am talking to you later about moby grape. >> and matthew kates was a lunatic and he used to drink his own urine, and he did and he had his daughter do it, and he believed that is the key to the longer life, and that is a private story. sorry, matt. he lived near malibu and that is how i knew. he tried -- >> let me ask you, what was that sort of the tipping point that said, gee, i am going to create this company called the woodstock and arts festival. >> was running capitol, and on the east coast and very successful. i had no budgets and the chairman of the board lov

we are blanketing capitol hill. taking you inside the room as multiple sources in the last couple of minutes tell us speaker pelosi is revealing the timing of when she plans to send those articles of impeachment to the senate. >> do you think that you'll send the articles this week? >> i suspect so. >> i'll leave it to the speaker's judgment. >> she can't go wrong with who she appoints as managers. >> what else she's telling the democratic caucus and somebody in the room goes on the record with us in just a minute. somebody who could be an impeachment manager. and in that chamber, by the way, coming into session live we are watching some republicans going rogue. new reporting on the core four. the gop members showing they're open to witnesses in the upcoming trial. why it matters as we're live and we are live by the way on the ground in iowa where the democratic primary is getting real. real personal with the once private conversation now a public fight between two front-runners over a woman winning. all of it hours

capitol as donald trump's impeachment trial ramps up the u.s. president faces removal from office over his dealings with ukraine but democrats say republican senators are making a fair trial impossible and i'm ducked the proceedings a national disgrace this creates work in washington for you and as lawmakers debate his impeachment back home donald trump opens the world economic forum in davos by boasting about the u.s. economy saying america is winning like never before by teenage activist and britta true work as leaders like mr trump are failing to avert a climate catastrophe. plus sounding the alarm chinese state media reports a 6 person has now died from a new coronavirus international airports and train stations are screening passengers from china to cern bros as health officials now warn the virus can be transmitted from human to human to. a very warm welcome to all of you or we start our broadcast in the u.s. where a momentous trial is just minutes from getting underway in the u.s. senate chamber in washington d.c. that is where president

those who entered the state capitol grounds were unarmed.side the designated rally zone were heavily armed. they were protesting plans for virginia's democratic political leaders to pass new gun control legislation. abc's victor oquendo talked to demonstrators. >> reporter: why was it so important for you guys to be in full armor, you know, bring the firearms out? >> it's our right, isn't it? we can exercise our rights. >> police say there was just one arrest and there was no trouble between the gun rights supporters and counterprotesters. >>> turning to weather, there is no doubt winter is here. >> a new storm is moving into the west coast, bringing heavy rain along the coast and snow in the mountains. the morning commute is likely to be messy and travel across the mountains may be difficult. >> in the eastern half of the country, it's just cold. this waterfall in oswego, new york, became an ice sculpture. >> even parts of florida are under frost and freeze alert. accuweather's adam del rosso has the forecast. >> kenneth and kimberly, good

live: we are looking at a shot on capitol hill in washington. house speaker nancy pelosi named the managers of the impeachment case against president trump. this kicking off a ceremonial process that transfers the impeachment case to the senate. today, the house voted to transmit charges to the senate. that vote was mostly along party lines. very similar to the december 18 vote to send articles for abuse of power and obstruction of congress. we will bring you those events as you happen. first let's get a quick check on the market close in the u.s. stocks again at record highs. we have the u.s. and china signing the phase one trade deal and markets getting a boost after white house economic advisor larry kudlow promoted tax cuts. they set a record for the sixth consecutive trading session. had disappointing results from goldman sachs and bank of america after mostly positive results in the previous session. rally mostly a defensive held by utilities treasuries also gaining ground. the nasdaq unchanged, but we also saw cotton futures trading lower

i'm jim sciutto from the capitol today. it's day three, the final day for democrats to make their case against the president and convince republicans to call for witnesses. of course, convince the country to remove him from office. but is it working? republicans seem impatient at this point, complaining now about what they say are repetitive arguments that the democrats say are crucial in building their case against the president. >> that's right. and those democrats have just eight hours left to try to change minds. the clock is also winding down for the white house to prepare for its arguments. the president clearly not happy with the saturday start for his legal team. >> so where do we start? with cnn congressional reporter lauren fox here on capitol hill this morning. and this is a crucial day for democrats. their last day to make the case, not just to the american public but their colleagues on the removal of office of the president unlikely but still calling witnesses. >> and that's been the democrats' focus this enti

and it's onto the senate. >> live for us on capitol hill.d in your work, "your world" with neil cavuto now. >> neil: all right, how weird is this? the president of the united states facing impeachment as two articles impeachment against him. aat the very same time, he's heralding an unprecedented economic trade deal with the chinese as the two largest economic players on this planet bury the hatchet and try to get on with trade appeared on the very same day, we had the market cross 29,000. the dow at a new milestone. what to make up all of that. welcome, everybody. i am a neil cavuto. we have a lot to get to this hour. we are also going to hear from the blackstone group

capitol to the u.s. senate, but even at this hour, even at this hour, it is still unclear how this will all play out in the next hour or so. let's go straight to capitol hill right now, and our senior congressional correspondent manu raja has been speaking to everyone. and what you know and it is still a little bit of a mystery, but walk us through what is anticipated to happen? >> yes, house speaker nancy pelosi is going before the cameras to sign the formal records that is going to lead to the articles of impeachment, and she going to be flanked by the seven people she selected today as the impeachment managers. and after she signs the papers then the house clerk is going to sign papers as well. then afterwards a procession is going to occur in which they will march from the managers will march from the house clerk and the sergeant at arms from the capitol stahalls through th senate doors. this is the last time this happened was in 1999 in the clinton trial, and so a number of the house procedures are

this temporary metal fencing now surrounds the capitol grounds. it's for crowd control and they are expecting thousands of people here on monday for this rally. police of course will be looking in those crowds for people who are trying to spark violence. omar. >> villafranca: jeff, thanks. to ukraine now where the remains of 11 people killed in the iranian missile strike on the ukrainian jetliner will return to kiev today. the flag-draped coffins were met by family members of the victims and ukraine's president zelensky. all 176 people on board were killed. britain's prince harry today expressed "great sadness" over the split with the royal family. the couple's declaration of independence came as a bombshell to the queen and country. it comes at a cost. and new criticism from meghan's estranged father. imtiaz tyab is in london. >> reporter: the queen was all smiles as she made her way to church near her sandringham estate. the public appearance followed the release of a heartfelt statement on saturday night in support of her grandson prince harry

capitol where the u.s. house of representatives chambers are found they will be accompanying the printed articles of impeachment housed within and below this and they will walk across the capitol to the senate doors and deliver those articles to the senate that will crossed a threshold in american history it will be only the 3rd time that this will have happened to a u.s. president to be impeached and to face his destiny in the senate that is where those $100.00 u.s. senators will be sworn in in short order it could happen as early as tomorrow it may not happen until next week and they will become the jurors who will be ultimately decide the president's fate whether or not he remains in office and if as you've heard from our guess from versifying you know it's 2 thirds of the senate would have to vote to convict trying to remove him from office the numbers statistics we are simply such a high threshold to meet that no one is really considering. that to be a likely outcome however with this open question of

they are walking towardshe capitol rotunda. and then on the other side of that rotunda, it is symboc because he divides the house of representatives, the people's hoe, with the united states senate, which is supposed to be the more considerate and deliberative body. in the senate, that is wh we the senatol be sworn in for this trial of president donald j. trump. the trial will be presided over by the chief justice himself, john robertson and they will have they will have to t out toand administer impartial justice. this is a solemn a moment, albeit a divisive e. they will have these articles to the secretary of the u states senate from who works with mitch mcconnell, who is the senate majority leader. it is a formal ment, but also very dramatic andon symboli i want to bring in ron christie again. ron, president trump has been saying to friends that he doesn't want pee stain of imhmenon him. well, he has it now. anbut is it something he cet out from under, do you think? ron: tnk he can. it gives me chills, not just becausof the

life in the halls of capitol hill, it will be flowing. we also heard this morning house speaker nancy pelosi tweeting hot it but half-hour ago that the plan for a dark of night impeachment trial. confirms what the american people have seen since day one. the senate gop leader has chosen a cover-up for the president rather than honor his oath to the constitution. now, senate leader mcconnell tweeted just a few days ago that the house hour is over and today this is in the hands of the senate so it will be very interesting to watch their approach to this. back to you. >>> meanwhile the race to the white house is getting personal for two democratic hopefuls. in an exclusive interview bernie sanders is now apologizing to joe biden for something a supporter of sanders road. of foreign former professor accused by not having a big corruption problem and it was in an op-ed published in the guardian. >> joe biden is a friend of mine. i've known him for many years and he is a decent guy. we have strong disagreements on a number of issues and we will

what is going on at capitol hill? >> reporter: well, ali, we just saw the president's legal defense team make their way from where geoff down at the white house over to the capitol to kind of make sure the "i"s are dotted and "t"s are crossed. they did a walk-through making sure that the technicals a pecks are set up, everybody's been checking out the workstations, seeing where they will be sitting as the trial starts to unfold. so they were talking about the timetable. they want it to be as fast as possible. quite frankly, we know that's been what the white house has been pushing for and everything that we're hearing suggests that mcconnell is also trying to accelerate that timetable from his end and so this opening day is going to be remarkable in that it's unlikely to see how the trial will unfold. the rules that mcconnell is setting for it until essentially the trial opens at 1:00 p.m. we may gate little bit of an early glimpse and don't anticipate learning much before dawn tomorrow and that's an unusual way of do

the 6th straight now to capitol hill to do that he's washington bureau chief alexander naaman. it is so difficult to overstate how momentous this day is do americans feel that this the gravity of this day. well i think so it's been it's been a busy day already even though this trial has not started yet and you really have the feeling that those sides to democrats and the republicans are bracing for a tough fight on the senate floor we have already had press conferences here held by democrats in which they have accused republicans of trying to rush through the process they have accused them of trying to cover up president donald trump's miss conduct let's have a listen to what adam schiff one of the key house impeachment managers had to say this is not a process for a fair trial this is the process for redress. this is the process if you do not want the american people to see the evidence this is a process you use if you want to hand in hand work in concert with the president allow the president to continue to obstruct the congress and deny the truth the american people the batt

only one entrance point here at the capitol and everybody will be screened. it's not guns just not allowed -- it's knives and bats even baseballs. tom? >> victor oquendo, thank you. >>> and from puerto rico tonight, outrage after a warehouse full of emergency supplies was found to have been left unused for two years. the food, water, diapers and baby formula dating back to hurricane marina were uncovered as the island copes with another crisis, a series of powerful earthquakes. people tried to carry off the supplies, but police came in to stop them. the governor has fired the director of emergency management. he's calling for two cabinet secretaries to resign. >>> and there is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this sunday. riot police slamming an elderly man onto the ground. the renewed clashes in this city. >>> plus the boat barreling into a fast-moving jet ski. what a deckhand did that may have made all the difference. >>> and the spectacular rocket launch failure being celebrated tonight. why it's considered a crucial step in getting humans back into

i'm dana bash on capitol hill.ned by senator tom udall from the state of new mexico. thanks for joining us. >> it's a pleasure, a real pleasure. >> so you're one of the 100 senators but obviously on the democratic side who's going to be submitting questions. in fact you already have -- >> yes. >> -- for the managers. what's the most important question you want answered? >> well, there are a number of questions that are being asked. one of the ones i'm -- that i put in that i'm thinking about is the argument seems to be that we shouldn't even be having this trial, just get rid of it because we have an election. so i would frame that question to the house managers, how do you respond to the argument from the president's attorneys that we don't even need this. and one of the answers for me is this is an ongoing thing. i mean the president is still doing everything he can to try to get this investigation. he's got rudy giuliani over there. >> so the question is more of a rhetorical one? >> no, there are going to be ver

capitol building from the u.s. house of representatives side which is where all of the impeachment proceedings thus far have unfolded those hearings those votes and those articles would have been printed out they allege that trump abused his the power of this office and. who did not cooperate with. investigators in obstruction of congress with the impeachment investigation and those articles will be delivered by hand accompanied by 7 appointed impeachment managers these are the democratic members of the house who have been appointed to argue the case now before the senate the case to remove president donald trump from office and upon delivering these articles to the senate floor expect that lead in piece from manager adam schiff who is chair of the house intelligence committee at the center of much of the proceedings thus far he will read aloud those impeachment articles there are 9 pages of print documenting what the accusations are at the heart of this impeachment effort force is the. accusation that president tr

let's go right to capitol hill where we find dana bash. she might be leaning? >> reporter: you know, everybody has been reading the tea leaves, listening in particular to the questions she asked during the q & a period yesterday and the day before. we actually have our team all over capitol hill right now. lauren fox is outside of lisa murkowski's office. manu raju is also working the halls. i want to go first to lauren fox. lauren, what are you hearing from your sources in and around senator murkowski's office? >> reporter: well, we've been standing here, dana, for several hours now, and what i will tell you is that it's pretty much mum outside of her office. essentially her press person came out, gave us her business card to remind us to get on that email list for when her eventual statement comes. we heard her statement would come mid-morning. we're into the noon hour and no statement has arrived. we're all watching and thirnkin of that conversation she had yesterday evening with lamar a l alexander on the break. we now know lamar is go

were washington bureau chief alexander phenomena on capitol hill where that trial the impeachment trial. is underway alexandra thank you. and as lawmakers debated the rules for the trial that could spell the end of the presidency donald trump believe it or not was nowhere to be found in the united states across the atlantic in the swiss alps trump opened the world economic forum today and he spoke about the economic successes of his america 1st policies the report card that trump all for largely ignored tackling climate change an issue that is taking center stage in davos or returning to the summit for her 2nd year the swedish climate campaigner gratitude she said in a speech today leaders like trump have failed to protect her generation from the coming climate chaos leaving behind the heat of impeachment trials few could blame donald trump for seeking out some medicinal alpine. the us president was in divorce to address the global elite but in this election year his message was meant for households across the u.s. america is thriving america is flourishing and yes america is winning ag

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a lot of talk on capitol hill that they want a cross-section.peculation that justin amash who voted for impeachment would be house manager. guest: they were pushing for this. they wanted to seem that impeachment was bipartisan. i am not sure that will happen. i cannot read nancy pelosi's mind. joe in maine. to what is your question or comment? caller: my question is how republicans can take and ignore this and call it -- democrats -- partisan. mitch mcconnell is deciding what he wants to do and he will pay the price at the vote. he is down 30%. senator ingo some maine, susan collins, another was one of the most popular. now they are both at 30%. i'm not a politician but she is not going to win up here. she has lied consistently. never had a town hall meeting in 20 years. can you imagine that? is, these question republicans start getting put under pressure if it does get to a senate vote. if the senators decide to abstain from the vote, six senators have had with trump, he thinks i am weak, a weak candidate, i am going to abstain from voting. hav

>>> also this evening, the state of emergency in place as thousands converge on virginia's state capitol. our team is there. >>> just hours after kansas city makes it to the super bowl, the deadly shooting. more than a dozen injured. authorities before the cameras just a short time ago. >>> outbreak. authorities tonight confirming the mysterious and deadly virus is being spread from human to human. teams in hazmat suits. federal authorities here at home are now screening some passengers coming into the u.s. >>> the deep freeze. wind chills plummeting from chicago to boston, all the way down to florida. and the major storm from the west right into the east again this week. >>> the bus going up in flames, students onboard rushing off, then the explosion. >>> in new york city tonight, a massive fire. firefighters working to save homes. multiple injuries reported. >>> prince harry is reportedly on his way to north america tonight amid new images of meghan and baby archie. and the surprising moment, what harry revealed about his decision about his marriage. >>> the surprise bonus. $1.6 billio

capitol. by the way, we feature him in his interview with senator lamar alexander and it aired yesterday on the tv. 2016 interview, if you want to check it out where he talks about his role as a senate leader and how he views the senate as an institution it's available online at c-span .org, part of our book tv "after words" programming. barbara is next from kentucky, a republican line, your home state senator. good evening, barbara. >> caller: yes, hi. i'm calling because one, i support c-span and prefer to listen without the comments but obviously we hear them from viewers and i appreciate that but i think it is so telling when the different people from different parties, senators for instance, we had mark meadows and ted cruz and others come down and the reporters and the so-called reporters, journalists, whatever they want to call themselves, the hatemongers, or just acting like a bunch of rabid dogs. i hate to disparage dogs but they were outrageous in their rude behavior. however, when a

capitol from one side where the u.s. house of representatives meets to the other side where the senate will be awaiting the reception of those articles and crossing that threshold across the u.s. capitol is also the moment that they will cross the threshold in u.s. history and picking off what will soon be the trial of president donald trump he is only the 3rd u.s. president to face an impeachment trial which will determine whether or not he remains in office and we expect senators to be sworn in shortly after that they will be the jurors to. herman his guilt or innocence it does take a 2 thirds majority in that chamber which is controlled by republicans trump's own party in order to convict the president of a very high standard to meet to remove him from office although all eyes are on exactly what the senators will hear whether or not they'll be allowed to consider new evidence and new witnesses who may change the trajectory of exactly where this trial is going and you mentioned the impeachment managers how significant

banning all weapons from capitol grounds.hat move enraging gun rights advocates, some taking legal action, but the state supreme court ultimately siding with the governor. in response president trump tweeting in part, "your second amendment is under very serious attack in the great commonwealth of virginia." security will be very tight and it all starts with the perimeter. there will only be one entrance point here at the capitol. everyone will be screened. communication should be much better between all agencies compared to what happened in charlottesville. and it's not just guns that are banned here. weapons include knives, bats, even baseballs. victor oquendo, abc news, richmond. >> thank you, victor. >>> and hawaii is mourning the loss of two police officers during a violent confrontation in the honolulu neighborhood. it all started when police responded to a stabbing at a home. when they arrived, officials say the suspect opened fire, killing the officers. as more police arrived, fire engulfed the home and spread to six

this friday on capitol hill, there is another antitrust hearing in the d.c.ig tech. this time it will be the ceo of the digital maker's owners who complains that google and amazon are taking advantage competing unfairly and even stealing their own properties. we know that big tech continues to be a hot topic in 2020 especially when brands go against counterfeits. >> thank you. breaking news coming in. a lot of pictures out of southern california. the fire department is at an elementary school. this is an l.a. county. they are saying that a delta airlines flight may have dumped some fuel while landing at lax and the fuel apparently hits the elementary school. some kids are complaining of some eye irritation and some nausea. we will have more information on the story as we get it. "your world" with neil cavuto as the dow is almost 29. >> neil: -- >> there is little or no sentiment in the republican caucus to dismiss. we have an obligation to listen to the arguments. if that means that listening to the case, not dismissing the case. >> neil: the white house want

let's get the lay of the land now, cnn's lauren fox is on capitol hill, she joins me now. let's start with the news that came out about the gao report. what are they saying? >> reporter: it is very significant that they made this ruling. this is considered the nonpartisan body that handles the situations for congress. and they are saying essentially the president and his administration broke the law when they withheld millions of dollars in u.s. military aid to ukraine. the democrats were very frustrated behind the scenes and republicans as well as to why this money was being withheld over the summer. they couldn't figure it out. they couldn't get answers. then when it was finally released in september, there was a sense that something had changed. but no one could quite put their finger on it. this is a significant step because this is just more evidence, kate, that information is coming out in a drip/drop manner. there is more information constantly coming out as this all moves over to the senate impeachment trial. and as you know, there are still questions as to whether

natalie brand, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> and ukrainian passenger jet crashed near tehran.cials say the plane took off this morning from iran's main airport when a fire struck one of its engines. the ukrainian international airlines flight was headed to kiev, ukraine. iranian, canadian, ukrainian, swedish, afghan, british and german nationals were on board. authorities suspect a mechanical issue caused the crash. >>> coming up on cbs news this morning the latest from iraq on missiles attacks on u.s. troops launched by iran and reaction from the white house. plus the joy of movement. we'll show you how exercise can alleviate depression and loneliness. >>> we talk with rupaul about his new netflix show. his first lead role in a scripted series. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

cnn's sarah westwood is on capitol hill. sarah, what more are we expecting to learn from today's brief? >> reporter: well, fred, this is going to be a summary of the house democrats' case against president donald trump that's due on capitol hill at 5:00 p.m. just an hour later, the president's response to the summons sent to him thursday by the senate is also going to be due. we did see the ceremonial start to the impeachment trial on thursday when house managers marched across capitol hill, read articles of impeachment on the floor of the senate, but really, the trial is not going to get under way until tuesday. a few days remaining for both sides to get ready. the house brief we're going to see at 5:00 p.m., that's going give a first glimpse of the foundation of the democrats' argument. it draws from evidence from the inquiry to support the articles of impeachment, abuse of power, obstruction of congress. the president's response is due at 6:00 p.m. to the secretary of the senate. that's a lot less substantive. we expect t

, you need capitol and investment in order to fuel innovation. for businesses that are not in this sector, when you talk about a rewind, you didn't have to go back to the'70s.i mean 10 or 15 years ago when we had these price shocks at the pump, our members took dramatic actions in terms of you know cutting back some of their employees'hours, you know, doing a lot as a business becoming less competitive because their capitol was going into paying for those higher prices and it happened rather quickly as oppose going into their business compete and hiring new people and invest for growth. so, whether you are a small business of consumer of energy or someone that's very engaged and involved in the sector, it is really all about small business and entrepreneurs. and obviously the hardworking people who work for these enterprises as well. they are the generator and job creation, innovation and i just love it that particularly in these areas of the country that have been left behind that energy development and production has been a catalyst to economic