it was not surprising has signed jamie raskin quoted marcus raskin in the opening of wednesday's remarksill say it right "democracy needs ground to stand upon and that ground is the truth." denny raskin on wednesday in many of his remarks around the scum that i do that truth and fact are the tools by which you hold a leader to account, particularly a leader who has done the damage to a country that jamie raskin and the other impeachment managers assert, i think, correctly that donald trump has done. amy: as we wrap up, i want to ask you about anne feeney, the legendary pittsburgh folk singer, songwriter, self-described rabble-rouser who died of covid 19 at age 69 month surrounded by family and friends. you written about her in written about her -- this is a clip of her singing. >> ♪ amy: what we're are listening to and watching is anne feeney singing in the wisconsin state capitol building during the wisconsin uprising 10 years ago most of john, we just have about 30 seconds was a bit he could talk about the significance of anne feeney's life, music, art. >> i think was summed up in the

jamie raskin was entitled to make his argument about 2016. donald trump was entitled to make his argument about 2020. host: donna, hampton, virginia. caller: i have a couple of questions for you. as far as this riot supposedly, it is not a riot. it is five years of people that have been dumped on and not be able to hear their voices. their votes were not counted. i know you don't believe that but i believe that. i am an 80-year-old independent who has voted both ways. i feel the anger has built up so bad it is not going to end. i do believe in the 22 and 24 elections that the republicans are going to gain back a lot of seats because of it. you won't let people hear the evidence. i have not heard journalists say anything about it. newsmax has had mike lindell on with the document terry called -- documentary called "absolute proof." have you watched it? it is absolute proof. if they let the courts listen to these cases, we would have never had this disaster. host: that is the one question for mr. dershowitz. what is the second? caller: i would

jamie raskin has been arguing it's convict the former president because if he returns to argument, this could happen again. raskin says we will have no one to blame but ourselves. we expect them to wrap up in the next hour or so and tomorrow the defense will start presenting their case. according to president trump's attorneys, they don't think they'll take much time. that's why there's a lot of conjecture that this could be wrapped up saturday. >> or friday evening according to some reports, chat. thanks, chad pergram. jamie raskin, the lead impeachment manager acknowledged there's a high bar to prove incitement. he said it's a fact-based judgment and we believe we've proven it. let's go back to joe neguse, the democrat for colorado. >> did he act willfully? i'm going to show you why the answer to every one of those questions has to be yes. first, let's start with forsee ability. was it foreseeable that the violence would erupt on january 6 if president trump lit a spark? was it predictable that the crowd at the save america rally was poised on a hair trigger for violence? that they wo

it was left to jamie raskin to sum up the whole thing. he gave up 33 minutes of his time, decided the case was already made. in a dramatic hand, he talked about the fifth of january. the rest of his family had come here to capitol hill on january to see what was meant to be the peaceful transfer of power. the confirmation of the electoral college votes. but he said it was an experience that left him shaken. >> when they were finally t, rescued and we were together, i hugged them and apologized, and i told my daughter, tabatha, -- my daughter, tabatha, who was 24 and an algebra teacher, i told her how sorry i was. and i promised her it would not be like this again. the next time she came back to the capital with me -- the capitol with me. you know what she said? she said, "dad, i don't want to come back to the capitol." of all the terrible and brutal things i saw and heard on that day, and since then, that one hit me the hardest. >> an emotional moment. there's been some criticism of trump's defense team, as you alluded to. they will now h

presented as evidence. >> joining me now is the lead democratic impeachment manager, congressman jamie raskin of maryland. congressman raskin, welcome to "meet the press." >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> so this feels like one of those -- the glass -- the water glass metaphor, is it half empty or half full? you got seven republicans to convict. mitch mcconnell felt like he used your closing argument to make his repudiation even though he voted to acquit. so do you feel like this was a success, or do you feel like because you failed to convict, that you can't look at it any other way than a failure? >> well, i think it was a dramatic success in historical terms. it was the largest impeachment conviction vote in u.s. history. it was by far the most bipartisan majority that's ever assembled in the senate to convict a president, which has traditionally been a kind of partisan thing in american history. we got seven republicans, and if you look at the ten republicans in the house who joined us, it was by far the most bipartisan decision and a complete repudiation of the president's condu

lead impeachment manager jamie raskin is expected to release new video evidence today.otional speech explaining how his daughter and son-in-law had to hide in the capitol during the siege. >> and i promised her that it would not be like this again the next time she came back to the capitol with me. you know what she said? she said, dad, i don't want to come back to the capitol. of all the terrible brutal things i saw and i heard on that d day, and since then, that one hit me the hardest. that, and watching someone use an american flag pole, with the flag still on it, to spear and pummel one of our police officers ruthlessly, mercilessly, tortured by a pole with a flag on it that he was defending with his very life. people died that day. officers ended up with head damage and brain damage. people's eyes were gouged. an officer had a heart attack. an officer lost three fingers that day. two officers have taken their own life. senators, this cannot be our future. >> awe noted that congressman jamie raskin is still mourning the loss of his son tommy who took his own life at

the lead impeachment manager, jamie raskin of maryland, apparently allowed them to break around halftime of the super bowl to be with their families, to allow capitol police, who were providing support, to watch the second half of the football game, but as we know, the game was pretty much over by then. but these managers say that this is going to be a very different impeachment trial from the first one just a year ago. they say that they have overwhelming evidence, largely supported by the video that was taken at the white hous ell ipse, when trump gave his save america speech. they have overwhelming video over than's they are going to show -- video evidence that they are going to show from the capitol itself, from the insurrectionists, often livestreamed by the insurrectionists themselves. they have hours of video. they say that has made their job in convincing these senators and the american people much, much easier than the last impeachment trial, where it was an extremely technical trial. the legal arguments were technical. it was a much more convoluted argument that the investigato

leading impeachment manager jamie raskin wants to hear from that republican lawmaker. cine. if raskin wants to call witnesses, van der vaccine wants to call hundreds of winces not in washington but in his office in philadelphia. remember, you need a majority of senators to vote for this. senator mitt romney could be pivotal here. he said this morning as we reported here. he would be willing to vote for witnesses if either side wanted to call them. we're going to listen in to the roast thf vote and see what happens when it's gaveled. >> mr. kelly. >> aye. >> mr. kennedy. >> no. >> mr. king. >> aye. >> ms. klobuchar. >> aye. >> mr. langford. >> no. >> mr. leahy. >> aye. >> mr. lee. >> no. >> mr. lieuhon. >> aye. >> ms. low miss. >> no. >> mr. manchin. >> aye. >> mr. markey. >> aye. >> mr. marshal. >> no. >> mr. mcconnell. >> no. >> mr. men dmenz. >> aye. >> mr. merkley. >> aye. >> mr. moran. >> no. >> ms. murkowski. >> aye. >> mr. murtmy. >> aye. >> mrs. murray. >> aye. >> mr. ossoff. >> aye. >> mr. padilla. >> aye. >> mr. paul. >> no. >> mr. peters. >> aye. >> mr. portma

>> i think the moment that jamie raskin so powerfully talked about today, and that is, i was on the houseor with jamie and listening to these insurrectionists battering the doors, breaking the glass to get into the chamber. it is an unforgettable and terrifying sound and one that none of us had experienced or will ever forget. >> what were you afraid of happening if they made it into the room with you there? >> well, i had a number of members including republican members tell me they can't see you. don't let them see you. you're in a different situation. so i felt like i was a marked man. and who knows what would happen if they were able to breach that chamber and if those capitol police hadn't acted so heroically. it obviously could have been much, much worse and as it was, it was just awful with five people dead and the citadel of our democracy so horribly defaced. >> so to feel what you did in that moment, and then to live the perfidy of watching so many members of your house stand up to decertify the election, which is really just a nod to the insurrection, and now to see what's happe

i think jamie raskin and the house managers made that record with clarity. even -- let's be honest with you. even mitch mcconnell acknowledged that last night in his speech. so we have that record. that's the important historic record to show this generation of doubters and any future generation. >> it sounds like you think we have done a big chunk of this investigating. senator dick durbin, democrat from illinois, thanks for coming on and sharing your perspective. >> thanks, chuck. >>> joining me is the republican governor marland, governor hogan. you have a special sort of relationship and insight to congress being the son of a member of congress who voted as a republican on those impeachment articles against richard nixon. i'm curious, what did we -- what did the senate do yesterday in terms of donald trump in your view? >> well, you know, there's what the vote was and what the result of the senate -- the republicans in the senate did opinion. quite frankly, i think the democrats made a strong case, even though leader mcconnell didn't vote to impeach, his

jamie raskin is facing another struggle with astonishing dignity and grace. one who lost his son, matthew, when he was 34, wrote this today. "when i lost my son i was in a fog for weeks nearly paralyzed with grief. to imagine secretary raskin has not just gotten up every day but has done this master class and constitutional law, philosophy, logic, patriotism, and more, with eloquence, force, passion, my god, what a hero." yes, there are heroes in the that room. there are more cowards in that room. they're speaking to the cowards in a noble hope of trying to change their minds. they're not trying to turn cowards into heroes. they're trying to turn cowards into minimally decent human beings for the first time since those cowards surrendered themselves completely to donald trump. congressman raskin told the cowards what they should be listening for tomorrow when donald trump's lawyers speak in his defense. >> we would pose these preliminary questions to his lawyers. which i think are on everyone's minds right now, in which would have asked mr. trump, himself, if

i had to fight back tears when jamie raskin talked about his daughter.s oath of office. the question is will my republican colleagues obey theirs. if they do and follow the facts and law, they will vote to convict. but i am far from overconfident because for four years, as you and i know, they have been spineless and cowardly. the real threat here, and it's a fundamental threat, is domestic terrorists. the president, then president trump, summoned that mob to the capitol. he urged them to assault the capitol. those domestic terrorists went into the halls. you heard one of them shout "where are they?" they were looking for members of congress to assassinate. we still are seeing the effects of that domestic terrorism in the armed island that our capitol has become with national guards and barbed wire but all around the country that threat of domestic terrorism being so lethal. >> there's the specific things that trump knew. obviously they were there because of trump and they echoed words that he had said. we're going to see more of that. also on the day as

. >> reporter: the democrats' lead manager, jamie raskin, was blunt. >> that is a high crime and misdemeanor. if that's not an impeachable offense, there is no such thing. >> reporter: raskin emotional himself, breaking down while discussing his daughter, tabitha, who witnessed the attack one day after raskin buried his son >> she said, "dad, i don't want to come back to the capitol. >> reporter: former president trump's lead counsel, bruce castor, praising the democrats' >> i'll be quite frank with you. we changed what we wergoing to do on account that we thought the house managers' presentation was well done. >> reporter: notably contradicting his client, acknowledging president biden won the election. >> the american people just spoke, and they just changed administrations. >> reporter: while pushing back on the democrats' argument that impeachment is the right way to hold a president accountable for

history tells us, as jamie raskin noted, that we have impeached those who have left office. you can't resign your way out of your responsibility. >> in fact, i was going to say. i feel like that maybe what inadvertently happened is we now have this gap during the transition that apparently january 7 to january 20, we are lucky donald trump didn't do anything. what would have happened if he did something? is there no mechanism to have removed him from office if they weren't going to invoke the 25th amendment? >> that's exactly the conclusion that manyhaging their hat on. that there was a grace period for the president, no matter what he chose to do. it gets down to this when you look at it, chuck. many of the republicans were voting out of loyalty to donald trump. for those who want to know what donald trump's version of loyalty is, i have two words, mike pence. many were voting out of fear

so i would say one of the questions that jamie raskin left us with is the president has acknowledged that he would have been the person who could have put a stop in this riot and this harm. he -- why didn't he? the minute he heard that there was a massive riot going on at the capitol, why didn't he stop it? two, why didn't he stop it even two hours into the riot? why didn't he ever condemn the insurrectionists and the insurrection? so, really, we are left with the question of, if a president incited a violent insurrection, is that a high crime and misdemeanor? and i would say, yes. now, i think the republicans are going to look for all kinds of escape hatches to not come to that conclusion. >> yeah, and as we keep saying you need 67 votes in order to convict. democrats were extremely critical, as you remember, senator, of the last impeachment trial a year or so ago for not

amy: i want to go to jamie raskin on this issue of beutler. was saturday before the impeachment trial concluded. the development came after a republican congress member came for, jaime herrera butler, about comments trump made during his assault to kevin mccarthy. >> that last night congress when of washington issued a statement confirming in the middle of the insurrection when house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help my president trump responded "well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election then you are." needless to say, this is an additional critical piece of corroborating evidence. for that reason and because this is in the proper time to do so under the resolution the senate adopted to set the rules for the trial, we would like the opportunity to subpoena congress woman herrera. amy: the request by the house impeachment manager to introduce new witnesses prompted this tense debate between the lead house impeachment manager jamie raskin and top defense attorney michael vanderveen. >>

with them using banners and poles with his name on it to literally ram in the door, which, as jamie raskin so memorably described the sound he will never forget as they tried to ram in the door and he talked about the fact that -- i remember this video that i'll never forget -- one of them using an american flag, american flag attached to a pole to beat an officer when the officer was simply trying to defend our country and defend that flag. those are visceral moments. and so when you ask how the senators reacted, i don't want to hear about how they didn't like the defense lawyers. yeah. they weren't good. okay. fine. that's not the point. you can't defend the indefensible. what i hope my colleagues listen to as we move forward in this trial are the facts and the facts are on full, ugly, horrific display in the video you showed. >> there's a moment when mr.

but then winding up with jamie raskin. the head manager talking about common sense. and, you know, trying to puncture the republican argument that we've heard over and over again and probably will after they have their votes that this isn't constitutional, that they didn't really prove that he actually incited it, we didn't -- we don't know, we don't have witnesses. so on and so forth. he's saying, you know what, we all know what happened. use your common sense about what happened and more importantly, like you said, abby, about not punishing him and what that will mean for the future. >> is there any other jury or jury-like body in the world where we have so little expectation that people will actually vote according to what the evidence suggests as opposed to political considerations that they have. and i recognize that there are some people, some republicans in that room, that are going to do what they think is right. i think mitt romney is a good example of it. of that. but there are, i mean, i think if it were secret ballot, let me put it that way, if it were se

lead impeachment manager jamie raskin said the evidence shows donald trump spent weeks building up to the capitol hill attack it may have felt like chaos and madness but there was method in the madness that day. this was an organized attack on the counting of the electoral college votes in joint session of the united states congress and to the 12th amendment of 100 electoral count act to prevent vice president mike pence in to prevent us from route from counting sufficient electoral college votes to certify joe biden's victory of 306-2232 in the electoral college let's talk through some of the logistics this is of course trumps 2nd trial this is how it works democratic impeachment managers like prosecutors in a regular trial get 2 days to lay out their case defense lawyers will then get the same amount of time before senators can question both sides and possibly call witnesses the 2 sides will be allocated 4 hours each to make their closing statements before the senate votes on the article of impeachment a 2 thirds majority is needed for conviction meaning 17 republicans would need to

as you say jamie raskin arguing there that just defending the decision not to call witnesses which has faced some criticism by saying that it would let you say it would have made a difference anyway if the perception was that the senate didn't have jurisdiction to hold this trial in the 1st place allen but it was that what was the what was your feeling about the republican response to this was that a decision not to call witnesses seen as a victory for them. it was certainly seen as a victory for donald trump i'm told that the people around don't tom were absolutely delighted it would have meant extending the period of this trial probably by 3 maybe 4 days possibly even as much as a week and the. democrats are aware that joe biden has a legislative agenda he wants to to push through he still has to get a number of cabinet positions confirmed he wants to put a 1.9 trillion dollar bill for covert relief through the house and through the senate he also wants to discuss immigration so there's a great deal to do there and of course that the opportunity for that when you have legislative goo

>> last thing before we go tonight, that's jamie raskin, the lead house impeachment manager. he is a liberal democrat from maryland, a law professor by training, educated at harvard and harvard law school. his son tommy, named after thomas payne, was at harvard law school, second year student when he took his own life this winter after a long struggle with depression. the raskins buried their son the day before the insurrection. the congressman has been grieving his son during this whole process. and today while wrapping up his argument, he proved that he yields to no one in his mastery of the words of the giant of the american revolution, thomas paine. >> these are the times that try men and women's souls. these are the times that try men and women's souls. the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will shrink at this moment from the service of their cause and their country. but everyone who stands with us now will win the love and the favor and the affection of every man and every woman for all time. tyranny like hell is not easily conquered, but we have this saving conso

the most remarkable has to be jamie raskin.he was almost killed in the attack. he combined extraordinarily moving in a motion with gripping legal reason in setting out the constitutional case for provocation and harm in a way that was quite unlike anything i've seenin that was quite unlike anything i've seen in constitutional politics before. ., ., ., ., before. professor of law at george washington _ before. professor of law at george washington university _ before. professor of law at george washington university and - before. professor of law at george i washington university and presidency of the national constitutional centre, thank you so much for joining us with that analysis. thank ou. we joining us with that analysis. thank you- we are _ joining us with that analysis. thank you. we are waiting _ joining us with that analysis. thank you. we are waiting to _ joining us with that analysis. thank you. we are waiting to return - joining us with that analysis. thank you. we are waiting to return to i joining us with that ana

my name is jamie raskin, it's my honor to represent the people of maryland in the office and serve as lead house manager and mr. president, we will indeed reserve time for rebuttal. thank you. because i've been a professor of constitutional law for three decades, i know there are a lot of people who are dreading endless lectures about the federalist papers here. please breathe easy, okay? i remember well wh autumn's line is a professor is a person who speaks while other people are sleeping. you will not hear extended lectures from me because our case is based on cold, hard facts. it's all about the facts. president trump has sent his lawyers here today to try to stop the senate from hearing the facts of this case. they want to call the trial over before any evidence is even introduced. their argument is that if you commit an impeachable offense in your last weeks of office you do it with constitutional impunity, you get away with it. in other words, conduct that would be a high crime and misdemeanor in your first year as president, and your second year as president, and your third yea

jamie raskin saying, if that's not impeachable, there's no such thing. lawmakers and their staff members huddling from the rioters. the former president's lawyers denouncing the rioters, but insisting tonight the former president is not to blame. and that the trial is unconstitutional. but late today, six republicans joining the democrats, voting the trial is constitutional and will move forward. we have it all covered tonight on what was a sense and emotional day inside that chamber. abc's rachel scott leading us off tonight from the hill. >> reporter: tonight, history made in washington. the first time a president faces a second impeachment trial. and the first time a president is tried after leaving office. >> everybody in, this way! >> reporter: and today, democrats wasted no time making their case against donald trump. forcing senators to relive the harrowing moments from one month ago, sitting in the very chamber that came under attack. >> take the building! >> day or ttraitor pence! >> we're listening to trump, your boss! >> reporter: house impeac

jamie raskin posted the 2016 election. i protested the 2000 election and i was one of al gore's lawyers and i wrote a book about it called supreme injustice. i didn't think the 2000 election was fair and i'm entitled to make that argument and jamie raskin was entitled to make his argument about 2016 and donald trump could make his arguments, wrong as i believe it was, about bo2020. >> host: independent line from hampton. >> caller: good morning. i have a couple of questions actually for you. as far as this riot supposedly, it is not a riot but it's five years of people that have been dumped on and not been able to hear their voices. their votes were not counted. i know you do not believe that but i believe that. i'm an 80 -year-old independent who has voted both ways and i feel the anger has built up so bad, it's not going to end. i do believe in the 22 and 24 elections that the republicans are going to gain back a lot of seats because of it. you won't let people hear the evidence and i don't know and i have not heard jour

and as jamie raskin noted yesterday, sometimes that opportunity is presented to the person who might be impeached, but it does not have to be. there was time pressure here, and there was also probably more importantly just a lot of public evidence in this case. there was no secret about what was being investigated or what the evidence was, frankly, so that was simply not a meritorious argument. >> the president's lawyers did argue that the surveillance tapes that were revealed for the first time weren't presented to the defense ahead of time as you would in a trial with discovery. does that in itself undermine due process? >> you know, the rules are what the rules are, what the senate decides the rules are. in a criminal court of law or even a civil court of law, there are many, many rules and a lot of case law that is imposed by courts in the wake of laws being passed and people have to abide by those rules. in this case, there are simply no rules governing discovery. if the defense wanted to show videos, as they did, that others had not seen before, there's no -- there's no rule go

quote, we are listening to e manamocrat jamie raskin breaking down as he recounted bringing members of his own family to work tha the day after burying his son, . the former president's legal team denouncing the insurrection but insisting that former president trump is not to blame. also tonight here, the first reaction now coming in from those closest to former president trump, saying they were not happy with trump's legal team. and what president joe biden said today when pressed on the trial. rachel scott, jon karl, cecilia vega all standing by tonight. >>> the other news this tuesday night, the shooting at a health clinic in minnesota. several hit, rushed to emergency care. authorities finding a suspicious package at the site, as well. and what we're now learning about the alleged gunman tonight. >>> the coronavirus here in the u.s. 1 million vaccine doses now being sent to 6,500 select pharmacies across the u.s. and what we're learning tonight about cvs and walgreens and when >>> soews coming in abt g shots. started in the first place. what an international team of scientists that

historic impeachment trial against former president trump begins tomorrow democratic congressman jamie raskinr inciting the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol. for raskin, the trial is personal. sunlen serfaty has more. >> the managers on the part of the house will be received and escorted to the well of the senate. >> reporter: it is his most high-profile moment yet. >> donald john trump thus warrants impeachment and trial. >> reporter: congressman jamie raskin, the lead impeachment manager, tasked with prosecuting the case against former president trump. >> removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the united states. >> reporter: it's a role that raskin has been preparing for his entire career, before coming to congress in 2016, he was a constitutional law professor for more than two decades. it was for that reason he was chosen by speaker pelosi to write the article of impeachment against donald trump for incitement of insurrection. >> she wanted me to do, because she knows that i've devoted my life to the constitution. >> r

. >> i know that jamie raskin will make the decision that's right for the country and hold the president accountable. >> reporter: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> reporter: welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day" and marjorie taylor greene is a congresswoman without a committee, but still with a party this morning. the house of representatives took the unprecedented action of stripping a sitting member of congress from her committee assignments. the vote was bipartisan with 11 republicans joining democrats to remove greene from the education and budget committees. 11 was a bigger number than house republican leadership thought they would lose, as they decided to stand behind greene and the violent, outrageous things she said and supported, including endorsing the killing of top democrats. greene never apologized, to congress or anyone, including the school shooting survivor she harassed. david hogg will join us next hour. instead, she seems to blame some giant, mystical force that allowed her to believe it all and

and as jamie raskin talks about cold, hard facts, that's true, they're going to submit facts. but this is truly an emotional appeal, both to senators and to the american public, to say, take a step back from the talking points that you've been provided or the position you've staked out or are thinking about, your primaries are the future of the party. and just, let's focus on what actually happened here and how the country is spoede upposed t respond to it. >> and ross, as an attorney, how hard is it to connect these dots. january 6th wasn't an accident. it wasn't a coincidence that hundreds of pro-trump supporters showed up on that day. they were called there to disrupt the electoral vote count. that's why they came on that day. that's what president trump talked to them about in his rally. when rudy giuliani says, trial by combat, that's what he means. so is this a tough case to connect these dots? >> so, i think what we're going to hear from the president's lawyers is sort of the what, who, me defense. it was like, they're going to say, you know, the president has -- on jan

exercise your oath to do impartial justice. >> when elizabeth drew interviewed lead house manager jamie raskinpected to get two-thirds of the senate to vote for convicting donald trump. and congressman raskin replied, "i always thought there was a better chance of our getting 100 votes than 67. i thought that when we presented our case, the bottom would fall out from trump's side, but a apparently there are no depths too low for some of our gop colleagues to sink. we've arrived at a point in history where a once-great party can behave like a cult. facts, logic and the rule of law have dropped out of the equation." in her latest column for project syndicate, elizabeth drew points out that the fundamental problem with the impeachment clause of the constitution is that it was written in 1787 and, "at the time, the nation did not have actual political parties." joining us now by phone is elizabeth drew, political journalist and author. she covered the watergate investigation of president nixon for "the new yorker" and has covered every impeachment proceeding since then. elizabeth drew, thank you v

jamie raskin says, are you willing to roll the dice again on this?hat to me is what this all adds up to. what are you all think is going to happen if he runs again? >> well, i mean, i think -- i think for them to make the case for him not to be able to run for office again, to be prohibited, that they have to actually give the senators to the extent they're willing to hear it a reason to know that his past behavior is actually predictive of the future. >> exactly. and i think it clearly is. benji and donna, thank you for making time tonight. appreciate it. >>> next, he is the attorney who stopped donald trump from stealing the election in the courts. marc elias is here to tell us what we should expect from the trump defense tomorrow. stick with us. when you switch to xfinity mobile, you're choosing to get connected to the most reliable network nationwide, now with 5g included. discover how to save up to $300 a year with shared data starting at $15 a month, or get the lowest price for one line of unlimited. come into your local xfinity store to make t

jamie raskin gave maybe the best oral argument i've heard. it was both head and heart, about the grave stakes that face the country. this isn't political theater. this is really the soul of what american democracy is about, and i thought representative raskin really captured that. and by contrast, you had trump's lawyers who were meandering and impossible to follow. but most importantly, trump's lawyers never responded to the two main arguments the house managers made. number one, trump wasn't a former official when he was impeached. he was the sitting president. and, second, that we can't have a so-called january exception to impeachment and allow a president to do anything he wants. and you heard nothing about that in the trump lawyers' presentation today. and if i'm donald trump, i'm a little worried at this point because, yes, they got away today. they only had six republican votes against trump. they got away on a dry constitutional issue, which the american public doesn't really want to focus on, and it's a way for republican senators t

>> emotion-filled words there jamie raskin.o, in terms of logistics for today, laura, things will get under way at noon here at the capitol. they will have those eight hours, if they take some breaks, if you do the rough math there, that gets you done at about 10:00 p.m. again, in total, they have 16 hours for the impeachment managers. that's eight hours over two days. and then, of course, former president trump's defense will also have 16 hours to present their -- their case as well. laura. >> yeah. still a big question as whether house democrats are going to want to call witnesses which, of course, would prolong this a little bit but if they don't, this would be wrapped up early next week, jessica, thanks so much. >>> there was one mconsensus, te attorney who led off president trump's defense was not good at all. not even republican senators thought so, not even trump. and boris sanchez is near mar-a-lago, where trump was watching and we're told was furious. this defense team has only been in place for a matter of days, right

house impeachment managers also revealed new video and >>lead impeachment manager jamie raskin refuted the claims that trump's words are protected by the first amendment it's more like a case where the town fire chief. who's paid to put out fires sends a mob. not to yell fire in a crowded theater that actually set the theater on fire. >>and again we only heard from the democratic house impeachment managers today. they also showed other new pieces of video for example of officer goodman leading senator mitt romney away from that big mob that was headed right for him. >>alexandra certainly some very sobering moments as you just described with the officer leading rioters away from the senate chambers mitt romney turning around he was heading right into the mob we saw video from inside the capitol that can you give us a sense of the reaction particularly among republican senators. of what they got out of today's session. >>well by and large what we've heard from most love you know spoken publicly is that they agree this is all very chilly and sobering but the vast majority of them still sa

. >> yeah, and jamie raskin, obviously, put together that team. jamie raskin three decades as a constitutional law professor and an incredibly charismatic person in his own low-key, incredibly competent way, but then to assign out the different pieces of the case to each of those other eight impeachment managers, and to have them each perform basically flawlessly, was an -- was, i mean, had a tremendous effect, obviously, but it was also just like an organizational feat to have them all so well placed for each part of the case that they handled. >> and of course, a salute to the staff, the unnamed staff who we never get to see out there at the microphone, but they obviously did a tremendous -- >> yeah. >> -- job servicing, helping the members of the impeachment managers' team. thank you, rachel. >> indeed. thanks, lawrence. >> thank you. >>> washington columnist elizabeth drew has covered the most presidential impeachment proceedings that a single lifespan could include, from the nixon impeachment hearings pof of 1974 to the impeachment of bill cl

random and i want to jump off on that point because i think if you have four more days of where jamie raskin and the house impeachment managers are basically very organized and the trump team is this disorganized i think you can't presume any outcome. >> all right chuck, thanks. >>> for his part president biden is steering clear of the trial. kristen welker joins us kristen, you asked the white house about that today. what did you hear? >> reporter: lester, the white house insists president biden is not paying close attention to the trial of his predecessor. and when we asked if the president thinks the trial is constitutional, his press secretary said he's not going to opine. the president has also refused to weigh in on whether mr. trump should be convicted. the president is trying to keep the focus on his urgent effort to build support for his $1.9 trillion covid relief package, today meeting with ceos in the oval office and while the president may want to stay on the sidelines, some of his democratic allies on capitol hill have privately expressed concerns about the impact the trial coul

thank you. >>> well, lead house manager jamie raskin named his son, tommy, after thomas payne. of the senate trial that he buried his 25-year-old son, tommy, the day before the trump mob attacked the capitol. and so in a powerfully poignant final moment on the senate floor today, you could feel congressman raskin's two favorite thomases standing with him as he quoted thomas payne in his last line. >> "the more difficult the struggle, the more glorious in the end will be our victory." good luck in your deliberations. >> "the more difficult the struggle." jamie raskin could not have a more difficult struggle than trying to convince republican senators to hold the constitution and their oaths of office above their public fealty to donald trump. "the more difficult the struggle." jamie raskin is facing another struggle with astonishing dignity and grace. norman ornstein who lost his son, matthew, when he was 34, wrote this today. "when i lost my son, i was in a fog for weeks nearly paralyzed with grief. to imagine secretary raskin has not just gotten up every day but has done this m

this cannot be the future of america. >> lead impeachment manager jamie raskin delivered a powerful argument today as he described the siege on the capitol. congressman raskin's words will air in full on rachel maddow's show in a few minutes. for her reaction, i'm joined by rashida tlaib. what was your impression of today's proceedings? >> i was incredibly proud of the leadership, of representative raskin and many others that are truly putting the love of country first. one of the most passionate speeches i have heard where he talks about democracy is personal. and it is. i mean, chris, from my district alone, they were intentionally trying to throw out black votes. right here in detroit. and so for us, it was extremely personal that they were trying to use white supremacist rhetoric, trying to use that kind of racist tone and these conspiracy theories that led to the violence of january 6th. raskin is right, this is extremely personal and extremely, very much about us being able to keep our right to have a voice at all levels of government, and especially again, pushing back against that vi

congressman jamie raskin of maryland got up to include request for witnesses based on one piece of evidence that came to light, it's not new evidence, it's been out there for a while that came to light last night. so this is how we got to this point. kristin: . >> last night congresswoman jamie herrera buetler, reads in part, when mccarthy finally reached the president january 6th by phone and asked him to publicly and forcefully call off the riot the president initially repeated the falsehood that it was antifa that breached the capitol and mccarthy refuted that and told that's trump supporters and said well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. five republicans joining democrats to approve the request for witnesses that many thought would bring the end of the trial. in fact, we thought between now and 2 p.m. this afternoon the senate would have been voting on whether or not to convict the president, we should mention as we bring in chad at the capitol breaking down what happened that senator graham switched his vote on this motion. he was initially a

representatives on january 13th for doing that or from that point is where house managers including jamie raskin plan to continue laying out their case on this 2nd day of the trial there will be more evidence including more graphic video take a listen to what raskin said earlier today the evidence will be for you to see and hear indicts yes the evidence will show you that x. president trump was no innocent bystander the evidence will show that he clearly incited the january 6th insurrection. it will show that donald trump surrendered his role as commander in chief and became the inciter in chief of a dangerous insurrection and this was as one of our colleagues put it so cogently on january 6th itself the greatest betrayal of the presidential oath in the history of the united states strong words there as the 2nd impeachment trial of donald trump moves forward i'm happy to have nick akerman with us tonight mr ackerman was a prosecutor during the watergate hearings that freeh ceded the resignation of president richard nixon in 1904 this druckerman is in new york city tonight it's good to have you b

jamie raskin is speaking. >> we are happy to withdraw it on the grounds that it is not true. we are going to withdraw it this evening, and without any prejudice to the ability to resubmit it if possible, then we can debate it if we need it. this is much ado about nothing because it is not critical in any way to our case. >> the managers issue stance, mr. lee has withdrawn his request. we may relitigate it tomorrow if we have to. i now ask unanimous consent that the trial adjourned until 12:00 noon tomorrow, thursday february, 11th, and this also constitute the adjournment of the senate. >> is there an objection? so ordered. the senate is adjourned. anchor: let's return to our correspondent who has been watching proceedings in washington, d.c. that concludes the first day of the evidence, second day -- reporter: this is the first day we have had evidence, you are right in that regard. yesterday was talking about the constitutionality. what we have had is under eight hours of evidence, we started at 12:00, there have been a couple of breaks. what happened there is we were talki

is it -- when does it become over -- you know, would you keep going, i guess, if you were jamie raskin. >> that's a great question. i completely agree with you in terms of the big lie. but i think if i were jaily raskin, i would do what's happening here, which is keeping it relatively tight, because ultimately, the charge here has to be tied to the violent. >> i'm sorry so cut you off but congressman raskin is back at the podium as the trial resumes. >> mr. president, esteemed members of the senate, it is my honor to be before you. i am madeline dean congresswoman from the 4th congress district of biffle. i'm lawyer, i'm a former professor or writing. i'm a sister, i'm a wife, i'm a mother, i'm a grandmother to three with fourth on her way. i'm a person of faith, and i'm an american. al desperate president and we'll standing up to nomplous pressure from the president of the united states did the right thing and upheld their oath leading them to believe the election was stolen. that they needed to fight like hell to stop the steal on january the 6th. these weren't president trump's only

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