people need to realize that when john roberts is not on he is not serving as presiding over, that is killing everyone it is unconstitutional. >> what do you think is going to happen because the senate -- >> there going to throw out listen to what they're doing in georgia where i'm from there is a case against trump in the court, there is no january exception because you can try the man as a private citizen. forget the january exception if he's guilty, take it to the judicial, the court. he is a private citizen, try to have him convicted as inciting in that. because this is just the political theater. i don't have to go to amc to see a movie. this is great theater but no jurisdiction. it's a waste of time and that's with the bill knapp case, that was the true president said. >> nathaniel, they voted yesterday on the constitution question and they had six republican say yes we have the jurisdiction to proceed which pave the way for today in the coming days of this trial. >> you are right about that but what's going to happen, they will not get to two thirds in the 44 republicans are go

i'm john roberts.l done, john roberts paid to have the story right now. it's a crisis of conscience for "los angeles times" columnist when her trump supporter neighbor cleared her driveway after a massive snowstorm. in an op-ed she compares it to the tactics of hezbollah. this piece starts off, like, "oh, heck no. the trumpites next door plowed our driveway without being asked and did a great job. how my going to resist demands for unity in the face of this passive-aggressive niceness?" but then she writes this. the coat has blood, the shiite islamist party in lebanon, also give things away for free. the favors has blood does for people probably don't involve snowplows, but like other mafias, hezbollah tends to its own." they also demand devotion to their brutal us versus them anti-sunni cause." what is this writer trying to say? she seems very, very angry and her entire life, entirely political. >> buck: well, biden's win was not the cure for trumped arrangement syndrome. this is a chronic long-term c

john: i'm john roberts in washington, d.c., still across the road from the white house where where we've cold and rain, 45 degrees here. would rather be at cpac in orlando covering all of the action. we are delayed here. the president was supposed to take the stage about 20 minutes ago. we understand now that his appearance will probable be more along the lines of 4:55. and, sandra, we are hearing that, like he did in 2019, the speech that the president is about to give may run a full two hours. sandra: he's going to go it. well, we also have been told in recent hours and days that while the speech was prepared, the president himself was listening to folks on the ground there, the speeches that were given and adjusting and changing that script as he went along which very well could have led to the delay that we have now where the president expected just about bottom of the hour, we should be hearing from former president donald trump. we know in addition to taking on joe biden's policies that his administration has implemented so far, we do know he's going to target that. we also know he

it is thursday, and this is "america reports." >> john: and i am john roberts.etween teachers unions and san francisco. there are reports that the union and school district are getting closer to a deal. parents are

even john roberts knows that. he's not going to sit there over and impeachment of somebody that left office. incitement of insurrection, all of these people that showed up, many of them are police and other cities. they are walking in one door and out another door. it just ate right. biden is an empty shell. if you ask a question, he will walk away as fast as he can. he has no answers. there is nothing he is going to do for our country. host: let's go to glenn in madison, illinois on the democratic line. good morning. caller: all the republicans don't know what's happening. go back and pull up that video of trump sitting in the office with don jr.'s girlfriend, doing the hokey pokey while all of this is going on. i was in there on my 61st birthday. -- 65th birthday. you will not believe how beautiful that place is. you watch thesesuckers tear it . something has got to give. get rid of this instigator that wants to be a dictator so bad that he will throw everything away. thank you. host: let's go to carol, who is c

i am john roberts, joanna sandra smith and me for "america reports."rk city is backtracking over the plan to shutter to ice skating rink's in central park. they are run by the trump organization. they were set to close yesterday, weeks ahead of schedule because the city is cutting ties with the trump organization. speaker, i don't want to accuse mayor de blasio about lacking fund because apparently it's okay if you put dancing people in the middle of streets while his mask is off, a video about w wonderful it is to bring back broadway. he likes fun, he just doesn't like trump. >> this political aristocracy we were talking about earlier, whether it was california or new york, there are thousands and thousands of people who love going to those ice ranks, who trump personally saved back in the 80s. he rode a great chapter in his book "the art of the deal" on what he did and how he did it. why the mayor would want to punish him, this was actually a nonprofit, but what he would want to punish the people of new york tells you something about how whacked out

i'm john roberts from washington, hi, sandra. >> sandra: hi, john, i am sandra smith.ip in and listen. >> it's great to be back at cpac it, but something is different this year. for the first time ever cpac is not in our nation's capital. that's because they want to let us anywhere near our nations capitol. think about it, even though cases are plummeting and vaccination rates are surging, we are

john roberts and i will be hosting it to you sunday for the former president trump's big speech at then for 2024. it's interesting comment from some that say they don't want to see him relitigate the election. >> sandra: we'll see. thanks for joining us on "america reports." i'm sandra smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: thank you. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. it's 3:00 p.m. and this is "the story." any moment now, we'll hear from president biden as he takes a vaccine victory lap as the 50 millionth shot is administered on a beautiful day. looks like a spring at the white house this afternoon. we're awaiting these remarks. we'll take you there live and explain it's his role in that achievement versus what was already done when he came in. one of the big questions. where does the credit go for where we are today.

i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. the story." happy post super bowl week. we have big battles, the impeachment trial tomorrow afternoon. what about the whole unity question mark? kevin struggles with the variants and vaccines. senator john cornyn about the amount of money going into the u.s. economy. we'll talk to him. republicans saying that nancy pelosi doesn't seem to abide by rules for herself.

trump kicking off with democratic senator patrick leahy presiding as judge and jury rather than john roberts. chad program revealing the constitutionality of that tonight and the complete from some republicans about the defense team. let's start with this, first question, the first vote was whether the trial itself is constitutional. >> that's right. the senate tonight gave the green light to go forward with this trial. most republicans say democrats gave a presentation, republican counsel for donald trump, bruce castor stumbled but whether or not democratic managers actually address the question of constitutionality is up in the air. there were 6 republicans who joined with democrats to say this was proper and constitutional. among them bill cassidy, republican senator from louisiana. >> the house managers made a compelling, cogent case, and the president's team did not. donald trump's team were disorganized, did everything they could but talk about the question at hand and when they talked about it they glided over it. >> donald trump's counsel argued the democrats were trying to penalize

there is a reason why john roberts is not presiding. with democratic senator, patrick leahy, imagine this, presiding. officially a kangaroo court because he's already said he wants a conviction. wow, that's real equal justice and due process, isn't it? so number two. the reason this will fail. the incitement claims are bogus. look at this. you even have the fake news media, the "washington post," cnn, we also have the fbi and court documents, and now even congresswoman alexandria cortez saying the breach was well planned before january 6. we even have details to prove that point. it was planned. three democrats now setting what is an insane standard for what will constitute their favorite new word, insurrectionist rhetoric that they will be highlighting. now, according to the article of impeachment president trump is accused of inciting an insurrection because of his remarks on january 6, "he willfully made statements that in context encouraged and foreseeable resulted in lawless action at the capitol such as if you don't fight like hel

join john roberts at the top of the hour. >> harris: the superintendent of california school districters were hot trash talking parents who want to get their kids back in the classroom in person. the elementary school board appears to believe the online meeting was private, here we go. >> if you're going to call me out, i'm going to [bleep] you up it. not just me. >> they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back. >> we have a meeting open in the public right now. >> that's what lori just said. >> great. >> harris: yeah, that's what lori just said. the district superintendent calling the marks inappropriate and parents are upset. >> it's heartbreaking, you know, we thought we were partnering with these individuals, we thought they were advocates for our children's education. we have a great relationship with our teachers, they are in our homes every day, it just seems as of late that they mock us, that we are just complaining and we have nothing better to do. >> harris: wow. we just saw "the faulkner focus" and mercedes who you know has five school-age kids, you have

i'm john roberts.erica reports" at the top of the hour. >> just a small sampling of what it's going to be like to have culture out in the streets of this city. >> harris: bill de blasio unveiling a new culture program for artists who show off their talents at more than 100 locations. critics are calling out his priorities as businesses continue to suffer and more people move out of new york city. commentator dave rubin tweeted this, nyc is now portlandia. if you haven't already, you must flee as soon as possible. and young americans for liberty tweeted, bill de blasio has utterly destroyed new york city businesses and forced people out of the city in droves and his solution is a government-funded dance party? joe concha. >> joe: we are governed by children. there's not really much else to add to that. >> harris: don't insult my children! b5 mine too, right? a new report from the new york city hospitality alliance. 92% of the city's restaurants couldn't make rent in december. it likely got worse in janu

as you noted chief justice john roberts is not presiding today and a democratic senator from vermont, he was in the chair today, shannon. >> shannon: okay so we heard opening from both teams but not surprising the democrats were not impressed with the president's council meeting former president trump. but a number of republicans from kevin corke and reporting tonight say the president was not too happy about it. >> wright, the republican's remarks were legion and john cornyn the republican senator from texas at the presidents council rambled on, susan collins the republican senator from maine a missed opportunity. lisa murkowski from alaska said she was found that bruce castor's presentation. lindsey graham thought that he knew where he was going during the arguments but the senators did not. and after david schoen told reporters they would have to do a better job next time. they get another crack at this 12:00 eastern time. kevin cramer at the republican from minnesota said the president's defense team was off to a rocky start. >> shannon: thank you for staying up with us, chad, we

it would be unconstitutional for chief justice john roberts to preside over the trial of a former president of the united states. >> martha: senator leahy presiding and acts an a juror. k.t., one final thought before we get back in here. >> this is a sad day for democracy in america. not only is it furthering the divide but showing world that democracy may not be the way of governance for the 21st century. both are those are great tragedies. we'll overcome them but it's sad we're doing this to ourselves. >> it will take a lot of leadership, i think, to make some bold choices that are not necessarily popular even with your own party in order to bring people together here. i think that's a choice that the new has before him and politically it's one that we'll she how it plays out as to whether or not -- what he thinks is best with regard to the welfare of the entire country. thank you all so much. great to have you here. stand by if you would. we're going to dip back in. madeline dean is speaking now. let's listen in. >> a stolen of fraud, ripping victory away from them. and the speakers told

i'm john roberts in washington. hi, sandra. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. once to play strip poker. the governor's office says those claims are simply false, but new york republican congressman is demanding

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good afternoon, welcome to "america reports," i am john roberts. hi, sandra. >> sandra: hello, john. this is the first senate hearing looking into what happened on that day january 6 back to what happened leading up to that day as you heard the questions from many of the senators. what really stood out with the opening remarks from the acting chief of d.c. metropolitan police sayings early on that i was surprised at the old reluctance to immediately send in the national guard to the riots. he and the agency requested officers from as far away as new jersey and that army staff expressed concerns over the optics of boots on the ground at the capitol, so we see the questioning on capitol hill. >> john: we also heard that the local police forces did not know of the intelligence that the fbi received to that there could be that sort of an action, and then there is also some disagreement on when the national guard was requested versus when the national guard was called in. let's bring in john kennedy of louisiana. a member of the senate judiciary committe

since the chief justice john roberts will be presiding over the trial. it's going to be up at lahey so you know not only will be serving as jurors and witnesses and victims but in one case we have a senator who will also be serving as the the sort of the presiding judge if you well it's all very strange. >>interesting that the democrats would would do that when everything is so. stymied by bipartisanship anyway are you clear donna on the whole issue of whether or former president can be impeached someone who is not currently in office that's one of arguments, yeah. >>yeah, no that is one of the arguments that the president's lawyers are making. there are doing 2 things there are doing whatever speech he used to support the insurrection is protected speech and he's also his lawyers are arguing that can't be impeach and convicted because he's a former president i myself am satisfied that that is not a credible argument. you know the language in the constitution is open about this is a little bit nothing bars it. but you know one of the 2 penalties that the

john: always great to be with you especially on a sunday i am john roberts in washington, d.c.he 45th president to deliver a speech in orlando florida where the weather is nicer than it is here, 87 degrees and sunny as opposed to the cold rain and we should have insisted that we go down there. the president expected to declare the movement he started in 2015 is far from over we are hearing it's going to be a long speech that could last more than 90 minutes. sandra: we are surprised by that, the former president to tell crowds he's been gathering there for days the path he sees forward for his party and for the millions of americans who voted for him. also expected to take direct aim at president joe biden calling out immigration policies and his stance toward china so far and the reopening of american schools. john: mark meredith start sick coverage live from orlando. we have some absurd somewhat the president is expected to say in his speech which may be less than 40 minutes from now, what are we expected to hear? >> he's going to touch on 70 different subjects in the cpac cro

thank you for joining us i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. . good afternoon, everybody, i'm martha mccallum right here in new york. right here on "the story" we have an exclusive interview with the new york democrat who is standing up to governor cuomo. he says the governor harangued and threatened him in a 10-minute phone call at his home to try to scare him into submission. the governor's office denies this. ron kim joins us live with his side of the story in mommy's. moments. this is ramping up now the fbi investigating the governor's actions on nursing homes in new york during covid. bineldz and kamala harris on the campaign trail say

i'm john roberts from washington, hi, sandra. >> sandra: hi, john, i am sandra smith. as you can see the senator is taking the stage. let's dip in and listen. >> it's great to be back at cpac it, but something is different this year. for the first time ever cpac is not in our nation's capital. that's because they want to let us anywhere near our nations capitol. think about it, even though cases are plummeting and vaccination rates are surging, we are still banned from getting anywhere near our nations capitol. contrast that with what happened last summer with the blm protest they are. thousands of people in the streets and cases were surging. the democratic politicians try to lock that down? no, they went out and marched with them. now maybe if cpac had promised to burn down buildings and tear down statues, they would've led us they are. but there is nowhere that i would rather be then here with my fellow patriots then in washington, d.c. but just think about the contrast, that contrast strikes at the heart of our freedom. that your rights may depend on what you say,

i'm john roberts. thanks for joining us on "america reports". >> sandra: and i'm sandra smith. andra. good afternoon on a busy friday. super bowl is almost here as you heard. great to have you with us on "the story" today. i'm martha maccallum. president biden saying a short time ago, he saw republicans voted no on the $2 trillion bill. >> what republicans have to do is nothing or not enough. all of a sudden, many of them rediscovered fiscal restraint and the concern for the deficits. >> bill: how much is enough? you have of a trillion dollars of the last bill that

chief justice john roberts said the u.s. does not rule the world and added, quote, we do not look to the lawyer of genocide but the law of property. >>> the president of the olympics organizing committee in tokyo is under fire for demeaning comments about women. yoshiro mori says he thinks women talk too much during meetings and said they would have to regulate speaking time and they'll never finish appointments. despite criticism, he's refusing to resign. >>> two kayakers whale watching in maui were interrupted by a nasty shark. daniel sullivan and his son say they were checking out a pod of whales when they heard a large thump and saw a shark biting through their kayak. >> the whole mouth of the shark came up and bit into the side and pushed the entire boat up and then pulled us back down into the water. at this point we were both in the water. the shark was beside us, and i pushed it with the paddle. i was pushing it away from us. >> the shark broke up the kayak forcing the pair to swim a mile back to shore. >>> coming up

chief john office -- justice roberts, he's not doing it now.is going to be the president pro tem of the senate. he is not the sitting president. there are a lot of questions about what we are doing. i just hope we can get through it in a quick regular order. we can get back to doing the things we need to have done. we are in a tough spot right now. we have a lot to deal with in the pandemic. we need to be paying attention to what we need to do with the economy. i understand what he is saying. there are many angles to that argument. guest: i agree. somebody earlier mentioned due process. i think it is important that we try to adhere as closely as we can to do what due process requires. i don't know if there will be another vote eliminating donald trump from running again. if he's not convicted, that may be difficult to pass. i have not heard that, that the senate is planning to take up that resolution. the caller may have more information than i do. it's important that we get through this. it's a constitutional issue that has been laid out in th

you'll notice the person who's presiding is not john roberts, because they're not trying the president of the united states. perhaps the gold standard of the meaning of the constitution, commentary when the constitution was signed, said you cannot impeach a former official. >> john: hold on there for a second. >> sandra: the senate has now come to order. let's dip in and listen. >> the words of the new england poet james russell lowell, to provide our senate jurors with just one perspective. lowell wrote, once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. in the strife of truth with falsehood for the good or evil side. mighty god, could it really be that simple? could it really be that truth, strives falsehood and good striving against evil? powerful redeemer, have mercy on our beloved land. we pray in your magnificent name, amen. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [ pledge of allegiance ] >> morning business is closed, and the senate will convene as a court of impeachment. i ask senators to be seated. if there is no objection, the proceedings of the trial are approve

i am john roberts. >> sandra: i am sandra smith. lindsay boylan claims cuomo is get of sexual harassment including unwanted kissing and touching. this is happening as his and his administration face on-going allegations of the cover-up of nursing home deaths in new york city. brian is live. >> lindsay boylan was the former secretary of economic development and a special advisor to governor andrew cuomo. she worked for the governor in 2018 for less than a year and made the accusations of sexual harassment on twitter. now she is detailing those allegations. in october 2017 a flight back from an event she accuses the governor of remarking let's play strip poker. in a one-on-one meeting in governor cuomo's office that he called for. she said he pointed to a cigar box given to him by president bill clinton and she took that as the monica lewinsky scandal. she detailed all of this. i tried to excuse his behavior and told myself it's only words. that changed after a one-on-one briefing to update him on infrastructure projects. we were in h

i know you could've gone to bret baier or bill hemmer or john roberts, you said no, this is got filledand victor hansen, greg. that's who it came down to. >> greg: he's a glassy dude too. let's follow the science, right? gates is reduction of meat consumption argument is similar to the reduction of horses before cars, right? a half ton of horse would produce 9 tons of manure, which is a measurement called a cuomo. then, when the car is basically like a synthetic horse. it replaced the horse, and that the limited the horse pollution in terms of methane, horses produce 45 pounds of methane gas per year, that's known as a don lemon. that is just a fraction of what cows can do. the whole point is, if you stop eating cattle, then he stopped breeding cattle, and then you eliminate the methane produced by the cattle. it basically, the fate of the earth is all about flatulence, and it depends on what flies out of the cows -- also known as a scarborough. >> mark: i was not as familiar as you are with the international unit of flatulence measurement. do you think that we actually need flatulence

. >> laura: i might have missed this but did job -- john roberts just not answer their call. i'm getting my hair done or nails done. what happened there? >> we don't know. this is like byron, we're not entirely sure. we have a cnn report. that's not the way to run the government. there should be a formal letter from the senate and a response from the chief justice of the united states, not i'm busy, but excuse me, but the president of the united states is not being tried and therefore it would be unconstitutional for me to walk across the lawn, take the gavel. >> laura: the chief didn't want to pronounce at all. great to see you. thanks so much for being here. coming up, some bold comments that were less than super and echoed during a presidential interview? did you hear it. raymond arroyo, "seen and unseen" next. >> laura: it's time for our "seen and unseen" segment where we unpack the cultural stories of the day. for that we turn to the author of the fourth coming book "the thief that stole heaven," raymond arroyo. the super bowl is always an indication of where we are as a

i'm john roberts. welcome to another edition of "america reports" as we kick off another news filled week. threatening to strip governor andrew cuomo at his of emergency powers, downplayed the number of nursing on residents who died from covid. >> sandra: slamming their response as shameful. >> there was obstruction of justice, and this is not about politics. this is about people's lives, and what was so shameful, they did and apologize for the number of deaths. in an apologist for the policy, but apologize for the political fallout. >> john: republican congresswoman of south carolina is standing by to talk with us. >> sandra: we look forward to that. we began our coverage with william la jeunesse. the california governor there, and bryan llenas is live in brooklyn for us. has governor andrew cuomo reacted to this latest bombshell yet? see cassandra, good afternoon. now, he has not responded. he has not held a public press conference since last wednesday, and the reality is this is all happening, there

." >> john: and i am john roberts. much of the back-and-forth is between teachers unions and san francisco. there are reports that the union and school district are getting closer to a deal. parents are clearly frustrated. >> there is no substitute for what happens in the classroom in those moments of looking over a kid's shoulder, seeing what they are working on, being able to correct them. >> john: martha maccallum away and in a moment. but the latest on san francisco schools, hi, claudia. >> hi, john. city officials have run out of patience saying the board of education and the school district have failed to lay out a conference of plan to get kids back into classrooms as soon as possible. that's a violation of state laws of the city is taking its own district to court. it's been nearly 11 months since students here in san francisco, along with millions of others across the nation started learning remotely. while many other districts and even san francisco's private schools have resumed in person classes, public sch

president from office who has already left to give the constitutional argument, chief justice john roberts is not going to preside over the entire trial because donald trump is left office, there's the due process argument. there was no subpoena, no depositions, no witnesses, no hearings, no cross-examination. the last impeachment in the bunker in the basement of the capital at least we had depositions, witnesses and hearings for that process. this was impeachment by reflex, all of 2 hours debate in the united states house of representatives and finally the facts aren't on their side. how do you incite a ride that had artie been planned the day before. arguments i when the president said peacefully and patriotically go to the capital and made your voices heard. the facts aren't on their side, the constitution is not on their side and there has been no due process for the president of the united states. shannon: people on both sides admitting he will be acquitted, they essentially are saying we are going to watch and see. i want to talk about the ongoing conversation about what is going on

sources tell us and our own john roberts that during a cpac speech into codays, donald trump will sayn the grassroots, working-class people, and a handful of elderly insiders. additionally, apparently, he does name names. it is trump. of course he's going to do that. we look forward to that. have a great weekend, enjoy time with your families. shannon bream in the "fox news @ night" team take it all from here. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: hello, and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. there is good news to report tonight from the centers for disease control. cdc just releasing a chart showing hospitalizations for covid absolutely plummeting since january. the number of new cases reported to the cdc continues to decline, as well, and there is now a single shot vaccine about to enter the market. conservatives tonight accusing the left of elevating fears of a new variant to justify, in their words, continued fearmongering and lockdowns en masse for

debated and debunked, antifa caused the violence at the capitol, not pro-trump supporters and cited john roberts, the fact he's not presiding over the procedure saying this was evidence that it was illegitimate. roberts never said such a thing. she did have some defenders in the meeting as well. they said that this is going to basically strip her of her power, that it was unnecessary. that it was political. here's just a little bit of that exchange. >> liz cheney put her personal family feud with donald trump ahead of the constitution and the american people. we must censure liz cheney and give a picture. she basically middle fingered the majority of the people in this state. >> this infusion of left wing cancel culture of trying to censure and get rid of anybody that we disagree with. >> cheney put out this statement in response saying my vote to impeach was compelled by the oath i swore to the constitution. wyoming citizens know this oath does not bend or yield. i will always fight for wyoming values and stand up for our western way of life. unapologetic and clearly a test for not only cheney

good afternoon from snowy washington, d.c., i am john roberts. brand-new week i am sandra smith. set to meet with president biden this afternoon just hours from now. and last hour the white house did say that the president believes a bipartisan bill is possible. but with democrats controlling the house in the senate, pushing back nearly $2 trillion plans over the president's desk without republican support is not off the table. jacqui heinrich reporting live from capitol hill with the latest. >> hey, sandra, hi, john. it is hard to understate just how far apart the two sides are on this. the ten senate republicans meeting with president biden tonight $618 billion proposal that is less than a third of the $1.9 trillion plan that the president put forward. and provides for a $150 billion in vaccine development and distribution back to the one area where the two sides see eye to eye. but they diverge on direct payments to americans and unemployment benefits. pitching $1,000 checks down from the $1400 proposal. republicans also keeping weekly unemplo

. >> bill: with the constitution in mind the chief justice john roberts will not reside. see a lot of him throughout the coming week. >> dana: we'll keep you posted on that. more on what we can expect today as well as the long lasting effects of a second impeachment trial with robert wray, one of president trump's defense attorneys at his first impeachment proceeding as well as special report anchor bret baier and tom cotton coming up. >> bill: a manhunt underway in central florida 30 miles away from the site of the super bowl on sunday night. federal authorities say a computer hacker tried to poison the water supply in the town of oldsmar changing the amount of lye in the water to a level that could cause vomiting and chest pain. >> the ordinary amount is 100 parts per million and this person changed it to over 11,000 parts per million. caustic. safeguards in place to insure it never made it but if it had made it, it would have been catastrophic. >> bill: the federal agents looking into whether or not the hacker is domestic or overseas. a mystery in florida on the contra

i'm john roberts in washington. >> sandra: and i'm sandra smith in new york. "the story" starts now. >> martha: thanks, john and sandra. i'm martha maccallum. this is "the story." so where does. biden stand? with the students or with the teacher's union? that's the question right now. michael bloomberg who had his own white house aspirations laid it on the line for him today. watch this. >> the president has to stand up to the unions. >> the teacher's union? >> yes, the teacher's unions. you know, they say i don't want to go back because it's dangerous. we have a lot of federal employees that run risks. >> martha: it's clear that two top biden advisers understand that science is on the side of the parents and students. not the union. >> safely open the school and keep a school open. doesn't require that 100% of the participants be vaccinated to accomplish that. >> examples throughout our country of schools that are able to reopen safely and do so while following mitigation strategies. >> martha: during the debates, president biden said clearly i am the democrat

even john roberts knows that. he's not going to sit there over and impeachment of somebody that left office. incitement of insurrection, all of these people that showed up, many of them are police and other cities. they are walking in one door and out another door. it just ate right. biden is an empty shell. if you ask a question, he will walk away as fast as he can. he has no answers. there is nothing he is going to do for our country. host: let's go to glenn in madison, illinois on the democratic line. good morning. caller: all the republicans don't know what's happening. go back and pull up that video of trump sitting in the office with don jr.'s girlfriend, doing the hokey pokey while all of this is going on. i was in there on my 61st birthday. -- 65th birthday. you will not believe how beautiful that place is. you watch thesesuckers tear it . something has got to give. get rid of this instigator that wants to be a dictator so bad that he will throw everything away. thank you. host: let's go to carol, who is c

welcome to our continuing coverage. >> john: i'm john roberts in washington, d.c. that is the case the democrats are trying to make. this timeline goes back far beyond january 6th. it goes back to the late summer. chad has an update on where we are and where we're going from here. chad? >> reporter: good afternoon. house impeachment managers making the case that president trump triggered the january 6th riot at the capitol not just with his speech on that day but before democrats argued the president began stoking the embers of what he said was election fraud months before the election. what we've heard in the past hour is democratic pennsylvania representative madeline dean. she made the case that the former president tried to pressure georgia election officials. ted leiu said president trump ran out of making nonviolent threats to try to switch votes. he said he tried to bait senators by name n to support h. lindsey graham the republican senator from south carolina, spoke to the form president about the trial. he said that -- he reminded the president that he jus

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one parent told john roberts when parents speak up, they're subject to cancel culture. >> there is socialatives when parents speak out and we're mislabelled and our voices are squashed, bullied. our businesses and places of work are contacted. >> the ceo of chicago public schools promised if teachers didn't show up today, they would be cut off from the technology. it's called google suites, the technology that teachers use for the remote teaching. if any moves the city moveses or makes have not been public. nothing is clear right now. jerry? >> jerry: thanks, mike. one of those chicago parents that isn't being silenced is amy kessun. she's threatening to see the teacher's union. she's from the 41st ward and joins me with her attorney. we did call mayor lightfoot and the tying teacher's union but have not heard back from them. you have children obviously that should be in school. how long have they been out of the classroom? >> they've been out of the classroom almost a year now. >> jerry: that's -- how are they managing? i have a daughter that is still in high school. i know how difficult

john roberts is supposed to be here. instead we have pat leahy in the chair making it up as he goes along. the whole thing is a sham and is disgrace and time for it to end. >> harris: one more on that and i want to get to the incident that happened at your home. i just want to fact check something because senator hawley, people are saying you are sitting apart from everybody else during these proceedings. you are up in kind of another section and i know some of your fellow republicans have said when they watch the videos that they've seen the last couple of days they cry. what has been your reaction and why are you seated apart if that's the case? >> well, i'm sitting where senators are allowed and designated to sit and been there for the entire trial, harris, with my notes, with my briefs, and i will continue to be and in terms of what we're seeing, what we're seeing is what we lived there and what my staff lived through t. it is horrific. the criminals who did it aurt to be prosecuted by the full measure of the law. ni

it it is strategy in the fact this john roberts will in the preside over the entire troy trump left off. due process argument. there was no subpoenas or witnesses or hearings or cross examine agsz the last impeachment they did in if the bunker of the barment of the capitol we had additions and hearings. this was impeachment by reflex. two hours debate in the house of representatives and then the facts are not on their side. how do you insoy a riot that was already planned the day before or when the president said. peacefully, got to capitol and pang your voices heard. the constitution is facts are not on their side and no due process for the president of the united states. >> with people on both sides admitting he the be acquitted they say they will do this anyway. we will watch and see. talk about the on going conversation what is going on inmateriel low for the republican party tonight, the house minority leader mccarthy was meeting with marjorie green who was attracting attention for posting ands things she said and they are going to be discussions with congress man liz chain the top

i'm john roberts. hi, sandra. >> sandra: well done. they continue to lay out their case. not just for hours, but days, john, making their case for the impeachment of the president, although not in office, and we will look forward to the end of the week when the defense can finally make their case back. >> john: and we are joined now by one president trump's impeachment trial attorneys, david schoen, who has quickly emerged as the lead counsel in the presentation for the president. david schoen, thank you for joining us. we do know that you're going to begin your presentation tomorrow. do you expect to have it wrapped up tomorrow? >> well, we will see how that goes. there is no reason for us to be out there on time. this trial never should have happened, and if that happens, it should be as short as possible, given the complete lack of evidence, and the harm that this is causing to the american people. you know, i said when i spoke earlier that this is the antithesis of a process that will lead to healing or unity or accountability. it is the antithesis of it. here's the co

have chief justice john roberts that wants to take a more cautious approach.we don't know where the other three justices are going to land. the court hesitation to go one way or another on this is deepening the mystery. >> thank you very much. >> thank you for having us. >> the u.s. is back on the red planet tonight after a nearly 300 million mile journey. nasa celebrated late this afternoon when it landed its latest rover on mars. there is lots of excitement around nasa costs most ambitious mars project yet. the rover is designed to explore new areas of the planet and look for clues to signs of past life there. just so you know, the temperature on mars is a cool 81 degrees below zero. miles o'brien has been watching it all closely. he is with me now. hello again. i was excited watching the video feed from nasa. you on the edge of your seat? >> always. it is always a great moment of joy when it happens. miles: the team is so good that they make it look easy. but i should remind everyone that this is -- this is rocket science, extremely hard what they did. nasa