additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, s haenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for jois ng us. just dfore opening statements in the impeachment democrats released more documents last night showing new ntacts and conversations between an associate of the president's rsonal attorney and an aide to the top repuican on the house intelligence committee. the newly-released text messages from lev parnas,ho worked with rudy giuliani, show communications with derek harvey, an aide to representative devin nunes. t nunes was one top investigators in the house impeachment probe and is a strong supporter of mr. trump. in the messages, parnas talked abouarranging interviews wit ukrainian officials, including and yuriy lutsenkoin'stor shokin replacement. parnas also exchanged text messages with republican congressional candate robert hyde, who now says he was "just playing." bu

the corporation for public broadcasting and by t contributionyour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again from washington, robert: good evening. . congress is simmering tonight with mountingot anger in parties. questions continued to be raised with n urgency about the president's decision to kill iran's tt general l week. while the administration firmly stance by its claim thatle ani was involved onn a eminent threats, dails are arce. >> i support the president. butin eg in another forever war in the middle east will be the wrong decision. >> they he justified t killing of an iranian general is something that congress gave them permission to do in 2002. that's absurd. that's an insult. >> it was utterly unconvincing. >> one of the questions i raised ju right after this i came out, does this have anythinto that donald trump was right on theve of an impeachment hearing? >> most republicans have rein supportive of the prident especially the party talks. >> i tnk a third grader could have believed that there was ai t threat coming from the man that weilled because the ma

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporatn funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lioln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good e fning and than joining us. despite being in a territorial war with russia for nearly six years w, the country of ukraine rarely made front page news. but all that has changed now, under the leadership of political novice president volodymir zelenskiy and amid a political scandal that has resulted in the impeachment of president trump, ukraine is front and center and facing an uncertain future. for the past year, we've beenai reporting on u and today, we're going to take a look back on some of those stories with some updates and new analysis from special correspondent simon ostrovsky.t we'll have tha a moment. but first, here are today's headlines. ngdemocratic members of coress met behind closed doors today to continue plaing their trialra gy in the impeachment of president trump. yes

the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contribions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. robertood evening. all weekouse democrats have made their case against president trump, but to what end? are senate republicans convinced? and what about you and every american? a new pew research center poll revealed a srply divided nation. roughly half of.s. adults, 51%, say the president should be removed from office and 46% say he should remain. 86% of republicans say he shouli remain, 85% of democrats y he should be removed. beyond that divide, how democr ws are dealih a frenzied media environment, a president who dominates the republican pty and limited tools with no guarantee that any witness will appr. they've nonetheless pushed ahead, thrusting a moral argument to t fore. here is the lead impeachment manager, housemmntelligence tee chairman, adam schf. >> we have for generations been the shining city upon a hill that president reagan described. america

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. tk you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. today white house ofcials continued to defend president trump's decision to kill iranian general qassem soleimani. the president said friday that he believes soleimani was planning attacks on four american embassies. questioned repeatedly this morning, both the secretary of defense and the national security advisor said they shared the president's view that there could have been multiple embassies targeted. neher official gave specific evidence. on cbs, defense secretary markif esper was askehe specific threat about four u.s. embassies being taeted was also shared with congress. >> well, the president didn't say there was a tangible-- he didn't cite a specific piece of evidence. what he said is he probably-- he believedd have been-- >> are you saying ther

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like youthank you. once again from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. this week democratic house managerolemnly proceeded toward the senate chamber carrying the articles of impeachment against president trump. those articles,ev h, are just part of the churning debate about theresident's conduct. new developments, new twists, and new dynamics now sm to emerge by the hour. dan balz wrote in the washington -- "washington post." hours after fronts was the accountability office issued a report state tag the white house broke the law by with hoing $391 million in military aid to ukraine. and documents given by parnas. he gave interviews where he highlights giuliani'sole in ukraine and tied the president y re direc the aivity. >>resident trump knew exactly what was goin on. he was aware of all of my movements. he- i wouldn't do anything without the csent of rudy giuliani or the president. >> parnas was indicte on white house hasrply rges and the questioned his credibility. but

additional support has been prided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private rporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your s station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari senivasan >> sreenivasan: good evening, an the legal team representing president donald trump began their defense in the senate's impeachment trial this morning. for two hours, four latook turns making the case that there is no basis for removing the president om office on the two charges facing him-- abuse of power and obstruction of congress. white house counsel pat cippolone led off, repeating the admistration's claim that mr. trump "did absolutely nothing wrong" in his calls with ukrainian present volodymyr zelens and that democrats left out facts when they made their case over the past three days. >> today, we are going to confront them on the merits of their argument. now,hey have the burden of proof, and they have not come close to meeting it. >> sreenivasan: he repeatedly charged that democrats are using impeach

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks tor joining us. y, iran's revolutionary guard admitted it dcidentally shn the ukrainian jetliner this past wednesday which killed all 176 people on board. iran previously denied the general in charge of iran's plane was misiden as aid the cruise missile, heading toward an iranian military se, hours after iran fired a barrage of missiles at two u.s. bases in iraq. >> ( translated ): we are sorry abou at this inciden we consider ourselves mournful just like the famalies of these yrs, and sympathize with them. it is as such that we have lost our own loved ones, and we are regretful about it. after all, this is the price of mischiefs, trbulences and actions of america in the region. , that nig were prepared for an all-out conflict. ( chanting ) >> sreenivasan: there we

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the erican people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like yo thank you. from the tisch wnet stolios at licenter in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. thousands of people marched adrough the streets of bag today in a funeral procession for iran's topsoeneral, qassem imani, and an iraqi military commander, abu mahdi-al- muhandis, who were killed in a u.s. air strike eay yesterday. there were chants of "vengeance is coming" and "death to america" as mourne, including iraq's prime minister, followed the coffins of the two military leaders through iraq's capital. the coffins were later moved to the shiite holy city of karbala. in tehran, iranian president hassan rouhani visited soleimani's family to pay respects and said his killing would "not be forgotten in the history of u.s. crimes." >> ( translated ): americans do not realize what a big mistake th have made. they will see the consequences of their mistake

joining me now from tehran is say he's a con spawn with a gel in public broadcaster said to f. you donald trump says iran is that going down in this crisis how much a will is there in the iranian government to hit back at the u.s. now. well let's say there are conflicting signs coming from iran at the moment if it comes to the political leadership they really seem to try to reopen you know channels of negotiations president rouhani today talked to the head of the. council and foreign ministers or you've had a talk with boris johnson's as far as we heard but there are other signs coming from the military leadership as the commanders of the revolutionary guards announce that there will be tough strikes coming up in the near future and if it comes to the shia militia within iraq you also have conflicting signs as let's say the influential shia cleric knocked out outside as well as the car type has organization whose co-head had been killed along side with general soleimani they both asked their fighters to stay calm to be patient and not take any action but they're smaller groups

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the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions toour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. president trump ordered a drsto rike this week that killed iran's leading general, qassem soleimani in baghdad, iraq. that decision came days after o-iranian protesters attacked the u.s. embas there. and on friday, secretary of state mike pompeo said this. >> there was in fact an imminent attack taking place. the american people should know that thiss an intelligence-based assessment that drove this. robert: democratic leaders, however, are concerned about the president's handling of the strike. speaker aide to house nancy pelosi told me this morning that she got no advance notificati but did speak ter to defend secretary mark esper. republicans remain united. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said this. >> i recommend that allrs senaait to review the facts and hear from the administration before passing much public judgment on this at opn. and its potential consequences. robert: joining us toni

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: t impeachment trial of esident trump is nearing its halfway point 100 united states senators listened today from prosecutors from the house of presentatives taking turns as they sought to wrap up their se. nick schifrin begi our coverage. nick: portraying preside trump as a clear and present danger. mr. schiff: to do his dirty work undermined our free and fair elections and today, even today, threatens the very foundation o our democracy. nick: lead house manager adam schiff and democrats focused on the second article of impeachment, obstruction of congress, quote in the history of the republic, no president has ever ordered the defiance of an ieachment inquiry or instruct to impede the ability of the house of representatives to investigate highris and misdemeanor. new york democrat representative jeffries. mr. jeffries: he tried to cheat and got caught and then worked hard to cover it up. nick: they arguedhat coverup began on july 1

public affairs centeris for teln. it was there that he first joinedot mcneill to cover r watershed moment. >> impact brings you gaveled t cabell video coverage of today's hearings. jeffrey: in 1973, the new team broadcastte hearings live and then presented the rebroaast with analysis late into the night. some 250 hours in all. >>e unless the tapes made public or some other revelation comes our way, the senators and the rest of us may have to entual make an ultimate choice between believing john de or bob haldeman. that is what it looks to me at 3:00 in the moing. jeffrey: jim and robinke t with me about it on the 40th anniversary. >> we broadcast it live during the daytime while it happen and then w complete -- and then we repeated it. itas a double hits. a huge commitment for public broadcastingan to make. d the reason they made it was because the premise was the presidency was at stake. jeffrey: some 70,000 letters poured in praising the team and its work. jim and his o words picks up e story of what happened next. >> we began in october, 1975. >> good evening, new york's governor hugh carey said today -- >>e and months later bece mcneil lehrer report. >> it used to be just two basic ways to buy a ho

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your from viewers like you. thank you. judy: an elite iranian general is dead and the u.s. and iran are closer the u.s. military killed the general in iraq today. washington called it self-defense while iran called it a crime and vowed vengeance. nick shifrin begins our coverage. reporter: he was middle east's most recognized commander. f was the symbolan's ambitions. he died last night in an american drone fired ms into his car at baghdad airport. officialsr told "the newsh"et it was a taf opportunity. military o and waited for him to land to meet this man, the deputy commander of iraqi militias closely aligned with iran. the u.s. blames him and the militias for the siege of the u.s. embassy this week and part launching nearly a dozen attacks on u.s. bases. today, president trump said his death prevented more attacks. >> he was plotting imminent and sinister attks on american diplomats and personnel. reporter: in iran, hisdeeath sparked read anger. congregants chanted -- deatho america. o

this program was madesi pe by the corporation for public broadcasting and by tcontributionyour pbs stationrom viewers like you. thanyou. judy: in iran today and outpouring of grief and cries for vengeance. the u.s. killing oiran's best-known military commander brought out vast crowds in tehran as leaders on both sides fired off threats. enforeign affairs correspo nick schifrin begins our coverage. ckniin massive show of unity, hundreds of thousandsf iranians took to the streets today to grieve a man they called a martyr. crowds rallying around trucks carryi remains of major qasem soleimani. >> soleimani was not just an iranian champion or hero. he wasit a hero of all hum nick: iran's supreme leader d funeral prayers, weeping over soleimani's body. >> soleimani's ssn nation has united the country strongly. he didn't belongo any specific political party. nick: a professor at the university of tehran told us soleani's death had created eunityn among the regime's critics. >> he was a nationalero. evenho those might be critical of iran's policies are very much united. nick: on sunday, iran anno

this program made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by ntributions to your pbson from viewers like you. thank you. stephane: good evening, i am stephanie sy at "newshour. west" we will returto judy woodruff after the latest headlines. the u.s. house of representativesoised tomorrow to send letters of impeachment against trump to the senate. nancy posi said theouse will vote tomorrow to desnate impeachment maners to lead t prosecution at the senate's trial. we will ta a closer look at how that trial is shaping up later. meanwhile, the president has not let the specter of impeachment stop him from campaigning. inhe is speat a rally in wisconsin tonight, a state which could helpecide if he i -- wins second term. yamiche alcindor is at the rally. itounds raucous and noisy. i know president trump has what is his message at this rally and how is the crowd receiving it? yamiche: the president has been speaking for 15 to 20 minutes. it is about how he feels he is the best pson for the job. he talked about his actions and iran,il that it was right to soleimani, the comma

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributionso your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: this has been a day for president trump's side to present his arguments in his senate impeachment trial. his lawyers are fighting the charges against w himle supporters try to fend off damaging new disclosur. nano was report on a dramatic turn of events that began over the weekend and continue today. amna: president trump's defense began on saturday. >> thank you for your time and thank you for your attention. amna: with a brief two hour presentation in which h lawyers outlined their strategy, attacking house democrats and disputing a central premise of the impeachmen effort, that the president abused his power by withholding u.s. military aid to ukraine while pressinthe ukrainian president to announce an investigation into a pol rival. the president, they argue, g.d nothing >> the transcript shows thathe president did not condition either security assistance or a eting on anything. the paused secity assistance funds aren't eve

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening. i'm vanessa ruiz. we'll have the rest of the full program after these headlines. president trump's legal defense team for his senate impeachment trial is taking shape andpa ing. it was reported it will include ken starr, theme f independent council who's investigation led to president clinton's impeachment and alan dehowitz. pat cipollone and jay sekulow. mike pompeo will investigate allegations that the former ambassador was under investigation. allegations will palse. s the they came from lev parnas, an associate of mr. trump's personal lawr rudy giuliani. the u.s.dd supreme court ed two more cases. the court agreed to hear a dispute wheer electoral voters one who wins in the state. and they are seeking to enforce a new rule that allows them to have a religious exemption and avoid to pay for con tremeous seppingses. an injunction is currently ha blocking rule. the state supreme court ueld governor ralph northam banng all wea

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionsur pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the evidence is mounting tonight that an iranian missile knocked a passenger airliner out we the sky thi near tehran. iran denies it but t united states and several other .overnments say it is highly like foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin begins with this report and a warning, some of the scenes in the story could be disturbing to viewers. nick: there were no survivors. 176 lives lost, lving behind only family photo scrapbooks, charred shoes, the remnants of a plane and now, western officials say the ukrainian passenger jet thatent down was shot down. at 6:12, a.m. local wednesd the flight tk off from tehran down for -- bound for kiev. contact was lost. s. intelligence officials and a senior administration official tell pbs newshour the u.s. assesses iran fired a russian-made missile defense system, mistaking the jet for a u.s. military jet. five hours before, at:00 a.m. local, iran's military launched more than a dozen b

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> nawaz: the impasse over a senate impeachment trial of president trump is ending.nc house speaker pelosi said today, the house will move next week to send the two articles of impeachment to the senate. she had withheld them for three weeks, hoping senate republicans would allow witnesses at the wial. today, the speakte to house democrats, saying, "every senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to the president, or the constitution." it remains unclear exactly wn the senate trial would begin. the final jobs report of 2019 shows u.s. hiring was a little slower in december. the labor department announced today the economy added a net of 145,000 jobs-- a bit below projections. the unemployment rate held at 3.5%. that is still a 50-year low. overall, t economy added 2.1 million jobs last year-- that is down from 2.7 million in 2018. iran issued new denials today that one of its own missiles shot down a ukrainian airlin

. >> this program was made possibley the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. senate may be on the eve,tates tonight, of deciding whether to call witnesses, beforepr decidig ident trump's fate. but first, the senators spentmo long hours today posing questions to lawyers representing the president and the managers from the house of representatives. amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> nawaz: on this, the last day of questions in the impeachmen t trial sident donald trump, the battle of words began well lead house manager, adam schiff. >> yesterday, the psident's defenders argued that a president of the uniates could do whatever he wanted to secure his reelection. >> nawaz: that was a reference to this argument, made by alan dershowitz: >> and if a president does something which he believes will help him get elected, in the public interest, that cannot bee nd of quid pro quo that results in impeachment. >> nawaz: this morning, dershowitz tweeted to clarifd writing, "i t say or imply that a c

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. >> this prograwas made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank u. oo >>uff: senator suicide an collins of maine has become the first republican to call for witnesses in the upcoming impeachment trial for predent trump. the omaening waked by solemn ceremonies. it was only the third such proceeding in the naon's history. seven democratic house members, named managers, formally delivered the articles of impeachment to the senate chamber. >> house resolution 755: impeaching donald j. trump, esident of the united states for high crimes and misdemeanors. >> woodruff: house intelligence committee chaiadam schiff, who d the impeachment investigation, read aloud the two charges:. abuse of power >> president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, ukraine, in the 2020 united states presidential election. >> woodruff: and obstruction of congress: >> donald j. trump has directed the precedented, categorical and indiscriminant defiance of subpoenas sued by the house of rep

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: we gin with sad news: jim lehrer, our founding co-anchor, died this morning. we are heartbroken here at the newshour. jim's remarkable legacy of journalism is with us every day. we want to send our love and deepest condolences to kate, jim's wife, his three daughters and his grandchildren. we will look back at jim's life sharon rockefeller and supreme court justice stephen breyer later in the program. this program actually got its start when jim a robin anchored coverage of the watergate hearings gavel-ts gavel in try studio. nu know jim would want us to honor him by cong to do our work. and we lead with the impeachment trial. nick schifrin begins with a look at the case for limits to the actions of the commander in chief. >> schifrin: on their second day of arguments, decrats-turned- prosecutors laid out their definition, of abuse of power. d president trump has pla his own personal political inte

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. >> this program was made possible by the corpation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station fr viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: vast swaths of australia are still burning tonight, with forecastorse to come, and thousands of people ordered to evacuate. a record summer fire season has charred 12 million acres, destroyed homes, and left 17 people dead. new south wales and victoria states are hardest hit, but fires are also burning across the rest of the cotry. dan rivers of independent television news reports from new south wales, where whole communities are in ashes. >> look athat, bro. >> reporter: in conjola park on felt like the, world was ending, not just the year. the wildfire swept through in minutes. here, local resident peter ruetman films as the fire approached his neighbor's house this is all that's left. peter's home didn't survive either. >> i jumped in the car. it was so hot. the heat-- i can't describe how hot it was, and the ferocity and the speed of this fire. anyone that thought they were going to beat this fire is

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the united states senate has called it a day afterhe ing the president's defense against impeachment articles. hich lawyers rejected thges against him as well as demands , for witnesses. amna nawaz begins our coverage. john roberts: if there is no objection, the journal of proceedings of the tri approved to date. amna nawaz: on day seven of the impeachment trial of presint donald trump, his lawyers wrapped up the defense, urging anators to avoid setting what they describe asangerous political precedent. jay sekulow: the bar for impeachment cannot be set this low. house managers, members of the senate, danger, danger, danger. these articles must be rejected. the constitution requires it. justice demands it. amna nawaz: the bar set by house democrats, they argued, took d poliferences and elevated them to impeachable offenses. patrick philbin: so the idea that we'reacoing to be imng presidents by deciding that they have illicit they disagre

ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> schifrin: iraqi militiamen, supported by iran, have withdrawn tonight from the u.s. embassy compound in baghdad. they pulled back after a second day of violent assaults on the u.s.' largest, and most expensive diplomatic complex. the siege was sparked by u.s. air strikes against militia sites over the weekend that killed more than two dozen fighters. we'll have a detailed report, after the news summary. in afghanistan, the taliban staged a series of attacks on security forces, killing at least 26. the attackers struck in kunduz, balkh and takhar provinces, all in afghanistan's north. last weekend, taliban officials said they agreed to a cease- fire, but gave no start date, and there's been no let-up in the violence. a pro-democracy movement in hong kong that began last spring, continues into the new year. hundreds of thousands joined an annual march today that, by nightfall, descended into violence. protesters

ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible bthe corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> schifrin: a tense new year has dawned in baghdad after u.s. air strikes against an iranian- backed militia, led today to one of the worst attacks on a u.s. embassy in years. dozens of shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the outer gate of baghdad's sprawling u.s. embassy compound. they burned a reception area and security trailers, but eventually retreated after u.s. marines fired tear gas, and iraqi forces helped with the disbursement. the protest was in response to sunday's u.s.' air strikes against that same militia. the u.s. blames the militia for a rocket attack that killed an american defense worker. today the pentagon said it is sending more marines to baghdad. and president trump blamed iran. iran has denied any role. on the ground from baghdad is washington post reporter mustafa salim, who has been reporting from the u.s. embassy throughout the day. i spoke to him a short while ago by

ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was madeth possible bcorporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president trump says iran is standing wn, after firing missiles at u.s. troops in iraq but causing no casualties. chce again, foreign affairs correspondent nickrin begins our coverage. >> schifrin: with every military service chief standing at the c ready, tmander in chief today announced the u.s. would respond to iran's attacks,th t the military. >> as we continue to evaluateon opin responsto iranian aggression, the united statese nill impnishing economic sanctions on the i regime. >> schifrin: in one way, last night's attacks were an escalation: ballistic missiles fired from inside iran at u.s.or forceshe first time in decades. but senior u.s. officials tell pbs newshour they believe iran caobrated the strikes on tw bases in iraq to avoid casualties. and iranian foreign minister javad zarif tweeted that ira took and concluded proportionate measures, suggesting iran wanted to de-escalate. >> iran

ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: presidentrump is being pressed for proof that killing a top iranian general saved american lives.ie hend his topenants all underscored that point today. meanwhile, at least 56 people were killed, and more than 200 were hurt in a crush of people at the general's funer foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin begins our coverage >> schifrin: a day in iran meant for mocong a military ander will now lead to the mourning of many more.e the stampede cring the funeral procession of major general qassim soleimani through his hometown. all that remained was a pile of shoes. standing before hundreds of thousand the commander of iran's revolutionary guard promised vengeance. >> ( translated ): i say to our enemies, we will take revenge. but if they ta another step in response, we will set re to the places they love. and they know where these places nge. >> schifrin: that ge was echoed by iran's top diplomat,

the ongoing suppnst of these itutions: wa >> this programade possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station om viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the u.s. house of representatives is poised to te tomorrow to send the articles of impeachment against president trump to the senate. house speaker nancy pelosi said the house willlso vote tomorrow to designate impeachment managerso lead the prosecution at the senate's trial. we'll take a closer look at how that trial is shaping up after the news sumry. a u.s. cyber-security firm said russian military agents hacked the ukrainian gas company at the center of president trump's impeachment probe. area one security said hackers tired to steal the login credentials of burisma employees in november. hunter biden, the former vicees ent's son, formerly served president trump's attempt to pressure ukrainian authorities into investigating the bidens and burisma for corruption led to his impeachment. european leaders took a major step in pressuring iran to adhere t today.rm nuclear deal y, france, and the u.k.

. >> this program was madeth possible bcorporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your p station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a calm before a political storm-- on the eve of the next phase of theen impeactrial of president on how both sides fighteports are staking out their positions. >> desjardins: a quiet capitol, hono tv cameras, just cells were present to capture the house impeachment managers walking to survebethe senate chthis morning. meantime, movement from the white hoe as well. the president's legal team, led by white house counsel pat cipollone and the president's personal lawyer jay sekulow, laid out its first official legal defense of the president in a 110-page legal brief sent to the sene today, attorneys rejected the house articles of impeachment as "flimsy" and the product of "a brazenly political act by house democrats." the brief has two key substantive defenses: first, it argues the president trump "did not condition security assistance or a president meeting on announcements of any investigations," as t

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the impeachment trial of president trump is nearing its halfway point. 100 united states senators listened today to prosecutors from the house of representatives taking turns as they sought to wrap up their case. once again, nick schifrin begins our coverage. >> schifrin: today, house democrats ended their case the way they bpran, portraying ident trump as a clear and present danger. o the president's scheme to pressure ukraine his political dirty work harmed our national security, undermined our free and fair elections, and even today even today-- threatens the foundation of our democracy. >> schifrin: lead hoe manager adam schiff and a half dozen other house managers focused today on their second artie of impeachment, abuse of congress, and that "in the history of the republic, no president has ever uidered the complete defiance of an impeachment i or sought to obstruct and impede so comprehensively