while the house of representatives is exhibiting the senate articles of impeachment against donald trump. >> the managers on the part of the house will proceed. >> mr. president, the managers on the part of the house are present and ready to present the articles of impeachment, which have been preferred by the house of representatives against donald trump. the house adopted the following resolution, which, with permission of the senate, i will read. house resolution 798. appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment of donald trump, president of the united states. resolve that mr. schiff, mr. nadler, ms. lofgren, mr. jeffries, miss demings, mr. crow, and ms. garcia are appointed managers to conduct the impeachment trial against donald trump. that a message be sent to the senate to inform the senate of these appointments and that the managers may, in connection with the preparation and conduct of the trial, may exhibit articles of impeachment to the senate and take all other actions necessary, which may include the following. employing legal, clerical, and other assistance and i

house. second, president trump's blanket order applied to omb and the three officials subpoenaed by the house. third, president trump's blanket order not only directed them to refuse to participate voluntarily, it also directed them to defy house subpoenas. fourth, president trump's blanket order directly prevented the three omb officials from providing testimony to the house. there's no question about the scope of president trump's order. it was total. there's no question about temperature intent of the order. it was clearly understood by administration officials as shown by omb. there's no question the order had an impact. it directly prevented the house from getting testimony from the three senior officials at omb. so here we are. the president of the united states issued an official order forbidding every person that works with the executive branch of our government from giving testimony to the house as part of an impeachment investigation. that order prevented the house from getting testimony from witnesses who knew about the president's conduct. the matter is simple, plain to see. the q

trump has directed the unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the house of representatives pursuant to its "sole power of impeachment". president trump has abused the powers of the presidency in a manner offensive to, and subversive of, the constitution, in that: the house of representatives has engaged in an impeachment inquiry focused on president trump's corrupt solicitation of the government of ukraine to interfere in the 2020 united states presidential election. as part of this impeachment inquiry, the committees undertaking the investigation served subpoenas seeking documents and testimony deemed vital to the inquiry from various executive branch agencies and offices, and current and former officials. in response, without lawful cause or excuse, president trump directed executive branch agencies, offices, and officials not to comply with those subpoenas. president trump thus interposed the powers of the presidency against the lawful subpoenas of the house of representatives, and assumed to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise th

house. second, president trumps like it order applied to omb and the three officials subpoenaed by the house. third, president trumps blanket order not only directed them to refuse to participate voluntarily, it also directed them to define house subpoenas area for, resident trumps blanket order directly prevented the three omb officials from providing testimony to the house. there's no question about the stove of president trumps order. it was total. there's no question about the intent of the order. it was clearly understood by administration officials as shown by omb and there's no question the order had an impact. it directly prevented the house and getting testimony from the three senior officials at omb. so here we are. the president of the united states issued an official order forbidding every single person who works for the executive branch of our government from getting testimony to the houses as part of an impeachment investigation. that order prevented the house from getting testimony from witnesses who knew about thepresident's conduct . the matter is simple, it's plain to see y

vested by the constitution and the house of representatives. president trump abuse the powers of his high office to to the following means. number one, directing the white house today five lawful subpoena by withholding the production of documents sought. by the committees. number two, directing other executive branch agencies and offices to define office subpoenas and withhold the production of documents and records from the committees in response to which the department of state, the office of management and budget, department of energy, and department of defense, refused to produce a single document for record. directing current and former and executive branch officials not to cooperate with theto committs in response to which nine administration officials defined subpoenas for testimony. namely john michael mick mulvaney, robert blair, john eisenberg, michael ellis, preston griffith, russell locke, michael duffey, ryan mccormick, nt orrick reptile, these actions were consistent with president trump previous efforts to undermine the united states government

president donald trump is underway in washington right now is a live picture from capitol hill as managed as the u.s. house of representatives and to the senate chamber they're going to read the articles of impeachment triggering the beginning of the trial against president donald trump. the presiding judge for the trial in the senate will soon be sworn in all $100.00 senators will also be sworn in and act as jurors during the proceedings the trial which donald trump has denounced as a cold job by his democratic rivals will begin on tuesday hello this is al-jazeera adrian finnegan here with our coverage in doha let's bring in our correspondent joe castro who's on capitol hill right now heidi just explain to us once again what it is we're seeing right now. well sure you're seeing the senate members are preparing to receive the articles of impeachment which in minutes time we were told they are to be serum only only walked across the building the u.s. capitol building from the u.s. house of representatives side which is where all of the impeachment proceedings thus far have unfolded those hearings those vote

commanded to keep silent while the house of representatives articles of impeachment against donald trump president of the united states. the managers on the part of the house will now proceed. mr. president, the managers onat the partre of the house of representatives are present and ready to present the articlesmef impeachment which have been preferred by the house of donaldntatives against trump, president of the united states. the resolution which would permission of the senate i will read house resolution 798 appointing and authorizing managers for the peach with trial of donald trump, president of the united states mr. jeffries, mr. crowe and mr. c. a texas are appointed managers to conduct the impeachment trial against donald trump president of thehe united states that the message be sent to the senate for these appointments and the managers in connection with preparation and conduct of the trial exhibit articles of impeachment to the senate and take all other actions necessary which may include the following. including legal, clerical and other necessary assistance and infrared su

president trump talking about what he is thankful for this year and about living in the white house. [video clip] president trump: this thanksgiving we bow our heads for the new found prosperity in spirit taking place all across america. the country has never been more successful. rebuilt.ary has been we have captured the number one terrorist in the world, killed the number one terrorist in the world, al-baghdadi. i want to thank our military, because there is nothing like our military. fornt to thank almighty god the shedding his grace on our nation. our nation is special, and we especially send our love to members of the united states armed forces serving all over the world. we are forever thankful for those who wear our nation's uniform and the families who support them. important.s are so you can never be the same without those great families. because of their service millions of americans are celebrating another thanksgiving in safety and peace. it is a very special country, a very special place. the rose garden at the white house. if you're looking back here, that is the oval of

and conduct the proceedings on half of the house concerning the impeachment of president donald trump. >> on the part of the house will be received and escorted to the well of the senate. >> the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear you, hear ye, all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. while the house of representatives is exhibiting with the senate of the united states articles of impeachment against donald john a trump, president of the united states. >> the managers on the part of the house will now proceed. >> mr. president, the managers on the part of the house of representatives are present and ready to resent the articles of appeasement which have been referred by the house of representatives against donald and john a trump, president of the united states. the house adopted the following resolutions which with permission of the senate, i will read. house resolution 798, appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of donald john mtrump of the united states. resolved that mr. schiff, mr. nadler, mr. jeffries, mis

trump has directed the unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the house of representatives pursuant to its "sole power of impeachment". president trump has abused the powers of the presidency in a manner offensive to, and subversive of, the constitution, in that: the house of representatives has engaged in an impeachment inquiry focused on president trump's corrupt solicitation of the government of ukraine to interfere in the 2020 united states presidential election. as part of this impeachment inquiry, the committees undertaking the investigation served subpoenas seeking documents and testimony deemed vital to the inquiry from various executive branch agencies and offices, and current and former officials. in response, without lawful cause or excuse, president trump directed executive branch agencies, offices, and officials not to comply with those subpoenas. president trump thus interposed the powers of the presidency against the lawful subpoenas of the house of representatives, and assumed to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise th

aide to donald trump's lawyer claims the president knew exactly what was going on with efforts to pressure ukraine into investigating for vice president joe biden and his son a white house correspondent kimberly how it has more news from washington. really like the explosive allegations came from this man lev parness he says he was an associate of donald trump and worked in ukraine with the president's personal attorney rudolph giuliani now he's speaking out i want to get the truth out. in an interview parness who was in court for various financial and corruption charges describes delivering messages directly from the u.s. president to the ukrainians it was an effort he claims to dig up dirt on trump's political rival former vice president joe biden who's running to replace him president trump know exactly what was going on he was aware of. these new allegations come at a sensitive time for the president as the u.s. congress begins the trial phase of his impeachment trial it was impeached in december on charges of obstruction of congress after busa of power after reportedly pressuring the ukrainians to investigate biden's son hunter who sat on the board of a ukrainian e

and having been willing to stand up to the trump white house to do it. this is all their communications to the trump white house, to omb, to the white house chief of staff. hey, what's going on here? this isn't right. i need to get an explanation here. this isn't right. this is bad for the united states. i need an explanation. but it's not just those republicans within those few days in august from which we have those documents. within a couple of weeks of those letters to omb, here's more. here's republican senator rob portman and republican senator ron johnson. this is september 3rd, writing with a bunch of democratic senate cleolleagues to mick mulvaney. we write our concern of the administration not obligating security assistance for 2019. quote, we have worked hard in a bipartisan manner in the senate to provide funding for security assistance program for ukraine that is effective and transparent and fiscally responsible. we strongly urge you to direct the defense department to obligate these funds immediately. two days after that, september 5th, ano

trump. >> house democrats str 24 hours over three days to convince moderate republicans to vote with them to remove president trump for two charges, obstruction of congress and political power. the president has repeatedly said his july 25th phone call with ukraine's leader was perfect. >> in a perfect call, the president would not solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election. >> democrats used video testimony to prove their case. >> rudy giuliani was a hand grenade that was going to blow everyone up. >> and quotes from the house investigation to back up their case. senators, silent jurors inside the chamber, but politicians outside the doors. >> they're on a crusade to destroy this man. >> the president casting doubt on whether he would let members of his administration testify while saying he would like to be there himself. >> i would love to sit right in the front rownd in their corrupt faces. >> while democrats promise to fight for new evidence. >> there will be continued pressure on many republican members to ask for witnesses and documents. >> with the real battle now under

senate has launched a full proceedings for the impeachment trial of president donald trump house democrats read the charges in congress triggering the legal process the trial which donald trump has denounced as a condo by the democrats will start next week on the show castro has more from washington. the ceremony laden impeachment trial of president donald trump is now under way very very. all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment donald j. trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that. using the powers of his high office president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government ukraine in the 2020 united states presidential election john roberts the chief justice of the us supreme court has taken an oath to become presiding officer i do in turn swearing in the members of the senate just to become impartial jurors so help you god. but an impeachment trial under u.s. law is not just a judicial proceeding it is a proceeding that is both legal and political with most of the jurists who will decide the president's guilt or innocence being members of his

senate formally opens the impeachment trial against president trump house democrats kicked off the proceedings by reading the charges this is just the 3rd impeachment trial in u.s. history and it's happening during an election year. with president trump seeking a 2nd term as house speaker nancy pelosi ahead of the senate proceedings every day that were involved in this impeachment is a sad day for america and yesterday was one when we were given no choice but to send to the senate 2 articles of impeachment against donald trump the president of the united states for his president necessitated this by his abuse of power and the direction of congress and his actions which undermined our national security. violated his oath of office to protect and defend the constitution and jeopardize the integrity of our elections the w.'s washington bureau chief alexandra farm dolman is keeping an eye on the action while come out xander so a huge day in american history what can we expect from today's ceremonial process. this is really a solemn day in history and watching the house managers who act as prosecut

house. and we already know the anti-immigrant policies that have been coming out of the trump white house since one starting with the muslim ban and going forward. so stephen miller has been there all this while, and his fingerprints are all over these anti-immigrant policies that emanate from the trump white house. >> since it it gives a window into the ideological bed that he has, have you had any response, do you expect there to be any response? >> i expect no response. i think the president welcomes miller's participation in his white house. these are the kind of people that the president surrounds himself with, and so i had said earlier with all of the very harmful hurtful kind of policies separating children at the border, ending daca, and i said there must be people, probably stephen miller and his little group he has there, every day they're think of new ways to harm and hurt immigrants in this country and migrants to this country. >> more than a hundred democrats in the house have called for stephen miller to resign. of course unlike in the senate, in the house democrats are in control

of impeachment hand delivered to the senate 28 days after the house voted to impeach president trump, house speaker selecting democrats to prosecute. led by house intelligence chairman adam schiff. >> just going to present the facts and truth to the american people. >> all have to sit silently to decide whether the president should be removed from congress pressuring ukraine to investigate his rival joensie democrat wh 59 pages of fresh evidence in hand, ramping up the pressure. >> the evidence is overwhelming. latest takes it even >> reporter: lev rudy giuliani. writing on hotel stationary stationery, that president was in the loop. >> he was aware of all my movements. wouldn't do anything without the consent of rudy giuliani or the president. >> senate is focused on preparing the chamber. chief justice could be sworn in tomorrow to pveth abc news, washington. >>> protect your land. one tribal band is pushing back against proposed development. that's up next. >>> butte county woman found alive in suv after week buried under snow. stunning story of surviv 11:00. >> thanks dan and ama, watch

house. second, president trumps like it order applied to omb and the three officials subpoenaed by the house. third, president trumps blanket order not only directed them to refuse to participate voluntarily, it also directed them to define house subpoenas area for, resident trumps blanket order directly prevented the three omb officials from providing testimony to the house. there's no question about the stove of president trumps order. it was total. there's no question about the intent of the order. it was clearly understood by administration officials as shown by omb and there's no question the order had an impact. it directly prevented the house and getting testimony from the three senior officials at omb. so here we are. the president of the united states issued an official order forbidding every single person who works for the executive branch of our government from getting testimony to the houses as part of an impeachment investigation. that order prevented the house from getting testimony from witnesses who knew about thepresident's conduct . the matter is simple, it's plain to see y

house response. congress puts donald trump on trial. republicans take the reins without a witness list democrats unleashing every tactic they can to legitimize their case. todd: we are live in washington.

i warned that donald trump was a dangerous demagogue, and when the republican congress wouldn't hold him accountable, i went to work helping run winning campaigns in twenty-one house seats. it's time for the senate to act and remove trump from office, and if they won't do their jobs, this november you and i will. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >>> good thursday morning. right now at 4:40 let's check out martinez and our temperature trend. mid-40s to start out. you're seeing a lot of clouds and it will stick around even though we won't have any rain. we will have some rain in the forecast for the weekend. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >> looking live at traffic through oakland. 880 northbound as they pass by 98 and thecnbc headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. wall street is set to open slightly lower this morning after following losses in asia. growing fears over the spread of the coronavirus which prompted the travel lockdown in the city of wuhan. stocks ending mostly flat and news china was taking steps to contain a possible pandemic. earnings from american airlines, southwest, intel and comcast, the parent of

finally president trump's orders in fact prevented the house from obtaining key witness testimony from at least 12 current or former government officials. president trump's orders were clear. they work categorical, they were indiscriminate and they were wrong. they prevented key government witnesses from testifying. there is no doubt. that's obstruction, plain and simple. >> let us turn to some vinyl sets of facts. in a further effort to silence his administration president trump engaged in a brazen effort to publicly attack and intimidate the dedicated public servant who came forward to testify. to be clear these witnesses didn't seek the spotlight in this way. for years they had quietly and effectively performed their duties on behalf of our national interest and on behalf of the american people. why would they seek the spotlight in this way knowing that the president of the united states would lead the chorus of attack against them, and he did. in response the president issued threats, openly discussed possible retaliation, attacked their character and patriotism and subjected them

president trump turned from rhetoric to action. on october 8th, the white housespeaker nancy pelosi informing her that president trump would seek to completely obstruct the impeachment inquiry. sent out this letter on white house stationary, and i should not say it, but i am a lawyer, but very lawyerly, it is an eight-page letter and we can't do anything in one page, but it is eight pages, and it is long and no worries, i'm not going to read it all, but i just want to get to the bottom line. it says president trump cannot permit his administration to participate in this partisan inquiry under these circumstances. he was just saying we are not going to cooperate. and the let ster is dated octob 8th, and it is signed by pat cipollone who is here of course with us today as the lead counsel for the president. the president did not make any claim of privilege. the president did not make any attempt to compromise. he had no valid excuse, and although, we are all too familiar with president trump's rhetoric and rants, these words and in this letter on white house statio

. >>> it is a momentous day in the impeachment of president trump as the house is set to send the articles of impeachment now to the senate. the process is carefully choreographed but as naomi ruchim reports americans will not know the outcome for several weeks. >> reporter: nearly a month after the house voted to impeach president trump house speaker nancy pelosi will officially release the articles of impeachment. send them to the senate. democrats in both chambers agree the outcome is unclear. >> we are in better shape than we were a few weeks ago but there's no certainties here at all. >> reporter: today policy will also announce impeachment managers. the small group of house democrats who will act unatno irresponsibly this has been handled across the capital impeachment is not a political game. and united states senate will not treat itlike one. >> reporter: late tuesday the e use intelligence committee president's personal attorney rudy giuliani. the documents include handwritten notes, among president to announce an investigation into the bidens. democrats acknowledge though that th

the house impeached trump last month on charges of abusing power by personnel in ukraine to announce an investigation it was democratic rival joe biden and of obstructing congress would u.s. house democratic geoffrey's heed to that the strategy that his party will pursue when presenting the case against trump. we're going to keep the focus. on the stunning corrupt abuse of power and gazed in by donna. who pressured a foreign government to target an american citizen for political gain at the same time withheld without justification $391000000.00 in military aid to a vulnerable ukraine as part of a geo political shakedown scheme now the u.s. house republicans have also been meeting and they've accused democrats of stalling the impeachment process and of delaying important work in the senate. we anticipate that the speaker will finally bring a vote to the floor to name managers for the articles of impeachment obviously after saying for months and months it was urgent that president trump be impeached the speaker of the house then sat o

trains and planes halted. >>> the impeachment trial of president trump. houses today arguing the president abused his power and what they showed, they say proof of the president's motive. the president's team tonight on you how they plan to defend president trump. >>> new images just in tonight after a c-130 goes down fighting the fires in australia. three american firefighters killed. and what we've learned tonight. >>> the massive winter storm, from the gulf all the way up to michigan. moving into the northeast next. and tonight, the two deaths, young op

later he swore in senators, each pledging impartial justice in the impeachment trial of president trump. houseagers formally read the charges against mr. trump, who becomes just the third president in american history to face a senate trial, but the first to do so while running for reelection. but just as history was unfolding on capitol hill, a government agency today ruled the president broke the law by withholding aid from ukraine. and tonight, there are explosive new accusations by a witness who says the president knew everything about efforts to dig up dirt on joe biden. we have all the developments covered. ben tracy is at the white house, but we're going to begin with nancy cordes on capitol hill. >> reporter: norah, even as this trial gets under way, new evidence continues to emerge, and what these 100 senators are going to have to decide at the oval of he day is whether all, m ide ev >> io.eporteatckffice.? grassley whispered "god bless you" after chief justice john roberts took the reins in the senate trial. >> will all senators now stand. >> reporter: his first act, swearing in the

even though the house has already impeached president trump for what he did in ukraine and that is done. and even though the white house and the entire trump administration continued to defy subpoenas and refuse witness testimony in conjunction with that whole impeachment inquiry, even as the senate tont appears to still be at this odd impasse slash interignm where we don't even know how they're going to put the president on trial, still while all of that has happened and still unfolding, still enterprising reporters and the courts have continued to pry loose new information and documentation that go right to the heart of the scandal. stuff that in some cases is just as dramatic as any of the previous big reveals in other impeachments including watergate. over the holiday break, for example, the center for public integrity obtained about 150 pages of documents from the trump administration. these are documents that had been sought by the impeachment investigators. they tried to get this stuff by subpoena. the administration defied those subpoenas. nevertheless a federal judge has ordere

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

the senate trial comes a month after the house impeached trump for pressuring ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. since the house vote to impeach trump, more evidence has come to light about the trump administration's actions but it remains unclear if any of this evidence will be presented to the senate. just before midnight, the office of management and budget released nearly 200 pages of heavily redacted records related to the trump administration's handling of aid to ukraine. amy: during the opening day of the trial, republican senators rejected 11 amendments from democrats to subpoena documents and witnesses, including former national security advisor john bolton. senator minority leader chuck schumer spoke early on tuesday laying out the democratic case for impeachment.t. >> president trump is accused of coercing of foreign leader into interfering in our elections. himself.t himself and then doing everything in his power to cover it up. if proved, the president's actions are crimes against democracy itself. it is hard to imagine a greater subversion of our democ

of impeachment hand delivered to the senate 28 days after the house voted to impeach president trump, house speaker selecting democrats to prosecute. led by house intelligence chairman adam schiff. >> just going to present the facts and truth to the american people. >> all have to sit silently to decide whether the president should be removed from congress pressuring ukraine to investigate his rival joe biden. battle over witnesses intensifies. democrats with 59 pages of fresh evidence in hand, ramping up the pressure. >> the evidence is overwhelming. latest takes it even >> reporter: lev rudy giuliani. writing on hotel stationary stationery, that president was in the loop. >> he was aware of all my movements. wouldn't do anything without the consent of rudy giuliani or the president. >> senate is focused on preparing the chamber. chief justice could be sworn in tomorrow to preside over the trial. abc news, washington. >>> protect your land. one tribal band is pushing back against proposed development. that's up next. >>> butte county woman found alive in suv after week buried under snow. s

house of representatives voted to submit to articles of impeachment against president donald trump to the senate after house speaker nancy pelosi signed the articles of impeachment they were carried symbolically from the house to the senate at a trial is expected to start next week trump is charged with abuse of office and obstruction of congress and its efforts to investigate that abuse is alleged to have pressured ukraine to investigate democratic rival joe biden. i'm now joined by w.'s all of us out in washington i oliva the articles of impeachment have now been delivered to the senate what happens next right so that vote. that took place today was basically the last step to trigger that so-called senate trial and as you mentioned the speaker of the howls nancy pelosi signed those articles of impeachment just a little while ago delivered to the senate they're going to be read out on thursday for the 1st time and that is basically what's happening now is moving the impeachment proceeding out of the democratic controlled house of representatives to the republican controlled senate wh

senator senators launch formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of president donald trump. houseemocrats read the charges in congress, triggering the legal process. the trial, which donald trump has denounced as a con job by the democrats, is going to start next week. here is more from washington. the ceremony laden impeachment trial of president donald trump is now underway. all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. >> donald j. trump has abuse the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his high office, president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, ukraine, in the 2020 united states presidential election. reporter: john robert, chief justice of the u.s. supreme court, has taken his own most -- has taken his oath to serve as presiding officer. but an impeachment trial under u.s. law is not just a judicial proceeding. it is a proceeding that is both legal and political, with most of the jurors who will decide the president's guilt or innocence being members of his own political party. and in an election year, there is lit

opening arguments continued today in the senate impeachment trial of president trump. house managers have tomorrow to present the remainder of their case. right now, here on c-span2 we will take you back to this afternoon when the trial resumed with supreme court justice john roberts presiding. >>> the senate will convene as the couracourt of impeachment. the chaplain will lead us in prayer. let us pray. almighty god, our rock of ages, be omnipresent during this impeachment trial, providing our senators with the assuring awareness of your

donate to donald trump's lawyer claims the president knew exactly what was going on with efforts to pressure ukraine into investigating former vice president joe biden and his son a white house correspondent community how could has more on that from washington. if you really like the explosive allegations came from this man lev parness he says he was an associate of donald trump and worked in ukraine with the president's personal attorney rudolph giuliani now he's speaking out the truth. in an interview parness who is in court for various financial and corruption charges describes delivering messages directly from the u.s. president to the ukrainians it was an effort he claims to dig up dirt on trump's political rival former vice president joe biden who's running to replace him president trump know exactly what. he was aware of when movements these new allegations come at a sensitive time for the president as the u.s. congress begins the trial phase of his impeachment trial was impeached in december on charges of obstruction of congress and abuse of power after reportedly pressuring the ukrainians to investigate biden's son hunter who sat on the board of a ukrainian energy c

mere days before president trump's decision, this senator for into the white house for what he described as weakness and in action. no one dares us come he complained. trump has rendered america impotent in the middle east. but since the strike, a complete 180. that same senator is harshly criticize her own president for getting tough ludicrously another's on the left have qc administration of committee an illegal act antiquated the removal of this terrorist leader with a foreign power assassination of our own secretary of defense. well, here's what one expert had to say about it. jeh johnson, president obama's own on the pentagon general counsel and secretary of homeland security. here's what he said. if you believe everything that our government is saying about general soleimani, he was a lawful military objective, the president and his constitutional authority as commander-in-chief had ample domestic,ic legal authority to take him out without, without an additional congressional authorization. whether he was a terrorist or a general in a military force that was engaged in armed attack

the house also appointed 7 impeachment manages to prosecute the case against trump . the u.s. president stands accused of abusing his power by pressuring ukraine to investigate democratic rival joe biden and for obstructing the house investigation into the case. the trial is expected to begin next week a guilty verdict that would remove trump from office would require a 2 thirds majority in the senate but with republicans in control of the opportunity but that prospect seems very remote. i'm now joined by the w.'s all of us at it in washington the articles of impeachment have now been delivered to the senate what happens next right so that vote. that took place today was basically the last step to trigger that so-called cell a trial and as you mentioned the speaker of the house nancy pelosi signed those articles of impeachment just a little while ago delivered to the senate they're going to be read out on thursday for the 1st time and that is basically what's happening now is moving the impeachment proceeding out of the democratic controlled house of representatives to the repu

house would be a show stopper. >> well, the thing is that stephen miller is that is the trump white house. and coming out of the trump white house and starting with a muslim ban and then going forward. and stephen miller has been there all this while and fingerprints and imnate from the trump white house. >> since these e-mails have been published that give us a window into the bet that he has that may have lead him into the policy position that you and 26 of your fellow senators sent this letter, do you have any response? do you expect there to be any response. >> i expect no response. the president welcomes millers participation in his white house. these are the kind of people that the president surrounds himself with. so i had said earlier that with all the very harmful, hurtful policies separating children at the border ending doca. there must be other people. every day they're thinking of new ways to harm and hurt immigrants in this country, migrants to this country. more than 100 democrats in the house have called for stephen miller to re-sign. unlike in the senate, in the house democ

the house democrats spent 24 hours recycling baseless attacks against real donald trump. it department take but two hours for the white house team to undermine every accusation. lynn, when we see the reaction from both sides here, what hope is there right now that any significant number of senators are keeping an open mind about where this is going and what they might do. >> well, the ultimate outcome of acquittal, the outcome still seems all be certain that trump will not be convicted and removed from office. but where there is still wrangling to do is whether or not there will be witnesses and documents. and i was in the chamber and i was watching as all the other reporters were, muted and muzzled as were the senators, the few senators who could be one of the four or five -- i mean you need a minimum of four to get witnesses. at different times during schiff's and the prosecutors' presentations, i think they did make some points where you could see there's inroads, but the overall question, we won't be able to really analyze it based on yesterday's two-hour presentation

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. >> the impeachment of president trump today, the house votes on impeachment manager, sending the article from abuse of power and obstruction of congress to the senate. follow the process live on c-span on demand at c-span.org/impeachment and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> this afternoon at 5 p.m. eastern we expect the senate to receive the articles of impeachment on president trump to from the house of representatives. it's 20 minutes at 10:00 eastern this morning. we'll have live coverage here on c-span2. until then some of the debate from the senate from yesterday. >> tomorrow will be four weeks, four weeks since house democrats impeached the president of the united states with purely partisan support. speaker pelosi and chairman schiff did not wait to fill out the factual record. they did not even wait to see their own subpoenas through the legal system. they plowed ahead for two reasons, they said impeachment was too urgent to wait, to urgent to wait and they said they'd already proven their ca case. but since then, house democrats have spent four weeks contradicting both of

house. president trump addressed rallies in washington, d.c., he told them no one in the house protected the unborn as strong as he has. many walkers carried pro-trump signs. >> that was one of the most amazing thing to see the leader of america come out and the first president of america come out and march with everne >> it is powerful to have a president standing up for the unborn and speaking for the sanctity of life. >> reporter: the leaders of pro choice took to twitter and says the president's speech was to divert the attention from the impeachment act than to generally support the walk for life. >>> 20 people exposed to chemical. >>> the death toll in china from the coronavirus rose of 15 more deaths. confirmed cases of deadly virus of 11 countries including europe, australia and the united states. wuhan, 11 million people are quarantined. hong kong is closing schools for two weeks fights and trains from wuhan. many chinese new year's celebrations are cancelled. two cases are confirmed in the washington and illinois. >> we are working to prepare for the expected and unexpected and uni

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politics, we're finally getting some clarity over w begin its impeachment trial of president donald trump. house speaker nancy pelosi released a letter saying "i have asked you an committee chairman jerry nadler to brif to the floor resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the senate." past three weeks mr pelosi has refused to send the articles of impeachment over to the republican-led senate, criticizing the way a time toia conduct their i was joined earlier by niall stanage of "the hill" newspaper. she was using this as leverage for quite a long time. why now higghahas she begun the i think there w pressure for her to do so. there was the question of whether pelosi was using it as leverage really thinking she would get concessions from republicansr whether she was just tried to put the spotlight on their conduct of the trial, kind of prepare people for the idea that they might not do it fair. nada: can we expect she might not get any concessions, any witnesses to appear in this trial? niall: right now i am not seeing any signs of that. 'mitch mcco leader in the se

based on recent statements, trump's defense team is set to essentially argue what house manager adam schiff outlined in his remarks, that trump's actions don't amount to anything illegal, unconstitutional or impeachable. and last night one of trump's personal lawyers, jay sekulow, previewed today's proceedings. >> how do you not? how do you not bring up the steele dossier? i'm going to tell you something. look for things. look for things, the foreign intelligence, you want to talk about foreign interference? see what the fisa court had to say about that. there's no obstruction of justice here? abuse of power? you don't get penalized for exercising constitutional rights. >> and even as the house impeachment managers work to make their case on obstruction of congress, half way around the world trump appeared to brag about withholding evidence. >> we're doing very well. i got to watch enough. i thought our team did a very good job. but honestly, we have all the material. they don't have the material. >> the president bragged that he thought things were going well because they had all the