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roberts swears in the 100 senators who will act as jurors. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> our scott mcgrew will have more at 6:45 in his checks and balances segment. at about 9:00, the senate is expected to formally receive those articles of impeachment. you can watch it all unfold here on nbc bay area. >>> 6:07 right now. investigators are on the scene of a shooting in san jose east foothills. kris sanchez live there for us. what are investigators telling you? >> reporter: they're not saying much. they're still out here at the scene about seven hours after the shooting was first reported. you see the crime scene tape is still up. it was reported around 10:20 last night on squeri road and clayton road. a witness told us he saw a victim outside a car not far from the quick stop in mt. pleasant. san jose police tell us the shooting happened on squerpy road which is a road only about a third of a mile long and dead ends off clayton avenue. there's a neighborhood there but there's also some sort of industrial type property. squeri is blocked off as is

nation's history but several key questions remain including whether the senate will allow witnesses to testify. nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest how about today, what can we expect >> reporter: so today the senate will formally accept those articles of impeachment. and the supreme court chief justice, john roberts will come over to be sworn in. he will preside over the impeachment trial starting next tuesday. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will formally explain what's going on happen he will make some comments and then we will also see the 50 senators sworn in. here you're seeing nancy pelosi who signed off on those articles of impeachment, and also named the seven managers who will make their case >> the president is not above the law. he will be held accountable. he has been held accountable he has been impeached. he's been impeached forever. that can never erase that. >> they passed the first presidential impeachment that does not even allege an actual crime under our laws >> reporter: president trump commenting that it's a hoax, let's take care of it. that trial's set to begin on tuesday. f

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mcconnell announces the trial to start tuesday and roberts swears in the 100 senators who will act as jurors. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> now at around 9:00 this morning the snaz is expected to formally receive the articles of impeachment. you can watch it all unfold here on nbc bay area. >>> 5:05. investigators on the scene of a shooting in san jose's east foothills. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live out there right now. what are investigators telling you? looks like an active scene. >> reporter: it is pretty active and this is six hours after the shooting was reported. we do know that homicide investigators are out here on the scene. i want to show you what it looked like after the shooting was reported. this is squeri road and clayton road. a witness said he saw the victim outside of the car. they tell us it happened on squeri road, a road only about a therd third of a mile long. there is a property that looks to be an industrial business. squeri is blocked off as is clayton road in mt. pleasant and mt. mckinley road. an elementary school is a block away in that direction. this inve

the prosecution will be lead by congressman adam schiff. we'll go live to tracie potts. what can we expect over the next week >> certainly well, this is going to be a trial presided over sworn in among those 100 senators 245 will a senators that will act as jurors any witnesses or evidence presented is still a bone of contention here whether there will be additional witnesses on the house side before the articles were crafted. now republican leaders have decided they will hear both sides and then determine if they want to hear additional witnesses. one point seems to be lev parnis insisting that the president was well aware of his work and others on his behave with ukraine talking about the ambassador and the president demanding she be fired in the efforts to get ukraine to invest gate joe biden and his son had ties to the ukrainian company all of that may or may not be a part of the trial that gets under way on tuesday lawmakers want to hear the case on both sides. >> thank you, another critical week for u.s. politics >>> alphabet has joined the $1 trillion club. the fou

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now, for more on what we can expect today let's go to nbc's tracie potts in washington tracie, all pettifogging aside, it will be the house managers who make their case first. >> exactly and now that we know that each side will have 24 hours over three days, not two days, let's take a look at what this schedule will look like. so for the rest of this week it looks like the prosecution will be making their argument assuming they take their full three days and 24 hours. and then on saturday they're working the weekend. the trump team will pick up, wrapping up their arguments on tuesday, leaving a couple of days in the middle of next week for q&a, written only, by lawmakers. and then by the middle of next week we could see that vote on whether or not there will be witnesses. this was the revised schedule after senate majority leader mitch mcconnell bowed to pressure from his own party, handwritten changes, to try to get those changes done meantime, the house managers tipped off a little bit of what they'll be talking about today, focusing on the evidence >> yeah. we're making it hard for you we're making it hard

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a look at capitol hill, all eyes will be on washington today when day three of the senate impeachment trial resumes. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live with what we can expect. tracie? >> reporter: marcus, good morning, everyone. today democrats will focus on abuse of power after accusing president trump of trying to cheat the 2020 election. >> the senate is adjourned. >> reporter: today democrats continue their near impossible task of convincing 20 republicans to remove president trump from office. >> he personally asked a foreign government to investigate his opponent. >> reporter: beginning with what the president refers to as his perfect phone call. >> in a perfect call the president would not solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election. >> reporter: house managers are leaning on prior witness testimony to prove that president trump withheld foreign aid for a political favor. >> everyone was in the loop. >> reporter: the audience, a handful of moderate republicans -- >> i am very hopeful that what happened tonight will move the public and they will move some republican senators in our direction. >> reporter: unlikely.

will have to say. >> we've already taken five months of the american people's lives. >> tracie potts, nbc news, washington> the death toll from the coronavirus continues to grow. chinese officials have confirmed nearly 3,000 cases and 81 deaths they call the outbreak a grave condition and the cases of pneumonia has risen as well. in the u.s. the cases have riis on the five. even though they continue to spread acros health officials say it's not a threat to the public. let's go live to molly hunter. how is china handling all of these cases? >> good morning. they made a couple of good points first, the disease can spread during the incubation period before the flu-like symptoms show up. it's contagious, but authorities don't know how infectious they are, anywhere from one to 14 days and it means even if someone passes through the airport without a temperature, they may still be infected so many questions how useful all of those current screening processes actually are now the ministry also say this will linger, and phillip and frances, that means not just a few more cases they're expecting a thousand more c

i do not think that they will be able to escape the limelight in north america, that is for sure. charlotte pottsn the story for us in london tonight. thank you. now to the bizarre case of carlos ghosn. mr. ghosn has given his first public statement following his escape from authorities in japan. he described his treatment by japanese legal system authorities as a travesty against his human rights and dignity. he revealed more details about why he chose to become a fugitive. tokyo prosecutors have slammed his allegations, accusing him of being one-sided, and they say it is unacceptable how he has criticized the country's legal system. reporter: in beirut, carlos ghosn faced the cameras for the first time since his daring escape from japanese justice. >> today is a very important day for me. one that i have looked forward to every single day for more than 400 days. since i was brutally taken from my world as i knew it. reporter: during a press conference lasasting almost 2.5 hours, ghosn claimed to have been the victim of a conspiracy by those who were against his plans to merge nissan and renault

potts, nbc news, washington. >>> happening today, stanford will hold a panel discussion on the rising u.s. tensions with iran. international affairs experts will talk about the conflict. the discussion will be moderated by stanford professor and former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul. it gets underway on campus at 1:00 this afternoon. >>> it is 5:05. tonight in davis they will remember a fallen comrade who died in the line of duty one year ago today. natalie corona was shot and killed in an ambush. a gunman rode up as she responded to a car crash. she was 22 and just joined the force. people will gather for a vigil at 6:30 tonight near the place where that attack happened. >>> it is possible a decision could come as soon as today for two homeless mothers now illegally occupying a vacant home in oakland. this is what we know. the judge in the case returned to the beth this morning. the mothers have launched a group called mom for housing. arguing vacant homes could be used to house the homeless. property owners say their sympathetic but call the women squatters and demanding the property back which th

will start next tuesday. democrats including house leader nancy pelosi offering new evidence. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us with the critical steps being taken a short time from now. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning. later in afternoon democrats will choose their managers, in other words the prosecutors who will argue the case. and then literally walk those articles or charges over to the senate to begin that process. the trial, majority leader mitch mcconnell said will begin on tuesday and they'll tie up loose ends, and still unknown will there be any witnesses. mcconnell said they won't decide until after the trial is underway. >> if the existing case is strong, there is no need for the judge and the jury to reopen the investigation. >> the trial without witnesses and documents is not a real trial. it is a sham trial. >> reporter: and there are new documents, new evidence that democrats are pitching at the 11th hour. handwritten notes and text messages from an associate of trump attorney rudy giuliani suggesting that the president knew and consenting to giuliani pushing this biden

"today in the bay's" tracie potts explains what the next phase of the trial will look like. >> reporter: this afternoon democrats begin presenting their case against president trump under revised rules that give each side 24 hours over three days, not two. avoiding middle of the night arguments. >> they're hoping people are asleep. you know a lot of people are right now. all over the country. because it's midnight. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell bowing to pressure from his own party to make this trial look more like the clinton impeachment. the handwritten changes include accepting the house record of evidence and witnesses. but democrats want more. >> a fair trial requires witnesses. in order to provide the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. >> this all supposedly started because of a whistle-blower. where is that whistle-blower? >> the senate is adjourned. >> reporter: debate ended this morning after the senate shot down 11 attempts by democrats to subpoena documents and witnesses. including white house chief of staff mick mulvaney and john bolton. the president's legal

day of questions in the case, and certainly will continue to hang overhead as senators resume the q & a portion of the trial this afternoon nbc's tracie potts joining us with the latest from d.c tracie, former national security advisor john bolton finds himself at the center of all this >> well, he does we still don't know if he's going to testify but we do now know that the white house is trying to shutdown that unpublished book where he reportedly says he heard the president tie ukraine's aid to a bidenm the national security council told bolton that book contains a significant amount of classified information and cannot be pu published. bolton's lawyer is asking for an expedited review they want a quick look in case bolton is called to testify. we don't know if any witnesses will be. we're going into day two of questions and answers by lawmakers. and the president's legal team is doubling down on the judged that this is not about the facts, it is about the law >> if a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment >> we'veurs

they will grossly mischaracterized and they never -- and that the attorney general william barr never accused the president of doing personal favors. that is another thing in the book. >> tracie potts thanks for the latest. and be sure to stay with nbc bay area. scott mcgrew will do a deeper dive in his checks and balances segment and when the impeachment trial resumes the nbc coverage will include special reports throughout the day. >>> the death of kobe bryant leaving a feeling of loss around the globe. and tonight's game between the lakers and clippers at l.a. staples center has been postponed. this is new video we want to show you emerging. this is -- appears to show the chopper a half an hour before it crashed. experts say it may provide clues to answer why it went down. the video was shot by a homeowner in glendale about 25 miles from calabasas and had no idea it could be bryant's chopper. investigators are asking for any iekts -- pictures or images th could show the weather conditions at the time of sunday's crash with clouds and thick fog the pilot requested visual ceiling and radar showed that the chopper nearing c calabasas as the pilot asked for guidance from the air tra

potts joins us with the latest from d.c. we still don't know a lot about how this trial will look. >> reporter: we don't. we don't know who the managers, essentially the lawyers for the side of the house will be, but importantly, we don't know if they will hear witnesses that has been the big issue here with senate leader mitchell mcconnell eventually talentening to dismiss the charges with nancy pelosi dent send them over now it looks like the vote to na the managerd se over the articles of impeachment will happen tomorrow. nancy pelosi speaking out about whether this week's long delay really had an impact. >> what we did want, though, we think we accomplished in the past few weeks, is that we wanted the public to see the need for witnesses, witnesses with firsthand knowledge of what happened, documentation, which the president has prevented from coming to the congress as we review this. >> reporter: a witness could be former national security adviser john bolton who, reportedly, in exchange for or while pressing for an investigation of the president's political rival joe biden. >> we will see where we

will pay a political price for blocking. >>> witness testimony. she also called for a fair trial in the senate. tracie potts us live from washington, d.c. it appears as though the prospect of adding further witnesses to the stand is dimming. but do we have any clarity on whether or not those articles will actually be sent to the senate this week for the trial >> reporter: joumanna, there's a vote happening tomorrow to determine who would argue the case and when these articles would be sent. pelosi has said it is her intention to get that done this week the holdup has been pelosi holding the articles, meaning the senate could not even schedule a trial, trying to pressure them into hearing witnesses which the republican leadership does not want to do one of those key witnesses could be former national security adviser john bolton, who has said that he would testify and was reportedly skeptical about the plan to freeze aid to ukraine while pressuring ukraine to investigate the president's political rival. so, what we're expecting this week is a vote tomorrow by the house to move those articles forward so they

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will not be a benghazi. >> reporter: this as kim jong-un declares he's no longer bound by a promise banning missile and nuclear tests. he's promising to unveil a new strategic weapon soon. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> back here locally oakland police are looking for the third suspect in connection with the death of a man who was just trying to get back his stolen laptop. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live for us. and, bob, can you tell us if they know anything about that third suspect they're still looking for? >> reporter: if they do, oakland police are not telling us. they have not put out any description, any identifying information about that third suspect. we do know they have arrested two other suspects but they have not released their identities as well. the people who live in the montclair neighborhood where this man was killed earlier this week, they're now calling for more police patrols to detear these kind of crimes. it was around 11:30 a man in a black hoodie stole a laptop from another man who was sitting inside a starbucks on mountain boulevard. the suspect took off in a getaway black suv. the victim chased right after him, dove into the suv in an atte

potts live from washington. thanks so much. >>> 6:07 now. fellow police officers will join friends and family in davis to remember a fallen comrade who died in the line of duty one year ago today. natalie corona was shot and killed in an ambush. a gunman rode up on a bike and she was 22 and had just joined the force. people will father for a vigil at 6:30 where the attack occur more to come. a key hurdle cleared for another tall building. these are rendering of the city's fourth tallest building would be. the 61-story tower would go up near the transit center and the salesforce tower including office space and 165 condos and 200 hotel rooms. the chronicle reports that planners signed off on the project and it now goes to supervisors for final approval. >>> low lying coastal areas may experience flooding over the next few days. king tides return today through sunday. this is video from a previous king tide event in the north bay near san rafael that shows all of the water. this time around the high tide is between 9:00 a.m. and noon. and kari was talking about the gravi

. >>> a big vote in congress today will decide whether to curb president trump's power to wake war with iran if that becomes necessary. >> tracie potts joins us live from washington. it looks like that's not what he has in mind. >> reporter: right, laura and scott. it looks like he wants to punish iran economically and new this morning the president is tweeting he hopes all republicans vote against this war powers resolution today. they want to force him to come back to congress before taking any further military action against iran. but instead the president says with no american casualties and minimal damage, he plans to issue new and what he calls punitive sanctions to hit them in the wallet essentially. this comes after lawmakers here on capitol hill heard for the first time the justification for that drone strike that killed iran's top military commander and set off this conflict. many, including some republicans, thought it just wasn't enough evidence. >>> it's probably the strongest and most exciting debriefing ever conducted. >> it was unconvinced. >> what i heard was less than satisfying. >> reporter: that vote set to happen

this will not be a benghazi. >> reporter: this as kim jong-un says he's no longer bound by a promise banning missile and nuclear tests, promising to unveil a new strategic weapon soon. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> 5:05 this morning. in oakland police are looking for the third suspect in connection with the death of a man trying to get back his stolen laptop. "today in the bay's" bob redell live for us. do we know much about the third suspect? >> reporter: oakland police have not put out any descriptive information about the third person. they have arrested two other people. people who live in the montclair neighborhood where this man was killed earlier this week are now calling for more police patrols to deter these kind of crimes. around 11:30 tuesday morning a man in a black hoodie stole a laptop from a man sitting inside a starbucks. the suspect took off into a getaway black suv. the victim dove into the suv. >> it was like a superman type dive. he made it pretty far into the car. i was surprised, he might get it back. >> reporter: sadly, he did not. the unidentified victim dragged down the street died from his injuries at the hospital. police were able to locate a

it will decide whether to curb president trump's power to wage war with iran. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us from washington. >> reporter: even though lawmakers are voting today, to force the president to come back to congress to get the okay to take further military action, what the president is saying he wants to hit iran in the wallet. he says there were no casualties and little damage, and so he's pushing nick sanctions, more of them, to punish iran for those missiles that struck where u.s. troops were stationed. now you heard vice president pence talking about the justification for the original strike that killed iran's top general, but here on capitol hill there were mixed reviews about whether the intelligence, the evidence behind that strike was strong enough. >> probably the strongest and most decisive briefing that has ever been convicted. >> it was unconvincing. >> probably the worst briefing i've seen. >> what i heard was less than satisfying. >> reporter: now here in washington there's a lot of talk about whether iran deliberately did not direct those missiles to kill u

potts live from washington. thank you. >>> be sure to stay with nbc bay area. scott mcgrew will do a deeper dive in the checks and balances segment and when with the impeachment trial resumes nbc coverage will include special reports throughout the day. >>> 6:05 now. and the death of kobe bryant leaving a feeling of loss around the globe. and at tonight's game between the lakers and clippers have been postponed. and now new video showing the helicopter within a half an hour before it crashed. now this is something a lot of experts are saying may provide clues in answer why it went down. that video was shot by a homeowner in glendale abouthey had no idea it could be bryant's chopper. investigators are asking for any pictures or even images that could show what the weather conditions were like at time of sunday's crash. with clouds and thick fog, the pilot requested special visual rules for low ceilings, radar shows that the chopper nearing calabasas as the pilot asked for guidance from air traffic control. >> you're still too low level for a flight following at this time. >> appr

potts joins us with the very latest. tracie, we're certainly in for a historic showdown here >> well, we certainly are. and it starts tomorrow afternoon. both guys said they are ready fo wille a televised trial, likely with millions of people watching the seven house managers or prosecutors who will be presenting the impeachment case working through the holiday, they worked through the weekend. they had a strategy session on sunday and today, we'll see them in the se walk-through of where this trial will get under way tomorrow. meantime, the trump legal team has arguments due at noon. an outline of what their defense will be. interestingly, we understand their defense will be that even if the president abused power. that is not an impeachable defense. >> the president withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to an ally at war with russia. withheld a white house meeting that the president of ukraine desperately sought to establish with his country and with his adversary, the support of the united states, in order to coerce ukraine to helping him cheat in the next election >> they're not articles of impeachment. >> articles of impeachment are two noncriminal

potts, nbc news, washington. >>> and today mike pompeo is in the bay area and likely he will face questions about tensions in iran. first he plans to visit with former secretary of state condoleezza rice at stanford at 10:00 and then later speaking at the commonwealth club in san francisco. that event begins at 4:15 and will be streamed live online. >>> it is 5:06. developing now, the santa clara county sheriff is trying to figure out why a badge and loaded gun were found in a vacation rental in south lake tahoe. the items discovered by a family staying there last friday after being left behind. they do not believe the gun and badge were stolen but an internal probe is underway. >>> questions in hayward after a pan was shot and killed in a quiet neighborhood. but the question is why was he there. kris sanchez is live in hayward. what are the friends and family saying. >> reporter: hi there, marcus and laura. we've heard from the victim's friends who said he was in the neighborhood for a party at a home that we found listed on airbnb. the man was found about this time yesterday morning in that neighborhood on osag

will wrap up their impeachment case against president trump. they'll focus on the second article, obstruction of justice. tracie potts has more. >> reporter: as they wrap up case on day four, democrats are feeling confident, some of them, they think they may begin to sway republicans to thng to produce documents and blocking white house witnesses? th argument. >> this conduct is not america first, it is donald trump on th managers used republican's own words from the clinton impeachment -- >> it doesn't have to be a crime. >> reporter: to argue that president trump abused his power, demanding that ukraine investigate joe biden and his son. >> president trump asked for the investigation into biden based on a made-up theory that no one agreed with. no one. >> if you find him guilty, you must find that he should be removed. >> reporter: president trump's legal team up tomorrow hinting that hunter biden's business in ukraine will be part of the defense. >> they've opened the door for that response and we'll determine as a defense team the appropriate way to do it. >> lindsey graham said no to the bidens or any witnesses.

willing and ready to testify. nancy pelosi, however, still has not sent over those articles of impeachment, so senators don't really know for sure when this trial might get underway cori >> all right, tracie potts for us in d.c. days away from congress convening. thank you. >> let's turn to iraq where the u.s. embassy is protected with increased security hundreds of american soldiers deployed to the region as violent protests extend into a second day troops using tear gas before thousands of pro iranian demonstrators dispersed. nbc's hans nichols has the latest >> reporter:t the in iraq u.s. forces firing tear gas as protesters set tires on fire and try to scale the compound's walls while iraqi securitye irad demonstrators packing up and dispersing after their militia leaders ordered a retreat. president trump sending 750 troops from the 82nd airborne to the region to counter the iranian threat after 100 marines arrived within hours of the siege. >> we had some great warriors come in and do a fantastic job they were therein stan t instany as soon as we heard. there will never be a benghazi >> reporter: they made it inside the walls of the embassy complex. president trump blames the attack on ir

will now proceed to the republican-controlled senate for debate. a white house spokesperson described the measure as ridiculous our nbc colleague, tracy potts, joinsnow live from washington, d.c. tracy, i guess the question now is what are the chances that this bill actually passes in the senate >> very little, because the senate is controlled by republicans, the president's party. also, it is a non-binding resolution, so the president would not have to consult congress as one lawmaker put it, it's got about as much juice as a new year's resolution. but it is symbolic and significant in that there was a ground swell of support on the house side for restricting what the president can do without going back to congress what the constitution says is that only congress can declare war. what's happened with modern presidents is there's been leeway to use executive power to respond to conflicts and deal with military conflicts. we heard the president talking about this at a campaign event last night saying that these are split-second decisions in this case, when general soleimani of iran, they knew where he was, they knew where he was going, and as the p

will this be? >> they had no idea. how could they? cook county assistant state's attorneys maria mccarthy and fabio valentini brought the case against pottss a case with no eyewitnesss, no confession, no video of the crime, no physical evidence linking potts to the crime and a cause of death that was based on primarily exclusion. we don't try many cases like that. >> and not many cases with a defendant quite like reginald potts. >> coming up, an accused killer's defense. >> i'm not a monster. >> he's smarter than the average criminal. but not as smart as he thinks he is. >> when "dateline" continues. >> when "dateline" continues ♪ at walgreens, we love smart savers. like movie savers. tee-time savers. and especially medicare part d savers. so you probably know making walgreens your preferred pharmacy means up to $5 off on copays and 100 rewards points on prescriptions. because you're smart like that. save smartly on med d. walgreens. trusted since 1901. with air wick essential mist. nature it transforms natural essential oils into mist. experience the latest in air care by air wick. your happy place. find your breaking point. then break i

potts, nbc news, washington. >> now be sure to stay with nbc news as the impeachment trial kicks off today. our coverage including -- will include, rather, several special reports throughout the day. >>> new fears about the spread of the coronavirus after the first u.s. case is confirmed. the virus has infected hundreds in china and caused at least nine deaths. yesterday the cdc confirmed a case in washington state. the patient recently returned from china. the center of the outbreak. we have new video to show you of people in china. they've been buying a lot of masks there. many have canceled travel plans for the chinese new year. the cdc said it is now screening passengers for the virus at two more airports, atlanta and chicago. screenings are already taking place in san francisco, l.a. and new york. >>> happening today, the fate of a cash-strapped south bay school district may come into a little more focus. advisers will recommend two schools be closed in the evergreen school district. a public input session is scheduled for today. it is still possible a third school could be on the chopping block. the district is fac

will be. and the witnesses, the decision on that, the vote on that we're told won't actually happen until after opening arguments next week. laura. >> we'll continue to closely follow. tracie potts live from washington. thank you so much. >>> in the meantime, moving on to decision 2020, and now a downsized stage for the latest democratic debate last night in iowa. the number of candidates reduced to the remaining six who met minimum polling and fundraising requirements. and president trump's impeachment was certainly a hot topic here as three candidates on last night's stage will serve as jurors during the senate trial. >> i will be there because it is my responsibility. >> if our republican colleagues won't allow those witnesses, they may as well give the president a crown and a ceptor. they may as well make him king. >> interest is starting to ramp up with the march primary coming. in san francisco last night voters packed a watch party at mannies in the mission. the crowd cheered when elizabeth warren believes it clear she believes a woman can win the house pu some say issues are more important than gender. >> she doesn't support the payer like bernie sanders does. >> and i w

democrats don't like the rules and republicans won't to get tr potts live in washington with details on what this trial will look like. tracie? >> reporter: hi, good morning, marcus and everyone. this trial is going to look like a big debate today because they're going through the rules that were just implemented last night. and just announced last night. democrats have concerns about putting off a vote on witnesses and both sides are concerned about the timing of the arguments. president trump's impeachment trial begins this afternoon with a last-minute effort to dismiss unlikely but a vote to allow witnesses possible with a handful of republicans in support. they only need four. >> a trial where there is no evidence, no existing record, and no new evidence, no witnesses, no documents, that isn't a trial at all. it is a cover-up. >> reporter: arguments by both sides begin tomorrow. >> 24 hours for the house to present their arguments and then 24 hours for the president's team to pick it apart. >> reporter: in a 200-page filing the president's legal team asked the senate to speed illy reject what they call