are you listening to what i m saying? children are dying. 9-year-old children. the solution is not to arm the teachers. have you ever worked in a school? tense moments on capitol hill yesterday. as democrats demand action on gun legislation following the deadly school shooting in nashville. we ll have more of that heated exchange and the latest from tennessee in just a moment. meanwhile, donald trump is fighting a judge s order to force some of his former staff and aides to testify about january 6th. we ll go through the legal precedent that is not on the former president s side. and also ahead, some new reporting on how top republican donors are feeling about a third option in the 2024 presidential race. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 30th. opening day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we begin this morning with new details about what we learned about the suspect and investigation into this week s deadly school
his spokesman was like, well, we don t really have any evidence. talk about a walk back. then it s been breathless impeachment coverage. he s raised a ton of money in the pac and the campaign. it s been a boom for him. also, the politician who has really been hurt by his indictment, ron desantis. right. we re not talking about desantis. certainly, his polls have slipped in the last few weeks. let s take the other side of this. there s a lot of republicans who, as you say, are not enthusiastic about trump. the base is but others aren t. on the democratic side, though, there are polls that suggest a similar poll for biden. democrats like joe biden, think he s done a good job. they re not sure they want him to run again with age being the biggest factor. how concerned should those be, the democratic strategists, those in the white house, be
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Former President Donald Trump is on trial for a second time in the Senate. This time, the House has impeached Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection. Trump s defense team denies he directly called for violence and argues that he should not be tried since he is no longer in office. The House impeachment managers say he must be held accountable for the violence at the Capitol.
Watch the proceedings live below. Trump s defense team is making its arguments Friday, Feb. 12.
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Former President Donald Trump is on trial for a second time in the Senate. This time, the House has impeached Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection. Trump s defense team denies he directly called for violence and argues that he should not be tried since he is no longer in office. The House impeachment managers say he must be held accountable for the violence at the Capitol.
Watch the proceedings live below. Closing arguments are scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 13.
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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted, mainly along party lines, that former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is constitutional . Now senators must