Angle. The process, the powerful players, the arguments on either side, before the gavel falls in a few hours. So heres where we stand right now. President trump is just the third president in American History to be impeached by the house of representatives. It passed two articles. The first for abuse of power over his withholding of military aid to ukraine, a u. S. Ally, whom he actively pressured to announce an investigation against the political rival, the former Vice President joe biden. The second article of impeachment is for obstruction of congress, and the successful efforts by the Trump White House to block the testimony of key witnesses and the production of possibly damaging documents. The question of witnesses as we move ahead with the trial will also be a key part of the discussions and the debate today. So the rules of this trial will be unlike anything you have ever seen before. That includes the last impeachment trial. The final guidelines will actually be set today wit
It is 4 00 a. M. In new york, 11 days now to the iowa caucuses. Democrats opening argument in the third president ial impeachment trial ever leaning heavily on a witness not in the room, President Trump himself. Congressman adam schiff led seven impeachment managers walking through a detailed time line. They laid out the actions of President Trump and other officials dealing with ukraine. China should start an investigation into the bidens. If someone else offers you information on an opponent should they anticipate ccept it the fbi . I think you do both. Theres nothing wrong with listening. The president s own words. Key facts were drawn from last years public hearings. Schiff admitted those may not have been watched by Many Americans including the senators in that room. One interesting wrinkle late last night, new secret testimony made available only to senators. A single onepage classified document identified by the house managers forifying with the secretary of the senate that will
Good tuesday morning. Im chuck todd of nbc news. Welcome to msnbcs special coverage of the Supreme Court nomination hearings for judge amy coney barrett. Lindsey graham will gavel in for whats going to be a marathon 11hour day of testimony. The 22 senators on the committee will each get 30 minutes to directly question judge barrett. Theyll do tall today. All but two democratic senators, Kamala Harris and patrick leahy, are expected to appear in the hearing room in person, including thom tillis who was diagnosed with the coronavirus just 11 days ago. Well have an Incredible Team here to cover every angle of this. Garrett haake is inside the hearing room. Senior White House Reporter shannon pettypiece, also joining the conversation, former missouri senator, Claire Mccaskill and melissa murray, law professor at nyu. And a former law clerk to
justice sonia sotomayor. Sit back, and lets watch. You look good. So the game plan for today is to do our first round of 30minute questioning. Each s
Coronavirus. President trump cleaning house. Two impeachmecrucial witnesses impeachment inquiry forced out. Welcome, everyone. Both japan and the u. S. Reporting their first fatalities from the wuhan, coronavirus. Two victims said to be in their 60s were both in the city of wuhan. That of course the epicenter of the outbreak. That brings the virus known death toll to at least 726. Climbing so rapidly it could soon overtake the sars outbreak of 2003. And the infection rate soaring dally. Nearly 35,000 people now have the virus, the vast majority of them in china. Steven jang joins us now from beijing, and tell us about what we know about these latest two victims. Reporter well, michael, we dont know too much about them. In the case of the japanese citizen we know he was male in his 60s and died in wuhan. His cause of death was still listed as highly suspicious of pneumonia from this virus. Now in the case of the american citizen we know he we know this person was 60 and he died on thurs
Repeatedly voted against democratic amendments to the rules, amendments that would have allowed specific witness testimony or the production of specific documents. Now, 10 of those 11 democratic amendments were defeated on a party line vote. 53 republicans against, 47 democrats in favor, with one exception, a technical amendment about the time each side would be afforded to respond to a motion when senator Susan Collins of maine broke from her party and voted with the democrats. The defeat of the democratic wish list came at the direction of Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell who changed his own rules at the last minute in order to keep more moderate members of his caucus happy and in line. Joining me now to discuss all of this is conservative attorney george conway. He is also an advisor to the Lincoln Project which is an antitrump super pac. George, thanks for being here, appreciate it. Thank you, jake. Give us your First Impressions of the first day. How do you think the house i