in february, of 2021, joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand, a high crime is a felony and misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much overtime. after he s out of office, you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in january at the end of his term and just go away scot-free. the department of just
the guns, kit is greater. think about those kids practicing the speeches at home, heartbreaking pleas for change from what is now known as the lockdown generation takes us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night. for all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, see you at the end of tomorrow. the end of tomorrow the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand
she put that part of her life behind her. she thrived after that. tina turner has died in her home in switzerland at 83 years old. her representative saying the queen of rock died peacefully after suffering a long illness and clearly music has lost a legend and the world has lost a legend. tina turner was like no other. william la jeunesse joins us now with more live from los angeles. hi, william. hi, martha. let me ask you or tell you what this agent said. i have a statement here that was just put out by her agent. let me read that for you, if i can. it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of tina turner. she enchanted millions of fans throughout the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. today we say good-bye to a dear friend that leaves us with her greatest work, her music. her heartfelt compassion goes out to her family. tina, we will miss you dearly. i just got this from rolling stone. she was the first black and the first woman to be on the cover of
talks and he is confident they will come to a bitart san agreement before it is too late. todd: alexandria hoff live in washington. alexandria: president biden did receive a briefing this morning, the president s team informed him steady progress is being made and the president directed his team to keep pushing forward for bipartisan agreement. on wednesday, they introduced procedural resolution that would allow members to force a vote to raise the debt ceiling. president biden is in japan. hakeem jeffries wrote to colleagues, given the impending june 1 deadline, it is important all legislative options be pursued in the event no agreement is reached. for a forced vote to be successful, all democrats, plus five republicans would have to join the effort. here is house speaker kevin mccarthy. i do not think it is going anywhere, for one, it seems that would be playing into a biden default. i think america public is tired of those political games. freedom caucus members u
censor and suppress a new york post story that happened right before the election. it has been authenticated by every outlet on planet earth. dana: james comer says this is just the beginning of holding the white house accountable. go back to the two years of the biden administration. 0 cabinet secretaries or undersecretaries in front of the house oversight committee. not a single one. that s unacceptable. what business is hunter biden in? influence peddling and i have a problem with that. dana: david spunt is at the justice department as things kick off this morning. safe to say some folks at d.o.j. and the f.b.i. across the street will be paying attention to what happens in these hearings. the reason that these three former twitter executives are appearing in the first place is because of the old-fashioned subpoena. who will appear today will be gaty, the former chief legal officer and deputy general counsel james baker and yoel roll f. it will look into suppressi