Desk. Every single senator in the Democratic Congress and in our caucus here in the senate is cosponsoring the for the people act. Senator merkley, senator merkley and my companion bill the h. R. 1, for the people act, but it is very deep in the leaders legislative graveyard. Over the course of the last year, as the for the people act has languished, tens of millions of dollars were spent, much of it in secret, to influence the policymaking process. Almost half a dozen states passed new laws restricting voter rights. The u. S. Supreme court gave the green light to political gerrymandering, and President Trump has with his own properties dozens of times funneled millions of taxpayer dollars into his own pocket. Yet, the Republican Senate is silent, sigh length as silent as our democracy faces a crisis like none we have ever seen in our lifetimes. We can draw a Straight Line from the crisis in our democracy to more than 300 bipartisan bills buried in the majority leaders graveyard. The b
appear to turn a blind eye to a president s obstruction. it was indeed another day of heated debate and for more we are joined by greg lee. reporter: this is the last few hours right now for the democrats, before the defense team takes over to our. seven impeachment managers are trying to sway the mind of the senate, this as the president s approval numbers are up. and two thirds of americans say the senate should call new witnesses. president trump tried to cheat. he got caught. and then he worked hard to cover it up. reporter: democratic house managers are now in their final push arguing for president trump s removal from office. on the last day of opening arguments the managers focused on the second charge, obstruction of congress. no president ever used the official power of his office to prevent witnesses from giving testimony to congress in such a blanket and indiscriminate manner. reporter: i have a very easy i ve said this before, exercising constitution
being kept in isolation at home. and earlier this week you ll probably recall a man in washington state was confirmed to have the virus following his trip to china. he is under observation in quarantine tonight health officials in the bay area are monitoring people for the mysterious illness in alameda county health officials report fewer than 10 people are being tested. in contra costa county one person is being investigated, but so far the results have come back negative as the fears of the deadly corona virus continue to grow the work to contain the global spread also continue dan thorn talked with an expert who studies these viral outbreak stands here in the studio now with more to help us understand this is moving pretty quickly. dan that s right well this expert does tell us that the potential for this corona could get much bigger and that we will likely see an increase in cases. however, the expert did tell us that the world appears to be a better prepared compared
democrats today are expected to wrap up opening arguments in president trump s impeachment trial. yesterday house managers presented their case on the first article of impeachment against mr. trump. they argue the president abused his power when he pressured ukraine to investigate joe biden. house judiciary chairman jerrold nadler told senators the president s alleged misconduct even puts president nixon to shame. so far senate republicans appear largely unmoved by the democrats case. skyler henry is on capitol hill. when is mr. trump s legal team expected to respond? reporter: good morning. white house lawyers are expected to begin their arguments tomorrow, a member of their team says they are well positioned, as they say democrats are failing to make their case and that the facts are actually on the side of the president. meanwhile house managers today will make their final case in term of the arguments on the second articles charged against the president, obstruction of
serena williams loses her bid to match an all time error. it s friday, january 24th, 2020. here s we begin this morning with today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. seems like groundhog day in the senate. the country needs a break from this. reporter: democrats prepare for their final day of arguments. you have to either have had your head in the sand or be totally dishonest person not to feel that the house managers made a powerful case. the coronavirus could be spreading even further in the united states. several states have reported possible cases. whatever i have to do, you know. it s pretty scary. a large protest has taken place in the iraqi capital baghdad. the protest was called to protest the american military presence. jurors in harvey weinstein trial got a graphic account of one of his alleged assaults. i m glad she had the courage that was necessary. antonio brown has turned himself into police in florida. all that these women we