Well, it is just after midnight in washington. Three years to the day that donald trump was inaugurated as u. S. President. And now that presidency hangs in the balance with his historic impeachment trial about to get underway. The trial begins tuesday, and the democratic leader in the u. S. Senate is promising a battle. Chuck schumer seen right there told reporters sunday night he will push for more evidence on the abuse of power and obstruction of Congress Charges against the president. He will need 51 votes to succeed. We will force votes on witnesses and documents, and it will be up to four republicans to side with the constitution, to side with our democracy, to side with rule of law, and not side in blind obeisance to President Trump and his desire to suppress the truth because, in my judgment, he probably thinks hes guilty. Now, speaking earlier at a Farm Bureau Conference where he boasted about trade agreements, President Trump got a standing ovation when he attacked the impeachment process. Were achieving what no administration has ever achieved before skchlt what before. And what do i get out of it . Tell me, i get impeached, thats what i get out of it, by these radical left lunatics. I get impeached. Thats okay, the farmers are sticking with trump. Theyre sticking with trump. [ cheers and applause ] Alan Dershowitz is a recent addition to President Trumps defense team. He previewed his arguments on sunday, making it clear he is on board to handle one specific issue. Im not involved in the day to day issues. I was asked by the president s defense team to become of counsel on the specific issue of the criteria, the constitutional criteria for impeachment. Thats a very important issue. I will be making that argument as an advocate, not as an expert witness. I will be advocating against impeachment of this president based on the constitutional criteria in the constitution. The legal skirmishes are well underway. The white house and democrats have filed pretrial documents and theres more to come. Sarah westwood has details from capitol hill. Reporter with the trial of President Trump set to begin on tuesday, both the white house and House Democrats fired opening shots this weekend in the first round of filings ahead of the trial. On saturday evening, House Democrats filed their trial brief, and thats essentially the paper version of the case that we will hear House Democrats layout against trump on the floor of the senate when the trial gets underway. Interestingly, House Democrats mentioned they may want to draw from new evidence. Those are documents provided by lev parnas, the associate of Rudy Giuliani for what was relied upon for voting on articles of impeachment in the house two weeks ago. The white house made its first filing ahead of the senate trial and that was in response to the Senate Summons of President Trump. It was a sixpage document from the president s legal team that offered a taste of the aggressive tone that trumps lawyers are likely to strike in the trial. It laid out extensive arguments against both articles of impeachment, both abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Now, of course, there is still a bitter divide in the senate between republicans and democrats over whether lawmakers will hear from witnesses in the course of the senate trial. Democrats on sunday expressed concerns about whether witnesses will be called in other aspects of the case. Take a listen. If the senate decides, if senator mcconnell prevails and there are no witnesses, it will be the first impeachment trial in the history that goes to conclusion without witnesses. There is no question that working with a foreign power, trying to extort a foreign power to interfere in our election is about as bad as you can imagine. The main fear, the framers of the constitution had, why they put the impeachment clause in the constitution was they were afraid of foreign interference in our domestic affairs. Reporter now, monday is set to be a busy day in the trial of President Trump. The white houses legal brief is due by noon. And an hour earlier at 11 00 a. M. , house managers, the seven democrats presenting the case against trump, are expected to do a walk through of the senate floor in preparation for the trial to start in ernest on tuesday. Democrats are still expressing complaints that they have not seen the Senate Resolution outlining the rules of the trial, but some Senate Republicans have pushed for an aggressive schedule that would see it longer, but fewer days for preventing that question of witnesses left open end bed heading into the week of the trial. Sarah westwood, cnn, capitol hill. Now, thomas gift is a Political Science lecturer at University College london. Joining us from stanford, california, good to see you again. I just want to set something up. Give us a sense of the republican strategy when this gets underway and i want to talk about part of it. On the state of the union, Alan Dershowitz said the framers of the constitution intended for impeachable conduct meant criminal conduct. He was quoting a defense by Supreme Court Justice Benjamin curtis. Lets have a listen to that. The senate refused to remove Andrew Johnson because Justice Curtis successfully argued that you need a crime. Without a crime, there can be no impeachment. Without a crime there can be no impeachment. In 1988, dershowitz said this. It certainly doesnt have to be a crime. If you have somebody who completely corrupts the office of president and who abuses trust and who poses great danger to our liberty, you dont need a technical crime. Needs to be a crime in 2020, not in 98. The thought of Government Accountability office, of course, we talked about this yesterday. They say the law was broken when it comes to ukraine. Im curious what you make of the dershowitz argument, how it might hold up, what you think of the strategy given his previous positions. Well, it does seem to suggest there is some degree of hypocrisy among the republican argument here in favor of donald trump. And so youre right. As we discussed before, michael, a crime isnt a prerequisite for impeachment. An executive that subverts the integrity of the election cant truly be held to account by that. Democrats are trying to make the case leaving the question up to the American People isnt a satisfactory solution. Arguably, president ial abuse of power is impeachable and obstruction of congress. What, then, is impeachable . If a Foreign Government was asked to investigate a rival . Not impeachable offenses are crimes. At the same time it begs the question if this scenario does not constitute an impeachable offense, what really does . Michael, i almost feel like the question isnt, then, will republicans turn on trump with the state of the trial as it is, but instead is there anything that could possibly change their minds. Theyve been so solidly behind trump since the very outset. Its almost like they seem relatively indifferent to the facts. Theyre supporting him because theyre supporting him. If you take that broad a view and lets look down the line a bit, what presentence is set . If what we see unfold is okay, if obstruction of congress isnt considered abuse of power or any of the other things, then what future president s, what sort of leeway will they have in how they behave . I think that is exactly the point. These are such serious issue issues of election, issues of foreign interference. And if trumps actions dont constitute an impeachable offense, i think it does provide significant leeway for future precedence to act inconsistent with the constitution. Michael, its not just future precedent. It could be donald trump himself if he does get another four years. And so if hes not held to account in this instance, by all accounts of his record he may feel free to do the same thing going forward. Its about to get underway, tuesday, of course. A lot of talk still about witnesses or not. Im wondering what your thoughts on whether there are risks for witnesses. Say former National Security advisor john bolton testified, even if he claims privilege, democrats would have to allow joe biden, hunter biden, any other witness that could hurt democrats. Is that a quid pro quo . What do you think of that going on . I think democrats would rather have witnesses than not have witnesses. Republicans have essentially claimed if democrats have such an airtight case, there is no additional need for witnesses. I think that seriously disregards the fact congress has a fundamental oversight role that has been challenged from the outset by a president who has refused to cooperate on every single level. I think democrats do want to hear from john bolton with reported actions, drug deal, mick mulvaney, chief of staff, others close to the president. Ultimately, michael, this is a fact finding mission, it shouldnt be a partisan exercise. It should be about figuring out what happened, how much the president knew, how he was involved and so on. So i think all in all, democrats would prefer to see that witnesses are called. This is, of course, going to be the first impeachment in history where the impeached will have twitter. This is a president who think hes a victim, hes been hounded. How do you see him handling the actual trade . Hes going to double down on strategy and call this process a witchhunt, a president ial harassment. To some extent this has been successful for trump, at least in galvanizing and rallying his case. Hes used this as a fundraising tool. He talked about expensive campaigns hes doing across the country. Donald trump is going to do what donald trump wants, using twitter. Always good to chat with thomas gift, the University College london. Thanks for joining us. Thanks, michael. We will see if President Trump tweets about this next news. The New York Times Editorial Board Just Announced who it thinks should be the u. S. Democratic president ial nominee. They didnt just pick one. Hes going to tweet, he will. Senators Elizabeth Warren and amy klobuchar. Theyre sharing this endorsement by the great ladies in the New York Times. The times describing warren as a, quote, brilliant architect of regulation and praised klobuchar for her deal making and could possibly unite the nation. The newspaper has kept its endorsement private for 160 years until now. It made the announcement in a televised special that featured interviews with many of the leading democratic president ial candidates. The times, they are a changing. They are. They finished saying, may the best lady win the best woman win. Lets turn our attention to london now where prince harry says he and his wife meghan had no other option than to step back from the royal family. Speaking for the First Time Since Buckingham Palace announced the couple would no longer represent the queen, harry expressed Great Sadness over the decision. This is what he had to say at a Charity Event on sunday. Good evening, everyone, and thank you very much for being here for the charity that myself created in 2006 for my mothers legacy and those affected by hiv and aids. Before i begin, i must say that i can only imagine what you may have heard or perhaps read over the past few weeks. So, i want you to hear the truth am me, as much as i can share. Not as a prince or a duke, but as harry, the same person that many of you have watched grow up over the last 35 years, but now with a clearer perspective. The u. K. Is my home and a place that i love. That will never change. I have grown up feeling supported from so many of you and i watched as you welcomed meghan with open arms, as you saw me find the love and happiness that i had hoped for all my life. Finally, the second side on of a got hitched, hooray. [ laughter ] i also know youve come to know me well enough to trust that the woman i chose as my wife uphold the same values that i do, and she does. And shes the same woman i fell in love with. We both do everything we can to fly the flag and carry out our role for this country with pride. Once meghan and i were married, we were excited. We were hopeful. And we were here to serve. For those reasons, it brings me Great Sadness that it has come to this. The decision that i have made for my wife and i to step back is not one i made lightly. It was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges, and i know i havent always gotten it right. But as far as this goes, there really was no other option. What i want to make clear is were not walking away, and we certainly arent walking away from you. Our hope was to continue serving the queen, the commonwealth, and my military associations, but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasnt possible. I have accepted this, knowing that it doesnt change who i am or how committed i am, but i hope that helps you understand what it had come to, that i would step my family back from all i have ever known to take a step forward into what i hope can be a more peaceful life. I was born into this life and it is a great honor to serve my country and the queen. When i lost my mom 23 years ago, you took me under your wing. You looked out for me for so long, but the media is a powerful force. And my hope is one day our collective support for each other can be more powerful because this is so much bigger than just us. It has been our privilege to serve you, and we will continue to lead a life of service. So in that respect, nothing changes. It has also been a privilege to meet so many of you and to feel your excitement for our son archie who saw snow the first time the other day. Thought it was bloody brilliant. [ laughter ] i will always have the utmost respect for my grandmother, my commander in chief, and i am incredibly grateful to her and the rest of my family for the support they have shown meghan and i over the last few months. I will continue to be the same man who holds his country dere and dedicates his life to supporting the causes, charities and military communities that are so important to me. Together, you have given me an education about living, and this role has taught me more about what is right and just than i could ever have imagined. We are taking a leap of faith, so thank you for giving me the courage to take this next step. Well, there you have it. Moving forward, the duke and duchess of sussex will no longer receive funds, as he said, for royal duties and will repay the money spent on renovating their frog more cottage. The couple is expected to split their time between the u. K. And north america. Well, dozens more are injured in lebanon as protests rage on there. 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And here are the barricades which all evening have been the focus of these clashes. We have seen molotov cocktails throne at the Security Forces who are responding with rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannon, and throwing some rocks themselves. Now the protesters seem to have been pushed back as a result of the heavy use of tear gas. This is yet another day in this socalled week of rage which has seen a variety of clashes taking place. And here, swing around, were seeing now the Security Forces deploying here after hours when they were huddled behind those barricades. On saturday evening, the lebanese president called upon the army and the Security Forces to impose order, but it seems like they took a long time to do so. Now here were seeing these are members of the Lebanese Army which, for the most part, have stayed back. But now after hours of clashes, they have been deployed. What we are hearing from the protesters is that after more than three months of largely peaceful protests, theyve, in a sense, decided to take a different tactic, to use more violence. Over the last few days we have seen them attacking banks. Just a little while ago we saw them breaking the windows of one of the main Cell Phone Companies here. The political paralysis continues. On sunday evening the Prime Minister designate met with the president of lebanon for further consultations to form a government. But even if a governments formed, lebanons fundamental and economic crisis, which is driving much of these protests, appears unresolved, and none of the politicians have come up with any ideas how to solve them. Im ben wideman, cnn, reporting from downtown beruit. Our ben there usually in the thick of things. Always. Well, venezuelas embatted president Nicolas Maduro says he is still in charge of the country and wants to open talks with the United States. He did an interview with the washingt Washington Post and said both countries can have a new relationship if theyre willing to talk. He blamed secretary of state mike pompeo for the failed policy on venezuela. All of this coming as mr. Pompeo is getting ready to meet venezuelas Opposition Leader juan guaido in colombia. Guaido who is recognized as venezuelas interim president by more than 50 nations including the u. S. Arrived in bogota sunday. He said he is looking forward to speaking with them. He reiterated americas position toward venezuela has not changed. Well take a short break. When we come back, the u. S. State of virginia is bracing for a massive gun rights rally. Well have more on tight security ahead of the event as authorities worry about violence from militia and hate groups. You can earn more when you invest your cash. You can get a satisfaction guarantee. You can also wonder why our competitors dont offer that. Schwab, a modern approach to wealth management. 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For the first time, prince harry is publicly addressing his decision to step back from the royal family while expressing Great Sadness at a Charity Event on sunday, the duke of sussex said there really was no other option. South korea has confirmed its first case of the wuhan coronavirus where they confirmed 39 cases of pneumonia linked to the strain. Three cases confirmed in beijing and shenzhen. It is the first time they indicated cases beyond wuhan. Three cases out break since last month. Hawaii is in mourning after two Police Officers were killed in a shooting there. A suspect opened fire on the officers as they responded to a call at the residence at a residence. At some point the house caught fire and flames engulfed other homes around it, completely destroying seven of them. Police have closed the area as they investigate three people, including the suspect are unaccounted for. The fbi working with local Law Enforcement in virginia as the state braces for a contentious gun rights valley in the hours ahead. Authorities are working on Public Safety after threats of violence from hate groups. Nick valencia has more about the controversial rally. Reporter today is the day, and it goes without saying that there is big concern here that this could turn into a similar situation that we saw in charlottesville, virginia, in 2017. The governor, of course, worries that this could be a magnet for extremist groups and similar situation could happen. Of course, Police Officers here are worried as well. In fact, i was talking to some earlier patrolling the area who said it seems that there were individuals in the area doing counter survey leillance on the. That thats their characterization, not ours. Over the course of the weekend there were threats on Law Enforcement specifically the Police Department and Virginia State police. There were pro gun rights individuals expected to attend that will no longer because they fear something will happen. Tim anderson is one of them. What worries me about tomorrow is there is going to be a bad actor. Not a virginia gun owner, not somebody lawfully owning and possessing a firearm. Theres going to be a bad actor and something that happens in here. I hope people truly understand that virginia gun owners are peaceful people. We peacefully demonstrate. This didnt start today. This the staed back in november. We peacefully demonstrated throughout the commonwealth. And if anything bad comes out of tomorrow, i hope that the world understands that its not virginia gun owners that are causing this. It is the same kind of terrorist organizations that have caused unrest in other places. We want to be clear. Whats happening today happens every year. Its an event hosted by the Virginia Citizens Defense League officially known as lobby day. But it seems as though its going to be less of a lobby day and more of a protest. Cnns nick valencia there. For more lets bring in brian levin. The director at the center for study of hate and extremism. Brian, hello to you. I know we talked about virginia before, and here we are again. This crowd expected to be larger than usual because democrats took control of the legislature. They are proposing several gun control bills that would limit hand gun purchases that require background checks. Why are these steps rallying extremist groups now . Great, great question. And as long, as long back as White Supremacists have kind of a folkloric history, starting with the turner diaries, guns was an important issue. The turner diaries was this racist novel that Timothy Mcveigh uses a blueprint for the Oklahoma City bombings. But key to this in this fictional book was something called a gun restriction bill. So not only people of good will want to debate the Second Amendment, but on the extreme radical side, the gun issue has been intertwined with bigotry to become a wedge issue, similar to what we saw with charlottesville where the confederate monuments were. Now we have a whole bunch of different books. But the bottom line is a whole array of groups besides traditional Second Amendment Rights Groups have now glommed onto this and some of those folks are indeed racist. Weve seen the group, the base going into this protest, if you will. Yeah, you mentioned charlottesville, that happened 2 1 2 years ago where one woman was killed. So it looks like virginia has not made any gaines since that day. Remember the president said there were good people out there during that day and the president also tweeted coming into this day, your Second Amendment is under very serious attack in the great commonwealth of virginia. It seems like President Trump is not taking leadership here to try to quell the anxiety over what could happen here. Very erie response to remarks. The Second Amendment has not been determined by the courts. In a 2008 case, d. C. Versus heller, the Supreme Court ruled the hand gun in a home by a noncriminal is protected. But since then, we do let the courts decide that issue. This is very irresponsible. Let me tell you why. The last two the worst months of the last decade according to fbi data with respect to hate crime, prince, was november 2016 election time, october 2018, election time, and charlottesville. These kinds of comments are not helpful. And weve also seen around president ial remarks where actions, for instance, like the muslim ban, hate crimes against muslims went up 23 . Moreover, last year we saw 26 homicides by White Supremacists. Thats more than weve seen in recent years. We only saw three in 2016. And it was more. Just by White Supremacists alone in 2019. Than all the extremist homicides. When we have arrests being made, these kinds of incendiary comments are not helpful at all. Right. Another sidebar to whats going on in virginia is president ial candidate Michael Bloomberg bombarded the state with gun control ads during the governors election and it apparently worked with the legislation forthcoming. In the larger president ial election coming up, could we see more states face this threat if Democratic Candidates make inroads with gun measures . This is really interesting. And we have a bunch of data, for instance. Our friend Andrew Thompson found there was a rise in hate crime sorry, hate speech around political events we found this in hate crime. Ill tell you what else we did. We looked at certain places where there were changes play kelle politically. There were changes in 2016. In places that were targeted like berkeley where we had events, also places like orange county, california, which were tied for the most violent public demonstrations, that was a time when that county shifted from red to blue. So were trying to establish, are there places where theres like political change, or are there more catalytic events where we see either hate crimes go up or extremist plots . Unfortunately these kinds of things are to be on the look out for. Doesnt mean well see violence, thank goodness. This is a time Law Enforcement and citizens should be trying to tamp things down, not make things worse with divisive rhetoric. Absolutely. Well be watching virginia and hope things are peaceful there. We always appreciate your insights when we have to talk about extremism. Thank you, brian. Brian levin. Thats shifting from one side to another, red to blue or vice versa. It might be. Youre absolutely right. Thanks, brian. Well talk to you again. Thank you. All right. 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A lack of International Consensus, and a worsening conflict. Turkey the latest Regional Power to escalate the stakes, vowing to send its troops and already helping hundreds of syrian fighters get to libyas front lines. Until now we have an escalation of a libyan conflict with foreign interference. Now we are facing the risk of a true regional escalation. Reporter the root of this crisis and the overthrow of dictator muammar qaddafi. They were poised to crush libyas arab spring uprising. After disagreement, the u. N. Backed nato to intervened. He stopped georgia dqaddafis a. Jets pounded his army, but not u. S. Forces. President obama contributed only what the europeans could not, surveillance and midair refueling. His message, libya was europes problem. And when gaddafi was killed, again, no consensus for what next. Europe took its eye off the ball. Tribal divisions opened up. Islamist militias took control of the cities. U. S. Ambassador Chris Stephens and a colleague were killed in benghazi. Diplomats began to draw down. Isis and al qaeda found a foothold. The u. N. Helped create a government of national accord, but it had little local buyin. International airstrikes, the only real point of western consensus, routed isis. But meaningful help rebuilding the country was in retreat. Waves of migrants began using libya as a launch pad to reach europe. Oil floes fluctuated. Libya was a failing state. Fertile ground for regional and global power plays, and the chaos, the general a retired secular commander who lived in the u. S. For many years, took control of benghazi. Planning to purge the country of islamists and install himself as a ruler. He got russias backing and egypts and saudis and the u. A. E. s. By now President Trump was in the white house. He had no clear strategy. Neither did the europeans, accept stop the migrants and steady the oil flows. Deals were struck with the u. N. Backed government and the capital islamist militias profited. He ramped up taking tripoli. The offensive stalled. But still no International Consensus on how to stop the blood shed until this weekends summit. And even that barely papering over divisions. Nic robertson, cnn, new york. Next here, a mysterious pneumonia out break is spreading across china. Well tell you where its reached and how many people are now affected. Lets be honest, every Insurance Company says they can save you these. In fact, if you had a dollar for every time they said it, youd have a lot of dollars. Which makes it hard to believe, especially coming from a talking lizard. Pip, pip, cheerio look, all i, dennis quaid, know is that esurance is built to save you dollars without skimping on service. And when they save, you save. The only way to know how much is to get a quote. Chances are youll save time, paperwork, and yes, dollars. When insurance is affordable, its surprisingly painless. A book that youre ready to share with the world . Get published now, call for your free publisher kit today . An a pneumonia outbreak caused by a new strain of krona virus is spreading across asia. South korea confirming its first case of the virus weeks after it was first identified in china, meanwhile chinese officials confirming 139 new cases of pneumonia linked to the virus, and say a third person has died from it, two of those cases were found in beijing and another in concerns about the spread of the virus come as millions are on the move ahead of the Lunar New Year. Yeah and cnns david culver joins us from beijing with more on that. Fill us in, david. Hi, michael, good to see you. This is coming in the midst of the holiday rush here, the Lunar New Year theyre preparing to celebrate, not only china pacific but also regionwide, hundreds of millions are preparing to embark on this travel, were outside of one of beijings railway stations, theyre expecting 440 million trips, putting this in context with the concern over the spread of this virus, the numbers may not seem that alarming when you compare it to the Larger Population were talking about here. The concern is the unknown. So just before we came on the air we learned that this has spread not only beyond outside of wuhan where its believed to have originated but beyond china even farther. Now a confirmed case in south korea. You have south korea with one, japan with one and two in thailand. We now have two cases, as you mentioned, here in beijing, its all believed to have originated in Central China in the city of wuhan where they say it likely started at a wildlife and seafood market. That markets been shut down but heres the concern. Some of those who are believed to have been impacted by this virus say they actually never went to that market so while all cases are believed to have been linked to wuhan theres concern that it could be transmitted human to human. Now Health Officials in wuhan held a press conference yesterday and they tried to dispel some of the fears, some of the concerns, some of the misinformation they say. Think say this is preventable and controllable but they didnt go into specifics why that is the case and why they believe that to be so. Moreover they have set up procedures, a lot of screening at airplaorts and railway stations. Checking temperatures, people arriving from wuhan and leaving the country and going to other countries, monitoring how to see if this can be contained and worry this could spread beyond where its currently at right now. There are fears the numbers could go up so theyre hoping that can be dispelled. Yeah, obviously a lot of concern. So many people on the move. Thanks so much, david, appreciate it, david culver there for us. To australia, the first grand slam tennis event of the decade is under way, some players at the Australian Open have been voicing concern about the level of air pollution as the country battles its bush fire crisis. Not to mention some extreme weather, melbourne, hit by massive hailstorms a short time ago. Will ripley joins us with more about this extreme weather. Hello to you, will. Hey, natalie, the one thing i can say is that at least here in melbourne the bush fire smoke is not a concern because were being pelted with heavy rain and hail, golf ball size hail in some areas, does australia not catch a break or what, weve had in the last week the worst air quality in the world, massive dust storms and now these massive hailstorms that have been smashing car windows, ripping the leaves off of trees, and, of course, the hail, thats pretty normal for australia this time of year, the bush fire smoke certainly abnormal. While the number of fires burning across the state continues to diminish with these cooler temperatures that weve been experiencing and of course the rain, certainly helps quite a bit, the fires are not out. The big concern is that this is day one of the Australian Open. Two weeks of tennis play. Temperatures will climb back up and if the wind direction shifts from the southeast back into melbourne we could have this city filled with smoke yet again. Certainly extreme weather influencing the day one of the Australian Open. We know at this point all play in the outdoor Tennis Courts has been suspended but at the Tennis Center behind me they have the roof closed and play is continuing inside. Weve been watching the tennis action on the ground here and certainly most australians would agree, natalie, that they will take this over the horrific smoke and of course those fires at a have been ravaging this state that have taken more than two dozen lives and made thousands of people homeless. One can understand for sure, yes so well be watching the Australian Open with particular interest this year, thank you so much, will ripley for us. What have you got to say, since this is your homeland . That seems like will ripleys on holiday, actually, hes moved to watching the Australian Open. The hail, unbelievable, some of the videos ive seen, incredible. Its been massive damage, cars destroyed, horrible. Anyway, weve got to go for the moment. 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