Live: Waffle House trial: Closing arguments set to begin on day 5
The trial for Travis Reinking, accused of opening fire at an Antioch Waffle House in 2018, is entering its fifth day.
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The trial for Travis Reinking, accused of opening fire at an Antioch Waffle House in 2018, is entering its fifth day.
House trial. the senators didn't. a lot of them were focused on getting end of the year bills into the spending package. i think you will see more calling for more witnesses and they know there was a lot that weren't able to testify in the house. they are the upper chamber, they will always want that, so yes, there is a chance my old boss will break from the party. he often didn't until he walked on to the floor, that is not a surprise for me, i think you will see members wait and watch and make their decision then. >> the president has been tweeting a lot about this. he boasts that in the hou...
Well, we're going to hold up impeachment papers and articles of impeachment to send to the senate. how can you possibly justify the contrast to say this is urgent to then say, well, we'll have to wait and see. >> josh, you covered for the "washington post." the president wants a speedy trial. does that give him any leverage to force mcconnell to agree to anything or no? >> they want witnesses, to have hunter biden, to have others, they want adam schiff to testify. that's not going to happen, even if you talk to people close to the president. the president wants some sort of vindication, though...
Full hearing where the president and his lawyers would be invited to make the a presentation, of course they would say no thanks, but they would have a full opportunity and it would be a kind of trial, it is only the senate that has the power to try impeachments, but you don't have to be afraid of what the senate would do. if it is in the president's hip pocket. you can see we find that the president created high crimes and misdemeanors. >> that is fascinating. you're saying that the house could in and of itself have, would it be the judiciary committee that would hold the hearings that could ...
Potential ethics and misconduct in that area, these are just allegations, but even having to talk about it is not politically good. we're just minutes away from either some sort of an answer on a settlement or the beginning of a public hearing. this would be the first time that a house trial, if you will, would be conducted against one of its own members in eight years. this is a rare thing, and we are talking about the fourth most senior member of the house of representatives. new york's charlie rangel. there's been a lot of expectation he would come to some kind of an agreement, which would,...