donald john trump organs impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. mr. president, that completes the exhibition of the articles against donald john trump president of the united states at the managers request the senate a quarter for the trial and the managers now request leave to withdraw. >> thank you. the senate will duly notify the house of representatives ready to proceed with the trial. thank you. mr. president. >> the majority leader. i suggest the absence of a quorum. >> the clerk will call the role. [roll call] >> we are joined by stephen dennis, bloomberg senate reporter covering the senate side of things and that ritual of the impeachment managers are not that unfamiliar. it happened a little over a year ago in

dean are apoented managers to conduct the impeachment trial against donald john trump president of the united states na the message sent to the senate to inform the senate of appointments and that the managers so appointed may in connection with the preparation and the conduct of the trial exhibit the articles of impeachment to the senate and take all other actions necessary which may include the following, employing legal clerical and other necessary assistance and incurring search other expenses as may be necessary to be paid from amounts available to the committee under the judiciary under an applicable expense resolutions or applicable accounts from the house of representatives to sending for persons and papers and filing with the secretary of the senate on the part of the house of representatives any pleadings in conjunction with or subsequent to the exhibition of the articles of impeachment the managers consider necessary. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. with the permission of the senate ill read. january 13th, 2021, resolve that donald john trump, presiden

house of representatives named united states results that donald john trump, president of the united states is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and the following articles of impeachment exhibited to the united states senate. exhibited by the house to the united states of america and the name of itself and the people of the united states of america against donald john trump, president of the united states of america in support of impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. and then on the impeachment for and conviction of treason or bribery with high crimes and misdemeanors and those to the constitution prohibits any person insurrection or rebellion against the united states from holding any office under the united states and his conduct while president and in violation of his constitutional oath to safely execute the office of the president of the united states to the best of his ability to preserve, protect, defend the constitution and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care of the laws be faithfully executed, donald john trump engaged in high cr

donald john trump thus warns impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states, nancy losey, speaker of the house of representatives. mr. president, that completes the articles of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united states. the senate is requested that they take and -- they request leave to withdraw. >> thank you, mr. raskin. the senate will duly notify the house of representatives is ready to proceed with the trial. i thank you. [background noises] >> mr. president. >> the majority leader. >> i suggest the absence of corn. >> present will call the roll. >> tuesday senators will be sworn in as members of the court of impeachment deadlines for pretrial briefs by the house managers and trump legal defense counsel team to be submitted will be approved and a summons will be issued for former president trump. the trial is expected to begin in earnest on tuesday, january 9 with senator patrick leahy presiding. >> c-span's washington journal every day to take your calls li

resolve, donald john trump president of the united states is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the united state senate. article of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states of america in the name of itself and of the people of the united states of america against donald john trump, president of the united states of america in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him or high crimes and misdemeanors. article one, incitement of insurrection. the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment of the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. further, section three of the 14th amendment to the constitution prohibits any person who has quote, engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the united states from holding any office under the united states. in his conduct while president of the united states and in violation of its constitution

president, that completes the exhibition of the article of impeachment against donald john trump. the manager's request that the senate take order for the trial. the managers now request leave to withdraw. >> thank you, mr. raskin. the senate will duly notify the house of representatives. you can proceed with the trial. thank you. >> so that was the lead impeachment manager, raskin, representing maryland and the house of representatives reading out the article of impeachment. the trial of which will be overseen by the members, senator lahey. we heard from raskin informing the senate of the appointment of the impeachment managers. the nine impeachment managers. he read out the article for incitement against former president trump, alleging he engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors. the house of representatives impeachment managers will now return to where they came from. mr. raskin went on to say that president, former president trump had performed efforts to obstruct the democratic system. he also brought up the call with brad raffensperger, the georgia secretary of state, in whi

do you solemnly swear that all things pertaining to the trial of the them peach mint of donald john trump former president of the united states now pending that you will do impartial justice according to the constitutional and the laws so help you god? >> i do. >> calling names and groups of four. the senators will present themselves at the desk to sign the oath book. >> ms. baldwin, mr. brosseau, mr. bennett, mrs. lac burn -- blackburn. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> mr. blumenthal, mr. blunt, mr. booker, mr. boseman. mr. braun, mr. brown, mr. burr, ms. cantwell. >> mrs. capito, mr. cardin, mr. carper, mr. casey. [inaudible conversations] mr. cassidy, ms. collins, mr. coons, mr. cornyn. [inaudible conversations] ms. cortez masto, mr. cotton, mr. cramer, mr. crapo. mr. cruz, mr. gaines, ms. duckworth, mr. durbin. ms. ernst, mrs. feinstein, mrs. fischer, mrs. gillibrand. [inaudible conversations] mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. haggerty, ms. hassan. [inaudible conversations] mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, ms. hirono. mr. hoeven, mrs. hyde-smith, mr. inhof

do you solemnly swear that in all things apertaining to the trial in the impeachment of donald john trump, former president of the united states, how pending, you'll do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws so help you god? >> [senate responds] >> call the numbers in groups of four ar senators will present themselves at the desk to sign the oath book. >> miss baldwin, barrasso, mr. bennett. mrs. blackburn. [signing book] >> mr. blumenthal, mr. blunt, mr. booker, mr. bosman. mr. braun, mr. brown, mr. burr, ms. cantwell. mrs. capito, mr. carper, mr. casey. [signing book] mr. cassidy ms. collins, mr. coons, mr. cornyn. >> ms. cortez masto, mr. cotton, mr. cramer, mr. crapo. mr. cruz, mr. dane, ms. duckworth, mr. durbin. ms. ernst, mrs. feinstein, mrs. fisher, mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. haggerty, ms. haskins-- ms. hassan. mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, miss hirono. mr. hogan, mrs. hyde-smith, mr. inhofe, mr. johnson. mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king. ... >> ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. leahy, mr. lee. >> mr. lujan, ms. lummis,

america in the name of itself and of the people of the united states of america against donald john trump president of the united states of america in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors article one incitement of insurrection the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and the president should be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors further section 3 of the 14th amendment of the to the constitution prohibits any person who has quote engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the united states from holding any office under the united states unquote in his conduct while president the united states and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of the president of the united states and to the best of his ability preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed donald john

trump the former president of the united states. >> mr. president. >> majority leader. >> mr. president at this time of impeachment in the united states constitution the president the senator from iowa will now administer the oath to the president tim patrick j lahey. >> do you solemnly swear to all things pertaining to the impeachment of donald j trump former president united states now pending that you will do an impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws so help you god. >> i do so help me god. >> at this time i will administer the oath of the senators in the chamber in accordance article one section three section of the constitution and the senate impeachment rules. all centers now rise and raise her right hand. >> to you solemnly swear in all things pertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump former president of the united states now pending do it justice according to the constitutional so help you god. >> all the names in groups of four senators will present themselves at the desk to sign the oat

president, that completes the exhibition of the article of impeachment against donald john trump. president of the united states the managers request the senate take order from the trial. the managers request leave to withdraw >> thank you, mr. raskin, and the senate will duly notify the house of representatives when it is ready to proceed with the trial. thank you. >> again, the proceedings will take place beginning the first week of next month back to melissa murray now, professor of law at nyu. thanks for standing by with us could you give our viewers an idea of what this trial will look like, much like a trial in a court of law or how would you describe it >> this is not going to be like an ordinary criminal trial for the first -- in the first instance this is no ordinary defendant. this is a former president of the united states. by the same token, you are not going to have an ordinary criminal trial where you have impartial jurors the senate themselves will be sitting as jurors in this trial, and there's no expectation of impartiality in the same vein there's no expectation

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dean are appointed managers to conduct the impeachment trial against donald john trump, president of the united states. that a message be sent to the senate to inform the senate of the appointments and that the managers so appointed may, in connection with the preparation and the conduct of the trial, exhibit the article of impeachment to the senate and take all other actions necessary, which may include the following, employing legal, clerical and other necessary assistance and incurring such other expenses as may be necessary to be paid from amounts available to the committee of the judiciary under applicable expense resolutions from the applicable accounts of the house of representatives, to sending for persons and papers and filing with the secretary of the senate on the part of the house of representatives any pleadings in conjunction with or subsequent to the exhibition of the articles of impeachment that the managers consider necessary, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives with the permission of the senate, i will now read the article of impeachment house reso

dean are managers in the impeachment article against donald john trump, former president of the united states, to senate of the appointments, and the manager of the appointments may exhibit the articles of impeachment to the senate and take all other actions necessary which may include the following: employing legal, clerical and other necessary assistance and incurring other such expenses that would be necessary to pay the amounts available to the judiciary under applicable resolutions oram applicable ho of representatives, and the articles of impeachment that the managers consider necessary. speaker nancy pelosi on behalf of the representatives. i will now read the articles of impeachment. house resolution 24 in the house of representatives, united states, january 13th, 2021 resolved that donald john trump, president of the united states, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the united states senate. article of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states of america in the name of its

donald john trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. mr. president, that completes the exhibition of the article of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united states. the managers request that the senate take order for the trial. the managers now request leave to withdraw. >> thank you, mr. raskin. and the senate will duly notify the house of representatives is ready to proceed with the trial. thank you. >> so that's the reading of the impeachment articles and that was congressman jamie raskin, who will be the lead impeachment manager, playing the role of thaddeus stevens in this version of impeachment. it is also unusual to see members of the house inside of the senate chamber. you will see it for certain events, whether it's in some cases nominations, et cetera, but it's not a usual thing. it's absolutely an historic moment to see that happen. and this is the second time we are seeing such

donald john trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust and profit under the united states. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. mr. president, that completes the exhibition of the article of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united states. the managers request that the senate take order for the trial, the managers now request leave to withdraw. >> thank you, mr. raskin. and the senate will dually notify the house of representatives when it is ready to proceed with the trial. we thank you. >> the article of impeachment delivered right there. congressman jamie raskin, lead house impeachment manager. members of the house, the impeachment managers, the nine impeachment managers, will withdraw to the house. senate will reconvene tomorrow will all the senators will be sworn in as jurors in the trial, but as we said, that trial will be postponed until the week of february 8th, giving president trump time to prepare his defense. i want to bring in dan abrams, as the pres

. >> donald john trump, president of the united states. >> president biden: the managers of that part of the house will be received and escorted to the wall of the senate. >> maria: congress when, we are taking him like watching the managers take their seats in this, i don't know if you couldt is certainly going accordingly and they will make some comments right now. what are you expecting from the republicans? will you get 17 republicans to vote for this article? >> no. and i question if all the democrats could be there. think about it. they have demoralized the whole concept of impeachment. they watch the political impeachment that we had early and now they have no hearing and no investigation but a simple movement to it. then the supreme court justice will not even preside and they are taking up valuable time when america needs something different. we have president joe biden who cares about illegal citizens, who are out of work. we watched him rejoin the paris accord. >> the house of representatives are here, present and ready to present the articles of impeachment which has been

. >> senators will have to decide if they believe donald john trump incited the insurrection against the united states. >> so which one is that, is it both? we don't know but it's trending on twitter and he said i am ready to declare the inside of the, the funniest in history. the statue will only be from the waist up to be safe. for the record tucker i also cover wars and natural

trump. >> resolved, that donald john trump, president of the united states, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the united states senate. in his conduct while president of the united states and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of the president of the united states and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the lawes be faithfully executed, donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states. wherefore, donald john trump by such conduct has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the constitution if allowed to remain in office and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. donald john trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or

donald john trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust or profit under the united states. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. mr president, that complete the exhibition of the article of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united states. the managers request the senators take order for the trial. the managers ask leave to withdraw. that is what the impeachment manager had to say. we can now speak to republican strategist seth weathers, who was previously georgia state director of trump's 2016 presidential campaign. what he said was true on the president trump did try to subvert and obstruct the result of the election and he quoted mr trump directly about what he said to the protesters before they went to the capital. and they went to the capital. and what he said _ they went to the capital. and what he said to _ they went to the capital. and what he said to the - they went to the capital. fific what he said to the processes at the capital in any way would lead t

donald john trump incited the e restriction -- insurrection against the united states. lou: the facts, however, directly contradict the popular narrative suddenly of the national left-wing media, the radical dems, the anti-trump rinos, all of whom are in combine and hell bent on blaming the riots on president trump. it's extraordinary. and why is that? well, make no mistake, part of their motivation is to divert public attention from their own negligence and failure to act before january 6th to prevent the violence. just days before the january 6th tragedy the fbi knew of the threat of violence and discouraged some individuals who were planning violence from traveling to washington. the day before the attack fbi office in norfolk, virginia, issued a warning that there were the, indeed, plans for violence on january 6th at the rally. in december, in december the new york police department sent intelligence that it had gathered about the potential of violence days before the mob actually attacked the capitol. there are also reports suggesting that house speaker pelosi and

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trump by such conduct has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the national security democracy and the constitution if allowed to remain in office and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self governance and the rule of law all donald john trump that's warrants impeachment and trial removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor trust or profit under the united states. the resolution shall be debatable for 2 hours equally divided and controlled by the chair and the ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary the gentleman from new york mr naylor and the gentleman from ohio mr jordan will each control one hour the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york mr naplan better speaker i ask unanimous consent that all members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material to $24.00 without objection. but a speaker i yield one minute to the distinguished speaker of the house the general 80 from california ms pelosi the gentleman from california is yielded one minute thank

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green's resolution ends with, wherefor, to prevent national harm to our society, donald john trump by such conduct warrants immediate impeachment trial and removal from office and disqualification to hold an enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states constitution and the 14th amendment. so in conclusion, mr. green is going to speak after me, but in conclusion, mr. speaker, let me tell my friend mr. cole, i've been here some time, he has as well, i've served with ronald reagan, with george h.w. bush and george bush. i had respect for all of those presidents. they cared about our country, they honored our constitution and they executed the duties of their office consistent with the constitution and laws of our country. that is not true of this president. and, therefore, he ought to be removed, and we have that opportunity to do so. is there little time left? yes. but it is never too late to do the right thing. i yield back the balance of my time. >> gentleman from maryland yields. gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. >> at this point i'd like to yield one

the constitution requires us to impeach and remove donald john trump. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york reserves. mr. nadler: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. jordan: madam speaker, we reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio reserves his time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from pennsylvania, ms. dean. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. ms. dean: madam speaker, one week ago today, i was trapped in this house chamber as the banging on the doors began. i feared for colleagues, reporters, and staff. i feared for myself. the attack on the capitol will never be forgotten. the president and many in this chamber have shamelessly peddled dangerous untruths about the election, despite the warnings of where those lies would lead. and last wednesday, those lies and dangers found themselves inside this cap

donald john trump does warrant impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states. >> the resolution shall be debatable for two hours, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary. the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, and the gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan, will each control one hour. the chair recognizes mr. nadler. >> i can unanimous consent that all members may have five days in which to revise and extend their results and add extraneous material. >> without objection. >> madam speaker i yield one minute to the speaker of the house, the gen lady from california, miss pelosi. >> thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership. madam speaker, in his annual address to our predecessors in congress, in 1862, president abraham lincoln spoke of the duty of the patriot in an hour of decisive crisis for the american people. fellow citizens, he said, we cannot escape history. we will be remembered in s

. >> donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the united states. >> the house impeachment managers literally walked through the scene of the crime to deliver the sole article of impeachment to the senate. more republican senators are arguing it's simply not constitutional to impeach trump now that he's out of the white house. one impeachment manager says the timing doesn't matter. >> you think of someone who's going to attack the peaceful transition of power and hold on to power despite the will of the people. that's going to happen at the end of their term not the beginning so it presents a very dangerous precedent if we were to say, look, a president, vice president gets a constitutional freebie. you get one free thing, do it near the end so it will be late in your term. that would be very, very dangerous for our democracy. >> president biden weighing in on impeachment with the most direct comments so far telling kaitlyn collins the senate trial has to happen even if it means holding up his legislative agenda and his cabinet nominees. the

and donald john trump is the polar opposite of the last four administrations. but the donald john trump administration is a polar opposite, an opposite of anything of any of the administrations i've covered in the past has done, been and could be. as it relates to him and the breaking of the rule of law. maxine waters received a death threat two weeks prior and she was concerned and told me in the report that i did, she talked to the sergeant at arms, talked to nancy pelosi, she talked to the capitol police chief and assured her she would be well and she gets death threats and so many others get death threats because donald trump did not loikike th >> we heard the ten republicans who voted to impeach the president and sided with democrats making it the most bipartisan impeachment in history. many of them are also now being threatened. got to leave it there today. thank you both, appreciate it. coming up -- >>> mixed messages about the coronavirus virus identified in the uk. is it actually more deadly? stay with us, what you need to know. it's either testing an

res. 24 impeaching donald john trump. the rule provides two hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the ranking member member of the judiciary committee. upon adoption h. res. 40 is adopted. the rule extends suspension authority and same day authority to february 11, 2021. mr. speaker, we are debating this historic measure at an actual crime scene and we wouldn't be here if it weren't for the president of the united states. on wednesday, january 6, congress gathered here to fulfill our constitutional duty tallying the electoral college victory of president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris after a free and fair election. this is a ceremonial role for the congress one that sends a message to the world that democracy persists, but at a rally a mile and-a-half down pennsylvania avenue donald trump was stoking the anger of a violent mob. he proclaimed today is the day that american patriots start taking down name and kicking ass. trump's personal attorney called for trial by combat and donald trump said we

john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. with the pandemic worsening and more contagions variant contagious variants spreading this isn't the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel new concerns for world leaders about the deadly a variance of coronavirus. and is famous breakthrough in new delhi check points in their efforts to stop new agriculture on the. site in crisis how climate change in southeastern bangladesh is pushing thousands of indigenous people to leave their villages. we begin in the united states where the stage is set for donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial the 1st ever for an american president members of the u.s. house of representatives present to the pitchman case to the senate trump has been charged with inciting the violent mob attack on congress this month. reports now from capitol hill. it was just 2 and a half weeks ago that the statues of great americans passed looked on as a pro trump mob desecrated the u.s. capitol n

trump of inciting the capitol riot. >> donald john trump engaged high-crimes and misdemeanors by government. >> now new threats involved are once again putting congress on edge. with law enforcement sources telling cbs news social media chatter includes talk of attacking members of congress as they traveled to and from the capitol. as a result, 5,000 national guard will remain in washington through march. and republicans are now crying foul after democrats announced one of their own will preside over the proceedings. 80 year old patrick leahy of vermont though that. >> he is basically operating as a judge and a jury and he has a known conflict of interest. >> reporter: with the trial set to begin in two weeks, 17 republicans will be needed to convict mr. trump, and none so far have said they would. >> i think the trial is stupid. i think it's counterproductive. >> reporter: with some calling it an unconstitutional sham that should be boycotted. but most constitutional scholars acknowledge a former president can be impeached. >> the theory, the senate can try former officials wouldamount out

trump be brought before the grand jury, to account for donald john trump and people like rudy giuliani should be reported to the mob, this matter may not have happened the way it happened today, gillian. >> gillian: so, it appeared, based on everything we saw, the live footage, our recording all day from reporters, that the mob so easily and quickly overwhelmed capital police, who were protecting the u.s. capitol. howe, ted, would you describe what we saw a? is security breach, a systemic security failure, what are we talking about here? >> it's a combination thereof. would no doubt about it at the capitol police was not prepared for the action that took place t the capitol today. they should have been national guard in place. there should have been virginia and maryland state troopers called in. they should have at other people there. >> gillian: all right, ted, we've got to leave it there. breaking news coming in now hot off the wire. thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> gillian: we go now to congressional correspondent chad pergram, over on capitol hill. how is voting on this pennsylv

john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. with a pandemic worsening and more contagious variant contagious variants spreading this isn't the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel new concerns for world leaders about the deadly a variance of corona virus. a delay in vaccine production has europe demanding action from drug maker astra zeneca plus. we are standing for what is moral what is right and what is just uganda's high court says bobby winds house arrest must end but the opposition politicians home is still surrounded by troops. members of the u.s. house of representatives have delivered their article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate he's been charged with inciting the capitol insurrection on january 6th trump 2nd impeachment trial is scheduled to begin in february out of your caster reports now from capitol hill. it was just 2 and a half weeks ago that the statues of great americans

do you solemnly swear all things that pertain to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump former president of the united states now pending you will do impartial justice according to the constitutional laws so help you god. >> call the names in groups of four. senators will present themselves at the desk to sign the oath book. >> mrs. baldwin, mr. barasso, mr. bennett, mrs. blackburn. >> so, what you're watching right now is senators being called up in small groups to go and sign in basically for the trial of now former president donald j. trump. this is just the beginning as we've been saying there are still two weeks before the trial is going to begin. so, there is some time to get their legislative work off the ground and also confirm much of, if not the rest of joe biden's cabinet. clare mccaskill you're joining us former democratic senator from missouri. you talk to your old colleagues quite a bit. how are they feeling right now in this moment? i mean, they are going to be holding a trial for the former president at the scene of the crime, the very place where the crime happ

trump the former president of the united states. >> mr. president. >> majority leader. >> mr. president at this time of impeachment in the united states constitution the president the senator from iowa will now administer the oath to the pres

. >> donald john trump thus weren't impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states. >> today for the second time in just over a year, senators will take an oath to be impartial jurors in the impeachment trial of former president donald j trump. arguments in the trial are set to begin the week of february on whether the former president should be convicted on incitement of insurrection. what the senate impeachment trial live today at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2, c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> you are looking c-span2, your unfiltered viewof government . created by america's cable television company and today brought to you by these television companies to provide it to viewers as a public service. >> joining us is robert wiseman, president of public citizen to talk about ethics or lobbying rules . tell our viewers what your group does and how you are funded beforewe get started with the conversation . >> is free to be with you. public citizens have been around for nearl

donald john trump warrants impeachment, removal from office, disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the united states. >> the resolution shall be debatable for two hours, equally divided and controlled by the chair and the ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary. the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, and the gentleman from ho host, mr. jordan, will each control one hour. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler. >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material under hs-224. >> without objection. >> madam speaker, i yield one minute to the distinguished speaker of the house, the gentlelady from california, miss pelosi. >> the gentlewoman from california is yielded one minute. >> i thank him for yielding and for his leadership. madam speaker, in his annual address to our predecessors in congress in 1862, president abraham lincoln spoke of the duty of the patriot in an hour of decisive crisis for the america