i think it's permissible for senator leahy to reside. that said, i think optically, if probably hurts the democrats one line of attack we're already seeing from the republicans is that this is a partisan process. and if you have senator leahy presiding instead of a neutral justice of the united states supreme court, i think that will strengthen arguments that this is a partisan process, rather than an objective trial. >> tom dupree, can't thank you enough appreciate your time and expe expertise. >>> senate leaders chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell finally breaking a standoff that really paralyzed the senate over the fate of the filibuster the minority leader mcconnell refused to negotiate a power-sharing agreement with the majority leader schumer because he wanted democrats to promise to preserve the filibuster so that republicans can use it to block legislation but late last night leader mcconnell said he felt assured after the democratic senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema said they would not get rid of it because even though that

and any additional news on senator leahy? >> reporter: well, senate majority leader chuck schumer says this about holding donald trump accountable. he says that his actions cannot be swept under the rug. and as for senator leahy, we are told tonight he is still in the hospital out of an abundance of caution, david. >> all right, our congressional correspondent rachel scott again tonight. rachel, thank you. >>> we're also tracking several storms on the move at this hour. alerts in at least 25 states tonight. and we have now learned that deadly tornado in alabama was at least an ef-2, winds of up to 135 miles per hour. a teenager killed while hiding in the basement with his family. tonight, the story of another family surviving, sheltering in a bathtub. marcus moore now from alabama. >> reporter: tonight, that powerful winter storm making travel treacherous for millions. up to a foot of blowing snow in spots and ice. in michigan, a police dash cam capturing a car sliding off the road. in the deep south, tornado sirens piercing

senator patrick leahy, who will preside over the trial, hospitalized. what we're learning right now. also senators were sworn in as jurors today. the first time a trial will be held after a president has left office. tonight, the majority of republican senators voting to declare the trial is unconstitutional. the trial will go on, but what does today's move say about whether democrats have the republican votes they need to convict? and what president biden even said overnight about the chances of convicting the former president. >>> the major storms tonight on the move. at least 25 states now with alerts as we come on. from california to new hampshire. the massive pileup on i-25 in colorado. there are reports of injuries coming in. and that deadly tornado hitting alabama. at least an ef-2. we're told winds of up to 135 miles per hour. a teenager killed hiding in the basement with his family. and one family's story of survival, sheltering in their bathtub. now two more storm systems coming in next. rob marciano timing it all out. >>> tonight, the cases o

gloria, it is disturb being senator patrick leahy of vermont. he is the senator pro tem, the top speaker, after the vice president, the speaking, he's next in line to be the president. we wish him of course a speddy recovery. we hope it is nothing serious. we know him well. he's 80 years old we are hoping for the best. this is disturbing. >> it is disturbing. we do all wish him well. first of all, there are a couple of weeks now before this impeach -- this conviction would take place, this trial. and so we hope that this is just temporary for senator leahy and that he could come back and preside over this trial in the united states senate. leahy is somebody who is devoted to the place. he served with joe biden in the senate. he's a great photographer. i'm sure he's taking pictures of all that is going on outside the chamber. so i think that it -- hopefully this is nothing and he can come back and preside, wolf in let's hope, let's hope indeed. all right, everybody stand by. we are going to continue our breaking news coverage. senator dick durbin

. >> presiding in the senate there is jamie raskin in the article of impeachment was patrick leahy. he is the senator from vermont and the president pro tem porta the president pro tem of the u.s. senate, a position that serves in place of the vice president and the actual president of the senate and the vice president is not there which is most times the president pro tem overseas the conducting of business in the u.s. senate has been selective by the majority leader, by senator chuck schumer to preside over the impeachment trial of former president donald john trump. on that the president pro tem, pat leahy said i consider holding the office of the president of pro tem and the responsible of these that come with it to be one of the highest honors and most serious responsibilities of my career when i do preside over the impeachment trial of donald trump i will not waiver from my constitutional and sworn allegation to administer the trial with fairness in accordance with the constitution and the laws. we will first see some of that tomorrow per the house is coming in tomorrow mornin

first we see senator patrick leahy presiding officer for the trial and senators sworn in as jurors. >> a quorum is present and under the previous order our of 2:30 p.m. having arrived, a quorum having been established the senate will proceed to consideration of the articles of impeachment against donald john trump the former president of the united states. >> mr. president. >> majority leader. >> mr. president, at this time pursuant to notice to rule 4 of the senate rules on impeachment and the united states constitution, the president pro tem emeritus, the senator from iowa will now administer the oath to the president pro tem patrick j leahy. >> do you solemnly swear that to all things apertaining to the impeachment trial of donald john trump, former president of the united states, now pending, that you will do 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-- in conforms article cause 6 of the constitution and the senate's impeachment rules.

vermont senator patrick leahy is back at home. after being hospitalized earlier. after an examination he is now home. he looks forward to getting back to work. senator leahy who's 80 is set to preside over the next impeachment of the former president, he has the most democratic senator with the most seniority and president pro tempor in the senate and the trial is scheduled to start february 9th. durbin said he was confident he could return to work as soon as tomorrow. the news continues. let's hand it over to chris. for cuomo "prime time." >> thank you, my brother. i'm chris cuomo and welcome to "prime time." we have major news on the vaccine and a way forward on the pandemic but we need to look at why all efforts may be sabotaged from the inside. this is the futility we face. 100 u.s. senators taking their oaths of impartiality again today and then just 45 minutes after, 45 of 50 republicans voted to drop the case against trump. just minutes after taking their oath. why? they say the trial would be unconstitutional at the urging of senator rand paul arguing the

leahy, mr. lee. [inaudible conversations] mr. lujan, ms. loomis, mr. manchin, mr. markey. [inaudible conversations] mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr. merkley. mr. moran, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray. [inaudible conversations] mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr.. peters. [inaudible conversations] mr. portman, mr. reid, mr. risch, mr. romney. ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders. [inaudible conversations] mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida. [inaudible conversations] mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby, ms. anna mom -- sinema. >> ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester. [inaudible conversations] mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey, mr. tuberville. [inaudible conversations] mr. van hollen, mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren. [inaudible conversations] mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. biden, mr. young. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the sergeant-at-arms will make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear ye, hea

instead they have patrick leahy president pro tem on - - pro tem of the senate preside over the trial. the seniormost democrat ironically elected 1974 as a former prosecutor in some republicans have said they are fine with him and think he will be fair. there was some question about kamala harris to preside that will not happen i'm sure she's happy not to be tied down hour after hour with this trial. >> what is your sense of mitch mcconnell? >> he's in a tight spot because he goes for five what happened, he rose angry trying to virtual the election results he had a fiery speech before and then on january 19 the day before the inauguration he said the mob to spread lies and the president. it is pretty clear that mcconnell puts a lot of believe what happened and then to convict here on the other hand the leader of his party clearly republicans don't want to go against trump there is a clear backlash against voters and then to cause trouble within his own conference especially if you all get to those 17 senate republicans needed to convict trump and then to bar him for running again. but

senator leahy sworn in to preside over the trial. he has extensive experience, of course, having headed the judiciary committee and then late today a surprise. senator rand paul trying to force a vote on the constitution constitutionality of this trial. the motion killed in a 55-45 vote but it may reveal what some republicans think. the very same republicans who fled that chamber over donald trump's lie that the election had been stolen, which turned into the riot, well, some of them don't seem interested in going forward with the trial at all. now here's the count. 5 republicans did vote with democratic senators. that's murkowski, romney, sass, toomey and collins on what, again, was basically a procedural vote who revealed who's more critical of trump. mcconnell had leaked that he's pleased about impeachment. well, today he voted with senator paul on this procedural argument that's basically an attack on the trial or even considering evidence and considering accountability for the former president. now you should know constitutional

leahy. please raise your right hand. your hands on the bible. >> do you solemnly swear to all things pertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, former president of the united states, now pending that you will do 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 to the senators in the chamber in accordance class six of the constitution in the senate's impeachment. will all senators now rise and raise their right hand. 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 b

and leahy could be back in the senate on wednesday, but still, leahy is playing an important and historic role in this impeachment trial. ryan nobles, cnn, capitol hill. >>> and as ryan reported, republicans and democrats remain mostly on the direction of the impeachment trial. lindsey graham a strong ally told fox news why he's against calling witnesses. >> if there's an effort by the democrats to call a single witness in the united states senate, they have no record in the house, there will be delay of this trial, there will be pandora's box being opened. we will want witnesses and this thing will go on for weeks, if not months. i hope we have a trial based on a stipulation of facts, not witnesses and we get this behind us. >> democrat cory booker meantime said he's disappointed more republicans aren't willing to hold president trump accountable. >> it is the second siege in american history to our capitol. the first was done by the british in the war of 1812. this other one, people trying to take the seat of power was done at his behest. he should be held accountable, i'm sorry that mo

>>and we learned tonight that vermont senator pat leahy, the man who is set to preside over the senate impeachment trial. the one you saw there in that story swearing-in the senators today is actually in the hospital he was taken there out of an abundance of caution. his staff says he wasn't feeling. well, and right now they are saying that it was just a precautionary measure. and members of the senate are hoping to have him back very soon. >>kelly with a senator leahy in the hospital right now do we know who will be presiding over the trial. >>well with the delay in the trial. it's not getting into effect just yet as we mentioned it's going to happen in another 2 weeks or so so he has time to recover from whatever he may have we don't know exactly why he wasn't feeling well and why he was put into the and under evaluation this evening. but we do know that staff has said that he's had both covid-19 and then another senator said tonight, illinois senator dick durbin said that leahy was just taken their out of precaution that he thinks he'll be just fine. yeah apparently he's 8 years old

senator leahy is 80, bernie sanders, 78. senator rand paul raised a constitutional point of order against holding the impeachment trial because donald trump is no longer present. five republican senators joined with all of the democrats to defeat that point of order, 55-45. and leading off our discussion tonight, senator richard blumenthal, democrat of connecticut, member of the senate judiciary committee, he served five terms as connecticut's attorney general. senator blumenthal, thank you very much for joining us tonight. and i want to begin with that vote that we saw on the senate floor today because it's not necessarily as it appears to be for people. what happened was senator paul introduced this point of order and then senator schumer raised a motion to table it, which is to say, just to put it aside. and what you voted for was to put it aside, and that's what 55 senators voted for. it was a vote to not debate it and not consider it at this time. and so it wasn't an actual vote on the essence of it, which is the consti

but it makes sense that senator leahy is going to preside, and he can vote. this is not -- as we saw in the last impeachment trial, the presiding officer doesn't act as the judge. it's very different. the presiding officer is the same as the presiding officer normally in the senate. has limited powers. >> okay. julian, so the two questions before the senate, one, whether to convict or not to convict. then they'll have a second vote to bar trump from serving in federal office or running again. of course, they have to meet, as i understand it he has to be convicted first before you get to that simple majority vote. but if you were to get to that point, is that settled law that that would hold? that it would clearly bar president trump from running for president again? >> i think it's relatively clear in the text of the constitution. i think that there are several provisions in the constitution and certainly one of the provisions of the constitution says it should not, in cases of impeachment, the conviction shall not extend further than removal from office and

. >>> joining me right now, patrick leahy, president pro tem of the senate. welcome. let's get to the nuts and bolts here. democrats need 17 republican senators to vote to convict donald trump. as the days pass and the horror of the capitol hill riot seems to recede some what from the minds of a select few, you have some gop senators who are growing vocal against impeachment. how do you, sir, counter that ideology and do you think enough republicans can be convinced to convict trump? >> i think you heard senator klobuchar earlier saying there's precedent for this. there's no question that we can go forward with this trial. remember, this is not impeachment of a president who is out of office. he was impeached. he was impeached while he was still in office by the house. this is now the trial. do we convict -- ahead of the impeachment which, of course, would have bearing on the ability to serve in the future. that may sound like legalese, but it's not. it is the constitution of the united states. donald trump did his best to ignore the constitution over and over again d

bring senator leahy back into the conversation. senator, appears likely house democrats are putting the train on the tracks. appears if the speaker is correct, she knows how to count, if support is more intense among democrats now, it will come your way at some point. your colleague, lindsey graham, republican from south carolina tweeting this is all political. he says speaker pelosi is hanging by a political thread, senator schumer lives in fear of primary from the radical left. it is up to president-elect biden to step in, allow the nation to heal. is this politics by democrats? would you be open, have you talked at all to republican colleagues about saying okay, you don't want to impeach him, go on the record, vote to censure him. >> well, congressman lindsey graham and others, it is always somebody else's fault. they are the people that have enabled donald trump throughout all of this. when we had our, when we were -- most of the senators during the riots in the capitol, there's a lot of quiet talk among senators. many of them

so now they've decided it's going to be overseen by senate president pro tempore and man pat leahy of vermont. leahy, a democrat, has already voted once to convict the 45th president and remove him from office, so republicans say he's not impartial. but leahy has proven he's committed to the fight for justice, because-- this is true-- he's been in five "batman" movies. to put that in perspective, he's been in more "batman" movies than the bat-men! and he's got experience with heavily-made-up clowns sending their goons to destroy the city. speaking of which, the presidential clown car may eventually be pulling up to the capitol, because senate procedure dictates that an official summons for the trial will also be sent to the former president. now, this is just a legal document. normally, to summon the former president, you have to draw a pentagram made of extra crispy. today, for the second time in as many years, senators were sworen in as jurors, and leahy led them in the oath: >> will all senators now rise and raise their right hand. do you solemnly swear-- >> swear to me! >> stephen

lots and lots of news ahead on tonight's readout, starting with word that senator patrick leahy of vermont, the pro tem of the united states senate and the man sent to preside over the impeachment trial is hospitalized tonight. we'll have more on that coming up. >>> we turn first to joe biden's presidency, now seven full days old, and we've already seen a serious turn of page. the president took several calls with foreign leaders today, and they were notable for being uncharacteristically opposite of what we've seen over the past four years. they were friendly to america's traditional friends and confrontational with our traditional adversaries. go figure. during his final foreign leader call of the day with vladimir putin, biden placed his predecessor's dictator envy to task, and questioned him over the hack of our election systems, russian interference and our troops. the administration has already agreed to the paris climate agreement, strengthening daca while reversing the policy issues of the foreign administration, even as his maga oasis, otherwise known as florida, is sinking. presi

leahy went home after getting test results back and after a thorough examination. we wish him the best. >>> and we're learning more about the failed military response to the u.s. capitol siege. the "washington post" reports that the pentagon restricted the d.c. national guard commander's ability to roll out troops ahead of the january 6 riots. major general william walker said that after criticism of the response to the protests last june, the pentagon took away his power to immediately deploy troops. so when walker received a panicked call from the capitol police chief warning that rioters were about to enter the u.s. capitol, he needed approval from both the defense secretary himself and the army secretary and it added to the delay in the response. mean while the acting chief of the u.s. capitol police told members ever congress yesterday that her agency, quote, failed to meet its own high standards as well as your. >>> and as the fbi continues to investigate the violent breach at the u.s. capitol, the agency's top federal prosecutor expects indictments to be han

it was administered by patrick leahy. he is the president pro tem of the senate. the senior senator and the senate majority. he is 80 years old, the longest serving in his role as president pro tem, he will be the one who presides procedurally over the trial i should note we did have a bit of a scare this evening when we received word that senator leahy had been taken to the hospital at the recommendation of the capitol physician after reported not feeling well at his office. we're now told that he is already out of the hospital and at home. he's had a thorough examination. he got some test results back. they said he is looking forward to getting back to work, potentially as soon as tomorrow. so again, a scare in terms of senator leahy tonight but we send the senator best wishes for a speedy recovery and hope it is nothing serious. as far as the trial that senator leahy will preside over next month, republicans don't think there should be a trial. they believe the president should not have been tried while he was still in office. now that he's not in office, he ca

. >> just to let the members know the order of business will first installr senator leahy as president pro tem. will then have some other sort of mechanical business. i will then give my maiden speech as majority leader of the united states senate. [applause] and then we will hear from senator mcconnell, there may be about this evening. unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of senateso resolution six, submitted earlier today. >> the clerk report the resolution. civic center resolution six to elect patrick j leahy from the state of vermont to be president pro tempore of the senate of the united states. >> isth their objection to the proceeding or the measure? without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. >> that a president i ask unanimous consent to the resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be considered maiden laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. >> is there an objection? without objection so ordered. the senior senator from vermont will be escorted to the desk. [silence] >> please raise your coright hand produce

that's senator leahy who's a very experienced man. and a very fair man. >> and he'll be able to vote? >> yes. he'll still be able to vote. >> in terms of the accountability for what happened, the -- there's a single article of impeachment, there's essentially two elements described -- of the alleged yim. it's the president's efforts to directly incite the mob to go attack the capitol. also the president's efforts to pressure elections officials into altering the election results. his call to those election officials in georgia. >> yep. >> since then, through public reporting led by "the new york times" we've also learned he tried to get the justice department -- >> right. >> -- to alter the election results. to void the election results in georgia. now, you called for that to be investigated by the inspector general. >> right. >> also called it acemented sedition. >> yes. >> should that be part of what the president is tried far for? >> the articles came in before that happened. i don't know -- i don't think it would make sense. i thi

with senator leahy. we have a person who was against trump. presiding over trial for trump. >> that does not bother me. i don't think it will have much of an impact. the senator is one who does not like trump, but that would be true of any democrat, i think that trial will go on. it will be fine. then we'll get to the acquittal. look, the answers -- we know what the answer is, but the question will still be asked for a couple of weeks. elizabeth: we have legal pros come on. saying trump's actions were impeachable. and trump underred his supporter -- urged his supporters to riot on january 6, where do you come town on that. >> i don't think there was impeachable, some of these people who broke into the capitol, back on january 6, had been planning to do it for a while. when opportunity came on january 6, they seized it. i don't think that trump inspired them to do it he set out a -- sent out a message on december 23, he said, come to washington on january 6, it can be really wild. it turned out to be wild

it will be the oldest democrat in the senate, senator pat leahy of vermont. rand paul has suggested that anybody other than that chief justice would mean that this is an illegitimate procedure. how do you see it? >> yeah, i do you think the optics of it for the democratic party are mistaken. how they heat, long-standing democratic lion of the senate. and it certainly won't look like if there is any close calls i have to go to the chair, nobody on the republican side is going to view it as a nonpartisan observer. >> john: richard, what do you think about that? >> i think the senate has to conduct this by the rules, and because donald trump is not a sitting president, the rules apply, so this is where the oldest member of the united states senate, and the leading party, pat leahy, will take the chairmanship and lead this trial. i think there is no partisanship here. this is about getting accountability for what took place on january 6, 2021, when donald trump and his allies and cited an insurrection the united states capitol. >> john: senator leahy he released

leahy is 80 years old, been in the senate since 1975. he is the most senior democrat in the chamber and has been preparing for some time of this possibility. wasn't known until the last few days he would preside over the impeachment trial. he is going over law books, talking with staff to prepare for this moment. the expectation is he will return. certainly something of note given he is in line of succession behind the vice president and speaker of the house. >> obviously very significant. thank you very much, manu. want to go to steve lattick at the university of texas. steve, as i pointed out, almost all constitution alexal experts it is constitutional. jonathan turlick does not think so, thinks it is unconstitutional because trump isn't in office. you have 45 republican senators vote that way today. put out the facts as to why that's wrong. >> yeah, i think it is worth noting that jonathan tur lee took the opposite position in 1989 in an article. what's relevant is what turley said is still what's true today, that impeachment is not j

so, fair but not dilatory. >> tell me about having senator leahy as the presiding officer as opposed to the chief justice. >> yeah. so, the constitution says the chief justice presides for a sitting president. so, that is not going to be the issue. so it was up to john roberts, whether he wanted to preside with the president who's no longer sitting, trump. and he doesn't want to do it. so, traditionally, what has happened is then the next in line is the senate pro tem. that's the most senior senator on the majority side, and that's senator leahy, who's a very experienced man and a very fair man. >> and he'll be able to vote still? >> yes, he will still be able to vote. >> in terms of the accountability for what happened, there's a single article of impeachment, but there's essentially two elements of the described or the alleged crime. it's the president's efforts to directly incite the mob to go attack the capitol, but also the president's efforts to pressure elections officials into altering the election results, his call to those election officials in georgia. since then, through

leahy. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear to all things pertaining to the trial of impeachment of donal john trump, former president of the united states now pending, that you will do 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, and in accordance with -- in conformance of article one, section 3, clause 6 of the constitution and the senate's impeachment rules. will all senators now rise and raise their right happened. right hand. do you sole uply swear that all things pertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, former president of the united states, now pending, you do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws so help you god? >> i do. >> calling the names in groups of four, senators will present to the desk to sign the oath book. >> mr. baldwin, mr. barrasso, mr. bennett, mrs. blackburn. >> so let's just tell our viewers what we're watch

gloria, democratic senator patrick leahy is the pro tem of the senate. we understand he's going to preside over this rather than john roberts who presided over the last impeachment for trump. he had leeway here, though. what is the significance of his decision not to preside? >> well, i think he's busy. i think he had leeway here and he took it. if he'll recall, the last time he presided over a trial for a few weeks, it took him a huge amount of time, he couldn't conduct the business of the court. well, he would do the trial, then go back and try and work, and it was very, very difficult for him. i think that perhaps there is a sense that this is a president who is already out of office, and he has a little bit of leeway to say, i'm not going to do it, thank you very much. >> so as you say, he took it. john king, though, every day matters. they've reached a deal where they'll deliver it but they don't have to actually start deliberations the next day as would ordinarily be the case. from now until february 29th, that's time to prepare. >> president trump

leahy: i do. the vice president: congratulations. [applause] mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. s. resolution 7 submitted earlier today. the president pro tempore: without objection, and the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: senate resolution 7, expressing the thanks of the senate to the honorable chuck grassley for his service as president pro tempore of the united states senate and to designate senator grassley as president pro tempore emeritus of the united states senate. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report the -- is there objection to proceeding to the measure? and without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, and that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the president pro tempore: is there objection? there is none. without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: mr. president. the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask

president trump, the trial is expected to begin in earnest on tuesday, february 9th with senator patrick leahy presiding. >> while the senate preechlt trial against former president trump opens this afternoon senators will spend the early part of the day on the secretary of state nominee, antony blinken. we'll take you live now to the senate floor. . the senat. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, the lord of all,

now, senator leahy is 80 years old, third in the line of succession, but there's been no formal word thus far about the state of his condition. david, just one other thing, as part of his round of calls with foreign leaders, mr biden — we're told — spoke to vladimir putin, the russian president, today. how did that go? i think famously, when mr biden met mr putin years ago, he looked into his eyes, concluded mr putin had no soul and then told him so. david chuckles absolutely, yes. and all indications are that first conversation took place today sincejoe biden was sworn in as president, between the two leaders, less cordial than the conversations that vladimir putin used to have with donald trump, mike. the two leaders did agree to extend the last remaining us—russia arms control treaties due to expire next month, but according to the white house readout of the conversation between the two men, mr biden got into the poisoning of the russian opposition activist, alexei navalny, russian interference in the us presidential campaign, and russian aggression against ukraine. now, the

by what we just saw the 1st person to take this oath was patrick leahy who is now the presiding officer in this court of impeachment it's notable that the person sitting in the judge's rule really in this trial is not the supreme court justice that we saw the 1st time that trump was impeached this time around it's leahy who is the longest serving democrat in the senate and thus he has the title of president pro tempore and that is his ceremonial role now is to be presiding officer over this trial the reasoning for this difference of course is because trump is now no longer in office in the u.s. constitution says that the chief supreme court justice must preside when a president is in a trial in an impeachment proceeding and that gets to the center of the argument of some republicans in the senate who say that this trial is unconstitutional in fact we're expecting senator rand paul to object to these proceedings he wants he earlier he said he would object on grounds that this cannot proceed that the senate does not have jurisdiction because trump in his words is now a private citizen thi

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pat leahy earlier tonight, he went to the hospital, he said he was feeling on well, but we are learning tonight that he is back home, he said he's feeling much better and he appreciates everybody reaching out asking how he's doing. >>kelly do we know right now with there's i mean there's been obviously be some time from now until when the impeachment trial begins. do we know if are looking to you know move forward with some of president biden's agenda and if so do we know specifically what. >>so they're looking at of course coronavirus relief they're also looking at confirming a president biden's with president biden has his team in place. we don't know how long this trial. we'll take some senators some democrats say that the evidence is already there because all the senators were there when this act happened what the president was impeached for in the so they believe it could move quickly, but we just don't know how long it could go on for once it begins yeah coming on and follow up on that the first trial i believe was about 20 days long and i know, mitch mcconnell doesn't want a very

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first we see senator patrick leahy as the presiding officer and senators are sworn in as jurors. >> under the previous order, the koran having been established the senate will proceed to the consideration against donald trump the former president of the united

's going to be patrick leahy see how strong relationships had them both sides of the aisle part he was sworn in by the previous publican pro tem yesterday. korth had a health scare he went to to the hospital after he did not feel well his release a few hours later a lot of people si pay attention to any 5050 senate with the help of every single senator really does matter. democrats are trying to do a budget resolution as soon as next week. they can't do it if they have 49 votes show up in the other team has 50. because they would lose that last vote. spiritless talk but the 5050 sharing, power-sharing agreement. what is the status of it? >> they have basically a deal inav principle with i think one of these organizing resolutions little details to work out. they gavel and chairmanships to the democrats. there's some unusual use but chuck schumer will continue to basically set the agenda democrats hold thes chairmanships this is the same agreement that in 2001 the last time we had a 5050 senate when tom -- and the two leaders who had a pretty good relationship set down a few months into

. >> as senator leahy said, the impeachment trial will resume two weeks from now. >>> the u.s. mayors meeting in washington heard from doctor anthony fauci to increase vaccinations to combat the covid-19 pandemic. also joining the conversation, doctor vivek murthy, the nominee for surgeon general, and new york city mayor de blasio. >> the term covid-19 was claimed by the world health organization on february 11th and since then, we've seen the death and damage that this disease has produced and all of our communities. as mayors and as human beings, we have been hit hard, we are broken, infuriated, worried and exhausted at times. that's normal, but we persevere and we carry on. and i thank each and every one of you for the work you've done to keep residents safe, manage your team, support those messes and enhance during one of the most challenging times in history. and now thanks to the great work of scientists, we have vaccines and more hope than ever in eliminating this disease. we also have the thoughtful and compassionate guidance of the scientific experts joining us today a

but leahy, as a sitting u.s. senator, will also have a vote as a juror, david. >> all right, rachel scott leading us off on this monday night with the breaking news. rachel, thank you. >>> in the meantime, we turn next tonight to the coronavirus. president biden late today on when he thinks americans who want a vaccine, want a shot, will actually be able to get one in this country. t vaccine supplin the oncern u. ci toainst believe their vaccines do work against that uk variant seen here in the u.s. but there is concern about a variant seen in south africa. tonight vaccine maker moderna for one trying to stay one step ahead, testing a modified version of its vaccine against that south africa variant. not seen in the u.s. yet. it would be used potentially as a booster. we will continue to report on that. the virus now taking at least 420,000 american lives. president biden still saying he believes a critical mass of americans could be vaccinated by this spring. as one of his own senior advisers, though, cautioned

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first we see senator patrick leahy presiding officer for the trial and senators sworn in as jurors. >> a quorum is present and under the previous order our of 2:30 p.m. having arrived, a

fronts but incitement, but we do have a pattern of conduct now with respect to mr leahy. the reason for that is that the president pro tem, the senior person in the senate of the majority party. presides over the senate, according to the constitution. the exception being the chief justice presides when the president is being tried for impeachment. but now we have the former president, so that's why this studious fall into senator leahy instead of chief justice roberts. okay okay, well again, that trial will begin unfolding in early february. appreciate you coming on to talk about what this might look like. you see, hastings professor david levin. thanks for your time. okay. you met alex again? okay? the pandemic is taking it especially tough toll on one segment of the population coming up here on the floor. why it could take years for some of the nation's poorest people recover center doors this afternoon blue skies cool conditions before the next storm rolls in and brings us perhaps the biggest. soaking of the season so far, details on all the advisories i'm morgan, and