>>> I’M KRISTI KRUEGER. THE NEWS
>>> IN MINUTES THE IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL FOR PRESIDENT FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL GET
UNDERWAY.
AND THEY STORMED THE CAPITOL AND
THE DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING TO
HOLD HIS ACCOUNTABLE BUT HIS
LAWYERS SAY IT IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
WE START OUR COVERAGE WITH THE
OUR DR. C CHIEF.
HE
>> HE IS LIVE AHEAD OF THE
HISTORIC TRIAL.
ROSS?
>> Reporter: THIS IS HISTORIC
HE’S THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE
IMPEACHED TWICE AND THE FIRST
PRESIDENT TO BE TRIED WHILE OUT
OF OFFICIALS AND THE TRIAL
STARTS HERE ON THE HILL IN LESS
THAN AN HOUR.
>> AND HERE IN THE CHAMBER THEY
STORMED AND DESCRATED MORE THAN
A MONTH AGO THE SECOND TRIAL OF
DONALD TRUMP WILL UNFOLD.
>> A INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURAL
JUDGMENT, THAT’S SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD BE RESERVED TO THE
PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: DAY ONE WILL FOCUS
ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF
IMPEACHMENT.
>> THIS AN UNRESOLVABLE QUESTION
WHERE THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE
WE DON’T KNOW.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPECIFICS I
THINK TO RESOLVE THE QUESTION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
>> WE ARE PUTTING OUR VERY
DEMOCRACY ON TRIAL.
>> THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE
CONFIDENT AND PREPARED TO
PROSECUTE THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
USING VIDEO AFTER VIDEO.
ADD POINTING TO AT LEAST A DOZEN
WHO NOW SAY THEY WERE THERE AT
TRUMP’S DIRECTION.
>> I THOUGHT I WAS FOLLOWING MY
PRESIDENT.
>> THERE IS NO JANUARY
EXCEPTION TO MAKING SURE THAT A
PRESIDENT ABIDES BY THE
CONSTITUTION AND DOES NOT TURN
AN ANGRY MOB ON HIS OWN
GOVERNMENT.
>> THE VIDEO TURNING THE MOB IS
WHAT THEY WILL FOCUS ON.
>> WE FIGHT LIKE HELL, IF YOU
DON’T, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE
A COUNTRY ANY MORE.
>> Reporter: BUT THE DEFENSE
TEAM SAYING THAT WAS POLITICAL
SPEECH PROTECTED BY THE FIRST
AMENDMENT.
AND THAT OF THE OVER10,000 WORDS
SPEAKEN, MR. TRUMP USED THE WORD
"FIGHT" MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF
TIMES N REALITY HE USED THE WORD
"FIGHT" 16 TIMES IN THE SPEECH
BEFORE THE RIOT.
>> FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT,
FIGHTING, FIGHT, I WOULD FIGHT,
THEY WOULD FIGHT, THEY FIGHT,
FIGHTING.
>> WE FIGHT, LIGHT LIKE HELL.
>> THE HOUSE MANAGERS SAY HE HAS
NO VALID EXCUSE OR DEFENSE AND
THE EFFORTS TO ESCAPE
ACCOUNTABILITY ARE ENTIRELY
UNAVAILING.
>> ALL PARTIES HAVE AGREED TO A
STRUCTURE THAT WILL ENSURE A
FAIR AND HONEST SENATE
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF THE FORMER
PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: ALL SIDES AGREED TO
THE RULES GOVERNING, EACH SIDE
WILL HAVE 16 HOURS OVER TWO DAYS
TO PRESENT THE CASE.
>> AND PRESERVES DUE PROCESS AND
THE RIGHTS OF BOTH SIDES.
>> IN THE SENATE A GROWING NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS NOW
NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS NOW
RALLYING BEHIND TRUMP AND ADAM
KINS INNER WHO VOTED TO IMPEACH
THE PRESIDENT URGING MEMBERS OF
HIS PARTY TO TAKE A STAND IN THE
SENATE.
>> I THINK THE IMPEACHMENT HAS
AN IMPACT WHETHER HE IS
CONVICTED OR NOT.
>> Reporter: AGAIN HERE ON THE
HILL OF TRIAL ABOUT TO GET
UNDERWAY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR AT
1 P.M. TODAY.
AND THE FIRST HOARDER OF
BUSINESS IS GOING TO, AGAIN, BE
DEBATE OVER WHETHER THIS
IMPEACHMENT IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
REMEMBER TWO WEEKS AGO TODAY,
THE SENATE TOOK IT UP AT THE
URGING OF RAND PAUL.
ONLY FIVE REPUBLICANS VOTED WITH
THE DEMOCRATS TO SAY THE
IMPEACHMENT WAS CONSTITUTIONAL.
THAT’S A GOOD BAROMETER OF WHAT
WE MAY SEE TO VOTING TO CONVICT
OR EXONERATE DONALD TRUMP.
THE DEMONSTRATES NEED 17
REPUBLICANS TO JOIN WITH THEM.
>> ROSS, AS YOU’RE THERE ON
CAPITOL HILL, YOU WERE THERE ON
DURING THE SIEGE ON THE
CAPITOL.
TALK TO US ABOUT THE SECURITY
MEASUREs THAT YOU’RE SEEING
AROUND THE CAPITOL.
>> Reporter: I CAN TELL YOU
SECURITY AROUND THE CAPITOL
SINCE JANUARY 6th HAS BEEN
TIGHT AND AGAIN TODAY, WE’RE
SEEING THAT SECURITY HAS BEEN
BEEFED UP.
THERE ARE TROOPS SURROUNDING THE
CAPITOL COMPLEX.
THERE IS FENCING THAT IS OVER
8 FEET HIGH WRAPPED IN BARBED
WIRE T IS SECURITY AT THIS
POINT.
ON JANUARY 6th WHEN I CAME OUT
OF THE TRAIN STATION WHERE MANY
PEOPLE PARKED, I WAS YOU WALKING
THROUGH THE AREA WITH PROTESTOR
AFTER PROTESTOR WE KNEW
SOMETHING WAS COMES TODAY I CAN
TELL YOU I HAVE NOT SEEN A
SINGLE PROTESTOR, NOT YET.
>> A QUESTION MR. MR. TRUMP
HIMSELF, ROSS, HE IS LESS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPEACHMENT
AND MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
REPUBLICANS HE FEELS ARE NOT
SUPPORTING HIM THE FIVE WHO
VOTED FOR THE PROCESS TO
CONTINUE.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THAT
CAMP?
>> SOURCES SAY THE PRESIDENT IS
EAGER TO MOVE BEYOND THIS HE’S
FOCUSING ON GETTING OUT THERE ON
THE SPEAKING TRAIL TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST PEOPLE LIKE LIZ CHENEY.
AGAINST PEOPLE LIKE LIZ CHENEY.
HE IS BEING ADVISED FROM COURSES
NOT TO MESS THIS UP.
HE SHOULD NOT SPEAK OUT EVEN
THOUGH THE WISDOM HE WILL BE
EXONERATED AND THAT’S WHAT THE
MAP LOOKS LIKE, THERE IS THE
CHANCE THE PRESIDENT COULD DO OR
SAY SOMETHING TO CHANGE SOME MINDS.
THE PRESIDENT IS DOWN THERE HE
IS BEING ADVISED BY IVANKA AND
JARED TO KEEP QUIET AND TELLING ME THE PRESIDENT IS JUST ANXIOUS
ME THE PRESIDENT IS JUST ANXIOUS
TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET THIS
GOING.
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COVERAGE OF THE IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL AND OUR CHIEF WILL HAVE