Senate Debate Over Trial Rules And Witnesses Expected To Begin In Open Session Tomorrow; New CNN Polling On Impeachment

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🗓️ 21 January 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Proposed GOP Rules For Impeachment Trial Released; Gives Each Side 24 Hours Over Two Days To Make Case; Dem Senate Leader: GOP Proposals For Impeachment Trial "A National Disgrace"; Dem Senate Leader: Proposed GOP Trial Rules Allow For Vote About Whether To Admit Evidence; Proposed GOP Trial Rules Give Senators 16 Hours Of Questioning After Presentations; Senate Debate Over Trial Rules And Witnesses Expected To Begin In Open Session Tomorrow; Proposed GOP Trial Rules: Witnesses Will Be Deposed Before Decision On Letting Them Testify; Wash. Post: Trump's Lawyers, Senate GOP Allies Work Privately To Ensure Bolton Does Not Testify Publicly; New CNN Poll: 51% Think Trump Should Be Removed From Office; New CNN Polling On Republicans Who Want Impeachment Witness; Alan Dershowitz Talks White House Legal Strategy; Dem Senate Leader: GOP Wants Impeachment Testimony Late At Night Because It "Doesn't Want The American People To Hear Them"To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening from Washington, D.C. and welcome to a special two-hour program, folks entirely
0:05.1	on the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump, which officially begins tomorrow
0:08.9	afternoon.
0:09.9	Now, whatever you think the outcome will be, cannot be understated.
0:12.6	House's historic this moment is, it is one that will be taught in history books, mentioned
0:17.5	at the top of any presidential biography and remembered by those who took part in all
0:21.0	who witnessed.
0:22.0	This is the third time a president has been impeached in the almost 250-year history of our country.
0:27.2	It's also potentially the first time an impeached president, if acquitted, must then run for
0:31.3	re-election, which makes findings of a new CNN poll all the more important.
0:35.2	It shows 51% of Americans believe the Senate should vote to remove President Trump from
0:39.6	office, 45% disagree.
0:41.6	We're going to have a full breakdown of those numbers later on.
0:44.8	Right now we were focused on the moving pieces of this impeachment trial.
0:48.2	We know the arguments the president and the House Democratic impeachment managers will
0:51.6	make.
0:52.6	In a statement today, the White House reiterated his previous arguments, calling the two
0:55.8	articles of impeachment, quote, flimsy.
0:58.7	17 times they use the word unconstitutional.
1:01.8	What we did not know until this moment is how Republicans intend to actually structure
1:06.4	the trial, the rules.
1:08.2	Not just whether witnesses could be called, but how long both sides will have to make their
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