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Senators wrap up first day of impeachment trial questions; Senators question house managers and Trump lawyers; White House threatens to block publication of Bolton's book; Trump lawyer says he can't say when the President first discussed Bidens and Ukrain

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Senators wrap up first day of impeachment trial questions; Senators question House Managers and Trump lawyers; White House threatens to block publication of Bolton's book; Trump lawyer says he can't say when the President first discussed Bidens and Ukraine; White House threatens to block publication of Bolton's book; Bolton's lawyer: book does not contain classified info; Trump attorney Dershowitz argues a President trying to win reelection with a quid pro quo is acting in the national interesting, can't be impeached; Trump lawyer says he can't say when the President first discussed Bidens and Ukraine; Parnas goes to Washington; Lev Parnas: Those blocking my testimony are "scared"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

And the day is done.

0:01.2

Good evening.

0:02.2

After another late night in the impeachment trial, the Senate wrapping up the first of

0:05.2

two days of questions for both sides.

0:07.6

Some of the answers have made news.

0:09.3

Alan Dershowitz today advancing the claim that quote, if a president did something that

0:13.4

he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of

0:18.8

quid pro quo that results in impeachment.

0:21.5

As you might imagine, his argument did not go without rebuttal.

0:25.2

Also today, the question of John Bolton's manuscript now being reviewed by lawyers and

0:28.9

perhaps others at the White House.

0:30.9

Do the parts that might be relevant to the trial also contain information to secret, to

0:35.6

reveal, to classify.

0:37.5

A clash over that today.

0:39.3

And of course, the question of Bolton's testimony or any testimony for that matter, that

0:43.1

battle still being waged, that vote still uncertain.

0:46.4

Plus from two moderate Republicans, a question that appeared to stump one of the president's

0:49.9

attorneys, namely, had the president ever shown any interest in the Biden's before Joe

0:54.2

Biden launched his presidential run.

0:56.2

He's plenty to talk about with some of the players, as well as her own political and

0:59.1

legal team.

1:00.1

First, though, we want to catch you up on the highlights from a very long, very consequential

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