Six GOP Senators Join Democrats, Vote Impeachment Trial is Constitutional

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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House managers make a compelling case by tying Trump’s “fight like hell” speech to graphic videos and images from the Capitol insurrection. Trump's lawyers argue against the constitutionality of his impeachment trial. Sources say Trump was unhappy with his lawyers performance on the first day. Biden says “my job” is to focus on Covid relief, not the trial. Covid variants threaten to reverse improving trends. 200 plus people have now been charged in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot. 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	This is CNN breaking news.
0:03.6	And welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
0:06.5	I'm Will Flitzer in the situation room.
0:08.4	We're following breaking news on the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump after an opening round of
0:14.4	arguments the US Senate just voted that the trial is in fact
0:18.2	constitutional six Republicans agreeing with all 50 Democrats that the Senate can move forward
0:24.8	with trying the 45th president of the United States even though he's no longer in
0:29.2	office starting tomorrow at noon.
0:32.2	Eastern House Democrats and Trump defense lawyers will begin arguing the merits of the single article of impeachment,
0:40.0	charging Trump with inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol a month ago.
0:45.7	Let's go right to Capitol Hill right now.
0:47.5	Our congressional correspondent Ryan Nobles is joining us.
0:50.3	So Ryan, we got a taste of both sides cases today including dramatic video
0:55.3	evidence. Yeah well if you can almost describe it as the pre-game show before the
0:59.3	trial begins in earnest tomorrow an argument over the constitutionality of these proceedings and
1:04.9	it was six Republicans joining all 50 Democrats and agreeing that even though
1:09.8	former President Donald Trump is no longer in office, this impeachment trial against
1:14.7	him is still constitutional.
1:18.9	On day one of the second impeachment
1:24.0	impeachment managers wasted no time getting to their most damning evidence. We are never you a million to one out here.
1:34.0	Take the building.
1:37.0	Take the building.
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