The world watched President Trump tell his big lie.

The world watched his supporters come to Washington at his invitation.

And the world watched as he told his supporters to march here to the Capitol.

And President Trump, our commander-in-chief at the time,

failed to take any action to defend us,

as he utterly failed in his duty to preserve, protect, and defend.

And now the world is watching us, wondering whether our constitutional

republic is going to respond the way it should, the way it's supposed to.

Part of the message from the House impeachment managers as they wrap their case for why Donald Trump should be convicted.

Today, attorneys for the former president will mount their defense.

Good morning and welcome to way too early.

I'm Casey Hunt on this Friday, February 12th.

We'll start with the news.

House Democrats rested their case against Donald Trump yesterday with the lead impeachment manager urging senators to exercise,

quote, common sense and warning of what could happen if Trump is not convicted.

If we don't draw the line here, what's next? What makes you think the nightmare

with Donald Trump and his lawmaking and violent mobs is over? If we let him get away

with it and then it comes to your state capital or it comes back here again, what are

we going to say? You know, I'm not afraid of Donald Trump

running again in four years. I'm afraid he's going to run again and lose because he can do this again.

And we know that that line right there from impeachment manager, Ted Liu, actually did stick out to some Republicans

in the room. I'm interested to see if that still holds true through the day. Lou also challenged

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