Key takeaways from Day 4 of Trump’s second impeachment trial, WATCH: Trump’s second impeachment trial | Day 4, By Eric Tucker, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press, Key takeaways from Day 2 of Trump’s second impeachment trial, WATCH: Trump’s second impeachment trial | Day 3, By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jill Colvin, Associated Press, Your guide to the Trump impeachment trial of 2021, What we know about Trump’s second impeachment trial. People are leaving, are de-registering from the party. The party approval rating has dropped to about 38 percent, which is now, I think, about 12 points lower than where the Democrats are. And you know where I stand on what I think should happen to him, but I don't think he was well-served. If all the impeachment did was bring us that Patty Murray interview, it would have been worth it. It would not shock me, though. Well, unlike David, I long said that this Senate impeachment trial had to happen, it needed to happen, if only to send a signal that you cannot incite an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and not face any kind of consequences. Some of the language that was used by the attorneys took me back to some presidential rallies. I think they have — there's — the supply is lower. New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including … They were never really talking to the journalists in the room. And to see it all put together over 13 minutes, some of the video being footage I'd never seen before, and, really, the one piece was seeing — we had all seen the video of the police officer screaming in agony as he was being crushed in the doorway. In some surveys, 25 percent or 33 percent of Americans say they will never take the vaccine. And I was like, let's get this impeachment out of the way as fast as we can so we can work on what we need to be worked on. He could have — his team could have done a better job with the really flimsy defense that they had. PBS NewsHour | Clip | Brooks and Capehart on Trump's Senate impeachment trial. And, Jonathan, I mean, because it did come across as if they just dismissed it, and it was — that it wasn't — that it was as if the defense didn't even want to acknowledge that the managers' case was a case. And any occasion to really lay out the threats, the internal threats to this country is a good thing. The question is, does it have veto power over everybody else? They were talking to a then president of the United States, who was watching television, watching them, critiquing them, and who was prepared to rip into them if they did not say words and phrases that he wanted to hear come across the television. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. I think, unfortunately, the Nikki Haley wing of the Republican Party doesn't seem to be sitting anywhere on Capitol Hill in any kind of numbers that would make it possible for those senators who are sitting as the jury to follow her lead. First, in their defense, they think that this is — we shouldn't be having this because you can only throw out a president who's already sitting. And, David, a little less than a minute, but how do you think Joe Biden is doing so far with regard to vaccines and everything else he's working on? I mean, they — the video, they — I thought they did an above average job of correcting the cherry-picking, as I say. That's why they were working on the reconciliation process, to get that in place. Capehart and Abernathy on Trump's challenges to the election. Please check your inbox to confirm. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/brooks-and-capehart-on-trumps-senate-trial-and-bidens-pandemic-response, Trump’s defense rests its case in the Senate impeachment trial, Sen. Patty Murray recounts her narrow escape from a violent mob inside the U.S. Capitol, News Wrap: CDC says evidence shows in-person classes can be done safely. I think the nation needs to see Donald Trump convicted, but, at a bare minimum, from this day, this week forward, Donald Trump's name can never be written about or said without anyone thinking about the horror that happened at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Brooks and Capehart on Biden's first full week and the state of the Republican Party PBS NewsHour | Brooks and Capehart on Biden's first full week in office | Season 2021 | PBS Skip to Main Content And their unions and their leaders and, frankly, the administration is not informing them of what we know scientifically to be true. And, Jonathan, what did you — do you think the managers made their case? Let's start by talking about the thing that's consumed so much of our week, David, and that is the impeachment trial. That's all they used. New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden's use of executive actions, Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package, and the state of the Republican Party after former President Trump. He's been very good about not coming anywhere close to commenting at all substantively about what's happening with the Senate impeachment trial. I mean, I — earlier, when I was talking to Alex, our producer, about this, I said Donald Trump was not well-served. Learn more about Friends of the NewsHour. We have heard from the defense. Brooks and Capehart on Biden’s first full week and the state of the Republican Party. Since 1983, the NewsHour on PBS has provided quality, objective programming on American news and politics. Thank you. Brooks and Capehart on the GOP’s identity crisis New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including tensions in the Republican Party, Democrats and bipartisanship, President Biden's economic relief plan and former President Trump's impeachment trial. And you saw Nikki Haley, the former U.N. ambassador, came out today — or with a Politico interview, very strongly criticizing Donald Trump, and saying he will not be part of the 2024 picture. He is doing the work. The New York Times columnist David Brooks and The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week's political news, including special counsel Robert Mueller’s public statement, what Democrats should do about impeachment, why President Trump is so bothered by the late Sen. John McCain and new details about Republican strategy for redrawing congressional districts. And at the end of another busy week in Washington, from the Senate's second impeachment trial of Donald Trump to the Biden administration's COVID response, we turn now to the analysis of Brooks and Capehart. Please check your inbox to confirm. That is New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart, columnist for The Washington Post. I wouldn't agree with their case, but at least I would expect them to spend as much time as possible to argue the case, to rebut the Democrats, and to do so in a serious way. Political Rewind On Second Thought Georgia Today 1A Ask the Mayor What You Need to Know: Coronavirus We can go back to schools tomorrow and be safe with the right precautions, but teachers are understandably worried. Start watching. Close. I think the Republican defense was reasonably effective in showing how they picked parts of the Trump January 6 speech in which he seemed to send people to Capitol, but not the parts where he said do it peacefully. He's not going to go away clearly. New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the historic inauguration, the Biden administration's early actions and a looming impeachment trial. You've just tried to add this show to My List. And I think I was wrong about that. What I found disappointing is that Donald Trump's defense didn't even bother to go literally toe to toe with the House impeachment managers, to spend the time it would take to argue an effective case. PBS NewsHour. And so I do think they compellingly made the case. New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to analyze the latest news, including the possibility that the Washington … What made me cry was seeing what was happening that made him scream. 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The vaccine is — we have it, but we don't have enough of it, and we don't have it in enough arms, and, as you say, a lot of people still not willing to take it. There's just not a lot of evidence on their side. Jonathan, what did you make of the last four days? And so I started paying attention to the president — to Donald Trump's lawyers, in the way that I used to pay attention to his officials and other people who were close to him, because they — when those officials were in the Briefing Room or at press conferences, they were never really talking to us, the American people. We heard the — we heard the phrase witch-hunt within the first two to five minutes, a constitutional cancel culture, a lot of buzzwords and things that you could hear coming out of Donald Trump's mouth. He's doing well, though I would say the people I speak to who seem to know what they're talking about are a little more nervous these days about getting enough vaccines in the arms in time. Well, last week on the program, I was sort of pooh-poohing it. There were so many moments, especially that interview, where the reality that they and the reality of what our country is facing and faced very closely was brought to life. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. They didn't take it seriously. I think the distribution problems are really haunting a lot of people. David, do you think the managers, the House managers, made the link, that, in — that they proved their case that the president incited this riot? And they did cherry-pick in their video. We all — we all watched it. In my view, the party going into this episode was 50/50; 50 was — they were primarily just Republicans and 50 was primarily Trumpers.