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Senate Votes Second Trump Impeachment Trial Can Proceed; NTSB Delivers Report on Kobe Bryant Crash
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Feb 9, 2021
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Senate Votes Second Trump Impeachment Trial Can Proceed; NTSB Delivers Report on Kobe Bryant Crash

The Senate votes to proceed with second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, plus NTSB find that Kobe Bryant's helicopter crashed after pilot became disoriented in the clouds.
The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC on January 22, 2018 after the US Senate reached a deal to reopen the federal government, with Democrats accepting a compromise spending bill.
The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC
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Second Impeachment Trial of Trump Proceeds

Another big day in Washington - today the senate voted that the SECOND impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump can proceed. Six Republicans joined the democrats in the 56 to 44 vote. After today, House Democrats will have two 8-hour days to present their case. Once they're done, Trump's legal team will have two 8-hour days to defend the former president.

Guest: 

  • Sam Erman, professor of law at USC.

     

NTSB Finds Pilot Was Disoriented in Crash that Killed Kobe Bryant

The National Transportation Safety Board today released its findings about the cause of the crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven other people last year, determining that the pilot became disoriented in the clouds that foggy morning and suffered spatial disorientation.

Guest: 

  • Jeff Wise, reporter who wrote a detailed minute-by-minute account for Vanity Fair of what led to the crash that day.