The Impeachment Trial

Excerpts from the Trial
Extended excerpts of the presentations in the impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate and a report from Congressional Correspondent Kwame Holman.

Assessing the Case
NewsHour regular David Gergen, editor-at-large of U.S. News And World Report; Yvonne Scruggs Leftwich, executive director of the Black Leadership Forum; and, George Terwilliger, a former Deputy Attorney General under President Bush, offer perspective and reaction to the presentations by House managers in the trial.

Political Wrap
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Wall Street Journal columnist Paul Gigot offer analysis and observations of the Senate trial.

The Impeachment Trial

Excerpts from the Trial
Extended excerpts of today's presentations to the Senate in the impeachment trial.

Examining the Case
Douglas Kmiec, former director of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel in the Reagan administration and now a visiting law professor at Pepperdine University; and New York attorney Bruce Yannett, who was an Associate Independent Counsel on the Iran-Contra Probe, provide assessments of the first day of the trial.

A Day for History
NewsHour regulars: Presidential historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss; and author/journalist Haynes Johnson are joined by David Brooks, senior editor of The Weekly Standard, to offer historical perspective on the Senate trial.

Mr. Chief Justice
Two long-time observers of Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist -- Stuart Taylor, columnist with The National Journal and Newsweek, and Jeffrey Rosen, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine and professor at The George Washington University Law School – discuss Rehnquist and his role in presiding over the impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate.

News Magazines: The Big Three
Media Correspondent Terence Smith looks at the ever increasing number of network television news magazines and why the networks continue to add more.

King of the Court
Jerry West, former star of the Los Angeles Lakers and now general manager for the team, and Fred Mitchell, sports columnist for The Chicago Tribune discuss Michael Jordan's basketball career and today's announcement of his retirement.

A Scholar of the Senate
U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) the longest serving member of the Senate and an expert on procedure, discusses the impeachment trial that begins Thursday in the Senate.

The Freshman Perspective
Two of the Senate's eight new members – Democrat Evan Bayh of Indiana and Republican George Voinovich of Ohio – discuss the upcoming impeachment trial.

Crime in Mexico
Foreign Correspondent Charles Krause reports on Mexico City's crime wave and its impact on the political fortunes of the city's mayor and presidential hopeful Cuauhtemoc Cardenas.

Court Watch
NewsHour regular Jan Crawford Greenburg, legal affairs reporter for The Chicago Tribune, discusses arguments heard today by the Supreme Court on whether a school can be held responsible for student on student sexual harassment.

Supporting the President
Leon Panetta, former White House Chief of Staff; Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, executive director of the Black Leadership Forum; Republican pollster Linda DiVall; and Ralph Reed, a Republican consultant and former head of the Christian Coalition, discuss why President Clinton remains so popular even as his impeachment trial begins in the U.S. Senate.

The Iraq Situation
Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering discusses recent press reports that the United States used the U.N. weapons inspection program to spy on Iraq.

Jackson Pollock
Senior Producer Jeffrey Brown reports on Jackson Pollock and an exhibit of his work on display at the New York Museum of Modern Art.

The Force of Nature
NewsHour Essayist Richard Rodriguez of Pacific News Radio reflects on nature's power.