This week on "Face the Nation," February 2, 2020: Obrien, Schiff, Buttigieg, McDaniel
The end of the road to impeachment
As House impeachment managers and President Trump's defense team wrapped up two weeks of arguments Thursday night, the Senate faces a pivotal vote Friday on whether to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Trump.
Ahead of the vote, two of four potential Republican defectors - retiring Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska - announced they would not support the measure.
Alexander wrote in a statement that while it was "inappropriate for the president to ask a foreign leader to investigate his political opponent and to withhold United States aid to encourage that investigation," the charges don't warrant grounds for impeachment. Murkowski concluded that "there will be no fair trial in the Senate" and additional evidence won't change anything.
With Murkowski's eleventh-hour decision to vote no, the GOP is now poised to block witnesses from testifying.
Senior White House officials and Senate Republican leadership predict a final vote to acquit the president won't happen until Wednesday, which would mean the trial would extend into Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday.
Iowans head to caucus
Iowa Democrats gather together Monday to kick off the nomination contests that eventually lead to the party's nominee.
Latest CBS News polling shows a tight and fluid race heading into the final push in Iowa, with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the pack with 26%, former Vice President Joe Biden closely following at 25% and South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg within striking distance at 22%.
Global Health Emergency
As the coronavirus outbreak has spread to 22 countries, the U.S. State Department is warning Americans not to travel to China, issuing its most serious travel advisory after the World Health Organization declared the Wuhan coronavirus to be a global health emergency.
More than 200 people in China have died and the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has risen to nearly 10,000.
"Face the Nation" Guest Lineup:
- Representative Adam Schiff, @RepAdamSchiff
- National Security Adviser Robert Obrien
- Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg, @PeteButtigieg
- DNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, @GOPChairwoman
- Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections & Surveys Director, @SalvantoCBS
- Ed O'Keefe, CBS News Political Correspondent, @edokeefe
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