February 5, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode

On Tuesday night, President Trump became only the second president in U.S. history to deliver a State of the Union address after being impeached. Current partisan divisions were illustrated by the varying and emotional reactions of Democrats and Republicans present. Yamiche Alcindor reports, and she and Lisa Desjardins join Judy Woodruff to discuss the president’s words and the response to them.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was lead House manager in President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the Senate’s decision to acquit Trump of both impeachment charges, the “moral courage” he feels Sen. Mitt Romney displayed by breaking with his party and why the choice not to call witnesses sets a “dangerous precedent.”

In our news wrap Wednesday, delayed results from Monday’s Democratic presidential caucuses in Iowa are still trickling in -- and Pete Buttigieg appears to be keeping his lead. With 75 percent of precincts reporting, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has nearly 27 percent support. Also, China’s death toll from an outbreak of novel coronavirus is nearing 490, with more than 24,000 infections.

President Trump was acquitted Thursday of both impeachment charges brought to the Senate by the House. The vote was along party lines, with the exception of Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, who sided with Democrats and considered Trump guilty of abuse of power. Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss her “delight” at the outcome and Trump’s State of the Union address.

After a contentious and highly partisan Senate impeachment trial, President Trump has been acquitted on both impeachment charges brought against him by the House. John Hart of Mars Hill Strategies and Georgetown Law School’s Victoria Nourse join Judy Woodruff to discuss Trump’s reaction to the vote, political consequences for each party and the need for bipartisan support of impeachment.