January 22, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode

After a late, contentious night of amendments proposed and tabled, the rules for the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump are set. On Wednesday, the prosecution began making its case for why Trump should be removed from office. Nick Schifrin reports, and Lisa Desjardins, Yamiche Alcindor and the National Law Journal’s Marcia Coyle join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest developments.

United Nations investigators have unveiled an extraordinary charge: that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia may have been personally involved in hacking Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s richest men. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to Agnès Callamard, the UN’s special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, about the evidence behind the assertion and what should happen next.

On Wednesday, House impeachment managers began making their case for the removal of President Trump. Georgetown University’s Victoria Nourse, John Hart of Mars Hill Strategies, former Democratic Secretary of the Senate Martin Paone of Prime Policy Group and former Republican Secretary of the Senate Elizabeth Chryst of Congressional Global Strategies join Judy Woodruff to discuss the arguments.

In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump departed the World Economic Forum after urging European countries to liberalize trade. Trump complained that the European Union is “more difficult to do business with than China.” Also, high winds and sweltering temperatures have returned to Australia, increasing the risk of fire. A huge dust storm also engulfed several towns in New South Wales.

Chinese officials are racing to respond to a highly contagious pneumonia-like virus that has now killed at least 17 people, infected hundreds more and spread to several other countries. In an effort to contain the illness, the city of Wuhan has issued a partial quarantine and shut down public transportation. But the medical gravity of the virus remains unknown. William Brangham reports.