The former president’s impeachment trial begins next Tuesday. His new attorneys say the Senate doesn’t have the grounds to proceed now that he is out of office.

And: President Biden has initiated a task force to reunite children and parents separated by Trump at the border.

This episode: congressional reporter Susan Davis, congressional editor Deirdre Walsh, justice correspondent Ryan Lucas, and White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez.

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