Here’s a review of some of the most shocking videos that the House impeachment managers presented as they made their case. Previously unseen videos shown by the managers included several examples of just how close lawmakers were to danger. Some Democrats have told reporters that they don’t see a need to call witnesses. “I feel satisfied that the House managers have made their case,” said Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Kristin Gillibrand, of New York, said; “I feel like we’ve heard from enough witnesses.” If no witnesses are called, a final vote on conviction could come this weekend. A New York Times report has found that Donald Trump may have been more gravely affected by Covid-19 than the administration let on. From the Times: Trump was sicker with Covid-19 in October than publicly acknowledged at the time, with extremely depressed blood oxygen levels at one point and a lung problem associated with pneumonia caused by the coronavirus, according to four people familiar with his condition. His prognosis became so worrisome before he was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center that officials believed he would need to be put on a ventilator, two of the people familiar with his condition said. The people familiar with Mr. Trump’s health said he was found to have lung infiltrates, which occur when the lungs are inflamed and contain substances such as fluid or bacteria. Their presence, especially when a patient is exhibiting other symptoms, can be a sign of an acute case of the disease. They can be easily spotted on an X-ray or scan, when parts of the lungs appear opaque, or white. Mr. Trump’s blood oxygen level alone was cause for extreme concern, dipping into the 80s, according to the people familiar with his evaluation. The disease is considered severe when the blood oxygen level falls to the low 90s. Trump, who repeatedly undermined and downplayed the severity of the pandemic and its soaring death toll, at times suggested that his own recovery was proof that the virus was not as big a threat as public health officials made it out to be. Upon returning to the White House after his illness, Trump told supporters: “You’re going to beat it [coronavirus] … As your leader, I had to do that. I knew there’s danger to it, but I had to do it. I stood out front, and led.” Not long after Trump’s recovery, the US entered its most deadly stage of the pandemic. Today so far That’s it from me today. My west coast colleague, Maanvi Singh, will take over the blog for the next few hours. Here’s where the day stands so far: The House impeachment managers rested their case, after two days of presenting arguments for convicting Donald Trump. The former president’s lawyers will present their case for acquittal tomorrow, and a final vote in the trial could come as soon as this weekend. Lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin described Trump’s incitement of the 6 January insurrection as “an assault on the first amendment”. The former president’s lawyers have insisted that Trump’s speech to supporters on 6 January was protected by the first amendment, but Raskin said Trump’s lies about the November election were actually depriving the millions of Americans who voted for Joe Biden of their first amendment rights. The managers argued the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol believed they were acting on Trump’s orders. The managers quoted insurrectionists who said they thought the then-president was calling on them to rise up against the injustice of widespread fraud in the November election, which did not occur. “They came because he told them to,” representative Diana DeGette said. The managers warned that more political violence could occur if Trump is not held accountable. Lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin challenged senators on whether they honestly believed Trump would not incite more violence if he became president again. “Would you bet the lives of more police officers on that?” Raskin asked senators. “Would you bet the safety of your family on that?” The Biden administration has finalized an order for 200m more vaccine doses by the end of July, the president said in a speech at the National Institutes of Health today. Biden celebrated the progress his administration has made on distributing vaccines while criticizing Donald Trump’s approach to the pandemic. “My predecessor, to be very blunt about it, did not do his job,” Biden said. Maanvi will have more coming up, so stay tuned. US finalizes order for 200m more vaccine doses, Biden says Joe Biden is now speaking at the National Institutes of Health, touting his administration’s early efforts to expand access to coronavirus vaccines. The president criticized Donald Trump’s strategy for distributing vaccines, saying the last administration did not order enough doses or mobilize enough people to administer shots. “My predecessor, to be very blunt about it, did not do his job,” Biden said. The president confirmed his administration has finalized an order for 200m more vaccine doses – 100m doses each from Pfizer and Moderna – to be delivered by the end of July. Biden also celebrated that the country is on track to exceed his goal of 100m vaccine doses distributed over his first 100 days in office, but he emphasized Americans still had to take precautions to limit the spread of the virus. “Mask up, America. Mask up,” Biden said. Anti-government Oath Keepers militia members devised elaborate plans in the weeks after the November election to invade the US Capitol on 6 January and plotted to have an armed “quick reaction force” staged outside Washington DC, ready “to fight hand-to-hand” if ordered by the former president, Donald Trump, prosecutors said on Thursday in a court case taking place at the same time as the impeachment trial in the US Senate. Reuters reports: In a 21-page court filing, prosecutors offered more details than previously known about the alleged planning, training and coordination that some members of the Oath Keepers undertook after Trump lost the November election. In it, they ask a federal judge to detain Jessica Watkins, whom they describe as the leader of an Ohio-based militia tied to the Oath Keepers, saying she harbors extreme views that the Biden presidency poses an “existential threat” and actively recruited people to participate in a coup. Prosecutors quote her on November 17, days following the election as telling a recruit that if Biden was president, then “our Republic would be over. Then it is our duty as Americans to fight, kill and die for our rights.” More than 200 people have been charged in connection with the riots. Thursday’s detention memo for Watkins suggests that some of Trump’s most fervent supporters believed he sought to signal them into action. In the memo, prosecutors say Watkins exchanged texts with another co-defendant and other unidentified contacts about coordinating a “quick reaction force” (QRF) which would be there as back-up with guns if needed on Jan. 6. “(W)e can have mace, tasers, or night sticks. QRF staged, armed, with our weapons, outside the city,” she wrote, noting the armed team would be “outside DC with guns, await ... orders to enter DC under permission from Trump.” Watkins is imprisoned awaiting trial, has yet to enter a plea and could not be reached for comment. The court docket does not list a lawyer for her. FBI investigations have focused on members of far-right extremist groups who may have plotted to take over the Capitol and stop the election certification process. Lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin concluded his team’s presentation with about four to five hours to spare. The impeachment managers and Donald Trump’s lawyers were given 16 hours each to present their arguments in the Senate trial. But the impeachment managers did not use all their time, and Trump’s lawyers have already said they will not use all of their allotted time either. The former president’s team intends to rest their case tomorrow evening, a Trump adviser said today. Unless the impeachment managers request to call witnesses, which seems unlikely at this point, a final vote on conviction will likely happen this weekend. Impeachment managers rest their case The impeachment managers have now rested their case, after two days of presenting their argument for the conviction of Donald Trump. Lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin concluded the managers’ case by quoting Thomas Paine, whose 1776 pamphlet Common Sense urged the United States to become an independent nation. “We need to exercise our common sense about what happened,” Raskin said of the 6 January insurrection. The Senate has now officially adjourned until 12pm tomorrow, when Trump’s lawyers will present their case for acquitting the former president. As he prepared to rest the impeachment managers’ case, congressman Jamie Raskin noted that his team asked Donald Trump to testify for this trial, but the former president refused to do so. The lead impeachment outlined the questions that the managers would have asked Trump if he had testified, such as: Why didn’t Trump try to get his supporters to stop the attack on the Capitol as soon as he learned of it? Why did he wait at least two hours to send help to the Capitol? Why didn’t Trump condemn the violent insurrection on 6 January? If a president did indeed incite a violent insurrection, would that count as a high crime and misdemeanor? Lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin is now delivering the closing argument for convicting Donald Trump of incitement of insurrection. Raskin began his closing statement by thanking his fellow managers for being so focused in their arguments over the past two days. The congressman noted the team of managers is concluding with about five to six hours to spare, given that they were given 16 hours to present their case.