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Using video projections, KrzysztofWodiczko turns monuments into mega-phones for the powerless. PAGE C15

WEEKEND ARTS C1-28

Memorials ReimaginedJust a year ago, the world’s richest manseemed to have a pretty low-key life.Times sure have changed. PAGE B1

BUSINESS B1-7

Jeff Bezos, Tabloid Darling

John Stumpf will pay $17.5 million for hisrole in foisting unwanted products andsham accounts on customers. PAGE B1

Wells Fargo’s Ex-Chief FinedThe singer seems poised to have a bignight at the Grammys. Our critics dis-cuss the wave she is riding. PAGE C12

The Lizzo Phenomenon

President Trump scheduled a WhiteHouse meeting on the plan with PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israeland his opponent Benny Gantz. PAGE A9

INTERNATIONAL A4-9

Peace Plan to Be Unveiled

The country must do all it can to protectRohingya Muslims from genocidal acts,a court in The Hague ruled. PAGE A4

Myanmar Told to Halt Carnage

Residents of a Manhattan senior com-munity must leave the homes theythought would be their last. PAGE A19

NEW YORK A19-21

91 and Searching for a Home

WASHINGTON — House Dem-ocrats sought on Thursday to pre-emptively dismantle PresidentTrump’s core defenses in his im-peachment trial, invoking his ownwords to argue that his pressurecampaign on Ukraine was anabuse of power that warranted hisremoval.

On the second day of argumentsin the third presidential impeach-ment trial in American history,Democrats sought to make thecase that Mr. Trump’s actionswere an affront to the Constitu-tion. And they worked to disprovehis lawyers’ claims that he wasacting only in the nation’s inter-ests when he sought to enlistUkraine to investigate political ri-vals.

In doing so, they took a calcu-lated risk in talking at lengthabout Mr. Trump’s targets — for-mer Vice President Joseph R. Bi-den Jr. and his son Hunter Biden— and underscored the politicalbackdrop of a trial that is unfold-ing only 10 months before the elec-tion and is likely to reverberatelong after the verdict.

“You know you can’t trust thispresident to do what’s right forthis country — you can trust hewill do what’s right for DonaldTrump,” said RepresentativeAdam B. Schiff, the lead impeach-ment manager, said in an impas-sioned appeal as the clock tickedpast 10 p.m. “This is why if youfind him guilty, you must find thathe should be removed. Becauseright matters. Right matters andthe truth matters. Otherwise weare lost.”

The team of seven Democraticimpeachment managers repeat-edly attacked the idea that whenthe president withheld militaryaid from Ukraine and sought to se-cure a promise to investigate Jo-seph Biden, he was merely mak-ing a foreign policy decision toroot out corruption in Ukraine.

Mr. Trump has consistentlysuggested, without any evidence,that Mr. Biden pushed to remove aUkrainian prosecutor who was in-vestigating Burisma, a Ukrainianenergy company with a long his-

tory of corruption that employedHunter Biden on its board. Repre-sentative Sylvia R. Garcia, Demo-crat of Texas, spent nearly an hourdebunking the claim, and saidthat, in fact, the opposite was true.

The prosecutor, Viktor Shokin,was “widely perceived as cor-rupt,” she said, and Mr. Biden wasacting in accordance with official

Democrats Turn FocusTo Trump’s Intentions

In Ukraine Aid FreezeCase Takes a Risky Turn as the Bidens

Become Part of the Discussion

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York, discussed notes with other House impeachment managers on Thursday.ERIN SCHAFF/THE NEW YORK TIMES

President Trump’s lawyershave said he acted on policy.

PETE MAROVICH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

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WUHAN, China — The authori-ties drastically expanded a travellockdown in central China onThursday, essentially penning inmore than 22 million residents tocontain a deadly virus that is over-whelming hospitals and fueling

fears of a pandemic.The new limits — abruptly de-

creed ahead of the Lunar NewYear holiday, China’s busiest trav-el season — were an extraordi-nary step that underscored theruling Communist Party’s deep-ening fears about the outbreak ofa little understood coronavirus. Ithas killed at least 25 people andsickened more than 800 in China

and at least six other countries, in-cluding the United States, accord-ing to statistics from health offi-cials.

In Wuhan, the Hubei provincialcapital of 11 million where the out-break began, anxiety and angerprevailed as worried residentscrowded into hospitals and teamsof medical workers in hazmatsuits sought to identify the in-

fected.“They can’t take proper care of

all the people here,” said Sun An-sheng, a man in his 50s who waswaiting outside a hospital whilehis wife was tested for the coro-navirus, so named because of thespiky halo around the micro-organism.

“The city government told us

As Fears of Pandemic Grow, China Puts 20 Million on Lockdown

By CHRIS BUCKLEYand JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ

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After being lured to New Yorktwo years ago to help revive thecity’s subway, Andy Byfordearned praise from riders andmass transit advocates for bring-ing about improvements on an an-tiquated system that had been un-dermined by breakdowns, delaysand mismanagement.

But as Mr. Byford rose in stat-ure, even earning the nickname“Train Daddy” among rail enthu-siasts, he increasingly clashedwith the one official who has thefinal say over the subways: Gov.Andrew M. Cuomo, who considershimself something of a modern-day master builder.

On Thursday, Mr. Byford re-signed, sowing doubt about the fu-ture of extensive plans that are in-tended to modernize the nation’slargest subway system. CoreyJohnson, the City Council speaker,responded with one word on Twit-ter: “DEVASTATED.”

Mr. Byford suggested in his res-ignation letter that he had chafedover a plan supported by the gov-ernor to scale back his duties aspart of a reorganization for theMetropolitan Transportation Au-thority, the state agency that runsthe subways and is controlled byMr. Cuomo.

Mr. Byford’s new role would “fo-cus solely on day-to-day-running

Subways ChiefResigns in Feud

With GovernorBy CHRISTINA GOLDBAUM

and EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS

They met at a party in Los An-geles in the early 1990s. She wasan up-and-coming actress. He wasa young producer. As they got toknow each other over the next fewyears, there were, she said, some“inappropriate” gestures: a carepackage of popcorn and Valium, abox of chocolate penises.

Then, Annabella Sciorra said onthe witness stand on Thursday,Harvey Weinstein raped her.

Fighting back tears, Ms. Sciorratestified in excruciating detail to ahushed courtroom about the nightshe said she was attacked. Aftershoving his way into her Manhat-tan apartment, she said, Mr. Wein-stein took her to a bedroom, forcedher onto the bed and, as shesought to fight him off, sexuallyassaulted her.

“I was trying to get him off me,”Ms. Sciorra told the jury, her voicecracking with emotion. “I waspunching him, kicking him.” ButMr. Weinstein held her down, shesaid, adding: “He got on top of meand he raped me.”

The testimony in State Su-preme Court in Manhattanmarked the first time that one ofMr. Weinstein’s numerous accus-ers took the stand at a long-awaited criminal trial that hascome to symbolize the #MeToomovement.

‘He Raped Me,’An Actress TellsWeinstein Jury

By JAN RANSOMand ALAN FEUER

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SPARKS, Nev. — Joseph R. Bi-den Jr. called an octogenarian vot-er a “damn liar” and challengedhim to a push-up contest. He dis-missed a heckler as an “idiot.” Hecommanded the news media to fo-cus on President Trump instead ofthe overseas business dealings ofhis son, Hunter Biden, demandingof one reporter, “Ask the rightquestion!”

For months now, Mr. Biden hasbeen confronted on the campaigntrail with questions, attacks andmisinformation concerning hisson — encounters that have takenon a dramatic feel, given the un-certainty of how Mr. Biden will re-spond. As he began to address thecrowd in a high school gym inSparks this month, a group of pro-

testers held up letters spelling outa taunt that Mr. Trump uses regu-larly: “Where’s Hunter?” Mr. Bi-den responded by saying his son“sends his best regards.”

As the Senate impeachmenttrial of the president continuesthis week, there is renewed focusin Washington on Hunter Biden,who held a seat on the board of aUkrainian energy company at atime when his father was vicepresident and handling diplomacywith the country.

And Mr. Biden is no longer justdealing with questions about hisson from hecklers: On Wednes-day, he rejected the suggestionthat he and his son testify in thetrial in a swap for the testimony of

Facing Queries About His Son, Biden Is by Turns Calm or Curt

By THOMAS KAPLAN and KATIE GLUECK

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WASHINGTON — The Housemanagers prosecuting PresidentTrump for high crimes and mis-demeanors have failed so far topersuade Senate Republicans to

let them call newwitnesses in hisimpeachment trial.But in their own

way, they have come up with astar witness they can bring tothe floor: Mr. Trump himself.

Barred at this point frompresenting live testimony, themanagers have offered up thepresident as the most damningwitness against himself, turninghis own words against him byquoting from his public remarks,citing accounts of private discus-sions and showing video clips of

him making audacious state-ments that the House team ar-gues validate its case.

Thanks to screens set up infront of the senators, Mr. Trump’svoice has repeatedly echoedthrough the Senate chamber thepast three days. There he was onthe South Lawn of the WhiteHouse publicly calling onUkraine to investigate a cam-paign rival, former Vice Presi-dent Joseph R. Biden Jr. Therehe was calling on China to goafter Mr. Biden, too. There hewas declaring that he wouldwillingly take foreign help to winan election. And there he wasback in 2016 calling on Russia, “ifyou’re listening,” to hack into

A Voice the President’s TeamCan’t Hush? The President’s

By PETER BAKER

NEWSANALYSIS

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Accusations of harassment and bullyingimpede what was supposed to be a newpath for the Grammys. PAGE A18

NATIONAL A10-18

How Grammys Got Off Track

The pope accepted the resignation ofArchbishop Charles J. Chaput, a conser-vative and traditionalist. PAGE A18

Philadelphia Prelate Replaced

For 36 years, Jim Lehrer offered analternative to network evening newsprograms with in-depth interviews andnews analysis. He was 85. PAGE A22

OBITUARIES A22-23

Longtime PBS News Anchor

After 16 N.F.L. seasons, all with theGiants, Eli Manning chose to retirerather than play elsewhere. PAGE B8

SPORTSFRIDAY B8-12

A Humble Giant in New York

Paul Krugman PAGE A25

EDITORIAL, OP-ED A24-25

THE VOTERS Most we talked to are paying attention to the trial, getwhat it’s all about and have strong opinions on impeachment. PAGE A10

THE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi has closely managed the impeachmentfrom the start. She is not letting up during the Senate trial. PAGE A12

Williams, a seven-time Australian Openchampion, lost to 27th-seeded WangQiang of China in three sets. PAGE B10

Serena Williams Is Ousted

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