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Times that has just been reverberating for me when he said only 11, that there were only 11 republicans who voted against the statements of Congresswoman Greene today in the House Of Representatives. And he was so disappointed in that, that 199 voted to support everything shes ever said. You know it was i think theres a thread to pullon, though, with the break down of those numbers. With 3 of those 11 being the 3 republican members of the house from South Florida all of whom were contacted by parkland families saying stand with us and not with her, please. For our kids, our families for what weve been through and all 3 of the south Florida Republicans did that. There is something there thats powerful in terms of what those families have been able to do to turn their grief and loss into something constructive for the country and also to use it to force people to confront the humanity behind these issues. And it is Fred Gutenberg is an incredible spokesman for what he believes but theres a connection that other families have had to take to make them be brave. I have to say i dont know where they get the strength to do it. Im just amazed by Fred Gutenberg and other parents who have been able to carry on the way he has. It was of course Fred Gutenberg who made the point tonight of only 11 in his unique and powerful way. Yeah. Thanks, lawrence. I appreciate it, man. Thank you, rachel. Well, the Minority Party in the House Of Representatives is powerless because the house is simple majority institution. So the Minority Party only only gets to define itself by what it opposes. But today House Speaker nancy pelosi gave the minority a chance to vote for what they support, a vote for what they believe in. And almost all of them, 95 of the House Republicans stood up and voted in support of assassination threats on the speaker of the house, antisemitism, attacking children who survive School Shootings, denying that those shootings were real. 199 republican members of the House Of Representatives said today if you believe all of those things, you are one of us. If you have publicly said all of those thing, we want you to have all the rights that any member of the house has. And 11 republicans said no. 11 republicans said they would not stand in support of the Deranged Homicidal Madness of congressman marjorie greene. The question before the house today was not whether to expel congressman greene. It was simply to remove her from two house committees. 199 republicans said no, we need her on those committees. We cant possibly formulate Education Policy without marjorie greene. This morning there were 21 republicans and now there are 20 because the house voted against her madness and removed her from that committee. And tomorrow no one will notice because there are 28 democrats on that education committee. Democrats are in complete control of that committee by a wide margin. It wont matter that there was one less republican vote on the education committee, but at least there will be one less uneducable republican on the education committee. Education reduced in its essence is to empower people to be able to separate fact from fiction. Marjorie greene confessed today she does not know how to do that. She said that the statements which got her in trouble, which she did not apologize for today, were made because, quote, i was allowed to believe things that werent true. She did not say who allowed her. So she apparently means she allowed herself to believe things that werent true. She didnt say what those things are. She did say, quote, School Shootings are absolutely real, but she didnt say which School Shootings. She did say, quote, 9 11 absolutely happened, but she didnt say what happened. Marjorie greene does not dispute that there was an explosion at the Pentagon On 9 11, but she does not believe that a plane hit the Pentagon On 9 11. She believes the entire federal government is lying about that. Marjorie greene did what politicians often do when they are in trouble. She tried to use her children as a shield saying, quote, im a mother of three children and i consider being a mother the greatest blessing of my life. She ended her statement on the house floor today in her defense with a lie. Saying that the news media, quote, is just as guilty as qanon of presenting truth and lies to divide us. And House Rules Committee chairman jim mcgovern immediately responded. Well, first of all, Madam Speaker, to equate the media to qanon is beyond the pail. I have to say, you know, that i did not hear a a disavowment or an apology for those things. I did not hear an apology or denouncement for the claim the insinuation that political opponents should be violently dealt with. I didnt hear anybody apologize or retract the antisemitic and islamaphobic remarks that had been made, that had been posted over and over and over again. In a courtroom when a witness gets caught lying once, the opposing lawyers will tell the jury that you cannot believe a word that that witness has said. And if you apply that standard to marjorie greene, you can never believe anything she says. Her defense today which was fully supported by 199 republicans was, quote, i never once said any of the things that i am being accused of today during my campaign. I never said any of these things since ive been elected for congress. These were words of the past. And these things do not represent me. Words of the past. 199 republicans today voted for allowing republican members of the house to support the assassination of the speaker as long as they are words of the past and as long as youre talking about a democratic speaker of the House Of Representatives. Those 199 republicans said you dont have to apologize for supporting the assassination of the speaker as long as they were words of the past. And so the minority in the House Of Representatives defined itself today with chilling clarity. They told america that they want to have republican members of the house education and Labor Committee who cannot themselves be educated. They want republican members of the House Education Committee who do not know the difference between truth and lies, do not have the education or the mental Processing Power to tell the difference between fact and fiction. They told america that that is who they want working on Education Policy for the students of this country. And they told america that you can spew antisemitism and you can publicly support assassination, and you will be a welcome member of the Republican Team in the House Of Representatives. They told america if you want to support the Republican Party then you have to welcome antisemites and assassination advocates. You have to be cool with that, comfortable with that. House majority leader steny hoyer has served in the house longer than any other democrat, and he has seen it all. But he has never seen anything like marjorie greene. The conduct we are judging today continue to occur even after representative greene became a candidate and even after she was elected. Mr. Speaker, i urge my colleagues to look at this image. I heard about motherhood today. Two of those women between them have six children. Theyre mothers. One of them does not have children, and theyre not the squad. Theyre alexandria, rashida. They are people. They are colleagues, and this is an ar15 in the hands of ms. Greene. This was on facebook just a few months ago. The squads worst enemy, ar15 in hand. I have never, ever seen that before. Is this a Precedent Setting Event . It is. An ar15 can carry up to a clip of 60 bullets. I urge my colleagues to look at that image and tell me what message you think it sends. Here she is armed with a deadly Assault Rifle pointing it towards three democratic members. Leading off our discussion tonight alex wagoner, cohost and executive producer of show times the circus. And Michael Steele, former chairman of the Republican National committee. An msnbc political analyst and host of the Michael Steel podcast. And, michael, i want to begin with you about the point i was making about the message that the Republican Party sent out to the country from the House Of Representatives today. How did you read that message to the country from the republicans in the house today . Lawrence, you laid it out expertly. You said it with clarity and the level of conviction that those 199 did not have. It is a heart breaking moment where only 11 members of my party and the house have an understanding and appreciation of what this particular congresswoman means and what she says and what she stands for and how that makes her unfit to serve in that chamber, why it makes her unfit to be called colleague. And yet as you rightly put it, they embrace the qanon crazy. They embraced everything that she has spewed before. And the sanctimony around the im almost like Kevin Mccarthy going i dont know how to pronounce qanon. Its just not believable. Its just not believable to now come and say i didnt hear you say what you heard me say. And i said it before i was a member of congress. People who have run for office who got toasted for far less than what she did and what she said. So the fact the congress decided to act when having given a chance to the leadership to step into their leadership, to do the right thing and to pull her off of the no ones saying get out of the congress. No, you just cant serve on these committees. Why are you on education, right . They couldnt even do the easy part. And thats whats so disappointing. And they will rue this day, i think. I think the country looks at this and go theres no way in hell you can govern anything. If you cant even deal with this, how are you going to deal with the stuff that really, really is difficult . Because this was easy. This was actually easy. And alex wagoner, the speech that steny hoyer made today in the house not that long ago within all of our fairly recent memories would have been supported by virtually every House Republican member, just not that long ago. It was the age before donald trump. Yeah. I mean, ive been spending this week in georgias 14th Congressional District where i was today which is Marjorie Taylor greenes district, and heres what ill tell you, lawrence. I think weve revealed a fundamental truth about the gop in this moment. Down here you talk to republicans and they are quietly if not explicitly appalled that they now have to excuse antisemitic theories, 9 11 trutherism, parkland being a false flag. But this is the key but they understand that the thing that animates Republican Voters and which drives them to the polls is fear. Fear of immigrants, fear of muslims, fear of a changing america, fear of guns being taken away, fear of democratic socialists ruining the country. That is the essence of republican dna at this point. And it is truly not a big leap to go from fear to the paranoia of qanon and Marjorie Taylor greene. She is the natural end point of the path republicans have been leading their flock down for nearly a decade. And there is no escaping that fundamental realty. And thus you have a vote with only 11 House Republicans voting to remove Marjorie Taylor greene from her committees and another vote with 61 republicans voting to remove liz cheney for standing up to the architect of fear, donald trump. Lets listen to what congresswoman omar had to say. She has her life threatened publicly and privately more than any republican member of the house or senate ever has or ever will. Lets listen to what she had to say today. This is about whether it is okay to hold an Assault Rifle next to members heads in a campaign ad and incite Death Threats against them. This is about whether its okay to encourage the murder of the speaker of the house. As a survivor of civil conflict and civil war, i know Political Violence and political rhetoric does not go away on its own. This is a about whether or not we will continue to be a peaceful and functioning democracy. And Michael Steele, the republican answer to that basically from Kevin Mccarthy and others was, well, you know, if you get rid of if you knock congressman greene off her Committee Assignments because of what shes said, then whos next . Nancy pelosi said in a Press Conference if any democrat did that, she personally would kick them off committees and kick them out of the house. Exactly. Thats the whos next. The whos next may be another republican whos running for office this upcoming election cycle. And thats what it really goes to what alex just put her finger on. This is so much a part of the dna that gets repeated over and over and over again, the fear, the victimhood, just the sheer conspiracy around every corner. That becomes a justification for january 6th. It becomes a justification for the votes that we see taken in the house. And your only response is, oh, well what happens next thinking that the democrats would be doing the same thing. Nancy shut it down. She said, no, i would be leading the charge to kick them off committees if not out of the house. Thats what leadership requires in moments like this, where its not about the partisanship in the moment. Its about the leadership in the moment. This is about the House Of Representatives. Lawrence, you know what the republicans dont want you to know and talk about is what actually happened in the halls of that chamber. It wasnt just the knocking down of doors by those insurrectionists who stormed the hill. Its what they did when they got inside. They defecated on the floors. They urinated on the walls. They disrespected their house, our house. And if you cant stand up for that, why are you even there . What will you stand up for . Thats what americas asking tonight. This is not partisan. This is not about, oh, ive got to stand with the republican, ive got to protect no, this is about our country and our government and the leaders that we charge to protect, serve, defend the constitution. They defecated outside the chamber doors. That doesnt matter to you . Its amazing. And they also took down american flags. Alex wagoner, im so glad michael brought it to what they were actually doing in there because theres so much lack of understanding about how this Capitol Campus works. All the buildings are interconnected through underground passages. It functions as one big organism. And so theres a lot of criticism of some members who were not actually in the Capitol Building itself. How could they possibly feel threatened . I know people who are in the Heart Senate Office Building as far away as you can get from the capitol who were terrified in their offices because they know they were all vulnerable. There were passageways, very easily traveled passageways to get to every Single Office of every member, house or senate. Its shocking to me that the day after a the ashes of a Capitol Hill Police officer were placed in honor. And all of Congress Sort of took a moment to just process the death that came as a result of the insurrection on january 6th, that today the Republican Party is proposing that their they are the victims, that the people who felt threatened, whose hearts are racing, who were terrified that day are being pushed aside as fake. And somehow Marjorie Taylor greene and Kevin Mccarthy as her wing man in this moment are proposing theyre the ones that should be beating the drums. Shes going to have a Virtual Press Conference Tomorrow and i can guarantee you that is one of the lessons of the trump era is Gaslighting Trauma and training everyones emotional sights on you. The grievance play book. Well be looking for that tomorrow. Thank you for starting off our discussion tonight. Really appreciate it. Thank you both. And when we come back, donald trump is refusing to testify at his Senate Impeachment trial because, you know, thats, like, under oath stuff. He cant do that. 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Stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with Peace Of Mind at your local xfinity store. Jamie raskin, the lead house manager in the Impeachment Trial of donald trump sent a letter to donald trump today requesting his testimony under oath before or during the senate trial. Congressman raskins letter noted if you decline this invitation we reserve any and all rights including the right to establish at trial that your refusal to testify supports a strong adverse inference regarding your actions and inaction on january 6, 2021. One of Donald Trumps lawyers told nbc news to no ones surprise that donald trump will not testify. Tonight Congressman Raskin said any official accused of inciting armed violence against the government of the United States should welcome the chance to testify openly and honestly. That is if the official had a defense. We will prove at trial that president trumps conduct was indefensible. His immediate refusal to testify speaks volumes and plainly establishes an adverse inference supporting his guilt. Tonight the senate is completing its work on a Budget Resolution before the Impeachment Trial next week. The Budget Resolution is open to amendments on the senate floor by democrats and republicans. Joining us now is democratic senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota. Shes a member of the Senate Judiciary committee. Senator klobuchar, let me first of all go to next weeks business, the Impeachment Trial. Donald trump invited to testify, refuses to testify. What is your reaction to that . Not surprised. We know what the evidence is, lawrence. You know what happened. He literally told an angry mob to go fight, march down the mall, which they did. He told them the day before to go wild. I guess i quote liz cheney number three in the house who said he betrayed his oath. Those are the facts. And i imagine the house were jurors in the case, but the house is going to put forward a very strong case whether or not he testifies. Are you anticipating any other witnesses at this point . Thats in the hands of the house. They will decide if theyre going to call witnesses or not. I think its understandable that they ask him to testify and theyre going to use the fact he didnt testify as part of their evidence. It is about him. Its about his actions that day. Its about the fact that when he saw on tv and was glued to the screen by all accounts and watched people mobbing into the capitol, trampling on people, killing people, killing a police officer, he didnt really do anything. It took him hours with people trying to convince him to issue a statement. Joe biden who was at that time the President Elect came out with a strong statement that the entire senate watched as we were sheltered in place in another room, and everyone applauded when it was done including the republicans. Those are the facts. It wasnt donald trump that tried to stop this. Can you give us any incite to why Mitch Mcconnell decided to take a stand against Congresswoman Greene after four years of standing silent in the face of all the depraved statements made by donald trump . Youd have to ask him and have him on the show, lawrence. I dont know. But what i do know is he gave a very strong statement. And i think its disappointing what House Republicans did. She obviously shouldnt be serving on committees with all of the literal constant lies and the things that have come out of her mouth. But the point is there have been some republicans that have stood up, and i dont understand why they wouldnt be united on this. But theyre not. Lets do some Senate Business, scheduling. Are you going to get this Budget Resolution done tonight or this week . We are going to get this started, yes. And whats happening right now is we have started the Budget Resolution so that we can then move forward to get the covid relief to the American People the Joe Biden Relief Plan that is so important to get out to people. And you now have, you know, mitt romney coming out for a child tax credit. Youve got 7 out of 10 americans supporting this plan. But unfortunately our colleagues on the other side of the aisle whether in good faith want to talk to President Biden and Vice President harris. What youve seen is they are trying to block this right now. And so we are going through a series of votes. Its not a horrible atmosphere out there to tell you the truth. Some votes are bipartisan, and were just going to go through the night and do what it takes to deliver the relief to the American People. And this will, of course, launch the bill. And so the schedule next week, will it be full days of trial . Do you know at this point . Or partial days of senate trial and other parts of the day for other Senate Business . I do. Our hope and you and i have talked about this that the American People are juggling a bunch of stuff and we have to, too. Right now the plan is to have of the Nomination Hearings in the mornings, and were going to continue to do everything we can. And ive been proud of the fact weve gotten a lot of nominees through with a very important one with Merrick Garland to go. As far as i know senator garland and a group of us are trying to get that for next week. I dont think theyre going to have to agree to that, but we have to do that the following week. We have to get an Attorney General in place given all these cases that are coming out of the insurrection. We need someone in charge of the justice department. What is the full schedule of the covid relief bill including the reconciliation piece . Do you know yet when you expect to get the final bill through the house and senate . Well, i would imagine that would take a few weeks, but its one of the reasons while in the Perfect World joe biden would be loving to negotiate this. Hes good at that. But we cant wait when the numbers are that far off, when we know that individual americans need help. Something republicans have supported with direct payments. We know that we have to get that money out for Vaccine Delivery right now. We cant wait. We know we have to help our schools, and thats why i believe you see such strong support from the American Public for this plan. This is the only way through this complicated Budget Reconciliation which allows us to get a 51vote margin to get this done. Our party is united on moving forward in this way, and i believe we could get this done in a matter of weeks. Of course as we go through the impeachment hearing. Thats not slowing us down. Whats unfortunately slowing us down well have to use this procedure but we will get it done. 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Thats why yesterday the United States and russia agreed to extend the new star treaty for five years to preserve the only remaining treaty between our countries safeguarding nuclear stability. At the same time i made it clear to President Putin in a manner very different from our predecessor that the days of the United States rolling over in the face of russias aggressive actions, interfering in our elections, cyber attacks, poisoning its citizens are over. We will not hesitate to raise the cost on russia and defend our vital interest in our people. Before giving that speech President Biden met with a Smaller Group of state Department Staff and said this. I believe in you. We need you badly. I trust you. Im going to have your back. That i promise you. And in our administration youre going to be trusted and youre going to be empowered. Joining us now is Michael Carpenter who served in the Obama White House as Foreign Policy advisor to vice President Biden and as director for russia at the National Security counsel. Hes a former Career Foreign Service officer. And michael, there is something that joe biden did and described today that i have to say i do not understand. It is an art of state craft in Foreign Relations that i find really obviously tricky. Hes condemning Vladimir Putin and condemning what Vladimir Putin does with his citizens, does around the world tampering with our election all of that. At the same time he has successfully over the last few days negotiated with Vladimir Putin an agreement to extend the start treaty for five years. And im sitting over here not knowing how that is done, and im sure im not the only whos going to listen to you now who doesnt know how that is done. How does the president do that . Hes not the first president to have these dual tensions going on in dealing with a country, but how did he get it done this time . And how is it done generally . Well, i think the president is very keen on working wherever he can with our democratic allies and partners around the world to achieve success. But when it comes to our adversaries, hes not shy about imposing costs or confronting them or competing with them when necessary in all domains, military, diplomatic, economic, technological, you name it. But where there are shared interests, he will pursue them vigorously. And hes shown that with his approach to russia. So hes approached putin from a position of strength saying he wont hesitate to impose costs which could include sanctions and other measures. 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I feel like this is one of the days White Supremacists would start shooting us, when police would ambush us from behind trees and buildings and all of a sudden were on the ground being brutalized. It felt like one of those days. I remember thinking if they touch these doors, if they hit these doors the way they hit that door, if they hit these doors and come anywhere near my staff, and im just going to be real honest about it my Thought Process was, we banging until the end. I saw Capitol Police officers with guns from their holsters, and i looked at these men and women, and i tried at that moment to imagine what was it like for them that they actually had to have a weapon out. They had families. They had responsibility, and whatever fear they may have felt their duty was to protect us. And they were going to do it no matter what. And how small i felt at that moment. Joining us now is democratic congressman peter welch of vermont. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. When i was listening to you on the floor tonight i thought i worked around the Capitol Police for many, many years working in the senate, obviously never saw a gun drawn and never dreamed of them having to draw their guns. Well, you worked around them and you know how wonderful people they are. A lot of those folks, theyve got families. They commuted here from the far suburbs an hour and a half away, and theyre here to protect us. And they were the people that the trump mob was attacking. It wasnt just the members of congress. It wasnt just hang mike pence, it wasnt just put a bullet in the head of nancy pelosi. Incredibly hardworking people and they were put in a position where their duty may require them to fire a gun to protect the members of congress. It was terrible. Congressman dean philips said something on the floor tonight that i found quite striking, hadnt thought about before he said it. And this is true of everything i was hearing from all of you. Lets listen to what congressman philips had to say. I felt that the insurrectionists who were trying to break down the doors right here would spare us if they simply mistook us for republicans. But within moments i recognized that that blending in was not an option available to my colleagues of color. So im here tonight to say to my Brothers And Sisters in congress and all around our country, im sorry. Im sorry. For i have never understood, really understood what privilege really means. And it true in that body that race was one of the ways you could decide who of was a republican and who was a democrat when you dont recognize them, and im sure host of those people would not recognize had most members of congress. Well, its pretty powerful and that was right. Because we had one of our colleagues urgenting urging us to take our pins off so we can blend in as dean said. But some of our africanamerican colleagues that were in the Covid Environment after we did escape the gallery and the floor, the pin was not going to protect them from the violent experience that would come their way because of their race. What corey bush had to say was powerful as were all of the comments tonight. We cant build a Better Society if members are too scared to stand up and act to reject the White Supremist attack that happened right before our eyes. How can we trust that you will address the suffering that White Supremacy causes on the daytoday basis in the shadows if you cant even address the White Supremacy that happens right in front of you in your house . Does your silence speak to your agreement . Is the question. And Congressman Welch that is the question. And i have not heard any republican members of the house taking on specifically what we know about with those invaders and including the nazis who were among them, one of them wearing a jersey celebrating the auschwitz death camp. Well, its exactly right and i thought corey bush and alexandria ocasiocortez embraced the notion that we have to name it. The push from mccarthy is hey, fellas, lets get over it, its not that big a deal and lets move on. What both women said with great power is name it. Just dont ignore out. And be responsible for it. And thats essentially what we are now in the effort of doing. I mean, we have got a president who summoned the mob. He incited the mob. And he instructed the mob to march to the capitol and cause trouble. And thats what happened and they are naming it. And you know, we do want unity. All of us do, but we have this wonderful democracy, but that requires accountability. 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Congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez closed the hour of reflection on the House Floor Tonight about the invasion of the capitol with these words. Thank you so much. Lastly, i would like to close speaking to the individuals, some of the individuals that have already been mentioned and some of thefolks that have already been mentioned in prior remarks. Our staff, our Capitol Police, our house clerks, we thank you. We know how many of you were put in the line of danger because of the job that you have. We know and felt how many staffers were willing to put themselves on the line in order to protect the members that they serve along side. And that is a weight that no one should have to carry. And so, we thank you to our house clerks, we thank you. To every single staff member of the United States congress, we thank you, to our Food Service Workers, we thank you. To our custodial workers sweeping up the glass on the floor shattered by White Supremists, and cleaning up after their mess, theres not enough ways to say thank you, we thank you. To our Capitol Police who were willing to defend us, we thank you. And again, to our staffers we thank you. I would be remiss if i did not specifically thank my staffer right here to my left. Who was with me on the day of the attack. And who the did everything he could to protect me. I want his community to know that he is a hero. I want his parents and his family the know that he is a hero. On our staff already knows that he is a hero. And i believe he is a hero too. And i know its not just him, he will be the first one to say that. But to everyone of our house clerks we thank you. To our Capitol Police, we thank you. To our Food Service Workers our custodial workers, every person here that was standing to fight for our democracy, we thank you. And with that Madam Speaker i yield my time. Alexandria ocasiocortez gets the last word The 11th Hour with Brian Williams starts now. Good evening once again, day 16 of the Biden Administration as we come on the air tonight, theres major news that will no doubt raise the temperature of our politics along with the possibility that we may soon see another Coronavirus Vaccine in this country. As we all watched the Republican Party andhe