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This is a real threat to the democracy. What happens to donald trump is as important, but it is far less important than what happens to the country as a hole. Donald trump is a loser, how he must hate that. But he lost the election, he lost the pga things for his golf tournament. He wears a Scarlet Letter l of loser and how he must hate that. No amount of marble or golden toilets can erase that, thats where he is. But what happens to him, whether hes made to pay any kind of price for what he has deliberately done to the country is going to answer your question of what happens to the soul of the country, what happens to the very future of the country. I dont like to be a doomssayer, im an optimist as you know, don. We can get through this, but we have to wake up and understand we are being torn apart by extremes, an extreme right. Unless it comes to a pretty quick halt, we will be in very deep trouble. Well, you mentioned, you know, the price of anyone, if he will face consequences. Theyre voting now for about the 25th amendment, enacting the 25th amendment right now as we speak, and were waiting on the final tally of the vote. But, dan, we are hearing tonight Mitch Mcconnell in the senate actually happy democrats are moving forward with impeachment while some other republicans have already abandoned trump. Is this like when republicans told nixon that he is doomed . Were seeing a presidency on the ropes here. I dont know if it is quite that because the republicans actually went to the white house and said, it is time for you to go, mr. President. I dont know if were there yet, but is he doomed . Were not there, but what happened with mcdoconnell, if ts is true and i have no reason to doubt it, it is a move in the right direction. You know, the plot thickens, it is getting thicker than grandmas gravy here. Mitch mcconnell is the absolute key to it. Theres a lot of hypocrisy with mcconnell and many of the reicans who enabled donald trump to do what he has done. We are at the point now where the republicans really have a lot of leverage on what, if anything, with punishment happens with donald trump. I agree with you that theres some similarity, theres the situation with president nixon with the powers in the Republican Party came to him and said, either you resign or you are going to be impeached. Were not there yet, but we are right on the edge. Can america ever remove this stain, of the stain of this presidency, dan . The short answer is no. There may have been a time back six months, nine months, maybe longer, but now to be, as i say, it is highly probable it will be at least impeached. That doesnt mean he will be found guilty by the senate, but he will become the second president , the only president to be impeached twice. This cannot be removed. Thats why i say that he now is what we call a stonecold loser. He knows it. It must have been driving him crazy, but thats his problem. What we have to deal with is the result of what donald trump has done and hasnt done. Yeah. Dan rather, always a pleasure. It is an honor indeed, i should say. Thank you so much, sir. I will see you soon. See you soon. Thanks, don. Thank you. I want to update you where we are right now because there are some fastmoving developments, just hours to go, with just hours to go until the house votes tomorrow to impeach President Trump for inciting the deadly riot at the capitol. Republicans now breaking with the president. Congresswoman liz cheney, the number three House Republican, announcing that she will vote for impeachment, calling trumps actions a betrayal. Also tonight, the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell believes trump has committed impeachable offenses. This is what forces are saying. Mcconnell hates the president for inciting the riot, and if he votes to convict trump the president is done. The house voting tonight on a resolution to remove trump by the 25th amendment. Vice president pence telling House Speaker nancy pelosi that he wont do it. There is a lot to get to tonight and a lot to discuss. I want to bring in cmns White House Correspondent john harwood, evan perez and kirsten pours. I cant think of a better group to help me get through this. Thank you one and all. Good evening. John, first, hours away from donald trump becoming the first president in u. S. History to be impeached twice, this time it is going to be bipartisan. Thats right. That is a remarkable shift from what weve seen in the past. You know, donald trump has been behaving in outrageous ways throughout his presidency, but for almost all of that time republicans have in overwhelming numbers, almost unanimously, stuck with him. Of course, in the impeachment over his extortion of ukraine in 2019, no republicans voted for the impeachment in the house and only mitt romney among the 53 republican senators voted to convict in the senate. What is remarkable about this moment is that the president has stepped so far over the line by inciting this violence which threatened the lives of members of congress of both parties, threatened the life of his Vice President mike pence, that you are seeing people make independent judgments. Small numbers, only four House Republicans so far, but that is four more than you had in 2019 and you have the indication from Mitch Mcconnell that he is not willing to oppose impeachment or oppose conviction in a preemptive fashion. Dont know what he is eventually going to do, but it is a signal of how much republicans are fed up with the effect that donald trump is having on their party and he still has a tremendous grip over a large portion of the republican base, but he has big problems. Yeah. You said it much more eloquently than i would. You said you dont know what he is going to do. I say ill believe it when i see it. But, listen, if he does, it will be monumental. Kirsten, this is what axios is reporting, that mcconnell is not only glad that pelosi is impeaching, but according to them theres a better than 50 50 chance of a vote to convict. One senate gop source is telling cnn if mitch is a yes, that donald trump is done. Again, believe it when you see it. Do you see it happening . I mean i will believe it when i see it. Of course, if thats Mitch Mcconnells position then thats what will happen, but, you know, im not going to make any predictions about it because the Republican Party has not been very good at Holding Donald trump accountable. While four republicans are better than zero republicans in the house, it is still only four. You know, this should be something that should be unanimous. I dont even understand the scenario where you dont have all republicans saying that, you know, inciting an attack, a terrorist attack on the capitol isnt the kind of thing that you would want to impeach somebody for. So i also dont think any of this also should have erased everything theyve tolerated up until this point because, as we discussed before, many people have been warning that the type of rhetoric that the president uses was inevitably going to lead to Something Like this. They have sat by and tolerated this and, you know, most of them are continuing to tolerate it because polls are showing that a lot of republicans are still with donald trump. I dont know what else to say. So lets move on to evan. Evan, lawmakers are getting briefings with shocking details about the insurrection last week, and it is much worse than they thought. Is that having an impact as well . I mean you look at what happened, you know, the feces, the flag poles, you know. I mean it is just disgusting. Is any of this reaching, is it having an impact . I think it is. I think you saw some of the members start getting briefed yesterday by the fbi, by the Justice Department today, and what began emerging, don, was certainly our congressional correspondents on the hill were telling us that they were coming out and you could tell that they it was starting to at least dawn on them how close it was for them, that, you know, essentially this was a lot worse. One federal Law Enforcement officially talked to today called it armed combat in that building. You know, i think thats what is being impressed upon them because, you know, until the metropolitan police, the Washington Metropolitan Police showed up in that building after the Capitol Police had lost control of it, you know, thats when the tide turned and, frankly, saved the lives of these people because it could have been a lot worse. I think thats what is coming across in these briefings because were talking about the fact that there were bombs. I think the fbi has put out multiple posters now looking for the person who was responsible for these bombs. It appears that, at least the theory from Law Enforcement, is that somebody was trying to create a diversion, trying to draw Law Enforcement away from the building or perhaps even detonate this when people were trying to flee the building. Again, it tells you that perhaps there was some planning, some command and control perhaps, and thats what the fbi and the prosecutors are looking for. You know what, evan kirsten, did you want to Say Something before i follow up with that . I did want to say that the idea that theyre coming out and this is really starting to shake them because they realize how much danger they were in i think is the fundamental praoblem wit the Republican Party. Yeah. People you know, the thing we are not talking about as much as we normally would be talking about it are all of the people dying right now from covid. You know, there are people that are dying all over this country because of the president the way the president handled the situation and because of the way theyve been handling that. Pramila jayapal has the coronavirus because so many republicans refused to put on masks when they were holed up together. I mean the problem of them not being able to think about other people is the fundamental problem. So now that donald trump has put their lives in danger, now theyre starting to care . I mean theres just a really fundamental problem here. Yeah, youve been saying what i have been saying forever. It is shocking to me. Imagine, i want you just to imagine for a minute any other group this would have happened, even if it was the pink, you know, hatwearing people who had been protesting or if it would have been muslims or people of color or black people. Black people or, you know, even latinos or hispanics who were saying, you know, we need better immigration reform. Just imagine any other group doing this how republicans would have reacted. They would have been outraged and calling for every democrat should be on board and, you know, it would have just been crazy. Right. Hang on one second, kirsten, because i know evan has some reporting. Evan, i think we are getting back to, remember after 9 11, the see something, Say Something, where everybody was on edge and authorities were warning us . Yes. Everywhere you saw billboards, you know, on the subways and on buses and everywhere. If you see something, Say Something. The top prosecutor in d. C. Announcing today that they are pursuing significant sedition and conspiracy cases related to the siege on capitol hill. Yeah. You talk about that and all of the pipe bombs and everything, this is a huge deal. This is where we are living now. Yeah, no, exactly. This is a sprawling investigation from all 50 states. You have prosecutors and fbi agents, atf agents working this investigation. Don, here is a bit of an irony. This summer when bill barr and the fbi director chris wray were doing press conferences trying to draw peoples attention to this great danger from antifa and antifascists, the thenattorney general bill barr told prosecutors they should consider bringing sedition charges because the concern was leftists were going to be overrunning the cities. Well, here we are. By the way, nobody brought those cases. But now today the acting u. S. Attorney here in washington, who was put in there by bill barr, said today at this press conference they are looking at bringing sedition and conspiracy charges against people who did this terrorist attack against the u. S. Capitol. Thats the great irony. You know, back this summer people on the right were very happy that this was being considered against the left. Now here we go. It is probably going to be used against some Trump Supporters who stormed into that building and committed this act of terrorism. I dont know if you want to call it irony or poetic justice or what. Look, john, i want to bring you back in here because we are learning that just just this moment that youtube has now suspended President Trump. Go. Well, look, social Media Companies of all kinds recognizing that, a, the president poses a danger to the country, given the way that he incited that insurrection last week. Secondly, that he poses a danger to their bottom lines because if they continue to convey some of his more incendiary material, and so they are protecting themselves and acting to shutdown some of the communication that he is doing. And when, as we learn more about the gravity of this threat that we faced last week and that we could face this weekend, that we could face a week from tomorrow when joe bidens inaugurated, i think everyone is coming to grips with the fact that this is a very, very serious problem across the society. Weve got to pay closer attention to it, and that means Law Enforcement at the federal, state and local level, and it means other parts of society, too, including social Media Companies. Hey, don, real quick on this question. Youtube has been probably among the worst of all of these companies in dealing with really what is just poison, right, that has been on all of these social medias. A lot of focus has been on facebook and twitter, even parler, but youtube has this Business Model where they place ads. I mean they make money. Theyve made millions of dollars on these chance that are poisoning peoples minds with qanon theories and all kinds of other stuff, a lot of it built around trumpism. To me it is really remarkable now they are rushing to the exits because they realize everything has changed. At this point if i were him i would save my money and get a flip phone. Hello, thats all he can do is talk right now. All right. Thank you, guys. I appreciate it. Thanks. Joining me now is democratic congressman of louisiana, cedric richmond. He is cochair of the Biden Inaugural committee and will soon be joining the biden administration. Good to see you, congressman. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you for having me, don. It is good to see you. I have spoken to you but i havent seen you since the covid diagnosis but you are looking well. You are doing okay, right . Well, thank you. I was blessed. I had a very mild case of it and, you know, so i know im fortunate because weve lost over 300,000, almost 380,000 people in the United States from this. It is a very serious virus and we should approach it that way. We will talk a little bit more about that. Theres so much going on, but thank you for joining us. This is a historic night in our nations capital. At this hour four republicans planning to vote to impeach President Trump tomorrow. How many more do you expect to join the democrats . Look, i think we will get a handful, i really do. Maybe a dozen or it could be two dozen. You have Corporate America is calling donald trump out. American citizens are starting to call him out and his actions out, but more importantly everybody is starting to call out the United States congressmen on the other side that are enablers, the ones who voted for an objection even after the attack on the capitol. I think you see the tide turning and the country against those enablers. So i think some people are waking up, a little too late but theyre waking up. Yeah, for the 25th amendment though i just got word there was just one House Republican so far voted for the resolution calling for pence to invoke the 25th amendment and thats Adam Kinzinger which we had expected. Earlier they said it may be a harbinger of things to come, but who knows . Maybe they dont think the 25th amendment. Maybe people will say i think he should be impeached and i dont think the 25th amendment will work, we want something, you know, that goes even further. So do you think that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell will ultimately vote to impeach the president that he defended for four years . I dont know. Look, im never going to put my faith or my future in the hands of Mitch Mcconnell. If hes going to have a profile in courage, then it will be a surprise to me. But i would hope so. I mean, look, he could follow the lead of his wife who decided that enough was enough with trump, and i hope he makes the same decision. But, you know, look, it is time. The impeachment is appropriate. This guy led an attack on the United States capitol. He summoned people to washington. He got them riled up and then he said, lets go to the capitol and overrun it. So, look, if that was a little black kid in the street talking about going to the corner store and take some skittles, both would be charged. I think he has the moral responsibility as the leader of the free world, president of the United States of america, sworn to defend the constitution, he has to set a better example. To do this is breaking the law and he should be held accountable as well as every person that stepped in the United States capitol and every one of them that touched any Law Enforcement officer that was out there. This really touches on a little bit of what we talked about and thats covid relief and other things because cnn learned that president elect biden called mcconnell to discuss doing impeachment proceedings while confirming his nominees and approving a covid relief package. You want to accomplish a lot in the first 100 days. Is impeachment going to complicate that considering what you just said, how many people are suffering from covid and so on . Look, i think the president elect is laser focused on the multiple crises that this country is facing, coronavirus and covid19, the economic crisis that has grown out of the pandemic, the frontline workers, the number of deaths, the unemployment, evictions, foreclosures, all of those things, ending systematic racism, racial equity, the climate crisis, all of those things are absolutely on the president elects radar. Hes laser focused on it. But then you have to come back to me, and this is not my role as a biden cochair. It is not my role as a person going into the white house. My role as a Congress Person is there are consequences and repercussions for leading an attack on the United States capitol, especially while members are in it. So thats a role for congress. I mean, look, i love joe biden. Nobody worked harder than me to try to help him get to where he is, but this is in the purview of the United States congress. We have to protect and defend the sanctity of democracy known as the United States capitol, and so i think members take it that way and i think joe biden is absolutely right, president elect biden is absolutely right for being laser focused on his agenda to help the American People and to ask congress to eat and chew gum, walk and chew gum at the same time. I want to ask you because we are going to get back to the vote, but i want to ask you about this because it is important. Lawmakers who were briefed on inaugural security today tell cnn there is talk of a million militia march. Thats alarming. What kind of an impact will this have on the Biden Inauguration . Because you know he said, i still want to take the oath outside or whatever. Is this going to have an impact . Well, look, we dont want to get ahead of our National Security experts. We dont want to get ahead of Homeland Security, but what it does highlight is that the senate should hurry up and confirm our National Security team. So they should hurry up and confirm tony blinken. They should hurry up and confirm designee austin. They should hurry up and confirm secretary of Homeland Security nom nominee may york au. We should not go to january 20th without the people responsible for protecting the United States of america, protecting state capitals without them being confirmed and in their seat of government so they can protect americans. Thats the real story right now. Look, we are going to follow the advice of the experts led by Homeland Security and the United States secret service. So were not going to buck the trend, but i think we will be respectful of facts are any of the experts telling you not to have it outdoors . Look, it is too early. Experts have not said anything yet. Okay. Congressman, thank you. Always a pleasure. You be well. 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Shipstation. The 1 choice of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get 2 months free. So our breaking news, the house voting tonight on a resolution calling on Vice President to invoke the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. Cnns ryan nobles on capitol hill for us. Ryan, hello to you. When is the vote tonight and when do impeachment proceedings begin tomorrow. Reporter it looks like it is going to pass, don. We are waiting on stragglers to come and cast votes but the democrats have more than enough for this particular resolution to pass which would ask Vice President pence to invoke the 25th amendment which he has said he is not going to do. The democrats are prepared to move ahead tomorrow morning with their articles of impeachment. That process will begin at 9 00 tomorrow morning. Don, the difference between what we saw, you know, a couple of months ago, the last time President Trump was impeached and this time around, is that it is going to be a much quicker process. There are fewer articles it they plan to speed through this and it could be done. Ryan, we need to listen in. Here we go. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Im sorry. I didnt hear, but it passed. The resolution is adopted. I didnt hear the actual thing, but there we go. So, ryan nobles, you are right. You said there were a few stragglers. Looks like it was going to pass and it did. The house approved a resolution calling on mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment to remove President Trump from office. 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow. It sounds like he is saying, ryan, the house is going to adjourn until 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow, and thats when proceedings will start. Again, different proceedings, this time for impeachment. Reporter yes, thats exactly right. You know, theyre going to, you know, be a series of debates as they go through the process. You know, theyve already approved the rules for tomorrow. That happened earlier today. You notice, we should point out, don, you and i talked about how many republicans would vote for this stage of the process, there was only one and that was Adam Kinzinger of illinois who has been a pretty vocal critic of President Trump and his conduct surrounding the riots last wednesday. We expect far more republicans to vote in favor of impeachment tomorrow. We know of at least four that have come out publicly and said theyre going to. That number could increase, it could be as many as a dozen or more. So, you know, this is much different than it was last time around where it was very much along partisan lines. It will be a quicker process than it was last time around. Of course, don, the big question we dont know the answer to is how the United States senate will handle all of this. Thats not something we may know immediately after the vote comes down tomorrow. Thank you very much, ryan. I appreciate your reporting. Ryan nobles with live breaking news on capitol hill. So you heard it. Impeachment tomorrow morning and the vote this time is going to be in the house. It will be bipartisan. Senate majority leader Mitch Mcconnell believes trump committed impeachable offenses. A source telling cnn if mcconnell moves to convict the President Trump is done. Stuart stevens is here, former chief strategist for mitt romneys president ial campaign and brendon buck, a top aid to former republican House Speaker paul ryan. Hello, gentlemen. So there you have it. Stewart, some republicans have already turned on trump, abandoned him, saying they will vote to impeach him. Many are Still Standing with him. Are we witnessing a battle for who controls the Republican Party . Well, i would like to think so. I would like to think that liz cheney is really the leader of the conservative party and mccarthy is leader of the autocratic party. I would like to bet on the conservatives to win that fight. But my hopeful instincts about the Republican Party are pretty much run out. But i think what liz cheney did is remarkable and extraordinarily courageous. She is showing all of these weak republicans including mostly weak republican men what true courage is. She didnt wait for everybody else to come out and see how theyre going to vote. She just called it like it is, and theres not one republican that doesnt believe that donald trump should be impeached. This is a classic moral test for them. I hope the senate will impeach him. So where are they doing it . Why are they sitting there if they know he should be impeached, then why wont they vote to impeach him . 50 of the Republican Party Still Believes that there was an illegal president ial election. Thats 50 of the Republican Party. That means activists, it is probably like north of 75 or 80 . But do they believe that or do they think that their constituents believe it so therefore they have to pretend they believe it . I dont think any of these elected officials believe it was the election was illegal. For one thing, all of the congressmen were on the ballot. That would mean they had illegal election. It has always been this absurdity, like the top of the ballot was going to be illegal but the part i was on was legal. It is like how does that work . I dont quite get that. Yeah, yeah. It is a conundrum. I want to bring brendan in now. Brendan, you know these players. What are they thinking . Is it possible that they know things that we dont yet know that we may find out . Like what are they thinking . Well, liz cheney had a line in her statement that was really interesting, that theres going to be more to come out in the days ahead that will give people more information. It sounds like they got a briefing today that changed a few minds, and so that will be interesting to see what happens. I think liz cheney is filling a leadership vacuum. There are a lot of members who and should feel no sympathy for them, but are upset it got to this point and are upset their leadership didnt head this off before it got there. So i think what she is doing, which is so obviously the right thing to do, but as stew said is actually courageous because i dont know it is a political death warrant, but every one of these people who will be voting for impeachment is going to be heading to a primary. I wont be surprised if most of them who are voting for it dont end up running again just because there are so many of those republicans back home who believed the election was stolen and will side with donald trump over almost anything. Gentlemen, thank you. Time is short. We had the breaking news, so i appreciate your joining us. I will see you soon and be well. Trump supporters accosting a democratic congressman at the airport but he did not back down. The congressman respond. Antifa in, they opened the doors. Hey, youre lying your lie has been exposed. No. Your lie has been exposed your are a liar, your people it is not a democracy. This is a republic new years resolutions come and go. So give your business more than resolutions. Give it solutions, from comcast business. Work more efficiently with fast internet and advanced wifi. Make your business safer with powerful cybersecurity solutions. And stay productive with 24 7 support. Make this years resolution better solutions. Bounce forward with comcast business. Get started with a powerful internet and voice solution for just 64. 90 a month. Plus, for a limited time, ask how to get a 500 prepaid card when you upgrade. Switch today. So welcome back to cnn tonight. We have had a ton of breaking news tonight. Just while we were in the break, theres a fifth republican who has come out to say theyre going to vote to impeach, and that is congresswoman Jamie Hererra butler, excuse me, who from washington state. So joining me now is democratic congressman lou correa from california. Congressman, thank you. What do you think of that news, another republican coming out . Good evening. Don, i think it is actually right on. I think weve got probably up to ten republicans that may actually vote for impeachment tomorrow. This is a sign the Republican Party is taking back the party away from President Trump. This is good news. The Impeachment Vote is going to happen tomorrow. Theres a small hall where the attack took place. President trump will likely be impeached, and then what is the timeline as you expect it after that . You know, the timeline it is my understanding from senator Mitch Mcconnell is the trial will actually start at or about the time that biden will be sworn in as president. So you could be seeing a trial thats going to spill over into the new administration. Nonetheless, i believe the trial will go forward, and based on what im hearing out there right now Mitch Mcconnell has said effectively that hes pleased with the impeachment process. I would say dont be surprised if President Trump is impeached in the senate, like convicted. Not charged but actually convicted in the senate, which would be good because, you know, if you compared the last impeachment to this impeachment, the other one you talked about collusion, working with the ukrainians, you know, trying to, you know, pressure the ukrainians to help his campaign. This one is cut and dry. Yeah. This president got people riled up to attack congress, a separate but equal institution in our government. As you know, nobody has attacked Congress Since 1812 when the british burned down the capitol. Listen, im told i misspoke. Im not sure what i said but it is happening in the same hall. I dont know what i said, but you got the point. Yes. So im glad you could answer my question. Listen, i have to play this video for you. This happened on thursday, one day after the riots at the capitol, and you were at Dulles Airport headed home to california when you were confronted by a group of apparent Trump Supporters. I want you to watch this and we will discuss. Police let antifa in. They opened the door and walked this. Hey, youre lying your lie has been exposed. No. Your lie has been exposed. Antifa you are a liar it is not a democracy. This is a republic it is not a democracy. This is a republic constitutional no, this is a republic. Not you, the elitist. Literally got their spine. Who are you . Im me. And im me, too. Yeah . Yeah lets get home. Lets go home. Nobody here voted for you. We dont want you. Thats okay we dont want you. Thats okay, i dont work for you. Who voted for you . A lot of people. 70 of people in my district. Hey, children [ bleep ]. My childrens future [ bleep ] you. No. You. You dont care about none of us. And you are talking [ bleep ]. Your district. Lies you are supposed to be taking care of us. Where do you live . Where do you live . Where do you live . Are you a democrat . Yes, i am. You [ bleep ] wow. Listen, you did not back down. I mean it was incredibly tense situation. What were you thinking, especially when that big guy with the bandanna was right in your face and the guy i mean it looks like he was trying to intimidate you. What were you thinking . Well, you know, i wasnt thinking much other than i hadnt slept the night before, my adrenaline was still flowing from, you know, a situation where wednesday night i really thought that we were going to have some very seriously hurt if not killed members of congress. So, you know, i didnt sleep. I was still, you know, full of adrenaline. I get to the airport. Im going to catch my plane that im late to and i turned a corner and theres, you know, probably 20 of those Trump Supporters, and they essentially came down on me. I was surprised, but, nonetheless, you know, im used to this. How did they recognize you if theyre not in your district . I dont know how they recognized me. I was surprised but they recognized me. They figured out something of who i was. They must have heard me over the telephone, but i never mentioned my name. Im quite intrigued as to how they figured out who i was, that i was a congressman. Yeah. And then, of course, it didnt seem like you know, there was nowhere to go other than challenge him, challenge them back. You know what made me sad was, number one, all of those potty mouths, a lot of bad words, a lot of anger and venom being spewed at me. When you hear that tape very clearly, it is all misstatements, lies, but these are President Trumps lies. Theyre essentially devout followers of the president and all of the lies that the president puts out is what they were essentially throwing at me. It is really sad. Thats what he has done to them. It is crazy. You know, we have an impeachment congressman, i have to run. If you can do it really quickly. Just wanted to say this is why were going to impeach this president , because hes essentially attacked the United States of america. It is not dem verses republican, it is them verses america. Congressman correa, thank you so much. Im glad you are safe. Thank you. The Justice Department says they will likely arrest hundreds of people over the capitol riot. Zinc, other minerals, and herbs. Take on your day with airborne. My Audible Library is just like scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll, its a lot. I downloaded audible and really, really enjoyed it. And then it kind of just became a lifestyle after that. Audible allows me to find a space for myself. 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The Justice Department has charged 70 cases but expecting dozens more. U. S. Attorney for the middle district of georgia Michael Moore is here. I have not seen him in a long time, so we lost Michael Moore, as i am told. We are trying to get some information from michael on the press conference that was held earlier today. If we can get him back, we will. As you know, they came out and held a press conference, but there was some concern about who was not there. They thought that officials should have been there answering some questions. Michael moore joins us now. Michael, good evening, sir. We lost you and now we have you back. But, see, a tap dance. Thats it. I had to put on my tap shoes right there. Thank you. There are prosecutors that have marching orders to pursue sedition and conspiracy cases against people involved in the insurrection. Explain the charges in how they built that case. I mean seditious conspiracy is a federal crime, and it basically says that you cant do something to try to forcefully overthrow the government or delay the lawful execution of a law or process. It will be pretty easy i think at this point to prove. I guess we will have to prove theres been some agreement between two folks at least to conduct the acts and to go in and seize the capitol, so to speak. So i think thats why you are seeing the prosecutor move on it. It carries up to 20 years. It is a serious, serious charge. Theres also the charge, of course, of attempt to overthrow the government. But, again, thats another federal violation. So theres plenty there to work with for an aggressive prosecutor. Federal Officials Say that the scope of this attack is unprecedented and they painted a grim picture of what we dont know about it. Listen. In six days we have opened over 160 case files and thats just the tip of the iceberg. Theres a lot of misconceptions about what happened within the capitol, and it is going to come into laser focus i think over the next weeks and days. I think people will be shocked with some of the egregious conduct that happened within the capitol. So they say it wont be solved in the coming months, this investigation will far outlast this presidency. Yeah, and i really am kind of troubled by the idea that somehow this net is going to widen so much and it is going to be much deeper. I am afraid we may see people involved including some Law Enforcement individuals maybe, other members who had some connection with the government that may have been involved in the planning of this. Wow. You will see the u. S. Attorney dig into that and the investigation will reveal it. I mean think about this. These folks went to the p parliamentarians of the house office. I will wager a lot of these cowboys have no idea what a parliamentarian does and would have no idea where the office is located, that would have been the office where the votes are being held. So how did they get there . Who told them how to find that obscure place in the capitol, that thats where they should go to look . When you start thinking about that, things dont just happen in a vacuum. So you have to wonder how that information was there and who provided it. Mike, just real quick. Do you think they will get all of these guys . I think they will. I hope they will go in and sweep them up in a big drag net. I hope they will. Thank you, Michael Moore. Appreciate it. General mark milley and the entire joint chiefs speaking out about the attack on the capitol and reminding Service Members of their obligation to support and defend the constitution. For skin as alive as you are. 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