united states. and tonight, with just one week in the inauguration of president-elect joe biden, outside the capitol this evening, a massive show of force. we have new reporting here on threats as we near the inauguration. and we ask, what happens next with the senate trial? the statement from majority leader mitch mcconnell tonight. could it begin on inauguration day? we have it all covered for you and mary bruce leads us off. >> reporter: one week to the day after a violent mob of president trump's supporters stormed the capitol, congress tonight impeached the man who sent them there,charging the president i. >> he must go. he is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love. >> reporter: members of congress recounting the harrowing hours of the siege. >> they searched the halls of this building for the vice president who they came to hang for treason. they overran the office of the speaker who they came to assassinate. they sought above all else to seize control of our government in the name of donald trump. >> reporter: freshman