President trump. Just a few hours ago we got news the push to remove donald trump from office has actual and very real momentum from congressional republicans. Check this out. New york times reporting, senator Mitch Mcconnell has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses, and that he is pleased that democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party. If this is true, and there is good reason to believe that it is, it is a very, very big deal. No Single Person could do more to evict or help donald trump than Mitch Mcconnell. It remains an open question whether mcconnell will actually do anything, but with every hour that passes the dam sustaining trumps support crumbles a little bit more. Times also reports House Minority leader kevin mccarthy, of course who supported the president in his seditious attempt to overturn the election, has asked other republicans whether he should call on mr. Trump to resign in the aftermath of the riot at the capitol last week. Meanwhile, congressman john katko from Central New York became the very first House Republican to support impeaching trump but now he already has company. Congresswoman liz cheney. Of course yes, the daughter of dick cheney, the number 3 republican in house leadership, she now says she will vote to impeach trump, and not reluctantly. She released a searing statement condemning the president saying, quote, much more will become clear in coming days and weeks, but what we know now is enough. The president of the United States summoned his mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the president. The president could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the constitution. I will vote to impeach the president. As we speak right now, house representatives are taking an unprecedented step in the nations history, now passing a resolution calling for Vice President mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment against President Trump, which would essentially render the president inoperable, mike Vice President pence the acting president pending some further votes. Thats even though pence has written a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying he wont do it, he will not invoke the 25th. Now, this all comes on a day where President Trump made his first public remarks since the mob attack that he incited at the capitol. Remarks were not going to play frankly on our air because guess what . He flatly said that further moves toward impeachment would enrage the same mob that threatened the lives of members of congress. It was clear, you keep doing this and youre inviting more of this. Thats what the president said. This is amidst news the fbi warned that a, quote, war at the capitol ahead of that event and then now briefings to members of congress there are plans for further violence, concerns about that. Were now in a position where House Minority leader kevin mccarthy, i want you to listen carefully to this. Snok this tells you where we are, how perilous and how deadly serious this all is. Kevin mccarthy, who has gone along with the president lockstep, who voted to overturn the election and hand the presidency to the loser, he is reportedly telling members of his own caucus to not publicly attack their colleagues for voting for impeachment because it puts their lives in danger. Think about that. Thats what hangs over all of this. That is where things stand at this hour. It undergirds the urgency of what the house is now moving to do. Msnbc correspondent Garrett Haake closely monitoring the events on capitol hill and he joins me now with the latest. And garrett, if i was speaking to you today at 5 00 p. M. , this all would have looked very differently. But the combination of the number 3 member of house leadership, two other House Republicans and the story of Mitch Mcconnell who is now letting it be known, i think its fair to say, we are in uncharted territory here. Yeah, i think thats right. Look, by the time this broadcast comes on the air tomorrow, unless some other extraordinary event takes place, donald trump will have been impeached for a second time, and it will have been by a bipartisan vote in the house. I think the questions that were looking at now are how big is the bipartisan crossover here to impeach donald trump in the house . Weve heard from three republicans so far who are going to vote in favor of impeachment. How many more follow them now that we know House Republican heartship is essentially going to let them go, theyre not going to whip it. What happens in the senate is a little bit more of an open question. I cant confirm the specifics of the reporting about Mitch Mcconnell, but i can say this. He is the most unsentimental politician ive ever covered or am expecting to cover. He hasnt spoken to donald trump since he acknowledged that joe biden is the president elect, and if hes willing to let his members go, if hes willing to vote for impeachment or even if hes willing to not whip against the idea of convicting donald trump, thats probably 15 or 20 votes that go with him right there. I mean, if mcconnell sits on his hands as minority leader at an impeachment trial, youre looking at a vastly increased odds that donald trump is convicted by the senate. Thats the power and the sway and the respect that he commands from the Senate Republican conference. What do you make of the liz cheney statement . I have to say she is someone who is targeted by the president , i think, actually in that speech before, you know, the capitol mob descended on the capitol, i think he called her out. She has been a critic of the president. That statement, though, was really quite something. Reporter scathing. This was not a sort of cya im going to make this Political Choice here, but im going to hedge it kind of statement. Cheneys statement was incredibly powerful in distancing herself from the president and calling his behavior totally unacceptable, unconstitutional, unamerican, take your pick. You know, look, cheney in the house and mitt romney in the senate, arguably for Different Reasons romneys political career is all but over just as a function of his age and his time in the spotlight. Cheneys less so. Are making a bet on a different future for the Republican Party, of a trumpfree or trumprid Republican Party that might look more like what it looked like under the last republican president , or like it would have looked under a president romney. They have chosen, and a few others, to try to see around a corner that doesnt include donald trump. And were all going to watch in real time over the next months and years as this civil war goes on within the Republican Party for what thats going to look like when donald trump is no longer the president. Hes already lost his megaphone, hes about to lose his power of office. Can the liz cheneys and the mitt romneys and the handful of others who believe as they do that the Republican Party stands for small c conservative principles still wrestle it back from the make America Great again crowd . This is what were going to watch for in the Republican Party of the future. I think now what were seeing, and we saw in that vote, is something even a little orthogonal in the distinction between the loyal opposition and something much darker. Right . That, you know, acknowledging the reality of a rightful democratic election and not, that is the sort of bright line we found ourselves at. Garrett haake, as always, thanks so much for joining us tonight. Thanks, chris. The House Rules Committee met earlier today about the process to remove donald trump from office. Democratic chairman jim mcgovern tried to get congressman jim jordan to just admit the basic facts, the 2020 election was free and fair. Heres a bit of how that went. Im going to ask you to make a statement that the election was not stolen, that joe biden won fair and square, and one of the ways to promote healing is for you to say yes, and to put that on your twitter account so that all these people who bought into a lie will start hearing from some of the people that were pushing this. The answer is the American People mr. Chairman, mr. Chairman, joe biden is going to be sworn in as president. He is president elect joe biden. Thats not the question i asked. That is not the question i asked. You refuse to answer that question, and i think thats i did not refuse. Hes going to be the president. Ive said that on television. Hes going to be the president. Congressman jim mcgovern joins me now. Im going to ask you whats happening in your committee and this sort of schedule, but first want to just start on that point. As far as i can tell, in the wake of the deadly attack on the capitol, the death of a Police Officer, the beating and injuries of many more, i havent seen a single republican colleague in the house of yours who voted to overturn the election, to deny those electors, come out and say i was wrong and this is a big lie that you have been sold and joe biden won fair and square. Has anyone done that, and what would it do if they did . Not to my knowledge. And that includes the minority leader of the house of representatives. I was trying to give jim jordan the opportunity to correct the big lie, the big lie being that the election was not they keep saying the election was stolen. I want him to say five words the election was not stolen. I think that would send a signal to the types of people that congregated here on wednesday that in fact they were sold a bill of goods. Your rules committee now is working on this 25th amendment commission, and let me just take a second on that. I dont quite get it, i got to say. I understand that these are desperate times that call for desperate and original measures. Its an interpretation of part of that clause. But with Vice President pence already saying hes not going for it, it seems to me this is something of a dead end. Youre going to move to impeach will you get to impeachment by tomorrow, is that right . Correct. In fact, were now taking a break for votes and the rules committee now is considering the impeachment resolution for tomorrow. But look, there are three options for donald trump. He could resign, the 25th amendment could be invoked, or we will impeach him. And tomorrow i believe we will impeach him with a bipartisan vote and he will be the first president in u. S. History to be impeached twice. What is your reaction to news that at least three members of congress, john katko, adam kinzinger, and number 3 in leadership lynn cheney have now come out saying they will support and vote for impeachment . Im encouraged by that. I want this to be a bipartisan vote. When people talk about healing, i think one of the ways to heal this nation is for there to be a big bipartisan vote to impeach donald trump. Look, he is not fit to be in office. What he did on wednesday, inciting this mob of white supremacists, of neonazis, of the proud boys, is unforgivable. He tried to overturn the will of the people in this country. And there has to be a consequence for that. And his rhetoric and his ginning up this big lie that somehow the election was stolen from him it resulted in this incredible violence that occurred on wednesday. Look, i was there. I was in the chair in the house. I took over for nancy pelosi. When i left the house floor and went into the speakers lobby, you could see the glass doors to the speakers lobby. I saw this angry mob up close and personal. There was hate in their eyes. They were not protesters. They were there to destroy things, to desecrate the capitol building, to hurt people. And this is a direct result of donald trump and by the way, some of my republican colleagues who gave Donald TrumpsConspiracy Theory some oxygen. I want to note in this video here which is the entrance to the speakers lobby which is next to the gallery, this is the moment before that woman was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer trying to stop them from essentially breaching the speakers lobby, which would have meant they set upon you. And i think theres a point in this video where we see you in the background, just on the other side from this glass and this mob. I was there, and look, thats when i realized this wasnt just a few people, this was, you know, a group of domestic terrorists, homegrown fascists, whatever you want to call them, but these people werent here to try to persuade, they were here to do violence, they were here to destroy things. And look, this is an insurrection. This was an attempted coup. And there has to be a consequence. For those who say, lets just wait trump out only another week or so, that would be the exact worst thing we could do. We need to make it clear that there is a consequence for this kind of behavior, because if we dont it will happen again. And look, we want to remove none of us know what hes capable of doing in these next few days. Will he pardon, you know, all of these, you know, domestic terrorists that did this damage to the capitol, that killed the Police Officer . We have no idea. But he is capable of that. And so every minute that he is still in office is a clear and present danger to the people of this country. Congressman James Mcgovern who has been helming the rules committee today as it sets up votes tomorrow on the house floor for the First Time Ever in the history of this country, a second impeachment of a sitting president. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Be safe. Democratic senator Debbie Stabenow of michigan called for trump to be removed from Office Following last weeks attack on the capitalll and she joins me now. Senator, first your reaction to the news about Mitch Mcconnell, which i think some are surprised by. Well, first of all, im not surprised that he knows donald trump committed impeachable acts. He knows that. Hes a bright man. The question will be whether or not hes going to stand with senator schumer, who has asked him to use the powers that they have under a 2004 Senate Resolution, to bring us back in an emergency to the senate to be able to act. So after the house acts, if he really means it, then he will join with chuck schumer, we will come back into session, and we will have the trial and we will get this done and hell join us in doing that. To me, that will be the test as to whether or not he means it. Thats a good point. So you believe he has, under his power, to bring you back and start this trial. Should the president be impeached tomorrow, as we expect, under this one article thats been offered for his incitement of this mob in pursuit of this project to overturn a democratic election, you think the senate should come back and if Mitch Mcconnells serious about this you should be back in the next few days and do it before the president leaves office. Absolutely. Theres a 2004 Senate Resolution that was passed. Senator schumer has reached out to Mitch Mcconnell and said, lets use that. Its emergency powers. This certainly is an emergency. All the pictures weve been seeing, youve been showing tonight and we have been seeing constantly, the experiences that we had, i can assure you this is an emergency. And they could, together, bring us back into session and we could get this done. That will be the real thing that matters. I mean, is he going to actually act on this . Weve just seen too much of this, of enabling for four years. I was thinking, chris, that a year ago we were actually in a trial in the senate right now, we were in a trial. And if the republicans and Mitch Mcconnell had joined with us then, we would have not had the way that the coronavirus was handled that has caused almost 380,000 deaths. We wouldnt have what happened last week. We wouldnt have had those five deaths. So that was just a year ago that they could have acted. Well, now if he really believes that there were impeachable acts, which of course there were, then hes step up. He needs to step up and show some leadership. What do you think about the members of congress of both houses, who have supported, who have kind of given aid and comfort to the president s big lie on this score . Theyve done in this kind of too cute by half way, im thinking of josh hawley and ted cruz, well, a lot of people feel this way and were just asking questions and we should have a commission. But when all was said and done they voted not to seat the electors who were rightly elected by the people as part of our democratic system. What do you think of those colleagues in both houses . I think its shameful. I think in some way they should be held accountable. I know there are requests for Ethics Committee investigations, and im supportive of holding them accountable in some way. I mean, we cant move on and have healing without accountability and without justice. And by the way, chris, we do need to move on. We have a president and a Vice President being sworn in on january 20th. We also need to be confirming a secretary of defense, a secretary of homeland security, a secretary of the treasury, all of these important positions. With donald trump we actually came in on the 20th to put the secretary of defense in place immediately. Now, i want to know if our republican colleagues, if Mitch Mcconnell are going to join with us in that endeavor as well. Thats part of the responsibility here, to put in place the responsible team, the Competent Team thats going to be able to make decisions to keep us safe going forward. So there is a lot at stake here, and we want to move forward. And we as democrats know we have to work across the aisle and be bipartisan and get things done. But we also know that at this moment what was done here was an insurrection. There has to be accountability, there has to be justice in order for us to be able to really move on in a sincere way. Senator Debbie Stabenow of michigan, thank you so much for joining us tonight. Tonight in the 11th hour, the trump presidency. The dam appears to be breaking a bit. Whats happening behind the scenes as republicans abandon the president , after this. 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. Senate majority leader Mitch Mcconnell signals his intention to vote for an impeachment hearing. Thirdranking republican in the house lynn cheney says she will vote to impeach the president. It seems clear many republicans are desperate to separate themselves from trump because they recognize the political cost and social sanction coming their way from being complicit in the violent and deadly attack on the u. S. Capitol that was incited by the president. No matter how selfish and politically cynical those republicans are, they at least have the ability to recognize that what happened last week was historically bad. While the president on the other hand is so morally monstrous he was reportedly pleased by what he saw. Im joined by two republicans who have seen up close what loyalty to trump is really worth. Olivia troye, former adviser to Vice President pence who served on the White House Coronavirus task force before resigning in protest. And carlos carbellow, a former republican congressman from florida. Olivia, i want to start with you. I want to start on this note. We have a number of behindthescenes reported stories about the president on the day of the 6th. And one of the things that i think is very clear that has enraged Mitch Mcconnell and others is that it was quite clear there were multiple attempts by many people while people were ransacking, attacking the capitol and beating cops and killing a Police Officer and trampling people to death to get the president to get people to leave, and he was too busy enjoying the viewing. And as someone who got to see his makeup up close, his moral makeup up close and quit over it, what is your reaction to that . That is in keeping with the moral bankruptcy of the person that we have in the oval office right now. He didnt care that peoples lives were on the line. He didnt care. He didnt care that peoples lives were on the line. He didnt care about the Vice President , someone who has stood by his side for four years now, unwaveringly defending every single one of his policies, standing out there being his champion. His family was at risk, his own life was at risk, and the president didnt care. All of these people that stood by him just learned firsthand that this president didnt care that their lives were at risk. All he cared about was the show of shock and awe happening at the capitol because he was sitting there enjoying the grandeur of what was happening from these supporters that stood by him. Carlos, you served with some of these folks in congress, both people that voted along with the president to overturn the election, to undermine the rightfully elected leader, and those who are now saying theyre going to vote for impeachment. Whats your read of the Republican Caucus at this moment . Chris, i think a lot of these people, or at least some of them, understand that this is their last chance to get on the record about donald trump. This is their last chance to get on the right side of history to hold accountable a man who has caused so much damage to this country, who has threatened the core of this democracy, who has made this country look like the country my parents had to flee decades ago, cuba, and other countries where democracy is not respected, where the basic ground rules of societies are ignored. This is their last chance. I think some of them are waking up to that and are going to do something about it. But many others are not. How many . Give me an overunder. There are reports the white house is expecting two dozen. Weve got three on the record so far. Carlos, what is your anticipation of what that number looks like . I think it will be anywhere between 20 and 30, and i think liz cheney, the chair of the House Republican conference, has given republicans a lot of room to make this decision. Theyre not going to be alone. One of their leaders is going to stand with them, and i think ms. Cheneys name will be recognized in history, even at this late hour, for doing the right thing and for encouraging her colleagues to do the right thing. I mean, it will be recognized but i would just put a little emphasis on this late hour. You know, we had 4,000 americans die from the coronavirus today. Today. 380,000. This has been probably one of the worst years in the countrys history i dont know since when. And it was all utterly predictable from the day he came down the escalator. Everyone knew this is where it was headed. Olivia, i mean, thats the thing. I want to read you this letter, and again, i commend the people on the right side of this line. I do. This is an important moment to get on the right side of this line, so i dont want to be truculent here. Let me read this from jason schmidt, a longtime senior House Armed ServicesCommittee Staffer who resigned today. And i thought said this well. A poisonous lie that the election was illegitimate and should be overturned inspired socalled patriots to share common cause with white supremacists, neonazis and conspiracy theorists to attack the seat of american government. All our words and actions in the coming weeks and days will reveal those who believe in defending the constitution, and those who stand only for selfinterest and sectarianism. And to that point, olivia, i have always admired you that did what you did, what you quit when you did, that you were as public as you were. This is the last stop on the train. Right now. Would you agree . Absolutely. This is it. These are people who have enabled this. They have stood by it. But this is it. Its time to draw the line. And history i think will remember this moment. We have someone who is incredibly dangerous, he has proven that. He proved it again today in his remarks where he made the same lies and claims about the election. He again didnt condemn any of this. So anyone whos waiting for the moment when they think this president is going to say ask for forgiveness or say all of this was wrong, that moment aint coming. So if its not coming, i think its time to really actually decide for themselves, for these republicans, are they going to vote with their conscience . Are they going to vote for whats right for the country . And will they hold up their own personal integrity, whatever is left of it . Yeah. I would also say this, carlos, quickly. I think its in their shortterm political interest. He is politically weak right now and he did something unforgivable. Just do the right thing. Well, thats certainly what everyone should do, chris. I will tell you, the greatest fear that members of congress have, republicans and democrats to be fair, but in this case certainly republicans, is the primary count. And a lot of republicans are still worried about what donald trump could do to them in a primary. Still, that is no excuse. 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Arizona congressman paul gosar tweeted this biden should concede. I want his concession on my desk tomorrow morning. Dont make me come over there. Stop the steal 2021. And he tapped ali, one of the organizers of the invasion. And Lauren Boebert of colorado tweeted today is 1776. What is that supposed to mean . They didnt just use their voices in 1776, did they . And later Lauren Boebert tweeted out that Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been removed from the chambers. After members were told by security not to do that, not to tweeted out their location. Theres a real question before the house about what to do with members who are actively supporting the insurrectionist projects that gave rise to the riot on wednesday and the president s seditious project to overturn the election. Freshman congresswoman cori bush has one solution, which is to kick them all out. And she joins me now. Congresswoman, tell me about your proposal. You know, its a now proposal. You know, i just introduced my first resolution. This is House Resolution 25 that is in place to hold our republican colleagues accountable. You know, our republican colleagues chose to do the work to try to overturn the 2020 election. And on top of that incite this insurrection that happened on january the 6th. There is no way that we can sit back and allow that to happen and just say, oh, but those are our colleagues, you know, we shouldnt do anything, lets just work on donald trump. Uhuhuhuh. Donald trump is not the only problem. Donald trump is one we have to work we have to work on getting donald trump out but we cannot allow his minions, we cannot allow his friends, we cant allow his cousins to stay in place. Those that are doing his bidding have to go as well. You want to abide by the constitution, if you want to abide by your sworn oath, its time for you to go. I suppose the argument on the other side of this, not necessarily one i share, but the argument that could be made would be, look, these members were voting pursuant to a motion to object. They have that ability under the Electoral College act and sort of the 12th amendment a little bit even though the whole system is rickety. You cant go throwing members out of doing essentially whats within their power as a member of congress to do. Lets be clear. This was a racist attempt to overturn an election. This was more about trying to disenfranchise the voices of the black, brown, Indigenous Peoples voices. Trying to invalidate our votes. Because we turned out in large numbers for this election, and to tell us that our votes dont count, that they dont matter, thats another form of voter suppression. And also to all of those grassroots groups, those black and brown organizers, those groups that pushed to help bring this win home for president elect joe biden and Vice President elect kamala harris. We wont stand for it. So im speaking up. You are going to hear that were not going to let this go, because this is a racist attempt. We have to call it what it is. Its White Supremacy at its finest. Let me ask you this. The 6th of january was your fourth day in congress, your third day in congress, Something Like that . It was the third. I just cant imagine your first week on the job, just in any job. If you were you know, if you were an accountant or doctor or you worked in a news network that got overrun by a mob, i mean, how are you processing this . You know, i think i have had a lot of time to understand what Movement Looks Like and what protest looks like. And so i have been in a state of fight or flight probably, dealing with from the ferguson uprising till now, just kind of being in that place. So when this happened, you know, even though that was not a protest, let me be clear, that was not a protest. But being in that type of a space and being in a place where you have to always be ready at any moment, when you have these white supremacist attacks after you, ive been living there for the last six years. So that was not the thing. The thing for me was i was told i would be safe in this place. That even though where i live at home in st. Louis, things may be a little different, i was told when youre at the capitol, you are safe. Our staff would be safe. The rest of the staff here, the custodians and everyone else, the chefs, the cooks, everybody would be safe. But we werent. So that was the thing. And so now processing it, especially as a black woman, im a black woman that stands to call out White Supremacy. I call out failed leadership. I call out corruption. And say we need to defund the police. Im very clear on those things. Black lives matter and we have the right to stand up and save lives. I speak on that. So to be here and have that happen, you know, that was unnerving, and thats why this is so important. We have to those people who work, those Congress Members who worked to help incite this insurrection, they must be expelled. They should not be able to be in the same space to do the exact same, to vote, to represent a district that is not only made up of people who look like them and believe what they believe . No, you have to represent and serve all the people. And since you chose not to, then you should not be here. Final question for you. There was a strange thing that happened on the floor tonight. I know you werent there but weve been getting reports. I think due to security concerns, some democratic colleagues a little concerned about their republican colleagues. There were mag nom ters, metal detectors placed for members to pass through an entrance into the House Chamber itself, so members who are carrying, Lauren Boebert, freshman member, very vocal about the fact she wants to carry. There was a standoff and a bunch rushed around or rushed through, one knocked over apparent liv a Capitol Police officer or bumped into a Capitol Police officer, i should be precise in my language, and have basically just evaded it and said this doesnt apply to us. And i know youre not there. Thats what we know so far, more facts, but just your reaction to that. Many of the people are the kinds of people that voted, i think, to overturn the election as well. So when i went in, i didnt see that take place. There was a line of people that were waiting to go through the metal detectors. So in the place where i was, people were just waiting in line and we went through without incident. But for those that did that, first of all, were talking about your job. Lets just look at it from the most basic level. If you work at mcdonalds, you have to wear the uniform or youre not working today. You know, if you are wherever you are, when youre told this is what you have to do, this is what you have to do or youre not working. And i dont know, maybe its because i dont know. Have they ever had a job before . Also, how do you get on a plane . You have to go and say this is against your rights . Do you rush through and not go through the metal detectors when you try to get on the plane . Like thats a bunch of bull crap. Again that is them trying to push the limits as far as they can 37. We have Congress Members who have said they want to carry their guns on the floor, on the house floor. We have Congress Members who bring their guns to our office buildings. This is where we should feel safe, but youre bringing your guns to the office building. I dont feel safe around that. Many people dont feel safe with that. And you know what . If you wont abide if they wont abide by the simple things this job calls for, then go find another one. Congresswoman cori bush with some advice. Thank you very much, congresswoman. I appreciate it. Thank you. Next, more members of Congress Test positive for coronavirus after being forced to isolate with republicans who refused to wear masks during the trump mob siege. I didnt make that up. Its true. The latest after this. Do you have a Life Insurance policy you no longer need . Now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. Call Coventry Direct to learn more. We thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. But we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. Our friends sold their policy to help pay for their medical bills and that got me thinking. Maybe selling our policy could help with our retirement. Im skeptical, so i did some research and called Coventry Direct. 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At least three democratic members of congress have now tested positive for coronavirus after they were all isolated with at least six republican lawmakers who refused to put on masks despite being offered them. That was while the trump mob was storming the capitol and they were forced into that room. We dont know for certain, i should be clear, how the three lawmakers got it. They believe their republican colleagues are at least partially to blame. Democratic congresswoman Bonnie Watson coleman, a 75yearold cancer survivor, tested positive yesterday. She said this today. Im angry at the way my colleagues didnt give a hoot about our safety and security and how they acted with such arrogance and stupidity by not putting their mask on. So im angry that i spent ten months working from my home. I wanted to stay safe because im a survivor of cancer, among other things. And i go down there and in one week i come back and i have a positive covid diagnosis. Congressman Brad Schneider of illinois announced today he also has the virus. He said hes paying the price for his colleagues refusal to wear masks, adding, im now in strict isolation, worried that i have risked my wifes health and range at the selfishness and arrogance of the antimaskers who put their own contempt and disregard for decency ahead of the health and safety of their colleagues and our staff. Congresswoman pramila jayapal, frequent guest on this program, is angry and condemns the quote idiocy. Said, only hours after President Trump incited a deadly assault on our capitol, our country, and our democracy, many republicans still refused to take the bare minimum covid19 precaution and simply wear a damn mask in a crowded room during a pandemic creating a superspreader event on top of a domestic terrorist attack. She also called for fines to be levied on members who refuse to wear masks in the capitol and for their immediate removal from the floor. This afternoon the house sergeant at arms agreed announcing that members not wearing a mask will not be admitted to the floor. Members who fail to wear a mask will be removed from the floor. Politicalo reports that the house is expected to implement a system of fines for members who flout the requirement to wear masks in the chamber. 500 fine for the first offense, 2500 fine for the second offense. Coming up Law Enforcement finally gives a public briefing on the capitol riot. Nearly one week later at rests, investigations and possible conspiracy charges, next. Ions a conspiracy charges, next all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again. Six days after the violent attack on the u. S. Capitol, Law Enforcement finally held the First Federal press briefing about what happened. But that isnt acting attorney general of the United States or the director of the fbi. They just sent out the local guys, acting u. S. Attorneys for the District Of Columbia and the assistant director in charge of the Fbi Washington Field Office to talk to the country on camera for the first time about the attempted insurrection against the u. S. Government at the capitol, and what they are doing to bring the rioters to justice. We have already opened 170, more than 170 subject files, meaning these individuals have been identified as potential persons that committed crimes on the Capitol Grounds inside and outside. So of those 170 cases that have already been opened, and i anticipate that will grow to the hundreds in the coming weeks, weve already charged over 70 cases. Just yesterday our Office Organized a strike force of very Senior National security prosecutors and public corruption prosecutors. Their only marching orders from me are to build seditious and conspiracy charges related to the most heinous acts that occurred in the capitol. Some encouraging actions there. It still feels like things are not quite moving that quickly given the scope and stakes of what is at issue here. And more importantly the impending threat of further armed assault. Politicos National Security correspondent Natasha Bertram joins me now. Natasha, first what was your takeaway from the briefing today . Well, it was clear that the fbi, first of all, was trying to do some cleanup on its own behalf. So the fbi official there emphasized that the warnings they received were in fact shared with their state and local partners. So they did share them with local Law Enforcement officials. According to this fbi official. And that was i think an attempt to say look, we did our part of the job and it was up to, say, Capitol Police, or the members of the joint Terrorism Task force in washington, d. C. To kind of put together the security measures that were necessary in order to respond to the kind of violent threats and intelligence that they were receiving. So i think this was part of what weve seen in the last week as a continuation of the fbis attempt to say we did our job, now the rest is up to you. And then with regard to the d. C. U. S. Attorneys office which Michael Sherwin was talking about, they now want to say were taking this seriously with regard to pursuing further charges. But one of the big takeaways obviously is were not seeing the fbi director on stage. Right . Were not seeing briefings directly from the head of the fbi and from senior officials who might indicate to the rest of the country and to potential violent rioters who might come back to the capitol that this is something that has gone to the highest, highest levels of government, that will not be tolerated. And i think that that is something that is also concerning some folks tonight. I mean, its a week after it happened, six days. And no you know, i dont know who runs dhs now. Chad wolf is gone. Lord who knows is running that place. But act fbi director chris wray, jeff roens the acting attorney general. It is shocking to me, shocking. Inexcusable that we have not had a briefing. Its remarkable. And National Security officials who ive spoken to have also said, look, one of the reasons why we might not be seeing them is they might be afraid that they could get fired in the week thats left of this administration, that speaking truth about this and the reasons why it was incited, the realities of why these protesters came and mobbed the capitol would force them to lose their jobs. And that you know, take it at face value, which is that the president has never accepted his own official speaking the truth about, and speaking and criticizing him in any way. So i think thats part of it. Final question for you is about where things stand in terms of threat assessment for future possible assaults. There has been reporting about briefings of members of congress about some that are being plotted and planned. Where do things stand right now in terms of the security of this inauguration specifically . So everything is being thrown at this in terms of security. Obviously they dont want a repeat of what happened last week. So its really all hands on deck at this moment. The National Guard is already stationed around d. C. About a week earlier than they were supposed to be. The fbi is also all hands on deck. They currently are going door to door in d. C. , or have been, trying to find the person who planted the pipe bombs at the dnc and the rnc because that person still has not been caught and could very well come back. So the secret service is putting everything into this. So it will be a massive massive security massively secure event. But there are still some concerns among lawmakers in particular about whether they want to be there for the inauguration of joe biden because they know, you know, that they are they have these targets on their backs. Natasha bertrand whos doing a lot of great reporting on this. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Thank you. That is all in on this tuesday night. Impeachment eve. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, rachel. You know, most news anchors go their whole careers and never get an impeachment eve once. Weve had two in a year, chris . I would happily trade for a boring, boring things. I agree. We all reach you know, you feel like youve worn out this word, right . Unprecedented, unprecedented. Im always thinking to myself am i historicizing here . This is uncharted territory. It simply is. As a historical matter, it is. I mean, the closest thing is nixon facing certain impeachment and likely removal for the first time being visited in august 1974 by republicans who came to him and said this is now done, your time on the stage is over. That is essentially the equivalent position to where donald trump is now, except hes already been impeached once before. And so like even to get close to something in history you have to morph it into something way more serious than anything like what were seeing now. Anyway, thank you. Much appreciated. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Things are moving very fast now. Im not sure that even yesterday at this time when i was talking to you here on this bat channel at this bat time, i dont think even yesterday i could have imagined that i would be telling you tonight what i am about to tell you. But here are the facts. Heres where we are. The house of representatives is voting on a resolution to urge mike pence to act in accordance with the 25th amendment to the constitution to urge a majority of trump cabinet to vote with him to remove President Trump from office. Now, this 25th amendment resolution in the house will pass