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You know, tommy left us a note, and the note said, please forgive me, my illness won today. Look after each other, the animals and the global poor for me. All my love, tommy. So he didnt have anything in there about take some time off. And why usa usa . Usa why is america such an extraordinary country . We are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity or one ideology or one religion. We are unified by one constitution and one rule of law and in the values under our constitution. [applause] it is an aspiration, its a challenge to us. The constitution shouldnt be some kind of fetish document. It should be the living commitment that we all have to make democracy work in the service of the common good. That is the constitution that comes out of the civil war and reconstruction. That is the constitution that we have been fighting for since then. And weve got to keep fighting for it. [crowd chanting] trump trump trump [applause] please raise your right hand and repeat after me, i donald john trump, do solemnly swear i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear to preserve, protect and defend the constitutional United States, so help me. God congratulations. [sound of gunfire] [sound of artillery] mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted out factories scattered light tombstones across the landscape, and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much on realized potential. This American Carnage stops right here and stops right now. [applause] we dont trump talked about American Carnage in his first inaugural address, it was a pivotal moment, because American Carnage of course was not a description of everything anything, it was a promise on his part. When i saw the violence on the january 6th, i thought about the American Carnage speech. He had foreshadowed the whole thing. American carnage what was not what he was running against, it was what he was running for. [applause] we can now efficiently project that the democrats will take control of the house now for the first time don trump will have an effective Opposition Party that will be able to thwart his agenda. [applause] all right, our next speaker is a very special people. If you guys would listen up for a second and Pay Attention for one second, i am bringing on two of my three kids, who are going to introduce me so i can make my speech. Please welcome tommy raskin and tabatha raskin tonight. Come on up. Good evening, everybody. Im tommy raskin. I am tabatha raskin. So, if the best representative is the one who works the hardest and then you are representative, my dad, is the best. I [laughter] [applause] my father started running for office when i was ten and since that time i have kept an informal tally of all questions that have gotten on the and when i get the most is, do you think your dad is going to win . And i suppose my familial hubris is showing, because i never doubt that hes going to win. Its not because your and so there is none not because of his so he has that, as well. Deep moral convictions. And his appreciation of Democratic Values i represent i will give it my all. I will give it. All [applause] it was an amazing feeling to be in the majority. We were going to have the chance to investigate a lot of the corruption and missed reasons of the trump administration. But of course right when we got into the majority and the new term started, donald trump shut the government down. Come on, man. All right thats doable. Backup, backup. Its better. Lacombe of the tie . No, no no. So the new shouldnt its route to this is the third Government Shutdown on President Trumps watch. As they failed to Reach Agreement a Border Wall Funding the prisons banning roughly employees will not be getting paid during the shutdown. More than half of them will still have to report to work. The rest are being furloughed, i mean they wont go to work but they still wont get paid. Nice to meet, you good to see. You this is wonderful. Very very exciting. I love these guys. I have to make my contribution. Im giving my entire january salary away since the government shut down. So im really give it all the groups. Thats you guys. We really appreciate being a part of that. We appreciate where youre trying to do when youre on the hill. Thank you. Hello. Nice to see you. What a pleasure. Im here with and recollecting food just helped give away to people who are affected by the Government Shutdown. Okay. Thank you so much. What dont give them the viking law. For over charlottesville. Never get a device on the. Gus we have a system of checks and balances and you dont hold the federal workforce of the people of the country hostage in order to get air away in a policy debate. Were able to get the mexico he wasnt able to get the Mexican Government papers wiley, was unable to get congress to do it even though we control that was in the senate with republican coal, now suddenly the democrats took over the house, we won 40 seats and he decides to shut the government down. Its just an unacceptable way to do business in a democracy. I never thought the trump could turn out to be a good guy. I thought maybe all of this rightwing authoritarian populist stuff, all this mussolini stuff, which is fade away quickly when he got into office, that cooler heads would prevail, the conservative republican establishment would kind of take over and run things like a standard runofthemill rightwing presidency. As opposed to an existential threat to constitutional democracy. [applause] donald trump today due to the rose garden to wave a white flag, a Green Two O Reopen the government without funding for his border wall. Im proud to announce that we have reached a deal to end the shut down and reopen the federal government. I think he thought that he was going to practice extortion, political extortion, and that we would give again and we stood strong. Now for the first time donald trump will have an effective Opposition Party that will be able to thwart his agenda and have that power to investigate and the power to subpoena and most importantly the end of one party rule in washing ten win. Congressional oversight of the president United States finally begins in earnest today. Trumps former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, will be give public testimony between House Oversight committee, and i will be televised live. In the statement we got last night he said the president was a Racist Con Man and a cheat. My reaction was, tell us something we dont know. [laughter] so, you know, im basically looking at him like, renegade refugee from Organized Crime family and hes going to tell us the internal dynamics of the trump Operation Wow the big story, in my mind, is that we have a president who has turned the government to vote states of america into a moneymaking operation for himself, for his family, for his business, and for his friends, and so we want to try to get the best and most fine grained portrait we can get of what is taking place within the Trump Corporation then we have to ask a question about whether this is a president who was an actual threat to the character of our public. Oh my god, look at those people. What mr. Cohen, if you would please rise and i will begin to swear you in. Raise your right hand. My loyalty to mr. Trump has cost me everything. My familys happiness, friendships, my law license, my company, my livelihood, my honor, my reputation, and soon my freedom. And i will not sit back, say nothing, and allow him to do the same to the country. Indeed, given my experience working for mr. Trump, i fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power, and this is why i agreed to appear before you today. We [applause] Michael Cohen did issue a stark warning to the country that if donald trump lost there would be no peaceful transition. Theres no way he would accept it. That is a frightening and startling thing for the president s own lawyer to say about him. But it seemed far off at that point, to a lot of people. People have said from the beginning, there is no way he would do that. Theres no way anybody would do that. That community. I offer what i can when i can. I started noticing my memory was slipping. I saw a prevagen commercial and i did some research on it. I started taking prevagen about three years ago. I feel clearer in my thoughts, my memory has improved and generally just more on point. 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When Attorney General william barr releases a redacted version of the nearly 400page mueller report. Was there a conspiracy in the election between russians and americans trying to help donald trump . Was there obstruction or other crimes arising under that investigation . Mueller never concluded either way whether the president obstructed justice. So william barr made a determination himself. You know, there is an attempt, i think here, to preempt congresss role. We are the Law Making Branch of government. We have the primary and dominant branch of government and we are the ones who will decide whether there were High Crimes And Misdemeanors committed by this president. Barr had done a Master Bashful Job Propagandize in the public about it, basically pulling the wool over everybodys job eyes about what was in the report. He took a complicated set of facts, which showed lots of wrongdoing, condensed it to no collusion no construction. There was no evidence of the Trump Campaign collusion with the russian governments hacking. There was no collusion. There was no obstruction. There was no nothing. Either of those things was in there but that was the mantra. You could hear it 500 times a day. I mean, its just a classic Propaganda Tactics of authoritarian regimes. I feel like pulling in all i pulled an all nighter. I didnt, but its just that feeling. Being back in college in cramming for three hours straight. Going up. Do you think that impeachment is more on the table now . I dont think its any more or any less than it ever wise. You know, my attitude from the beginning has been that impeachment should not be a fetish for anybody, but it should not be taboo for anybody either. Its not a panacea for everything that ails us in america. Its not going to get Health Insurance to people. And its not gonna lower Prescription Drug prices. But it is the peoples last line of selfdefense against a president who insist upon acting like a king and trampling the law. The great thing about america, what we love about america, is that it is a constitutional democracy. Its government of the people by the people for the people. And if somebody decides to disrupt the basic fabric of our public and to violate the law, weve got to take that seriously, even if this is a system of lies in the president is not above the law. Hes bound by the law like everybody else. We are charging through agreed that we have three coequal branches. We are not coequal branch of government. Where the preeminent branch of government. Theres a reason why we are in article one. All legislative power is vested in the congress of the United States. So the constitution all sovereign power of the people to create the country, to raid the constitution, flawed into congress. And one is the core job of the president . To take care that the laws are faithfully executed. Thats it. If the president doesnt take care that the laws are faithfully executed, get rid of him. I overslept. Can i use your phone to call . Julie of course. He found me in a one and 1000 days when i was really angry. Because my phone doesnt work. It doesnt belong with his schedule. Taking the dog for a walk because my phone died. I need new phone. Good morning good morning. Be quiet. Here, what if you take this. Potter, you stop that attitude. I am so upset right now. The president was engaged in all kinds of corruption and he just gave the finger to the separation of powers and congresss oversight role. So there was great frustration building up. There was a very strong sense in the country and in the caucus that we need to formalize it into an Impeachment Inquiry or investigation. But i think that democratic leadership was nervous about the politics of it. Some of our members started to say trumps not worth it. 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I didnt think donald trump was going to be in the white house when i ran for office. Iran is a Constitutional Law professor. I know one thing really well, which is about the constitution in the rule of law in american democracy. And it became clear to me that trump was actually attacking the constitutional underpinnings of american government. What a pleasure. Thank. You thank you poverty. So most of the history of humanity, of our species, people have lived under Kings And Queens and dictators and despots and belize and authoritarian system. Democracy is very much the exception and the whole point of the constitution is to keep people in office from just doing whatever they want. It was the idea of Lawless Discretion in Government Officials that motivated the american revolutionaries to write a constitution that woodbine people in power. So weve got to make democracy work, and it is something that we do together. We need every buddy out organizing to get everyone out to vote in 2020. And we have to capture all these facts cystic style tactics coming from donald trump. As hard as we were fighting trump, we are going to stop him from his rampage in america, we were also working to turn out a landslide for the democrats in 2020. Hi, good morning. Good to see you. What everybody likes to hear soy and stand. You dont wanna see spend rest your live looking at my poor head. Really. We like it. Going up. Down by the riverside, down by the riverside. Im going to study war no more. [applause] [applause] hello Democracy Summer in the house we brought some organizers today. One of them is sitting behind me. [bell ringing] [applause] Thomas Jefferson said, we are by blood and tradition the heirs of rebels and revolutionaries who overthrew kings and tyrants, and we must never forget who we are. [applause] i i studied congress and saw the kind of member that i had in mind, who a member of congress is, what they are like. Its pretty much exactly who j. D. Raskin is. [applause] graciously intellectual, relentlessly principled, eminently compassionate, and able to Quote Jefferson as the [applause] i have always felt the politics at its best is about education. So when i first ran for office i started Democracy Summer. [applause] its about teaching people about the process and how it works, about the issues and the competing merits of different kinds of solutions, and then teaching people about how you go out and make change. [applause] mother and son, i need a shot. Thats excellent. And, congratulations. Thank you so much. What were in the Perfect Place right now. I feel Everybody Knows one thing. They all want to know about the constitution. Hello. Happy labor day, everybody. Happy labor day. Nice to see you. Take a few more of those . I love you guys. Happy labor day. Nice to see you. Nice to see you. Youre doing an awesome job. Do you guys need a constitution. You got it. The impeachment clause in there too. Happy labor day, guys. 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An Extraordinary Development, become a partner in hope today. Reporter an Extraordinary Development likely without precedent in u. S. History. Likely without president in u. S. History, was a Bore Whistleblower complaint from an intelligence official about a private president ial phone call. Trump pressured the president of ukraine to investigate joe bidens son. Withholding military aid in exchange for military aides which wouldve meant the election. Three trying crimes here. Excuse extortion by the president , using a threat to obtain something of value, conspiracy to engage extortion, conspiracy to violate federal election law, to obtain foreign interference in the United States election. The actions of the Trump Presidency revealed betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our National Security, and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. It was a breakthrough day. We waited for it for three years. And i get the newspapers. Im saving the newspapers, julie. Awesome. The whole shake down seemed like a shake down because they were caught redhanded. And unify those people who are very concerned about the political bullet corruption and lawlessness with those who are concerned about what don trump was doing to americas image and reputation in the world. And i think that is why the Impeachment Pressure built up in such a large way. People understood that he was trying to wage war against not just our Political Party but our whole constitutional order. It was an extraordinary abuse of power. A wait, i forgot to tie my tie. Dont look at my collar with a scowl. Now [laughter] make a quick and easy, not elaborate set up like last time. Crazy couple of days, half . Yeah. Really wonderful couple of days. You want to hold this for a second. The times have found us. The moment that the ukraine and poland came to light, you could tell everything was going to change. At the same time that i was shocked and startled by the radicalism of this new chapter, i felt it was completely consistent with everything we knew about donald trump. He has been betraying the office and betraying the constitution. Hes been betraying National Security from day one. Thank you so much. Great to see. You american elections belong to the American People. They dont belong to the president and they dont belong to a president working in league with foreign powers against us. That is what the framers were afraid of. I used to have a bunch of these winters are now only have one which. Oh my god, are these are guys already Trick Or Treating . And you guys already trickortreating . Were already trickortreating. Come back because im getting my decorations. Ive been a little busy, but you guys will promise to come back . Absolutely, welcome back. We have to come back. All right, happy halloween, you guys. Oh, man. This is not even a pumpkin . Can you carve a gourd . How many . As many, can you fit three in your hand . There we go. Do you like skittles to . You like m ms . We will make them fit. There we go. Well then you got, it youve got it. Because this is the trump era. Its whatever you can grab. Oh, dad would you guys Like A Baby Constitution . What is that . Look, come here. Its a own constitution, okay . Its got the First Amendment in it. At a sobering Milestone Houston regrets turned weeks of testimony and speeches into actual articles of impeachment against the president. The House Judiciary Committee decided to charge the president s two articles impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. President trump is now the fourth president in u. S. History to have articles of impeachment drawn up against him. Good morning. It is my solemn responsibility this morning to present for your consideration House Resolution 755 concerning the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the United States. Investigating committees collected and hours of deposition testimony, and the Judiciary Committee is in possession of overwhelming avidins that the president states has committed High Crimes And Misdemeanors. Impeachment is like an indictment. When the house votes to impeach, it is acting like a grand jury, and its essentially saying we believe that there have been these crimes. President trump has abused the awesome powers of the presidency by using his office to corruptly demand that a Foreign Government interfere in our american president ial election. In order to promote his own Political Campaign in 2020. This scheme subordinated the democratic sovereignty of the people to the private political ambitions of one man, the president himself. The way i thought of it was that this would be an attempt to state the case against the president before the country, because the tv cameras would be there. So i was trying to bring it back to the question of elections. If we just let this misconduct go and authorize unlicensed president s to coerce, could joel, pressure, and into his foreign powers to enter our election campaigns, we can only ask with the 2020 election will look like, or indeed, what any future election in america will be like. The president s continuing course of conduct constitutes a Clear And Present Danger to democracy in america. We cannot allow this misconduct to pass. It would be a sellout of our constitution, our foreign policy, our National Security, and our democracy. Thank you, mister chairman, i yield back. On this vote the yeas are 229, the nays are one 98. President is one. Article two is adopted. It is official. President trump impeached, putting the bitterly divided america on display. Virtually every democrat voting for impeachment. Every republican voting against it. Today we took action to hold President Trump accountable for the serious and undisputed risky poses to our free and Fair Elections and to the separation of powers thief growth our liberty. We passed the two articles of impeachment. The president is impeached. What is the House Speaker since the articles of impeachment over to the senate, not that in motion a trial. When it comes to the senate, the senate has this power to try the case, in other words, to be the court that conducts the trial on those charges. And they are two thirds is required to convict. A jury in the senate is almost by definition biased and certainly in trumps case its because he demanded that kind of personal loyalty. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 45th president to the knighted states, donald j trump. [applause] thank you, thank you. This lawless partisan impeachment is a political suicide march for the democrat party. They have nothing. Theyre the ones that should be impeached. Every one of them. [applause] we have tremendous support in the Republican Party, like we have never had before. [applause] nobody has ever had this kind of support before. Its going to come out to a beautiful great victory for the Republican Party and for the [applause] this is not about painting the country. This is about destroying the president. Hey hey, whoa, donald trump has got to go. I was made a partisan political decision to impeach. I wouldnt preserve a will have a largely partisan outcome in the senate. Im not impartial about this at all. There is no way this can or should be viewed as legitimate. Certainly not by republicans whose Minority Rights have been trampled on every step on the way. We were treated unbelievably unfairly, but this is what the end result is. [applause] it didnt surprise me that much that our side was unequal to dislodge that monolithic republican support. Because the leadership were all trump accomplices. Well basically had all these sycophants in the house and in the senate who were just going along with whatever donald trump wanted. You have been so great. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I told myself i was ok with my moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms. With my Psoriatic Arthritis symptoms. But just ok isnt ok. And i was done settling. If you still have symptoms after a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq is different and may help. Rinvoq is a oncedaily pill that can dramatically relieve ra and psa symptoms, including fatigue for some. It can stop joint damage. And in psa, can leave skin clear or almost clear. Rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. Serious infections and blood clots, some fatal; cancers, including lymphoma and skin cancer; death, heart attack, stroke, and tears in the stomach or intestines occurred. People 50 and older with at least one Heart Disease risk factor have higher risks. 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Record unemployment, Tens Of Millions of americans out of work. The death toll in the u. S. Rising as new cases appear in more parts of the country. Covid19 was a catastrophe for our country. The economic consequences of it were calamitous. We ended up losing hundreds of thousands of people were. We have 82,000 of our fellow citizens who have died already. We have Tens Of Millions who have been thrown out of work. We have seen massive shutdowns. Harvard law school closed, physically, and tommy came back to live with us. He was on zoom doing his classes. It was a very strange, isolating time. And trump demonstrated how terrible his leadership wise. He never had a plan. What was happening in terms of Police Violence and Police Brutality also reflected the tendency of us to become a failed state, the state that could not deliver the basic goods of existence to its people. One of those goods public health. Another good is equal administration of the laws. [crowd chanting] what george floyd my friends, weve got to organize now the third reconstruction of United States of america. Now is our time. Its our moment to make it happen. You cant have democracy without participation, without people getting engaged in it. Your were not unified by being one ethnicity or one religion [bleep] or one ideology. Where unified by one constitution. Its not that the constitution was perfect when we got started. Far from it. I mean we were not a democracy. We were a Slave Republic Of White Male Property Owners over the age of 21. But it has been through these successive movements for democratic enlargement that the constitution has become a better, and we have become a more perfect union. A great leader Frederick Douglass said if theres no struggle theres no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has, and it never will. Thank you for organizing. Black lives matter. [applause] not only may this be the most important election in our lifetime, it may be the most unusual. States across the country are turning to mailin voting in this election an effort to allow americans to vote safely during the pandemic. Amongst americans support the option of mailin balloting, President Trump launched a new attack on it today as he trails joe biden in the polls. Theyre going to be sending out 80 million ballots. Where are they going . Who are they sending them to . Theyre trying to rig this election. The president s failure to address the pandemic continues to hurt him in poll after poll. Asked if he would accept the Election Results the president said, quote, ill have to see. The only way were gonna lose this election is if an election is rigged. Remember that. Its the only way were gonna lose this election. So we have to be very careful. My friends, weve got some hard days ahead of us, dont we . We really do. Weve got her days ahead of us. But we are Battle Tested and we are ready. We are preparing for an Outbreak Landslide Victory for democracy in 45 days. Get ready for it. We dont have, believe it or, not a constitutional right to vote in america. Its just a Power State Legislatures to appoint electors. And the Republican Party, a minority party, a shrinking minority party, is using every lever of political power they have to try to thwart the majority. This is why the struggle for Voting Rights is so essential. We need everybodys vote. We need everybodys voice to count. And historic Election Night in america. Thats where a year of tragedy and unrest americans have turned out in force to make their voices heard. 100 Million People have already voted in this country. We may see a turnout today the smashes records. Three states day after day after day. Wisconsin, where theyre ahead oh, good. Government first cover. Love the haiku. Lets hear it. Okay. My haikus, dont ever again see that it cant happen here. Say we wont let it. We were obviously still in covid19, so there were no Election Night parties going on. Everybody was at home. Tommy was with me and we were just watching and waiting. Dallas county here, biden is leading these by 33 points. Wow. A big league in taxes . What . Because remember we saw all the historic early vote totals. Were watching those texas results as they come in. But there has been so much help. The democrats have in there we are still watching final votes in the Albertans Tinge of georgia, north carolina, virginia. Tom, are you gonna stay up or go to sleep . I dont think. So id be willing to put money on it. Yeah, ill bet you. If tom trump wins okay. All right, love you to death. My kids are so freaked out, everyone is so freaked out. Its gonna be a long night. Trump is going to be suing, were going to win this narrowly and then trump is going to be fighting it every step along the way. Buckle up. 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President trump another publicans have filed more than 30 election lawsuits, and i just keep throwing them out for lack of evidence. The president and his allies are casting doubt on the integrity of the election. Unfounded cheating in fraud hes trying to Tens Of Millions of obviously a its selfby the popular vote we must stand the as it translates complicated Electoral College. These are overtures that overturned and at every turn all of the courts claim that there had been corruption what the entire country has had to joe biden has won the pennsylvania Electoral Vote. Former Vice President joe biden, president it was an emotional thing when biden was declared the winner. There are huge crowds all over the country, out celebrating. Huge crowds. Millions of people took to the streets to celebrate and sing and dance. It was wild. It was just an amazing feeling. It was the fall of an authoritarian for the time being. And it felt like the redemption of democracy. Im in a great mood. I am in a great mood. This stop the steal stop the steal don trump is still saying he they stole the election, which it was not. Residents have the latest in a nearly unbroken string of legal defeat. President trumps supporters undeterred, with time, including members of farright Extremist Group group the proud boys, rallying to support him in watching turn. For candy fire there are two major matches. America first most members of congress, paid no attention on to them to the cause election was over. And it turned out that those marches were very important because trump was able to attract to washington that hardcore element that was willing to engage in violence. Were gonna stop the steal. Stop the steal we didnt take seriously enough and organize attack on the u. S. Government and on our constitution and on our election. We love trump we love trump we love trump dan . Yes . Do you care if i jump up shortly thereafter . I think everybody is gonna want to do that. Get out of town. Thank you all so much for joining us. I will look without further ado i will give it over to congressman raskin. Thank you guys all for indulging me in my Birthday Fantasy for this year. We came up with it on thursday. Youve known how much i love parties and i was missing everybody, and so i thought, okay, we can try to have a little contest here and see if i can answer 58 questions in 58 minutes. One minute per question. And it begins with tommy raskin. Whos your favorite tv villain . My favorite tv villain, villains, are the joker, the riddle are, and william barr, the reported Attorney General. Thank you. Next question comes from mark meadows. How would your Favorite French philosopher Muntean Analyze The Voices Of Donald Trump . Are, clearly cruelty is the heart of Donald Trumps vicious system and all the other vices flow right out of cruelty. I dont know if theyre gonna wake up except those Election Results. I hope that it doesnt lead to violence in the country. I really hope that people, that they dont start doing really crazy things. I love the fact that we survive this nightmare. It was really, really hard and difficult, and it continues with covid19, to be so difficult for people. But we have survived through it all, through the neonazis marching, we have survived through the corruption, we have survived through the ukraine shake down, and we are still here. Im all out of questions. Is that right, paul . You guys maybe more than 10,000. [laughter] is it possible to protect my business from Cyber Threats . It is, with comcast business. Helping every connected device stay protected. Yours. Your employees. Even. Susan . Hers, too. Safe. Secure. And powered by The Next Generation 10g network. With comcast business, advanced security isnt just possible. Its happening. Get started wih fast spees and advanced security for 49. 99a month for 12 monts plus ask how to get up to a 750 prepaid card with qualifying internet. Wounded warrior project has been with me every step of my journey. Theyve helped me realize its possible to rise to the top again. Its possible to get the help i need for me and my family. Its possible to hate pushups again. To feel understood. To begin healing both inside and out. To feel like myself again. And now i know anything is possible. gentle music Air Whooshing Phone Ringing sighs jamie raskin hmmm hi congressman. Flynn hi, congressman. Jamie raskin forgive me, i have had an insane day forgive me. I appreciated the even find the time to chat. I really appreciated. Its my pleasure. You want to talk about tom though, right. Tommy . This thing that youve been going through this week. Well, our family suffered a terrible catastrophe On The Last Day of 2020. But my my dear boy is very close to our hearts and on our minds, and we have been deluged with emails and food and love and messages from around the world. And in truth i havent been sleeping a lot. Not since we have been without tommy. Yeah. Tommy had been fighting depression for several years. Normally he was just the happiest, most ambulant, energetic person you could ever hope to meet. But he was suffering from depression. It was serious. The last night i got to spend with him, we had dinner together. We played some which was his big game, and we watch some stuff on tv. And we talked about going for a hike the next day. I gave him a hug goodnight. Told him i loved him. He told me he loved me. And that was the last time i saw him alive. How are you coping . Well, tommy left us a farewell note, where he said, please, forgive me, my illness won today. Look after each other. The animals, and the global poorer. All my love, tommy. And ill spend the rest of my life trying to live up to that. I assume you forgave him. Of course. I dont want to reveal the contents but i left a note for him as well. When we buried him. And of course i, i mean, what else could i do . Hes my son. He was enduring unimaginable suffering and we miss him every minute of every day and we wanted back but the only saying that enables me to sleep at night is knowing that he is no longer suffering and in pain. So we have the love, we have the hope, and the ideas and we are hanging on real tightly to his spirit and his soul. I mean, tommy was a person who loves the world, and he loved democracy. And he loved humanity. All living things, and so. I feel like i honor him by doing the work that hed be proud of. [applause] [crowd chanting] i want to thank you very much, hello, by the way. There is no way we lost georgia. [applause] that was a rigged election. Theyre not taken this white house, were gonna fight like hell, ill tell you right now. [applause] we will never given, we will never give or give up. We will never back down. We will never, ever surrender. [applause] [crowd chanting] i hope mike pence comes through for us after tonight. Great guy. 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Crowds already gathering for a pro trump rally, the president says he will speak at. As many as 30,000 people expected. This is the day that happens every four years. Usually, no one pays attention to. This year, all eyes are on dozens of house and Senate Republicans are going to object to the certification of millions of legally cast votes. Still, the president is ramping Up Pressure On Vice President pence to flip the outcome, even as pence himself reportedly told the president , he does not have that power. Trump allies tell nbc news, they believe he will keep disputing the results when allies say the president is increasingly desperate. Madam speaker the Vice President of the United States senate. [applause] it was the day after we had tommys funeral, a very tender, raw time. Our youngest daughter, tabatha, said daddy, dont go. I want to stay home. I said, i have to go home. Its a constitutional responsibility. So, i invited tabatha instead to come with me. Madam speaker, i want to thank you first and all my dear, beloved colleagues for your love and tenderness which my family and i will never forget. [applause] i felt very disoriented. I was overwhelmed by the love of my colleagues. I entertained this completely fantastical thought, that sympathy about tommy would somehow prevent any further division or polarization on that day. Of course, that was just a pipe dream. We are not here, madam speaker, to vote for the candidate we want. We are here to recognize the candidate the people actually voted for in the states. After i spoke, tabatha went to an office nearby. I started getting text from constituents and people all over the country, and Family Members saying, are you okay . At that point, i thought everything was still outside. The house will be in order. We began to hear a terrible raucous. Speaker pelosi was quickly hustled off the floor. The new chaplain gave the prayer, and we started hearing people trying to barrel into the door. Maybe 30 feet away from where i sat. We were told to get out our gas masks, which most of us didnt even know existed. Everyone was terrified. Everybody stay down, get down. You can hear people shouting and yelling, hang mike pence. You can hear people screaming, where is nancy . Then Capitol Police officers came running in with their guns drawn. It was very frightening to be away from tabatha. I kept calling my chief of staff, julie, begging them to keep the door locked. And barricaded. They ended up hiding under a desk, as people pounded on the door. As we were evacuated out, we could see complete mayhem. I was really terrified. I had no idea that the capitol could actually be overrun like that. Where are they . Finally, we were escorted to safety, by one of the committee rooms. Every Single Member that ive spoken to was determined to have us complete counting the Electoral College votes. 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As the fog of mayhem dissipates, the full picture of the terror, the crisis that took place in the Nations Capital on wednesday comes into focus. There is a death toll which now stands at five. The fbi has identified at least 200 suspects, and is looking for hundreds more. For the second time in 13 months, the House Of Representatives has voted to impeach president donald trump. A single article of impeachment accusing the president of inciting insurrection before in his remarks before last weeks riot gear began. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just nine House Impeachment Functionaries who will prosecute donald trump in that trial. The Lead Prosecutor will be former Constitutional Law professo jamie raskin. I was drowning in agony and grief at the time. I did not know whether id be able to do anything again of meaning or substance in my life after losing tommy. Thats why i say pelosi threw me a lifeline, in a way, because she basically said, we need you. Washington is ramping up an almost unprecedented Security Operation involving the Biggest National guard deployment in the capitals history. Police and the fbi continue to warn of violent, rightwing extremist plots. There are now three plots we are briefed on, to attack lawmakers and assassinate them potentially. So we are taking those threats as extremely seriously. The threats are crazy now. Not just against democrats, but against republicans. Especially against republicans who defected from trump. I wasnt afraid of anything at that point. My State Of Mind was essentially that that the very worst thing that ever could happen, just happened. Ladies and gentlemen, the president elect of the United States. But tabitha said we just lost tommy, and we cant lose you. And its a dangerous environment out there. And so, we were actually up in pennsylvania, we watched the inauguration of course, and i was so proud. To me, that was just a great moment in our history, to see that happen. After everything wed been through. This is so exciting. Yeah. My distinguished guests, my fellow americans, this is americas day. This is democracys day. Today, we celebrate the triumph, not of a candidate, but of a cause. The cause of democracy. The will of the people has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded. Weve learned again that democracy is precious. Democracy is fragile. At this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed. Its a big deal when you see a peaceful transfer of power. Weve come to take it for granted, but if you dont have a peaceful transfer of power, you dont have democracy. Who is that from . Tommys fifth grade teacher. All right, ill read it. We prevail, here we stand. Looking out at a great wall. After we lost tommy, we got thousands and thousands of letters. A lot of them were coming from people who knew tommy, or people who were moved by tommy s poetry. It was just an overwhelming and affecting thing. My first act as president , i would ask you to join me in a moment of silent prayer to remember all those who we lost this past year, during the pandemic. We will honor them, come together as a people or nation. We know you can and should be. We were not the only family in that godawful year to lose a family member. If you add up covid19, opioid deaths, gun violence, and all the other normal causes, millions of people lost loved ones. Amen. We are indeed surrounded now by American Carnage. Ive always had trouble falling asleep and staying asleep you know, insomnia. But then i found quviviq, an fdaapproved medication for adults with insomnia. And im glad i found it. You wouldnt believe some of the things people suggested to help me sleep. Nature sounds . Ahh, no thanks. My friends whitenoise idea. Nope. And im not counting sheep. Not on the. Carpet. Insomnia can impact both my days and my nights. So i know how important a good nights sleep is. Thats why i take quviviq nightly. 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The country is still trying to absorb the emotional impact of events that brought us right up to the edge of a real coup in america. We cant have healing before we have an honest reckoning, and this president must be held accountable for the role he has played. Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, all persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment, while the house of is exhibiting to the senate of the United States, an article of impeachment, against donald john trump, former president of the United States. The second impeachment of donald trump is now formally in the hands of the u. S. Senate. The first president to be impeached twice, also becomes the first ex president to face an impeachment trial. Good morning. All eyes on washington today, and the start of former President Trumps second impeachment trial. The lead impeachment manager, congressman jamie raskin, has been Holding Daily meetings with the rest of the managers. And they want to incorporate visual elements as much as they can. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Have a great day, you guys. I just want to make sure that everybodys together, when [inaudible] so i dont want anybody watching alone. Oh, gosh thats ominous. Well, americans should know. I woke up with henry v on my mind. All things are ready for my speech. Were gonna pass lincolns cottage on the way down, too. Whats the best piece of advice youve been given in the last 24 hours . A senator sent me a note, reminding me that Abraham Lincoln is the son of kentucky. And i felt that was a really deep point, you know. [laughs] so im gonna maybe slip that in. You know, the difficult part is we have to try to condense this huge volume of facts, telling the story of the incitement to the attack, the attack, the harm, the injury, everything we learned. Theyre just gonna get up and say, the senate cant get with the trial. I mean, its a totally funny argument. The constitutionality of trying a former president , the House Managers are gonna argue that, yes, there is jurisdiction. And thats going to cite lots of constitutional scholarship. No jurisdiction [inaudible] my name is jamie raskin. Ive been a professor of Constitutional Law for decades. I know that there are a lot of people who are dredging about the state of our democracy here. I remember the lines that a professor is someone who speaks while other people are sitting. You will not be hearing extended lecturesfrom me, because our case it is based on cold, hard facts. Its all about the facts. Okay, there you go. We will stop the steal. We want this election, and we want violent slide. This was not a close election, and after this, were Gonna Walk Down, and ill be there with you. Were Gonna Walk Down. Were Gonna Walk Down to the capitol lets take the capital take the capital we are going to the capitol where our problems are. Its that direction. Usa [noise] [noise] we fight. We fight like hell. And if you dont fight like hell, youre not gonna have a country anymore. Fight for trump [noise] go, go stop the steal theres 1 million of us out there, and we are listening to trump, your boss. Treason treason [noise] stop the steal remember, the senators and members of congress didnt see what was happening outside the building. I think everybody was Walking Around with the assumption that if people tried to overpower capitol officers, who were protecting the congress of the United States, those people would be shot on sight. We didnt realize that there were multiple breaches and a constant stream of people entering the building. Thats what we need, have 30,000 guns. No trump, no peace usa [noise] people died that day. Officers ended up with head damage and brain damage. Peoples eyes were gouged. An officer had a heart attack, an officer lost Three Fingers that day. Two officers have taken their own lives. Senators, this cannot be our future. 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You know, anybody who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Tabitha raskin oh, yeah. Jamie raskin and i believe that. Well, if you had to pick one aphorism to characterize the trump administration, it would probably be that one, you know, because it was just inevitable where it was gonna go. Tabitha raskin yeah. Jamie raskin and the guy had his inauguration and started talking about American Carnage. It was just a projection of his career, his destiny. It looks good. You want some cinnamon . Tabitha raskin yeah, i need cinnamon. I need jamie raskin ill find you some cinnamon. Jamie raskin when officer hodges was, you know, caught in the door and he was just howling, it was like torture, i did see mitch crying and kind of wiping away tears. Tabitha raskin heres the Cinnamon Jamie Raskin but the republicans, man, theyre a tough nut to crack, let me tell ya. You know, people were saying to me, how are you going to get 67 votes . I said, im not looking for 67 votes, im looking for 100 votes. Like im looking for just like a major breakthrough in Public Opinion in the senate, where people say this cannot be america, we cannot have a violenceinciting, proinsurrection demagogue constantly threatening our democracy. I mean, theres 100s of millions of people in the country. Anybody could be president. Why do we have to go back to him after hes committed High Crimes And Misdemeanors against the country . So, well see. Schumer the senate is now ready to vote on the article of impeachment. Clerk mr. Mcconnell . Mcconnell not guilty. Clerk mr. Mcconnell, not guilty. Reporter its over. Twice tried, twice acquitted. Reporter a majority of senators, including seven republicans, voted to convict former President Trump. But it was not enough. Leahy the senate, having tried donald john trump, former president of the United States, by one article of impeachment. Jamie raskin ive had every possible emotion about it. I think i was crestfallen at the moment i first heard it. Leahy the Acting Sergeant at arms will escort the House Managers out of the senate chamber. Jamie raskin i really thought we might have a 100 to zero verdict. I really thought that we had created such an overwhelming cascade of facts that the wiser republicans might say, this is our chance to save our party, this is our chance to get out from under the thumb of donald trump. And seven of them did the right thing. We needed 10 more. And so we might see a replay in 2024 of the 2020 election. Crowd Chattering i think we convicted him in the court of Public Opinion, and i think we convicted him in the eyes of history. So hes been turned into a pariah, i think, in national politics, and yet trump has tightened his control over the Republican Party. Right now youve got majorities of republicans in both houses who are saying that essentially theyre willing to go along with whatever donald trump says. That wouldnt be a problem for us if we just had Majority Rule in america. But in the gop, theyre manipulating every antidemocratic lever of power there is in order to entrench Minority Rule against the majority. Thats the struggle in the country today. We have our work cut out for us. We have to organize the majority to be politically engaged and active and to register to vote and to vote and not to allow republicans to steal elections. The future of democracy has not been written yet, and its up to us. I want to thank all of you for coming and sharing our grief and sharing our joy about the life of tommy bloom raskin. Hi phoebes. Hi graeme. Women how are you. Jamie raskin so good to see you guys. How are you guys. How are you guys. Woman hi. Jamie raskin hi beautiful. Woman hi woman moans jamie raskin i have lost my son, ive lost something so fundamental, so elemental in my life, im not sure at times that i even recognize the world. jamie sighs a little part of each of us died with him that day. In my case it was the belief that everything would have to be all right in the end. That the beautiful and the true would have to triumph over all the evil and the chaos. Ive lost that sense of absolute inevitability in happily ever after. But if part of us died with tommy, a big part and a far more. sobs important part of tommy lives on with each of us. It is the sense that what matters is the people in our lives, their feelings and their experiences, and that it is possible, it is advisable, it is right to design your life around practicing the love of other people. Your love can become the engine of a quest for justice. What do we always say, son . Liberty mutual customizes your car insurance. So you only pay for what you need. Thats my boy. 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