Bank accounts the ballots is raging for those 2,000 stimulus checks and democrats define President Trump blocking the house stimulus bill a fourth day in a row. Hopes for a stimulus increase likely in the hands of the next congress that gets sworn in tomorrow. We have reporters and analysts ready to take a deeper look into the potential fallout from all that for you. First to washington, d. C. And nbcs shannon pettypiece. First up what do we know about the president s plans to interrupt the election certification process on wednesday . Reporter of course, alex, often its actually almost always been, a traditional ceremonial event where we dont even really pay much attention to this, but because of the president s persistent tweets and allies continuing to raise this, he is trying to turn this january 6th certification of the electoral electoral vote to a last stand. Republicans in the house plan to raise objections from this. There is at least one senator, republican senator, who also
Do not represent our country. And to those who broke the law, you will pay. We have just been through an intense election and emotions are high. But now tempers must be cooled and calm restored. Julie a growing number of democrats pushing to have the president removed from office one way or another. Here is Senate Minority leader chuck schumer. The quickest and most effective way to remove this president from office would be for the Vice President to immediately invoke the 25th amendment. The Vice President can invoke the 25th amendment today and if the cabinet votes, he is gone. They should do it now. If the Vice President and the cabinet refused to stand up, congress should reconvene to impeach the president. Plain and simple. Julie chief White House Correspondent john roberts joins us live on the north lawn. Hello, john. Julie, good afternoon. It would have surprised me President Trump had tweeted that he was going to the migration for the president making it official earlier today
You are watching fox and friends first on a busy thursday morning. Todd we start with that fox news alert, the house voting to impeach donald trump for a second time just one week before he leaves office. Reporter the vote was 232197, one week after the capital arrived, house lawmakers finding donald trump guilty of, quote, incitement of insurrection adding the threat remains. We face enemies of the constitution, we experienced the insurrection that violated the sanctity of the peoples capital and that the president of the United States incited this insurrection. He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love. Historic impeaching the president for a second time but also the most bipartisan vote in history as these ten republicans crossed the aisle, the most ever for the president s own party. The president took an oath to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Last week there was a domestic threat at the door of the capital and he
That is going to happen next week on the 20th when joe biden is sworn in as president. You know, this is only going to make matters worse in a country thats deeply divided right now. Sandra impeachment heads to the senate where Mitch Mcconnell is telling republican colleagues he has not made a final decision on how he plans to vote but his office is telling fox news he wont reconvene the senate early for a trial. John roberts is live from the north lawn this morning. Have we heard directly from the president on how he plans to handle impeachment . We did. Good morning sandra and trace. Speaking with a Top White House official this morning who told me that if the paperwork goes over to the senate today, the white house expects that the trial would probably begin on the 21st. Well see how that unfolds. One thing we do know is the legal team that handled the president s last impeachment trial in the senate from the White House Counsels Office as well as jay sekulow and other outside couns
Minutes. We have a motion and second. All in favor . Aye. Opposed motion pass unanimously. The minutes of the october 11, 22 meeting were adopted. Item 3 is Public Comment on executive session. We will take Public Comment on executive session is there Public Comment in the room . Seeing none. Will provide instructions for remote participates. Thank you president adams. At this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make Public Comment on executive session. Please dial star 3 if you wish to comment. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait until their line is open. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes per person. The queue is open. Dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. There are no members of public on the phone wish to make Public Comment. Thanks. Public comment is closed. Next item 4, executive session. There is one conference with a Real Property negotiator as agendized. May i have a motion to go in executive sess