President trump is set to become the only american president to be impeached twice. The house of representatives this morning is debating the need to hold the president accountable, accountable for en sighting a riot that engulfed the capitol of the United States. Democrats on the side of an historic rebuke, an indelible stain on President Trumps term in office. The damage this Building Sustained can be repaired, mr. Speaker. But if we dont hold donald trump accountable, the damage done the our nation could be irreversible. Domestic terrorists broke into the United States capitol that day. Its a miracle more people didnt die. Some republicans have been fighting back with complaints about the process, saying what the president did is wrong, but its all just moving too fast. Meanwhile National Guard troops are inside and outside the Capitol Building preparing for a worst case scenario. It is a military zone. Theyre concerned about more attacks on the capitol, being issued weapons today a
Barriers erected around the white house and National Mall after last weeks riot that at the capitol that left five people dead in that terror attack. Former secret Service Agent dan emmett spoke with neil cavuto earlier today saying that attack at the capitol cannot be allowed to happen again. No, i dont think its overkill, i dont think theres any such thing as overkill in a situation like this because its just, it cant be allowed to happen again. Eric former assistant fbi director chris schrecker is with us with insider insight. Casey stegall is live in austin, texas, at the capitol there. But lets start with Steve Harrigan whos down in d. C. With the latest on this chilling arrest. Steve, whats the latest . Reporter thats right, eric. More questions than answers at this point, but as you look around, you can see the levels and layers of security here. Weve got metal fences, dump trucks, concrete barriers and these 8foothigh metal fences that are going up all around the capitol to cre
Now, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The Chinese Government began this year by intensifying its crackdown on the pro democracy opposition in hong kong. Beijing seems determined to snuff out organised dissent in the territory in 2021. Amid the mass arrests, the surveillance of the media and academia, is there any safe space left for those fighting for hong kongs political autonomy . My guest is kenneth chan, a founder of hong kongs civic party and a former member of the Legislative Council. Is the fight for freedom in hong kong lost . Professor chan, in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Pleasure to be here. Professor chan, right now in hong kong, is it possible to operate as a pro democracy political activist . It is increasingly difficult because of the introduction of the National Security law and the arbitrary implementation of the law that we have seen so far. So, a lot of people are very concerned. I would say we increasingly succum
Thats how i look at it. A lets see if they apply their standards to kamala harris, if they dont, there might be republicans who do. Laura fantastic show great to see you tonight. This is the ingraham angle, as she makes a leadership play, liz cheneys impeachment push is winning plaudits from democrats and the media, republicans should start asking themselves why that is, we are going to have more on that in a moment. He also, the vehemently antitrump Lincoln Project has an issue within their own leadership about one accusations of their founders, that journalist is here with the details. Aoc and her colleagues suffer from a huge disconnect while cancel culture . Raymond arroyo explains it all in seen and unseen. But first, impeaching america. Thats the focus of tonights angle. The grandstanding today at the u. S. House, it was really hard to stomach, and i hope you didnt waste one minute of your precious time watching. It was just another politicall exercise in futility conducted by se
Rioters, accusing her of stealing Speaker Pelosis laptop and then trying to sell it to the russians. And amid this heightened security, the arrest in the capital. The man with an unauthorized credential, a gun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Martha raddatz with late reporting tonight. President trump spending his final hours isolated in the white house. What our team is learning tonight about any selfpardon or pardons for his family. The president now planning a militarystyle salute for himself, not attending the inauguration. Will there even be a phone call to the incoming president elect . Meantime, president elect joe bidens first plans after taking office. What he will do on his first day. Mary bruce standing by to go down the list tonight, from the coronavirus to Student Loans to the Keystone Pipeline and the paris climate deal. The pandemic tonight nearing a chilling milestone in the u. S. , set to reach 400,000 american lives lost. And tonight, the cdcs new and chilling pr