Sure we know lou is out here supporting us. Now as washington prepares for the inauguration, president elect biden and his family marked dr. Martin luther king jr. Day by packing boxes at a Philadelphia Food bank. And hours after she resigned from the senate, Kamala Harris celebrated by volunteering at a food pantry. Meantime, President Trump is using his final two days to prepare for his upcoming impeachment trial and finalize a list of dozens of pardons that sources tell nbc news could be issued as early as tomorrow. All of this as the coronavirus pandemic keeps setting new milestones in the United States with more than 24 million recorded infections and a death toll rapidly approaching 400,000. Joining us now joining us now is msnbc anchor, excuse me, ali velshi. He is covering the Extraordinary Security efforts in the Nations Capital for us. Good to talk to you. Give us a sense of how tense it is. Reporter this is the kind of thing you and i have covered elsewhere in the world. It
Lets go outfront. The final hours of president donald j. Trump as washington braces for what should be a peaceful transfer of power in less than 48 hours, the first of the Biden Inaugural events is just kicking off. You are looking at the field of lights right now on the national mall. The nearly 200,000 flags representing americans who were unable to travel to washington because of the pandemic and the threat of violence that is the result of trumps election lie, a lie that we know trump is still telling. He is still telling allies he won the election. It comes as trump is also plotting what will likely be his last president ial act, preparing for a final video message to the nation. Coming to you live at any time. And about to issue 100 pardons and commutations tomorrow. The big question is whether the president will try to pardon himself or his children. Aides dont think he will, but they caution only trump actually knows. We learned trump is isolated in these final hours, alone. Ou
Lets begin with the latest. Security is tight. 15,000 troops are quartered here and around the u. S. Capitol with more on the way. Many had been sleeping on the marble floors of the Capitol Visitors Center before cots were brought in. So far we know of two arrests made at checkpoints, but more than 300 cases have been opened in the broader investigation. Investigators are combing through more than 150,000 photos and videos and other evidence from tipsters. Also, the new yorker released new individual yes of the january 6th riots. Well share some of it with you in a moment. But lets begin with americas 59th president ial election. A lot has happened this month. So how did we get to this point . So far, the story of 2021 can be told through the events of three consecutive wednesdays insurrection, impeachment, and inauguration. Wednesday january 6th brought an insurrection to our nations capitol. A mob of protrump rioters stormed their way into Congress Looking to usurp the election and k
I would say yes to that. Perfectly done. Has anyone else been more aware of the clothing theyre wearing on Live Television. For help in this conversation with thanks to the rev, lets bring in kasie hunt. Im guessing that the deeper meaning and impact of bidens speech made its way to you on the lawn. As i am also guessing Amanda Gormans presence at the age of 22 made its way to you as we watched the obamas leave just behind where you are. Reporter it really did. Let me first say to pick up on the previous conversation, i would need two marines to help me walk around like that. I think its joy to walk around like that. In all seriousness though, being out here and getting a chance to listen to this, what really struck me is that after four years of having a president who made everything about lims and everything about his own political future, that this speech that we heard from joe biden it was not campaign speech. It was not a politics first speech. It was an american speech. It was a
And they were screaming out, kill him with his own gun. Good god. A firsthand account of one of the officers account of last weeks insurrection at the capitol. Lets first stop here and say good morning. Happy friday. Happy january 15th. And thats the last happy news we have today. Thats it. Because lets just tick through a couple things we have heard the past couple days. One, willie, we heard that officer say, kill him with his own gun. We now know that members who voted to impeach donald trump, republican members, now are running in fear for their lives. And, by the way, thats a constitutional remedy. Its in the United States constitution, the impeachment of a president. And you have Lindsey Graham, poor, poor, lindsey. He said im done with this. And then he gets chased through the airport by a couple of qanon people. And then suddenly hes like im back in this. And hes flying on airplanes with donald trump. And yesterday he said the most remarkable thing. He said if the senate went t