Marjorie to the green from her Committee Assignments over Conspiracy Theories she has since renounced and now the democratic swat speaking out about how vulnerable they feel in the wake of the Capitol Hill Riot and having to work among republican lawmakers they claim to be violently dangerous. Nancy pelosi giving them 60 minutes to express their lived experience and share their emotions on house for tonight. Democratic congressman Dean Phillips says he is realizing how especially frightening the rights mustve been for his nonwhite colleagues. Im here tonight to say to my Brothers And Sisters in congress and all around our country i am sorry. I am sorry. I had never understood, really understood what privilege really means. It took a Violent Mob Of Insurrectionist and a Lightning Bolt moment in this very room. Shannon Breaking News Correspondent Trace Gallagher start us off with a story we are hearing and some skeptics who say they arent all completely effectual. The back and forth betw
Last night. Meantime, cnn has learned investigators are struggling to bring officer sicknicks kill tore justice. Cnn security correspondent Josh Campbell is starting us off this morning in washington. Josh, so remarkable to be back at the scene, just a month after officer sicknicks death. Reporter thats right. Laura. And this was the Scene Of The Crime, this was the same building that former officer sicknick protected for over a decade inside at various time with the Capitol Police. A solemn ceremony as you mentioned last night, a hearse arrived at the east steps of the capitol carrying the remains of the fallen officer. Once inside the rotunda, two officers escorted his remains and an American Flag into a table at the center. We saw members of congress and his former colleagues with the Capitol Police file in, paying their respects. A very solemn, a very quiet moment, again, for this fallen officer. Now, we got word just before 10 00 p. M. Last night that the president s motorcade had
But first, 2020. What a year. It was a wild ride. Lets take a look back at some of the top news stories that made the biggest headlines. Earlier today, impeachment articles were presented and read aloud by the democratic managers and Supreme Court chief Justice John Roberts swore in senators as jurors. Jesse the world mourns and we have new information on the tragic death of kobe bryant. We are learning what happened inside the helicopter before the terrible crash that killed the nba legend, his daughter, and seven others. Juan concerns in the United States about the fast spreading coronavirus. Its killed more than 100 people in china. The Trump Administration issuing its highest travel warning. Mcdonalds is Closing Stores in china. Infections are doubling every six days and we are sitting here and we are like going, you know what, its not the flu. The scientists are mapping this virus are super worried. Dana feels like a long time coming. Iowans prepared to caucus. Juan the final vote
President biden and Vice President harris met with the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff after announcing they will reverse trumps ban on transgender individuals serving in military. Vice president harris just held a swearing in ceremony for their newly confirmed defense secretary and the administration is moving to reinstate restrictions on travel from europe and also moving to shut down travel from south africa amid concern over the spread of new covid variants. Its all happening as they try to marshal a massive covid relief bill and get it through congress with an impeachment trial looming. We learned from two sources that chief Justice Roberts is not expected to preside over trumps impeachment trial. Well have more on that in a moment. Over the weekend, the administration spoke with a Bipartisan Group of senators about a covid relief dell and what we learned about the discussions suggest biden has a lot of work ahead of him if hes serious about pass
Insurrection is an impeachable offense. If not, what is . Joining us now, newly confirmed secretary lloyd austin, who will be confirmed this hour. As of today hes restoring the rights of transgender people to serve in the military. The odds of getting 17 republicans to convict donald trump in the trial and make it possible to hold the second sentencing vote to a fair majority for ever running for federal office again, the question is how much of a political place will President Biden and the democrats be paying for demanding accountability . That may be a longterm calculation democrats have to make. Right now theyre pressing on this trial. We will see action tonight and tomorrow with the senators being sworn in. A lot of this moves behind closed doors with lawyers preparing briefs, impeachment managers preparing their strategy. If past is prologued, that is the time in which donald trump could make this worse for himself. If you talk to republican senators, its pretty clear as of right