The precedent, the general practice would be first to try door number one out of d. C. But those were, as well, news worthy and extraordinary statements by the other federal prosecutors. Ari, i should mention again we are expecting comments from the senate floor momentarily from Senate Majority leader, the Top Republican of the senate, mitch mcconnell. He made strong comments today in opposition to the president and to the president s supporters trying to sabotage the counting of the Electoral College vote today. That was followed shortly thereafter by the insurrection that stormed the capitol by force. So when that happens, we will go right to it. Ari, let me also just ask you, one of the things that is interesting and unique and occasionally a political flash point about the district, is the strictness of the firearms laws in the district. When the leader of the proud boys was arrested earlier this week, he was arrested in conjunction with having allegedly ripped that black lives mat
Enforcement has been. If you were wondering the same, you are not alone. The whole world is watching this. The whole world is now able to see what has happened to the u. S. Capitol. By our reckoning both houses, house and senate, have been breached. Members of the house and senate have been told to shelter and, yes, we have seen guns drawn in the House Chamber, pointblank range. Those are gas masks, oxygen hoods handed out to all members of congress, some of whom got behind the railings in the balcony. This is your house and senate and these are our fellow citizens who have, as we say, with ease stormed the u. S. Capitol today. We have our entire team, our entire on air family on stand by waiting to talk to us. With me in following hours Rachel Maddow and Nicolle Wallace and Nicolle Wallace, i understand youve been doing some reporting among National Security types. I spoke to three former senior National Security figures, all three of them recognizable to viewers, but i will because o
House democrats who appear ready to impeach or the first republican senator calling on him to resign, but his own Vice President. Mike pence, he has the power to invoke the 25th amendment along with other cabinet members and a source close to the Vice President tells our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta that pence is not ruling out use of the 25th amendment, which would remove the president from office. And tonight im learning, though, that this is not under serious consideration. But the Vice President not ruling it out. And news of that possibility comes after the latest pence move that may be aggravating a president who has shown little interest in the transition of power in 11 days. The source tells cnn pence will attend the inauguration of joe biden while trump boycotts. And tonight we are learning more about what is quickly becoming a fractured relationship between trump and pence. We now know that they havent spoken since the riot on the u. S. Capitol and the president
Action against the president. We will introduce this on monday, and we first hope donald trump will resign or be removed by 25th amendment. If that doesnt happen, he will be the first president to be impeached twice by two separate congressing. Nearly 250 lawmakers are calling for the president s removal. Some are his fellow republicans. Those include senator pat toomey. Republican senator ben sasse of nebraska also says he would definitely consider articles of impeachment. Mr. Sass accused the president of office. Murkowski said, i want him out. These articles of impeachment could ban donald trump from running for office again and that could kill his plans for a 2024 campaign. Do democrats have the votes, including votes from republicans . Lets begin this hour with the latest on that deadly attack. Five people are dead, including Capitol Police officer brian. The search for those involved continues and the number of arrests is growing. The fbi announced more arrests r linked to wednes
President won. Trump won the argument over the pandemic. Now, i would argue it beat him in the election. I do. I believe there became just a level of disgust with how he was that brought people out who werent going to vote, and thats why biden got more votes than other, all due respect to him and v. P. Elect harris. I dont think it was them exclusively. I think the main order of the day was to get rid of trump. But i think if you told people i dont know if covid was the thing that sealed the deal. The thing that sealed the deal for him was telling people that voting by mail was illegitimate and to go out and vote on election day. From a process basis, maybe. But in terms of voting inclination and what we saw in the exits, denying a pandemic when a lot of people are dying and getting sick in the same places and economically affected where you are, i think, was a triple whammy for him. But were in the middle of a pandemic we dont discuss. We have a vaccine effort that was a gift. Operati