We will explain what will happen should that development come to the fore. Civil libertarians are up in arms. Punish and purge, thats the focus of tonights angle. Throughout the 2020 Campaign Joe Biden sold himself to america as a uniter, even ahealer. The media they echoed his pitch. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify. Hearing joe biden its like hearing a family member. He is so normal. America needs an adult in the room. A preacher, teacher, all of the things america has been missing. If there is anyone who has the ability to bring our country together its joe biden. Laura after the capitol was breached biden and Kamala Harris decided to double down on division and demonization. No one can tell me if that was a group of black lives matter protesting yesterday they would not have been treated very, very differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the capitol. We all know thats true and its unacceptable laura part is false. When all hell broke loose last ma
Well devote the whole hour to talking about the issues swirling around the capitol, the future of donald trump. Our incredible journey is only just beginning. The future of the Republican Party and the future of the republic itself. First with former secretary of state colin powell, then columnists ezra klein and Anne Applebaum, and finally the great historian eric foner. But first heres my take. The bad news about america is all around us. But there is good news hidden within it or at least a chance for renewal of americas promise. I dont want to sugarcoat the reality. We have lived through the most serious threat to the republic in 150 years, and it is not over yet. For all those who doubted that donald trump is a danger to american democracy, words i used in 2016, this week finally provided the smoking gun. In fact, the evidence was long in plain view. The wall street journals editorial page, the guardian of american conservatism consistently ridiculed worries about trumps autocrati
Agenda. He is leaving impeachment up to congress. Kevin mccarthy said today that impeaching the president would only, quote, divide our country even more, end quote. Keep in mind Kevin Mccarthy has been leading the charge to divide the country with these unhinged lies about the election. Even after blood had been shed and the capitol ransacked by terrorists, he supported the effort by the deranged conspiracy theories. President trump has no intention of resigning. Sources say the plan is for President Trump to leave washington, d. C. For maralago in 11 days on january 19th. The president said he will not attend joe bidens inauguration on january 20th, biden moments ago calling that decision, quote, one of the few things he and i have agreed on. Its a good thing. President elect biden going on to say the outgoing president is an embarrassment to the United States and has never benefen fio hold the office. Lets go to cnn correspondent manu raju. Walk us through what is going on with this
Through resignation, impeachment, President Trump must leave office immediately. Chuck schumer called for the 25th amendment to be invoked and nance pelosi called for impeachment if that doesnt happen. The president has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our people. I join the Senate Democratic leader in calling on the Vice President to remove this president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment. If the Vice President and cabinet do not act, the congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. That is the overwhelming sentiment of my caucus. Today nbc news can report that conversations about the 25th amendment have laalready taken place informally. Its unclear whether cabinet has discussed the issue. One cabinet secretary announced her resignation, elaine cihou, who is married to Mitch Mcconnell. To try to protect the American People from donald trump, is the undeniable fact that the mob was sent by trump himself. Joe biden ran and run his election on a p
Burnett. Outfront tonight the breaking news the white house tonight in full crisis mode. Twitter has suspended the president s account permanently. Democrats are fast tracking the impeachment of President Trump now for the second time planning to introduce an impeachment resolution on monday. We have obtained a draft of an article of impeachment accusing the president of incitement of insurrection. As i said, a dramatic move by twitter. The platform that has been trumps main method of communication with the American People from day one. As he said so himself so many times, he has relied on twitter almost exclues uvclusively and now suspended the president s account permanently they say due to the risk of further incitement of violence. Well have much more on this breaking development as three white house advisers tell cnn trump is saying he did nothing wrong. Now, though, republican senator Lisa Murkowski, the first republican to call on trump to step down now, has told the Anchorage D