because, i mean, she basically said, we need you. (truck engines idling) reporter: washington is ramping up an almost unprecedented security operation involving the biggest national guard deployment in the capitol s history. reporter: police and the fbi continue to warn of violent right wing extremist plots. man: there are now three plots that we ve been briefed on to attack lawmakers and assassinate them potentially so we are taking those threats extremely seriously. jamie raskin: the threats are crazy now, not just against democrats, but against republicans, especially against republicans who defected from trump.
is now formally in the hands of the u.s. senate. the first president to be impeached twice also becomes the first ex-president to face an impeachment trial. reporter: good morning. all eyes on washington today and the start of former president trump s second impeachment trial. reporter: the lead impeachment manager, congressman jamie raskin, has been holding daily meetings with the rest of the managers, and they want to incorporate visual elements as much as they can. jamie raskin: thank you very much, thank you. man: thank you for all you do. jamie raskin: thank you so much. have a great day you guys. sarah b? sarah bloom raskin: yeah. jamie raskin: i just thought of something i wanted to say. i just want to make sure that everybody is together when it happens because there is some very disturbing video images
now for the first time donald trump will have an effective opposition party that will be able to comport his agenda, have the power to investigate, have the power to subpoena, and most importantly, the one-party rule in washington. congressional oversight of the president of the united states finally begins in ernest today. trump s former personal lawyer, michael cohen, will give public testimony before the house oversight committee, and that will be televised live. in his opening statement which we got last night, he said the president was a racist con man and a cheat. my reaction was tell us something we don t know.
this president must be held accountable for the role he has played. here ye, hear ye all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states an article of impeachment against donald john trump, former president of the united states. the second impeachment of donald trump is now formally in the hands of the u.s. senate as the first president to be impeached twice also becomes the first ex-president to face an impeachment trial. good morning. all eyes on washington today. and the start of former president trump s second impeachment trial.
reporter: the president suffered the latest in a nearly unbroken string of legal defeats. reporter: president trump s supporters, undeterred with some, including members of the far right extremist group, the proud boys, rallying to support him this weekend in washington. crowd: fuck antifa. man: fuck antifa. crowd: fuck antifa. man: fuck antifa. jamie raskin: there were two million maga marches after the election. crowd: america first. america first. america first. america first. jamie raskin: most members of congress, certainly most democrats, paid no attention at all to them because the election was over. (crowd shouting) it turned out that those marches were very important, because trump was able to attract to washington that hard core element that was willing to engage in violence. (crowd shouting) crowd: stop the steal. stop the steal. jamie raskin: we obviously didn t take seriously enough an organized attack on the u.s. government