He now becomes the fourth president and not attend his successors inauguration. John quincy adams and Andrew Johnson also did not attend the inaugurations of their successors, that we should point out it has been a long time since thats happened. The last time it happened was 1869 when Andrew Johnson did not go to the inauguration of ulysses s. Grant. As far as impeachment, i am told that has really no legs at all according to a source i just spoke with, the white House Counsel said the 25th amendment cannot be a substitution for impeachment, but there is impeachment talk on capitol hill. The president basically saying its over now, the white house is focused on moving ahead with an orderly transition for the Biden Administration and heres what he said in a video message last night. Now congress has certified the result, a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power. After reports of harsh wo
Crises. After the insurrection, the president is on the verge of becoming the only president to be impeached twice. Today he is announcing he will not attend joe bidens inauguration, one of the most symbolic acts for a peaceful transfer of power, which has not been done in more than a century. Just three other president s chose to not attend their succeed succeed successors inauguration. Wall street journal is calling for the president to quick. More than a dozen of his official are leaving, including emain chow and education secretary betsie devos. Democrats are threatening impeachment. Moments ago nancy pelosi told her caucus theres more support than than there was for the first time he was impeached. Cnn is told that articles of impeachment could be brought to the house as early as next week. The house, if they cuome together before i begin, let me say two things. One, when this is all over, i will take questions, when we finish today ace announcements, but let me begin by expressin
Whatever those numbers say is a direct result of what we do. Ive said if we do something stupid you will see those numbers go right back up tomorrow. Period. The worst can be over, and it is over, unless we do something reckless. Harris President Trump tweeting this morning that he will make a decision on opening states back up shortly. Insisting that it is up to him and not each governor. This, after he announced hes forming a new task force to help reopen the nations economy, and as americans a start seeing stimulus checks at their bank accounts. We begin with david lee myler outside mount sinai hospital in manhattan. David lee . Dana, new york governor andrew, this hour is expected to make a joint announcement with that the governors of a number of other states about a regional plan to reopen the economy. The governors are all democrats, but andrew cuomo has stressed repeatedly that this is not a time for partisan politics. The joint announcement will include phil murphy, the govern
Together, weve saved a lot of lives by our collective action. The trump white houses push to restart the economy in contrast to that warning from dr. Anthony fauci of serious consequences if States Reopen too soon. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, may 13th along with joe, willie and me we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press jonathan lemire. More now from dr. Anthony fauci during yesterdays Senate Hearing that if the economy opens prematurely it could lead to more cases, deaths, and a slower economic recovery. There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you might not be able to control, in, in fact, paradoxically will set you back not only leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided, but could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery. Because it would almost turn the clock back rather than going forward. That is my major concern, senator. Dr. Fauci, you have advised six president s. You have ba
Rose garden on what was certainly a hot day there. And there are some tensions in that region as well. We just heard from the president trying to show this close relationship between these two new leaders talk about what you found significant and why this matters so much. Reporter no trade deficit on sweat or sunscreen here in the rose garden today, peter. This is a strong statement from both leaders about the intention that this new relationship with two leaders, new to their offices, and with a lot of common issues, is something they both want to work on forcefully. You heard president moon call President Trump determined and pragmatic. You heard President Trump thank the south korean president for his commitment to trade as well as work on the north Korean Nuclear situation. In addition, concern about the recent loss of life of otto warmbier, the young man who was a student who was held captive in north korea and recently died due to his injuries. The cause of his injuries still unk