Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im john king in washington. Thank you for sharing this very important day with us. It is day two of the biden presidency, and there is big change just about everywhere you look. But also some very big immediate challenges for the new president , too. 900,000 americans filed for firsttime Unemployment Benefits last week. That report from the government this morning reminding the new president he inherits an economy wounded by the coronavirus pandemic and right now bleeding jobs. A big new stimulus plan is part of the biden solution, and the president is calling congressional leaders to the white house tomorrow in an effort to get right to work and to prove democrats and republicans can work together. But there is still no agreement on how to run the 5050 senate, and team biden worries Something Else it inherits. A trump impeachment plan will speed a return to polarization and slow work on the biden agenda. The senate cant
There, i merely said that is important, i respect the Speakers Office and the accouterment of history that is there but im more concerned that the damage that they did to our staff, to our colleagues, and the congress to the custodial staff and in the capitol of the United States. That is damage. That is damage that must be addressed. The resilience that we want to convey, we tried to do that night by coming right back, opening up the session of congress, proceeding with the business at hand. The counting of the Electoral College votes to ascertain that joe biden and Kamala Harris were president and Vice President of the United States. But that was one aspect of resilience. So many members felt their lives threatened, the uncertainty of it all contributed to the trauma. This is of something that everyone in the country should take a measure of how they reacted to this. But let us all pray for the resilience that our country is famous for and that our people need to have as we go forwar
Actions today focused on policing, Police Reforms and Racial Equity. Well have more in a moment. But lets start with the impeachment trial. For that lets get over to manu raju. Youre learning new details about what this trial is going to or could look like. What could you tell us . Reporter we dont expect it to go as long as the last trial, 21 days but we do expect it to take time as democrats and the impeachment managers in the house lay out their kay. One of the things they plan on doing is presenting Video Evidence of what occurred on january 6th. The president s remarks, what was said that the crowd interpreted and how they reacted afterwards. There is going to be an extensive video collection of evidence to show what they saw, what a lot of people saw and that led to the deadly riot here on capitol hill that day. Of course, all trying to prove the case that donald trump inciting an insurrection in that deadly riot that day. The question, too, is whether or not the democrats plan t
Opportunities and addressing covidrelated racism and discrimination targeti ing asia americans. The filibuster is still alive, but there is no paper commitment from the democrats not to try to do away with it down the road a bit. The new president plans a speech on battling the pandemic this afternoon. The biden team now says midmarch is its goal for signing a big new covid19 relief plan into law. That is an ambitious timeline, anyway, all the more so with an impeachment trial on the horizon set to freeze the senate for most of february. A ritual step in that process a bit later this afternoon. Senators take an oath to service jurors in the second impeachment trial of donald j. Trump. Lets get straight to the white house and begin the hour with cnns phil mattingly. Phil, one week into the biden presidency and another busy day at the white house. Reporter no question about it. Obviously you have the racial inequity actions. The president spoke about it quite often on the campaign trail.