The New York Times reports that the president warned pence he would go down in history as the pword for refusing to overturn the election. This morning, the house begins impeachment proceedings. At least five republicans say they support impeachment, including the third most powerful House Republican liz cheney. A white house official tells cnn that number could grow to 20 lawmakers. On the senate side, the makings of a political earthquake, cnn has learned that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is open to impeachment. A source says mcconnell hates President Trump for the insurrection and plans to never speak to trump again. Federal prosecutors are pursuing thousands of leads and pursuing sedition and conspiracy charges as they work to follow up attacks in washington. American leaders issuing a rare message warning troops about their duty to uphold the constitution. Metal detectors have now been placed outside the House Chamber after multiple members told cnn theyre worried about
Plus, stunning new scenes of insurrection against the united brutality inspired by the president. Now, i have to warn you the next video is disturbing. States. The rioters planned the violence the digital detective work to its another example how vicious in plain sight online in forums. Find and arrest the and violent the mob was. They spoke openly of hanging perpetrators. The constitu people they saw as traitors. This was a lynch mob. Watch closely here at that the ones that made it up to the arched doorway where the rioters capitol. Dragged out an officer defending the capitol. When they made it inside the capitol you can hear the rioters they bend down and pull him down chanting hang mike pence over the stairs and they start and over. Beating him. Keep an eye on the left side of at least someone in the crowd your screen for the bearded man constructed what appears to be a functional gallows near the in the gray jacket who stands capitol reflecting pool. Above the officer wielding th
On in and yanked our senators out by the hair of the head and drug them out and said no more. Extremists. Conspiracy theorists. Freedom and lawmakers. Were in, were in. Many are now wanted by the fbi. I know that everyone here will soon be marched over to the capitol building. As american patriots, we have to do what we can to take back this country. Were going to walk down, and ill be there with you. What is are you going to do . Whatever we have to do. What do you think 1776 was . On january 6th, thousands of Trump Supporters came to washington, d. C. From all over the country, believing the president s claims about election fraud. But some in this crowd would soon become a mob, launching an attack on the u. S. Capitol. Theyre absolutely domestic terrorists. It is very clear that these are groups that engage in violent, criminal acts for a political purpose. Its that combination of Violent Crime and political ideology or social ideology or racial ideology. Who planned the assault and
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Prevent trump spear or its from Holding Office and the president s lawyer caught trying to steal the election after the capitol siege. All in starts now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The president is likely to be impeached again. The second time. The house now planning to vote on wednesday night and that has never happened before in this nations long history. And the urgency of removing donald trump from office sanctioning him and removing him from public life gets more apparent by the hour as the full weight of what transpired last week sinks in. Each day that goes by, we learn more about the capitol, about the attack on the capitol, the scale of the destruction, the violence, and the exessential threat it posed to our democracy. Five people are dead from that violence including 42yearold Capitol Police officer brian sicknick. Another Capitol Police officer who was on duty at the capitol on wednesday died by suicide this weekend. A lawyer for the officers family tells B