Completely shut down the National Mall. Here was mayor bowser a moment ago. The inauguration is not the only target or activity that is out there being discussed. There are other events that lead up to that. And we thought that it was very important that the proven and effective framework that the u. S. Secret service sets up for National Security events would also be helpful in the leadup to the inauguration. While authorities maintain that joe biden will still be sworn in on the Capitol Steps at noon wednesday, the secret service postponed a sunday rehearsal because of increased chatter around that date according to the acting dhs secretary cuccinelli. And in the case of jake sob chancely, they say there is strong evidence including his own words and actions support that the capitol rioters intent was to capture and assassinate lawmakers. And riot ors were 100 feet from mike pence. Pence was removed from the Senate Chamber at 2 13. At 2 14, a Capitol Police officer chased by riot ors
Along with joe, willie and me, we have White House Reporter for the associated press, jonathan la mere. Cofounder and ceo of Axios Jim Vandehei and conservative lawyer, cofounder of the Lincoln Project and contributing columnist to the Washington Post, George Conway joins us this morning. Well, a lot to get to, joe. I think the first we should start with is that donald trump is expected to become the first u. S. President to be impeached twice after Vice President mike pence informed at this point the House Speaker nancy pelosi that he would not go forward with the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. In a letter to Speaker Pelosi just hours before the house passed a resolution urging pence to invoke the 25th, the Vice President wrote that such action is not in the best interest of our nation and would set a, quote, terrible precedent. I question his oath of office at this point, but that is what he did. The house convenes at 9 00 a. M. Debate on the impeachment resolution is se
And they were screaming out, kill him with his own gun. Good god. A firsthand account of one of the officers account of last weeks insurrection at the capitol. Lets first stop here and say good morning. Happy friday. Happy january 15th. And thats the last happy news we have today. Thats it. Because lets just tick through a couple things we have heard the past couple days. One, willie, we heard that officer say, kill him with his own gun. We now know that members who voted to impeach donald trump, republican members, now are running in fear for their lives. And, by the way, thats a constitutional remedy. Its in the United States constitution, the impeachment of a president. And you have Lindsey Graham, poor, poor, lindsey. He said im done with this. And then he gets chased through the airport by a couple of qanon people. And then suddenly hes like im back in this. And hes flying on airplanes with donald trump. And yesterday he said the most remarkable thing. He said if the senate went t
Michael beschloss, i wonder if you have thought through how republicans can begin with somebody on my team called earlier today debaathification of the Republican Party . And i wonder if liz cheney, her statement being the thing that republicans used the democrats used, sorry, to explain why they needed to impeach donald trump, is there a little wing of the Republican Party that you think can do this sort of debaathification of the party and can it work at this point . Look, i think the challenges is that the rot is from the grassroots all the way to the presidency, to the rot is at every layer. You can call it rot because its now criminal sedition. But there are people who supported it from the grassroots all the way up through to the white house. I think what liz cheney may be is part of a party that may not always be called republicans, or maybe that other part thats top to the bottom corrupted by trumpism isnt always called republicans, they cant coexist. What is clear to me today,
Welcome to all of our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. Good to see you. Just ahead this hour i try my best but, like, how much can you try . How far can you go . What can you do . Americans continue to struggle as the Biden Administration pushes for economic relief. The question now is when will help come . Plus, the uk is now the worst hit country on earth when it comes to deaths per capita. The government is calling it, quote, an embarrassment. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. U. S. President joe biden isnt wasting any time trying to get more relief to americans hardest hit by the pandemic, to combat the economic crisis, he signed two more orders on friday. They focused on expanding Food Assistance programs, delivering stimulus checks to hard to reach americans and paving the way to raising the federal minimum wage. The president says the time to act is now. The bottom line is this. Were in a national emergency. We need to act like wer