Ties to extremists linked to the insurrection at the capitol still has room for liz cheney, a conservative stalwart, who had the audacity to hold donald trump accountable for the incitement of the riots in january 6th. Also on the line today, who will have the fortitude to go on the record against the real threat, a Conspiracy Theorist in its own ranks. Right now the republican conference is behind the closed doors ahead on a vote tomorrow to remove congresswoman greene from her Committee Appointments. A woman who is dubious about whether the attacks on 9 11 were real, endorsed calls to assassinate barack obama, nancy pelosi, and hillary clinton. House Republican Leaders Kevin Mccarthy, for one, is reportedly feeling torn at this hour between cheney, a former State Department official, the daughter of conservative former Vice President dick cheney on one side, and a member of congress, Claire Mccaskill refers to as the q aknown lady. Reports of what went down inside the room. Mccarthy
Vote count angre that day, despite the fact that President Trump said he hopes Vice President pence, quote, comes through for us on the morning of the electoral vote confirmation. And the day before the count tweeted, quote, the Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors, which is not true, but he did tweet that. The House Democratic Impeachment Managers argue that President Trump over months and months filled a powder keg and then lit a match. Joint session of congress after losing an election is not an Impeachable Offense. It is hard to imagine what would be, unquote, as cnns chief domestic correspondent jim acosta reports for us. The arguments set the stage for the kickoff of the trial one week from today. Reporter Donald Trumps Impeachment Lawyers are trying to build a wall of their own, separating the bloody siege at the Capitol On January 6th and the then president s words before the riot. We will stop the steal. Reporter in its response to the Impeachmen
Super tuesday voting begins in about 48 hours. Welcome to this sunday edition of washington journal. Joeill get your take on bidens victory in that democratic primary. We want to get your reaction to it. If you are a democrat, call 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001 is your number. Isependents, 202 7488002 your number. We have a separate line just for South Carolina. Voters, tell us about your experience and react to the victory of joe biden. Here is your number, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text, 202 7488003. With that, please add your name and the town you are calling from. You can also weigh in on social media. Http twitter. Com cspanwj you can post a comment on twitter were on cspan. First 2020d courier, ahead of super tuesday, joe biden wins the rise of Bernie Sanders. Here are the figures from the voting yesterday. Joe biden, 48 point 4 in the primary, translating to 200 and 55,000 votes. Bernie sanders, 19 point 9 . Almost a 30 point difference. Tom steyer, 11. 3 . He
Days leading up to the maga invasion at the capital. The basis of the president s second Impeachment Trial starting next week. The genesis of the siege, revealing it wasnt an up rising but a coordinated campaign by the former president and his allies. That was rooted in a lie that was so convincing to some of his most devoted followers it made the assault on the capitol almost inevitable. And a growing list of people and organizations involved in planning, promoting and financing the rallies that precipitated the insurrection. Alex jones, ali alexander, the pilly gee, mike lindell, and people who have been in the Republican Party, and establishment groups like the republican attorneys general association. The heiress to the publix supermarket fortune. Her money paid for the lions share of the 500,000 at the ellipse where the former president spoke. Before they converged on washington, all the forces rallied around a single goal of stopping the socalled steal. And the times reveal, some
It is absolutely stunning. We just got thumped. I mean, i know that everybody got a lot of snow and this was a big storm, but i feel like somebody played a joke on me. Yeah. This is an insane amount of snow. I will pack some of it into cooler and send it to you. Rachel, you had Jim Rutenberg on talking about that New York Times article which is just amazing, and by the way, must be said, beautifully written. I think it may be the best written yeah. Of the trump investigative pieces. Andrew weissmann is going to join us on the same subject to pick up where you left off which to me is are there new crimes in this reporting that were looking at . Yeah. The times uses the very gentle word, extralegal. Does that mean illegal . Andrew weissmann is going to take us through it and tell us what he sees in that reporting. Excellent. Its really well timed. Tomorrow were going to see the response from the president s defense team, such as it is, to the Impeachment Charges and the Impeachment Charg