Really interesting to see the Vice President cast that vote before dawn. Well, certainly she leaves the u. S. Senate and she has to be back in that chair to break the tie. This isnt the first time youll see her breaking ties in an effort to try and pass the president s covid relief package. Look, this was a major moment on the senate floor, and they started this entire process yesterday at 2 30 in the afternoon. Then they had 15 hours of what is known up here as a voterama. Its a lot tougher because members are voting every 10 or 15 minutes on different amendments that folks are bringing to the floor. Its really an effort by the Minority Party to try to put the majority in tough spots by having to take very hard votes they can then later use on the campaign trail. And that works both ways. Both parties using this process to their advantage. But heres why it all matters. This unlocks joe bidens ability to pass a covid relief bill with just democratic votes. What youll see in the next co
Nonstop on cable news. Not just on cable news. We are hearing the very same thing from elected officials including some republican elected officials. We are hearing it from the leaders of federal Law Enforcement agencies and of the intelligence agencies. We are hearing it from the pentagon. Just this week the new Secretary Of Defense ordered the entire u. S. Military to, quote, stand down while investigators cleanse the ranks of political extremists. And of course we are hearing it from the Business Establishment from wall street from the Tech Monopolies from the massive multinational corporations that increasingly control the contours of american life. All of them are now on the hunt for political extremists. And at one level that does not sound bad. Because no sane person is for political extremism, especially violent extremism. We are against it. Were for moderation. We are for incremental change. We are for the consent of the governed. We said that every day for four years and we m
This comes hours after the House Manager requested his testimony. Jamie raskin, quote you have attempted to put critical facts at issue, notwithstanding the clear and overwhelming evidence of your constitutional offense. If you decline this invitation, we reserve any and all rights, including your refusal to testify has a strong adverse inference of action and inaction on january 6th. This comes as the clash between liars and those seeking to hold them accountable opens another phase. Fox news, phelps specifically three anchors, have been slapped with another lawsuit. And in a matter of minutes, a debate is getting under way, to determine whether the gop has any appetite to separate itself from the Conspiracy Theorist in its ranks, or the other corner, whether it wants to descend into the darkest corners of american political life and forever stain the gop with qanon Conspiracy Theories. Thats the choice. Marjorie Taylor Greene has targeted harassment for young School Shooting survivor
Youre watching the fimt farewell for officer brian sicknick, the hearse poised to leave the capitol for the last time. The capitol he had served and defended and died in defending the capitol in the assault on january 6th. That is the east front of the capitol. The leaders have escorted him down to the plaza. The remains were brought down with military precision. There was the mournful playing of the bagpipes of Amazing Grace and those final steps by the pall bearers carrying a flag, as well, that had been flown by nancy pelosi over the capitol on january 7th, the day after the assault, when congress was again showing resilience and showing that they were returning to order. The Motorcycle Escort now for the final trip to arlington for his burial. As we see the cortege moving outside of the capitol, it will go across the bridge to arlington cemetery, across memorial bridge, this after a rare tribute. Only five times in American History have we seen this tribute for a civilian lying in
There were misunderstandings from the beginning but we should forget about them and focus on our vaccine being one of the best. Donald trump is accused of summoning a mob and aiming them like a Loaded Cannon at the capitol according to pre trial documents from democrats were pushing for his impeachment. And tributes are pouring in for Captain Sirtom and tributes are pouring in for captain sir tom moore who has died at the age of 100. He is remembered for raising tens of millions for Coronavirus Workers in the uk. We begin in russia, where a court has ruled that Alexei Navalny will go to jail. A three and a half year suspended sentence for fraud from 2014 has been converted to a custodial sentence. Hes expected to spend over 2. 5 years in prison that allows for time previously spent under house arrest. This is Alexei Navalny arriving in court to hear the verdict he used his appearance to castigate President Putin, and said hed go down in history as someone who poisoned people. This was