Down the National Mall for the inaugural event next wednesday. 16 groups, most of them protrump is registered to protest here in the district. The fbi director says theres an extensive amount of threatening chatter as the government has specific calls for armed protests. California Highway Patrol pointing to that, in turn, permit in sacramento. Rally organizers allege california is violating their First Amendment rights. Investigators tried to piece together exactly what happened last week, a leftwing social justice activist posing as journalists just arrested by the fbi in utah. The affidavit cities on video taking on protesters at the capital. He said things like we are about to burn it down and we are not waiting until the next election. And arkansas man among several of his arrested accused of feeding a Police Officer with a flagpole. We begin tonight with White House Correspondent kevin cork on the scene in dc telling us the latest about this bill that. Reporter even as the number
Usually count on you and i count on you every night. And tonight i was counting on you to cover the flint, michigan, water story and the crimes that have arisen from it that we always in our hearts, if not necessarily our legal minds, believed them to be crimes in that situation in flint water. Im not going to be able to cover it in this hour, and i was counting on you to do exactly what you did in the last hour, as you have led us and this network on this story from the beginning. And once again, what you did tonight on whats happened in flint and the importance of it and identifying the importance of it in this news environment by putting it right up there at the front of your show was so important. And again, its oh, thank you. Im so grateful for it because anyone who missed it, im insisting go find it. Watch the rerun later tonight. It is everything you need to know about it. Thank you, lawrence. Thats very nice of you to say. I mean, my heart is still part of my heart is in flint,
Last weeks riot, dozens of arrests so far and we will show you who they are and where theyre from. But we begin with Jennifer Griffin on capitol hill tonight with a forceful and very visible warning to potential cup troublemakers. Good evening jennifer. Good evening brett. Its starting to look a lot more like Fort Campbell or fort drum here on capitol hill. Vice president pence just showed up to address the troops. Earlier today we watched as thousands of Additional National guard flowed into the capital today from seven states, bringing with them m for rifles and battle gear and turning the u. S. Capital into a military staging ground. Vice president mike pence just received a security briefing at fema headquarters on the trip preparations and threats that have led it to the buildup of forces in washington, d. C. We are going to ensure that we have a safe inauguration and that president elect joe biden and Vice President president elect Kamala Harris are sworn in as the new president
Mitigate those threats. This is crazy. This is the most extreme ive seen inform 16 years. From january 6th alone, weve already identified over 200 suspects. If youre out there, fbi agents are coming to find you. I was just trying to fight as best i could. You know, how do i survive this situation . Come wednesday, well begin a new chapter. This is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is friday, january 15th. 6 00 here in new york. Washington, d. C. , locked down ahead of joe bidens inauguration. More than 20,000 National Guard troops are being deployed to the nations capitol to protect our future president , lawmakers, and landmarks. In some strange poetic bookend, President Trump got a big, beautiful fence built, but this one is around the u. S. Capitol to protect it from trump supporters. The fbi director is warning that authorities are tracking extensive amounts of online chatt
Vote to convict is possible. That makes the Second Public impeachment trial very different. Remember, mcconnell was a firm no from the beginning in the first. Five or six votes are against the president , but 17 would be needed to reach whats needed for conviction. Follow the leader is very much a thing among Senate Republicans, so mcconnells choice will very much heavily sway the final math. The president is vexed that his aides and allies, including Mitch Mcconnell, are not rushing to assist him. The impeachment trial just one of the daunting day one challenges now for the new administration. The coronavirus is raging. The vaccine rollout is behind schedule. Just this morning, devastating news from the government, reporting that nearly a million americans filed for firsttime Unemployment Benefits just last week. The president elect is asking the senate to split its days, taking breaks from the impeachment trial to confirm its cabinet and to confirm a big new coronavirus economic pack