involving the biggest national guard deployment in the capitol s history. reporter: police and the fbi continue to warn of violent right wing extremist plots. man: there are now three plots that we ve been briefed on to attack lawmakers and assassinate them potentially so we are taking those threats extremely seriously. jamie raskin: the threats are crazy now, not just against democrats, but against republicans, especially against republicans who defected from trump. i wasn t afraid of anything at that point. my state of mind was essentially that the very worst thing that could ever happen had just happened. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the president-elect of the united states (crowd cheering) jamie raskin: but tabitha said, we just lost tommy, and we can t lose you and it s a dangerous environment out there. chief justice roberts: please raise your right hand and repeat after me.
(papers rattling) i was glad i was able to get voltaire in there yesterday. you know, anybody who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. tabitha raskin: oh, yeah. jamie raskin: and i believe that. well, if you had to pick one aphorism to characterize the trump administration, it would probably be that one, you know, because it was just inevitable where it was gonna go. tabitha raskin: yeah. jamie raskin: and the guy had his inauguration and started talking about american carnage. it was just a projection of his career, his destiny. it looks good. you want some cinnamon? tabitha raskin: yeah, i need cinnamon. i need- jamie raskin: i ll find you some cinnamon. jamie raskin: when officer hodges was, you know, caught in the door and he was just howling, it was like torture, i did see mitch crying and kind of wiping away tears. mie raskin: but the republicans, man, they re a tough nut to crack,, let me tell ya. you know, people were saying to me, how are you going
oh, man. oh, this is not even a pumpkin. is this.? can you carve a gourd? child: how many? jamie raskin: well, as many as you d, can you fit three in your hand? (tabitha groans) there we go. wait, do you like skittles, too? you like m&ms? child: oh, i think i can fit. jamie raskin: there we go. child: i can fit four of them. jamie raskin: well, then, you ve got it. you ve got it. cause this is the trump era, it s whatever you can grab. tabitha raskin: oh, dad! (both laughing) jamie raskin: hey, would you guys like a baby constitution? child: what is that? jamie raskin: well, look. come here. it s your own constitution, okay? child: sure. jamie raskin: it s got the first amendment. holt: in a sobering milestone, house democrats turn weeks of testimony, evidence, and speeches into actual articles of impeachment against the president. hayes: the house judiciary committee decided to charge the president with two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of congress.
tommy raskin: good evening, everybody. (audience cheering) i m tommy raskin. tabitha raskin: i m tabitha raskin. (audience cheering) so, if the best representative is the one who works the hardest and who is the most committed, then your representative, my dad, is the best. (audience applauding) tommy raskin: my father first ran for office when i was 10. and since that time, i ve kept an informal tally of all the questions that i ve gotten on the campaign trail. and the one i get the most is, do you think your dad is gonna win? i suppose my familial hubris is showing, because i never doubt that he s gonna win. it s not because of his irrepressible, unrivalled wit, charm, and humor, though there is that.
all right. (audience cheering) (audience cheering and whistling) thank you 8th congressional district! thank you for the honor of allowing me to represent you for another term. i will give it my all. i will give it my all. (audience cheering) it was an amazing feeling to be in the majority. we were gonna have the chance to investigate a lot of the corruption and misfeasance of the trump administration. but, of course, right when we got into the majority and the new term started, donald trump shut the government down. (air whooshing) tabitha raskin: take the tie off. let s see what it looks like without the tie. hannah raskin: that s better. tabitha raskin: much better. so, stand up. let s see. come on, man, we re trying to help you out! okay. all right. that s doable. here. back up, back up, back up. hannah?