Its my argument to you all of you have to worry about the gop crisis what its your party or not. Why . With of to know if this party is going to try to return to the likeness of lincoln or continue to court forces that are many akin to the man that killed him. Because thats what these extremists and conspiracy cultists are about an mouse and violence. For a party that is consumed with division, with defining us versus them, welsh heres your chance. Us are those who live under the laws and intolerance of one another. This is them. Do you see them . Do you see what they did . This is the only them to worry about in american society. So as we watch a party in search for its soul, the answer is cloudy because we already know what the man who many of them feel loyalty to, the former president , wants to become of these people and from them. Hes on trial for his incessant incitement for the angry to take action, to fight for the election to be overturned. Before anybody trying to make it abo
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
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
A, quote, cancer to the Republican Party. Question is, will we see action against her in the house . And a key day in the second impeachment of donald trump. Today is the deadline for his formal response to the charge against him. Question is, whats his defense . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that has some fond memories of bayside high. Weve really missed you, screech. Im kasie hunt on this tuesday, february 2nd. Well start with the news. Its looking more and more likely that democrats will push through the Biden Administrations nearly 2 trillion Economic Relief package with or without republicans. The president met with a group of Senate Republicans for about two hours in the oval Office Yesterday to pitch their much smaller 600 billion package. But the message from the white house is that it doesnt meet the moment. Senator Susan Collins said the meeting was very productive and cordial, but when it comes to striking a compromise, the s
Legal basis for directing National Security agencies to take such an extreme action. As we reported on this broadcast yesterday the New York Times lays out the multipronged effort by trump and his allies to get just one federal agency to bite and join the crusade to overturn the result by seizing machines. Trump reportedly tried to get doj to seize the machines and then rejected by ag bill barr so then a plan for the Defense Department to do it. Only to get pushback from white House Counsel and Lo And Behold his own lawyer Rudy Giuliani. So then giuliani was asked if he could look into whether dhs could seize the machines. Giuliani said, sure. He tried but then he too was rebuffed by secretary Ken Cuccinelli and now another attempt by trump to get an official to agree to the plan. The New York Times Reporting This, quote, Cuccinelli Who told giuliani that the Homeland Security department didnt have the authority to impound the machines later encountered trump at a meeting on a differen