Shortages. They were lying. They dont have any doses held back. Ra cut cct inars. This is the cbs weekend news from chicago. Heres adriana diaz. Diaz good evening. Warnings of extremist violence have sent authorities across the country rushing to secure government buildings and fortify state houses. In the nations capitol, an unprecedented show of force will defend the peaceful transfer of president ial power. Today, the National Mall appeared almost normal. People took to empty streets to run, walk their dogs, and take photos of the sights. It wont stay that way. Streets are being blocked off, the capitol locked down, tensions are high. Late friday, Police Arrested a man at a d. C. Security checkpoint. A search of his truck turned up a gun and more than 500 rounds of ammunition. We get more now from cbs kris van cleave in washington. Kris, good evening. Reporter adriana, you can understand why right now, that would raise concerns. A man with a gun in the car near the capitol. But it a
Have lost their lives to covid. This is the america the 46th president is inheritting. And on this inauguration eve, flags now fill the National Mall. They represent each of the people who cannot be there, cannot witness due to the virus. And fears of more violence after the deadly insurrection on january 6th. 25,000 National Guard troops are now in the nations capital. Thats five times as many as the number of troops in iraq and afghanistan combined. Five times. But biden is setting a new tone. He has invited every top congressional leader of both parties to attend mass with him in washington tomorrow morning. Mitch mcconnell, of course, Senate Majority leader nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer have all said theyll go. As for President Trump, in his final hours, he is expected to drop a farewell video and a slew of new pardons. Hell then skip town tomorrow without giving his successor the same respect that the obamas gave him four years ago. We have Team Coverage for this historic day. Jo
Arrests, the rioters, themselves, begin to speak out. Question this morning, why do they say they did it . Plus, the unprecedented level of security around the biden harris inauguration on wednesday. With so much at stake, the question is, what are officials doing to prevent possible insider attacks . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that honors the legacy of dr. Martin luther king jr. On this day, and hopefully, every day. It is monday, january 18th. Im kasie hunt. Well start with the news. The new yorker published staggering, new footage over the weekend from inside the capitol riot. Reporter luke molison has followed them for months and attended the january 6th rallies in washington that gave way to the riots. Heres some of what he captured. Whose house there are [ bleep ] million of us out there and we are listening to trump, your boss were peaceful let the people in go back out wheres the exit . [ inaudible ] 1776 antifa guess what, a
Certainly he has also conveyed privately to democrats and republicans, and its not just him. Theres urgency to the American People for this package to move forward. So lets start there with our chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju. Manu, i know there was a call yesterday between a group of bipartisan senators. Where do things stand right now with the stimulus bill . Well, its going to take some time for it to come together, because in order for anything to get through the United States senate it requires 60 votes if they go through the regular orders. That means 50 democrats, 10 republicans, and right now theres just not 10 republicans who are behind this 1. 9 trillion package on that call yesterday. A number of republicans pushed back about the scope of the package saying they need to first assess how the 900 billion in covid relief passed in late december how that will be spent and a number of them saying they need to limit the scope of the relief, particularly for some of tho
Mutations Getting International attention. Scientists say it is the most concerning because it spread so deeply deep in the amazon rain forest. Democrats and over the article impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the senate shortly after hearing this advice from the current president. Unity requires you to eliminate the vitriol, make anything you disagree with about the other persons personality or lack of integrity or they are not decent legislators so we have to get rid of that. Tomorrow senators will be sworn in as jurors in the unprecedented seconded Senate Impeachment trial against mister bidens predecessor who is now private citizen. Jamie raskin read the article from the senate floor notably calling for the removal of a former president is no longer in office. The President Shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Donald john trump by such conduct has demonstrated that he will remain