Me read this to you. President trumps responsibility for the events of january 6th is unmistakable. President trumps conduct must be declared unacceptable in the clearest and most unequivocal terms. The Trump Defense team has until noon to respond and they will argue that trying a former president out of office is unconstitutional, a process argument. Lets begin with Manu Raju On Capitol Hill on the legal brief by democrats. And it looks like what theyre trying to do here is connect the events of january 6th to all that preceded it, right, the president claiming the election was stolen and kind of riling up this group that ended up attacking the capitol. Reporter theyre trying to make a drink link to inciting his support erds suggesting there is no question that donald trump acted intentionally that led to the deadly riot on january 6th. Theyre calling this not a routine corruption charge. This is a charge of historic proportions and Impeachable Offense and they break it down into four
And to know your objective, you have to know what your core values are. So, what is the republican position on covid relief . Is there some consensus within the party on what that Relief Package should look like . And who exactly is doing the negotiating for the republicans . It is becoming increasingly clear that republicans do not always speak the same language and sometimes there is no one directing the choir. Take the issue of stimulus checks. Some conservatives argue, yes, there are people in need and yes they deserve help. But that is not the role of the federal government. It is a minority position, for sure, but it is in fact a position of some conservatives. I think the better position is federal and state governments essentially took income and jobs and opportunities in an effort to control the pandemic. And by took, i mean under the takings clause of the constitution. Jobs, income, opportunity were taken in an effort to control the virus. And we understand why government too
His shadow . Dana every groundhogs Worst Nightmare today running into Bill Deblasio. He dropped the groundhog in new york. Bill that was hedge hog sam. It wasnt the original punxsutawney. Dana no, he is protected. Bill i love the turtleneck. I forgot mine. Dana i think i might try to wear a turtleneck every day this week. Look, you got a lot of compliments. You didnt . I think so. If you wore a turtleneck you might break the internet. Well see. Lots more to get to this morning. Bill not indoors. Dana William La Jeunesse is live in san diego with whats going on at the border. Katie pavlich and Donna Brazile. Bill lets begin with david spunt. The president will sign those Executive Orders later this afternoon in the oval office in addition to the actions he took after coming into office of the presidency which halted construction of President Trumps border wall, also stopped that trump travel ban. One order biden will establish a task force that would reunite families separated at the bo
Senators. Republicans now pushing a 618 billion stimulus package, thats about a third of the size of bidens proposal and with this pretty big gap the question is, how are they going to narrow it . It was a very Good Exchange of views. I wouldnt say that we came together on a package tonight, no one expected that in a twohour meeting. But what we did agree to do is to follow up and talk further at the staff level and amongst ourselves and with the and while a number of republicans have stayed quiet on the controversy surrounding congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene, last night the most powerful republican in the senate broke his silence in a very big way. Late last night Mitch Mcconnell released his statement writing this, loony lies and Conspiracy Theories are cancer for the Republican Party and our country. These words, a sharp contrast to the Statement Mcconnell released this morning defending House Chairwoman liz cheney who has come under fire for voting to impeach trump. Mcconnell
Mayor cos will get a vote expected to happen shortly. A top priority remains covid relief. President biden held a meeting with ten republican senators looking for a bipartisan agreement, but theyre pitching a bill one third the size of President Bidens proposal. Ill ask democratic senator chris murphy if a way Forward Together is even possible at this point. What both sides do agree on, though, we need more money for the vaccine rollout. The hiccup to that rollout this morning, the weather. Coming up, how many east coast states are still trying to sidestep the snow and get back on track. Well get to that part of the story in a moment. Lets get to our reporters focused on the action in our nations capital. Shannon pettypiece at the white house, Garrett Haake at his post on capitol hill and jacob sober rof following the implications of this administrations Immigration Policy and miss petedy piece well start with you at 1600, walk us through the Executive Actions President Biden is expect