Republican senators to vote to convict. Members of the party are now faced with the question about whether a former president impeached twice is still the best representative for their party. You still believe President Trump is the best face for the Republican Party . Yes or no . I think hes the i think, yeah. I think Donald Trumps policies served the country well. I think donald trump has to rehabilitate himself as a politician. Cnns senior washington correspondent joe johns joins us on capitol hill. Joe, we heard from a number of republican senators today about the odds trump will be impeached or convicted i should say. What are they saying . Reporter 48 hours ago were really starting to see a refinement of the arguments especially from those members of the United States senate who are probably most likely to vote against convicting the former president and from Lindsey Graham one of the most interesting things i heard him say today is something playing in the background and that is the idea the United States senate is not the most appropriate forum given the fact that donald trump has already left office, suggesting a court of law would be a more appropriate forum. That would be just one of the many Points Of View expressed by republican members of the United States senate today. Do you think the outcome is predetermined here . Do i interpret . Yeah. You know, everybody no i dont. I think it depends upon that which is presented. I think its clearly constitutional to conduct a senate trial with respect to an impeachment, in this case the impeachment occurred prior to the president s leaving office, but, you know, my job is going to be to listen to both sides of this. Evaluate the arguments. And make a decision. Zero chance of conviction, 45 republicans have said its not even a legitimate proceeding, so it is really over before it starts. The fact is it is still very tough to convict a United States president in an Impeachment Trial. In fact, you need 67 votes and there are only 50 democrats in the United States senate. If all of them voted the same way in order to convict youd still need 17 republicans, as you said, at the top, ana. And there is still a question now as to how theyll proceed. What will be the parameters . There are questions about whether there will be witnesses, if so, how many. Which ones might be allowed to testify . Also, how long both sides will get to argue their cases before the United States senate. There is some belief that this will be a much shorter trial than the previous Impeachment Trials for president s especially because it is seen as preordained. Also, a lot on the plate for the senate besides the Impeachment Trial, including covid relief and getting through President Bidens nominees. Back to you. Joe johns, thank you. Let me bring in cnns senior political analyst and Senior Editor for the atlantic Ron Goldstein and former cnn analyst jennifer rogers. We just heard from a number of republican senators there. How much will this trial and how republicans handle themselves shape where the party goes from here . Really good question. First, just think about the implications of what so many of those senators are saying. It is basically a get out of jail free card for an attempt to override or subvert an election because if you succeed, you get another four years. If you fail, and are caught, they are basically saying it is too late to do anything about it. And you cannot be tried or convicted by the senate. I mean, it is just an incredible position. Look, i think this goes to the broader question. Does the Republican Party want to establish independence from donald trump or not . Mitch mcconnell last month seemed to view this Impeachment Trial as an opportunity to try to set a different direction, but the fact that trump still controls the loyalty of a big portion of the Republican Base has cooled that sentiment among so many republicans. They are choosing in effect to allow him to remain their overlord. By refusing to impose any sanctions on him through this trial. Youre right. Theyre allowing him to keep power. Thats what i dont understand, given he doesnt have a huge platform in which he can exact his revenge if thats what theyre afraid of. Jennifer, we have a new video this weekend that just surfaced and underscores just how closely some of these insurrectionists were listening to trump. We want to warn our viewers it contains graphic language. Here it is. Donald trump asked everybody to go home. He just said, just put out a tweet, a minute long. He asked everybody to go home. All i can say is, we won the day. Donald trump is still our president. What stood out to me there, jennifer, is that man known as the qanon shaman, jacob chancely, he says, its time to go home because trump said so. He was listening and paying attention to every word of the former president. How powerful is evidence like that . It is really powerful, ana, and it is not just those back end comments. Its the comments before the capitol was breached when they were all saying, you know, lets go to the capitol. The president is telling us to go to the capitol. Fight for trump. Fight for trump. All of those chants. That is going to be critical evidences specially as you see the former president trying to raise a defense of, you know, he didnt really say anything that bad. His words didnt cause anything to happen. Its really powerful to show that in fact they were listening to him and listening very carefully and doing exactly what he told them to do. Ron, what is also so unusual about this trial is that it is taking place in a building that is still a crime scene. Congressman Brendan Boyle tweeted out a picture of a broken window that still remains at the Capitol A Month after the insurrection. How much could these vivid physical reminders play in democrats favor this week . Well, i think it is going to be very visceral for the country. The question is whether republicans are willing to grapple with the full implications of what happened. You know, what happened was the end of a process. It was not something that just kind of happened suddenly. It was not a sudden eruption. It was the culmination of months of trump trying to subvert the election with increasing complicity from other republicans, joining the lawsuit, to overturn the ballots, millions of voters, voted to throw out the results from arizona and pennsylvania even after the riot. I mean, there are lots of questions about what others knew, whether others were involved before hand. Trump did after. Did Kevin Mccarthy call him . What did they discuss . Not only the physical location. Its kind of the proximity of those who are judging these events and their involvement that makes this such an unusual process. Jennifer, we know the Trump Defense team is planning to say this trial, itself, is unconstitutional because the president s out of office and that it violates his right to free speech to be trying him on this. You say in a real trial, a Criminal Court the jury wouldnt even be allowed to hear the bogus defenses trumps team is raising. Why do you think theyre bogus . Well, there are all sorts of reasons, ana. The vast majority of constitutional scholars and historians have made clear it is not unconstitutional to try former President Trump. The text of the constitution, the senates history in doing all of this, the fact he was impeached before he left office, everything indicates that in fact this is perfectly constitutional. Similarly with the First Amendment its not even clear it would apply in an impeachment proceeding. It is not a criminal proceeding. There are categories of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment and calling for the commission of crimes, calling for imminent violence, those are the kinds of speech that dont get protection anyway no matter where you are. So there is no question that these are not appropriate defenses. In a criminal trial the judge would have ruled on these before trial. The jury which would of course also be a jury of people who didnt know the parties, didnt know the facts, and would only listen to the law as the judge gave it to them, would never even get to hear these arguments, which are so unsupported by facts and law. So that is why this is just really very little like a typical criminal proceeding in a way that is going to benefit these republicans who dont want to grapple with what the president , former president has done. I dont think you would hear a juror say there is zero chance that well have a conviction as we heard from rand paul just today. Ron, we also heard from democratic congresswoman iona pressley today of massachusetts and she shared this sobering account of the riot aftermath with jake tapper. In one of the images that im haunted by is the black custodial staff cleaning up the mess left by that violent, White Supremacist mob. That is a metaphor for america. We have been cleaning up after violent, White Supremacist mobs for generations. Ron, what is your reaction to that . Its a powerful statement. You know, the image of that day, the comparison of how these rioters were treated by even the police that day, allowed to walk out of the building unmolested in most cases, how that contrasted with the way black lives matter protesters were treated. But the fact is, in their decision since it was kind of bipartisan and immediate revulsion at what happened. In the month since republicans have kind of drifted back to a very partisan corner and have kind of aligned behind the idea of, well, we got to look forward, not back. We cant really hold anyone accountable for this. The risk of all of that, ana, is that if there is not a clear consequence for this you may be getting it again. There is no reason to assume this is the end of the kind of White Supremacist violence the former president provided oxygen to for four years. Unless the country gets a handle on it as one Extremism Expert said to me we could look Like Northern ireland in four years with regular outbursts of political violence. That underscores the need for consequences that so many in the Republican Party have pulled away from since the immediate horror of that day. That reminds me of something we heard from Senator Wicker this morning, roger wicker of mississippi. When he was asked if not a conviction in Impeachment Trial how would you hold somebody like trump accountable . And his response was, well, maybe in the court of Public Opinion paraphrasing there. Let me quote the rest of it. He says, if some criminal charge dawns on some prosecutor perhaps there is another avenue there. What do you think, jennifer . Well, it is not just a matter of needing to dawn on a prosecutor. They are looking into it right now. There is a massive Criminal Investigation under way now. Whether or not the Department Of Justice ends up charging former President Trump is an unknown but it certainly is possible. You know, if there is no accountability here, in this political exercise, which it looks like there wont be, the next question is, are you going to seek legal accountability for what very well may be criminal acts by the former president . That will be up to Merrick Garland to decide. Jennifer rogers and Ron Brownstein really appreciate both of you. Thank you. Coming up former alabama senator doug jones, who lost his bid for reelection after voting to convict trump during his first impeachment shares his advice about what doing whats right no matter the political cost. And then what happened daddy . Well, you see here. Theres a photo of you and theres a photo of your mommy and then theres a picture of me. But before our story it goes way, way, way back with your great, great, great grandparents. See this handsome man, his name is william. 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Good to be with you today. During the last trial you were in a tough election fight but did what you believe was right though some believe it cost you your office. What advice would you give to senators feeling very conflicted right now . I would tell them there is no office worth compromising your principles and compromising your fiduciary duty that you took, the oath of office that you took, to uphold the constitution of the United States. That is above everything. There is no office worth maintaining that when you have to compromise. So i think people have to really look at the facts. These facts are so much different than the facts from the first Impeachment Trial when you really had to kind of put a lot of pieces together and use a lot of circumstantial evidence. Here everything played out in public not just on january 6th but in social media, main stream media, speeches, Everything Else that led up to the election and then all of the stop the steal things the president was saying leading up to that that really led and just culminated in january 6, the insurrection that occurred. I think it is a lot different but i would tell people, please. Just dig down deep and remember that oath that you took when you were sworn in as a United States senator because that is the over riding thing that you need to show allegiance to. Not a person, not a party. But the constitution of the United States. Some of these republican senators like pat toomey of pennsylvania, bill cassidy of louisiana are saying they are going to listen to the Impeachment Managers and really evaluate all the evidence. We still dont know if the Impeachment Managers plan to call witnesses at this trial. But take a listen to the warning already coming from senator rand paul. If they do want witnesses, there is going to be so much evidence that the president had nothing to do with this. It was planned previously on facebook. The bombs were planted the night before. People were attacking the capitol who werent part of the speech. They were already attacking the capitol while he was just beginning to give the speech down there. There is all kinds of evidence that goes against them. The part about the attack starting at the beginning of trumps speech is a bit misleading at best. Lets put that aside. I want to tap into your Legal Expertise here. Do you agree evidence like he just outlined would be beneficial to trump and suggest he didnt incite the mob . No, i think its beneficial certainly and i think it is something that quite frankly i dont think the House Managers should be afraid of because at the end of the day, it is the president of the United States who was talking and telling people to go to the capitol. That he was going to be there with them. There are two things i want people to remember. First of all when it comes to incitement, you know, he kind of stoked this crowd. This crowd was ready to do something. You dont have to say, i want you to go break out windows. I want you to hang mike pence. All you have to do is continue to stoke that flame in order to incite. He is not charged with planning. He is charged with inciting and making sure it happens. The second thing that i think is really important is that the president in that speech said, lets go to the capitol. Im going to be there with you. But then he didnt go. A lot of people just kind of blow that past as something but the fact is i think at the Impeachment Managers really want to show something they can show he didnt go because he knew there was going to be problems. Thats the way i would approach this if i was prosecuting this case. He said lets go. Im going to be there with you. He got them fired up and he didnt please go because he knew there would be problems and those people would be listening just like the tape you played a few moments ago where the guy said its time for us to stand down. President trump said leave. Its time to do that. They knew exactly what they were doing when they were listening to him and i think that is the House Managers best play. If you were them the House Managers would you call witnesses . Im not sure i would. I think there is so much in the Public Record at this point. Remember, in the first Impeachment Trial you had so many things that went on Behind Closed Doors with the Chief Of Staff mick mulvaney, with john bolten. Here everything played out in the media and in social media and in those speeches at rallies and things like that. I dont know that i would. Im not sure that theyre absolutely necessary to put these pieces together. If im going to call somebody i might consider a Capitol Police officer who said the moment they heard the president speak and the words he used they knew they were in for trouble. That goes that is almost like an Expert Witness whos got experience in these matters. That would be someone i would at least consider. Other than that i think youre going to see them just make statements but youll see a lot of show and tell. A lot of audio, visuals, all of those things i think the most compelling case for the House Managers. Impeachment trials are obviously always contentious but we are experiencing a moment in time where lawmakers are literally afraid for their lives after the insurrection. Take a listen to congresswoman rashida talib. So it is hard. It is hard when my Seven Brothers and six sisters beg me to get protection, many urging me to get a gun for the first time and i have to tell you the trauma from just being here, existing as a muslim is so hard but imagine my team, which i love and just adore. They are diverse. I have lgbtq staff, i have a beautiful muslim who wears her hijab proudly in the halls. I have black women who are so proud to be here to serve their country. And i worry every day for their lives because of this rhetoric. I never thought they would feel unsafe here. As someone who has served in that building, what is it like to hear a lawmaker now terrified to be in what is supposed to be the peoples house . Well, it hurts. Its a sad day for this country. Its a sad day for america. Its a sad day for all of those who work there. It is a sad day for those who elected those officials. I had the same diversity in my staff. I can imagine. A lot of them are still up there and i worry about them. I worried about my former colleagues up there. As they go forward. And this is a really tough situation. I hope people will look at this. When they are looking at what to do and what is the right thing under the constitution, they need to remember those comments like that and whether they agree with politics, her politics or not, they need to think about the human lives that were at stake. The human beings that were there who are putting their lives on the line every day now when they didnt ever dream that they would have to do that by just simply serving the American People in the most sacred places, political places of all in this country. And so i hope that folks will really dig down deep when theyre looking at this, a bigger picture. Put their partisanship aside and make sure they look at this as americans not as a republican or even as a democrat. But as an american. And what we want to see in our capitol going forward. You have had a friendship with joe biden, the president , for more than 40 years. You know how much his family means to him. I want to play you what happened when the president was asked about his son hunter and the new book hunter biden has written about battling addiction. You know ill bet you there is not a family you know that doesnt have somebody in the family who had a drug problem or an alcohol problem. But the honesty with which he stepped forward and talked about the problem and the hope, it gave me hope reading it. I mean, it was like my boys back. You know what i mean . Hes anyway. Im sorry to get so personal. What is your reaction to that . Well, thats the joe biden ive known for 40 years. Not only a family man but somebody who believes in shooting straight with folks. And when you make mistakes, own up to them. Fess up to them. Youre a better person for it. I know how he feels about his family. But he also feels about the American Family that way as well. He wants people to move forward. He wants people to own up when theyve made mistakes. And as he always talks about his dad talking about him, you know, pick yourself up, champ. We got another day to go. And thats the kind of person he is and thats why i believe he was so important at this moment in our history to lead this country because if people will listen to that and they will see his heart, they will understand that they may have some political differences but hes working for them. It doesnt matter what political stripe they come from, he is going to be working for them just as if they were a member of his own family. He considers them to be a part of the bigger family, the American Family. Former alabama senator doug jones, great to have you with us. Look forward to having you back. Thank you. Thank you, ana. Up next joe biden sits down for his First Network Television Interview as president. He also just weighed in on Reopening Schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. 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Reporter well, ana, President Biden sat for the traditional, presuper bowl interview that aired just moments ago, and he once again expressed his commitment to Reopening Schools, saying his cdc director will be releasing guidance for School Reopening as early as wednesday. Listen to a bit more of what he told cbs a short while ago. One of the disappointments was when we came into office the circumstances relating to how the administration was handling covid was even more dire than we thought. The trump administration. The trump administration. We thought there was a lot more vaccine available and it didnt turn out to be the case. Thats why weve ramped up every way we can. I got a call through commissioner goodell saying we could have all 32 nfl stadiums available for mass vaccinations. We are are you going to use them, nfl stadiums to vaccinate . Absolutely we will. Let me put it this way. Im going to tell my team theyre available and i believe well use them. Look, it was one thing if we had enough vaccine, which we didnt. Were pushing as hard as we can to get more manufactured. Youre president of the United States, commanderinchief. Can you do something in terms of going to moderna, going to pfizer, saying, we need more production . Yes. I think. Because weve already done it. But the idea that this can be done and we can get to Herd Immunity much before the end of next this summer is very difficult. Lets turn to schools. Sure. About 20 million American Children have not been in the classroom for nearly a year. There is a Mental Health crisis happening. There really is. Women are dropping out of the work force. Is this a National Emergency . It is a National Emergency. It genuinely is a National Emergency. Do you think its time for schools to reopen . I think it is time for schools to reopen safely. Safely. You have to have fewer people in the classroom. You have to have Ventilation Systems that have been reworked. Our cdc commissioner was going to be coming out with science based judgment within i think as early as wednesday as to what the minimum requirements are. It is so hard with kids not being able to play sports now. It really is. I think about the price. So many of my grand kids and your kids are going to pay for not having had the chance to finish whatever it was. That graduation where you didnt get to walk across the stage. I think theyre going through a lot, these kids. And the president was very diplomatic and did not say which team he thought would win the super bowl this evening but he was asked who he would rather receive a pass from. Tom brady or Patrick Mahomes. The president ultimately said he would go with the younger guy, kansas citys chiefs Quarterback Mahomes and he noted that brady is old and, quote, nfl terms. We will see how old tom brady looks in a few hours, ana. Dont we all wish we could have the longevity of tom brady to be at the top of his game so long. 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Dr. Clark, the study estimates this variant is 35 to 45 more transmissible and that Community Spread of the variant is already ongoing here. How concerning is this . Thats very concerning. Thanks for having me. You know, we really have to, in this time where it appears that cases are going down and were getting over that surge that we had related to the holidays, we really have to double down and make sure that those precautions that we know to take, that were definitely taking it. So upgrading our masks. Making sure we limit our time in the grocery store. That we avoid indoor gatherings. Today is Super Bowl Sunday so that is a great time to start to do that. And, really, make sure that we are protecting ourselves. Because this is more infectious and we have to take it very seriously. Dr. Fauci has said the u. S. And its Vaccine Distribution and administration is in a race against the variants. Is the u. S. Vaccinating people fast enough to stay ahead of new variants . I think we are definitely improving in our addressing the Vaccine Distribution issue but the problem coming up is equity. In terms of being able to make sure that the populations that have been disproportionately ever since the pandemic, disproportionately exposed, lack of testing, being front line workers, those communities of color that they are getting equal access to the vaccine. Weve seen problems with that unfortunately. Youre right. The data were discussing yesterday on my show as well there is a disproportionate amount of the vaccine getting to people in communities of color. We know there are additional vaccines still coming in the pipeline. Only two have been authorized. Here is what a professor at Oxford University said about working on a new version of the astrazeneca vaccine. We have a version with the South African sequence in the works. It is not quite ready to vaccinate people yet. This year we expect to show the new version of the vaccine will generate antibodies that recognize the new variant. Then it will be very much like working on flu vaccines. So people will be familiar with the idea that we have to have new components, new strains in the flu vaccine every year to keep up with the main flu strains that are circulating. Now, the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine has not yet been authorized in the u. S. But is it too late to eradicate covid19 meaning well have to get a covid shot every year similar to the flu shot . I think well have to only see if time tells. Certainly we are seeing the variants pop up and the longer they have time to spread in the population the more variants well see. So we have to make sure that the sooner that we vaccinate people that will help to make sure that those variants dont continue to spread. So as were looking for solutions to that issue of equitable Vaccine Distribution, lets look at Community Based organizations for example that are ready to step up to the plate and partner with Health Care Institutions to address those systemic access barriers weve been encountering so that we can get the vaccine to people where they live, where they socialize, where they worship. So even churches getting involved in getting the vaccines whether its the pfizer or moderna vaccine, whether it is the johnson johnson, whether its astrazeneca, once approved, we need to make sure we are closing that gap in disparity. We know the nfl is saying theyll open every stadium for mass vaccination sites going forward. And i think about that because it is Super Bowl Weekend and if you just take a look at the scenes we are getting out of tampa, florida today, where crowds of people are gathering outside in the street but, still, many without masks. And virtually no social distancing. Are you concerned that super bowl parties could be super spreader events . Im extremely concerned. And as i said before, were lucky and very fortunate that cases and hospitalizations and deaths have been going down since that surge. But now were facing the issues not just of super bowl parties but the fact that it is going to be spring soon and spring fever is going to set in and people are have been caged up in their homes all winter and will want to get out. So i would caution everybody, please, remember to continue to practice those behaviors and not get covid fatigue and continue to mask, continue to distance. Continue to avoid crowds. Cant give us those reminders enough. Dr. Melissa clarke, great to have you with us. Thank you so much. Thanks so much for having me. Brady vs. Mahomes. It could be a super bowl for the ages tonight. Well go to tampa. Coy . Reporter happy Super Bowl Sunday, ana. 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Mahomes for the chiefs just 25 years old defending super bowl champ, mvp, jawdropping displays of athleticism. They call him magic mahomes. He is trying to lead the chiefs to be the first to win backtoback super bowl titles since the prince did it 16 years ago with tom brady leading the way. Now, 43 years old. He made his first super bowl appearance in 2002 and Patrick Mahomes was just 6 years old. Brady now in his tenth super bowl. Of course it would be him who finally leads a team to be the first to make it to a super bowl being played in his home stadium. Since we signed tom in march, everybody joked around, yep. Bucs are going to be in the super bowl at home. And here we are. The First Time Ever happening in history. You know, its, like, mind boggling actually. Im happy to be in my own bed, eating good stuff at home. Happy had extra time to prepare. Dont have to unpack my clothes. Whether youre a sports fan or not the super bowl has something for everyone. Whether its the weeknds Halftime Show or how about prop bets . Always fun. How long will the National Anthem last . Is it over or under 2 15 1 2 seconds . Eric church and Jasmine Sullivan will be performing that. Will Patrick Mahomes be called baby g. O. A. T. During the broadcast . How about chiefs head coach andy reids mask design . Chiefs logo, hawaiian themed. He is known to have that throughout the season. Which head coach will have nostrils showing first during the game . A sign of the times, ana. Yet another reminder this indeed will be a super bowl like never before. Yes of course. Whose mask is going to slip down, right . Too funny. My son, who is 9 today goes, hey, mom, did you know that some people just watch the super bowl for the commercials . I was thinking, hum. Yeah. Thats true, isnt it . Like you said. Something for everyone. I wish you a very happy super bowl. I have to know what are you guys going to be eating for super bowl . Oh, chips and gauacamole is y absolute favorite. What about you . My wings are ordered. Im ready to go. Okay. Sounds good. Thank you, coy. Well talk to you soon. President biden will probably be one of the millions watching tonights game. Here was his very diplomatic answer on who he thinks will win tonights game. So many people may not know you were once a pretty good receiver yourself back in the day. I had wild dreams if i wasnt president i thought i could be a flanker back in the nfl. As a former receiver, which quarterback would you rather have throw to you . Tom brady or mahomes . Obviously brady is a great quarterback. Mahomes seems like hes got a lot of potential. Id probably take a shot with the young guy i didnt expect as much from. You thinking the Kansas City Chiefs may win . Well, i didnt say that. I dont know whos going to win. I think theyre both great quarterbacks. One is just a younger version potentially of an old, great quarterback. Not old. In nfl terms old. 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