Riots or were preplanned by a small group of criminals who deserve punish finance to the fullest extent of the law. Attorneys say flat out he did not incite the resurrection, using figurative speech. Call it protected political speech and something politicians in their view would give to a rally of supporters firing up the crowd. Not saying, saying to the former president , then president , was not intentionally them to come to the capitol, storm the capitol and lead a scene of deadly violence we saw on january 6th. This foreshadows the argument that will happen later this week. Tomorrow will be the debate over the constitutionality of the proceedings. The trump team saying its not constitutional. Democrats saying it absolutely is and a vote to determine whether it should go forward. We expect there to be 51 votes allowing it to proceed. See how many republicans break ranks. More than five at the moment. Then the substance and facts. What happened. Donald trumps actions. That is in large part the briefs issued today detail. Trump side of the equation says this. In their brief filed with the house of the of the senate. Of 10,000 words spoken, mr. Trump used the word fight a little more than a handful of times and each in the figurative sense long accepted in Public Discourse urging people to stand and use voices to be heard on matters important to that, was not and could not be con snectit connecticut construed to violence. No evidence of a riot, criminal action or acts of physical violence whatsoever. Democrats when they make their arguments will point to things that donald trump said in the runup to the january 6th riot. What he did in the months leading up to the election to suggest that theres a fraudulent election and everything he did to promote this socalled stop the steal rally that occurred on january 6th. And pushing back on the argument that this is just protective speech. Theyre going to, in their own brief filed today, they said not a clear of protective speech. The house did not impeach him. Because he werological fi Wrongfully Incited Violent Insurrection against the government. Use this not to testify as evidence against him. So dont expect a subpoena fight. It democrats are indicating they wont subpoena donald trump to force him to come and well see if they decide to have any other witnesses. If they dont we could see the trial wrapped up by middle of next week sometime. Brianna . All right. Manu, thank you for that. With me, j. W. Barrett. Associate professor of law at george mason university, also adviser to former President Trumps pretransition team in 2016. Also joined by cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. J. W. , i was very curious as you looked at what Donald Trumps attorneys are saying. Are there strong points to their argument that you see . I dont think so. I think, for example, i would completely reject this false dichotomy either trump incited a riot or the riot was beginning before it got there. What it in fact means informs context of trumps decisions here. He knew this was a group base and briefings im sure he got from National Security advisers, that this was a group that was prone to be, to just enflame with a very small spark. That tells us something about the language he was using. The use of the word fight towards the end of the speech. The fact good at inserting dog whistles that wink and smile to proud boys and qanon. Extensive commentary. All of that informs the context what he did and said. The fact it was predictable, they would march to the capitol and cause trouble, i just dont think this is a very good argument here. And gloria, speaking of the intention, which will be key for former President Trump. I think one of the issues, reminding our viewers. If someone didnt mean to do something, they might be surprised. They might be dismayed by what they saw and try to stop it. That is not what then President Trump did when he saw in realtime what was happening at the capitol. No. And his attorneys argue that he did make an effort to, you know, get out the National Guard, et cetera, oa et cetera and that ce disproven included the fact he tweeted at mike pence while this insurrection was going on, but an amazing point that the house Impeachment Lawyers made. Let me read it to you, brianna. To the point the president talking about fighting like hell. It says, when President Trump demanded that the armed, angry crowd at his Save America Rally fight like hell or youre not going to have a country anymore he wasnt urging them to form Political Action committees about Election Security in general. So theyre saying, he knew exactly what he had been doing, and he had been doing it for the month before the rally, and then at the rally. And, j. W. , looking at the house Impeachment Managers case, what is your assessment of their argument . Able to use evidence out there in the public. So they didnt need an extensive investigation. I mean, we awe saw it on realtime. I watched it on cnn exactly what happened here. And on twitter and trumps twitter feed and realtime reporting showing the president was watching it as it happened and initially supported it as it happened. Look, i think the strongest case the defense has is the constitutional argument, but there i think they lose again ultimately. The argument comes down to this if the president commits an impeachmentable in the last month or so of his presidency and the senate takes a few weeks to get a trial moving, the president could commit impeachable acts with impunity towards end of his term. I dont think the constitution intended that. Theres precedent of impeaching people and trying people after they leave office as well. I think even if they they lose on that point even. Gloria, before i let you guys go, i want to ask you about something from republican congresswoman liz cheney, who overcame a threat to oust her from her position in leadership among house republicans. She says, trump may be facing some criminal liability. There will be a massive Criminal Investigation of everything that happened on january 6th and in the days before. People will want to know exactly what the president was doing. Want to know, for example, whether the tweet he sent out calling Vice President pence a coward, while the attack was under way, whether that tweet, for example, was a premeditated effort to provoke violence. A lot of questions have to be answered. This is, gloria, part of what j. W. Was saying in the middle sends out a tweet about pence even as we heard rioters, heard this later rioters on tape in the middle of this looking for pence, calling for wherever pence might be. If you are officer sicknicks family, or you are someone who was injured in the riots, the question is, whats your Legal Recourse here . I dont im not a lawyer nor do i pretend to play one on television, but i think that there are legitimate questions that can be raised about what the president s legal liability, the former president s legal liability would be, if people said, look, whos responsible for this . Weve lost somebody in our family as a result of this mob. You know, j. W. , to that point, look, i think its a little bit of a forgone conclusion. We know how republicans here have lined up, and do not want to vote in this Impeachment Trial to convict. But there are going to be, perhaps, families who are looking for, you know, some accountability here. There could be civil cases. All of these things that were talking about that actually seem pretty clearcut, not in favor of former President Trump, are these going to be revisited in future proceedings . I think theres enough here to begin civil cases in some instances. I cant tell you for certain how they would come out, but i do think that when judge garland becomes attorney general, he should look Ing Goo I Into Issu former President Trump. Maybe it spiralling Out Of Control in future instances, that all changed january 6th. January 6 was Above And Beyond the fraud, the mueller report, you know, injustices and sort of tampering of Jury Witnesses and stuff like that. Then the implicit bribery in the ukraine affair. So far Above And Beyond, without question i think a Special Prosecutor at doj is necessary. I dont know if joe bidens going to want to do that. Thats the question. I was going see. Seen resistance to that. Havent we, gloria . Well see. Thank you both so much. And as house Impeachment Managers get ready to lay out their case against former President Trump, a lot of questions what happened on the day of the riot and what role others played in the insurrection. John avlon is with me now. John, what are the Big Question Marks you have as this trial is set to get overway. People might say we saw it all on tape. Exactly right, brianna. We saw it unfold on realtime, Damning Videotape is out. Theres still a lot of unanswered questions. For me, one, more information coming in about deployment of the National Guard. We know the pentagon restricted the National Guard in advance of the riot. Weve seen subsequently a memo from Acting Secretary Of Defense miller about this. What we dont know, though, whats the full context around it . There may be an innocent observation, overcorrecting over the summer. Given people trump put in firing a lot of longtime Defense Secretary Staff in the runup, the last months of his administration, is there something more nefarious at play . Also, did trump actively resist deploying the National Guard . Weve seen reporting from cnn that mike pence was ultimately the one who brought the National Guard in. Did trump resist . If so, why . Witnesses could be helpful there. Second point. Go on jo. No. You go on. Is liz cheney invoking a question, why, watching the attack on the capitol, on television. Presumably knowing mike pence was in the capitol, why would donald trump send out a Tweet Calling mike pence a coward . Witnesses may be necessary. A significant question as representative cheney indicated, talk about his language. Say he only used the word fight a handful of times when putting forward this brief earlier today . I laughed about that, because slightly more than a handful of times,al real number is 16. 16 times he used the word fight in that one speech. It doesnt take a genius to figure out that youre telegraphing an attitude, a posture to a crowd already revved and riled up on that day by weeks of incitement. Weeks of the president raising the stakes and pushing this big lie and saying the country was being stolen from him. Thats the predicate for this incitement to commit insurrection. Thats what well look at. Needs to be understood in full context. Not just about one day or one word. Also, john, i think so interesting. The president knows when he says something that then those around him amplify it. Right . Saw it in his fundraising emails. In the days leading up to the insurrection. Saw it from his kids, from people who are supporters of him who spoke. He may have said it 16 times, d but you heard is so much more from people walking instep with him. Right . Thats the Iran Plaification Ecosystem On Social Media and in his orbit. Trying to start threatening people. Chatter around the riot, that Law Enforcement was warning about. Not pushed through the system. The fact that, calling it an army for trump in the runup to the election. The language of conflict, the violence, was pervasive throughout the last weeks of the campaign, and during the big lie that led up to it. Thats why theres so many open questions. One of the heads of the of the stop the steal says he was coordinated with three Members Of Congress among those amplifying the big lie. With this violent rhetoric. All that, words have consequences. Thats what we saw. And thats one of the many questions that we need to get to the bottom to. Yeah. Certainly. John, thank you so much for being with us. Great to see you. Thank you. You, too. Juggling an Impeachment Trial and major legislation. Congress also mourning the loss of one of its own. Tributes are pouring in for congressman ron wright who passed away weeks after a coronavirus diagnosis. Also ahead, south africa pausing its Oxford Astrazeneca rollout after a study showed it only gives limited protection for that particular variant. Also, plane ticket, legal i. D. And a negative covid test. Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg says passengers may have to start packing that form for domestic travel. 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Cnn Congressional Correspondent ryan nobles is on the hill with us. Ryan, this is terrible news to receive for the house of representatives. How are lawmakers reacting to this . Reporter very tragic, brianna. Especially taking into account Congressman Wright is the first Sitting Member of congress diagnosed with coronavirus and subsequently pass away. In just the past few minutes House Speaker nancy pelosi took to the house floor and asked for a Moment Of Silence in honor of the congressman. She also put out a statement earlier today talking about wright and in the context of just how deadly this virus has been for so Many Americans across the country and wrote as we grieve Congressman Wrights passing Members Of Congress of united in sorrow and pray for the loved ones of those killed by the vicious coronavirus. Each death is a tragedy that breaks our hearts and demands strong and urgent action. It is pretty telling there have been a number of Members Of Congress that have been diagnosed with coronavirus, but wright is the first to pass away. As you mentioned, brianna, he was suffering and being treated for cancer. His wife was also admitted to the hospital around the same time he was, but his death comes pretty rapidly after we learned of his initial diagnosis. Only two weeks after his office announced he had tested positive for coronavirus he later dies and initially had said he was only suffering from minor symptoms before he was eventually admitted to the hospital and this is a stark reminder how serious thisn illness is and so much debated on political about aid, the funding necessary, for the distribution and the resources as relates to the vaccine, and also just the relief needed for so Many Americans dealing on the Economics Side of this. This is the only member of congress to pass away as a Sitting Member. Another congressman elect luke letlow of louisiana contracted the virus shortly after being elected. Never formally seated as a member of congress before he passioned away. Congress much like the rest of america seeing firsthand just how deadly the coronavirus is. They are. Ryan, thank you so much. Ryan nobles on capitol hill for us. The Impeachment Trial aside, still a 1. 9 trillion covid relief bill in congress, and the democrats are set to reveal a big part of it. A 3,000 tax credit for children. While President Biden works to keep the moderate democrats onboard, Senate Majority leader, pushing the progressive wing. More on that ahead. We made usaa insurance for members like kate. A former army medic, made of the flexibility to handle whatever monday has in store and tackle four things at once. So when her car got hit, she didnt worry. She simply filed a claim on her usaa app and said. I got this. Usaa insurance is made the way kate needs it easy. 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You know, i think its a really great amount to be able to give in a fiscal package that, as you know, has been criticized by some economists for being too large. You know. There are a lot of families struggling right now. Food inflation is rising. Mothers are struggling with child care. Theres a real crisis for American Families right now, and so i think that there is a place youre going to put fiscal stimulus and able at the moment, this is the place to do it. Employment are women so crucial to polling families out of pulling family out of the poverty line. Right now actually the u. S. , it has one of the highest Child Poverty rates in the world and something a lot of people might not realize. Why . Why does the u. S. Have this poverty rate for children . You know, theres a couple of reasons, brianna. One is that all of the things that make you middle class, good health care, good education, housing. The price of these things is rising a lot faster than wages are. You know, wages for most americans have been stuck in neutral since the 1990s for a lot of workingclass people, they havent been rising since around 1970. When you add those two things together you get growing inequality, and you get an environment that is not great for child rearing. We have no social safety net in this country. Thats another big problem, particularly relative to europe. Experts like Larry Sommers say the president s Covid Relief Plan is too big, that it could actually damage the economy later. Then janet yellen, treasury secretary, saying its not big enough. Whos right here . I have to go with janet yellen. Shes a labor economist. Someone who is laserfocused on the real pain of working people. I think that thats where we need to be right now. Is there a risk of inflation later on down the road . There may be. You can make a case for that, but there is a reality right now of people who simply will not be able to get back up on their feet without some help. Thank you so much. You make it so easy to understand and we appreciate it. Thanks so much, brianna. The president s Covid Relief Plan is exposing divisions among more moderate democrats and the partys progressive wing. Seeing Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer reaching to his left trying to bridge the gaps, like this meeting last week on canceling student loan debt. This appearance he had here. Today he and congresswoman alexandria oh ocasiocortez tea up for those that cant afford funerals for loved ones who died from covid19. You wrote an article about schumer and what hes up to saying cozying up to the aoc wing basically to keep his seat. I mean, he does have some kind of exposure here. Explain this to us. Sure does have exposure, brianna. If you look over the trajectory of Chuck Schumers career, hes generally approached the job of campaigning and leading the Democratic Party from a relative political middle. You have seen him take some big steps over the last really four years but especially the last few months or so making sure that the wing of the party that has led the charge against so many other incumbent democrats in his home state of new york that they feel comfortable working with him. Some of this is about electoral politics. Some about a legislative map. Terribly uncomfortable or inconvenient for Senate Majority leader to face a serious primary from the left in his home state next year when up for reelection, as hes trying to lead a 50 50 chamber. Brianna, same time part of what hes doing, trying to maybe the map work within that 50 50 chamber. Focused on centrists like manchin and sinema. Theyre only such if you have Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren onboard. A Delicate Balancing Act for Chuck Schumer at hell and on capitol hill. Cant make the math work if not in the senate. I wonder how large talk about this a little in your article. How large do these Cautionary Tales of these other new york democrats who were primaried, how large does that loom maybe in, you know, Chuck Schumers calculus but also in that of other democrats . Acting like it looms large in his calculus. The number of Progressive Democrats in the State Legislature and house and newly elected members like jamaal bowman, torrez and jones, Senator Schumer has gone out of his wake making sure she talking to them, appearing in public with them and ebb doorsing policy goals put at the center of their campaigns. The real question is, he is endorsing the right policies. Talk to democrats on the ground level. Liberal democrats on ground level in new york, the real test, can he deliver that stuff . Put it into law . They no longer see him, with good reason, as a guy just another senator, or just another democrat in Mitch Mcconnells senate. Hes Majority Leader now. There are a lot of people who look how quickly the star of alexandria oh caocasio ortiz ha risen. What are people thinking . People i spoke with who have been in touch with her is not currently proceeding towards a campaign. Hasnt made up her mind but also not taking any active steps to lay the groundwork for doing that. But she feels that the threat of a primary puts a useful kind of pressure on Chuck Schumer. If there was no possibility he would face a serious primary or potentially a really mortally serious primary, a race against her very well might be, he would feel more comfortable tracking towards the center and making joe Manchin Center of gravity in the Democratic Caulkcus as oppod to the much more complicated pick they are there now. Dangle that over Chuck Schumers head. Seems comfortable with that, as you explain. Alex, thanks for being with us. Thanks a lot. Many republicans who didnt stick to party lines and voted to impeach former President Donald Trump a second time now find themselves being censured for their votes. Its a move thats rather shocking coming out of the same party that cried Free Speech Suppression when trump was booted off twitter. Were going to roll the tape, next. Research shows that people remember commercials with exciting stunts. So to help you remember that Liberty Mutual customizes your home insurance, heres something you shouldnt try at home. Insurance is cool. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Good morning this is where everything started. The four way is engulfed in history. Youre sitting in the place where giants ate. The four way is the Heart And Soul of the community. Advanced nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer can change everything. But your first treatment could be a chemofree combination of two immunotherapies that works differently. It could mean a chance to live longer. 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My vote to impeach our sitting president is not a fearbased decision. Im not choosing a side. Im choosing truth. In other states rebukes were more than words. In South Carolina and michigan voted to censure tom rice and upton. Same for Adam Kinzinger in illinois. And liz cheney, at did at least ten individual counties. Like the other republicans who voted to impeach, cheney isnt apologizing and being blunt with republicans that theyve got to quit donald trump. Look, i think people across wyoming understand and recognize that our most important duty is to the constitution. The single greatest threat to our republic is a president who would put his own selfinterests above the constitution, above the national interests. Weve had a situation President Trump claimed for months the election was stolen and then apparently set about to do everything he could to steal it himself. Cheney isnt the only censured lawmakers calling on the party to cleanse itself of trump itch. Senator ben sasse about to be slapped by nebraska republicans for criticizing republican efforts to overturn Election Results on False Pretenses and criticizing donald trump for leading the effort. Lets be clear. The anger in the state party has never been ob my violating principle or abandonal conservative policy. Im one of the most conservative voters in the senate. The anger always has been simply about me not bending the knee to one guy. You are welcome to censure me again. But lets be clear about why this is happening. Its because i still believe as you used to that politics isnt about the weird worship of one dude. These calls for resignation, the censures, rebukes in some cases death threats, stand out in a party that has long tried to stave off criticism by touting Freedom Of Speech and saying that they disdain being censured including from the same republicans, some high wanted to cancel lis cheney from her house Leadership Position for disagreeing with them. These people want to be able to control what we see and how we behave and constrain speech in this way i think its very damaging to country. Got to be consequences, stewart. Look, youre directly attacking free speech and heres the thing that gets me. Why is it always just conservatives . The censuring always goes against conservatives. That wasnt true then. But it is especially false now. The latest blows to the cancel culture myth of folks like jim jordan, matt gaetz and devoin nunes on one front selfinflicted ant the other Media Outlet Serving as one of their greatest promoters. Theres sunshine beaming throughout the place and on almost every face. Its winner and winning center. Our white house, our president , is at the top of his game. This is a president who has not only had the most historic achievement since Franklin Delano roosevelt but a leader. A naturalborn leaders out works them, out thinks, he is remarkably resourceful, hes bright. His judgment is second to none. 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Level this at all of you because youre sitting here in the Opioid Crisis and killing off yankee new england culture. Youre doing nothing about it. No. Youre youre bringing in the replacements. I see whats going on. Its very annoying. Reporter his lawyer was asked about this video. He said no comment. Prosecutors say that fitzsimmons grabbed and pushed against Police Officers who were trying to hold the police line at the west side of the capitol on january 6th, and prosecutors say they have Surveillance Video that they say shows fitzsimmons grabbing at, pushing and even swinging at a metropolitan Police Officer. Now fitzsimmons is being held in jail until at least his next court appearance, and thats on thursday. Brianna . Jess, thanks so much. When Kyle Fitzsimmons unleashed that violent rant he was arguing against a piece of Legislation Sponsored by then republican state senator roger cates, and this is a bill this proposed bill would have largely expanded funding for Teaching Immigrants English among other things geared towards helping them and roger cates is with us now for talking about this. Thanks so much for being with us. Im wondering what was going through your mind, you know, when you saw that rant . Well, it was pretty stunning at the time, brianna. Two things i remember. He held us two license plates, one from new york and one from rhode island and said these are places i used to live before i moved here and im glad to get out of those cultural hell holes and move to maine because i thought this was where i was going to find a white society, and then at the end of his his testimony, if you will, he pointed he pointed out that the maine flag has two white males on it, a forester and a fishermen, and he said we dont want to have to go to the end of the line because these people are coming to our state, so i think there were audible gasps in the rooms and one of the most remarkable things ive ever seen in terms of people really speaking their minds in a very racist way. Did you respond to him . I wasnt on the committee at the time. I was the sponsor of the bill. The committee didnt. I think they were happy to have him leave the room as soon as he could. He didnt have any impact on the bill. He was the only one to speak in opposition, by the way, and the bill actually sailed through the committee although it was not able to overcome a governors veto. Okay. So in the end it did not prevail, and uas you mentioned this was the one person speaking in opposition in that Committee Hearing but certainly, you know, im sure that left an impression on you having seen that rant and knowing that there are, you know i mean, i dont know how much of this kind of discourse you witnessed in your state, but i just wonder overall what you make of learning that he that hes not alone. Theres been a sharp increase in White Supremacists and conspiracy theorist rhetoric, and its now seeped into the national discourse. What do you make of that . Well, first of all, everybody should understand that most people in maine are extremely welcoming and fair. Of course. But to hear summon like mr. Fitzsimmons is very disconcerting. People who think that other people coming from away, particularly from other continents are somehow going to take away their jobs and we need to do something to stop it, really exactly the opposite is true. Its not taking a piece of the pie away from anybody. Its really helping to expand that pie, and maine, weve got a very white population, frankly. I think only 2 africanamerican, but we have suffered our own discrimination through the years going back a century more when the french catholics were flooding over the borders into our state to work in the mills and the ku klux klan was very upset that white culture in maine was going to be destroyed by that influx, and now maybe a third of our state is francoamerican, and they are proud mainers and were proud to have them. Sir, thank you so much. Im sure its, you know, seeing this person who you saw having made those comments and now you see them in this video, i know it must be pretty stunning, and we are so glad that you came to talk with us. Roger cates. Thank you. Thank you, sir. We are less than 24 hours away from the start of former President Trumps second Impeachment Trial in the senate, and his attorneys accuse of democrats of Political Theater and that trumps fight like Hell Statement did not incite the riot. Thats what they are saying. Our breaking News Coverage continues after the break. We made usaa insurance for members like martin. An air force veteran made of doing whats right, not whats easy. So when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. Thats how you do it right. Usaa insurance is made just the way martins family needs it with hasslefree claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. Because doing right by our members, thats whats right. Usaa. 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