Now and january 20th when joe biden is inaugurated as president. Well, earlier democratic senator Amy Klobuchar blasted mr. Trumps intentions. Take a listen. Its just outrageous. He literally appears to be burning the house of justice down on his way out the door as if it wasnt enough that he sent a mad mob, an angry mob, incited a riot and insurrection at the capitol. All of this comes as officials are trying to ensure a peaceful transfer of power across the country. Officials have been guarding government buildings as possible warnings from protesters who dont recognize bidens victory. In washington officials have further ramped up security ahead of inauguration day. The u. S. Capitol now surrounded by barriers and fences and patrolled by roughly 17,000 National Guard troops with thousands more on the way. Police presence at the capitol, of course, is greater than it was on january 6th when rioters stormed the building with little resistance. Now a new video from the new yorker magazine gives us a fresh look at the deadly attack. And a warning here, weve not sensored the language and some of the images youre about to see are disturbing. Still disturbing scenes to watch. Now, the streets of washington are a lot calmer than they were back then. Alex marquart explains what police are doing to try to keep things under control. Alex . Reporter here on the streets of washington, d. C. Things are pretty quiet. Theres a sense this is the calm before the storm. The question whether the storm comes, whether theres more violence in the days leading up to and on the day of joe bidens inauguration. They are not taking any chances. We are here just near the eastern side of the capitol building. You can see they setup what is essentially a fortress around the capitol. 8 foot fences. They have called them nonscalable. Theres razor wire all along the top. There is just a Staggering Amount of security here on the streets of d. C. Many of which have been closed down for traffic and for pedestrian traffic. Thousands, 25,000 National Guard troops may be mobilized for the inauguration of joe biden. You can see some of them right here behind me, they have been deployed near the capitol. They are armed, and they have been joined by various Law Enforcement agencies to create this patchwork of security, this incredible coordinated security operation. Now, the fbi has said that there are no specific threats, but there is concerning online chatter. They have said in a bulletin that armed groups had expressed interest in carrying out protests in d. C. And in all 50 states. And one of the concerns expressed by the mayor of washington, d. C. On sunday was that because the federal buildings here in d. C. Are so fortified and theres so much security in the nations capitol, that wouldbe protesters or rioters could target other parts of the city or state capitols. Take a listen. Im not only concerned about other state capitols. Im also concerned about other parts of washington, d. C. What were showing is really the federal enclave of washington, d. C. , not where the 700,000 of us live. So our Police Department working with our federal Law Enforcement partners and the United States army, quite frankly, also has a plan to pivot if we have any attacks in our neighborhoods. Reporter the mayor of d. C. Also saying this is the most security this city has seen since 9 11. Normally there is a lot of security for inaugurations but like this. They are confident, however, that they will have a secure event. The mayor of washington, d. C. Saying that all hands are on deck. But this scene, this level of security is not what you think about when you hear that phrase, peaceful transfer of power. Alex marquart, cnn washington. I want to take you back to our breaking news story, though, President Donald Trump is apparently planning to make a number of pardons in the next few days. Heres Jeremy Diamond with that story. Jeremy . Reporter President Trump is expected to issue around 100 pardons on tuesday. That will be his final full day in office. The pardons were told are expected to include a mixture of some more controversial pardons to white collar criminals, some high profile rappers as well as potentially some of the president s political allies. But there will also be in this batch several pardons that are more criminal Justice Reform minded. Pardons that would be more akin to the one the president gave to Alice Marie Johnson who herself has been advocating with the president for pardons for other individuals who have been incarcerated for a long time. Now, this final batch of clemency actions comes will really cap off weeks of a scramble by the president s political allies to try and secure pardons either for themselves or other people. In fact, the New York Times is reporting today some of the president s allies have been paid tens of thousands of dollars to secure pardons or at least lobby the president to try and secure pardons for certain convicted felons. As of now, though, our sources are telling us that a selfpardon up for the president is not expected at this time or at least that the paperwork for a selfpardon has not yet been drawn up. That is something were told President Trump has been considering in recent weeks, asking for of his allies or advisers whether or not it would be wise for him to do that. And were told the idea of a selfpardon the chances of that have really gone down in the wake of these riots that took place on january 6th because of the optics of the president pardoning himself for something potentially hat hes now being impeached for. So, again, more than about 100 individuals expected to see pardons or commutations from the president of the United States on tuesday as the president winds down the final days and hours of his presidency. Jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. Cnn political commentator alice stuart joins me now from alexandria, virginia. Alice, hi. Lovely to see you. So were hearing that the president is going to be handing out a chunk of pardons. What does that tell you, and how damaging is this, these last minute reprieves for people who have been convicted in the american leagal system . It wont be damaging if their your commutations or pardons customary with any president leaving office or any governor leaving governorship. These are customary. These are part of the role and responsibility they have. The question will be and damaging aspect will be if hes pardoning people that should not be pardoned and people that have clear violations of the law, and hes doing it more for what donald trump, unfortunately, does a lot of things for. Its a transactional engagement. It is what can you do for me if i do this for you . And that will be the big question. Look, its not unusual for president s to be granting pardons, but it is the scope and the scale of these that is causing a concern. Ive spoken with people that have been at the white house recently, and this has been a big topic of conversation. But the key is if he goes and gets too close to his inner circle and starts giving out many that are questionable, it will be longterm damage for him. And it will raise the question of why did he do this . And theres also the question of preemptive pardons, which he could give to friends and family members and allies, and that would be for actions that may have taken place before before now, that they may potentially face federal charges later. And so those will be of concern because there are a lot of people that are friends and family members that names have been ventured about that may potentially receive them. Preemptive pardons, it just sort of defies logic in many ways because by preemptive pardoning somebody or yourself it means youre actually acknowledging youve done something wrong in the first place. But lets also talk about the week ahead. Goodness, what a week its going to be. It should be celebrating the foundation of democracy, the smooth transfer of power. Yet we see d. C. Is a fortress in these terrible Security Fears about the inauguration. How sad does that make you . Its really sad, robyn. My heart goes out to joe biden. I didnt vote for him, but he won. He clearly won, and he zuvdeser all the pomp and circumstance befitting of a president. Its distracting from the celebration he rightly deserves as well as the incoming Vice President harris, the first africanamerican Vice President in the United States. Many are challenging the legitimacy of this inauguration, this election. Theyre following the president s lies and conspiracy. Qanon fueling this matter, sort of twisted logic. Why is it so many republicans in particularly are buying into these lies . Qanon unfortunately is getting too much attention. They are not representative of the Republican Party. They have not taken over the Republican Party. They are a farright fringe group, and youre fully aware of this, that is made up of and believes in a crazy Conspiracy Theory that President Trump is engaging in a secret war to go and weed out pedophiles and trap sex traffickers in business and politics. It is asinine. Its absurd, and it is completely ridiculous. But they have clearly made a point to latch onto President Trump. And they see in their mind in their as you say twisted logic, that it was their responsibility to try and stop the certification of the results and stop joe biden from being the president and make sure that President Trump continued to stay in power. Broadly, though, i mean this is also fundamentally about the Republican Party at a cross roads. Does the party stay on the course in d. C. Or stwuwerve offe road to maralago . Has the party been irvokably changed, broken even by this president . And what happens next . I think a lot of what happens next, robyn, will determine on what the democrats do in the senate with regard to impeachment. Now, if they move forward with the senate trial and they go forward and convict this president with regard to inciting the insurrection at the u. S. Capitol, then he would be prohibited from ever running for office again. So he would be restrained for running for president again and seeking some public office. That being said, i do think he will continue to be a voice in the Republican Party. He will certainly be a thorn in the side of many of his critics. He has raised a lot of money. He has a huge war chest and a long enemies list. And hes made it quite clear those who have opposed him, he will run against them which i think is unfortunate. Thank you so much for joining us giving us your time and expertise. Thank you, robyn. So coming up, the vaccine rollout in the u. S. Has been plagued by lofty projections and distrust. Just ahead well talk to a pregnant doctor about her decision to get the vaccine. So this aveeno® moisturizer goes beyond just soothing sensitive skin . Exactly jen calm restorere oat gel is formulated with prebiotic oat. And strengngthens skins moisture barrier. Uh i love it aveeno® healthy. Its our nature. ™ dont want to wait weeks for your tax refund . Visit Jackson Hewitt today. 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For visibly firmer skin. Olay. Face anything. Welcome back. Its 17 minutes past the hour. The incoming cdc director is making a staggering prediction. She says she expects the number of covid deaths in the country to reach half a Million People by the middle of next month. She added that the impact of Holiday Travel and gatherings has yet to be fully felt. And although some states are making progress, others are still struggling to combat the virus. An assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Columbia University medical center, and she joins me now from new york. Doctor, great to have you on the show. These numbers were getting from the cdc, 500,000 americans expected to die by the end of ncaa month from covid. Its just staggering, isnt it . It is. And weve been warning for the past almost a year and just to continue to see that happen. And we were hit the hardest at the very beginning so we were hoping the rest of the country would learn from new york. But unfortunately this is where we are. And now with the holidays just past people continue to travel and congregate unfortunately the numbers in the next few weeks are going to look grim. Youve advised the Ethiopian Government on Health Matters in addition to your job as a physician there in new york. If you were advising the incoming biden team what needs to be done so you and your patients can see results quickly . So right now with the vaccine available i think in the past few week weve seen in the u. S. How the Vaccine Distribution has been very slow. It is not going with the same speed as the virus is going. So we wanted to see the revamping of the Vaccine Distribution, the logistics and ensure that the most Vulnerable People and populations do get the vaccine in a matter of a few weeks. And weve seen that happen in someplacess now that have really have to take a big push from the government and from different volunteers for that to happen to reality. So i think its very important. And also things like making sure that all the decisions happen universally, not state by state. This is something that weve learned in the past 7, 8 months how each state has been making their own decisions in a way that has caused the number of deaths that were seeing. So i think universal masking all over the state, it shouldnt be a state decision but something all the u. S. Should actually do. And eventually once the vaccine is distributed and hopefully by the summer, the next few months well be free from this disease and the spread. So that way its important we really focus on the Vaccine Distribution. I understand youre pregnant and that youve also had the vaccine. Why did you make that decision in. The pfizer and moderna data on pregnancy is limited, but we have decades of research of mrna vaccine. And both pfizer and moderna didnt have pregnant people at the beginning, but some of the cohorts, some of the experimental population ended up being pregnant. And so far the data is looking good. And those with the risk of adverse events related to pregnancy were not increased when compared to the placebo in the study. And, you know, looking at that all together and in addition to discussing with my own physician, my own oggyn doctor and also people who have done this for years, i went through the data, discussed with them. I took my time. Based on all that i made the informed decision. You also have to understand i am at a high risk of being reinfected due to my line of work. Im a high risk as a black person in the u. S. There are complications in the disease from pregnancy and also from covid is a lot worse compared to the general population. So all this added i made the informed decision to get the vaccine, and i want people to do that. Its been now a year since this virus hit. Youre a professor of emergency medicine. As youve said, youve treated people from the beginning. What is the one question you still have about how this attacks the human body . So one thing ive seen is really the disproportionate rate of blacks and latinos dying from the virus in the usa. And this really could be because of the disadvantage and also the lack of access in these communities. But i still dont understand how in the u. S. Really the equities could be this visible even when we have all the best medical interventions in this country. You know, being in a very rich country and we were discussing earlier as someone born and raised in ethiopia and seeing the lack of health care in countries and being in the u. S. Seeing the disparities that exist is something that contin