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CNNW Cuomo Prime Time January 15, 2021

With the bible. Lets come back, this time not with the bible. You see plenty of people standing around them. Nobody is shouting them down. Many echoing that message that death is the only remedy and those are people that trump told he loved last week. And that guy, the ugly guy with the beard, wasnt alone. Dozens of people on the fbis terror watch list suspected White Supremacists according to the washington post, were reportedly in d. C. On trump insurrection day for protrump events. Now you add that fact to the warnings that went out from our intel agencies and others telling the government to be ready for extremist activity, and the answer to why all of that was ignored, why Capitol Police were overwhelmed like officer hodges, the answer becomes even more important. Five people died but this could have been a massacre. The feds say the man you just heard saying death is the only remedy is Peter Francis stager. He is now charged in the beating of a Police Officer again, they werent just talk he talked the talk and went and attacked an officer and theres video of it. And he did so with an american flagpole during that insurrection. The hate rant was around 30 minutes after the time stamp on this video that prosecutors say shows him beating a cop. Death is the only remedy, he says, after the beating. Now theres no remedy for that kind of evil intent. But for so many others, the motivation to be there, to do those things, was false belief and Election Fraud. And the remedy for that is obvious, the truth. These deluded minds need to hear the truth from the man who invited them there. We were invited here we were invited by the president of the United States. There are so many people saying exactly that on tape. Stop with the trump is being blamed. They blame trump. They say he invited them. You want proof, there it is. Invited by trump. Its all on tape. And the u. S. Intel warns that his big lie that the election was stolen is still putting us in danger. They know that now, right . They saw it and theyre still pushing it to this very day. Proof. The Democratic Party did violence to this country by attacking a president who i believe was legally elected on november 3rd. You believe. Youre supposed to be a numbers and facts guy . Youre supposed to be an academic . Peter navarro, shame on you. You advised trump and you will never advise anyone of consequence ever again because of what you did today and in all the days that led us here. Shame on him. And on trump. I call him trump because he disgraced the office, and he will be remembered as the worst. He still wont correct his lie that started this all. On top of the hundred arrests more than 200 have been identified as suspects according to the fbi director who spoke publicly for the first time today since the capitol attack. We know who you are if youre out there, fbi agents are coming to find you. Anybody who plots or attempts violence in the coming week should count on a visit. Now he says in the coming week because the word is domestic terrorists are still plotting. Wray flags concerns online, chatter regarding events surrounding the upcoming inauguration. And, look, the sad reality is our capital looks like a war zone. There are more troops deployed in our capital to protect us from ourselves than we have in the three middle east war zones combined. Our forces are now filling washington to protect us from the outgoing president and his mob. The National Mall is being shut down for the inauguration. Streets are being closed. No big monitors because theres still a threat out there. And there are threats in all 50 states. We have to be honest, we have lost one of the signatures of our democracy. The peaceful transfer of power. The world can no longer look to us as a demonstration of that. It didnt happen. And now were trying to figure out who knew . There are so many saying the threats didnt get communicated to the people who were planning for that day. Why . Lets turn to congressman tim ryan, democrat from ohio. He chairs an appropriation subcommittee that oversees the Capitol Police and says hes having a hard time getting answers. Thank you for coming back, sir. Good to be with you, chris. So linking facts that you had these guys on the watch list who were in d. C. And that you had a number of them, it tells me here, visited by Law Enforcement before january 6th, such that some others wound up not going. So they knew enough to go visit guys who were on the list, and they knew enough to warn about what might happen here, and yet it didnt seem to flow through to how we were prepared to keep you guys safe that day. With a does that mean to you . Well, its part of the epic fail, and i think the epic fail was not having the troops, the support, the backup for those Capitol Police from andersons story earlier, but its also the breakdown of communication, and we dont have all the answers. You know how these things get. Its a he said she said, the chief of police said, oh, i told the sergeant at arms. Now the fbi said we told somebody. So were going to have to unravel this thing, chris. This isnt anywhere close to being over, and it was take a bicameral effort much like 9 11 to peel the onion back. Is it starting to stink to you . In the law theres a dist distinction. You said fail. You have two types, misfeasance and malfeasance which is you did your job poorly on purpose. Well, if we start hearing what the chief of police said that the optics would look back and thats why the sergeant at arms said, well, we cant have National Guard troops here and that kind of thing, that will be a huge problem because you talk about the optics of a few thousand National Guard troops that have been able to prevent the breaching of that perimeter originally, those optics are a hell of a lot better than the optics we saw, and thats not the kind of leadership, sweep thing under the rug and pretend things dont happen. And thats what we want to get to the bottom of. Who was the one to make the call saying we dont need any more National Guards men and women ready to prevent the breach because thats where the fault will lie. Now the next concern is transparency. Youre having a hard time getting answers. You had said that the Capitol Police are kind of being like a black box so far and that youre hearing more from the media than from them. Why . Its part of the culture and leadership at the Capitol Police, and this has been a problem for a while, chris. I will say after i said that, beat them up a little bit yesterday, we got a phone call this morning and we got some answers to the Committee Staff people of the questions that we have. I shouldnt have to go on national tv and be very critical of them in order to get a phone call back. This has been the problem. I mean, look, its still happening. Right . What was the problem on january 5th and 6th or 4th, 5th and 6th . Breakdown in communication. Here we are a week later and we still dont have the kind of communication that we want. Thats the frustrating part and thats the frustrating part from the rank and file as well because theyre still not being communicated with. Look, for what its worth, congressman, thats why i do the show. Anytime you can give me information or come on and say it yourself in a way that the power of the distribution forces people to defend themselves or to answer, thats the job. It works. It works, chris. Good, im glad. Its troubling enough to worry about who may come at us come at you actually next from outside. Now theres this fear i want to get this right from representative don beyer of virginia. Some in congress are worried that their own colleagues might kill them. Theres the overall sense that maybe if some of them have guns and likely the ones who are more into conspiracy theories and qanon with the satanic rings, are we safe from them . Talk to me about that. Ive been in congress 18 years, chris. I worked in congress as a young person. I cant believe i even have to answer this question. But the reality of it is, and ive talked to a number of members of congress who are afraid of other members of congress. Being targeted by them, being harassed by them, following them around with the phone. And then the kicker is when Speaker Pelosi says we need metal detectors for everybody going on the floor, that in and of itself is a huge red flag about the new world were living in. But then having members of congress say im not going through there. Im going to go around those metal detectors. I mean after everything that just happened, peoples lives in danger, families worried about them, trapped in the chamber, and you cant be unselfish enough to just walk through this metal detector . If the rule is you have to have a metal detector, why dont up arrest them if they walked around it . Thats what would happen to me. I think Speaker Pelosis new fiinitiative is a 5,000 fine t first time you dont do it and a 10,000 fine the second time. Capitol hill is a little bit different than in an airport or some other venue like a football game. She is being very firm, and i think she needs to continue to do that and i support her 1,000 on that. Do you think this is somebody i dont know don beyer of virginia. Maybe you do. Do you think theres a chance that somebody else in that room with you might set you up or take a shot at you . You know, i just dont know. I think were living in a very, very hyper environment for obvious reasons, and so thats where you are. The science bears this out. When your brain goes in fight or flight mode and youre fearful, you begin to see threats everywhere. And, unfortunately, thats where the entire country is right now. Members of congress, were in a very heightened state of fear right now. And so members of congress should acknowledge that and say, im going to do my part and not carry a gun on the house floor or walk through a metal detector. I cant say i personally, you know, fear that because i dont. But i know other members who do. And that should be respected and honored and everybody should try to be unselfish and be a good citizen here and do the job. Now look, there is something that could be done. It is now incontrovertible. The Intelligence Committee says it keeps coming from different points of contact, now hearing it from people in the crowd about their motivation that these Election Fraud lies are fueling the fervor. No question. And theyre using it as recruitment rhetoric online and youre hearing it in the tapes of why people came and theyll continue to come on that basis. What do you do about having republicans acknowledge that this happened . Youre not going to have a president , the former president at the inauguration. Thats going to be bad. I know some of you dont want them there but thats a bad sign in terms of people who believe this was rigged. What can republicans do . What should they do . What are you asking them to do to legitimize the election . Chris, i think need to do something very simple, have a resolution in the house and the senate that is very straightforward and the lawyers can work out the language that joe biden won the election, that every Legal Process was exhausted and that they had a chance to go to the courts and work that angle and they exhausted those options and joe biden is legally the president of the United States. And just put that up and let all those members of congress, maybe didnt want to vote for impeachment and there werent hearings and there was some red herring they could hang their hat on, but its just straight s straightforward. If we dont start getting to the truth and operating from the same set of facts, nothing else is going to be able to move forward. Nothing else is going to heal. And thats what Mitch Mcconnell said in his speech on the senate floor before the rioters came in. He said we have to start operating from the same set of facts. He said, biden won. Lindsey graham said biden won. This should not be a heavy lift. But get them on record and make them make a choice, because if the leaders of the Republican Party dont acknowledge that we are not going to be able to move forward. Youre going to continue to have the tail wagging the dog. They cant keep asking for unity with what they ignored with trump but they cant ask for it if they dont acknowledge what they know to be true. These answers matter. We need you guys to be safe so you can do your job. Use it as you like. Youre the best. Take care. Thanks. The images are really helping us tell the story. The reality is told by the people who did the bad deeds. One of the wildest images is this one. Youve seen this guy, the qanon s shaman. The federal charges he now faces are no conspiracy fantasy. His lawyer is here. For the first tv interview, what is the deal with this guy that makes him any different from what you just assume by looking at him . 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People talk about how biden and mcconnell talk more than you might think, but he has to deal with the democrats, also. What is the thinking in terms of how they do the most to advance the agenda . Does that include doing a senate trial, or are they worried about it . Theyre worried about it. But they know that its going to be very hard to not do a senate trial given the fact that its going to be in the senates lap and that democrats are going to be in control. But i talked to biden transition officials, soon to be administration officials, who say that they are having real conversations about finding a way to make sure not to take their eye off the ball on things like covid which the president elect talked about, like the economic despair so many people in america are in right now never mind the third goal that they have which is confirming a cabinet so they can deal with some of these issues. Its really, really important to them, and they are having those conversations on a daily, multiple times a day, conversations with the Democratic Leaders to figure out how theyre going to do it. Im not sure theyre there yet. John, is there reason to believe they can do two things at once there, that the impeachment wont cancel out cooperation . Yes, i think they can. And, you know, its not ideal for joe biden to have this trial going on as he begins his administration, but violent insurrection is not ideal. Sometimes history requires to do some things and puts issues in your lap. I think they will attempt to do business, stand up for government. I think Mitch Mcconnell is not resistant to that. I think he will help joe biden do that. I think interestingly this trial on the basis of what we know now i would not expect 17 republicans would side with democrats to convict President Trump, but i think the very fact that they would not convict President Trump probably increases the prospects that some of them with cooperate with joe biden on some legislative initiatives including the covid package he announced tonight. Dana, in a way the democrats will be doing the republicans work for them. Because if they try trump and i know they most likely will and, settle down, the people on the left every time i question it. Theyre discussing it, we might as well discuss it. If they do try him and were to get the 17 cross line votes, they would really be doing the republicans a huge favor because they would be amputating trump fr

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