jamie raskin: he was, he was something, my son. ♪ herb: did you think about taking some time off? he was something, my son. >> did you think about taking some time off? >> tommy left us a note, and the note said, please forgive me. my illness won today. look after each other. dam the holes in the global port for me, love tommy. so he didn't have anything in there about take some time off. >> usa! usa! usa! >> why is the united states such a glorified country? we are not one idealogy, or one religion. we're unified by one constitution and one rule of law, and in the values under our constitution, it is an aspiration. it's a challenge to us. the constitution shouldn't be some kind of fetish document. it should be the living commitment that we all have to make democracy work in service of the common good. that is the constitution that comes out of the civil war in reconstruction. that is the constitution that we've been fighting for since then. and we had to keep fighting for it. >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. >> i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. >> to observe, protect and defend the constitution of the united states, so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> yeah! >> mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities. busted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape. and the crime, and the gang, and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized attention. this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. >> when donald trump talked about american carnage in his first inaugural address, it was a pivotal moment because american carnage was not a description of anything, it was really a promise on his part. when i saw the violence on january 6, i thought about the american carnage speech. he had foreshadowed the whole thing. american carnage was not what he was running against, it's what he was running for. >> we can now officially project that the democrats will take control of the house. >> now for the first time donald trump will have an effective opposition party that will be able to support his agenda. >> all right, our next speakers are very special people. if you guys would listen up for a second. just pay attention for one second. i'm bringing on two of my three kids who are going to introduce me so i can make my speech. please welcome tommy raskin and tabitha raskin. come on up. >> good evening, everybody. i'm tommy raskin. >> i'm tabitha raskin. so the best representative is the one who works the hardest and is most committed, then your representative, my dad, is the best. [ applause ] >> my father first ran for office when i was ten, and since that time i've kept an informal tally of all the questions that i've gotten on the campaign trail. and the one i get the most is, do you think your dad is going to win? i suppose my familial hubris is showing because i never doubted he was going to win. it wasn't because of his irrepressible, unwavering humor, though there is that. it's not his smashing good looks, though he has that as well. it's because of his deep, abiding convictions and his democratic values remain safe during the trump administration. >> thank you for your honor of allowing me to represent you for another term. i will give it my all. i will give it my all. >> it was an amazing feeling to be in the majority. we were going to have the chance to investigate a lot of corruption and misfeasance of the trump administration. of course, right when we got into the majority and the new term started, donald trump shut the government down. >> take the tie off. let's see what it looks like without the tie. that's much better. stand up so we can see. all right, that's doable. back up, back up. hannah? >> it's better. >> that's good, that's fine. >> what about the tie? >> it's casual. >> this is the third government shutdown on president trump's watch as lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on border wall funding that the president is demanding. 800 federal agents are not getting paid during this shutdown. more than half of them will have to report to work, the rest are being furloughed, meaning they don't have to go to work, yet they also won't get paid. >> hello, i'm mr. raskin. welcome. i'm about to make my contribution right now. i'm giving my entire january salary away since the government shut down and everything, so i'm giving it to all the groups on the front lines. that's you guys. >> we really appreciate being a part of that. we appreciate what you're trying to do when you're on the hill. >> thank you. nice to see you. what a pleasure. >> nice to see you, too. >> thank you so much. i'm here with myna and we're collecting food just to help give it away to the people who were affected by the government shutdown. >> don't give him the fucking wall. >> i won't. >> we have a system of checks and balances here and you don't hold the federal work force and the people in the country hostage in order to get your way in a policy debate. he wasn't able to get the mexican government to pay for his wall. he wasn't able to get congress to do it, even when he controlled the house and the senate with republican control over the past two years, now suddenly the democrats take over the house. we won 40 seats and he decides to shut the government down. it's just an unacceptable way to do business in a democracy. i never thought that trump could turn out to be a good guy, but i thought maybe, all of this right wing authoritarian populist stuff, >> i never thought that trump could turn out to be a good guy, but maybe all of this right wing authoritarian populist stuff, all am misleaning stuff would just fade away quickly when he got into office, that cooler heads would prevail. the conservative republican establishment would kind of take over and run things like a standard run-of-the-millwright wing presidency as opposed to an existential threat to congress and democracy. [ applause ] >> donald trump today took to the rose garden to wave a white flag, agreeing to reopen the government without funding for his border wall. >> i am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government. >> i think he thought that he was going to practice extortion, political extortion, in that we would give in. and we stood strong. >> now for the first time donald trump will have an effective opposition party that will be able to comport his agenda, have the power to investigate, have the power to subpoena, and most importantly, the one-party rule in washington. >> congressional oversight of the president of the united states finally begins in ernest today. trump's former personal lawyer, michael cohen, will give public testimony before the house oversight committee, and that will be televised live. >> in his opening statement which we got last night, he said the president was a racist con man and a cheat. my reaction was tell us something we don't know. you know, i'm basically looking at him like a renegade refugee from an organized crime family, and he's going to tell us the internal dynamics of the trump operation. the big story in my mind is we have a president who turned the united states of america into a business for him, his family and friends. we want to get a portrait again of what's taking place in the trump operation, and we have to start asking the question about whether this is a president who is a natural threat to the character of our republic. repu. (gavel bangs) chairman cummings: mr. cohen, if you would, please rise, and i will begin to swear you in. >> mr. cohen, if you would please rise and i will begin to swear you in. raise your right hand. >> my loyalty to mr. trump has cost me everything, my family's happiness, friendships, my law license, my company, my livelihood, my honor, my reputation, and soon my freedom. and i will not sit back, say nothing and allow him to do the same to the country. indeed, given my experience working for mr. trump, i fear that if he loses the election in 2020 that there will never be a peaceful transition of power. and this is why i agreed to. before you today. -- agreed to appear before you today. >> he did say to the country if donald trump lost, there would be no peaceful transition for the country. that was a startling thing for his own lawyer to say about him, but it seemed far off at that point to a lot of people. and people have said from the beginning that there is no way he would do that, there is no way anybody would do that. ould ould way anybody woul! verizon is going ultra, so your business can too. ♪ ♪making your way in the world today♪ d do that. ♪takes everything you've got♪ ♪ ♪taking a break from all your worries ♪ ♪sure would help a lot ♪ ♪wouldn't you like to get away? ♪ ♪ ♪ sometimes you want to go ♪ ♪where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ ♪and they're always glad you came ♪ we have to be able to repair the enamel on a daily basis. with pronamel repair toothpaste, we can help actively repair enamel in its weakened state. it's innovative. my go to toothpaste is going to be pronamel repair. (burke) with farmers auto multi-policy discount, the more policies you have with us, the more you could save on your auto insurance. (man) hey, hon! (wife) hi, honey! (man) like what? (burke) well, you'd get a discount for insuring your jet skis... and boat...rv...life... ...home and more. you could save up to forty-five percent. (man) that's a whole lot of discounts. (burke) well, we offer coverage for a whole lot of things, and you could save a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. (kid) sup, dad! (burke) seventeen-car garage you got there? ♪we are farmers♪ ♪bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum♪ (vo) verizon is going ultra! and so is manny! event planning with our best business unlimited plan ever! with 5g ultra wideband now in many more cities and up to 10 times the speed at no extra cost, the downloads are flying fast! verizon is going ultra, so your business can too. ♪ reporter: we've got a big story coming out of washington this morning. today is the public release of the mueller report. reporter: after 23 months of secrecy, this morning, we have ath big story comin out of washington. today is the release of the mueller report. >> william barr will release a redacted version of the near 400-page mueller report. >> was there a conspiracy in the election between russians and americans trying to help donald trump? was there obstruction or other crimes arising out of that investigation? >> mueller never concluded either way whether the president obstructed justice, so william barr made a determination himself. >> you know, there is an attempt, i think here, to preempt congress' role. we are the lawmaking branch of government. we are the primary and dominant branch of government, and we are the ones who will decide whether there were high crimes and misdemeanors committed by this president. >> barr had done a masterful job of propagandizing what was in the report. he took absolute wrongdoing and turned it into collusion and obstruction. >> there is no evidence of collusion with the russian government's hacking. >> there was no collusion, no hacking, no destruction, nothing. >> that was the mantra. you could hear it 500 times a day. just the propaganda tactics of authoritarian regimes. >> i feel like i pulled an all-nighter. i didn't pull an all-nighter, it was just that feeling of being back in college and cramming all night. >> do you think it's on the table now? >> i don't think it's anything less than it already was. my attitude from the beginning was that impeachment should not be a fetish for anybody, but it should not be a taboo for anybody, either. it's not a panacea for everything that ails us in america. it's not going to get health insurance to people and it's not going to lower prescription drug prices, but it is the people's last line of self-defense against a president who insists upon acting like a king and trampling the law. >> the great thing about america, and what we love about america is it's a democracy for the people and by the people. if someone decides to disrupt our republic and violate the law, we have to take it seriously. >> this is a system of laws and the president is not above the law. the president is bound by the law just like everybody else. >> we're all taught in third grade that we have three co-equal branchs. we're not a co-equal branch of government, we are a preemptive branch of government. all the power is vested in the constitution of the united states. so the constitutional sovereign power of the people to create the country to write the constitution flowed into congress. what's the core job of the president? to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. that's it. and if the president doesn't do that, get rid of him. i overslept. can i use your phone? my phone has my schedule, and if i don't have my schedule, i'm blowing people off. >> there goes the quiet. >> stop that attitude. good to see you. i am so upset right now. the president was engaged in all kinds of corruption, and he just gave the finger to the separation of powers and congress' oversight role. there was great frustration building up. there was a very strong sense in the country, and a caucus that we needed to formalize in an impeachment investigation. but i think the democratic leadership was nervous about the politics of it. some of our members started to say, trump is not worth it, the president is not worth it. the question is whether the constitution is worth it and whether the country is worth it. d d whether the countray for what y. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ fries or salad? y is worth it. good choice! it is. so is screening for colon cancer. when caught in early stages, it's more treatable. hey, cologuard! hi, i'm noninvasive and i detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers even in early stages. early stages. it's for people 45 plus at average risk for colon cancer, not high risk. false positive and negative results may occur. ask your provider if cologuard is right for you. (all) to screening! age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. wondering what actually goes into your multivitamin? at new chapter, boost® high protein also has key nutrients its' innovation, organic ingredients, and fermentation. fermentation? yes. formulated to help you body really truly absorb the natural goodness. new chapter. wellness, well done. as a business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving by switching to the mobile service designed for small business: comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable nationwide network. with no line activation fees or term contracts... saving you up to $500 a year. and it's only available to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities.™ (door closes) (footsteps pattering) jamie raskin: the problem with these tv interviews, i can't get anything done. i have no time to work. the problem with these tv interviews is i can't get anything done. i have no time to work. >> cava, hello. this is cava. he is my friend, my constituent, and he's going to change my life so people can't describe me as disheveled anymore. that's the plan. >> i need to try one on. >> which one do you want? >> let's go with this one. >> you and your pinstriped suits. >> i like mine. >> you know, i didn't get into politics to impeach donald trump. i didn't think donald trump would be in the white house when i ran for office. i ran as a constitutional law professor. i know one thing really well, which is about the constitution and the rule of law in american democracy. and it became clear to me that trump was actually attacking the constitutional underpinnings of american government. >> thank you, cava. for most of the history of humanity of our species, people have lived under kings and queens and dictators and despots and bullies and the authoritarian system. democracy is very much the exception. the whole point of the constitution is to keep people in office from just doing whatever they want. it was the idea of lawless discretion in government officials that motivated the american revolutionaries to write a constitution that would bind people in power. so we've got to make democracy work and it's something we do together. we need everybody out organizing to get everybody registered to vote in 2020, and we've got to counter all of these fascist style tactics that are coming from donald trump. as hard as we were fighting trump and trying to stop him from his rampage in america, we were also working to turn out a landslide for the democrats in 2020. >> hi. good morning. good to see you. >> everybody likes your hair. >> that's what i understand. you guys want to spend the rest of your lives looking at my forehead. >> we like it. >> thank you. ♪♪ >> hello, democracy summer! in the house! we've brought some organizers to be with you tonight. one of them is sitting behind me. thomas jefferson said we are by blood and by tradition the airs of rebels and revolutionaries who overthrew kings and tyrants, and we must never forget who we are. [ cheers and applause ] >> i studied congress in school, and the kind of member i had in mind, who the member of congress is and what are they like is pretty much jamie raskin. relentlessly principled, imminently passionate and able to quote jefferson. >> i've always felt that politics at its best is about education. so when i first ran for office, i started democracy summer. it's about teaching people about the process and how it works, about the issues and competing merits of different kinds of solutions, and then teaching people how you go about and make change. >> mother and son, i need a shot. that's excellent. and congratulations for your future. >> thank you. thank you very much. much. ♪♪ >> you're in the perfect place right now. >> i feel it. it's like everybody knows one thing and my turn came up. they all want to know about the constitution. hello! happy labor day, everybody, happy labor day. nice to see you. can i take a few more of those? happy labor day. do you guys need a constitution? >> yes. >> you got it. it's got the impeachment clause in there, too. happy labor day, you guys. the constitution is a big hit. nice to see you! happy labor day. that's great, that's awesome. all right, did we get behind you? hello. happy labor day, you guys. have they elongated the parade this year? e paradeess just soothing comfort. try new vicks vapostick. at vanguard, you're more than just an investor, this year? you're an owner with access to financial advice, tools and a personalized plan that helps you build a future for those you love. vanguard. become an owner. ♪ ♪ before you go there, or fist bump there, or...oh! i can't wait to go there! or reunite there, ♪ ♪ start here. walgreens makes it easy to stay protected wherever you go. schedule your free covid-19 booster today. subway's eat fresh refresh has so many new footlongs, here's how they line up. we got the new chicken & bacon ranch, new baja steak & jack, and the new baja chicken & bacon, aka "the smokeshow." save big. order through the app. ♪ save big. pepto bismol coats and soothes your stomach for fast relief and get the same fast relief in a delightful chew with pepto bismol chews. kim is now demonstrating her congestion. save it slimeball. i've upgraded to mucinex. we still have 12 hours to australia. mucinex lasts 12 hours, so i'm good. now move! kim, no! mucinex lasts 3x longer for 12 hours. ♪ reporter: an extraordinary development likely without precedent in u.s. history. a whistleblower complaint by an intelligence official about a private presidential phone call. an extraordinary development without precedent in u.s. history. a whistleblower complaint about a private presidential phone call. >> in the private phone call, president trump asked for an investigation on joe biden's son. >> he called out investigations that would benefit his reelection. >> i see three crimes, extortion by the president by using threat to get something of value, and conspiracy to violate election law in order to bring interference to the united states election. >> i feel betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security, and betrayal of integrity of our elections. >> here's the break we've been waiting for for three years. i got the newspapers. i'm sending those newspapers, julie. >> awesome. >> the whole ukraine shakedown seemed like a game changer because they were caught red-handed. it unified those people who were very concerned about the political corruption and the lawlessness with those who were concerned about what donald trump was doing to america's image and reputation in the world. and i think that's why the impeachment pressure built up in such a large way. people understood that he was trying to wage war against not just our political party, but the whole constitutional order. it was an extraordinary abuse of power. wait, i forgot to tie my tie. don't look at my collar with a scowl. >> i'll make it quick and easy with an elaborate setup like last time. >> all right. >> a crazy couple days, huh? >> yeah, a wonderful couple days. "the times" have found us. the moment the ukraine episode came to light, you could tell everything was going to change. at the same time that i was shocked and startled by the radicalism of this new chapter, i felt it was completely consistent with everything we knew about donald trump. he's been betraying the office, he's been betraying the constitution, he's been betraying national security from day one. thank you so much. american elections belong to the american people, they don't belong to the president and they don't belong to a president working in league with foreign powers against us. that's what the framers were afraid of. i used to have a bunch of these witches. i'm down to like one witch. are these guys already trick or treating? come back, because i'm getting my decorations -- i've been a little busy, but you guys promise to come back? >> we will. we definitely will. >> all right, all right. happy halloween, you guys. oh, man. this is not even a pumpkin? is this -- can you carve a gourd? >> how many? >> can you fit three in your hands? there we go. do you like skittles, too? you like mnms. you got it. this is the trump era, it's whatever you can grab. >> dad! >> would you like a baby constitution? >> what is that? >> it's your own constitution, okay? it's got the first amendment in it. >> in a sobering milestone, house democrats turn weeks of testimony, evidence and speeches into actual articles of impeachment against the president. >> the house judiciary committee decided to charge the president with two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and discretion of congress. >> this is now the fourth president to have articles of impeachment drawn up against him. >> good morning. it is my solid responsibility this morning to present for your consideration house resolution 755 concerning the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the united states. the investigating committees conducted 100 hours of deposition testimony with 17 sworn witnesses, and the judiciary committee is now in possession of overwhelming evidence that the president of the united states has committed high crimes and misdemeanors. impeachment is like an indictment. when the house votes to impeach, it's acting like a grand jury, and it's essentially saying, we believe that there have been these crimes. >> president trump has referred abuses by collecting demand that the government not interfere in our personal election in order to boost his own campaign in 2020. this is the collusion of one man, the president himself. >> i thought this would be an attempt to state the case of the president before the country, because the tv cameras were there. so i was trying to bring it back to the subject of elections. >> if we just let this go and let licensed presidents to coerce, cajole and allow them to enter the races, we have to wonder what the world will be like. the president's conduct is a clear and present danger to democracy in america. we cannot allow this democracy to pass. it would be ignorance of our foreign policy and our democracy. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> on this vote the ayes are 229, the yeas is 198. the president has won. article ii is adopted. >> it is official, president trump impeached, putting a bitterly divided america on display, virtually every democrat voting for impeachment, every republican voting against it. >> today we took action to hold president trump accountable for the serious and undisputed risky poses to our free and fair elections and to the separation of powers that safeguards our liberty. >> we pass the two articles of impeachment. the president is impeached. >> once the house speaker sends the articles of impeachment over to the senate, that sets in motion a trial. >> when it comes to the senate, the senate has the sole power to try the case. in other words, to be the court that conducts the trial on those charges. and they are two-thirds as required to convict. a jury in the senate is almost certainly unbiased, and you can see trump demanded that kind of personal loyalty. biased, and y see trump demanded that kind of biased, and you can see trump demanded that kind of personal loyalty.biased, and yo see trump demanded that kind of personal loyalty. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump! trump! president trump: thank you. thank you. this lawless, partisan impeachment is a political suicide march for the democrat party. >> thank you, thank you. this lawless partisan impeachment is a political suicide march for the democrat party. they have nothing. they're the ones that should be impeached, every one of them. [ cheers and applause ] >> we have tremendous support in the republican party like we've never had before. nobody has ever showed this kind of support. and it's all going to end soon, and it's going to come out to a beautiful parade, victory for the republican party and for the senate. >> this is not about protecting the country, this is about destroying the president. >> hey hey, ho ho, donald trump has got to go. >> the house made a partisan political decision to impeach. i would anticipate we will have a largely partisan outcome in the senate. i'm not partial to this at all. >> there is no way this can or should be viewed as legitimate. certainly not by republicans whose minority rights have been trampled on every step of the way. >> we were treated unbelievably unfairly, but this is what the end result is. >> it didn't surprise me that much that our side was unable to dislodge that monolithic republican support. because the leadership were all trump accomplices. basically had all these sycophants in the house and in the senate who were just going along with whatever donald trump wanted. >> thank you very much. thank you very much. wa wanted. >> thank you very much >> thank you very much thank you very much. inner voice (kombucha brewer): i'm dramatically holding this bottle, so the light hits it just right, and people think... wow... ...he knows what he's doing... ...when i'm actually pretty lost with my payroll taxes. intuit quickbooks helps you manage your payroll taxes. cheers. 100% accurate payroll tax calculations guaranteed. (vo) america's most reliable network is going ultra! with verizon 5g ultra wideband now in many more cities so you can do more. hey, it's mindy! downloading a movie up to 10 times faster than before. oh, is that the one where the mom becomes a... (mindy) yep! (vo) i knew it! let's work offsite. public wi-fi? no thanks. 5g ultra wideband is faster and safer. and what's this? 5g internet for your home and business? just plug and play. see ya cable! 5g ultra wideband is now in more and more places. verizon is going ultra, so you can too. deon, hand it over. 5g ultra wideband is now in more and more places. now how does that make you feel? like a part of me is missing. gabrielle? this old spice fiji hand and body lotion has me smoother than ever. that's what it does. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. want an engaging website to boost your business? you're just a click away from five star fiverr talent. hundreds of freelancer skills like web design. head to fiverr.com today and get something started. hi. i'm shannon storms bador. when we started selling my health products online our shipping process was painfully slow. then we found shipstation. now we're shipping out orders 5 times faster and thanks to shipstation's discounted rates we're saving a ton. honestly, we couldn't do it without shipstation join over 100,000 online sellers who get ship done with shipstation go to shipstation.com /try and get 2 months free. ♪ (wings flapping) ♪ ♪♪ >> the cdc is mobilizing teams right now in an urgent effort to head off a newly identified deadly virus from china. >> you can call it a germ, call it a flu, call it a virus. you can call it many different names. i'm not sure anybody even knows what it is. >> the coronavirus has now been detected in at least 48 different countries with case numbers rising rapidly. >> the coronavirus has altered daily life across the united states. record unemployment, tens of millions of americans out of work. >> the death toll in the u.s. rising as new cases appear in more parts of the country. >> covid-19 was a catastrophe for our country. the economic consequences of it were calamitous. we ended up losing hundreds of thousands of people. we have 82,000 of our fellow citizens who have died already. we have tens of millions who have been thrown out of work. we have seen massive shutdowns. harvard law school closed physically and tommy came back to live with us. he was on zoom doing his classes. it was a very strange, isolating time. and trump demonstrated how terrible his leadership was. he never had a plan. you know, we really came to the verge of becoming a failed state at that point. and what was happening in terms of police violence and police brutality also reflected the tendency of us to become a failed state, a state that could not deliver the basic goods of existence to its people. one of those goods is public health. another good is equal administration of the laws. >> my friend, we've got to organize now the third reconstruction of the united states of america. now is our time. now is our moment to make it happen. you can't have democracy without participation without people really getting engaged in it. we're not unified by being one ethnicity or one religion or one ideology. we're unified by one constitution. it's not that the constitution was somehow perfect when we got started. far from it. we were not a democracy. we were a slave republic of white male property owners over the age of 21. it's been through these successive movements for democratic enlargement that the constitution has become better and we've become a more perfect union. a great marylander frederick douglass said, if there is no struggle there is no progress. power concedes nothing without a demand. it never has and it never will. thank you for org. black lives matter. thank you for organizing. black lives matter. >> not only may this be the most important election in our lifetime it certainly will be the most unusual. states across the country are turning to mail-in voting in this election in an effort to allow americans to vote safely during the pandemic. >> while most americans support the option of mail-in balloting, president trump launched a new attack on it today as he trails joe biden in the polls. >> they're going to be sending out 80 million ballots. where are they going? who are they sending them to? they're trying to rig this election. >> the president's failure to address the pandemic continues to hurt him in poll after poll. asked if he would accept the election results the president said, quote, i'll have to see. >> the only way we're going to lose this election is if the election is rigged. remember that. it's the only way we're going to lose this election so we have to be very careful. >> my friends, we got some hard days ahead of us don't we? we really do. we got some hard days ahead of us. but we are battle tested and we are ready. we are preparing for an epic, landslide victory for democracy in 45 days. get ready for it. we don't have, believe it or not, a constitutional right to vote in america. it's just the power of state legislatures to appoint electors. and the republican party, which is a minority party and a shrinking minority party, is using every lever of political power they have to try to thwart the majority. this is why the struggle for voting rights is so essential. we need everybody's vote. we need everybody's voice to count. >> an historic election night in america. after a year of tragedy and unrest, americans have turned out in force to make their voices heard. >> you've got a hundred million people who have already voted in this country. we may see turnout today that smashes records. >> the bison campaign has been talking about this day after day. they've been talking about wisconsin where they are ahead. >> okay. i got my first compliment. >> let's hear it. >> okay. my haiku is don't ever again say that it can't happen here. say we won't let it. we were obviously still in covid-19 so there were no election night parties going on. everybody was at home. tommys of was with me and we were just watching and waiting. >> dallas county here, biden is leading these by 33 points. >> wow. biden is taking a big lead in texas? what? >> remember, we saw all of those for the last month about historic early vote totals. >> we are watching the texas results as they come in. but there has been so much hope the democrats have invested in the high turn out numbers. of course we are still watching the final votes come in in the all important state of georgia. north carolina, virginia. >> hey. >> you staying up or going to sleep? i don't think so. i'd be willing to put money on it. >> you want to bet? >> yeah. i'll bet you. okay. all right. love you. my kids are so freaked out. everybody is so freaked out. it's going to be a long night. it's going to be -- we're going to win this narrowly and then trump is going to be fighting every step along the way. i mean, buckle up. we'll be fighting about this until we get into the new congress. we'll be fighting about it until january 6th. maybe beyond. you know? maybe trump will not let go. go. ♪ ♪taking a break from all your worries♪ ♪sure would help a lot♪ ♪ ♪wouldn't you like to get away?♪ ♪ ♪sometimes you want to go♪ ♪where everybody knows your name♪ ♪and they're always glad you came♪ ♪ ♪you want to be where you can see♪ ♪our troubles are all the same♪ ♪you want to be where everybody knows your name♪ ♪ ♪ you want to go where people know♪ ♪people are all the same♪ ♪you want to go where everybody knows your name♪ ♪ ♪ limu emu and doug.♪ and it's easy to customize your insurance at libertymutual.com so you only pay for what you need. isn't that right limu? limu? limu? sorry, one sec. doug blows several different whistles. doug blows several different whistles. [a vulture squawks.] there he is. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty♪ like pulsing, electric shocks, sharp, stabbing pains, or an intense burning sensation. what is this nightmare? it's how some people describe... shingles. a painful, blistering rash that could interrupt your life for weeks. forget social events and weekend getaways. if you've had chickenpox, the virus that causes shingles is already inside of you. if you're 50 years or older ask your doctor or pharmacist about shingles. when you shop with wayfair, if you you spend less older and get way more. so you can bring your vision to life, and save in more ways than one. for small prices, you can build big dreams. spend less. get way more. shop everything home at wayfair today. when our daughter and her kids moved in with us... our bargain detergent couldn't keep up. turns out it's mostly water. so, we switched back to tide. one wash, stains are gone. [daughter] slurping don't pay for water. pay for clean. it's got to be tide. (audience cheering) president trump: this is a fraud on the american public. this is an embarrassment to our country. >> this is a fraud on the american public. this is an embarrassment to our country. we were getting ready to win this election. frankly we did win this election. [cheers and applause] >> we want all voting to stop. we don't want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list. okay? >> millions of votes still being counted, but the legal battle already under way. >> president trump and other republicans have filed more than 30 election fraud lawsuits and judges keep throwing them out for lack of evidence. >> the president and his allies are casting doubt on the integrity of the election, itself, fueling unfounded conspiracy theories of cheating and fraud. >> the president is trying to stop the counting of tens of millions of ballots and that obviously is an outrageous assault on democracy, itself. we must stand by the popular vote and we must stand by the popular vote as it translates through our complicated electoral college system. there were all these overtures to try to overturn popular votes. and he pretty much got rebuffed at every turn. basically all of the courts rejected the claim that there had been any kind of corruption or any kind of fraud in the election. >> the moment the entire country has been waiting for after a very close race. joe biden has won the key stone state, pennsylvania, and its 20 electoral votes. >> that means former vice president joe biden has been elected president of the united states. >> it was an emotional thing when biden was declared the winner. there were huge crowds all over the country out celebrating. huge crowds. millions of people took to the streets to celebrate and sing and dance. it was wild. it was just anne amazing feeling. it was the fall of an authoritarian at least for the time being and it felt like the redemption of democracy. i'm in a great mood. a great mood. all over, you know? >> president trump is still insisting that he won the election, which of course he did not, and that the election was somehow marred by massive fraud. it was not. >> the president suffered the latest in a nearly unbroken string of legal defeats. >> president trump's supporters undeterred with some, including members of far right extremist group the proud boys, rallying to support him this weekend in washington. >> there were 2 -- two million maga marches after the election. most paid no attention to them because the election was over. it turned out those marches were very important because trump was able to attract to washington that hard core element that was willing to engage in violence. >> are we going to stop the steal? [ chanting ] stop the steal! >> we obviously didn't take seriously enough an organized attack on the u.s. government, and on our constitution, and on our election. >> we want trump! [ chanting ] >> dad? >> yes. >> do you care if i jump off shortly thereafter? >> i think that's what everybody is going to do. they're going to ask their question and get out of town. yeah. that's cool. >> thank you all so much for joining us. without further ado i'll give it over to congressman raskin. as i know time is limited. >> thank you guys all for indulging me my birthday fantasy for this year. we came up with it on thursday. you know how much i love parties and i was missing everybody and so i thought, okay. we can try to have a little contest here and see if i can answer 58 questions in 58 minutes one minute per question. it begins with tommy raskin. >> who is your favorite tv villain? >> my favorite tv villain -- villains are the joker, the riddler, and william barr the purported attorney general. thank you. love you, tommy raskin. next question comes from mark meddish. how would your favorite french philosopher analyze the vices of donald trump? ah. clearly, cruelty is the heart of donald trump's vicious system and all of the other vices flow right out of cruelty. i don't know if they're ever going to wake up and accept those election results. i hope that it doesn't lead to violence in the country. i really hope that people, that they don't start doing really crazy things. i love the fact that we survived this nightmare. it was really, really hard and difficult and it continues with covid-19 to be so difficult for people, but we have survived through it all, through the neo-nazis marching. we have survived through the corruption. we have survived through the ukraine shakedown. we are still here. i'm all out of questions. is that right? is that right? you guys, more than $10,000. >> happy birthday. birthday. a q. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ready to style in just one step? introducing new tresemme one step stylers. five professional benefits. one simple step. totally effortless. styling has never been easier. tresemme. do it with style. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete balanced nutrition for strength and energy. woo hoo! ensure, complete balanced nutrition with 27 vitamins and minerals. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. ♪ ♪ with 30 grams of protein. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. ♪♪ anything else? do you also take orders online? yeah, we do that. yeah, we do. chef, can we hire another hostess? umm... psst. yeah. i was gonna add an exclamation point. secure payments, the tools you need, people who can help, we do that. talk to a clover business consultant today (air whooshing) (phone ringing) (sighs) jamie raskin: hmmm flynn: hi, congressman. jamie raskin: forgive me, i have had an insane day- flynn: no, no worries at all. jamie raskin: i'm sorry. >> forgive me. i've had an insane day. >> oh, no, no. no worries at all. i appreciate it that you even found the time to chat. >> it's my pleasure. you wanted to talk about tom, though, right? about tommy? >> just everything you've been going through this week. >> well, our family suffered a terrible catastrophe on the last day of 2020, but my -- you know, my dear boy is very, very close to our hearts and on our minds and we've been deluged with e-mails and food and love and messages from around the world. and in truth i haven't been sleeping a lot since we've been without tommy. >> yeah. >> tommy had been fighting depression for several years. normally he was just the happiest, most energetic person you could ever hope to meet. but he was suffering from depression. it was serious. the last night i got to spend with him we had dinner together. we played some boggle, which was his big game, and watched some stuff on tv. and we talked about going for a hike the next day. i gave him a hug good night. told him i loved him. told me he loved me. and that was the last time i saw him alive. >> how are you coping? >> well, tommy left us a farewell note where he said, please forgive me. my illness won today. look after each other. the animals and the global poor. all my love, tommy. and i'll spend the rest of my life trying to live up to that note. >> well, so you forgave him. >> oh, but of course. i mean, i -- i don't want to reveal the contents but i left a note for him, too. when we buried him. and, of course, i -- i mean, what else could i do? he's my son. he was enduring unimaginable suffering and we miss him every minute of every day and we want him back. but the only thing that enables me to sleep at night is knowing he is no longer suffering and in pain. so we have the love. we have the hope. and the ideas. and we are hanging on real tightly to his spirit and his soul. i mean, tommy was a person who loved the world and he loved democracy and he loved humanity. and all living things. and so i feel like i honor him by doing the work that he'd be proud of. [ chanting ] u.s.a.! >> i want to thank you very much. hello, georgia. by the way, there is no way we lost georgia. there's no way. that was a rigged election. and they're not taking this white house. we're going to fight like hell. i'll tell you right now. we will never give in. we will never give up. we will never back down. we will never, ever surrender. i hope mike pence comes through for us. i have to tell you. he's a great guy. of course, if he doesn't come through, he -- i won't like him quite as much. no. mike is a smart man. you watch what happens over the next couple of weeks. you watch what is going to come out. watch what's going to be revealed. you watch. [ chanting ] four more years! four more years! redefine who we are and how we want to lead our lives. basically, choose what we want our future to look like. so what's yours going to be? kim is now demonstrating her congestion. save it slimeball. i've upgraded to mucinex. we still have 12 hours to australia. mucinex lasts 12 hours, so i'm good. now move! kim, no! mucinex lasts 3x longer for 12 hours. ♪ ♪ before you go there, or fist bump there, or...oh! i can't wait to go there! or reunite there, ♪ ♪ start here. walgreens makes it easy to stay protected wherever you go. schedule your free covid-19 booster today. wondering what actually goes into your multi-vitamin. at new chapter. wherever you go. its innovation organic ingredients and fermentation. fermentation? yes, formulated to help your body really truly absorb the natural goodness. new chapter. wellness well done. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like: just stop. go for a run. go for 10 runs! run a marathon. instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette. ♪ reporter: in just a few hours congress will be convening to certify the results of the electoral college in just a few hours congress will be convening to certify the results of the electoral college and confirm president-elect joe biden's victory. >> crowds are already gathering for a pro trump rally. the president says he will speak. as many as 30,000 people expected. >> this is a day that happens every four years that usually no one pays attention to but this year all eyes are on capitol hill. >> dozens of house and senate republicans are going to object to the certification of millions of legally cast votes. >> still, the president is ramping up pressure on vice president pence to flip the outcome even as pence himself reportedly told the president that he does not have that power. trump allies tell nbc news they believe he will keep disputing the results, one ally saying the president is increasingly desperate. >> madame speaker, the vice president, and the united states senate. >> it was the day after we had tommy's funeral, so it was a very tender, raw time. and our youngest daughter tabitha said, daddy, don't go. i want you to stay home. i said i have to go in because this is a constitutional responsibility. so i invited tabitha instead to come with me. >> madame speaker, i want to thank you first and all my dear, beloved colleagues for your love and tenderness, which my family and i will never forget. [ applause ] i felt very disoriented, but i was overwhelmed by the love of my colleagues. and i entertained this completely fantastical thought that sympathy about tommy would somehow prevent any further division or polarization on that day and, of course, that was just a pipe dream. we are not here, madame speaker, to vote for the candidate we want. we are here to recognize the candidate the people actually voted for in the states. after i spoke, tabitha went to an office nearby. i started getting texts from constituents and people all over the country and family members saying, are you okay? and at that point i thought everything was still outside. >> the house will be in order. okay. >> we began to hear terrible ruckus. speaker pelosi was quickly hustled off the floor. the new chaplain gave a prayer and then we started hearing people trying to barrel into the door. maybe 30 feet away from where i sat. we were told to get out our gas masks, which most of us didn't even know existed. everyone was terrified. >> they broke the glass? everybody stay down. get down. >> you could hear people shouting and yelling, hang mike pence. you could hear people screaming, where's nancy? and then capitol police officers came running in with their guns drawn. it was very frightening to be away from tabitha. i kept calling my chief of staff julie begging them to keep the door locked and barricade it. they ended up hiding under a desk as people pounded on the door. and as we were evacuated out, you could see complete mayhem. i was really terrified. i just had no idea that the capitol could actually be over run like that. finally, we were escorted to safety to one of the committee rooms. >> every single member that i've spoken to is absolutely determined to have us complete the counting of the electoral college votes. the american people have spoken. the election is over. the american constitutional democracy will prevail. we have no choice. we were absolutely resolved that we would not allow this to be a permanent break. if we actually let a day go by or two days go by who knows what could have taken place? the president might have declared martial law. everything could have been lost at that point. >> get him the -- out of here. >> we are going to go forward if we've got to stay here all night. we're going to go forward if we have to stay here all day tomorrow. we are going to go forward tomorrow and the next day. we are going to complete the counting of the electoral votes as called for by the constitution of the united states. e united states verizon is going ultra, so your business can too. it's your home. and there's no place like wayfair to make your reach-in closet, feel like a walk-in closet now that's more your style. make the morning chaos, organized chaos. and make sure everything's in it's place. so nothing is out of place. however you make it, make your home a place like no other. woman: i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months after just two doses. skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, such as fevers, sweats, chills, muscle aches, or coughs or if you plan to or recently received a vaccine. ♪ nothing is everything. ♪ woman: talk to your dermatologist about skyrizi. learn how abbvie could help you save. (members clapping) jamie raskin: the whole point of trump trying to stop the steal was obstructing the counting of electoral college votes. >> the whole point of trump trying to stop the steal was obstructing the counting of electoral college votes. >> the joint session of congress to count the electoral vote will resume. >> in our kind of creeky, antiquated, electoral college system, this step is really the essential step. it is what we call the peaceful transfer of power. when congress formally declares who the winner is. >> the votes for president of the united states are as follows. joseph r. biden jr. of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j. trump of the state of florida has received 232 votes. >> as the fog of mayhem dissipates, the full picture of the terror, the crisis that took place in the nation's capitol is coming into focus. there is a death toll which now stands at five. the fbi has identified at least 200 suspects and is looking for hundreds more. >> for the second time in 13 months the house of representatives has voted to impeach president donald trump. >> a single article of impeachment accusing the president of incitement of insurrection in his remarks before last week's riots began. house speaker nancy pelosi has just announced the nine house impeachment managers who will function as the prosecutors of donald trump in that trial. the lead prosecutor will be former constitutional law professor congressman jamie raskin. >> i was drowning in agony and grief at the time. i did not know, you know, whether i would be able to do anything again of meaning or substance in my life after losing tommy. that's why i say that pelosi threw me a life line in a way, because she basically said, we need you. >> washington is ramping up an almost unprecedented security operation involving the biggest national guard deployment in the capital's history. >> police and the fbi continue to warn of violent, white wing extremist plots. >> there are now three plots we have been briefed on to attack lawmakers and assassinate them potentially. we are taking those threats extremely seriously. >> the threats are crazy now. not just against democrats but against republicans, especially against republicans who defected from the trump. i wasn't afraid of anything at that point. my state of mind was essentially that the very worst thing that could ever happen had just happened. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president-elect of the united states. but tabitha said, we just lost tommy and, you know, we can't lose you, and it's a dangerous environment out there. >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. >> and so we were actually up in pennsylvania. we watched the inauguration of course and i was so proud. to me that was just a great moment in our history to see that happen. after everything we'd been through. this is so exciting. >> my distinguished guests, my fellow americans, this is america's day. this is democracy's day. today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause, the cause of democracy. the will of the people has been heard. and the will of the people has been heeded. we've learned again that democracy is precious. democracy is fragile. and at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed. >> it's a big deal when you see a peaceful transfer of power. we come to take it for granted, but if you don't have the peaceful transfer of power, you don't have democracy. who is that from? >> tommy's fifth grade teacher. >> oh, i read that one. >> it endures. it prevails. here we stand. >> after we lost tommy, we got thousands and thousands of letters. a lot of them were coming from people who knew tommy, people who were moved by tommy's poetry. it was just an overwhelming and affecting thing. >> my first act as president i ask you to join me in a moment of silent prayer to remember all those we lost this past year to the pandemic. we will honor them and become the people and the nation we know we can and should be. >> we were not the only family in that god awful year to lose a family member. if you had a covid-19, opioid deaths, gun violence, all of the other normal causes, millions of people lost loved ones. >> amen. >> we are indeed surrounded now by american carnage. n carnage. r♪ ♪wouldn't you like to get away? ♪ ♪ ♪ sometimes you want to go ♪ ♪where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ ♪and they're always glad you came ♪ ♪ limu emu ♪ and doug. we gotta tell people that liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay for what you need, and we gotta do it fast. [limu emu squawks] woo! thirty-four miles per hour! new personal record, limu! [limu emu squawks] he'll be back. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ ♪♪ you pour your heart into everything you do, which is a lot. so take care of that heart with lipton. because sippin' on unsweetened lipton can help support a healthy heart. lipton. stop chuggin'. start sippin'. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like: stop chuggin'. try hypnosis... or... quit cold turkey. kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette it's our ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to relieve pressure points. and it's temperature balancing so you both sleep just right. and now, save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus, 0% interest for 48 months on all smart beds. ends monday ♪ jamie raskin: the country is still just trying to absorb the emotional impact of events that brought us >> the country is still just trying to absorb the emotional impact of events that brought us right up to the edge of a real coup in america. we can't have healing before we have an honest reckoning, and this president must be held accountable for the role he has played. >> here ye, hear ye all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states an article of impeachment against donald john trump, former president of the united states. >> the second impeachment of donald trump is now formally in the hands of the u.s. senate as the first president to be impeached twice also becomes the first ex-president to face an impeachment trial. >> good morning. all eyes on washington today. and the start of former president trump's second impeachment trial. >> the lead impeachment manager congressman jamie raskin has been holding daily meetings with the rest of the managers and they want to incorporate visual elements as much as they can. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> thank you for what you do. >> thank you so much. have a great day, you guys. i just want to make sure that everybody's together when it happens because there is some very disturbing video images that are coming and i don't want anybody watching alone. >> oh, gosh. that's ominous. >> well -- america needs to know. i woke up with henry v on my mine. all things are ready. we're going to pass lincoln's cottage on the way down, too. >> what is the best piece of advice you've been given in the last 24 hours? >> a senator sent me a note reminding me that abraham lichlk lincoln is a son of kentucky. i thought that was a really deep point so i'm going to maybe slip thati thought that was a reallyp point so i'm going to maybe slip that in. you know, the difficult part is we have to condense this huge volume of facts. they're just going to get up and say this isn't a trial. a totally funny argument. ♪ good-bye donnie well good-bye donnie it's so nice you'll soon be right where you belong ♪ ♪ righting memoirs donnie behind bars donnie ♪ >> the constitutionality of trying a former president, the house managers are going to argue that, yes, there is jurisdiction and they're going to write lots of constitutional -- the former president's lawyers are going to say, no, there is no jurisdiction. >> my name is jamie raskin. as a professor of constitutional law for three decades i know there are a lot of people who are dreading endless lectures about the federalist papers here. please breathe easy. okay? i remember the line that a professor is someone who speaks while other people are sleeping. you will not be hearing extended lectures from me because our case is based on cold, hard facts. it's all about the facts. >> okay. >> we will stop the steal. we won this election and we won it by a landslide. this was not a close election. and after this, we're going to walk down, and i'll be there with you, we're going to walk down. we're going to walk down to the capitol. >> yeah! let's take the capitol! >> take the capitol! >> we are going to the capitol! where our problems are. it's that direction. [ chanting ] u.s.a.! >> get back! get back! >> we fight. we fight like hell. and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore. >> stop the steal! stop the steal! >> we are listening to trump. treason! treason! >> break it down. >> heave ho! >> ah! >> remember, the senators and members of congress didn't see what was happening outside the building. >> let's go! >> i think everybody was walking around with the assumption that if people tried to over power capitol officers who were protecting the congress of the united states, those people would be shot on sight. we didn't realize that there were multiple breaches and a constant stream of people entering the building. >> u.s.a.! u.s.a.! >> people died that day. officers ended up with head damage and brean damage. people's eyes were gouged. an officer had a heart attack. an officer lost three fingers that day. two officers have taken their own lives. senators, this cannot be our future. this cannot be the future of america. we cannot have presidentsen citing and mobilizing mob violence against our government and our institutions because they refuse to accept the will of the people under the constitution of the united states. e constitution of the united states (vo) this year, t-mobile for business is here to help you hit the ground running. when you switch to t-mobile and bring your own device, we'll pay off your phone up to $800. you can keep your phone. keep your number. and get your employees connected on the largest and fastest 5g network. plus, we give you $200 in facebook ads on us! so you can reach more customers, create more opportunities, and make this the best year for your business yet. visit your local t-mobile store today. it's our ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to relieve pressure points. and make this the best year for your business yet. and it's temperature balancing so you both sleep just right. and now, save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus, 0% interest for 48 months on all smart beds. ends monday those precious memories might make you think about your future: will my high cholesterol get in the way of moments like these? but appointments don't always fit your schedule. i missed work for this? and you've got better things to do. can't i just get these delivered? managing your cholesterol can be a hassle. we get it. that's why letsgetchecked offers home cholesterol testing. take the test. track your progress. and adjust your treatment as necessary. letsgetchecked. care can be this good. nothing like a weekend in the woods. it's a good choice all around, like screening for colon cancer... when caught in early stages it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive... and i detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers... even in early stages. early stages. yep. it's for people 45 plus at average risk for colon cancer, not high risk. false positive and negative results may occur. ask your provider if cologuard is right for you. we're in. jamie raskin: let's see what we're doing in the times today. "raskin tears up as he paints picture of haunting... >> raskin tears up as he paints picture of haunting -- the first senate trial seemed abstract. the second is a visceral reckoning. i think people are into it. >> oh, my god. >> i think today is going to be spell binding when we start to tell them the story. schiff tweeted out that representative raskin's emotional appeal moved anyone not made of stone so i probably should have reached at least maybe half the senate. >> hello? i'm sitting right next to him. biden wants to talk to you. >> hello? mr. president. >> voltaire said anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. president trump declared his conduct totally appropriate. so if he gets back into office and it happens again, we'll have no one to blame but ourselves. i was glad i was able to get voltaire in today. you know, anybody who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. >> oh, yeah. >> and i believe that. if you had to pick one to characterize the trump administration it would probably be that one, you know? it was inevitable where it was going to go. >> yeah. >> the guy had his inauguration and started talking about american carnage. just a projection of his career, his destiny. looks good. you want some cinnamon? >> yeah. i need cinnamon. >> i'll find you some cinnamon. when officer hodges was caught in the door and just howling in torture i did see mitch crying and kind of wiping away tears. but the republicans, they're a tough nut to crack, let me tell you. you know? people are saying to me how are you going to get 67 votes? i said i'm not looking for 67 votes. i'm looking for a hundred votes. i'm looking for just like a major breakthrough in public opinion in the senate where people say, this cannot be america. you know, we cannot have a violence inciting, pro insurrection demagogue constantly threatening our democracy. i mean, there are hundreds of millions of people in the country. anybody could be president. why do we have to go back to him after he committed high crimes and misdemeanors against the country? so we'll see. >> the senate is now ready to vote on the article of impeachment. >> mr. mcconnell? >> not guilty. >> mr. mcconnell, not guilty. >> it's over. twice tried twice acquitted. >> the majority of senators including seven republicans voted to convict former president trump, but it was not enough. >> the senate having tried donald john trump, former president of the united states on one article of impeachment. >> i've had every possible emotion about it. i think i was crest fallen at the moment i first heard it. >> the acting sergeant at arms will escort the house managers out of the senate chamber. >> i really thought we might have a 100 to zero verdict. i really thought that we had created such an overwhelming cascade of facts that the wiser republicans might say, this is our chance to save our party. this is our chance to get out from under the thumb of donald trump. and seven of them did the right thing. we needed ten more. and so we might see a replay in 2024 of the 2020 election. i think we convicted him in the court of public opinion and i think we convicted him in the eyes of history. so he's been turned into a pariah i think in national politics. and, yet, trump has tightened his control over the republican party. right now you've got majorities of republicans in both houses who are saying that essentially they're willing to go along with whatever donald trump says. that wouldn't be a problem for us if we just had majority rule in america. but in the gop, they're manipulating every anti-democratic lever of power there is in order to entrench minority rule against the majority. that's the struggle in the country today. we have our work cut out for us. we have to organize the majority to be politically engaged and active and to register to vote and to vote. and not to allow republicans to steal elections. the future of democracy has not been written yet, and it's up to us. i want to thank all of you for coming and sharing our grief and sharing our joy about the life of tommy blume raskin. hi. >> we're all here. >> so good to see you guys. how are you guys? how are you, guys? hi, beautiful. >> hi. >> i've lost my son. i've lost something so fundamental, so elemental in my life i am not sure at times that i even recognize the world. a little part of each of us died with him that day. in my case it was the belief that everything would have to be all right in the end. the beautiful and the true would have to triumph over all the evil and the chaos. i've lost that sense of absolute inevitability in happily ever after. but if part of us died with tommy, a big part and far more important part of tommy lives on with each of us. it is the sense that what matters is the people in our lives, their feelings, and their experiences, and that it is possible, it is advisable, it is right to design your life around practicing the love of other people. your love can become the engine of a quest for justice. for juse ♪ ♪ ♪ we have to be able to repair the enamel on a daily basis. with pronamel repair toothpaste, we can help actively repair enamel in its weakened state. it's innovative. my go to toothpaste is going to be pronamel repair. before you go there, or there... start here. walgreens makes it easy to stay protected wherever you go. schedule your free covid-19 booster today. (vo) america's most reliable network is going ultra! with verizon 5g ultra wideband now in many more cities so you can do more. hey, it's mindy! downloading a movie up to 10 times faster than before. oh, is that the one where the mom becomes a... (mindy) yep! (vo) i knew it! let's work offsite. public wi-fi? no thanks. 5g ultra wideband is faster and safer. and what's this? 5g internet for your home and business? just plug and play. see ya cable! 5g ultra wideband is now in more and more places. verizon is going ultra, so you can too. ♪♪ anything else? do you also take orders online? yeah, we do that. yeah, we do. chef, can we hire another hostess? umm... psst. yeah. i was gonna add an exclamation point. secure payments, the tools you need, people who can help, we do that. talk to a clover business consultant today (vo) for me, one of the best things about life is that we keep moving forward. people who can help, we do that. we discover exciting new technologies. redefine who we are and how we want to lead our lives. basically, choose what we want our future to look like. so what's yours going to be? wondering what actually goes into your multivitamin? at new chapter, its' innovation, organic ingredients, and fermentation. fermentation? yes. formulated to help you body really truly absorb the natural goodness. new chapter. wellness, well done. >> welcome to ayman, hundreds of protesters took to the streets of downtown minneapolis, demanding justice in the fatal shooting of amir locke. i'm going to speak with the locke family attorney, antonio romanucci, coming up in just a few minutes. plus, talks around salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal are entering the face. my conversation with the u.s. envoy. and are you feeling stressed about the state of politics in america, you are not alone. a growing percentage of americans say that they are too. i am hot ayman mohyeldin, let's get started.