Begin todays Cross Connection with a new order. Majority leader Chuck Schumer has announced the second impeachment trial of donald trump will begin the week of february 8th. The house managers and the defense will have a period of time to draft their legal breathes just as they did in previous trials. During that period the senate will continue to do other business for the American People such as cabinet nominations and the covid relief bill, which would provide relief for millions of americans who are suffering during this pandemic. Its our first show with trump out of office, but there is a developing story from overnight. Another trump scheme revealed. The New York Times and the Washington Post report while in office trump allegedly plotted to fire acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and replace him with an ally who would take up trumps baseless claims, emphasis on baseless, that the election was rigged against him and pressure georgia lawmakers into somehow overturning the States Election results. Trump reportedly dropped the idea after doj officials threatened to resign en masse. The person trump was said to be conspiring with, jeffrey clark, has denied those allegations. Meanwhile in the new world order, its day four of the Biden Administration, and the new president is moving full steam ahead on immigration, on climate challenge, and most urgently on covid relief. Were in a national emergency. We need to act like were in a national emergency. So ive got to move with everything weve got, and weve got do it together. I dont believe democrats or republicans are going hungry and losing jobs. I believe americans are going hungry and losing their jobs, and we have the tools to fix it. If youre going hungry and losing your job, then you dont care about senate procedure. You want to know when help is coming your way. President biden had already sign 30d executive orders and seen two cabinet officials confirmed while calling congress to pass his relief package which will directly impact you. Theres a lot going on and its time for lawmakers to prove they can walk and chew gum at the same time, especially considering they havent missed a paycheck and perhaps you have, and many of them have already been vaccinated. Perhaps youre driving over an hour to find a vaccination post where you can be inoculated where the rest of us simply wait. Joining us now, a democrat from hawaii and a member of the judiciary committee. Senator, im so happy to have you join us this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Well be speaking with one of your colleagues, house impeachment manager, in just a few minutes. I want to start out by asking you, look, theres a lot of news happening, a lot of people are suffering right now. I do think American People do want to see accountability from the previous president , donald trump, who did incite as impeachment managers will claim a violent insurrection on capitol hill. In order to see some accountability, at least 17 of your colleagues across the aisle will have to volt to convict. Have you had any indication at all that any of these folks are not radicalized, that they would see through a legal lens and vote to convict this president on a violent insurrection that resulted in five People Killed . Its very clear, tiffany, that we need to not only hold the president accountable through an impeachment trial, but to get on with passing a covid relief bill, and we can do both. Much will depend on Mitch Mcconnells willingness. It will depend whether 17 of them will go along don victory this president of what we all experienced a as a violent insurrection at the capitol remains to be seen. I think a few of them will, but i dont know that were going to get 17. But that doesnt mean that we shouldnt proceed to hold this president accountable, and that doesnt mean we shouldnt stop him from ever seeking elected office again, and that just takes a majority vote. So, senator hirono, let me ask you. Youre on the judiciary advisory committee. Youre sitting very until tered in that chair and speak for Many Americans across the country. How is it that senator Mitch Mcconnell still has so much power considering hes the minority leader. Your colleague Chuck Schumer is the majority leader. When can Senate Democrats go gangbusters and confirm bidens cabinet nominees . The huge difference is going to be that were going to be able to send bills to the floor that are substantive, not just a whole bunch of judicial nominees that he only needs 51 votes to pass through. So this is why Mitch Mcconnell wants us to agree that we will not try to take away the 60vote requirement because he knows with democrats in control, we want a covid bill there, we want you know, we want the confirmations. Fortunately those take 51 votes. But theres going to be a lot of substantive legislation that democrats will push forward, and he wants the power to veto and stymie as many of them as he could, and we would be crazy, democrats, to let him have that kind of power. This is why Chuck Schumer said no way jose yesterday. So i tried to make this plain for folks watching, but i do feel a kinship to people at home watching who while we talk about senate procedure, they dont know how theyre going to pay the rent. The 1st of february is just around the corner. The 1st of the month, bills are due. For those sitting there not only without a loved one at their table perhaps someone died of covid19 but now they dont have a job. They dont have food to eat. I think what most americans want to know is how soon can they expect relief from the federal government. Joe biden has introduced a 1. 9 trillion pack j which would include a 1,400 check. How soon can the American People expect that money to hit their bank account . I know joe biden wants us to move his 1. 9 trillion covid relief bill in a bipartisan way as soon as possible, but, frankly, if it doesnt happen and theres a lot of foot dragging, and were having to spend months trying to negotiate with the republicans, we have other tools to get this bill through. First of all, yes, we will do the bipartisan effort because all the other covid bills have been done bipartisan, although, some took a heck of a lot longer than it should have. Let me ask you before i let you go because i have your house impeachment manager standing by. I want to ask you when you say you want to pursue this in a bipartisan way, i think people sitting at home is saying, who cares if its bipartisan. Go gangbusters, push this through, put the money in the bank account. A lot of it will be eaten up by overdraft fees. A lot of people dont really care about your financial situation. They care about political posturing with an emancipated gop party. So what do you say to folks sitting at home watching you right now saying i dont care if we apiece to republicans, i have kids to feed and bills to pay, pass this 1,400. Thats why were not going to be pushing it through months on end. I have a sense of urgency and so do a lot of democrats do. The reason we want to do this bipartisan is, you know, were going to have four years of joe biden, and we want to set the stage in a much more positive way as we can even though we have a sense of urgency to help the American People. I know that, tiffany, so we will continue to push. Thats what we do. But now we get to set the agenda, which makes a huge difference. All right. Well, many people are waiting for you to set the agenda. Senator hirono, i hope you come back on the show. I watch you all the time. Aloha. I appreciate that. Aloha back to you. Thank you so much. I want to bring in your colleague. Joining us now is house impeachment manager eric swalwell. Im so happy to have you. As i was talking to your colleague from the upper claim be, a lot of American People want to see this president held accountable considering it cost five lives when this violent insurrection on the capitol took place on january 6th. Let us never forget as we often say with september 11th. The interesting thing i find about this situation, congressman, is essentially your jurors are also survivors of the insurrection. Your courtroom is also the scene of the crime. Yet youre appealing to people who are either apologists or sympathizers to these radicalized violent insurrectionists who intenthed them harm. As an impeachment manager, how are you going to make the case to people who are still quite frankly sympathetic to folks who cost five american lives . Well, tiffany, the difference here between this event and the last event as you pointed out, these senators ran for their lives. They sent the same Text Messages i sent to my wife. I love you, kiss our babies, not knowing if i was going to make it out of that chamber alive. Their desks were ransacked. Their Hallowed Chamber where john f. Kennedy served and the nato agreement was signed was desecrated. And the person who led those terrorists to their chamber was donald trump. He invited them there, lit the matches as liz cheney said that led to the attack. This for many of them will be the last offramp to pass judgment and hold donald trump accountable. So this isnt the senate isnt a court of law, right, but essentially you guys will be ing the case. I think a part of it is to remind the American People what happened, to punctuate the point. I want to hear about the witness list. I want to see don junior called, kimberly guilfoyle, rudy giuliani. I want to see all these people on the witness list come before the American People and dare to say they were not inciting a violent insurrection. Are they on your witness list . Who can we expect to hear when the democrats take this point take this position and have a witness list . Who are we going to hear from. I love your show. Congratulations on the show. As much as i love your show, ill never reveal my witness list. Its so obvious who the witnesses are. Its not only the people who had knowledge, the americans saw the Police Officers who were beaten and spit on and stampeded, 50 of them injured, almost 20 of them hospitalized, one of them killed. The cafeteria workers who ran for their lives as well. Theres a lot of witnesses to this crime. But i think its also important that we frame this as this was not of passion crime. It didnt happen spontaneously, wording slipping out of Donald Trumps mouth. For months he propagated this big lie to radicalize the terrorist, to call the cavalry to washington. He called it stop the steal. If youre not an elected representative, the only way to stop the steal is by taking a physical act. And he told them, dont show weakness. Youll lose your country if you dont fight. And he would go with them to the capitol. Of course, he didnt. Most importantly, for two hours they attacked the capitol, and the president said nothing. Right. Yeah. He was a hide man. They wouldnt bust a grape in a food fight. I think a lot of people want to know whos on the witness list, but we dont have a lot of tile. I do want to ask you about covid relief. Yesterday over 700 californians died in your neck of the woods. Where does the Lower Chamber stand on pushing this bill through congress soso many people suffering from covid19, not just financially but the disease itself, where does Congress Stand on getting this bill through the house so local and state governments like california where the pandemic continues to rage the state to get local and local government financial support, some support to address this issue. We know the needs there and were going to deliver in the house. You saw, tiffany, back in december, we brought along 44 republicans with every democrat to have a 2,000 stimulus. Of course, the Senate Republicans never brought that up for a vote. So we hope that is included going forward. Ill tell you personally, a Family Member of mine just got out of the hospital from covid after being there for a week. I mean this is real. While the government has a responsibility to act, we all right now have personal responsibility to mask up, distance, get a vaccine. And, tiffany, i want our Health Care Workers to lead by example. Too many are not getting the vaccine. They can lead by example and convince the rest of us its safe by themselves taking it. All right. I do want to tell you were talking to another person from your neck of the woods, mayor robert garcia. Hes going to join us in the second hour, and were going to talk with him about what it looks like for cities. I thank you so much, congressman swalwell. You didnt make the news. You have to come back when you get that witness liflt together achlt lot of people want to know whos going to be on the witness list since the senate has subpoena power. Thanks for joining us this morning. I hope to have you back on the show many times as we watch this trial unfold. And i want to move on. At this very moment, innocent children are still separated from their families at the hand of the federal government. After this break, i want to talk about what President Biden plans to do about it. A very serious topic, so dont go anywhere. , so dont go anywhere. [ speaking indistinctly ] [ truck beeping ] [ speaking indistinctly ] [ beeping continues ] [ engine revving ] obviously, i have not been to the zoo since. [ truck departs ] what . Switch to progressive and you can save hundreds. You know, like the sign says. Needles. Essential for pine trees, but maybe not for people with certain inflammatory conditions. Because there are options. Like an unjection™. Xeljanz. The first and only pill of its kind that treats moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis when other medicines have not helped enough. 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But on day one President Biden signed executive orders halting both the construction of the border wall, mind you, that mexico was supposed to pay for, and the travel ban from muslim countries. He also sent to congress the u. S. Citizenship act of 2021 that would provide undocumented immigrants with a pathway to citizenship in eight years. Heres how the new White House Press secretary jan psaki characterized the bill. Today President Biden sent an immigration bihm to congress. It modernizes our immigration system, provides hardworking people whove enriched our america. Its to responsibly manage the border, keep families together, grow our economy, address the root causes of migration from central america, and ensure that america can remain a refuge for those fleeing prosecution. Press briefings. Remember those . Joining me know is jacob soberauv. Jacob, i want to start with you. Lets get to the breaking news. What have you got . Sure. Tiffany, good to be with you. 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