relief proposal and there are 27 days left until unemployment benefits run out for millions of americans. so the urgency is now. the urgency is here. will there be bipartisan support for the end result? how important is that right now to jo it donald trump is the leader of the party still. bill cassidy one of the seven republicans who vote to convict donald trump is one of the few to publicly say no to that. i think his force wains. the republican party is more than one just person. it is about ideas. i think our leadership will be different going forward. in a perfect encapsulation that exists in the republican party and the soul searching needed by members, cassidy state party in louisiana wasted no time and has already censured him. jeremy diamond is there and joining me right now. so the presidents day holiday marks a new chapter early on for the biden presidency, where are they focused? reporter: they ve had the impeachment trial clouding everything they needed to
the merits. that s no lick rule, chuck cooper who represented a former adviser to senator cruz s campaign, driving a stake into the central argument we re going to hear from the former president s counsel. now, i understand why this fringe constitutional theory is being advanced for the past few weeks, the political right has been searching for a safe harbor, a way to oppose the conviction without passing judgment on his conduct to avoid alienating supporters, without condoning the despicable, unpatriotic, undemocratic behavior. but the truth is no such safe harbor exists. the trial is clearly constitutional by everybody frame of analysis, by still text, historical practice, senate and basic common sense. a president cannot simply resign to avoid accountability for an impeachable offense, nor can they escape judgment by waiting for the final few weeks in office to betray our country. the impeachment powers assigned by the constitution, cannot be defeated by a president wh
be made permanent and the speaker of the house is rather ominously warning that quote the enemy is within. the acting chief of the capitol police department recommended the fence remain around our capitol building indefinitely and that there be a back up force always stationed nearby to respond to any such violence. this follows yesterday s warning from our own department of homeland security about the potential for attacks by those inspired by the assault three weeks ago now. and an attack even donald trump s former defense second said was fomented by the former president and all of it because of the big lie. a lot of members of congress have received threats to their lives while in washington. and back home in their districts. 32 members of congress have now asked house leadership for more protection. we will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within the house of representatives. a threat that members are concerned about. in a
rallying cry. quote, no celebration without legislation. king s eldest son calling for action. holiday should be a day on, not a day off. today we re not here to celebrate, we are here to be on. we re here to call on president biden and the senate to pass the freedom to vote john r. lewis act, and to warn that our democracy stands on the brink of serious trouble. history will be watching what happens tomorrow. black and brown americans will be watching what happens tomorrow. in 50 years, students will read about what happens tomorrow and know whether our leaders had the integrity to do the right thing. that is the larger call at the higher altitude. now, down in the weeds of governing, democratic leaders are rallying for action against an obstruction that s green-lit mostly by republicans in two democratic holdouts, which has this scene starting the week where democratic leaders claim they re continuing to try to apply pressure, but it already feels like they ve hit a bri
explain the message behind president biden s striking words on january 6th. and comparing our former president who actively spread misinformation about a global pandemic and our current one as he takes on an omicron surge nearly two years later. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. so on this day one year ago, january 8th, donald trump was permanently banned from twitter. the social media site at the time said trump s personal account was suspended, quote, due to the risk of further incitement of violence because two days earlier on january 6th, 2021, the former president s supporters stormed the united states capitol. but for many of those supporters that wasn t the first stop of the day. just hours before rioters breached the capitol then-president trump held a save america rally near the white house, desperate to hang on to power, he publicly urged members of congress and vice president mike pence to reject the results of the 2020 election. this was only part of the