welcome, everyone. now that donald trump has been acquitted of inciting last month s deadly violence at the u.s. capitol, some u.s. republican leaders may wish they did not have to contend with the complicated and controversial legacy of the former president anymore, but the political fall-out from trump s second impeachment trial and second acquittal could be long lasting and far reaching, especially for some of the seven republican senators who voted with democrats on saturday to convict donald trump. one of them, bill cassidy of louisiana, has already been censured by his state s republican party. so it is clear that trump still has a strong grip on his base. it is also clear that capitol hill and the american people remain deeply divided about him. house speaker nancy pelosi says trump s acquittal will be remembered as one of the most dishonorable acts in the nation s history. cnn s ryan nobles now with more on a dramatic day in the u.s. senate. reporter: for a second t
over accountability for the capitol insurrection and how the g.o.p. handles the former president moving forward. 43 senators voted to acquit the former president. seven republicans joined 50 democrats to vote guilty. it was the most bipartisan impeachment vote in history. they were still ten short of what was needed to equipment. in their statements on the verdict, the former and current president signaled, presidents, i should say, signaled a focus on the future. minority leader mitch mcconnell suggested there is more legal trouble ahead for the former president s way, he called trump practically and morally responsible for the riot right after he voted not guilty. would witnesses and testimony have changed any minds? there was some brief chaos really over a vote to call witnesses, but in the end house managers and the former president s legal team jumped into their closing arguments. the senate will convene as a court of impeachment. over the last several days we pr
and offered a time line and a return to something as normal. by the end of july, we ll have over 600 million doses. enough to vaccinate every single american. as my mother would say, with the grace of god and the goodwill of the neighbors that by next christmas, i think we ll be in a very different circumstance, god willing. than we are today. one of the most pressing questions nationwide, when can schools reopen? and on that, the president tried to clear up some confusion. your administration had set a goal to open the majority of schools in your first hundred days. you re now saying that means those schools may only be open for at least one day a week. no, that s not true. that s what was reported. that s not true. that was a mistake in the communication. but what i m talking about is, i said opening the majority of schools in k through 8th grade. because they re the easiest to open. the most needed to be open, in terms of the impact on children and families. having
evacuated and still donald trump did nothing. senate jurors watched as nancy pe pelosi s staff ran as they were trying to break down the door. senators mitt romney and chuck schumer are caught on surveillance video narrowly escaping the mob. really amazing seeing mitt romney run like that. clearly officer goodman may very well have saved mitt romney s life. we have new reaction this morning and new reporting on what the house managers intend to present today. this is having an impact outside the senate chamber. cnn has learned more than 120 former officials are forming a new antitrump party, wing of the republican party. we re going to speak to one of the republicans later this hour. let s go to lauren fox on capitol hill. so many republicans, so many senators lived through this, you get the sense there s almost a level of shock this morning as the case is laid out before them. reporter: that s exactly right, john. that is going to continue today as house managers make mo
violence is from a broad range of ideological group. under trump the department had been reluctant to warn of the dangers posed by white supremacist groups. cnn has learned that federal agents are scrambling for leads on whoever placed bombs outside of democratic and republican headquarters in washington. the worry here is they will strike again. authorities say the heightened threat will likely remain over the coming weeks and months. cnn s jessica schneider has more from washington. laura and christine, this is a significant bulletin from the department of homeland security because it warns about threats from domestic extremists. there were iran related threats after the u.s. killing of iranian general soleimani but this is domestic threats. this is a bulletin warning of possible threats. dhs putting it this way saying they do not have any information to indicate a specific credible plot. however, violent riots have continued and we remain concerned that individuals fru