construct thing and alternate reality and ultimately refusing to a cce pt reality and ultimately refusing to accept that he lost? if we are looking to construct something that took years to get here, the american media, specifically cable television is also to blame. everybody is to blame for the chaos in washington today. but i think the president's actions are unique. i think it isjust his inability to acknowledge his loss this november. we have spoken about it before. some people feel he has lost and is trying to move on but he is trying to move on but he is trying to move on but he is trying to find a narrative, a this is bbc news — i'm laura trevelyan — thread that allows him to save with the latest headlines face and say he did not lose for viewers in the uk and around the world. democracy unbowed — and that is why we are seeing this alternate reality unfold. after a day of chaos on capitol hill — america's lawmakers get back to work. how do you see the next two the weeks playing out now that this lawmakers get back to work. violence was quelled has happened 7 weeks playing out now that this has happened? the president is due to leave office onjanuary the the violence was quelled stop the capitol is secured and the 20. what can he do to make this people's work continues. we right now? i don't think he is will not be out of this chamber

looking to make anything right. i think he stated his position by thugs, mobs or threats. this and even in this latest video where we talk about the election being stolen, the only way to make anything right is president bears a great deal of to tell the american people the the blame. this mob was, in truth. we lost and we lost by 7 good part, resident tromp's million votes and an electoral couege million votes and an electoral college landslide. losing sites. you hated but you get up doing. —— the next day and you rebuild and you reorganising to work you fine tune your message. what you do not do is destabilise a democracy that has been around for 250 years. how isjoe has been around for 250 years. how is joe biden has been around for 250 years. how isjoe biden going to steady the ship do you think, when we have a significant minority who believe that the election was stolen from them and, as we saw today, are willing to pursue violence because they are so angry? this is something not uncommon for us. is something not uncommon for us. go back to the 2000 election there was a lot of militant democrats who did not wa nt to militant democrats who did not want to acknowledge the winner of george w bush. but there was no storming of capitol hill.

no. it was the beginning of the political parties trying to ta ke political parties trying to take the value out of everybody‘s elections away by saying it is the legitimised. you have significant members of the black caucus who never showed up to a republican president inauguration. so those small things that we need to turn around and we need to do the right things and acknowledge that the other side is winning, just like tromp and his supporters have to acknowledge their win. 0ther supporters need to acknowledge a republican win. unless you do that this is what will happen. for example do you think that president trump and vice president trump and vice president mike pence should attend the inauguration ofjoe biden so that the country and the world can see a peaceful tra nsfer of the world can see a peaceful transfer of power on january 20 after what happened today? i would hope so. i have always believed that it is important to have our presidents, former presidents therefore transition a power and i believe the same

thing of tromp and pence and we are caution lawfully holding out hope. president trump tweeted tonight before he was taken off twitter, referring to what happened today, that these are things and events that happen when the sacred landslide election victory is unceremoniously stripped away. you don't think he would change his tune in the next two weeks? no. i think he has found a narrative where he can claim the election was stolen from him and he does not have to acknowledge what place. but the fa ct acknowledge what place. but the fact that this happened today, the fact that he may well have been largely responsible for republicans losing those two senate seats in georgia as well, is this the moment, do you think, where tropism starts to d eflate ? you think, where tropism starts to deflate? i think the personality of tromp starts to deflate in the republican party but trumpism does not. it is a

blend of democratic party policies on trade with republican national security. that will grow and be a movement that continues to grow beyond president trump. that is a hybrid that does not exist in the democratic party and is very new to the republican party. so i think you will see that and grow but the personality of tromp will ride off into the sunset. did you think it was very significant today when both mike pence and mitch mcconnell broke with the president, even before the storming of the capital? not at the end of the day being very significant, it is a minimum expectation that i have. we have lost an election, i worked ha rd to have lost an election, i worked hard to make sure we u nfortu nately. hard to make sure we unfortunately. and losing sites. it does not mean you disrupt a relatively new democracy like ourselves. so i am glad they did that but it is

the least they could have stopped we see tonight lawmakers resuming this process of certifying joe biden‘s electoral college win. this was what proved so controversial for the supporters of the president, this is why they stormed the capitol because they did not like what they we re they did not like what they were saying. will republicans drop their objections to the election tonight? those who wa nted election tonight? those who wanted to protest? we can only hope. it is not right when any political party does it in the democrats have tried to do it over the years. it needs to stop. the election as a result and giving supporters, whether they are members of the congressional black caucus or maga supporters, false belief that something happened, it is not healthy for our democracy. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you so much forjoining us. let's return now to capitol

hilland us. let's return now to capitol hill and listen to lawmakers who have resumed the process of certifying joe biden‘s election when after the violence that happened today. the biggest bipartisan vote we can in support of our democracy and in support of our democracy and in support of our constitution and in rejection of what we saw today and what the roman republic saw in its own time. there is a tendency around this place, i think, there is a tendency around this place, ithink, to there is a tendency around this place, i think, to always believe that we are the first people to confront something when that is seldom the case. and to under appreciate what the effect of our actions will be. we need to deeply appreciate, in this moment, our obligation to the constitution, oui’ obligation to the constitution, our obligation to the democracy, our obligation to the republic. there are people in this chamber who have twisted the words, twisted the

words of a statute written in the 19th century that was meant to actually settle electoral dispute. to leave them with the state. as the senator from utah was saying, to give us a ministerial role except in very rare circumstances. that is what that law is about. that the senator of texas was talking about today. that is the law that is leading us that is the law that is leading us to be able to overturn the judgements of 60 courts in america? many of them courts in arizona, some of whom have howled the president's lawyers out of the court rooms because there is no of fraud, and by there is no of fraud, and by the way, the fact that 37% of 39% of americans think there is no evidence of fraud, or think there is evidence of fraud, does not mean that there is fraud. if you turned a blind

eye to a conspiracy theory, you can't now come to the floor of the senate and say you are ignoring the people who believe the election was stolen. go out there and tell them the truth, which is that every single member of this percentage knows this election was not stolen, and that we, just as in the roman republic, have a responsibility to protect the independence of the judiciary, from politicians who will stop at nothing to hold onto power. there is nothing new about that either. that has been true since the first republic was founded. so now we find ourselves in a positionjust days after many senators here swore an oath to uphold and defend the constitution, every single member of the house of representatives swore the same

oath as well. and i think we have a sworn obligation and responsibility here to prove once again that this country is a nation of laws, and not of men. the only result that we can reach together is one that rejects the claim of the senator from texas and the other members of the house and senate to seek to overturn the decisions that are made by the states, by the voters in those states, by the voters in those states, and by the courts. if we follow what they propose, we will be the ones who will have disenfranchised every single person who cast a vote in this election, whether they voted for the president or they did not. i urge you to reject this andi not. i urge you to reject this and i deeply appreciate the opportunity to serve with every

single one of you. thank you mr president. that was sinister mike bennett, democrat of colorado —— senator, talking about how it is important to show that america is a country of laws and not of men after what happened. 0ur correspondent is inside the capital building, and when security officials ordered her to stop broadcasting and moved to stop broadcasting and moved toa to stop broadcasting and moved to a safer area, she has been there ever since, shejoins me now, and just as you are back at work, us lawmakers are keen to show the world that they are back at work too, aren't they? yeah, it really is quite a defined message that they are not going to stop working, mitch mcconnell, the leader of the republicans in the senate saying that the protesters tried to essentially stop democracy, and they are not going to have it, they will continue working. all of the people that we heard speaking

seem to be on message with that, they were determined to wrap up proceedings or continue with proceedings tonight. i guess for the protesters, they wa nted guess for the protesters, they wanted to stop the certification taking place. looks like that will not happen. what we don't know is whether these objections to the states electoral college votes will be heard. there had been a number that were due to happen earlier on in the day. we heard one of the senators that had joined up with ted cruz, and had said that he was going to joina had said that he was going to join a member of the house of representatives in objecting, saying look, we're not going to get the commission we wanted to look into the election results, and how any potential fraud that may have taken place, but we did also hear another lawmaker. sorry to cut in, we just need to listen to kelly, who lost in georgia last night.

well be just missed senator kelly loefler but she actually rescinded her objection, remember she was the senator from georgia who lost in one of those run—offs, she was going to be one of the people he was going to object to the certifying of electoral college votes were joe certifying of electoral college votes werejoe biden but in the wa ke votes werejoe biden but in the wake of what has happened, she has rescinded her objection, so thatis has rescinded her objection, so that is pretty significant, isn't it? it shows the republicans in the wake of what has happened, now want to move on. it really is. kelly loefler had tired herself dark —— tied herself, she said she was in lockstep with him, she supported him 100%, she has just fought that senate run—off and made her way up to dc to ta ke and made her way up to dc to take part in today's proceedings, so she had been planning to object, it is quite

something that she has chosen not to do that. i don't know how things will unfold this evening, but i imagine a number of other senators might do the same. after this extraordinary day on capitol hill, where the citadel of american democracy was stormed, where a woman lost her life, what is the mood like tonight? it is quite eerie, you can hear the voices of journalists but it is nothing like the excitement that you might usually hear, as you said, somebody has lost their life. it is just... said, somebody has lost their life. it isjust... i'm going to be ok? i was sitting with people who work here when we we re people who work here when we were locked down in the cafeteria and they said they we re cafeteria and they said they were hurt and angry by the level of what they said was disrespect to the american democratic institutions, a gentleman who works for a member of the house saying that he said that donald trump had

essentially exit these people on to come up to the capital and do what they did. it really is, if nothing else, the fact that someone has lost alive, it is incredibly sad and something you just would not have expected to see in the heart of america's democracy. thank you s0 america's democracy. thank you so much forjoining us there. she has been broadcasting all day from inside the capital rotunda, she was one of the people that was told to shelter in place, and there she is, making us all proud of her reporting today. courtney bembridge is in the bbc news room, and she has been looking at the international reaction. tell us what you are seeing and hearing. there has been widespread condemnation from watching world leaders. justin trudeau said violence will never succeed in overruling the will of the people. nato secretary general yann stoltenberg has weighed in,

describing the scenes as shocking. here in the uk, boris johnson said the united states stands for democracy around the world, and it is now vital that there should be peaceful and orderly transfer of power. to scott ‘s first minister has also weighed in saying shame on those who have incited this attack on democracy, while ireland was made foreign minister called it a deliberate assault on democracy by a sitting president and his supporters, so very strong words. we also heard from the eu's foreign policy chief, saying in the eyes of the world, american democracy tonight appears under siege. this is not america. the election results must be fully respected. across europe sweden's prime minister said this is an assault on democracy, words we are hearing time and time again. he added that president trump and several members of congress bear substantial responsibility, pointing the finger they the dutch prime minister called for donald trump to recognisejoe biden as the next president. the president of the eu commission

saidi president of the eu commission said i believe in the strength of us institutions are democracy, peaceful transition of power is at its core. so a positive note from her, reaffirming her commitment to the democracy of the us. turkey, interestingly, has urged all parties to use moderation and common sense. we have also heard from the australian prime minister who said we condemn these acts of violence, and look forward to a peaceful tra nsfer of violence, and look forward to a peaceful transfer of government to the newly elected administration in the great american democratic tradition. we will keep an eye on more updates as they come. courtney, because of that condemnation, a shocked reaction from international leaders, that is why us lawmakers here in washington were so keen to get back to work and to carry on with certifying the electoral couege with certifying the electoral college victory ofjoe biden. are you seeing any reaction at all to what is now happening in america, after this shocking

day? i think that will certainly change the narrative as nations wake up, certainly eve ryo ne as nations wake up, certainly everyone is asleep here in the uk, but waking up to news that that process has gone on, it may change some of the reaction that we are seeing, and that will come in in the next few hours, as people here in the uk and across europe and other parts of asia wake up and see that that is moving on, that the process is moving on. courtney, thank you so much for joining us back to that a joint session of congress where after the shocking day in washington they have resumed certifying they have resumed certifying the electoral college results, and this is senator corey booker, himself formally a democratic presidential candidate. our democracy is wounded, and i saw pictures of yet another insurgency, of another group of americans who try to challenge our nation, i saw the flag of the confederacy

that. what will be do? how will we co nfro nt that. what will be do? how will we confront this shame? how will we confront this dark, second time in american history. i pray that we remembera georgian, and his words, all i can say is we must in spiritjoined words, all i can say is we must in spirit joined together like those georgians on a bridge called the edmund whojoined hands, who recalled threats to out hands, who recalled threats to our democracy, who were called outrageous epithets, when they sought to expand our democracy, to save it, to heal it, when theyjoined arm in arm and said what we should say now, commit ourselves to that ideal. together, we shall overcome. majority leader. the senator from nebraska. mr president, thank you, let me just say before i begin, thank you for

the way you have fulfilled your constitutional duties on your oath of office today, and obviously it has not been easy. colleagues, today has been ugly. when i came to the floor this morning, i plan to talk about the lesson of 1801, because i am a history nerd, andl because i am a history nerd, and i wanted to celebrate the glories of the peaceful transition of power across our nation's history. it feels a little naive to talk about ways that american civics might be something that could unite us and bring us back together. 1801 blew everybody's mind all over the world, john adams loses to thomas jefferson, and adams willingly leaves the executive mansion and moves back to massachusetts and jefferson peacefully assumes power, and people all over europe said those must be fake news, bad reports. does no way in the executive would willingly lay down power, and

yet adams, in defeat, did something glorious to give all of us something glorious to give all ofusa something glorious to give all of us a gift. i wanted to celebrate that, and it feels a little bit harder now. this building has been desecrated. blood has been spilt, in the hallways. i was with octogenarian members of this chamber that needed to have troops and police stabilise them, to get down the stairs at a time when a lot of our staff we re a time when a lot of our staff were panicked and under the desks and not knowing what would happen to them. it was ugly would happen to them. it was day. would happen to them. it was ugly today. but it turns out that when something is ugly, talking about beauty is not just permissible, talking about beauty is obligatory in a time like that. why? why would we talk about beauty after the ugliness of today? because our kids need to know that this is not what america is. what happened today is not what america is. they have been givena america is. they have been given a glorious inheritance, as the 59th presidential election, if the vice president

was not a chair and i would have made some joke that chuck grassley has voted into thirds of those 59 presidential elections. he's laughing, it's not as good as dear dad, but it still got a laugh. i don't think we want to tell the americans that come after us that this republic is broken, that this republic is broken, that this republic is broken, that this isjust that this republic is broken, that this is just a banana republic, that our institutions cannot be trusted. i don't think we want that, we don't wa nt think we want that, we don't want that in this body and we don't want that in our hometown. that senator of nebraska, a noted tribe critic, he isa nebraska, a noted tribe critic, he is a republican talking about the ugliness of what happened on capitol hill today, talking about how he had to help octogenarian members of the senate struggle as there we re the senate struggle as there were riot police everywhere, as staff were sheltering in place. joining us now for more on this

is peter bowes, in north america correspondent, and it has been a day of whiplash here in washington, dc, i can't believe what has happened and i was there this afternoon witnessing, the surreal chaos of it, that's what the senator from nebraska was referring to. how has this day look from the other coast of america where you are is yellow i think it has looked equally depressing. i know a lot of people have been looking on from close quarters in washington, but also from far and wide in the country as well, with a sense of desperation, really, that things have come to this. everyone is well aware of the polarised country, the divide between right and left we have seen between right and left we have seen all the way through the election campaign, that we have seen ever election campaign, that we have seen ever since the election, the way the president has disputed it, not based on any fa ct disputed it, not based on any fact but disputed the result of the election, and now, we have just two weeks of his

presidency to go, and i think some people, especially bearing in mind the way that the political time it has been changing in the last 2a hours with the result in georgia, democrats have been perhaps breathing easier, thinking that the end was in sight, as far as they was concerned politically. now the events of the last few hours, whiplash, that's a really good way to frame it, because people are looking on with a certain amount of fear, with a certain amount of fear, with a certain amount of fear, with a certain amount of embarrassment, especially when you look at the global reaction to what has been happening. i get a sense from leaders in congress, and clearly their determination to continue with this process today, now clearly sending a message to not only those protesters, though supporters of the president, that the democratic process continues, but that messages going out to americans the country, and the rest of the world, to show that this nation is picking up where it was a few hours ago, and continuing with dad, and it's a very serious process, it might be a boring process to some, because

it is not received fanfare or attention, but it is crucial to ultimately confirming joe biden is an ex—president. ultimately confirming joe biden is an ex-president. peter, we're about whiplash, our cbs news partners are reporting now that cabinet secretaries in the trump administration are discussing invoking the 25th amendment to remove president trump from office. that is the constitutional amendment which allows for somebody to be removed if they are unfit for duty. nothing formal as yet being presented to vice president pants, but there are two weeks to go for president trump, if this is really happening, and this is something which has been talked about throughout his presidency, invoking the 24th amendment, if this were to happen, this would be an extraordinary move, wouldn't it? it would be, absolutely, extraordinary, of course the way that things changed now, mike pence, the vice president, who will become the president for the remaining two weeks of the trumpet term —— who would

become. mike pence has been butting haunts with his boss over confirming the elections from the state. he wanted mike pence to be part of that process , pence to be part of that process, that he has been talking about, essentially denying the results as they come in from the states, and mike pence at the beginning, very clear he was not going to do that, it was not part of his role in thejoint do that, it was not part of his role in the joint session to object to the results, it was more of an administrative role if anything that he was doing, the president of the session, and that he would see things through, he would deal with the paperwork, he would call individual members, but the fa ct individual members, but the fact that he is now seemingly opposed to the president raises the temperature in terms of him possibly, and it's a big possibly, and it's a big possibly, taking over from trump. thank you very much, so very dramatic news there, reporting now that the cabinet

is discussing, invoking the 25th amendment to remove president trump from his remaining two weeks in office. cbs news reporting that. thank for watching. hello there. there was some welcome sunshine in many areas on wednesday, but there's a definite wintery feel and look to the weather at the moment. not only do we have a widespread frost, but there will be some icy stretches around, and we have a spell of snow moving down from scotland and northern ireland ahead of that, some patches let's have a look at more detail then into the morning. and whilst there will be some patchy fog in the southeast of england, most of it will be through the midlands and towards merseyside. some icy patches in eastern england with those showers coming in off the north sea. and quite icy in scotland and northern ireland with that band of rain, sleet and snow moving down across the country, leaving a few centimetres of lying snow by the morning in many areas. now gradually that rain, sleet, and increasingly snow to high ground moves down into northern england. brightening up in scotland and northern ireland, more snow for northern scotland.

further south, most of that fog will tend to lift, although it could be quite great in a few places and feel particularly cold, some sunshine to come especially in wales and the southwest — another cold day wherever you are. and it will stay cold as we move into friday. the threat of more ice and also frost, as well, and maybe some more wintry showers coming into eastern scotland and northern england. a spell of light snow expected through the midlands and wales before that tends to peter out, also some damp weather in the southwest. but away from here, many places i think we'll see some sunshine. again, it's a cold day, temperatures struggling to 1—2 celsius, for example, in glasgow and also birmingham. now let's head into the weekend — slow changes to come, widespread frost on saturday morning, sunshine for england and wales, a cold day here, turning more cloudy for scotland and northern ireland, but a dampness around as well, especially in northern scotland as the breeze picks up. temperatures start to rise

in the northwest of scotland, it stays cold elsewhere with temperatures at 3—4 celsius. we got a week weather front for northern areas, still around for the second half of the weekend. high pressure starting to nudge in, and we are starting to change in the wind direction, picking up some milder air slowly but surely that'll come in from the atlantic. but that does mean the weather will turn more unsettled. we start to see the milder air coming in towards northwestern areas, wind picking up and rain moving in early next week, and eventually that milder air moves further south 00:28:30,170 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 and also further east.