welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i am john king in washington. thank you for sharing a busy news day with us. momentum building toward another impeachment confrontation. a critical call happening among house democrats who say president trump must be held accountable for inciting the capitol rioting that spiralled into a deadly insurrection. house speaker nancy pelosi says it would be best if the cabinet declared him unfit to finish his term but there's little sign that will happen. sources tell cnn the vice president is dismissive of such discussions. this morning, a key pelosi

deputy says that leaves democrats with little choice. >> donald trump needs to be removed from office. if reports are correct and mike pence is not upholding his oath of office and remove the president, help protect our democracy, then we will move forward with impeachment to do just that. >> the biden inaugural is 12 days from now. it is tradition of course that the outgoing president attend. but you see president trump tweeting a short time ago he will not. democrats say aggressive impeachment timeline is six to seven days, that will put a first vote middle of next week. republicans are cautious. most prefer to run out the clock, say another impeachment would only deepen the nation's political wounds. but there are republicans that say the president must be held accountable. ben sasse of nebraska is one.

>> flagrantly disregarding his office. the house if they come together and have a process, i will definitely consider whatever articles they might move. what he did was wicked. >> republican sources are telling cnn there are more republicans open to voting yes on impeaching and removing the president if charges drafted by democrats are viewed as reasonable by republicans. now, the president today trying to blunt any republican support for his removal. in a tweet warns his 75 million voters remain, quote, a giant voice in republican politics and says they best not be disrespected. the defiant tone hours after a subdued video that yes, finally acknowledged joe biden's victory, aides say he taped only to stop rumblings about the 25th amendment. >> congress has certified the results. a new administration will be inaugurated january 20th. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly, seamless

transition of power. >> the impeachment strategy call happening now is just one consequential new piece of the rioting fallout. the effort to bring the rioters to justice now includes a federal murder investigation. capitol police officer brian sicknick died of injuries sustained in that insurrection. let's get to manu raju on capitol hill with the breaking news. house democrats are talking now. manu, you have a letter from speaker pelosi laying out her concerns. it is stunning to read. >> quite stunning to read, john, revealing a conversation she had this morning with joint chief of staff mark milley. making clear her concerns about keeping the president in office as they consider impeaching the president, something they could do and are discussing doing in the next few days, whether they can get room to remove from office is another question. she says in a letter to colleagues that this morning i

spoke to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark milley, to discuss available precautions preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities, accessing launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike. this situation of the unhinged president could not be more dangerous, we must do everything we can to protect the american people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy. she doesn't say exactly how milley responded. they are having a conference call right now in this hour to discuss what they plan to do in the days ahead. i can tell you, talking to multiple democratic sources that pelosi is pushing full stream ahead. she does not believe they can simply not impeach this president if vice president mike pence does not take the extraordinary measure of invoking the 25th amendment along with the presidential cabinet to force the president out of office. there's no indication pence is going to do that, invoke the 25th amendment.

house democrats are drafting articles of impeachment now that includes potential article about inciting insurrection as part of a reason to remove him from office. this would be the second time trump would be impeached, first time in american history an american president was impeached twice in his presidency. john, it appears that's almost certain to happen potentially early next week. the question would be can they remove him from office, there's probably not enough time for the senate to conduct a trial, vote to convict to remove him from office, uncertain whether they have the votes to do that on the senate side. but impeachment at least accusing the president of a high crime and misdemeanor. >> consequential day. come back if you have more details on the strategy the house democrats have. joining me to share insights, jamie gangel. to manu's point, it is a political statement by democrats, important political statement most say to hold the

president accountable for deadly rioting, but doesn't get anywhere, and probably lacks more credibility with the american people unless you get republican support. you're reporting there are some republicans that want to see language democrats write. do you know how big that universe is? >> i don't think we have any idea because they want to see the articles of impeachment first. i have to say during the russia impeachment there were some republicans who said to me they might sign on then, then it went to nothing. but these sources say if the articles seem reasonable, they would vote for impeachment. and the other thing is, john, they want donald trump gone. they're keeping up the pressure. >> keeping up the pressure, want him gone. also have tough choices to make about the future of the party. i have been saying all week, every day we find ourselves, it happened a lot during the trump presidency, every day we're in a place we have never been before,

despite years of covering these things. you have debate about impeaching the president of the united states with 12 days left on the clock. some republicans are saying he must be held accountable, even if they stop short saying they'll vote to impeach him. then the note from speaker of the house saying she called the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff this morning to say she's worried. what can you do to stop the president if he decides he wants to instigate some military action, perhaps go as far. how much of this in your reporting and experience is politics, democrats trying to put a final stain if you will on this president and how much is legitimate worry because we have seen the president's erratic behavior of late. >> john, there are two issues in play at this point. the first which is highlighted by what the speaker's letter about the president and nuclear codes highlights is that people are worried about what he might do in the time he has remaining in office. and that, of course, is the biggest concern, and the reason

people are trying to do everything they can to in one way or another constrain him, put constraints on him, send signals to him that he should not take these kinds of steps. that's one issue. the question is how do you do that. she in talking to chairman of the joint chiefs, that's what she's trying to do. trying to put further guardrails around him, the president who has never been good at being hemmed in. i think the second question that's involved and that goes to issue of impeachment is what happens to him in the future? it is one thing to impeach him for a second time, that would be another terrible stain on his legacy, but the question is if the republicans don't want donald trump to be messing around in their party in the future, one way to do that would be to impeach and convict him, he then would not be able to hold office in the future. that would be a big and drastic

step. and i am not predicting that's going to happen. those are the two issues in play at this point. certainly some of this is politics, but i think this goes beyond politics. >> and that's the difficult moment. it is both. it is a consequential action, we all watched what happened at the capitol, lawmakers have to make decisions, they were there, they were petrified. they had rioters come in and cause mayhem. now they have the political and course of the country to make. jamie, that's what makes it fascinating. the president's tweet reminding republicans i have 75 million votes, i dare you, i dare you, go for it. i will be against you in 2022. "the wall street journal" editorial board saying it crosses a constitutional line that mr. trump hasn't previously crossed. it is impeachable. if he wants to avoid second impeachment, his best path is take personal responsibility and resign. unlikely we'll see the second part. you have the debate. rupert murdoch, on the president's side most of the past four years, you have

republicans in the final days of the presidency as you noted, even though a lot of them publicly support the president privately say they want him to be gone, what choice do they make. >> my sources are former allies of the president who are talking about voting for impeachment, but to underscore what dan ball just said about pelosi's statement, one of the things i have been hearing the last 24 hours when we have been hearing about the resignations from administration officials is they want to make sure certain people stay in place to protect the country. robert o'brien, mike pompeo, mnuchin. there's a concerted effort, some people are resigning, others are staying there for exactly this reason. they are worried about what donald trump might do in the next 12 days. >> you have these conversations, like you're watching a fiction movie. people staying because they're worried what the president will

do. you see anger among democrats and republicans, impeachment is largely democrats leading the charge. this is the president-elect talking about what happened at the capitol, clearly laying blame on the president of the united states. >> yesterday in my view, one of the darkest days in the history of our nation. he unleashed an all out assault on institutions of our democracy from the outset. yesterday was what the culmination of the unrelenting attack. >> it is clear, dan, the president-elect views this as in dell believe stain on mr. trump. does joe biden who campaigned on repeatedly he wants his administration to begin as an effort to bring people back together, does he want to take office in the middle of another impeachment gatdebate or does h view it as counterproductive? >> john, we'll hear more later

today when president-elect biden introduces newest members of his team and presumably what we're hearing is he will take questions, he knows this will be the first question he has to answer. obviously this is not something that he would welcome. on the other hand, it is important to listen to his language, to see whether in his words he essentially allows congress to move forward, not necessarily with his encouragement, but by not discouraging it. in other words, to say this is their responsibility, i have to prepare to be president of the united states. it is a tough choice. obviously this is not what he wanted as kind of a backdrop of the beginning of his presidency. as all presidents know, as he knows serving in the white house eight years, presidents don't get to choose events to not

respond to. this is now front and center. the question of the future of president trump. he will in a sense have to allow speaker pelosi to move forward and decide what he wants to do in response to that. i think it is very important to listen to what he has to say this afternoon. >> potential fall back that could get republican votes would be to censure the president. some democrats think it doesn't go far enough. we'll watch as it plays out. grateful for the reporting and insights on this important day. up next, the death toll from capitol riots is now five. the latest a capitol police officer, prosecutors say they're opening a murder investigation. that i've started to do on ancestry. having ancestry to fill in the gaps with documents, with photographs, connecting in real time means that we're having conversations that are richer. i have now a closer relationship with my grandfather. i can't think of a better gift to give to my daughter

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murder investigation will be opened into the death of a u.s. capitol police officer. brian sicknick was injured when the mob of pro-trump rioters stormed the united states capitol. officer sicknick died thursday night from the injuries. evan perez is here with details of the consequential investigation. evan? >> yeah, john, this changes a lot of things for the investigation. obviously there are now five deaths attributed to this mop scene that happened at the capitol. the fact that a police officer, one of the u.s. capitol police officers trying to defend people in the building has now passed away does change the context of this. now as you mention, prosecutors and u.s. attorney's office, it has the focus of the fbi and prosecutors here.

the justice department, metropolitan police are helping to do the investigation. i will read a statement from jeffrey rosen. he said fbi and metropolitan police department will jointly investigate the case and the justice department will spare no resources investigating and hold accountable those responsible. obviously there's a lot of questions about what went wrong that are still unanswered at this point, despite the fact there were plenty of warnings there were violent people who were part of or going to be part of the rally, the trump rally, the fact that the fbi moved to arrest one of the leaders of the proud boys a couple days ahead of the rally. they were caught definitely by surprise about how violent this became and how quickly they were overwhelmed by the capitol police. a lot of questions for the fbi and homeland security as to whether or not they properly warned capitol police about

seriousness of the threats. the capitol police repeatedly told the justice department and other officials they had this in hand, they were ready to go. now one of their own has died as a result of injuries that took place during the mob scene. >> it is a critical investigation. you're right. raises the stakes for everybody involved. certainly then questions about how this happened. evan perez, grateful for new reporting. up next, how they easily breached capitol security, why he thinks the second trump impeachment debate is different. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months after just 2 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: now is the time to ask your

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go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. democrats because of georgia will have the narrowest of senate majorities. for now, republicans run the show which at first glance suggests a second trump impeachment debate will fizzle in the senate just as did the first. there are some cracks in republican support. democrats say the debate is imperative. patrick leahy, the longest serving member writes in an op-ed essay, i long believed president trump is a threat to our constitutional republic, will remain so until joe biden is sworn in as president january 20th. president trump should immediately resign or be removed from office. senator leahy joins us now. senator, grateful for your time

today. house democrats are on a call now. the house speaker would say the president have decency to resign or the vice president would call the cabinet together and invoke the 25th amendment. if that doesn't happen, house democrats should be prepared to go forward and impeach the president. he is leaving town in 12 days. is that a necessary, worthwhile exercise or a political statement from democrats? >> well, i think the president should be removed. i hate to think of him being down there having access to nuclear weapons and all that. i mean, he's acted in a deranged fashion. here's a person who incited a riot, incited criminal activity, people died as a result of that. he had his attorney out there, rudy giuliani, calling for trial by combat. anywhere else such a person would be prosecuted.

would be arrested for inciting a riot, would be arrested for calling for criminal conduct, and he seemed to gloat over it. it wasn't until he was forced by some of his advisers and others to say you ought to say something to the public. and he gave this wooden like marionette comments and was very similar to what he said after the people were being killed in virginia, well, there's good people on both sides. no. he incited a riot. and that was criminal conduct. certainly if what's left of his cabinet had any courage, they would join and the vice president would join with them, they would use the 25th amendment. he would be removed. he could appeal to congress. but that takes three weeks and

he would be gone by then. >> senator, stand by a second. our correspondent manu raju has new information based on the strategy call under way among democrats. let's get the latest news. manu, what are you learning? >> reporter: from sources on the call, i am told she's making tleer there's more support moving forward with impeachment among the house democratic caucus now than there was the first time donald trump was impeached back in 2019. that of course was debate that went back and forth some time, the party was not always on the same page, ultimately voted to impeach. this time she's saying it is crystal clear where the support lies within the conference. she said she prefers the president resigning or vice president mike pence and cabinet invoking the 25th amendment to force the president out of office, but she's making it very clear they're prepared to move forward with impeachment if neither of those things happens. she also said the president

chose to be an insurrectionist. she said impeachment encourages conversation on the 25th amendment. that's picked up a lot of steam. she said the caucus will continue discussions how to move ahead, but they're drafting articles of impeachment, plan to bring them to the floor in days. unless something changes, that's where this is headed. >> important reporting. appreciate it. bring senator leahy back into the conversation. senator, appears likely house democrats are putting the train on the tracks. appears if the speaker is correct, she knows how to count, if support is more intense among democrats now, it will come your way at some point. your colleague, lindsey graham, republican from south carolina tweeting this is all political. he says speaker pelosi is hanging by a political thread, senator schumer lives in fear of primary from the radical left. it is up to president-elect biden to step in, allow the nation to heal. is this politics by democrats? would you be open, have you talked at all to republican colleagues about saying okay,

you don't want to impeach him, go on the record, vote to censure him. >> well, congressman lindsey graham and others, it is always somebody else's fault. they are the people that have enabled donald trump throughout all of this. when we had our, when we were -- most of the senators during the riots in the capitol, there's a lot of quiet talk among senators. many of them former prosecutors like myself. republicans and democrats agreed, president trump committed crimes. rudy giuliani and others did too. why don't they have the courage. stop trying to blame it on somebody else. there's one person to blame, president trump. he encouraged a riot. he encouraged criminal conduct.

he seems to revel in criminal conduct. at the very least, his cabinet should have the courage to stand up and remove him. they could do that today if they wanted to. >> forgive me for interrupting. a capitol police officer, one of the people you see every day that protects you every day is now dead. is now dead. you say the president is culpable of crimes. the president is asking his attorneys does he have the power to pardon himself. previously we had conversations in the context of other investigations going on about the president and his organization. you're former chairman of the judiciary committee, you have experience, you mention former prosecutor yourself. in your view, it is an unresolved constitutional question. can the president of the united states pardon himself? >> it depends. there's a strong question that he cannot. i tell you one thing, if it is a

nonfederal crime, a state crime, if he is prosecuted by state authorities, then of course he cannot pardon that. he faces a lot of danger in new york already on tax matters and so forth. but on this it could also be a question, what is the charge brought. is the charge brought on january 21st? then you have no power to pardon himself. no question. whether it is federal or state crime. the fact is he did commit a crime. fact is he did incite riots. and people that were there, i am amazed so few have been arrested. i hope with pictures, more will be arrested. they should be prosecuted. and virtually every senator i talked with, republicans or democrats who have been former prosecutors as i have, they all agree they should be prosecuted. they get very quiet when i say

yeah, but what about the president. >> senator leahy, grateful for the time. you'll be chairman of a committee in the democratic senate looking into what happened and what needs to be done to protect the capitol and other federal installations. bring you back for that. breaking news took up time. we will bring you back for that conversation. it is important. grateful for the time, sir. up next, new covid numbers are bleak. cnn has exclusive details of a new plan by the president-elect to speed up the vaccine rollout. let's get checked for a full range of conditions. let's get fast, accurate results. introducing letsgetchecked health testing you do at home. know your health. know yourself. order now at letsgetchecked dot com you need to hire. i need indeed.

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breaking news. one of the president's confidants, hope hicks, thinking of resigning because of unhappiness with events this week. kaitlan collins, what do you know? >> reporter: this would be significant if hope hicks did leave the white house because she's one of the president's top aides, closest confidants. she has discussed resigning. we're told if she makes the decision ultimately to do so, it would likely come in the next 48 hours or so, see that departure happen. this would be more devastating, more of a blow to the president than some departeures, with the transportation secretary or education secretary. people that are in the cabinet, but not working with him on a daily basis on the phone with him in the oval office like she is. she's kind of checked out the last few weeks, since the

election happened. as the president is pushing back on results. she is not someone seen in the west wing a ton, that goes for a lot of senior staffers. this is notable given how close she is to the president. what we're seeing now is a lot of people talk about resigning, not seeing people actually resign. white house counsel is another one that cnn reported earlier is also considering making an exit. if they do, though, a white house counsel that defended the president during his impeachment trial and hope hicks who came back after leaving the white house in a dramatic exit would be really significant given the message it would send that they're leaving with a few days left instead of sticking it out for the last two weeks of his presidency. but it does speak to how isolated you're seeing the president and how small his inner circle has truly gotten. we will watch to see if hope hicks follows through with this, if she does resign from this role. we should note this comes as now with just a few days left, the white house is considering what it is the president's exit will

look like, since he said today he is not attending joe biden's inauguration, which is a massive break from tradition. we are learning it is likely he and the first lady are going to go to mar-a-lago where he is expected to spend his post presidency life. they're expected to go the day before the inauguration happens. january 19th. which would be notable in and of itself that a president is leaving washington before his successor arrives. >> kaitlan collins with breaking news from the white house. appreciate it. joining me to discuss that and other tough choices facing republicans now, me a love, former coming from utah. great to see you. how about a little context. it is as kaitlan says damaging to the president, it is a blow to the president if people like hope hicks resign, if in the cabinet we see the transportation secretary and education secretary resign, but it is a huge difference if you resign and privately say it is because of what the president did or if you publicly issue a statement saying what the president did was reprehensible.

we have not seen that. how much of it is cya, i am going to protect my reputation in the final days, how much of it is standing up to the president? >> so you see a lot of this in washington, right, trying to find that social media moment or trying to say look, i'm going to jump ship. the fact is this. there were rioters out there, people that want freedom, claim to protect freedom, hurt the very thing they were trying to protect. to come out and say this is reprehensible, this is not right, i am resigning because i will not continue to stand by even if this is for another two weeks to be part of this. i will not watch this. we need a little bit more courage in washington. we need people to stand up. if they're going to protect the republican party, we need people to stand up and say this is not what we stand for. we stand for something bigger and better than this. >> you mentioned a lot of this in washington. this is a unique situation.

there was insurrection at the united states capitol, a lot of days of trump presidency talking about grounds we never stood on before, there's a basic cya adapt to the wind, whichever way the wind is blowing. listen to two senators that have been defensive, enabling the president for four years, suddenly starting to say well, you know, i didn't like this. listen. >> the president's language and rhetoric crossed a line, it was reckless. i disagree with it. and i have disagreed with the president's language and rhetoric for the last four years. >> all i can say is that i have shared my thoughts with the president, i have spoken out when i thought i should. could i have done better, yes. question is, could you have done better, could those of you that cover the white house have done better? you need to ask yourself that. >> i'll ask the questions of the media some other time. that's senator graham and cruz, two people hard to believe if you go back and look at the 2016

primaries suddenly became enablers and defenders of the president. cruz on the day of the insurrection was standing on the floor saying we need a selection commission when court after court after court and i could go on had thrown out because there was no evidence allegations of fraud. what should republicans be doing at this moment? >> well, obviously it is incredibly difficult to go up against a president that's in your own party but i just don't understand the behavior. i mentioned this before, this president -- >> can i jump in. when you say they should stand up to him, should they vote to impeach him or go to the speaker, say democrats want to impeach him again, we can't go that far but we will join you in a censure resolution? >> i think there's so many people, thinking about people, there are so many people suffering from the covid pandemic, suffering from not being able to work, i don't know

if an impeachment is going to further divide americans. i think that's something that we're not talking about. are the american people really ready for another impeachment or are they saying please, make this go away. we want to get back to doing the business of the people again. that is one thing i think both sides need to weigh in very carefully because there's a group out there that are trump supporters that we need, they're not just going to disappear. we need to figure out whether we push them back into the hands of donald trump, who may come back again, doesn't show signs of going away, or whether we give them an alternative, say there's a better way of doing things, and a better leader out there. we have to be very careful when it comes to that. i think there's a high risk of further divide. i'm not saying yes or no, i'm saying people should be taken into consideration. >> congressman levitt, great to see you.

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they'll aim to use every dose when biden takes office in 12 days. kristin holmes is here with the new reporting. kristin, how quickly can they get it out there? >> reporter: that's the question and how exactly would this effect distribution given we know that distribution now goes through the states. so what's going on, what matters, why do we care, a transition official tells sara murray, our colleague, that the president-elect believes that there's no reason for the government to hold back doses of the vaccine, instead it is more important to put it into people's arms now, particularly as we are seeing the crisis spike. but this would be a huge change in the distribution, and while it could ratchet things up, speed things up, it also comes with a large gamble. you're then placing a lot of responsibility on those brands, pfizer, moderna, to produce enough vaccine to ensure that people can get that second dose. remember this. the trump administration is holding on to doses because they insist it is necessary to ensure

the americans will get the second dose of the two dose vaccine. these transition officials believe the companies can speed things up, get production out there, that they're going to use the defense production act to help with the process, but one thing to keep in mind, we know the trump administration is already using the defense production act, and we know the vaccines are incredibly complicated. again, it is a risk. that said, health officials are already supporting this. on twitter, scott gottlieb, former fda commissioner said this is a prudent move that will expand covid vaccine access at a time the epidemic is worsening and the vaccine can be an important back stop. again, there are still questions about how exactly this would work. right now, we are hearing health officials applaud the measure. >> we'll see how the risk works out, but you can understand, you look at rising case count yesterday, deadliest day from covid. grateful for the important

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symbolizes the peaceful transition of power. three living presidents will be there in 12 days. jeff zeleny joins us now. you're learning not only about attendance plans, who will and won't be there, how the president-elect will come to washington for that day. >> reporter: john, we're learning that president-elect joe biden is going to come to washington likely the day before his inauguration on amtrak. he was called amtrak joe for a reason. he took that route from wilmington to washington union station again and again for the better part of four decades as he served in the senate, he will do that leading up to his inauguration. john, this is part of the plan by the inaugural committee and transition to make things as normal as possible, even though they have been shaken by violence and certainly challenges from the virus, the pandemic under way. we are told this is one of the things that will be happening leading up to the inaugural festivities. we are told living presidents of barack obama, george w. bush, and bill clinton and spouses

will also be attending. we know president trump at least he says now will not be attending. the biden team hasn't commented on that. frankly, john, it makes it easier knowing what he is going to do. this is all happening as president-elect biden is going to announce final members of his cabinet here this afternoon in wilmington. this cabinet of course will face easier confirmation now, john, because of the biggest event of the week is democrats will control the senate in 12 days. >> they will control the senate. jeff, let me come in with a question. the president-elect may take questions today. what are his thoughts on the democratic push to impeach the president of the united states? i know the president-elect feels horribly about the president's conduct about riots, does he want to come into office at a time of more divide? >> reporter: john, that would go against his pledge to and his challenge to unify the country. i am told he does not have the appetite for impeachment or the 25th amendment. but also realizing this is in

the hands of congress. we will watch his words very carefully. will he discourage the house from doing this? based on reporting, i am guessing. we'll see that he will not. big part of unifying democrats will be allowing them to have this moment of impeaching this president. we will see what president-elect joe biden says about this. he certainly has not spoken publicly, again, no appetite for that. he wants to move on to january 21st as quickly as possible, john. >> fascinating moment. grateful for the reporting and insights into jeff's point, one of the challenges awaiting the president, seven month run of job growth over. far worse than economists expected. staggering 140,000 jobs lost last month in december according to bureau of labor statistics. the unemployment rate remaining flat at 6.7%. marks the first month that rate hasn't dropped or improved in the last seven months. the economy still down

9.8 million jobs since last february when the pandemic began. biden administration plans more stimulus and investments in infrastructure and clean energy it says should help the jobs market. thanks for joining us. hope to see you sunday morning for "inside politics." brianna ke brianna keilar picks it up now. i am brianna keilar. to viewers in the u.s. and around the world, america is amid crises. after the insurrection at the capitol in donald trump's name, the president is on the verge of becoming the only president to be impeached twice. now esshe is announcing he won' attend the inauguration which is one of the acts for peaceful transfer of power. there has been violence like we haven't seen in th