to have a good time doing it. >> if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. >> lang mike pence, hang mike pence. >> and that is how the terrorist attack of january 6th happened. millions of americans infected with the virus of disinformation. it was a joint effort by far right hate groups that the president has been playing footsie with for years and radicalized, infected trump supporters and maga media. multiple dead bodies later, no contrition, no apologies, no acknowledgment of what they did. until those who spread the big lie work to correct it, putting out a vaccine of facts and

truth, i fear the u.s. will continue to be in this bad and dangerous place even after the inauguration. and i wish in my soul i wish i saw any evidence that any of these people had a conscience for this to even nag at. before we go, i do have good news. i had the pleasure of welcoming dana bash who will be starting next week as a co-anchor of the show. dana has been, of course, a beloved part of the "state of the union" family for years. we're thrilled to have her on as an official member of the team. as always, thanks for spending your sunday morning with us. the news continues right now. ♪ ♪ this is cnn breaking news. >> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "cnn newsroom."

appreciate your company. we're learning the u.s. president donald trump is going to issue 100 pardons in his final full day in office. sources say he's not expected to pardon himself on tuesday. but they caution anything can to change between now and january 20 when joe biden inaugurated as president. this news comes as officials across the country are trying to ensure a peaceful transfer of power on the day. the day now sthorts have been guarding government buildings amid fbi warnings of possible violence of protests who still don't recognize biden's victory. so far the show of force appears to be working. demonstrations at state capitol over the weekend small and peace self with police far outnumbering protesters. in washington officials have further rammed up security as

inauguration day approaches, the u.s. capitol now surrounded effectively by barriers and fences and patrols by roughly 17,000 national guard troops with thousands more on the way. police presence at the capitol is greater than at january 6th when rioters stormed the building with little or no resi resistance. now a new individual 1y0e of -- new individual 1y0e video,, warning, some of the images are disturbing. where the -- are they? where are they?

>> while we're here we might as well set up a government. >> okay. let's take a seat, people! let's take a seat! >> nancy pelosi. >> let's vote on some -- >> our house! >> hey, get out of that chair. >> no. this is our chair. >> i agree with you brother but it's not ours. it belongs to the vice president of the united states. >> yeah. >> it's not our chair. look, i love you guys. you're brothers but we can't be disrespectful. >> we can't sit in their chairs? >> no. >> there has to be something in here we can -- use against the scum bags. >> america's -- no. >> hey. oh, no. this is good. this is all good. >> yeah!

i love you mother -- >> i think cruz would want us to do that. >> extraordinary scene, the streets of washington a lot calmer now than back then, fortunately. now what police are doing to try to keep things under control. >> reporter: here on the streets things are quiet they are not taking chances, we're here at the eastern side of the capitol and they have set up what is essentially a fortress around the capitol. eight-foot fences they've called them non-scalable. there's razor wire all along the top. there's just a staggering amount

of security here in d.c. many streets have been closed down for traffic and pedestrian traffic. thousands, 25,000 national guard troops may be mobilized for the inauguration of joe biden. you can see some of them right here behind me, they have been deployed near the capitol. they are armed and they have been joined by various law enforcement agencies to create this patchwork of security. this incredible, coordinated security operation. now the fbi has said that there are no specific threats but there is concerning online chatter. they said in a bulletin armed groups had interest in carrying protests in d.c. and all 50 states and one concern by the mayor of washington, d.c. on sunday was that because the federal buildings in d.c. are so fortified and there's so much

security in the nation's capitol that would-be rioters could target other parts of the city or state capitol, tack a listen. >> i'm not only concerned about other state capitols, i'm also concerned about other parts of washington, d.c. you're showing the federal enclave of washington, d.c. not where the 700,000 of us live. so our police department, working with our federal law enforcement partners and the united states army, quite frankly, also has a plan to pivot if we have any attacks in our neighborhoods. >> the mayor of d.c. also saying this is the most security this city has seen since 9/11. normally there is a lot of security for inaugurations but not like this. they are confident, however, that they will have a secure event, the mayor of washington, d.c. saying that all hands are on deck but this scene, this level of security is not what you think about when you hear that phrase peaceful transfer of

power. cnn washington. >> now to a cnn national analyst and former homeland official in the obama administration, with us from cambridge, massachusetts, always good to get you on julia, it's incredible we have record of insurrection as it happens, the calls for the hanging of the vice president, where's nancy pelosi, ted cruz would approve. one thing seems to be sign of military tactical aspect, photographing documents, psychological approaches dealing with police. what concerns you most about is that video from a security perspective? >> there's a number of aspects of course it exposes just how violent this group was. it wasn't a random group of loser, strangely-dressed guys, they were organized and they knew where to go. and they were so disrespectful of essentially of our house,

right, of the united states, sort of main place of our legislature. the other is the focus on particular individuals. we do not know if this was a hunt for in particular nancy pelosi or the vice president. the third is another comment that's made which they make throughout this long video that the new yorker had, which was, trump sent us here. essentially throughout they are both aware that trump wanted them to do this and this is essentially what trump had done through tweets and what he said that morning but also that they think trump is going to protect them and they're realizing now he can't. yeah you tweeted a couple days ago, i just want to read it to people, the path to safety is not in unity but in total and complete isolation of a terror movement's tactical and idealogical leader and then we can talk about reaching the divide, and said the threat

isn't going to get better singing kumbaya. >> everyone strying to figure what's going on we have to view it as a organized terrorist threat and it's tactical and spiritual leader is donald trump. he told them to come to d.c. and told them to march up the hill and said to fight, stop the steal, and essentially said he was with them. so we have to treat -- how do we get safer in this country? essentially to isolate donald trump as we would any other leader of a terrorist organization. this is hard to say but nonetheless this is how a terrorist group lose steam so you deplatform and isolate politically like the impeachment, you basically get him isolated which the cabinet has done, the money issues,

banks that won't do business him him and make it impabl to have a platform, to give donald trump no oxygen, because this group remains a threat. w50er seeing with -- we're seeing this is what we're living under. >> there seems to be a growing chorus impeachment or not, the president shouldn't get classified briefings that former presidents were entitled to that it is too great extraordinary for a outgoing commander-in-chief. your thoughts. >> i would reefer to what is decided by the obama intelligence team but i will say this, there can be no norms around this ex-president donald trump. the reason you allow presidents to look at classified information is because allegedly they could be helpful to the present president because, you

know, basically the iranian deal, if you wanted to talk across administration there's nothing that donald trump could offer in terms of advice to president-elect biden. so we have to question why would he want and why should he still have access? i am definitely into the isolation phase of this ex-pleasant. i just ex-president. and i think all of these norms that are part of a club in intelligence we need to question given the continuing threat due to president trump's incitement. . >> always good to get you on juliet thank you. >> thank you. and more now on the threat of violence that has put police in all 50 states on high-alert. national guard troops are mobilized across the nation, not just in d.c., they're aiming to prevent a repeat of course of the deadly riot at the u.s. capitol in washington, an fbi

warn snging -- warning in place for all state capitols, in lansing, michigan, a small demonstration was held over the weekend. >> reporter: what you see behind me are military personnel p patrolling american streets, members of the michigan national guard, outside the state capitol ol following the fbi warning about potential armed protests in all the 50 states, left nothing to chance here, a massive security posture, let me show you what the capitol looks like now, similar to what we saw earlier in the day. you can see not a soul in sight, very desolate here, no protesters, there was a small group out here in the day, about 25 protesters, including some self-described members of the boogaloo movement on the radar of law enforcement but no rioters and we talked about what went into the

planning. >> we looked at everything from last week, some chatter we heard from the fbi and social media there so, this day was kind of picked out so to speak in some of that chatter so we wanted to make sure what happened in washington did not happen here in michigan so we put a lot more security outside, more visible security than normally would be there. naturally we always have security here so it's not a big change but we wanted to make sure those who wanted come out and exercise their 1st amendment rights if that's your choosing were out here peacefully but if people are out here looking to damage the capitol or attack police officers or the media we want to be very prepared to handle that. >> why we didn't see large numbers of protesters, worth pointing out, it may be the large presence out here that served as a deterrent, perhaps people didn't want to engage in

violence and get arrested by authorities and worth noting this wide net fbi cast across the country after the january 6th capitol attack arresting so many people could have served as a deterrent, the feds say if you are part of instigating violence they'll be looking for you. prior to today there were messages on some of the online messaging boards warning people to boycott protests saying this may be a trap by law enforcement. . they wanted people to come out so they could then take them noo custody. a lot of theories y we didn't see masked protesters but law enforcement tells us that doesn't mean the security posture will go away soon, they will continue to assess intelligence and dictate how long we'll see american forces patrolling american streets up to the inauguration

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more now on our breaking news story, the white house apparently spending the last few days of the trump presidency putting together a list of pardons and communications, sources tell us president trump is planning to issue around 100 of them in his last full day of office, there are still names that could be added and taken off up until the last minute of course. mr. trump has pardoned several of his political al allies like roger stone and michael flynn and payo. more now joined by white house reporter, live from washington, before we get to other issues i want your thoughts on those pardons coming soon. we did expect them. what are the perils for the president in terms of who he pardons and why? >> well, this is what donald trump loves to do, he has been

fascinated with the pardon-power a president posses as you say he's pardoned in the past a number of allies, especially those caught up in the muller investigation in 2016 intelligence he's used pardon power to unravel special counsel mueller's investigation and the price some people paid when they were caught up in that. i think in the next few days we're looking at pardons of white-collar criminals, people who could be helpful to the president down the line, some criminal justice pardons, people who deserve clemency from the out-going president. largely, this is a transactional exercise by the president. he's looking to people that could help him down the line in post-presidency. he just loved wielding this special power he has a president. >> yeah, it does seem to be the theme, overwhelmly those who

have helped him or those who might in the future. we had representative raskin who will be impeachment manager and said the president's actions were the most terrible crime ever by a president of the united states against his country. it will will be an impeachment trial almost certainly lirks ly. what do you see is the political risk, keeping tensions bubbling, but also sidelining new president biden's agenda. >> right when new presidents come into office they have a limited period of time when their power sat its apron ex and use that to get key priorities passed and cabinet confirmed through the senate. the danger of impeachment trial it will consume the first few weeks of biden's presidency. he has relief plan to speed up

the vaccine roll out and get kids back to school, that's clearly a huge priority for his presidency. unlike many presidents, he will take office with many of his cabinet appointees not yet confirmed because the republican senate has dragged its feet on that so far, so that's a huge problem. you need your treasure secretary, your secretary of state. in this circumstance the health and human services secretary in the middle of a pandemic, you want those people in position as quick as possible. and there's danger this could further south an already-poison atmosphere in washington and biden needs a lot of help to get what he wants to get done, done. >> we've seen in the past mid-term elections, biden could lose power of the house and his legislative agenda. i also wanted your thoughts on the national security agency installing a trump-loyalist as

general council. now this on its own, you know, what makes you worry about this? so called borrowing, it's not a small thing. what has donald trump installed that might be difficult for joe biden to undo. >> well, through his presidency the president has corrupted the u.s. national security operators, intelligence services, try to put political pointes in key positions in an attempt to hamper biden's chance of getting his own people in some of these positions, putting this man michael ellis in his general council has appointed him to a civil service job, not a politically appointed job, that makes it a little bit more difficult for biden to get rid of him, it gives the impression there are disloyal people in the intelligence services who are more loyal to the outgoing president than the new president. so i think we'll see a push fairly quickly for biden to try to sideline michael ellis or get

rid of him entirely. >> perhaps even fire him. we only have a minute left. you want to ask, quickly, one of the most disturbing aspects of the trump presidentcy is how the partynd movement coalesced around one individual who said i alone can fix it, news is fake, how dangerous has it been for the republican party going forward. they have to regroup. >> well it's pulling the republican party apart and also soured millions of people, trump supporters on the u.s. system of government, only 19% of republicans in a cnn poll released this weekend said biden was elected legitimately. . it's not just a problem for republicans who have to deal with biden to some extent, it's a huge problem for the country and makes it very difficult for biden to have a successful presidency, especially one in when he is basing on the need

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newsroom", i'm michael holmes, appreciate you sticking around. . now a staggering prediction on coronavirus virus in the u.s., incoming director of the cdc expects the number of covid-19 deaths in the country to reach half a million by the middle of next month. doctor adds that the impact of holiday travel and gatherings has yet to be fully scene and while some states are making progress, others are struggling to combat the virus. in europe more than 3.5 million in the uk have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine according to the british government, that's more than the number of actual covid-19 cases in the country. in an effort to speed up distribution, england has transformed cathedrals into temporary vaccination sites. >> reporter: the bells are ringing in this cathedral in

england. this is not a traditional ser service. high ceiling and open lay out make it a perfect makeshift space for vaccination centers. so far a good turn out, around 45% of people 80 and over have been vaccinated. >> feel a bit safer. i do feel a bit safer. i live on my own so it's important. >> so important that britain's foreign secretary said the goal in the uk is for every add ulta dults to -- adult to have first dose -- starting monday all travel corridors are temporarily closed and incoming travellers must have proof of covid-19 test and quarantine upon entry. austria is extending it's

current lockdown until february 8th over fear of new vear variance even though thousands gathered to protest the measures. >> you can't go on like this, the measures are simply too much from all sides. >> reporter: water police used water cannon's on protesters in amsterdam after it's closure of most schools and shops. in france, with a curfew from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. went into effect over the weekend. in norway, looking into cases of 23 elderly who died after receiving the vaccine. public health institute can't rule out common reactions to the vaccine like fever or nausea may have contributed to those who were frail with underlying disease. cnn, london. brazil has given emergency

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♪ and welcome back, we got a quick programming note for you, don't forget to join us for our extensive live coverage of the biden inauguration this wednesday, january 20. turning our attention now to moscow, an outspoken kremlin critic alexey navalny barely set foot on russian soil before being arrested. in germany he spent months recovering after being poisoned over the summer and announced plan to return to moscow but prison service made promise to

arrest him is due to a fraud case and made good on their pro promise. >> reporter: a final kiss and hug with his wife and then alexey navalny rushed away to the airport, his first time back in russia in five months since being medicac after being poisoned. shortly after navalny saying he's not scared. everyone's asking if i'm scared he says, i'm not afraid, i feel completely fine walking towards the boarder patrol, i know i will go home because i'm right and all of the criminal cases against me are fabricated. when alexey navalny boarded the plane hours earlier in germany he was still joking when addressing reporters. me? arrested? that's impossible he joked. but the events that then

unfolded were remarkable. as navalny was in the air, hundreds of his supporters and many journalists gathered at the airport where his flight was initially supposed to land, scuffle broke out and riot police arrested people. minutes before landing the flight was diverted to another airport, navalny says he believes the move shes president vladimir putin was afraid of his return. this is not just the power of some despicable crooks, he said, but the power of absolutely worthless people that are doing some nonsense. they are jeopardizing the air safety of a wonderful big city, why, just so putin could say who needs him? an exclusive cnn investigation implicated the flot plot to poison navalny, the

kremlin denied involvement. this woman speaking about one behind the plot. >> translator: my name is clarissa ward i work for cnn. >> after he recovered navalny said wouldn't give putin the satisfaction of keeping him out of russia and decided to return, knowing the threat was real as he violated the terms of the terms of the 2014 case when alexey said was politically motivated. alexey navalny will now remain in custody in the airport in the the end of january. >> in the next hour we'll speak more about navalny's situation with former cnn chief and georgetown university fellow so tune in. this just in, china's economy grew beyond expect aches

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♪ welcome back to "cnn newsroom", everyone, i'm michael holmes. with just days left before his inauguration, president-elect joe biden is preparing to hit the ground running when he takes office, his team announcing a dozen executive orders he plans to sign on day one, and they're a direct rebuke to the trump administration's policies. now more details. >> reporter: president-elect biden wants to show he's getting right to work right after his inauguration and his team is preparing roughly a dozen executive actions for him to

sign on that very first day. a lot of these policies will build on promises he made during the presidential campaign and some of the executive actions are aimed at undoing policies from the trump administration including rescinding the ban on travellers from predominantly muslim countries as well as rejoining the paris climate agreement and some actions focussing on the pandemic, ones that halt evictions and foreclosures as well as continuing the pause on federal loan payments throughout the pandemic and president-elect will sign executive action to mandate masks in all federal buildings and interstate travel and with his inauguration just around the corner, the president-elect sent a message to his supporters, talk a listen. >> we relied on you through those hard-fought early days, ups and days all the way up to the day kamala get ready to

become the president and vice president of the united states. i can tell you we would not have had this opportunity had you all not stepped up, you made this moment possible. >> reporter: the president-elect is expected to participate in a service event for martin luther king jr. holiday, promoting a national day of service leading into the inauguration. cnn, wilmington, delaware. joe biden plans to make the coronavirus the first issue congress takes up after he's inaugurated january 20th. this as the incoming cdc director issues a staggering prediction on the coronavirus prediction in the u.s., expecting the number of covid-19 deaths in the country to reach half million by the middle of next month. >> nearly 4,000 deaths a day. almost 400,000 deaths total by the mumiddle of february we expt

half million deaths in this country, that doesn't speak to the tens of thousands people who are living with a ye yet-uncha yet-uncharacteristicized syndrome after they've recovered and we still haven't seen the ramifications after holiday gatherings in terms of high rates of hospitalization and deaths there after so yes i think we have dark weeks ahead. >> state of california is nearing 3 million cases that's more than a lot of other countries. on sunday the state reporting more than 42,000 new cases with about 400 new deaths. hospitals continue to be overwhelmed at near-capacity in most cities. the state now running mass vaccination program in los angeles in hopes to curve the rise in cases. now more. >> reporter: more awful numbers out of california, 42,000 new

cases of covid-19 and more than 430 deaths. and in los angeles county this weekend we've passed that horrible benchmark which is 1 million confirmed covid-19 cases. all of this sapping the resources of hospitals, firefighters, funeral homes and so much more. >> people are working nonstop, i talked to a captain who had two hours of sleep, trying to set up the logistics part of this huge ontaking here at dodgers, and you see him, he has a smile on his face because he's doing everything he possibly can, humanly, to make this a success, and make it efficient. >> they are hoping to put a dent in the numbers by a mass vaccination campaign including at this mega site now at dodger stadium with the goal at one point to vaccinate 12,000 a day.

they did not vaccinate on sunday. one of the things they're concerned about is will they have enough vaccine in the end. right now los angeles county is focused on vaccinating health care workers and people in relasek lated fields -- related 65 and over down the road. reporting from los angeles, now, back to you. michael? >> dr. gounder is a member of the biden/harris transition covid advisory board, joining me now from new york and of course, she is an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist. i'm curious, what are or should be the immediate priorities day one after inauguration? what is ready to hit the ground running in terms of action planning? >> the president elect is very committed to making sure we meet his goal of 100 shots in arms by 100 days.

and so, i think you will be hearing a lot about his plansfor vaccination roll-out over the coming days. he already announced a $1.9 trillion package. the american rescue plan, to rescue the american committee and rescue the american people from the coronavirus pandemic. and coronavirus vaccination roll-out is going to be a very big part of that plan. >> and what does the emergence of the variants mean when it comes to urgency. way more contained than what we have seen. no sign it's more deadly. but more cases means more death as we know. i think the former fda commissioner said we are looking at what he called a relentless strike heading in to the spring. >> yeah, that is right, michael, the uk strain be in particular is probably the one that we know the most about among the variant strains and while it's definitely more infectious, it does not seem to cause more severe disease.

but because it is more infectious, because it passes more easily from one person on to another. you end up with more infections and cases and who hospitalizations and deaths. so in a sense it's more deadly by the fact that it spreads more. we don't have evidence yet that these new variants can evade the immune system is response to the vaccines that we have. but that is still being studied. >> yeah, it certainly is a worry. you mention the biden plan to get a million vaccinations a day. a lot of people said that is am ambitious us, what needs to happen as we see the roll-out not going smoothly so far? >> unfortunately up to now, there's not really been a plan for distribution, it was really just a plan, operation warp speed was really just a plan for a research and development and manufacturing of vaccines.

but what we have now moving forward is going to be a real partnership. a partnership between the federal government, state and local health departments. primary care providers on the ground, as well as pharmacies. and the idea here is all hands on deck. how can we help you, what are the staff, the support, the space, the supplies, the funding that they each need to move forward with roll-out of vaccination and the feds are going to be very much hand in hand, partners with all of the parties on that. >> and something i have sort of done interviews on since the beginning, are really, it's easy to forget that you know, as staggering as the death toll is. so many of those that supposedly recovered from covid have long-term lingering affects how long do you think it will be had in the months, perhaps years ahead? >> we don't really know yet. we don't know yet how long these linger symptoms last, we are seeing people who are having lingering cognitive affects.

so essentially a brain fog. people who are having on going gastro-intestinal issues. and in some cases some people may need disability or other support to help them through the fact that they may not be a i believe to work because of those linger -- may not be able to work because of the lingering affects. >> good to have you on, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> and finally, the man leading the impeachment push against president trump had an emotional interview with my colleague jake tapper. congressman jamie raskman, describing his devastating loss of the final day of 2020, the death of his son tommy, just 25 years of age. just days later in the deadly capitol riot, the congress mapp worriy -- the congressman worried that he and other family members may

be injured or killed by the angry mob. >> well, tommy was a remarkable person. um, he overwhelming love for humanity and for our country in his heart and really are, for all the people of the world. we lost him on the last day of that awful year. 2020. and he left us a note which said, please forgive me. my illness won today. look after each other. the animals and the global poor for me, all my love, tommy. and that was the last act in a life that dazzled anybody who came in to contact with tommy. i feel him in my chest when we went to count the electoral college votes and it came under the ludicrous attack, i felt my

son with me. and i was most concerned with our youngest daughter and my son-in-law who is married to our on other daughter who were with me that day, who got caught in a room off of the house floor in between them and me was a rampaging armed mob that could have killed them easily. and was banging on the doors where are they were hiding under a desk with my chief of staff, julie. these events are personal to me, jake, there was an attack on our country. an attack on our people. >> extraordinary times. thanks for watching the program, everyone. do appreciate your company. i ha i will be right back after the break. hope you stick around.

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