cnn reported yesterday that vice president pence is likely to attend. look at the u.s. capitol here on this friday, where flags have been ordered fly at half staff, a news release reads that the speaker and senate leadership of the house has flags lowered to half staff immediately to honor whodeath of ryan sick nick died heroically in the line of duty, protecting members of the house and senate. the entire congressional community mourns his passing. news, the labor department has released the latest jobless numbers. 140,000 lost their jobs in the last month of 2020, the unemployment rate stands at 6.7%. >> usa today this morning, their sectionge leading to a

inside with the quote headline, betrayal of his office, pelosi and others call for using the 25th amendment. secretaryortation resigns, with bar issuing criticism. writing that growing number of democratic and republican lawmakers are calling for the removal of president trump after rioters rampaged for the u.s. capitol, forcing their way to a rare joint session of congress and left a trail of destruction. nancy pelosi said on thursday that congress may be prepared to impeach trump if the vice president did not immediately invoke the 25th amendment, which would remove trump and put mike president -- vice president mike pence and power two weeks before the president of such a leave office but the times reported that pence opposes the use of the 25th amendment. on that officer who passed away last night, craig kaplan tarrant -- tweeting this, the u.s.

capitol police statement on the loss of officer brian sicknick at approximately 9:30 on january 7, the united states capital police officer passed away due to injuries sustained while on duty. he also tweets that the house appropriations chair, rosa delauro, the subcommittee chair tim ryan, with the oversight over the capitol police, our hearts break over the death of brian sicknick, who is injured in the line of duty during yesterday's violent assault on the capital. the wall street journal opinion writers this morning calling for the president to step down, this is their editorial, they write that the lodestar these columns is the u.s. constitution. the document has durable foundation protecting liberty. and this week it showed his virtue again, despite being displayed for a time by a mom,

congress returned the same day to ratify the electoral college vote and joe biden's election. congratulations to the president-elect will be inaugurated as the constitution stipulates at noon on january 20. leaves to what should be done with president trump's president shall term. pelosichumer and nancy are demanding that mr. trump be removed from office immediately either by the cabinet are the 25th amendment or new articles of impeachment. atre is a partisan animus work but mr. trump's actions do raise constitutional questions. and the wall street journal concludes with these words in their opinion piece. if mr. trump wants to avoid a second impeachment, his best path would be to take personal responsibility and resign. this is the cleanest solution since it would immediately turn presidential duties over to mr. penn's and give mr. trump agency

over his own faith -- fates. the flood also stem of resignations that are understandable as an act of conscience but could leave the government dangerously unmanned. robin o'brien in particular, the national security adviser, could stay at their posts. we know an act of grace from mr. trump is not likely. this week has probably finished him as a serious political figure. he has cost republicans the house, the white house, and the senate. he has betrayed his loyal supporters by lying to them about the election. he has refused to accept that he has the basic bargain of democracy, which is to accept the results, nor lose. everyone, himself included, if he goes quietly. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001for republicans.

(202) 748-8002 for independents . we have full comments yesterday from president trump. president trump: i would like to begin by addressing a heinous attack, file the seed of american democracy. to those who engage in acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country. to those who broke the law, you will pay. we have just been through an intense election and emotions are high, but now tempers must be cooled and calm restored.

we must get on with the business of america. my campaign vigorously pursued every legal avenue to contest the election results. my only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote. in so doing, i was fighting to defend american democracy. i continue to strongly believe that we must reform our election laws to verify the identity and eligibility of all voters and to ensure faith and confidence in all future elections. now, congress has certified the results. a new administration will be inaugurated january 20. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation. 2020 has been a challenging time for our people, a menacing pandemic has upended the lives of our citizens, isolated

millions in their homes, damaged our economy, and claimed countless lives. of eating this pandemic and rebuilding the greatest economy on earth will require all of us working together. it will required a renewed emphasis on the civic values of patriotism, faith, charity, community, and family. we must revitalize the sacred bonds of love and loyalty that bind us together as one national family. to the citizens of our country serving as your president has been the honor of my lifetime. and to all of my wonderful supporters, i know you are disappointed, but i also want you to know that our incredible journey is only just beginning. thank you, god bless you, and god bless america. host: president trump's statement released from the white house last night. comment here from ron in covington, tennessee.

he sent us a text. he says donald trump, after inciting a riot at the capital, throws these people under the bus. trump, giuliani and the writers should be tried for murder after the fact. caller: good morning, how are you doing today? host: fine, thank you. caller: i spoke to you in june about breonna taylor. i spoke to you because i know what the situation is. i was charged in 1968 with conspiracy and rioting. what i am talking about right now is that these people have gone into the capital, causing chaos. it is also sedition. in the old days, in the 1800s and the 1700s, sedition, you were hung and executed for trying to overthrow the government. now, these people, and the

reason i am saying this, i don't hear them talking about this. four people have now died. three of them because of what went on. two of them, one was killed. the young lady was killed and also a police officer now has expired from this. so, everybody that was involved, everybody involved should be charged with sedition. because what happened was they found pipe bomb's. the pipe bombs that they found causeoing to be used to chaos in the city and overthrow the government in the united states. sam in lawrenceville, georgia. republican line. caller: good morning. first of all, i would like to it, on c-span,ay trumps speech to that rally that he had just before they left to go up to the capital and you

play that over again, so everybody can see that trump never told anybody to do anything except go up to the capital. he never told them to go in the capital. he never told them to riot. he never told them to kill anybody or do anything. make trumprying to step down before the 13 days are up. i don't think he ought to do it. i think he ought to stay right there and let her do whatever she wants to do. let me tell you something. we are not going to put up with what the democrats are doing. if they make trump look like a , they can't wait 13 days -- and they can't wait 13 days, there will be a whole lot of people that will not love it. it will not be nice for the country. host: here is what speaker

pelosi proposed. you have the -- when you have the 25th meant -- amendment invoked, that would be calling on the vice president, as we hope to do, to take the lead and, with the majority of , be able to unseat the president of the united states. a very dangerous person who should not continue in office. this is urgent. this is emergency of the highest magnitude. sedition, as he did yesterday, he must be removed from office. left there is only 13 days , any day could be a horror show for america. host: on twitter, bill king says this. don't give trump the satisfaction of finishing out his term. invoke the 25th amendment now.

pam in burlington, north carolina. the video shows trump trying to save himself as usual prayed he throws supporters under the bus after they did what he wanted. it was not antifa who did the insurrection preview could see who they were. our second major terrorist attack in 20 years. this marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11. this is ed. good morning. caller: i have a message for the previous ed. about thebeen lying vote since he lost november 3 he did not concede. we were wondering if he was going to concede. he did not. he lost the popular vote by 7 million. are you listening? people? he lost, it was not even close. the popular vote was not close at all. there was no evidence of rigging or fraud or even significant fraud.

so, trump continued to lie to the american people for two months, discrediting the election, damaging the democracy. beenriot could have foreseen. now, that speech is just covering up. he did not write it. i don't think he believes it. i know he didn't write it. so, he has lost the popular vote twice now. he will be impeached perhaps twice. he has been impeached once. it is an utter, complete disaster as a presidency. it is a disgrace. it is worse than richard nixon. host: rita on our independent line in jacksonville, florida. caller: alabama. host: my mistake, it is alabama. go ahead with your comment. caller: all right. i don't imagine he had anything to do with this. he has lied from the beginning. have you ever seen a person

that, when they comes out of their mouth is a lie, always? this world has been turned upside down from the beginning. thank you and have a blessed day. in fairfax, south dakota, democrat line. caller: trump needs to go to jail. he gets people riled up like a mad dog. and five end up dead out of the situation. the cops, if they were black people, they would have been scattered and dead all over the place. truck -- trump has incited a right. he throws them under the bus. they drank his kool-aid and breathe everything that he says, which is mostly all lies. he needs to go. he is a fool. he has been a full. and he needed to go. everybody have a good day.

he needs to go. host: to the republican line, mary in louisiana. caller: hello? host: hi, mary. you are on the line. go ahead. caller: ok. i am going to tell you something and i hope you will allow me to finish what i'm going to say. trump did not tell nobody to attack the nation's capital. he did not tell them to go in there. those people did that on their own. i know all of the democrats voters think the democrats have done something really smart and big. i'm going to tell you something. just wait. republican people, don't get mad, don't get angry, don't do nothing. just sit back and wait. i'm going to see, a year from

now, two years from now, if i'm still living, i'm going to see how happy you are going to be then. i know you think that the democrats have truly gotten away with something. but you know what? the rich people, they are going to survive. they will be all right because they can take their money and go somewhere else. but all of you broke people, , that think the democrats love you, just sit back and watch and see what they are going to do to this country. and it is sad that you are so blinded by hate. hatred of trump. and you have been crucifying him ever since he said he was running. they have totally crucified that man. did was tryinghe to make this country work.

but now you want a democrat. you want the democrats to run things. now you've got it. let's sit back, all the republicans, don't get angry. just sit back and watch and see what happens to this country. host: this is the harold, alex headlined, for public and senators regret not doing more to contain trump. they feel a sense of growing regret over not standing up to president trump sooner, a day after the mob ransacked the capital building in one of the most to millie getting days in u.s. history. one republican -- humiliating days in u.s. history. one republican who requested acknowledged gop lawmakers should have served as a stronger check on the president over the past four years. should have done more to push back, both against the rhetoric and some of the things he did

legislatively. the mistake we made was we always thought he was going to get better. we thought that once he got the nomination and once he got the cabinet, he was going to get better. he was going to be more present and shall. alex bolton says many are try to come to grips with their role in the disaster. one of those speaking yesterday about the attack and about the process of essentially removing the president via the 25th amendment was lindsey graham, the chair of the judiciary committee. comes toraham: when it accountability, the president needs to understand that his actions were the problem, not the solution. -- thatally yesterday the rally yesterday was unseemly, it got out of hand and rudy giuliani did not help. i said on the floor of the senate, i cast my vote accordingly. legitimates the president of the united states.

are there irregularities in the selection? yes, i am sure there are. have they been overblown? absolutely. there has been a constant effort by people from the president's legal team to provide misinformation, distort the facts, to make accusations that cannot be proven. that needs to stop. the fifth amendment being invoked, i do not believe that is appropriate -- 25th amendment being invoked, i'd not believe that is appropriate at this point. i am looking for a peaceful transition of power. we will hand off in a traditional sense by it being a peaceful transfer. i talked to mark meadows this morning. the transition is going well. it is fully in place. i talked to the presidents legal counsel. he is doing everything he can to help the transfer occur. on this program, we showed you a short while ago, the full statement by president trump in

conceding the race to joe biden and talking about the transition of power, his deputy advisor releasing a statement at about the same time that video came out. he said those who are working in this building are working to ensure an orderly transition of power. now it is time for america to unite, come together and reject the violence we have seen. we are one american people under god. in tennessee, larry is next up. democrats line. caller: yes sir. i think one of the real reasons trump never wanted to turn his tax returns in is he would have give his employer. some of these people who obviously were not working are at their jobs, -- working at their jobs, acting like monkeys, they will have to use the stimulus to pay back the government they were revolting

against. don't you love how the lord works? if anyone thinks trump has anything to do with christianity, you are reading the wrong bible. have a nice day. dexter, main topic this is christopher. is next up. this is christopher. it,er: everyone says that's i can't wait to see this money start flowing. $2000. $2000 a month to go to everybody. they will be very upset when they find out nothing will happen. without those 10 votes, they can't do anything. they did not do it with trump, did not have the 10 votes and could not get rid of the health care law, could not do anything. unless they have a filibuster, they won't get anything done. anyways.no country

the minority has no right. that is what democrats used the trump, 10 th to stop votes. they are changing the government, making it not the way it is. i hope you are happy, democrats. you will not be very happy for long. thank you. host: next is larry on the independent line in virginia. caller: thank you. you got the pronunciation right. i stormed the capital. in you give me a minute and can explain that, i hope? host: sure. caller: this was not last week. this was over 10 years ago. peace groups and social justice groups. capitol.ched the there is a wall between the capital and the lawn.

we were helping each other up over this wall. we got over to the concrete in front of the capitol. the cops were right there. we were completely nonviolent. it is a peace and social justice group so we are dangerous communists or something. host: did you get arrested? caller: yeah. it cost me $100 in bail. i pleaded out. it is a civil fine was what it was. host: what was the find? ?- fine caller: $100. host: what do you think should happen to those who were arrested for trespassing on the capital? caller: on ours, it was basically trespassing.

to take it much further, i pleaded out. i got my civil fine and that was it. about 11 people in this group, there were 92 and 96. later, the courts, the lawyers that we had determined that that wall we went over is not the capital so we were not trespassing. so we not the capitol were -- they were not trespassing. they got off. we did not really storm the capitol anyway although we thought we kind of work. host: do you regret what you did? did you make your point? caller: the point was to make a point. host: were you hoping to get inside the capitol? host: sure. it's our capitol.

we got this group of people coming through the lines. it looks like a tour group that lost their tour guide. we would have been a very astonished group of protesters if we had managed to get in there. they had cops, military, all of that. you had gotten inside, what would you do? go in the rotunda, try to get in one of the chambers? no, we would have been wondering how did we do this? it was just an act of protest. looking, comparing what you guys did and what we have , how would you compare it? caller: let's talk about it just of it. when we went over the wall, and that is all we did, there were

between 92 and 96 people that got arrested. the police and military, they were there. they were ready for us and they were loaded. these guys, they pretty much likeed in and it looked they were escorted in by the capitol hill police. that is why these guys are resigning. host: i appreciate your input, interesting story. we are showing you video shot inside and outside the building. our intrepid photographer is taking shots of additional barriers that are coming up in front of the u.s. capitol. how long they will be in place, certainly through the inauguration in less than two weeks. a look at the additional barriers and there is fallout on capitol hill as well. the police chief resigns one day after congress was taken by a

violent pro-trump mob. the chief of the u.s. capitol police, in addition, both the sergeants in arms at the u.s. house and u.s. senate have penned in their resignations. georgia,ronnie in democrats line. go ahead. caller: how are you doing? host: all right. caller: the point i am trying to on is this was a terror act our nation. if you look back and see number one, the number one and number --ee person they had weapons and pipe bombs, if they wanted to do anything to our democracy, they could have done it. the number one, number two and number three person there to take over the nation. that was a terror attack.

people say the president did not incite that. if he did not incite it, 10 to 15 minutes after he saw what was going on, he said have -- should have addressed the people and said get out of here and this is not what i wanted. this is exactly what he wanted. second, impeach him. amendment, don't do that? . just keep a close watch on this guy. we have more important things to conversation on. people are dying daily, hundreds and hundreds of people dying daily from a virus. people are starving. people have lost their jobs, their way of living. what then -- let them do the transfer of power as necessary. for those who think donald trump did not instigate this or other

republicans did not integrate -- instigate this, they are drinking the kool-aid. host: to harry in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. republican line. caller: a lot of people are forgetting a lot of things. when biden was in the debate themtrump and trump called terrorists he said they are an idea. nancy pelosi said people do what they want to do. there were 52 people arrested. i will guarantee most of these people would be antifa. there were trump supporters to double up or they should go to jail for life as far as i'm concerned. black lives matter was black and they were burning down buildings. they showed the pictures of trump rioters but they never

showed the pictures of antifa and black lives matter. if anybody should go to jail, the leader of black lives matter. if anybody else should go to jail, it is nancy pelosi, joe biden and the democratic party. antifa tried to burn a church down and she did nothing. blm seems to stand for burn and murder. talk for other people five minutes. republicans call and you hang up on them. let me speak. host: i did let you speak, harry. you made comments about antifa being involved in the protest. that is not true. we have had an array of trump supporters on display. they point out people specifically who are supporters

of things like qanon. richard barnett, a photo of the man sitting at the desk of nancy pelosi after he broke into her office, a 60 year old contractor from arkansas bragged about how he was escorted out but not arrested. the man with the horned hat and the tattoos and the american flag at center picture in usa, .is name is jake and jel he is among the supporters of donald trump to breach security and is a q annan supporter -- qanon supporter who has been a fixture at right wing political rallies over the past year. he calls himself a q annan anon shaman. you can read that at usa today.com. we go to anthony in salem, ohio

on the independent line. for having me. i have been listening to your callers. it seems like a lot of us have this all wrong. watched 110 days of riding on our tv's, where people are burning down buildings and stealing tv sets. it went on for 110 days and we watched it on tv's. it seems like the coverage on this -- you are covering this cover thehan you 110 days of writing. the ones who are responsible -- rioting. the ones who are responsible are politicians pray they are pitting americans against americans. politicians are pitting us against each other. you go back four years, listen to the news, you have

republicans fighting with democrats on tv right in front of us. the democrats, or ripping up speeches on tv in front of us. they are the ones inciting all of this rioting. they are inciting the riots. if you watch our politicians, they are the ones pitting us against each other. they are getting just what they want. people, if you watch the protest of the capital, -- of the capitol, those are hard-working american people. are justthose people standing around. they want their voices to be heard. not one reporter went out into the audience. host: do you think the same is true in a black lives matter everyone involved in those protests was also violent? or were the majority of those people peaceful?

think the majority of the people in the 110 days were there for a reason. i don't think all of them were violent. people carrying tv's out of a mom-and-pop shop, that is sad. trying -- fighting over trying to get aid over the -- to the poor american people who need it and we had to watch them argue for six months to try and get a little money to help us out. i am starving. tv?want to do something on call pennsylvania unemployment. i live in ohio and i get pennsylvania unemployment. get on your phone right now and dialed the number. it will take you two hours to get through if you get through at all. you will be on hold for another two hours. we are poor people hurting out here and we are watching politicians on tv, who we voted in and are more important than we are, they got their capitol

stormed but they all hid. why did they hide? democrats and republicans both, they have to hide. host: you made this point and several others that we did not talk about the violence this summer, the violence in the wake of police shootings and black lives matter protests. if you go back to the recordings of this program, you can go to c-span.org and look at what we have covered on washington journal, we did talk about those issues. we did show video of violent cities. we did interview mayors in those cities and people involved in those protests. we covered that. we opened up our phones on that issue. and we continue to do so. i appreciate you making the point but the reality is we have talked about those issues over the course of the past six months or so. thanks for your call. inna on the democrats line verona, pennsylvania. caller: hello. my call is for trump voters who

know they really lost. if you can help -- overthrow the government with the help of senators and fox news and radio, why not try it? trump told everyone to go to the polls and not to do mail-in ballots because they were going to cheat. campaigner. we did not know what he was going to do. we did not know if he would shut down some of these polling .laces that is why we took mail-in ballots. we convinced now since of people to do mail-in ballots. the area that i work in, we did 13,000 more mail-in ballots than we did with hilary. don't say we didn't cheat. -- don't say we cheat. ed. you are going to say donald trump made this country great. he sure did. look at the food lines, look at

the people starving. look at the loss of business, look at the loss of jobs. look at 350,000 people dead. and he made this country great. well i'll be darned. thank you for saying he made it great. because this country has never, ever been in the condition that it has been in. and then he will sit there and tell bob woodward, oh, bob, this is a deadly airborne disease. bob, no, you mean to tell me you knew that in january and you let all of these people die and you're still letting them die by not making it mandatory that the masks be put on? we could have been over this. we could have been over this. but no, he doesn't care. he does not care about the trump voters, either. did he really go with y'all? no, he went home and he watched y'all act like animals. that is what he did.

host: in california, tyson on the republican line. caller: good morning. and thank you for c-span. god bless america. momenteverybody takes a to appreciate our freedoms and one another. that last caller, a couple of collars ago was pretty shallow and naive. i don't think we need rhetoric like that in times like this. i was thinking about the vietnam protests in front of the capital and the clashing with the capitol police. recent, young this know, debacle that we had which was absolutely ludicrous. and a lot of it can stem from covid-19. a lot of people were acting a little bit out of the box when it comes to being civil. but that was pretty outrageous

and pretty disgusting. as far as president trump goes, i think he had a good presidency. the country is doing well. but honestly, i was disappointed. i think he should have ,pologized for his actions instead of somewhat conceding the election. but stand up as commander in chief and as a man and take responsibility. apologize. and i think he would have -- host: do you think, tyson, that it makes sense for him to resign at this point? other point.was my i don't believe so. thinkwas to apologize, i designing would fall in line

with that, which would be amazing character. 12 days before the inauguration, i don't think the country needs the 25th amendment or impeachment. i think 12 days before the inauguration, a few days from now, we will let him lay low on twitter and instagram and let him go up there with president-elect biden and vice president-elect kamala harris from california. he had his first tweet since being blocked for at least a 12 hour period. account has blocked his indefinitely. we will read that story in just a bit. this is front page the new york times this morning. asls grow to remove trump officials had for the exit.

they write that the trump administration plunged deeper officialss as more resign. prominent republicans broke with him and democratic congressional leaders threatened to impeach him. what was already shaping up as a volatile final stretch to the trump presidency took on an air of national emergency. as the white house impede out, some republicans joined nancy pelosi and a cascade of democrats calling for mr. trump to be removed without waiting the 12 days until the inauguration of joe biden. short-circuiting -- ruledresident mike pence out invoking the disability clause of the 25th amendment to sideline the president as many had urged that he and the cabinet do according to officials. democrats suggest they could move quickly to impeachment, a step that would have its own logistical and political challenges. the highly charged debate about

mr. trump's capacity to govern underscored the death -- depth of anger and anxiety after lawmakers evacuated, halting the count of the electoral college votes and left four people dead and now five people with the reported d will not have to pay for security detail for him and his family for the rest of his life. in 2016 republicans controlled the house, senate, and executive branch. fast forward, trump has lost all three. an early departure should be welcomed by all republicans. politicianss and that are breaking with trump after being his yes men and

women for four years are just rats fleeing a sinking ship. how brave is it forced staff members to quit when they know they'll be out of a job in a couple of weeks anyway in evansville, tennessee, trump kept his promise on wednesday when he said we would not recognize the country when he was through. from the washington times, the photo of the president-elect joe biden, an announcement yesterday , and their headline, biden sites raise as factor in the police treatment of the mob. president-elect announcing some cabinet appointments yesterday. here is what he had to say. president-elect biden: yesterday, in my view, one of the darkest days in the history of our nation. an unprecedented assault on our democracy. literally on the citadel of liberty. the united states capitol itself. ,n assault on the rule of law

assault on the most sacred of american undertakings, ratifying the will of the people in choosing the leadership of the governor -- government. all of us here grieve the loss of life, grieve the desecration of the people's house. but what we witness yesterday was not dissent, it was not disorder, it was not protest. it was chaos. they were not protesters. do not dare call them protesters. they were a riotous mob, insurrectionists, domestic terrorists. it is that basic, that simple. say we couldn't see it coming, but that is not true. we could see it coming. the past four years, we have had

a president who has made his contempt for our democracy, our constitution, the rule of law clear in everything that he has done. he unleashed an all-out assault on our institutions of our democracy. yesterday was the culmination of that unrelenting attack. host: the full statement, he announced attorney general merrick garland and the picks for commerce secretary and labor secretary as well. back to your phone calls, dan in stafford, virginia on the republican line. caller: thanks for the call. i am interested to see what in the past 18 months will make its way into the history books or the political science books that our children read or college students study or professors speak about. i am a conservative.

the other thing is, i saw pictures of buildings that were on fire and buildings that were blown up, contrast what i heard spoken, i don't think the assault was on a place or a building or a capitol. it is an assault on the police of freedom. -- belief of freedom. attacks on things like the second amendment. the freedom of religion, that is assault. a few people demonstrating on a building. maybe somebody hacked my twitter account. i don't know. i will stand by for comment. host: manchester, new hampshire, next up on the independent line, rose. caller: he doesn't think trashing the capitol and trying to burn it and bomb it doesn't count because it is trump

supporters doing it. it is unbelievable. just unbelievable. to listen to republican supporters call in and -- it doesn't register with them that the first time since 1812, people stormed the capitol of the united states of america and killed four people. trump supporters don't burn down buildings, i guess, they just kill people when they go out and they also threaten people. they call them up, go to their homes. anybody that speaks against trump, you can't say anything. because you will be killed. because he is wonderful. and now here he comes, isn't he innocent?

sweet and innocent? he didn't want those riots? of course he did. we know he is a very deeply vindictive person. host: we mentioned the passing of the capital police officer -- capitol police officer, brian sicknick. his colleagues and fellow officers in a tribute on capitol hill, gathering for a moment of silence with their flashing lights. [video clip] host: that is from capitol hill

earlier this morning, honoring the death of brian sicknick. the wall street journal, simon & schuster drops publication of hawley book. they wrote that simon & schuster decided to drop the publication by missouri senator josh hawley following what the publisher called the deadly insurrection that took place at the capital on wednesday. his book, the tyranny of big tech had been scheduled to go on , sale this june. the publisher, a unit of viacom, cbs, said we did not come to this decision lightly. as a publisher, it will always be our mission to amplify a variety of voices and viewpoints. at the same time, we take seriously our larger public responsibility as citizens and cannot support senator hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat to our democracy and freedom. on twitter, senator hawley called simon & schuster's decision orwellian and a direct assault on the first amendment,

saying his work representing his constituents was redefined by the publisher as sedition. saying i will fight this cancel culture. we will see you incorporate in court. responding to that, alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeting senator hawley saying you fist pumped insurrectionists and attacked our elections. your actions fueled a riot you fund raised into chaos. five people are dead. even your gop colleagues have distanced from your ax, yet here you are crying over a book deal. you should be expelled. a similar sentiment from the st. louis post dispatch. this is the editorial. hawley should resign. silent enablers must publicly condemn trumpism. they are much too double a little, and come way too late.

these republican leaders all having shared a spot during the national presidency all had chances to stand up and condemn his dangerous rhetoric. yet they waited to speak out , until long after thugs have rampaged across capitol hill, defiling the house and senate. this newspaper has spent years prodding and urging republican leaders to summon their courage and stand against trump's most despotic tendencies. yet they repeatedly opted for cowardly silence. that made them complicit in the deadly violence that occurred on wednesday. meanwhile, senator josh hawley wrote they had the gall to stand before the senate and feigned shock at what happened hours after he fist pumped and cheered rioters after they arrived on capitol hill. his tardy, cover his asked -- ass condemnation of the violence

ranks at the top of phony, smarmy and expedient declarations said the st. louis post dispatch in their call for him to resign. in paris, california, vicki. go ahead. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i feel like i have something very important for people to hear. the problem with this world and from the beginning of this country, two words. white supremacy and mental illness. mental illness is what got donald trump in the office. he is mentally ill. white supremacy got him in office. he is a white supremacist. all of the people that stormed our capitol that my ancestors built for free, white people benefit from white supremacy. and it is mental illness. racism, it is mental illness.

who created this mindset? this is our problem until you guys figure it out. there is no such thing as white supremacy, it gets you in trouble every time. everything that goes wrong, why does it go wrong? why do white people do evil things? why do they treat black people like this? why do the police -- there is a difference between how they treat black protesters and white thug protesters. host: onto montana. is on ouris -- republican line. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: i would like to say that most of these problems comes from news omissions. they never reported the facts. i listened to the hearings on one american news. there were many people

testifying under oath about the election fraud. there were ballots chucked from new york to various places. they never reported it. trump stated the facts and the news called it lies. they should look at the hearings. i am sure they can get the tape from one american news and get the facts. the people are so misinformed it is pathetic. host: donald from montana, a couple of things. a tweet here from manu of cnn. he says things are moving quickly, democrats eyeing an impeachment vote as soon as next week. the senate can run out the clock, even though mitch mcconnell and trump have not

spoken in weeks. i think we have one from john. an impeachment vote by the middle of next week as katherine clark tells me moments ago. on to david in california. independent line. david, go ahead. caller: yes. just on the hunch mr. pence might be listening and maybe mr. graham too since i saw the comments on the tape you showed. the president and his son, donald junior and rudy, they have blood on their hands. and now it is blue blood. and if mr. pence and mr. graham and the others have any respect at all for the folks that wear blue, they need to get going right away on amendment 25. otherwise it is just a slap in the face and they will show that they really don't care. that is my comment. president-elect biden: felicia

-- host: felicia is next. democrat line. caller: hi. host: go ahead. caller: i want to say god bless the whole world and not just america because we all need prayers. donald trump has been on a spin out spiral since he has gotten in office. it really looks bad on america. we are really looking shameful. we are not taking care of our people. people are starving. i am originally born in detroit, michigan. i have relatives in michigan, georgia, virginia and california. everybody is on the food line. even after going to college and earning degrees and getting good jobs, covid has taken out those jobs. people can't work, parents are stressed. mostly it is the women that are stressed. the women are the ones who cook the food and put it on the table. host: do you think all of the

political issues surrounding the election, and the other issues that have taken the attention of capitol hill have ignored the thing you are talking about, problems related to the pandemic? caller: yes. they have truly ignored the pandemic and the people period. we are out here starving. i am taking care of my seven-year-old grandson. what he saw on tv with donald trump, he was amazed. he said that man is evil and how could he become president. host: your grandson is seven, and he was watching what was happening on capitol hill? caller: we were watching the news together, cnn news. he was appalled. he could not believe it. he said, granny how can that man , be the president? he is evil. he is trying to tear up the country. host: what did he ask you about the things that were going on at the capitol? did he comment on any of that?

caller: he said, how can they climb the walls, how can they get in there and set the place on fire? what about the people that are inside the place? he saw everybody laying on the ground and he said oh, they are killing the people. host: were you concerned about him seeing scenes like that, being a seven-year-old? do you think he is mature enough to see it? caller: i think he is mature enough to see it but he is hurt by it. he is confused, why is the world fighting and we can't even get food? i cannot even keep unemployment. unemployment has been cut off since the 26th. we are financially strapped just like everybody else across the world. we are not receiving unemployment. host: i appreciate your call this morning and best of luck. john kelly, the former chief of staff to donald trump was on cnn yesterday and called for the

possible use of the 25th of may -- amendment. here is what he had to say. >> do you support such an action? should he be removed? >> i think the cabinet should meet and have a discussion. i don't think it will happen but i think the cabinet should meet. the behavior yesterday and in the weeks and months before that has been outrageous from the president. what happened on capitol hill yesterday is a direct result of his poisoning the minds of people with the lies and frauds. >> if you were in the cabinet right now, would you vote to remove him from office? >> yes, i would. the one thing we have going for us here, jake, it is only 13 more days.

as indicated yesterday by the vice president, no one around him anymore will break the law. he can give all the orders he wants and no one will break the law. we saw vice president pence stand his ground yesterday. host: a couple of text messages here. the line is (202) 748-8003. this is from donald in hudson, north carolina. for those who say not to impeach, forget that. there must be consequences for this kind of behavior from elected officials. diane from ohio. impeachment. he will never be able to hold public office again and the taxpayers will not have to pay for security detail for him and his family. james in mesa, arizona on impeachment and the 25th amendment, too little, too late. tom tweets, donald trump in four years has managed to lose the house, senate, and presidency, in addition to losing the

popular vote twice. this one says speaker pelosi doesn't have a choice. if trump doesn't resign, the house has to impeach him. massachusetts is next. monaco on the republican line. caller: hello. so cooler heads have to prevail , here. i believe trump should give amnesty to everyone who was involved in the break-in, just like jimmy carter gave amnesty to all of the vietnam draft dodgers. i am a vietnam veteran. i resented it. i favorite boxer, muhammad ali went to jail, yet all of those people were pardoned after him. no one learns anything. we just know the president can give amnesty and pardon when things happen.

let's just forgive and forget, water under the bridge, let trump go on his merry little way. host: monaco, if someone can be found to have committed an assault or that led to the death of a capitol police officer, and brian sicknick, and the death of the protester, if those people are found discovered, should they be charged or pardoned? caller: everybody gets amnesty and pardon. how many people died in vietnam? 52,000. we just pardoned everyone. president carter came in and said, let bygones be bygones. biden will come in and let all of these daca people in and give them amnesty. see how it works?

everybody just forgives and forgets. host: tom in harrisburg, pennsylvania. independent line. caller: i hate to let facts interrupt a good narrative, so i did some research, something the people at cnn and media doesn't do. who is in charge of the capitol police? our tax dollars pay for it. i know the answer of the question. you know who is in charge of the capitol police? it is not trump, it is congress. the person who is the majority leader, the speaker of the house, has the most authority over the capitol police. who is that? that is nancy pelosi. nice distraction by nancy pelosi to take away all of the vitriol aimed at the capitol police, should be going toward her. she is in charge of the capitol police. host: tom she has already asked , for the resignation of the sergeant at arm's. all of them have resigned.

the sergeant at arms and chief of police. caller: after the cows left the barn. where was she before that? why wasn't she in charge of the capitol police to say this is a tumultuous time, let's have good security? no, because she doesn't know what the hell she is doing and you didn't report it. host: i didn't report it. i read the article about 40 minutes ago. sorry you were not watching. andrew in fort worth, texas. democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. what i am seeing this morning is caller: thank you for taking my call. what i am seeing this morning is such a fracture in the republican party.

there are trump supporters and then republicans. we live in texas now, we moved from illinois. our whole family are republicans but they are not trump republicans. there is a difference there. i have two parts to what i want to say today. the rioters, anarchists were incited by what was going on well before what happened yesterday. they were incited with trump saying it was going to be wild in d.c., come here on the sixth. and then rudy giuliani, his son, mo brooks giving those speeches, just revving them up. what do you think is going to happen? a lot of those people just went home. they came for the day and went home. those are republicans. but the trump supporters who all of these lies for so long, it just boiled. it was like a tinderbox. it exploded. that is kind of what happened. another thing i would like to talk about is the senate. to that last caller, nancy pelosi does not run the capitol police.

congress sets the budget. it is $427 million. it is the budget for the capitol police. they can investigate that. the department defense authorizes. i am a veteran. host: we lost andrew in texas. willie on the republican line in katy, texas. caller: good morning. one point. a couple questions. you interrupt a lot of republican callers. i see that. hopefully i can get this in. it is kind of amazing, your twitter account and facebook account, basically your twitter account -- how many republicans have i seen? seems to me many of the tweets it you are showing are all negative against trump and people who support silly things like impeachment and the 25th amendment.