while incitements to violence, misinformation, spread on their platforms, obviously given the events of the other week, of the violence on capitol hill, those conversations aren't going away. announcer: monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the communicators. on c-span2. the white house did not release a weekly address this weekend. senate minority leader chuck schumer of new york delivered the final weekly democratic address of the trump administration ahead of the senate impeachment trial of the president. >> my fellow americans i speak to you in the midst of a period of great uncertainty and great unrest. but also one of hope and opportunity. as we prepare to fulfill one of democracy oldest traditions the peaceful transfer of power, we continue to reckon with the aftermath of a deadly attack on the capitol last week, one of the darkest days in american history a day that will live in

infamy. the damage to our institutions and to the capitol itself was despicable. the loss of life, including one capitol police officer, was needless and tragic. and make no mistake. the rioters and domestic terrorists who attacked the capitol on january 6 will be brought to justice. and we in congress will make sure that such a breach in security never happens again. soon, the senate will conduct a second impeachment trial for president trump with citing the violence on the capitol last week, donald trump remains a threat to our democracy and will be held accountable for what he's done whether or not he's president during the trial. at the same time, the senate's work on behalf of the american people will not be deterred. the nation is facing unprecedented challenges, the greatest economic crisis in 75 years since the great depression, the greatest public health crisis in a century since the spanish pandemic

grew, the climate crisis, income inequality, racial injustice. the senate democratic majority along with president-elect biden and our house colleagues is committed to delivering the bold change our country demands. and the health that our people need. as president biden and vice president harris are sworn in, we'll set to work to provide the american people further relief from the covid pandemic, including increasing direct payments to working families to $2,000, we must further support vaccine distribution and deliver health for state and local governments, families, small businesses. we also must help the biden-harris administration hit the ground running and so the senate will work to quickly confirm the president-elect's highly qualified cabinet as well as his judicial and executive nominations. the new democratic senate will also conduct a rigorous investigation of the events that led to the tragedy of january 6, including the role

of white supremacy, disinformation, and the gross disparity in force between the trump administration's response to the capitol rioters and the administration's response to the racial justice protesters last summer. we will do all this and more. climate change, clean infrastructure, health care, immigration reform, voting rights. senate democrats will get to work on the biggest challenges we face and get our country finally, finally, back on track. the american people have entrusted senate democrats with an enormous responsibility. we will work every single day to reward the faith that you have placed in us. >> this is c-span's online store at cspanshop.org. new c-span products and with the 117th congress in session we're taking preorders for the congressional directory and every c-span shop purchase

helps support c-span's nonprofit operations. shop today. at c-spanshop.org. >> sunday night on q&a, a discussion on presidential inaugural addresses, from j.f.k. to the upcoming inaugural address of president-man elect joe biden with the former senior speech writer for president barack obama and john mcconnell former senior speech writer for president george w. bush. >> speesms have especially inaugural addresses have a kind of seal a. sense of the almost ambience of where the new president plans to take the country. so you think about j.f.k.'s inaugural there was a feeling of freshness, of newness and turning the page on an older generation and bringing in the new one. and you get that sense from inaugurals and so this is going to be an opportunity for president-man elect biden to offer what he -- what he thinks the tone of this moment ought to be. >> if you look at inaugural addresses through american history, the best ones, most

effective ones are the ones in which the new president points forward and really talks about his agenda, not necessarily in great specificity because you don't have the time to do that. and it's more of a thematic speech. but point clearly and kstly forward. announcer: presidential inaugural addresses with sarah perry and john mcconnell sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. up next, vice president mike pence speaks to sailors at naval air station lamore in california to highlight foreign policy achievements of the last four years. it's one of two visits to military installations the vice president has planned for this final weekend of the trump administration. ♪