>> download the fox news app. we'll see you tomorrow. >> sandra: fox news alert. the house voting to impeach president trump with the second time citing him with insurrection at the capitol next week. when will there be a trial? >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. 10 house republicans and liz cheney voted with democrats to impeach the president. they're facing blowback from their gop colleagues who say it could further divide the country. >> at the end of the day you saw a lot of members who said this is enough. let's focus on turning the page. let's focus on moving on and

that is going to happen next week on the 20th when joe biden is sworn in as president. you know, this is only going to make matters worse in a country that's deeply divided right now. >> sandra: impeachment heads to the senate where mitch mcconnell is telling republican colleagues he has not made a final decision on how he plans to vote but his office is telling fox news he won't reconvene the senate early for a trial. john roberts is live from the north lawn this morning. have we heard directly from the president on how he plans to handle impeachment? >> we did. good morning sandra and trace. speaking with a top white house official this morning who told me that if the paperwork goes over to the senate today, the white house expects that the trial would probably begin on the 21st. we'll see how that unfolds. one thing we do know is the legal team that handled the president's last impeachment trial in the senate from the white house counsel's office as

well as jay sekulow and other outside counsel won't be involved this time around. some outside attorneys who have politely declined at this point. the president trying to get together a legal team for the possibility there will be a trial in the senate. the video message last night the president did not mention impeachment. instead reflecting on the events of a week ago and looking ahead to f.b.i. warnings of possible armed protests surrounding the inauguration across the country. listen to what he said. >> president trump: no true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence. no true supporter of mine could ever disrespect law enforcement or our great american flag. every american deserves to have their voice heard in a respectful and peaceful way. that is your first amendment right. but i cannot emphasize that

there must be no violence, no law breaking, and no vandalism. >> with six days left in the presidency white house staff are aiming to keep the president focused on the issues that garnered him 74 million votes. economy, rebuilding the military, operation warp speed among them. he has been mostly staying out of public view, the president has had some smaller closed events at the white house presenting the medal of arts to country music stars toby keith and ricky skaggs. he will continue to have some smaller events as well. as for what happens in a senate trial now, the white house does expect that some republicans will vote against him. unclear whether it would be enough to convict him and prevent him from running for office again in 2024. while some republicans clearly have soured on the president, interesting to note that yesterday in that vote in the

senate 197 republicans voted against the article of impeachment. that's the same number that voted against the first article of impeachment in december of 2019, 198 voted against the second article of impeachment. now there are more republicans in congress than they were back then but still those numbers parallel what happened more than a year ago. >> sandra: we'll likely learn more details on the timing of a trial in the senate as the morning goes on. social media giants are getting a lot of blowback from conservatives who feel their viewpoints are being silenced. what's the latest you're hearing on the ban when it pertains to president trump? >> the bans keep on expanding. snapchat which has the president's account locked says it will permanently ban him as of the 20th joining twitter, facebook, instagram, youtube and implemented a temporary ban. the president got the message out last night. twitter ceo jack dorsey in another case of hindsight is

reflecting on the twitter ban and saying he was not sure it was the right thing to do and reflects as much on twitter as it does on the president in a tweet saying having to ban an account that has real and significant ramifications while there are clear and obvious exceptions i feel a ban is a failure of ours ultimately to promote healthy conversation and a time for us to reflect on our operations and the environment around us. twitter getting a lot of blowback from world leaders, german chancellor, mexico president, brazil and the acting prime minister of australia all saying it was the wrong thing to do. so as they did in locking the "new york post"'s account some time ago twitter getting a lot of blowback for banning president trump. >> sandra: we'll keep watching all that. thank you. parler ceo is warning the app may never return after several

major service providers have cut ties with the social media platform. >> it is a real threat. we're going to fight and do everything possible to come back as soon as possible, it could be never. we don't know yet. >> sandra: the parler chief telling reuters the future of his company is uncertain. amazon, apple and google pulled the plug on parler accusing it of failing to police violent content. >> trace: national guard ramping up its presence in d.c. up to 20,000 troops are expected in the nation's capitol as the d.c. police chief warns the threat level is at an all-time high. jennifer griffin live on capitol hill. good morning. what do you hear --

when threats were also extremely high. one website that the feds are monitoring has 1.7 million followers and is calling for upwards of 100,000 people to disrupt the inauguration. there have been even requests about the capitol hill police for .50 caliber machine guns though that hasn't been signed off an by the pentagon. security officials are weighing whether to ban trucks in the capitol in the coming days fearing the possibility of these vehicle-born truck bombs. as one senior national security official put it to me i don't underestimate any of these groups now. many have members with military training. we've seen that. some arrests on that front. the pentagon is concerned how many veterans we're seeing breaching the capitol. the mayor is urging visitors to stay home. >> we have asked americans not to come to the washington, d.c.

event but instead to participate virtually. we know that it's the right choice and the best way to keep everyone safe. >> major security threat and we are working to mitigate those threats so again we are just intently focused on the job at hand. >> airbnb has canceled reservations in the capitol until after the inauguration. >> trace: thank you. coming up next hour we'll speak with chad wolf the former acting dhs secretary who resigned a few days ago. that coming up 10:30 eastern time. >> sandra: thank you. for more let's bring in fox news contributor dan henninger, editorial page from the "wall street journal." everybody is weighing in. sean hannity gave us his take. listen. >> what we watched today was a

vindictive political theater, a slap in the face to the president and all his supporters some 75 million of them. with just one week until inauguration day. perhaps most importantly, this now lowers the bar for all future impeachments. >> sandra: i know you are writing your own take on all this, dan. in your piece in the "wall street journal" is nancy pelosi a mad genius, you ask? the house speaker knows one political reality, increase her vote and diminish the opposition. so what are you saying here? >> well, what i'm saying is that for all of the discussion and controversy that surrounds these subjects and the battles that go on around them, at the end of the day you have to hold an election, right? an election means you get more votes than the other person. what i argue in my column is that nancy pelosi concluded early on in the trump presidency that the democratic

party really didn't have much going for it in terms of ideas and its best bet to turn out voters was to keep the rage against donald trump, the hatred against donald trump going and to keep people concerned about the future of the country under the trump presidency. and so she did that with russia collusion narrative. donald trump being trump always cracked back at this and the country was in a state of constant volatility for four years. i think ultimately it caused a lot of suburban voters to decide they wanted to move on. she was successful making people vote against trump. in that georgia election as well we know that the turnout for republicans in several key georgia counties was smaller than usual but very strong for democrats. what nancy pelosi is doing is extraordinarily cynical, irresponsible, the country needs to get past this but i think that's why this second

impeachment has happened. she just wants to keep the anti-trump animus going for as long as she can. >> sandra: interesting take on that. your piece if it were still possible to think in america's best long-term interests the most statesman like thing mr. biden could do would pardon donald trump and move the country past its disorders. he won't. the pelosi calculus is the system's pain hurts the other side more. these days, you say, i'm not so sure about that. k.t. mcfarland said it is not just biden but trump and biden, the only two people in the room who can lower the temperature at this point. listen. >> there are only two ways, two people who can fix that right now. one is donald trump. he needs to tell his people my presidency is over. but i plan to stay in the arena and help a new generation of leaders and carry forward my foreign policy and national security policy. but joe biden needs to go to the other half of the country

and his people, martha and he needs to say you have to stand down. >> sandra: final thought on that? >> yeah, i think she is right and i think that as i argued joe biden should pardon donald trump. they should not have a trial in the senate. joe biden needs to get the whole trump fight behind him. he has a presidency ahead of him. something he has wanted his entire life. he has ideas, proposals. the notion that the senate would spend half a day trying donald trump and half a day nominating and approving his nominees and legislating his proposals, that's a delusion. joe biden is allowing nancy pelosi to intrude and impede theload star of his life. to be the president of the united states. that will give us plenty to argue about, no question about it. a lot of policies that will be controversial but he should get donald trump behind him right now so this country can move forward. >> sandra: what you continue to

hear from both sides and you heard from some republican members of congress in the debate on the house floor yesterday during the impeachment debate making the point that republicans, all of them for the most part, came out and immediately condemned the violence in the capitol last week. comparison to what we heard from democrats and the media in the wake of the riots over the summer when we saw businesses and many american cities under fire burning, riots, violence in the streets, dan. this is don lemon on cnn saying last week's capitol hear riots are not the same. >> you can't compare what happened this summer to what happened at the capitol. two different things. one was built on people on racial justice. facts, go look at them. what happened at the capitol on wednesday was based on a lie perpetrated by the president. >> the major city chief' association when done lemon

looked at the assessment. 1 to 3 billion in damage from the summer riots. 2,000 deaths, 30 at the capitol riot we're waiting to hear full damages. 50 officers injured. sadly deaths five. why is there immediately the media speaking out saying you can't compare these two? >> well, i cannot explain why don lemon thinks what he does. let's take it as it is. it is a fundamental disagreement. core reason why this country is so disrupted and divided. the people who invaded the capitol, we have seen their faces and they have been arrested and undoubtedly indicted. they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. but the individuals who across the summer invaded people's businesses, looted them, destroyed them should also be prosecuted because there is a sense now in the country, sandra, that justice --

criminal justice, crime, obvious crime is not being prosecuted in an even handed way. it makes people lose faith in the system itself. so that is why i think some of those people are going to have to be prosecuted. it is going to get some -- >> sandra: final question on alexandria ocasio-cortez. she is now talking about and says there are discussions of a commission to help rein in the media. watch this. >> there is absolutely a commission that is being discussed. several members of congress and some of my discussions have brought up media literacy because that is a part of what happened here. we are going to have to figure out how we rein in our media environment so that you can't just spew disinformation and misinformation. >> sandra: this is an example

of the left crushing dissent according to dave rubin. what did you get from a suggestion to rein in the media. >> i would like to propose a counter commission. a commission on the first amendment, sandra, which is to say free speech rights, an idea the left has lost sight of and has for about the last 20 years. we recall conservative speakers being driven off platforms of speech on campuses across the united states. if we're going to have a commission on media literacy, whatever that may be, let's have one on free speech. >> sandra: dan henninger, always good to talk with you. thank you. >> trace: the house voting to impeach president trump during his final week in office. house democrats say the president incited the mob that attacked the capitol. our next guest says the president's words were not a dog whistle for violence. jim trusty joins us now. always good to see you and make

sure i get it correct. you say the crime charged against the president was not met. words cannot be deemed dog whistles. they need to be taken with their ordinary meaning. are you going back to the legal definition of intent where they would have to prove the president intended for those people to storm the capitol, jim? >> yeah. this is putting it in the paradigm of criminal prosecution which i think we should do when it comes to impeachment. it is a political alternative to criminal prosecution. the articles of impeachment specify a crime, incitement to insurrection. when you look at the case law there are a couple of things. one you have to have a specific intent to cause violent overthrow of the government. the second is the words that are used, the advocacy part of that are given their ordinary and reasonable understanding. the point is not to suggest that there is not moral condemnation or a lot of room to criticize the president, but when you talk about it on a legal level and look at

insurrection and particularly incitement you can't just replace the word peaceful by saying there is a dog whistle that means violence. and so at the end of the day i think that it's inherently frail or faulty impeachment to rely on a crime when the words don't establish it. different than the emotionalism and the kind of passionate feelings about how the president could have done better. there is a fundamental flaw with this charge legally. >> trace: i want to listen to lindsey graham and get your response. >> we had an impeachment in 24 hours, without a witness, without a lawyer, without a real hearing. now what will the trial look like? we'll impeach donald trump after he is out of office if we go along with it as republicans we'll destroy the republican party. if we do it as a senate i think over time we'll destroy the presidency. >> trace: is the trial after he leaves office, one is it constitutional and legal and two, can he legally be deemed

unable to hold public office again and can he challenge it? final answer. >> there is a lot to unpack there. there was an op-ed by a retired fourth circuit judge that basically said if you look at the constitution articles 1 and 2 it is all in terms of pretense. the office holder, the high office holder being subject to removal or disqualification. it would certainly suggest if he is reading it right you have to go with present and resignation ends the inquiry. there is precedent from 1876 to suggest it might not be the end of the story. >> trace: always good to see you. thank you for coming on. >> sandra: fox news alert president-elect joe biden set to unveil his massive stimulus proposal today reportedly coming close to $2 trillion. what americans can expect from that plan. plus another social media ban for president trump as twitter ceo jack dorsey doubled down on suspending trump's account.

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>> congressman brian mast, a republican from florida who lost his legs fighting for democracy abroad, i don't know about his commitment to it here in the united states. >> trace: jake tapper criticized for talking about the -- he opposed president trump's impeachment. pete hegseth is here with us. great to see you. i want to play what congressman said a short time ago about jake tapper questioning his commitment to democracy. watch. >> i'm going to say to mr. tapper the same thing that half

of america is saying right now. hold me to a high standard, don't hold me to a double standard. me asking if any of these lawmakers that are about to vote have gone through any questioning, any hearings and asked any questions of anybody, that's an appropriate question. and it speaks to the foundation of our democracy. it doesn't diminish it. >> trace: pete also fought for this country. what would you say to jake tapper's comment questioning his commitment to democracy? >> congressman mast was very kind is the way i should put it. he stuck to the principle of what he argued on the house floor which is there were zero hearings or questions asked of anyone related to the incident on capitol hill as to whether or not they were motivated by the rhetoric of the president. he held out for 25 seconds of silence on the house floor which most members could never do. they obsess over their amount of time and how many words come

out of their mouth. he understands the gravity and power of this situation. jake tapper is an emotional bowl of soup with an inferiority complex for vets in the military. he is obsessive about it almost but his partisanship is what is blinding him at this moment. did the same thing to sean parnell and tried to convince him not to run for office. jake tap ser a democratic operative who went into media like a lot of other people on other networks. i know who jake tapper is. i have no personal animus for him but to pretend like i recognize he gave his legs on the battlefield but he doesn't care about democracy is the kind of cheap shot from a partisan posing as a journalist. >> trace: he said you are a hero for your service and i'm grateful as i've said before and yes, i question the

commitment to democracy of anyone who spread election lies, signed onto the deranged texas a.g. lawsuit and voted to commit sedition. you were not just asking questions. tried to back it up and went full throttle all over again. >> he can't resist. also someone should give jake tapper an education. they can't seem to get it right. there it is in the tweet he starts out with the fawning language, a lot of us have gotten it over direct message from jake tapper. and then he goes into his partisan nature of the attack which you can't even question at any level what happened in the election. you can't question whether we should look into it and you certainly can't defend the president who said you should peacefully protest.

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advisor robert wolf. robert, what can you tell us that you know about this plan? it looks like he will go big. >> well, first the timing couldn't be better because as numerous economists say there is no economic help without public help. we're having the pandemic spiral out of control. 1 in 5 businesses are closing. in today's jobless numbers were horrendous. we have 18 million people seeking unemployment assistance. so it has to be big, it has to be bold. it needs more direct payments, it needs food and security. help state and local communities and listen, we're in dire straits right now and there is no super v-shaped recovery that this trump administration talked about non-stop. it is just the opposite. >> sandra: bernie sanders is teasing his power ahead of the senate budget committee, charlie. the political headline.

aggressive bernie sanders on his big plans as budget chair and he is really teasing his power and influence in this interview saying i'm going to use reconciliation and in as aggressive a way as i can to address the terrible health and economic crisis facing working people today. $2 trillion plan. how big may bernie sanders go with this? >> this is the perennial problem with washington they believe the federal government is the answer to all problems. it's not. it is usually part of the problem. government is often part of the problem. one of the reasons is the economy is in so threatened right now is because of the government mandated shutdowns around the country, a very bad and why we're spending this time talking about impeachment instead of dealing with some of those issues is beyond me but the idea that was a very alarming interview with bernie sanders. the whole point of budget reconciliation, it's a tool to

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wall street foe sherrod brown head of the banking committee. biden will attempt to chart an economic policy that is visibly to the left of bill clinton and barack obama. if he succeeds, they are warning your taxes will go up, the regulations will be put back in place, that significantly improve the state of the economy pre-pandemic. are we going to see joe biden's economic policy left of bill clinton and barack obama, robert? >> i just have to go back. charlie couldn't be more wrong. budget reconciliation was used by trump for tax reform. the idea that it's the small things is absurd. >> joe biden and bernie sanders want to be like donald trump now? that's crazy. >> your facts aren't accurate on budget reconciliation to be clear. they were wrong. trump used it. >> they were, though. what is budget reconciliation used for? >> budget reconciliation is used all the time.

with respect to the build back better plan we need infrastructure. a huge infrastructure package. it should be bipartisan. trump had 20 infrastruck shooun -- it's the fastest of wage growth. >> sandra: you talk about how dire this economy in and how many people are out of work and struggling americans they are. those working have a hard time making ends meet. this administration is talking about raises taxes, robert. >> just to be clear they're not looking to raise anyone's taxes that makes under $400,000. if you make $800,000 your taxes go from 25 to 25 1/2%. by the way i'm not sure that will pass. >> sandra: i will put the question i put to robert i'm running out of time. will we see an economic policy from this incoming

administration left of clinton and obama. >> he never said anything that he is going to do or wants to do. i'm sure that if it were left up to joe biden he probably wouldn't pursue some of this stuff such as free healthcare for illegal aliens. but you have these people around him. he doesn't have a mandate, didn't run a campaign that said this is what i'm going to do all these people will rush in and take all their crazy ideas, free healthcare for illegal aliens and ram it through. the only way they get it through is improperly using something like budget reconciliation because they can't get the congress to -- >> sandra: robert, final question, hold on. answer one of my questions. you didn't answer the last one. final question now. is this biden plan or is this bernie sanders' plan? in addition to that this administration will pursue $15 federal minimum wage. strongly support the labor unions, two of the key pillars of sanders presidential

campaign. bernie sanders plan or biden? >> biden plan and the build back better plan is the biden plan. you should read it. the idea he didn't campaign on it. everyone said it was the best economic plan out there. i will send you the plan. you guys should put it out. >> sandra: thank you for joining us. charlie, good to see you. we'll have you back. thank you. >> trace: a new breakthrough on another coronavirus vaccine candidate. we'll dig into the results and how soon the johnson and johnson vaccine could arrive coming up. >> you'll have easier shipping, easier distribution and reach more people with less logistical issues and it is only one dose.

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>> sandra: washington, d.c. bracing for potential violence as we approach inauguration day. 20,000 national guard members have been deployed there. three times the number of troops now in iraq and afghanistan combined. chris swecker a former f.b.i. assistant director and joins us now. thank you for being here. the cover of the "new york post" this morning. bunker hill. it is astounding to see some of these images coming out of washington, d.c. with so many troops there and deployed there.

>> there certainly is. we are almost in a state of martial law. the political discourse has been inflammatory. there was an opportunity yesterday to dial it down. what's happened is the fringe elements, the unhinged elements on both sides of the political aisle are charged up and we're now seeing the right wing -- extreme right wing kick in. we've seen the left wing over the last year and a half and a digression and weakening of the police law enforcement responses to control crowds. so i'm not surprised at all the secretary of the army mccarthy has brought out the national guard. the real problem will come outside the perimeter when both the left and right extreme elements come together in the same place at the same time like they did in charlotte. police departments are not equipped to handle that. >> sandra: to that point we have ted wolf coming up, the former acting secretary who will weigh in from the homeland

security department. he has warned it is not the hard targets but the soft targets he is worried about. the troops will be able to protect the hard targets. continue with your concern on that. what do the american people need to know as far as the violence we saw on january 6. could it be a significant driver of violence around the country on inauguration day? >> it could well be. i'm not concerned about the inner perimeter around the capitol during the inauguration. the planning for that has been over the last year, a level one national security event. always has been. it has been enhanced. nobody will get inside the perimeter. as you say the soft areas. they are the problem. what i fear as a law enforcement and security professional is that generally law enforcement are not set up for crowd control these days. there are field force trained field forces who are trained in that but there are not enough of them. and will you have to call out the national guard to settle

things because again, the extreme elements on the right and left will come together at the same place at the same time. that's almost uncontrollable. it will happen across the country unfortunately. it is really up to the political leaders to dial this back and stop the inflammatory rhetoric. that is what is stirring up both extremist elements on both sides. >> sandra: to the messaging on this. the rest of the world is seeing that. 20,000 american troops deployed to the capital ahead of inauguration day. what message does that send? >> it's a bad message. it is a message of unrest. it is a message that this country is split and we're weaker when we're split right down the middle like we have been. i keep looking around for leaders who can dial this back and get away from the politics of retribution and settling scores. because that leaks out across the country. that's what charges up these

extremists on both sides of the political aisle. >> sandra: i hear great concern in your voice. do you believe we can safely secure the capitol on inauguration day, sir? >> i do. i think we can safely secure the inner perimeter and probably the outer perimeter. because of the extensive planning that we've had. this is a unified command system. for the inauguration. it is well practiced, it is well established. the protests or what turned into the riot last week, there was no unified command. every law enforcement agency seemed to be doing their own thing. they weren't trained, prepared or hadn't planned. this is a totally different scenario for the inner perimeter around the capitol. our fear again law enforcement across the country will be challenged on inauguration day and beyond until our leaders start dialing it back. >> sandra: chris swecker, thank you for joining us on that. appreciate it, sir, thank you.

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this is a more robust vaccine than the messenger rna ones we're using. they are more fragile and why thee need to be kept close. this uses a deactivated virus that can't get you sing and the genetics is dna rather than rna. you can keep it in the refrigerator up to three months. what is exciting today is that they looked at 71 days after the trial started in 805 volunteers and those who got the vaccine actually had 100% chance of making the kind of antibodies we need called neutralizing antibodies against the virus, 100% we're seeing the immune response we need. take this out to the large clinical trials you're talking about now. 45,000 people. we'll see if it is safe. in 22,000 people we'll see if it prevents the infection in 22,000 people. that we'll hear by the end of this month. i'm excited about this. you can keep it in the

refrigerator and you only need one shot. it is cheaper. >> trace: what really caught my attention is you are excited, wall street is very excited about this and anticipating it. i've always equated wall street is like the life events what vegas is to sporting events. they're very good at predicting outcomes and must love the simplicity of this vaccine. your reaction. >> absolutely. it is the simplicity, the durability, how easy to get out there. 100 million doses ready to go. we won't see the glitches we saw before. belgium that made this is skilled at vaccines. it is a vaccine looked at in many other models and tried in volunteers before. i think wall street has this right. we won't know for sure until the end of january but 100 million doses of this will get it to populations we really need. i like the messenger rna vaccines, too. i like the ones we have. i just got the second dose yesterday. i like it a lot.

this may be even better, one shot. >> trace: five seconds left. the new strain and new strains of virus, you worry about it. will the vaccine work against it, very quickly. >> yes, it will. mutations happen all the time. the virus is always mutating. it will be covered by the vaccine, the one coming out of ohio absolutely. >> trace: great advice, thank you, appreciate it. >> sandra: brand-new hour. house making history yesterday by voting to impeach the president for a second time. approving one article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection one week after a mob stormed the capitol. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," it is thursday morning and i'm sandra smith. hi, trace. >> trace: good morning, i'm trace gallagher. house speaker nancy pelosi quickly signing the impeachment document but refusing to say when she would send it over to the senate for a trial. house republican whip steve scalise earlier speaking out against rushing through an

impeachment without a single hearing. >> if they really wanted the facts and they think the facts are on their side they would have done that. they would have held a hearing and gotten all of this out there because we know the senate won't even take it up at the earliest until the 19th or 20th next week. so there was time to have hearings. they didn't want that. they just want to keep ratcheting up the rhetoric. >> sandra: mike emanuel is live in washington for us. mike, what are the next steps here? good morning. >> we're in for a bit of a wait. mitch mcconnell announcing he won't bring the senate back early. he said i believe it will best serve our nation if congress and the executive branch spend the next seven days focused on facilitating a safe inauguration and orderly transfer of power to the incoming biden administration. senate democratic leader chuck schumer vented his frustration. a senate trial can begin immediately with agreement from the current majority leader to

reconvene the senate for emergency session or begin after january 19th. make no mistake there will be an impeachment trial in the united states senate. that means a senate trial will be competing for time when the biden administration is trying to get its cabinet confirmed. the president-elect has floated the idea of half day trial, half day confirmations. some have suggested biden should call off an impeachment trial in the senate since president trump will be out of office. some house republicans are criticizing democrats for dragging their feet on covid relief but getting impeachment done without even a hearing. >> the american people see right through this. and quite frankly 74 plus million americans voted for president trump and for us republicans and i think they see the hypocrisy. it is overwhelming. >> trace: the dilemma for democrats president-elect biden wants to get big things done in his first 100 days and trying to bring the country together.

an impeachment trial could postpone that healing. >> sandra: mike emanuel in washington thanks. >> trace: this just in. five time olympic swimming medalist acaused of taking part in the capitol mob last week. one of the most prominent people to be charged so far in the assault, right? >> that's right, trace. he is a gold medalist who made headlines for his olympic victories. he is definitely getting more attention than some others accused of storming the capitol last week. criminal complaint appear to show him towering over the crowd in the capitol building and a u.s. olympic team jacket. he stands taller than the people around him.

keller is 6'6". reported former coaches and athletes identified keller in the video. keller competed in the 2000, 2004 and true 8 olympics winning gold as a member of the 800 meter freestyle reland. ceo of the u.s. olympics and parra olympic committee says she condemns the actions of the rioters of the u.s. capitol and released a statement saying at home and around the world team usa athletes are held to a very high standard as they represent our country on the field of play and off. what happened in washington, d.c. was a case where that standard was clearly not met. she goes on to say i urge everyone associated with team usa to continue to celebrate our diversity of backgrounds and beliefs. stand together against hatred and divisiveness and use our influence to create positive change in our community. as for keller, the 38-year-old is now charged with obstructing law enforcement, knowingly

entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct, trace. >> trace: christina coleman live in los angeles. thank you. >> we had an impeachment in 24 hours without a witness, without a lawyer, without a real hearing. now what will the trial look like? we'll impeach donald trump after he is out of office. to the american people, what good comes from impeaching president trump after he is out of office? that's an unconstitutional attack on the presidency. it will divide the country. it will incite violence. >> sandra: senator lindsey graham said a post presidential impeachment trial in the senate would be bad for the presidency and bad for the country. marc thiessen former speech writer for president bush and fox news contributor. you have a lot to say on this but here we go. left wondering what happens next as far as timing of a hearing in the senate. your thoughts on that and overall the president impeached for the second time in the

house yesterday. >> look, it's obvious the democrats are playing politics with the impeachment and the proof is in the pudding. nancy pelosi said on the house floor yesterday trump presented a clear and present danger to the country. she is afraid that another day that goes by that he has control of the nuclear codes could start a nuclear war. why did sthe wait a week after the riot to impeach him if he presented such a grave mortal threat to the country she had all house members there for the certification. why didn't she call the house into session on thursday and impeach him then. they aren't doing this because they think donald trump presents a threat. however, republicans have a problem. the reality is this time, unlike in last january, donald trump did commit ab impeachable crime. jim trusty is my friend and made a compelling case why

donald trump couldn't be convicted of incitement in a criminal court. impeachment isn't the same standard. it's political crimes that call into question a person's fitness for office. donald trump played with matches, started a forest fire even if he didn't mean to start the fire, he is responsible for it. and he poured gasoline on the fire by tweeting out instead of immediately when the assault happened there is a "washington post" tik tok story today people were pleading with him to call off the mob and he wouldn't. an hour into the assault he tweeted an attack on mike pence while he was hiding in an undisclosed location with the mob chanting hang mike pence. he fueled the fire and he tried to get mike pence to commit an unconstitutional act, to reject the electors and he used a crowd to try to coerce him into doing it. i think the president has

committed an impeachable offense and now the senate republicans are stuck with having to deal with that mess as a result. >> sandra: which way do you think mitch mcconnell will go on this? >> i don't know. the reality is first of all if he does go to convict it makes it more likely it's possible republican votes to convict him. mitch mcconnell holds donald trump's fate in his hands. lindsey was saying as you introduced this segment that there is no need to do this because donald trump is out of office. two remedies in the constitution in impeachment. one is removal. the other is prohibition on running again. donald trump is probably the first president since grover cleveland in 1896 that has a reasonable chance of coming back and winning back the presidency. so the problem for republicans is if this trial goes ahead and he is acquitted, he can claim vindication and may emerge stronger as a result of this.

i think it's part of the reason why democrats are trying to jam republicans into a vote. it is clear that donald trump committed an impeachable offense. not prudent to go through with the impeachment but now we have no choice because the democrats have acted. >> sandra: "wall street journal" editorial board this morning said this. the seven day impeachment, best outcome is to make the house vote the end with no senate trial. some democrats claim a trial is necessary to add to your point, marc e, the sanction that mr. trump can never run for office again but it's attached to removal from office. our guess is mr. trump is finished as a serious presidential contender says the editorial board unless democrats try to rehabilitate him with a trial that looks vindictive. an interesting way to look at it. i'll let you leave off with this question, marc, as far as the republican party and the fractures in the party and what is next for them. obviously questions about donald trump's future but for the party itself, what needs to

happen next, marc? >> so first of all i think the journal may be right. it may not be prudent to go ahead and actually go through with the impeachment. that dye is already cast and republicans have to take votes you don't want to take. that seems to be where we're headed. in future of the republican party, i think that there is a difference between trump and trumpism. trumpism if you define it as transform the republican party into a party of the working class, the party of the small guy, the party of small business. democrats are the party of the elites, suburban and big business and big government. so that has to continue. but the fear right now is donald trump has enough power to win back the nomination i think in 2024. i think his support among republicans has gone down from 85 to 75%. that's high. you can win the republican nomination with 35% of the vote. he could be the republican

nominee but because of all this, the unelectable in a general election and that could insure four more years of democratic rule and maybe president kamala harris. the republican party needs to deal with this problem. >> sandra: interesting analysis. good to talk with you. thank you. >> thank you, sandra. >> trace: far left democrat alexandria ocasio-cortez firing a warning shot to the media. >> we're going to have to figure out how we rein in our media environment so you can't just spew disinformation and misinformation. >> trace: what does this mean for free speech and freedom of the press? plus twitter ceo jack dorspeaking out on his ban of president trump and suggests the move could backfire down the road as some critics say big tech has already gone too far. >> you hear these companies talk about how their whole model is about free speech.

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>> sandra: watchdog group calling out new york governor

andrew cuomo saying his administration is dragging his feet on releasing the total number of nursing home deaths from covid-19. so far the state released the number of residents who died in nursing homes, not those who died after being sent to the hospital. full records are not expected to be available until late march. >> there is absolutely a commission that is being discussed. several members of congress and some of my discussions have brought up media literacy because that is a part of what happened here. we are going to have to figure out how we rein in our media environment so that you can't just spew disinformation and misinformation. >> trace: congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez putting the press on notice. the far left democrat saying lawmakers are looking into forming a commission to study ways to fight misinformation as you heard after last week's riot on capitol hill.

joe concha is here and politics and media columnist for the hill. always good to see you. the left goes crazy when they hear the term fake news. alexandria ocasio-cortez now wants to control the media. your thoughts. >> yeah, absolutely a commission that is being discussed is what she just said and what you just played there, trace. to rein in our media environment. so let's see how alexandria ocasio-cortez defines truth. i found a 60 minutes interview from 2018. if people want to blow up one figure or one word there, i would argue that they're missing the forest for the trees. there are a lot of people more concerned about being -- the key part -- precisely correct than being morally right. her definition is facts aren't as important as if you are on the right side or the wrong side of history or what she sees as the better moral

argument. so let's say i want to do a report on defunding police and effect it has had on departments done that in cities around the country, new york, seattle, minneapolis where we've seen spikes in violent crimes and shooting and i present that report. because alexandria ocasio-cortez champions obviously defunding the police does that mean i'm morally wrong and i'll be called before the commission to explain myself? it is a slippery slope. we can't have the government regulating what the media does and doesn't do and shocked there there aren't almost a handful of journalists talking about this right now when it's one of the more scary things you'll hear from a government official. >> trace: here is what dave rubin said about this. watch. >> now you have politicians saying okay, let's get rid of misinformation and instead of the government having to do it they can do it through big tech so it doesn't seem like a full on assault on the first amendment which is about the

governmenting after speech. >> trace: who needs the government when you have big tech? >> it's a very good point. i think democrats trace now control the congress, they control the senate, they control the oval office. perhaps feeling a bit bold by what they saw with big tech and their success in terms of censorship and banning the president of the united states from his twitter account but then say the leading state sponsor of terror in iran and their supreme leader allowed to stay on or farrakhan or richard spencer. no consistency. big tech can do it, why can't the u.s. government do it as well with people we deem as not our friends as far as reporting is concerned. that is as chilling as anything you'll ever hear. >> trace: the "wall street journal" tweeted this correction from cnn quoting. correction, a previous version of this story, cnn correcting it. misstated that ted loo* grabbed

a crowbar. he grabbed a pro bar, energy bar. that's a big difference. little thing. >> i don't know how to complete this thought that -- this conversation we're having. if grabbed russell crowe. that's a big distinction. good they did the correction despite however embarrassing it was. >> trace: always good to talk to you, sir, thank you. >> sandra: thousands of armed troops moving into position around our nation's capitol to secure a peaceful transition of power next week. former acting homeland security secretary chad wolf ahead on the possible threats and the danger of violence and president trump's role in it. long lines waiting to get into disneyland. how the happiest place on earth is transforming itself to survive the pandemic.

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>> trace: top stories this hour. house democrats are calling for an investigation into what they say were reconnaissance tours of the u.s. capitol a day before the riot last week. 34 lawmakers say they noticed an unusually high number of tour groups.

>> sandra: none of its ships set sail until the end of march. cdc says cruises can resume operation once they prove they can operate with covid health and safety measures in place. >> trace: in virginia two off duty police officers have been charged in connection with the deadly capitol hill riot. they were arrested wednesday after they were photographed making obscene gestures in front of a statue inside the capitol during the breach. for more on these and other stories download the fox news app. scan the qr code on your screen or go to foxnews.com/apps. >> sandra: our next guest says words matter and that president trump deserves some blame for the speech he gave before crowds of supporters before they stormed the u.s. capitol last week. joining us now former acting homeland security secretary chad wolf. good morning, sir, welcome. thank you for being here. >> good morning, thank you. >> sandra: you served 14 months in your role in this administration. from your view, what role did

the president play in last week's violence? >> well, i think as we look back at the events of last week i think certainly the president's words matter. i've said that publicly on several occasions now. the individuals the stormed the capitol, rioters, criminals that did that have a lot of blame for their actions themselves and i think that's important to keep in mind. i would just pivot a little bit to the events we saw over the summer. actions in portland, oakland, areas like that where the activities of very violent individuals trying to burn down a courthouse and other similar to what we saw in the capitol trying to disrupt the workings of the federal government. and at that time there was very few outrage, very few outspoken individuals about the attack on those federal facilities and law enforcement. we need to make sure that across the board that individuals are shown the same type of outrage during the summer where law enforce t was

under siege. we need to keep that in perspective. the president's words do matter. supporters and others listen to him. i expressed my disappointment in him not coming out sooner but he has done it since then. i encourage him to do more of that. i think at the end of the day personal responsibility and the individuals that again attacked the capitol have a tremendous amount of personal responsibility and as we see in the news every day are being held accountable. >> sandra: you immediately condemned the violence you saw in the capitol last week and immediately called for the president to do so as well and said if he did, you would agree to stay on board the administration until its final day. the president did eventually condemn that violence but still you resigned early. why did you decide to walk away? >> so as you know, sandra, the department over the last several months, the authority as the acting secretary has been the subject of litigation on a number of fronts.

as recently as last friday had another court ruling miss guided in my opinion that had a nationwide injunction. i did not see a legal path forward and i wanted to preserve the good work the department has done over the last four years. we've done a tremendous amount of work whether we talk about increase border security, restoring integrity to the -- i wanted to make sure the department was best positioned to continue to fulfill those duties and make decisions, the acting secretary will continue to make decisions over the course of the next several days and into the transition of power. i did not see a legal path forward in those final days and i wanted to make sure the department was best positioned as that transition of power. >> sandra: do you worry all that work you did under this administration will be undone under the incoming administration especially now that democrats control the

senate? >> i think that's certainly a concern particularly when you look at some of the border security and immigration security measures that have probably been the most debated. but again i am extremely proud of what we accomplished on the border. securing our borders, making sure we have national sovereignty. it's a big issue. when you talk to men and women of the border patrol they want the new border wall system and craved that and thankful for the president and the department for giving that to them. we talked about restoring integrity to the immigration system. what we saw four years ago with a system that was broken. i think most people would say that. we saw an immense amount of fraud within the immigration system. we have taken a number of steps over the last four years to root out that fraud and bring integrity back to the immigration system. certainly some of the comments made by president-elect biden's team as they come in i think are a little concerning. i think it's important that the american people continue to watch that. at the end of the day this is about protecting the homeland, it's about protecting american

citizens, not about politics. we need to make sure the measures that have been put in place or even new measures are doing just that and we're not catering to one political spectrum or ideology, one side of the aisle or the other. this is about the security of the american people. >> sandra: i want to ask you about the security at the capitol for the inauguration next week. the "new york post" this morning has a picture with the headline bunker hill on it. soldiers camping out at the capitol. 20,000 are deployed to the nation's capital. you look at the scene and think well certainly things will be safe but your early departure from the department of homeland security is calling into question whether or not things are in flux. what impact do you think your departure will have on the ability to secure the capitol for the inauguration? >> i heard that criticism. it is made by individuals who don't know how the system works.

the thing in place throughout this week and next week is run by professional law enforcement individuals. command and control by the secret service. d.o.j., law enforcement, d.o.d. national guard. m.p.d. in metro d.c. and others. it is now an operational matter that law enforcement officers are taking place. the acting secretary or the secretary has very little job other than make sure the coordination continues to occur. i will say the acting deputy secretary at the department of homeland security is our chief operating officer remains in his post so i see almost no issues with the leadership at the department and again this command and control, the unified command structure around this event and the inauguration security is being managed from the united states secret service and other professional law enforcement officers. i have every trust and confidence in their ability to

do their job at the end of the day. >> sandra: quite a a scene to see the troops. what's next for you, real quick? >> thank you. >> sandra: what's next for you, chad? >> didn't hear that question. i look to stay involved in a lot of these issues on the homeland security side and we'll see what that brings. >> trace: after being closed since the beginning of the pandemic disneyland is opening doors to serve as one of california's covid vaccine super sites. william la jeunesse. how will officials control the number of people showing up at disneyland? >> it's supposed to be by appointment, trace. hundreds showed up yesterday without one and the website crashed. demand outstripping supply. gates are supposed to open at 8:00. we saw cars trying to get in at 6:00. california, like most states, is playing catch-up. criticized for failing to

deliver the vaccines it had. most not all states are offering the vaccines not just to medical workers but anyone over 65 or under that age with a medical issue. and they are coming to super sites like this one at disney and nfl stadiums in boston, atlanta, phoenix, ballpark in san diego. the rules differ by states, even counties. there is a lot of confusion. is it age 65 or 75? how do i sign up? need an appointment or i.d. some yes, others no. some states are doing better than others administering the vaccines they received. the best west virginia at 69% followed by north dakota, south dakota, connecticut and rhode island. the worst, georgia at 20, followed by alabama, hawaii, idaho, california at 26%. >> the state vaccine roll-out has been a bit disappointing.

we need the state to distribute vaccines to the county quickly. >> so cases are still rising in about a dozen states and the university of washington projects nationally infections will peak around january 28th and fatalities will crest 10 days later on february 10th. >> the next wave is in the next week is when those people peak and need to be interest baited or use icu services. either you get better or you don't. >> going forward states will receive more doses, vaccine doses from the federal government, trace, based on their population over 65, not the population at large. back to you. >> trace: william, thank you. >> sandra: new financial fallout from the big tech crackdown on president trump. what the ceo of parler is saying about the future of his

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watch. >> it is a real threat. i mean, we're going to fight and do everything possible to come back as soon as possible. it could be never. we don't know yet. >> trace: let's bring in fox business senior correspondent charlie gasparino. could be never is the last thing he said. you have to have somebody to host you or you're done. what does it mean for parler and other companies that apple and google and amazon decide are unworthy? >> this is a fascinating legal question. i've been talking to lawyers about this over the last couple of days. there is potentially an antitrust issue here. one thing i know from covering wall street is firms themselves cannot band together and call uday to set a price for an ipo or stock or bond. you cannot coordinate your efforts. if you do that, you run right into head first into the and i trust laws. if there was any sort of collusion, any sort of

communications between -- i'm not saying there were, but if there was something between all these media outlets where all these tech outfits what should we do, let's do it, you know, he has a case and he has a case with damages probably. now, the question is whether there was any communications. it could have just been they all decided and drink the same kool-aid, they're in silicon valley, left of center, they're scared. they have some legitimate reasons to be scared about content on their platforms particularly at parler or any content, twitter has enacted a massive crackdown on content it deems inappropriate. the first amendment allows them to pick and choose who goes on their platform because they're private companies. if there is any coordination he has a problem -- he has a case, the parler ceo. what i don't understand is

amazon isn't the only cloud service in the world. there are other cloud services. why can't he go to oracle? this is where it's like not making sense. oracle is a friend of trump, a big trump supporter and more open to parler if they done what they said they're doing weeding out the bad stuff on their platform. >> trace: a fair point. i think he is trying. you go back to the microsoft antitrust case and listen you are taing away consumer choice. amazon said this. this case is about parler's demonstrated unwillingness and inability to remove from the servers of amazon web services content that threatened the public safety such as by inciting and planning the rape, torture and assassination of named public officials and private citizen. twitter posted kill trump, #assassinate trump #pigs in a blanket. fry them like bacon. the hypocrisy is overwhelming.

>> here is the thing. i agree. anybody that has been on twitter knows you have to see the stuff they throw at me. it is little old me, you know what i'm saying? most of it is invective. some of it may be real. here is the thing that parler, which helps his case. he did from what i understand hire a bunch of people, a bunch of workers to basically clean up the site and then they shut him down. you know, it is kind of interesting that you can just shut somebody down even if they do make a decent faith effort to clean up what you say a is wrong. that may be looked as cans by the court. the first amendment does not translate into private business. the strongest ground he has is if amazon, apple, if there was any direct collusion between those players. then he has a case. >> trace: if they were in

cahoots it is big trouble. always great to see you. >> sandra: all right. it is a new year and a new lineup is coming to the fox news channel starting on monday morning. "america's newsroom" will kick off daytime from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. with bill hemmer and dana perino followed by harris faulkner with the "the faulkner focus" at 11:00 and outnumbered at noon and the debut of "america reports." we'll be live from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. from me and my colleague john roberts. "the story" will air at a new time at 3:00. fox news prime time kicks off at 7:00 p.m. eastern and we hope to see you right here. join us monday. >> trace: you have to watch out for that john roberts guy, sandra. new york governor andrew cuomo facing new heat from restaurant owners in the big apple and why they say his lockdowns and restrictions make it impossible to stay in business. ion with acetaminophen fights pain in two ways. advil targets pain at the source...

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does anybody believe these people are genuine? >> i don't know about you but i'm up in arms that nancy pelosi would describe herself as mother abds daughter. the world may never be the same place. i'm glad we're having this conversation. with everything else going on this month people missed the fact that the house went totally gender neutral at the beginning of the year and nancy pelosi introduced that resolution banning gendered terms, gender-specific words from the written rules. like you said you could still same them on the house floor, i guess you can't write them. things like chairman go to chair, mother would be parent, daughter goes to child. i don't usually like when people say that congress should focus on this rather than that because i think that lawmakers should be able to do two things at the same time just like everybody else. but this one seems like a really big waste of time. the list of dos and don'ts we saw are long. i don't understand what is

better about saying parent rather than writing mother and father. these documents aren't tell grams. they aren't being charged per word. this is pandering and silly and most people see it for what it is. >> trace: it gets better, in the house of course, designed to be the institution closest to the american people to reflect the hopes, the dreams, the aspirations, the fears, concerns, anxieties and the words of the framers the passions of the american people. he is talking about the resolution, you know, gender pronouns, he is saying look, yeah, it's okay to say them out loud, not okay -- it doesn't make any sense. >> you know what? you're so right. it is very hard to keep up because in the beginning of the year congressman cleaver ended the prayer with amen and awoman. nancy pelosi in her twitter bio

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>> we simply cannot stay closed until the vaccine hits critical mass. the cost is too high. we must reopen the economy but we must do it smartly and safely. >> sandra: new york's andrew cuomo reversing course saying that there are plans now to reopen the state's economy relying on testing but not giving much more detail than that. the governor saying extended lockdowns have been terrible for the state's economy but now he is facing a lawsuit from new york city restaurants over the constantly changing covid resolutions. welcome back to the program. we caught up to you in the middle of this and the struggles you were facing. what did you think when you saw

that shift in tone from the governor saying basically we can't stay -- we can't keep shutting down? >> his plan seems arbitrary and capricious. a sporting event, getting a test before you meet your friends at a local pub. >> sandra: over 8,000 restaurants have had to shut down in the city since the pandemic. he is talking about being able to help new york. a lot of people are questioning the timing of all this. here is more from if governor. >> basic fairness from washington finally. with our new president, a new senate, and the house members, i believe they will do justice. if washington does tell new

york to effectively drop dead once again, i would be shocked. >> sandra: now the restaurants are suing. there is this lawsuit that is the definition of non-essential they're talking about these businesses that were not able to remain open and struggling to survive. what is the take on all of that from your view, those constantly changing regulations and what it did to your business? >> it makes it impossible for us to operate. we've been pretty much closed or severely restricted for over 10 months at this point. and the help we've gotten in the form of didl and ppp loans are meant to gap a small period of time. the business takes on debt thinking in a couple of months we can open to be able to generate our own revenue. at this point what we need is the biden administration to pass the restaurant act that has to be in conjunction with governor cuomo letting us open so we can get back on track and make money and employ people.

>> sandra: it's unbelievable. he made news also by a grave forecast that said the state would have quote nothing left to open if we don't do something now. so many people are saying this is what we saw all along. our best to you, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me back. >> sandra: we'll follow up. starting a new hour with a stunning sight in washington thousands of national guard troops ready to defend the capitol as officials say extremist groups could be planning attacks ahead of joe biden's nomination next week. what a sight that is. welcome to "america's newsroom." i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good to see you. hello, i'm trace gallagher. the threat to d.c. is not limited to just d.c. f.b.i. is warning all 50 state capitols could see armed protests around inauguration. national guard is told to prepare for improv iced explosives, the same warning given to troops in afghanistan. here is what former acting

homeland security secretary chad wolf told sandra a few minutes ago. >> i see almost no issues with the leadership at the department and again this command and control, the unified command structure around this event, around the inauguration security is being managed from the united states secret service along with other professional law enforcements officers. i have every trust and confidence in their ability to do their job at the end of the day. >> trace: national security correspondent jennifer griffin live on capitol hill. >> well, we're standing here. you can tell it's very quiet on capitol hill other than the national guard behind me. you can see the delaware national guard, the m.p. battalion brought out army vehicles. we have now learned from national security officials who tell me that there have been calls with governors about the

threats to state capitols. those state capitols may also need national guard to secure them in the lead-up to the inauguration with the rising threat assessment that some of these armed groups are threatening those capitols. it will be a lot harder for them to get to the d.c. capitol for inauguration day. the entire d.c. mall will be closed to the public other than media and security on inauguration day. security officials also tell me they are closing all of the basements to buildings near the capitol. they are in the process of doing that. new barbed wire fencing. the capitol hill police are so on edge they're requesting for national guard. authorization is up to 20,000 guard troops. more than twice what was mobilized for the obama inauguration when threats were extremely high. one website that the feds are

monitoring has 1.7 million followers and is calling for upwards of 100,000 people to disrupt the inauguration. some are calling for armed militias to march on the capitol. there have been requests by the capitol hill police for machine guns, that hasn't been signed off on by the pentagon. security officials are weighing whether to ban trucks in the capitol in the coming days fearing the possibility of vehicle-born ieds of truck bombs. as one senior national security official told me i don't underestimate any of these groups. many have members with military training. the pentagon is concerned about how many veterans were seen breaching the capitol. the mayor is urging visitors to stay home. >> there is a major security threat and we're working to mitigate those threats. so again we are just intently focused on the job that's at

hand. >> give jenkins has confirmed the existence of a secret service memo that discussed some of the threats posed like groups called the boogaloos, neo-nazi, white supremacist, some libertarians who wear hawaiian shirts. the funny images of them in the blm protests last summer. that they are one of the groups they're watching because of threats to disrupt the inauguration. back to you, trace. >> trace: jennifer griffin live on capitol hill. thank you. >> sandra: let's bring in michael allen, he served on the national security council under president george w. bush. you have spent your career in the national security arena. you see what's happening next week and the preparations underway. do you believe it's possible to secure the capitol on inauguration day based on the events last week.

>> definitely. i know the u.s. secret service as they have declared this a national security special event have this locked down. i'm very confident that they and the national guard and the f.b.i. and the capitol police and others will be able to put out sufficient numbers of people and guards and the rest. look, i think what they're doing now is they are over preparing. sending a message of deterrents to would be demonstrators or people who want to make more trouble like they did on the capitol last week to say listen, if you try to even come here it would be fruitless so don't come. >> sandra: we see the preparations underway and the video as you are talking of the troops deployed to the capital. quite a scene when you see that, michael. certainly sends a message to the world as to what we're seeing happen here at home. what happened last week. what needs to be done. apparently to secure the capitol. >> i don't love the image that

we have to be a lockeddown military camp like the green zone in baghdad to have an inauguration. i understand where they are coming from because of the events of last week and i do think they're trying to send a message of deterrents. but it does concern me that it looks like that we are an armed army camp here. >> sandra: interesting. chad wolf the former dhs secretary resigned from the trump administration and joined us last hour and he was calling on leadership to call for peace on all levels by both biden and trump. listen. >> as we look back at the events of last week i think certainly the president's words matter and i think i've said that publicly on several occasions now. but the individuals that stormed the capitol, rioters, criminals that did that have a lot of blame for their actions themselves. >> sandra: michael, how important is it to hear from

leadership whether it's the current president trump, the incoming president joe biden to put a message out there of calm and call for peace on inauguration day? >> it's critically important to send that message from all of the national leadership. every little bit helps. every little bit i think would dissuade and would be protestors or troublemakers from coming to town. i think it's critical and glad president trump put out the statement he did yesterday. i hope there is more to come on that front. we really just need to send a message that this is not the united states of america free protest is absolutely fine, but we can't have the type of violence we saw. by the way, last week in all the news about the storming of the capitol, we haven't been able to talk as much about the pipe bombs that were set near the republican national committee and the democratic national committee here in washington that is an unacceptable level of violence and we all need to

speak against it. >> sandra: there are also these reports of some extremists using encrypted chat messaging rooms to try to encourage gatherings or protests or riot,. what is it that we're hearing on that front? how do you protect against that as we see the f.b.i. is warning police departments at the local levels across the country now that prepare, this violence could come to a place near you? >> that question is on point. the f.b.i. has been warning at least for the last decade that encrypted apps, whatsapp and the rest of the things we all use, that they are unable to get a warrant even if they have probable cause the try to check out a terrorist or child molestors and the like on that. this is one of the dilemmas that congress will have to solve. how can free, law abiding citizens communicate but at the

same time how can law enforcement eavesdrop where they need to and have probable cause so that we can nip future crimes in the bud. and this is just an issue that congress has ignored and we have to get into it. it is called ubiquitous encryption and we need to move on it as a country. >> sandra: thank you for joining us this morning. >> trace: president trump delivering his strongest condemnation yet of the riots at the capitol saying anybody involved in political violence is not a supporter of his. this message coming just hours after he was impeached by the house for a second time. our chief white house correspondent john roberts live on the north lawn. what is the white house expecting the next steps will be in the impeachment process? >> according to the white house there is no question an impeachment trial in the senate would not be designed to remove president trump from office because even if the articles go over from the house to the senate today a trial couldn't

start until the 21st, which means the only reason why you would have a trial in the senate would be to prevent the president from running for office again in 2024. the white house does expect that a number of republicans in the senate may vote to convict the president in a senate trial. the question is would it be enough to garner the 2/3 majority needed to exclude him from holding office. clearly the president has lost support from a number of republicans. white house officials point out 197 republicans voted against impeachment in the house. that is the same number in december 2019 though there are more republicans in the house now than there were a year ago. in a post impeachment many that many colleagues said would have been helpful the president ignored the house vote on impeachment voc used on last week's riots and future f.b.i. warnings about the potential for more violence in and around the inauguration. listen here.

>> president trump: mob violence goes against everything i believe in and everything our movement stands for. no true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence. i have directed federal agencies to use all necessary resources to maintain order. in washington, d.c. -- >> social media platforms continue to jump on the ban trump band wagon. snapchat now says it will suspend him permanently as of wednesday, inauguration day. in his video message last night the president saying bans are the wrong thing to do. listen here. >> president trump: these are tense and difficult times. the efforts to censor, cancel and black list our fellow citizens are wrong and they are dangerous. what is needed now is for us to listen to one another, not to silence one another.

>> the president's aides are trying to put together a legal team to handle his defense in a senate trial. he has to get some team together as it looks like it will go forward. his original team are not going to be involved. it is possible that alan dershowitz could be involved again possibly rudy giuliani and john eastman as well. white house business, the only thing on the schedule was presenting the medal of freedom to bill belichick. that is now off the schedule since belichick declined the honor. the president is focused on pending pardons to coming. that and his plans to leave the white house. when that will happen and where the president will be going. >> trace: john roberts live at the white house. thank you. >> sandra: the nation watches the impeachment and the ongoing transition the incoming president joe biden is making big plans that will affect all of our lives.

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>> everything is perfect and we don't lose any more vendors which won't happen. you are talking half a week. you start losing any more, you know, it could be never. we don't know yet. >> sandra: as parler continues its fight against big tech he says president trump was set to join his service after he was blocked by twitter but after amazon got word of that, it chose to shut down parler across its platform. now matze says parler may never

return. dan springer is on that live in seattle and has the latest. >> john roberts has confirmed that president trump was considering a move over to twitter -- to parler after his twitter account was blocked but that move was shut down by his son-in-law, jared kufpner, out of concerns about the security of the platform of parler. today is a critical day for parler as it tries to get back online at least on amazon servers. in couple of hours a judge will hear parler's request for a retraining order. amazon shot down parler over the riot saying it hadn't done enough to remove violent content. parler and conservatives call it censorship of the right. >> this is really a very big kind of attack on a small business, on up and coming

start-ups and on free speech online. it seems to be that if you aren't in the club you don't get access to the internet. >> in its response to the lawsuit amazon said the case is not about free speech but rather parler breaching its contract. amazon claims it gave parler many warnings over the last several months about doing a better job regulating content which calls for violence. last week's capitol riot was the last straw. in a legal response amazon wrote compelling amazon web services to host content that plans, encourages and incites violence would be unprecedented. parler has no likelihood of prevailing on the merits. hearing the case is a judge appointed by jimmy carter in 1980. considered a liberal activist judge. that may help parler. she struck down the flag protection act back in the 90s tasked by congress to outlaw flag burning. the judge ruled that burning

the american flag is protected free speech. interesting to see what she does in a couple of hours with this speech online. sandra. >> we'll watch for that. dan springer live in seattle. thanks. >> you can't shut down conservative thought. you can't engage in viewpoint discrimination. this is dangerous. it is not about being conservative or liberal. if any of these companies can shut down the president of the united states, they can shut down you. >> more backlash against big tech after snapchat joins the list of tech companies banning president trump from its service. the censorship efforts have gotten the attention of foreign leaders condemning the suppression of free speech. katie pavlich joins me now. the prime minister of poland said there is no tolerance for censorship nor can there ever be. state censorship such as the one poland face under communism or the private type as we see

today. freedom of speech is a cornerstone of democracy. that's why we must defend it. isn't it interesting you find it fascinating that those who lived under communism really hate censorship. those who lived under socialism really love capitalism. your thoughts. >> it also of course there is german chancellor merkel coming out 57bd saying the banning of president trump on social media is a serious problem. when you have a country that has a history of real fascism and book burning, warning the united states and big tech companies that this could lead to worse consequences for the country you should probably pay attention. you also have the leading russian dissident against vladimir putin coming out and saying he is very concerning about big tech censorship and leftist activists as well aclu power structures change in america and if they can ban one

side of the political aisle from discussing issues in these forums online they can do it to the other side. i think the big issue and question here is jack dorsey coming out last night on twitter trying to explain the balance that twitter is trying to work with, trying to balance the issue of speech with also private companies versus the government. but when big tech becomes bigger than the government and overtakes these principles of the first amendment, for example, there are serious questions about what can be done about it. >> trace: you mentioned jack dorsey. he said i'm not sure this was the right move to ban the president and you mention also the russian critic of putin who said, in my opinion the decision to ban trump was based on emotions and personal political preferences. don't tell me he was banned for violating twitter rules. i get death threats every day for many years and twitter doesn't ban anyone. he went on to say not that i asked for it.

you go on and talked about this earlier twist *r twitter hosted #kill trump, #assassinate trump. #pigs in a blanket fry them like bacon. they were on there for a long time. the whole idea of the hypocrisy is stunning. >> and, trace, these big tech companies like amazon and twitter and facebook justify their decisions to not just eliminate president trump from these networks but also conservatives who dare to express an opinion that is controversial or opposite of leftist thought, and they argue that they've done this as a result of these people and individuals or groups violating their standards and their terms of agreement. well, if you look across all the platforms. we are seeing reporting now from the "washington post" that some of this planning of the siege on the capitol last week happened on these very social networks facebook and twitter.

if you have a standard to keep death threats off your platforms fine. you need to apply it to everybody equally. if not it's arbitrary and looks like discrimination and happening to one side of the political aisle as we have seen. >> trace: snapshot based on his attempts to spread misinformation, hate speech and incite violence we have made the decision to permanently term his account speaking of the president. your final thoughts on this 15 seconds, katie. >> this argument about misinformation, if they are going to argue the issue is misinformation the solution is more information to counter misinformation not to just ban people who happen to say things you disagree with. >> trace: alexandria ocasio-cortez will have it all worked out in the near future. we shouldn't worry about it. katie pavlich. great to see you. >> good to see you. >> sandra: president-elect joe biden going big set to unveil a

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>> trace: top stories bottom of the hour. a look at gold medalist facing charges in last week's assault on the capitol after video showed him in a crowd invading the building. people who recognized him tipped off law enforcement and he faces several charges including violent entry and obstructing law enforcement. >> sandra: jobless claims out surging to their highest weekly total since august. 965,000 new requests for unemployment aid last week amid signs of a slowdown in hiring due to the pandemic. >> trace: during a transfer of power like no other a sign that some things never change. the white house inviting joe and jill biden to spend the night before his inauguration in the blair house. the guest quarters across the street from the executive mansion. the bidens accepted the offer as has every new first family since president carter began the tradition.

>> this to me it was a historic day. president being impeached twice but how we've cheapened impeachment that's what stood out. i don't think the president behaved well by firing people up but i don't think that he should have been impeached and at this late date it seems gratuitous. >> sandra: bill mcgurn with his take and strong reaction on the house vote yesterday with impeachment heading to the senate. mitch mcconnell will not reconvene early. there won't be a trial before trump leaves office. how hard will democrats push when they take over the senate? let's bring in the panel. a republican campaign strategist. good morning to both of you. thank you for being here. so did democrats cheapen those

republicans that voted for it? did they cheapen impeachment with what they did yesterday? >> no. we saw last week we have for too long had hate-filled rhetoric in politics. i don't know if it's for clicks or views but we saw this really come to an ugly point when we had the con federal flag breach the capitol for first time in american history. something had to be done. i think it's really good we have breathing room now from when the house voted for impeachment to when the senate will start the trial. i think we need to all do some reflecting on how we got to this moment. you know, sandra, i've come on fox news off and on for a year and a half. when i come on fox news as a democrat i get the most hate-filled messages and i am sure that it happens to my republican colleagues when they go on other networks. and i think that kind of

tribalism is so detrimental to america and to the values that we all stand for as americans. we need to assert those values and we need to stand strong but it is not okay to say to the other side of the political aisle that if you don't fight like hell you won't have a government. because that's just simply not true. >> sandra: your response, patrick. >> first of all i think that the democrats cheapened impeachment the first time they tried it. i'm not sure about this time. what was done last week did incite an attempted assault on this government and our fragile democracy. that said let's look where the president is today, sandra. you have a president who lives on adoration and what drives donald trump. today he finds himself sitting in the white house with much longer days, i imagine, than richard nixon's final. i think we've seen a guy who lost an election, lost the senate for republicans. he lost millions of followers on social media platforms.

he has lost his staff, his legal counsel. this is a guy who can't have his phone calls answered, never mind returned. in short, the president finds himself right now home alone in the white house in a pathetic place. i think that this time is a little different. i think any american patriot who views our democracy as something as important and sacred as it is can't look at the president's behavior and not believe he has to be held accountable. i would also add senator mcconnell's attempt to slow this down does a couple of things. puts the president on notice. it also sets up some guardrails for bad behavior between now and the president-elect's inauguration. he said himself the quickest way to get it taken care of is to get him inaugurated. >> sandra: leaves us wondering what we'll see in the first days in the incoming administration. while all this is going on there is a transition happening, johanna. the american people are struggling. you heard that jobs report i read off. so americans will want to know

what's the plan? joe biden put this tweet out this morning. yesterday after the vote. today in a bipartisan vote the house voted to impeach and hold president trump accountable. now the process continues to the senate and deal with their constitutional responsibility on impeach. while also working on the other urgent business of this nation. isn't that an important point as we are now learning about this massive trillion dollar stimulus plan that we're about to see biden unveil, bernie sanders behind a lot of this pushing for a lot of the things that were on his agenda when he was running for president? johanna, is a lot of this a distraction from what we need to learn is about to happen? >> we need assistance for the american people. after the $600 was deposited in so many american's bank accounts i was driving down the streets and saw lines around the banks. there are women who are trying to educate their kids and some of them no longer have housing

and forced to their car. the jobs report shows women lost massive amounts of jobs and we are. we're homeschooling our kids. we are at such a pivotal moment in america we need to focus on getting people assistance. getting our kids back to school, getting our small businesses thriving again and getting this democracy to the model that it is around the world. i think if anyone knows how the senate can operate it is joe biden. he certainly had a lot of experience. >> sandra: isn't it time that he puts out the plan and lets people know what he will do about it? final thoughts. >> yeah, absolutely. we're still waiting for an economic plan from this president. i don't think joe biden wants this impeachment. i think he wants his agenda to move forward. the best way to start this thing. continuing this impeachment thing won't help much even though the president needs to be responsible. >> sandra: thank you to both of you for joining us this morning. appreciate it.

>> trace: president-elect biden wants to hit the ground running with a stimulus package expected to total $2 trillion. the president-elect announcing the details later today. blake berman has more from washington blake. >> good morning. we know that president-elect biden and democrats want to go big. the question at this point is exactly how big might they go. remember the last relief deal that was negotiated by democrats and republicans here in washington was roughly $900 billion. but that was 2 1/2 trillion short of the initial offer that democrats had put forward. so tonight we will hear from the president-elect on his upcoming stimulus ideas and when he tees this announcement last week he talked about this getting north of a trillion dollars. watch. >> consensus among leading economists left, right and center in order to keep the economy from collapsing this year and getting much, much worse we should be investing significant amounts of money

right now. >> when the president-elect made those comments last week he specifically mentioned things like expanding unemployment and rental assistance and supports additional direct payments and expanding the child tax credit so we'll see if those things make it into his plan and if so, in what form and what else there might be in there. the president-elect we heard from him last night as he took to twitter reacting to the record surge in covid-19 deaths writing the following saying we're in the teeth of this crisis and we need to take immediate action to get the virus under control. that's why tomorrow meaning today i'll be laying out my vaccination and economic rescue package to beat covid-19 and build back better. trace. >> sandra: new crackdowns targeting airline passengers. our nation's capitol looking like the green zone in baghdad

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security because last week the f.b.i. might have dropped the ball on intel? what do you make of it? >> i think it's really important for us to have overwhelming force and if after the inauguration we judge that we had too much, that's okay because what we need to do is deter anyone who is considering on that day inciting violence against innocent civilians. >> trace: former f.b.i. director chris swecker, we had him on a short time ago and you say it's important we have overwhelming force and talked about how the capital is on lockdown and national mall on lockdown. he is indicating it may not be enough. >> the real problem will come outside the perimeter when both the left and the right extreme elements come together in the same place at the same time. >> trace: groups on the left, groups on the right come together outside the security zone and then what happens. how do you enforce that, dan? >> that is the challenge.

you are trying to deter an attack against a particular facility or an installation, that's one thing. then you have the potential for armed groups inciting violence against one another. that's why you want to have that large presence that we're talking about with national guard and state and local and federal law enforcement out there to get in the way of any violence that we might see between these groups that oppose one another. make no mistake, intelligence collection, the information we collect by scraping social media networking sites is really important and will send us in the right direction. helicopters overhead might also provide some assistance about where people are, where they are gathering and where the violence might be set to take place. >> trace: we see pictures of large crowds. i'm wondering in your estimation is it enough? can the national guard and local police agencies control these vast crowds that gather around events like the inauguration?

is it feasible for that to happen? >> i think it's an all of government effort and so law enforcement is a part of it. the president's words matter as well and, of course, he made a video yesterday and perhaps he will go back and make another one encouraging citizens to remain calm and respect the peaceful transfer of power which has been a hallmark of our democracy for centuries. i think all of that coming together will be critical. and again the planning is so important. we did not plan very well for the january 6 attack on the capitol. hopefully appropriate lessons are absorbed and implemented heading into the inauguration. >> trace: you mention the january 6 capitol insurgents. if the reality is that neither f.b.i. or d.h.i. did a threat assessment for january 6 that was blinking red. if that's the fact it is

absolutely a failure of intelligence and weird, he adds. what do you think? >> i think he is absolutely right. intelligence collection, threat intelligence collection is so important and not like fine wine getting better with age. it needs to be analyzed with the greatest and then delivered to those who who need to read it. state, federal. local enforcement. imagine if terrorists had detected some chatter on social media and sought to mount their own attacks cognizant that there would be a diversion to the capitol. they might have been able to launch attacks elsewhere. we would want to share that with the c.i.a. and others so that they could go out and collect intelligence. it was a great failure. can't afford to repeat that. >> trace: dan hoffman, good insight. thank you, sir. >> sandra: justice department now says a scientist is pleading guilty about lying about his ties to china.

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