right now on "america this morning," on alert. the fbi's new warning about veota protesters at state capitr also this morning, the push to impeach. why a vote could come tomorrow the first meeting between vice president pence and president trump since the assault on the capitol. talk show crackdown. a major media company sends a message to radio talk show hosts about what they shouldn't discuss on the radio, but could it backfire? party in tuscaloosa. thousands ignore covid concerns spilling into the street to celebrate college

from the hero nurse turned lottery winner to the elks storming the beach, to brady and brees growing beards, all the growing trends for your tuesday morning. good tuesday morning, everyone. i'm mona kosar abdi. >> i'm alex presha. kenneth on assignment. we begin with a security threat for all 50 states. >> the fbi has issued a bulletin with just eight days left before joe biden's inauguration. it comes as we learn that several u.s. capitol police officers are now under investigation for their alleged roles in las >> and overall "the new york times" reports the justice department is now pursuing at least 150 suspects in connection with the riot. abc's andrew dymburt begins our coverage from washington. good morning, andrew. >> reporter: alex, mona, good morning. the fbi is now warning about potential armed protests nationwide planned between now and inauguration day.

this as we're learning mortee s overnight new evidence revealed in the fast-moving investigation into the chaos on capitol hill. new pictures from the fbi show the man suspected of planting two pipe bombs at the republican and democratic national committee headquarters, and this morning, a stunning revelation from congressman tim ryan who confirms two capitolsuenor s during last week's riot. one officer is accused of taking selfies with the rioters. the other allegedly directed people who breached the capitol. >> one was the selfie officer and another was an officer who started directing some people around. >> reporter: ryan says as many as 15 other capitol police officers are now under investigation. congressman jim clyburn suggesteded the mob may hade iny

wer to find him inside an unmarked office. >> that office is where i do most of my work, and for some reason these people showed up at where my name is above the door or on the door and my position above the door was not disturbed. >> reporter: this morning an army official is denying reports that he and others at the pentagon rejected requests to activate the national guard. capitol police chief steven sund who has resigned told "the washington post" his requests were delayed or ignored claiming lieutenant general walt pyatt said, i don't like the visual of the national guard standing a police line with the capitol in the background but this morning pyatt says he did not make the statement or any comments similar to what was attributed to me by chief sunhes emerging. wisconsin state capitol boarded up as a new fbi bulletin warns armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols.d pen

to me and expressed concerns about me going to work and have had a number of constituents who have reached out to me and expressed concern. this isn't the way it should be. >> reporter: intelligence pointing to an unnamed armed group calling for the storming of government buildings and courthouses if president trump is removed from office before january 20th. washington, d.c. mayor muriel bowser is requesting all large-scale public events be canceled until at least january 24th. the secret service official overseeing the inauguration is not addressing specific threats, only saying security will be tight. >> you're going to see checkpoints. you're going to see barricades through all aspects and points of the city. >> reporter: up to 15,000 national guardsmen could be deployed here to washington, d.c. for inauguration day. meanwhile, acting homeland security secretary chad wolf administrator pete gaynor takes over in his place. alex, mona, back to you. >> okay, andrew, thank you. >> now to the growing push to

remove president trump from office. house speaker nancy pelosi is giving vice president mike pence a 24-hour deadline or she says the house will impeach. for the first time since the residece meeting face-to-face. says the two, quote, had a good conversation last night reflecting on the last four years of the administration's work and accomplishments. last week trump supporters chanted, hang mike pence, as they stormed the capitol. at the time of the siege trump tweeted that pence, quote, didn't have the courage after the vice president refused to illegally intervene in the certification of joe biden's election win. now, unless pence invokes the 25th amendment by tomorrow, democrats say they will move forward with impeaching trump. their single article of impeachment charges the preswith inct insurrection for inciting violence against the government by urging his followers to march on the capitol.

this morning, democrats have the votes to impeach trump for a historic second time. >> we don't actually need a lot of evidence here, it's all out in the open. there's no dispute donald trump gave a speech. no dispute that there was an attack on the capitol. no dispute that multiple people died. >> reporter: but the top republican in the house kevin mccarthy says, quote, an impeachment at this time would the opposite effect of bringing our country together and pushing instead for a censure of the president. house speaker nancy pelosi rejected the idea saying it would be an abdication of our responsibility. more republicans are distancing themselves from the president including a michigan congressman who says he's strongly considering a vote to impeach. >> i prefer that we have a more fulsome investigation into what happened. most of what i know about january 6th came either from personal experience or from twitter. but at the end of the day i think it is obvious that the president is no longer qualified to hold that office. >> reporter: and rising republican star madison cawthorn who voteded to overturn the

election results last week and spoke before the riot acknowledges it was a mistake for trump to urge the crowd to march to the capitol. >> he never should have directed that crowds towards the capitol building because just there was a bad outcome that was desitined at that point. >> reporter: the question becomes when will the senate begin a trial? the chamber in recess until the day before joe biden's inauguration. incoming majority leader chuck schumer is exploring using an obscure rule which allows him to call an emergency session for a trial, but president-elect biden suggested monday senators can conduct an impeachment trial after his inauguration by splitting their time. >> a half day on dealing with the impeachment and half day getting my people nominated and confirmed in the senate as well as moving on. so that's my hope next week. >> as for president trump who's been holed up in the white house he's expected to make a public s

to border wal culumedia which i to several conservative talk radio hosts is cracking down on shows that push election fraud conspiracy is. the company memo tells them, we need to induce national calm and warns them to stop suggesting the election isn't over. anyone breaking the new rule can be fired. parler is now suing amazon. the company claims being kicked off of amazon's web hosting service violates antitrust laws. now to the pandemic. one covid-related death is being reporteded every 30 seconds in this country. hospitalizations in california continue to skyrocket and nationwide more than 80 million people live in areas where hospitals are running short of icu beds. mass vacesre opening at stadiums and clinics, even disneyland but some are plagued by red tape. complicated websites or staffing shortages. some people are waiting weeks for an appointment.

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back now with some video you just have to see. a small plane crash just outside of new york. the scary moments captured by a security camera on long island. the pilot was the only person

aboard. he's recovering at the hospital. now we turn to growing concerns about security in the sky. some members of congress are proposing stiffer punishments for unruly passengers. here's abc's megan tevrizian. r week's riot at the capitol. at least two congressmen asking the federal aviation administration to fine disruptive passengers $35,000 per violation. applause as this woman is escorted off an american airlines flight in d.c. sunday. american saying she was not complying with mask policies. passengers say she was yelling about tyranny. >> if we don't stand up, it's only going to get worse. >> reporter: the crackdown comes as videos emerge showing a growing number of incidents on flights to and from d.c. after on this flight from washington reing to sp midway if pilot was rules.

>> i'll put this plane down in the middle of kansas and dump people off. i don't care. >> the list of banned passengers also growing. united airlines banning 60 people for mask violations just last week. and alaska airlines banning 14 people on one flight alone. the faa tweeting that federal law prohibits you from physically assaulting or threatening to physically assault the crew and anyone else on an aircraft. you could be subject to fines up to $35,000 and imprisonment. and the concerns aren't just in at d.c. area airports. >> listen, you are -- a traitor to the company. >> reporter: this moment as senator lindsey graham walked through reagan national airport in d.c. meanwhile, one congressman is urging the tsa and the fbi to put every confirmed rioter on a no fly list at the capitol last week. alex, mona. >> megan, thank you. a judge delayed what would

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back now with excitement growing ahead of tonight's $615 million mega millions lottery. it is the fourth largest jackpot in the game's history. tomorrow's powerball is 550 million. meanwhile a nurse in north carolina is deciding what to do with her winning. kerry watkins won a million dollar in the state lottery. she says a new house would be nice. and turning back to politics, the next 24 hours in washington will be crucial. >> that's right. earlier i spoke with joe garofoli, the senior political writer at "the san francisco chronicle" about what's next as democrats try to impeach president trump. there's a lot to unpack today. but i want to begin with the democratic strategy. house speaker nancy pelosi basically making the 25th amendment option one to remove the president then followed by impeachment. what do you make of that strategy? >> she's moving along very odicl she's giving pence a chance to act.

she knows he won't. she couldn't even get him on the phone as she was on hold for 25 minutes so then impeachment is in their front pocket and comes up with that next and move along there and then the problem is going to be in the senate, though. >> before we move on to the senate, i want to back up to vice president mike pence. we still don't know where he stands on this 25th amendment, correct? >> oh, no, he doesn't -- apparently spoke with trump for the first time since the vote the other night, and, but, you know, he has no options here. he doesn't have a lot -- he doesn't have the votes in the cabinet to move forward with the 25th amendment. so, you know, really even if he wanted to do something, he doesn't have the votes there either. >> okay, well, let's talk about the impeachment route. what do you make of senator schumer's new plan? he wants to try to move up the time period for considering impeachment before trump's term ends, which would be next week. do you think there's any way that could happen? >> i don't see it. as long as mitch mcconnell has l

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