good evening. and welcome to "politics nation." tonight's lead, they just can't quit him. >> there's a lot of bull going on with these republicans. they say, let's forget this, let's sweep it under the rog. it creates disunity. no, the only healing will come if we take full accountability and go forward. >> whatever stomach the republican party had for finally punishing our former president after he fed gunpowder to

insurrectionist mobs, it has disappeared. as you heard, senate majority chuck schumer tell me on this show last night, democrats are not having it. a week ahead of donald trump's second impeachment trial, democrats in both the house and the senate are sharpening knives, as tonight, multiple outlets confirm that all five members of the former president's legal team for the impeachment trial have quit. reportedly because they refused to accept his view of a history that didn't happen. but then, given that only five republican members of the u.s. senate voted to impeach donald trump this week, you can't blame him for feeling like he can just keep his money, especially with republican lawmakers still kissing the president's ring in private meetings.

more on that shortly with two of the top democrats in the house. >> meanwhile, nearly a dozen republicans are pushing for meeting with president biden on a bipartisan relief bill. as covid continues to ravage the nation and the nation ravages itself over the politics of the pandemic. and now, the vaccine, which covid deniers and right wingers temporarily shutting down one of the country's largest vaccination sites this weekend. despite millions of black and brown americans already struggling to get their shots. of course, republicans don't have a bipartisan answer for that or the domestic terror threat hanging over all of our heads. so my next guest is here to make them. joining me now is the assistant speaker of the house, congresswoman katherine clark, democrat of massachusetts.

thank you for joining us, congresswoman. >> good to be with you, reverend. >> now, earlier this week, you came to the defense of freshman democratic congresswoman cori bush, after house republicans booed her for calling out former president a white supremacist, but did not do the same when you called out racism as being at the heart of the insurrection. in response, you tweeted, quote, she was booed. i was not. the difference is skin color. how do we move this congress forward meaningfully on race when even after we had confederate flags in the u.s. capitol, republicans refuse to acknowledge even the national security threat that is being posed by white supremacist terror? >> well, that's exactly right, reverend. we have to call out this white supremacy wherever we see it.

whether that's in the halls of congress or in our community. we know that if we're going to heal this country, it starts with addressing our history of racism and how institutional racism and bias infects every sengal institution in our country. so cori bush and i, when we made the same presentation about white supremacy, very different reactions. and we have to stand up and say that this is enough, that at this moment of racial reckoning, that equity has to be at the center of everything we do. addressing the pandemic and health care disparities, making sure that our schools are reopened safely, making sure we distribute those vaccines safely, and making sure that every policy and piece of legislation we pass is not only

fair but anti-racist. and you know, recently, the speaker spoke about the enemy within. and one of the enemies within congress is white supremacy, andee have to be honest and frank about it. >> on thursday, you tweeted and i'm quoting the tweet, less than one month ago, america was attacked by a violent seditious mob. we lost three police officers, dozens more are injured. still, we face active threats of violence. kevin mccarthy's response is a photo op with the treasonous instigator. you tweeted some strong statements there that frankly i think are accurate. >> yeah, i find kevin mccarthy to be at a point where he has a complete failure of leadership. he has flipped his position so many times. but there is a through line, and

that is that kevin mccarthy will do whatever he feels is politically good for kevin mccarthy. and he has forgotten the oath of office that we just took on january 3rd. he has perpetuated the big lie about this election that is at the heart of this insurrection. on the night of the attack, he said the president was responsible, and then went ahead to cast his vote against the results of the electoral college. >> now -- >> kevin mccarthy cannot be separated from these conspiracy theorists and right-wing radicals. >> now, congresswoman, i would like to play a little bit more of my interview with senate majority leader chuck schumer, and then get your thoughts on something. please take a listen. >> the most despicable act a president has ever done. donald trump is the worst president in history.

and to sweep it under the rug, saying never mind, i told tim kaine, censure. slap on the wrist, no. we want to go for full triem. if he's acquitted, we'll see what other actions to take after that, but we're not giving up on this trial at all. >> for all that senator schumer just laid out, this week only five republican senators voted to impeach donald trump. i won't ask you to get into what other actions would or could be taken if trump were acquitted, but those odds don't look much shorter than they did in mr. trump's first impeachment trial, and we all know how that went. what is your reaction to that, congresswoman? >> my reaction is total agreement with chuck schumer. listen, what we have to do at this moment is protect our very democracy. we have to stand up for the constitution. and the way we do that is to tell the truth.

and to use the tools the constitution gave us, when we have a seditious and treasonous president. we brought this impeachment as a message to not only donald trump but to future presidents that our democracy will continue to be built on fair and secure elections. and that purposefully misleading the american people about that and inciting a violent insurrection against your own government is the most serious of offenses that a president can do. i cannot imagine anything more serious. and to hear some saying that it is time we turn the page, that we move on, this just happened within the month of january. and the seriousness of it is really put us at a decision point in our country.

are we going to move forward with this great experiment in democracy? are we going to stand by our constitution and the truth? and this is all going to come down to this impeachment trial. that is the seriousness of the allegations against this president. it is the dangerous and deadly actions that he has taken that have led us to this point, and we must pursue the impeachment trial and the senate should convict and disqualify him from ever running for office again. >> all right. thank you, the assistant speaker of the house, congresswoman katherine clark. >> joining me now is the chair of the democratic caucus, congressman hakeem jeffries. he's also a member of the judiciary committee. thank you for being with us, congressman. >> great to be with you, rev.

>> congressman jeffries, i want to start by offering my support to you and your family in this time. and you talked -- we talked about this on my radio show, but i regret having to inform our "politics nation" audience that we learned this week that a california man was arrested for sending your loved ones, your brother threatening text messages during the insurrection at the capitol. first off, we're glad you and your loved ones are all right. but can you tell us more about the story of what happened to the threats and what your family is going through? >> well, thank you, rev, for your words of support and appreciate all of the support and prayers that so many people throughout the district i represent and across the nation have sent along the way. you know, this was part of the type of incitement that has occurred because donald trump has perpetrated the big lie, to his supporters whom he has

radicalized millions of people across the country, who somehow seem to believe that donald trump actually won the election and that the presidency was stolen from him and given to joe biden. that was the whole purpose of the mob rally, which was called "stop the steal." so this particular individual thought it appropriate to target members of my family, suggesting that they would be hurt and targeted if they didn't get to me to tell me to stop lying about the election joe biden did not win. which is why, rev, the point of all of this is to make clear that we hold donald trump and his co-conspirators accountable because he's the one who incited the violent insurrection and attack on the capitol and continues to pour gasoline on the flames to this very day, apparently by maintaining that the election was still stolen. >> now, in the earliest days after the insurrection, you signaled that you thought there

might be daylight among senate republicans as far as impeachment. and i asked you then as a manager of the 2020 impeachment trial, what changed? but this week, only five of your gop colleagues in the senate voted to impeach donald trump. five. so i'll ask you anyhow, what's changed in the last three weeks? >> that was a pathetic display of courage amongst some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and the other side of the capitol that only five could see fit to what is a clear constitutional question, which is yes, a former official can be tried after that official has left office. that has happened once before in 1876, i believe, with the then-secretary of war, who had retired. an insurrection is only going to occur by definition at the end of a president's term. because it's part of an effort to halt the peaceful transfer of power.

and so in the absence of being able to hold a former president accountable, then it's open season on our democracy and the constitution. now, i will say that i'm hopeful that there are some republican senators who have publicly indicated that they voted on a process question but are still open to convicting when they hear the evidence from the impeachment managers. i expect that evidence is going to be compelling and overwhelming. and i'm hopeful that at least 17 republican senators will follow the facts, apply the law, be guided by the constitution, and let the chips fall where they may, even if that means convicting the twice-impeached president. >> now, yesterday, with my msnbc colleague ali velshi, you said that the senate floor is not just going to be a courtroom during this impeachment, but that because of the insurrection, it's also a crime scene.

you added that the individual senators are not just jurors but that they are victims and witnesses to the crimes that took place on january 6th. but what about the collaborators in your ranks, congressman? because the reason i'm saying that, several lawmakers are under scrutiny for their being cozy if only idealogically with having ties with extremist groups like the proud boys who we know were heavy at the capitol this month. and even if they didn't provide logistics as some democrats have claimed, terror experts have criticized that coziness for giving these groups legitimacy. so at what point do you call lawmakers taking selfies with separatists for what it is? which is treason? >> well, that's absolutely correct in terms of the treacherous behavior we have seen from so many of my republican colleagues in the house and in the senate. you know, the house republican conference has been infected by

the qanon caucus, the conspiracy caucus, and the cover-up caucus at the same time. and kevin mccarthy continues to bury his head in the sand and sees fit to go play footsie with donald trump in mar-a-lago. that's disgraceful. he's embarrassing, and he's a pathetic excuse of a leader. we go back to washington next week, and i'm hopeful that he will reverse course, but if he doesn't, we're going to proceed by looking at the actions of every single one of these house republican seditionists who are responsible for providing aid and comfort to the insurrection, and i believe that there will be accountability measures that will swiftly be taken in the house in short order. >> now, let me ask you this. i have known you a long time. you're a member of the national action network, and i know you're a good lawyer.

even before your rise in the congress to great heights. someone asked the question, and i said, let me ask congressman jeffries. do the families of those that lost loved ones in this insurrection, five people dead, and those that were injured, do they have the possibility of going and starting civil proceedings regardless of whatever happens in the senate, that could also hold the president and others that incited or participated in this violence, which would make them have to answer questions in a civil proceeding, maybe even look at their taxes? >> it seems to me there is that possibility, and i assume that there are many lawyers who are taking a look at the incitement laws as they apply on the civil side while i'm sure that there are criminal investigators who are taking a look at the criminal incitement, not just of the former president but of people like rudolph giuliani,

who, rev, you battled for decades in new york and have exposed his treachery and now we're seeing it play out on the national stage. donald trump jr. and others. and so i believe that we are just at the beginning of taking the steps toward accountability with respect to this big challenge that we face, the greatest generation defeated fascism. the cold war generation defeated communism. our generation now is called upon to defeat authoritarianism, which is infused with violent white supremacy. we cannot fail. and we will not fail. >> congressman hakeem jeffries, thank you, as always, for being here. coming up, even the grim reaper has his day with his power and party dwindling, things are looking bleak for mitch mcconnell. but first, my colleague richard

lui with today's other top news stories. richard. >> hey, rev. very good afternoon to you. some of the stories we're watching. coronavirus cases now surpassing 26 million this week. the death toll nears 443,000. several mutations are now in the u.s. the great britain variant is in 28 states so far. others from brazil and south africa also now in the united states. a massive piece of the famous california highway 1 near big sur fell into the ocean and collapsed. the road gave way after a winter storm brought heavy rain. this somewhat common spectacle during storms sent chunks of the road into the ocean. >> residents of the northeastern u.s. are bracing for a massive storm as well. through tuesday, the nor'easter could bring up to 18 inches with wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. over 118 million people are in its path. cities like washington, d.c. already seeing snowfall this

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for this week's gotcha, i want to address newly demoting minority leader mitch mcconnell, a man who suddenly in the early dazes of the biden administration become a fierce advocate for a so-called unity. but of course, by unity, mr. mcconnell means capitulation to republican ideals, even though they were defeated soundly at the ballot box all across america. i don't think i need to remind you, mr. mcconnell, that this unity was nowhere to be found during the obama administration. during which mcconnell declared his only goal was to make barack obama a one-term president. and when you failed to stop obama's re-election in 2012, you

proceeded to wrap up your obstructionism, to previously unheard of levels, starting with complete stonewalling of judicial nominees. >> i was shocked that former president obama left so many vacancies and didn't try to fill those positions. >> i'll tell you why. i was in charge of what we did the last two years of the obama administration. >> i will give you full credit for that. >> and so you kept those vacancies open for trump. cramming hundreds of ill-qualified judges through. your determined stacking of the federal bench with young ideologues was an obvious bid for power over the american people, long after you're gone. meanwhile, your eschewed legislating almost entirely, aside from a tax cut for the

wealthiest among you, you were held on your court packing that you embraced the name grip reaper. refusing to even let them come up with a vote. you embraced donald trump for proximity to power. for your tax cut and your judges. probably seemed like a good deal at the time, right? sure, he was vulgar and crass, and had the annoying habit of saying the quiet part out loud. but he sure did bring the crowds, didn't he, mr. minority leader? but you humored him too much. and his big lie led to thousands of insurrectionists storming your own workplace. so you let it leak that you might even support his impeachment. but the blowback was swift, wasn't it? you had no choice back to backtrack, first by slow walking the trial until after trump was out of office, and then voting for rand paul's resolution

against impeachment altogether. and an op-ed from your own state summed up your current situation neatly, casting you as the proverbial dr. frankenstein, having lost control of your monster. it's trump's party now, mr. mcconnell, and he'll continue to send his minions after you if you don't kiss his ring devoutly enough. meanwhile, even from the minority, you tried to bully democrats into making an absurd promise to keep the filibuster, but you aren't in power anymore. and you had to cave with only nonbinding assurance from two nonleadership democrats. so now your language in the minority, watching as chuck schumer takes the reign of leadership, wondering every day if your latest attempt at obstruction will finally be the last straw for those democratic

holdouts. it must be a painful position for a man like you, whose only principle is an unbridled thirst for power. and as such, you have proven yourself unfit to wield it. i gotcha.

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it's been nearly four weeks since an angry mob stormed the u.s. capitol, egged on by lies about the outcome of the 2020 election. and it seems as if the threat posed by extremism and disinformation is only getting more serious. the department of homeland security has issued a domestic terrorism warning for the first time. dhs cited three groups of violent extremists who might pose such a threat. those, quote, motivated by a range of issues including anger over covid-19, restrictions of

covid-19, the 2020 election results, and police use of force. but it seems to me that one of those things is not like the others. meanwhile, just yesterday, a group of anti-vaccine protesters temporarily shut down entrance to the largest covid vaccine vaccination site in the country at dodgers stadium in los angeles. no physical violence was reported, perhaps we should consider blocking people from a life-saving medical procedure is itself an act meant to do physical harm. joining me now is my panel, danielle moody, host of the podcast woke af and cohost of democracy-ish, and shermichael singleton, political consultant and contributor to "the boston globe." i'm start with the obvious. there were hundreds of peaceful protests across the country

against police brutality over the last year. including thousands who marched in the washington with us at the commitment march in august. none of those protesters stormed the capitol or started an insurrection or participated in violence of any sort. why is dhs lumping this cause with the violent extremist? is this a form of disinformation? >> reverend, i'm not sure what it is, but to the point you're alluding to here, you had millions of african-americans for the past several years now peacefully protesting police brutality, and the remarks you just read in your opening statement, a part of one of the issues stated was that they were upset because of police use of force. i find that to be rather peculiar. i live in north virginia. when you look at the way black lives matter protesters and i'm not talking about the small faction of people who destroyed things, i'm talking about the 99% who were very peaceful. they were met with absolute force. you look at the individuals who stormed the capitol, and said

force was nonexistent. so one can only assume, i think it's safe to make this presumption, the way african-americans are perceived and the grievances they raise versus how some other americans are perceived and the grievances they raise, may be similar or not similar at all, will be met with different forms of force. there's a rison why so many african-americans are protesting saying we're not treating fairly. one merely needs to look at this particular case and see the way those white men were treated versus how millions of african-americans have been treated thus far as they have peacefully protested and it's clear there's a distinct difference. >> danielle, anyone watching last year in michigan as armed protesters stormed the state capitol over the public health initiatives and six men were indicted in an alleged plot to kidnap the governor, should have been able to tell where the extremism was coming from. and most of the marchers i saw, certainly those i participated

in, they called for nonviolence. we said, if you don't believe in peace, don't come to our march. these people outright came and marched, arms, and said they were going to do what they do. coming -- why this rush to try to blame both sides, when clearly, one side stated they had nothing to do with the small faction that were not at those marches and rallies against police -- that were sponsored by groups that were involved with the families and other long-standing civil rights groups? >> you know, the problem here, rev, is we have a false dichotomy in this country where we have the desire to want to do the both sides-ism. the reality is you have angry white supremacists who recognize that their country is changing and donald trump told them to take it back by force. and then you have black people that are in the streets, desperately saying that our lives matter, because we don't want to be killed in broad daylight or in our own homes or

in our own cars or in front of our children. these two things are not like the other. like, they are incredibly different, and whether we decide to put them decide to side, we know that it is a lie. because white supremacy in and of itself is a lie. it has told white people that they are exceptional, that everyone else needs to be blocked out of their path, right, in order for them to do what it is they want. he just said it, as we watched, we watched capitol police officers literally move out of their way. they had the ability to build a guillotine. tell me, we weren't even able to bring water bottles to black lives matter marches. tell me how you're able to put together a full guillotine and then scream at the top of your lungs to hang the vice president of the united states and then know that you're going to go home and wake up in your bed the next day. right? like, we're going out to march for our lives, and black people are writing their phone numbers and addresses on their arms so people know where to find them because we know we're not safe

in the streets protesting and acting on behalf of our first amendment rights. so this is a false dichotomy to say one of those things is like the other because they're not. when the media does that, we do disservice to the real threat, and this is how what happened on 116 is ignored because it's a group of white people so we don't need to put together the full force even though they said they would be violent. >> it's insurrectionists. speaker of the house nancy opelosi spoke about the threats from within government on thursday. listen to this. >> we will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within the house of representatives. >> what exactly did you mean when you said the enemy is within? what exactly did you mean? >> it means we have members of congress who want to bring guns on the floor and have threatened violence on other members of

congress. >> marjorie taylor green might be in the most headlines right now for this behavior, but she's far from alone. how do you address a situation where multiple members of the republican caucus are behaving like this, and republican leadership won't act, sure michael rr? >> you know, rev, i think this is a really precarious predicament right now. i think it really highlights the factions that are beginning to erupt within the republican party where you have what could be perceived as a more extreme faction versus more moderates like liz cheney. some in the past who we have referred to as quote/unquote republicans have completely lost control of the republican party. and i think this isn't a republican or democratic think. i thing there are rules in the house as there are in the senate. and i think members have to abide by those rules. i think republicans have to make it very clear if you are to

adhere and preserve with the body being the house of representatives, that is, you must enforce that members respect those rules and do so in a safe manner for all members, regardless of their political differences that they may have. but again, i think this truly highlights, rev, just how fractured the republican party is, where the republican party is after donald trump, and potentially where the party is going. i don't think it looks very good, rev. >> danielle, nbc news is reporting that former vice president mike pence is planning to start his own conservative fund-raising group, possibly ahead of future political plans. is there any place in today's republican party for pence, given his now cold relationship with the former president and the party's embrace of extremism and disinformation? >> i mean, mike pence was donald trump's sycophant in chief, so for me, it's laughable he's now

trying to break with donald trump and stand on his own two feet, which we hadn't seen him do not one time during the entire administration. and so, you know, i think that mike pence should be really worried and take what happened on 1/6 very seriously. these people are out for blood, and it doesn't matter he's a republican, doesn't matter he was the vice president, doesn't matter he was with donald trump shoulder to shoulder. he like many other republicans walking away from donald trump or are more forward coming with their thoughts like liz cheney are not safe, and the speaker of the house saying we need more security for the capitol building, for members of congress, just shows you how far down the rabbit hole that donald trump has taken us. and everyone needs to be on high alert. >> danielle moody and shermichael singleton, thank you both for being with us. coming up, a president for all. biden looks to give back what

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lifted the ban on transgender individuals serving in the military. reversing another trump order. the move was a step in the right direction towards gender and sexual orientation equality in this country. following the obama era of repeal of the don't ask don't tell policy. allowing those in the military to serve while openly gay, but more work is still needed to be done. joining me now is ciara johnson, she is the new executive director of the lgbtq task force, a nonprofit organization. the pentagon has slowly been changing its stance on the lgbtq

community within the military. biden's reversal on the transgender ban is a big step in the right direction. what more needs to be done to protect those who want to serve in the military? >> yeah, i mean, we knew that the biden/harris administration was going to mean new opportunities for underserved folks and we were excited to see a swift response in overturning that cruel ban. i think, you know, we've got to continue to do the work of picking up the pieces. for example, are we sure that pensions and health care benefits, access to the v.a., is still available for those members of the military who are forced out due to this ban? and we have to expand and insure broader federal protections for lgbtq people, including trans folks federally. i think the next big step is

insuring that, you know, we see congress and the president pass the equality act. >> the human rights campaign reported that in 2020 alone, at least 44 transgender or nonconforming people had been violently killed. the majority of whom were black or brown. a significant portion of anti-gay transphobic crimes have been inflicted upon people of color. during the continued fight for lgbtq rights, what can be done to insure racial equity within the lgbtq community? >> you know, that is a perfect example of where our identities, right, and our movements come together. we have got to do something about the rampant violence that transgender and nonbinary folks are experiencing on the job, in the streets, in their homes. and there is a disproportionate number of these folks who identify as black.

black and brown. and so racial equity is tightly connected to our lgbtq identities. i mean, i can't be black one day and be a queer woman the next day and be a mom the next day. we bring all of our identities, and the importance is that the federal government is recognizing all of those identities and doing more to protect all of them. >> now, as you begin your new role as executive director today, what new approaches do you hope to see from the white house within -- when addressing the lgbtq issues? >> well, first, i want to say how excited i am to see more lgbtq people who ran for office and were elected to first and second terms. we're seeing more lgbtq, out lgbtq people who are being appointed into the

administration. and i think the next step is about expanding what we think of as lgbtq issues. the reality is, voting rights, housing equity, immigration reform, these are all lgbtq issues. and we need to make sure that lgbtq voices, experiences, and strategists are at the table to insure that we're creating solutions, both policy and culture change, that centers our community. >> and one of the things that i have noticed in the civil rights community is people beginning to openly embrace that we all must fight together, and we all must deal with this and say it out loud. i remember many years ago when i started standing up for lgbtq rights, a lot of the civil rights colleagues of mine wouldn't. then they would start saying, well, we have to be for everybody's rights. no, say it.

let's identify all of the silos that are being discriminated against that face bias and harm based on who they are. and i'm beginning to see in the last several years a comfort level, because you can't fight for anybody's rights unless you fight for everybody's rights. >> that's right. no person left behind, right? we're just wrapping up our activist conference. 2500 people who are showing up with us in a digital conference, lgbtq people and allies, and overwhelmingly, those are people of color. they're coming from the bible belt, the rust belt. we have folks from hawaii. we have young people who are in high school and college and elders in their 70s and 80s. this is what it's about. how do we bring our best selves and work together to great new solutions to old problems. lgbtq issues are racial justice

issues and vice versa. >> well, i'm glad you did your first interview as executive director on "politics nation." ciara johnson -- >> me too. >> many thanks to you. congratulations. up next, my final thoughts. stay with us. and eating nothing but cheese till you find the perfect slice... even if everyone asks you... another burger truck? don't listen to them! that means cooking day and night until you get... [ ding ] you got paid! that means adding people to the payroll. hi mom. that means... best burger ever. intuit quickbooks helps small businesses be more successful with payments, payroll, banking and live bookkeeping.

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tomorrow is february 1st and is the first day of black history month where we in a month every year talk about those figures and occasions and historic moments that blacks in this country had to deal with or did so on their own initiative. the reason we had black history month is because blacks were excluded from the history telling of this country and we do it to make up for what was omitted. we will be on this show saluting people that made history every weekend throughout this month.

i thought about it on friday as i celebrated the 15th year of my daily nationally syndicated radio show. i've had ef one on from president obama to james brown, the god father of soul, from oprah winfrey to aretha franklin to those that were known and unknown. the biggest pleasure i've had, i was talked to my producer who has been with me from day one is talking to average people every day because it's not enough to just know black lift and you should, you must know it.

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. that does it for me. thanks for watching. i'll see you back here next weekend at 5:00 p.m. eastern. you can also catch me on tomorrow, monday, morning on morning joe starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern right here on msnbc. my colleague alicia menendez

picks up the news coverage right now. i'll have to set my alarm for early so i can watch you. thanks to all you have for watching tonight. the growing threat of extremism expanding past politics. endangering the race to get americans vaccinated against covid-19. how conspiracy theoryists were able to halt a mass vaccination in its tracks. trump goes on a trial for a sec time in the senate. it's unclear who will defend him. new reporting revealing why his legal team has bowed out. this is "american voices." we begin tonight with the growing threat of extreism in america. house speaker says the threat is coming from inside the house