born in georgia when two arch segregationist where the senators, and now he's the first african-american senator from georgia. and jon ossoff is the first u.s. senator from georgia. so it's game changing. and following that game changing election that brought them both to the senate, democrats took the majority for the first time. what does that mean? it means real things to real people in georgia and throughout the country. if the election had gone the other way, we know that mitch mcconnell would not be working on covid relief for working families. but now because we have warnock and all soft in the senate, we are on the edge of delivering real relief to the working folks, to the poor people, , to the middle class people of georgia and of america. here's a little number. $78,200, a family that makes $75,000 and has two kids, in other words, a family of four with two kids is going to get $8200 in additional direct relief. that's between the direct payments and the doubling of the child tax credit, which the house has already reported out and both have large support among the democrats in the se

capitol as expected the vote in the american senate fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed to convict the former president however 7 republicans voted to side with the democrats making it the most bipartisan impeachment verdict in american history. smiles all round donald trump the legal team revel in their client's acquittal we won guilty. it was always going to be an uphill battle for democrats they needed to convince at least 17 republican senators to cross the aisle. in the end though only 7 republicans voted to convict giving former president donald trump his 2nd acquittal in. 57 days for ease 3 the day's proceedings was time for both sides to make their closing arguments hoping to swayed any last minute votes to believe based on the evidence you have seen that mr trump actually wanted and indeed willfully incited in armed insurrection to overthrow the u.s. government would be absurd democrats pushed back saying the senate could stop violence from happening again the cold hard truth is that what happened on january 6th can happen again i fear like many of you do that the violence

capitol as expected the vote in the american senate fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed to convict the former president however 7 republicans voted to side with the democrats making it the most bipartisan impeachment verdict in american history smiles all round donald trump the legal team revel in their client's acquittal we won guilty. it was always going to be an uphill battle for democrats they needed to convince at least 17 republican senators to cross the aisle. in the end though only 7 republicans voted to convict giving former president donald trump and 2nd acquittal. 57 days for ease 3 the day's proceedings was time for both sides to make their closing arguments hoping to swayed any last minute votes to believe based on the evidence you have seen that mr trump actually wanted and indeed willfully incited an armed insurrection to overthrow the u.s. government would be absurd democrats pushed back saying the senate could stop violence from happening again the cold hard truth is it would happen on january 6th can happen again i fear like many of you do that the violence we saw

capitol as expected the vote in the american senate fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed to convict the former president however 7 republicans voted to side with the democrats making it the most bipartisan impeachment verdict in american history. smiles all round donald trump the legal team revel in their client's acquittal we won guilty. it was always going to be an uphill battle for democrats they needed to convince at least 17 republican senators to cross the aisle. in the end though only 7 republicans voted to convict giving former president donald trump his 2nd acquittal in. 57 days for ease 3 the day's proceedings was time for both sides to make their closing arguments hoping to swayed any last minute votes to believe based on the evidence you have seen that mr trump actually wanted and indeed willfully incited an armed insurrection to overthrow the u.s. government would be absurd democrats pushed back saying the senate could stop violence from happening again the cold hard truth is that would happen on january 6th can happen again i fear like many of you do that the violence

capitol as expected the vote in the american senate fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed to convict the former president however 7 republicans voted to side with the democrats making it the most bipartisan impeachment verdict in american history smiles all round donald trump's legal team revel in their client's acquittal we want guilty. it was always going to be an uphill battle for democrats they needed to convince at least 17 republican senators to cross the aisle. in the end though early 7 republicans voted to convict giving former president donald trump his 2nd acquit. 57 days or 43 the day's proceedings was time for both sides to make their closing arguments hoping to swayed any last minute votes to believe based on the evidence you have seen that mr trump actually wanted and indeed wolf lead cited in armed insurrection to overthrow the u.s. government would be absurd democrats pushed back saying the senate could stop violence from happening again the cold hard truth is that what happened on january 6th can happen again. i fear like many of you do that the violence we saw on th

capitol as expected the vote in the american senate fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed to convict the former president however 7 republicans voted to side with the democrats making it the most bipartisan impeachment verdict in american history. smiles all round donald trump the legal team revel in their client's acquittal we won guilty. it was always going to be an uphill battle for democrats they needed to convince at least 17 republican senators to cross the aisle. in the end though only 7 republicans voted to convict giving former president donald trump his 2nd acquittal in. 57 days 4 years 3 the day's proceedings was time for both sides to make their closing arguments hoping to swayed any last minute votes to believe based on the evidence you have seen that mr trump actually wanted and indeed willfully incited an armed insurrection to overthrow the u.s. government would be absurd democrats pushed back saying the senate could stop violence from happening again the cold hard truth is it would happen on january 6th can happen again. i fear like many of you do that the violence we

in 1956 he becomes the first african american elected to the texas senate. , he was one of the cofounders of the -- statewide organization that pushed hispanic interests. he's elected to the l.a. city council and i.t. 49. he's the first mexican american to serve on the l.a. city council since the 18 eighties. his welcome was a little bit rough but he fit in and it was very important in terms of programs. housing to hispanic americans, and the growing population in east los angeles. he was elected in the house in 1932 and served for several years. heat rises to a high position in congress. he becomes one of the appropriation cardinals cheering a treasury postal service and general government subcommittee. and i want to and hear briefly by talking about the last period in the book. its post 1977. this is the main page of the website, where the entire book is available online. this chapter we titled strength in numbers, and challenges and diversity. and it starts with the congressional caucus in united states in 76. by members -- as a service organization that

capitol as expected the vote in the american senate fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed to convict the former president however 7 republicans voted to side with the democrats making it the most bipartisan impeachment verdict in american history. smiles all round donald trump the legal team revel in their client's acquittal we won guilty. it was always going to be an uphill battle for democrats they needed to convince at least 17 republican senators to cross the aisle. in the end though only 7 republicans voted to convict giving former president donald trump his 2nd acquittal in. 57. days for ease 3 the day's proceedings was time for both sides to make their closing arguments hoping to sway any last minute votes to believe based on the evidence you have seen that mr trump actually wanted and indeed wolf lead cited in armed insurrection to overthrow the u.s. government would be absurd democrats pushed back saying the senate could stop violence from happening again the cold hard truth is it would happen on january 6th can happen again. i fear like many of you do that the violence we s

asked the chairs and members of our relevant senate committees to begin work on legislation to enable the united states to outcompete china and create american jobs. at the core of this effort will be the endless frontier act. this is bipartisan legislation that senator young and i have sponsored, have drafted together over a year ago that would surge resources into the national science foundation and the department of commerce to advance american innovation in a number of critical technologies. we must also consider significant investments, even through emergency appropriations, to rebuild the capacity of the u.s. semicon semiconductor industry, a bipartisan effort that senators cot ton and warren joined to replace the original legislation in the defense bill. right now semicongress -- semiconducting legislation is a dangerous weak spot. this is a technology the united states created. we ought to be leading the world in. the same goes for building out 5g, the next generation telecommunications network. there is bipartisan interest on both these issues. overall, the new legislation must achieve three goals. one, boost american competitivenes

american democracy. we saw yesterday 44 republican senators _ american democracy. epublican senators vote that - american democracy. we saw yesterday 44 republican senators vote that it - 44 republican senators vote that it unconstitutional to hold this trial because president trump is no longer in office. do you think that will be used by republican senators to avoid looking at the evidence that's being presented as democrats allege mr trump's guilt?— trump's guilt? yes, most people assume before _ trump's guilt? yes, most people assume before the _ trump's guilt? yes, most people assume before the a _ trump's guilt? yes, most people assume before the a vote - trump's guilt? yes, most people assume before the a vote that i trump's guilt? yes, most people | assume before the a vote that this is a way to avoid casting a vote on guilt. but mitch mcconnell�*s �*s statement is very significant. he said that question has been decided by the senate has sold power for impeachments. most people think the supreme court will not intervene, and mr mcconnell essentially said ev

bruce and hiram revels, two african-americans who served in the senate. giving them due as we do and larger number who served in the house. here's joseph rainey, again, the first african-american in the house. it takes it all the way around to all of them who were there. i find this so poignant in that when this was printed, no one knew how long would it be? did they think 20 years would be a very long time? did they think that was going to be just a moment? what did happen to this print eventually, you can see. it looking terribly damaged, like it's had a hard life and indeed it has. at some point someone took this and pasted it on probably a wall. because it's pasted on board, underneath that is wallpaper. underneath the print, on top of the board wallpaper. perhaps pasted on someone's wall in sort of recognition of those things that had happened. it was printed in d.c. we were able to, acquired it in d.c. it may never have left the nation's capital, unlike black representation at the time that it was printed. >>> you're watching american history tv ever

yesterday i asked the chairs and members of relative senate committee to become legislation to enable united states to keep china and create american jobs and the endless frontier act. this is a bipartisanat legislatn that senator young and i have sponsored and drafted together as well. the national client science foundation and department of commerce to advance americanrc innovation in a number of critical technology. we must also have significant investment emergency appropriation rebuild capacity of the u.s. semiconductor industries, this is a bipartisan effort that senators call in and cornyn joined senator warner and i and replace the authorizing legislation in the defense bill. right now, seven in the manufacturing is a dangerous weak spot in our economy and national security. auto industry faces significant shortages, this is the technology, the u.s. created, feeding the world and. same for building out 5g, the next generation telecommunications network. bipartisan interest on both these issues. overall, new legislation must achieve three goals. one, boost american competitiveness by investing in our economy and workers. two

prioritizing the critical data so that we get a fuller picture of how the virus is affecting all americans? >> senator, first, thank you for making that effort to secure that information. i can make the commitment to you now that i will work with you to make sure we have all of that type of information. we need that information to do a good job. >> good. i'm glad to hear you say that. now, on the vaccine front, we have administered over 64 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine, but the cdc has race and ethnicity information for just over half of those vaccines. so if confirmed, will you also commit to improving the collection and publishing of the data on vaccines? >> i commit to work with you to make that happen. >> that's terrific. you know, there's more though. racial equity should be a part of every public health issue that you approach as hhs secretary. chronic conditions, infant and maternal mortality, addiction, racial health disparities aren't coincidences or aberrations in the data. they result from structural racism and it's time to start treating structural racism like any other public heal

for example, senator young of indianant, money in the bill wod go to american citizens. not to illegal immigrants. eight democrats voted, they agree with that. you shouldn't be sending checks to illegal immigrants. a few hours later, they voted to strip it. every democrat in the senate is now on the record, every democrat in the senate voted in favor of taking people's hard-earned taxpayer dollars and giving it to people in the country illegally. senator gaines put on a different topic, he said we should proceed he's a flashlight, remember president biden on the date this inaugurated with executive order, stop work on the keystone pipeline resulting in the loss of hundreds and hundreds, likely thousands of jobs. democrats voted and said we should reopen the pipeline, let it go, let it work. a few hours later in the wee hours of the morning, reverse themselves voted to strip it out. senator from indiana introduced an amendment to prevent biden from banning bracken. president biden promised during the campaign, and millions of jobs across america. put us at disadvantage fro

capitol as expected the vote in the american senate fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed to convict the former president however 7 republicans voted to side with the democrats making it the most bipartisan impeachment verdict in american history. smiles all round donald trump the legal team revel in their client's acquittal we won guilty. it was always going to be an uphill battle for democrats they needed to convince at least 17 republican senators to cross the aisle. in the end though only 7 republicans voted to convict giving former president donald trump his 2nd acquittal. 57 days for ease 3 the day's proceedings was time for both sides to make their closing arguments hoping to swayed any last minute votes to believe based on the evidence you have seen that mr trump actually wanted and indeed willfully inserted in armed insurrection to overthrow the u.s. government would be absurd democrats pushed back saying the senate could stop violence from happening again the cold hard truth is that would happen on january 6th can happen again i fear like many of you do that the violence we

okay, then that's like new mexico never having a native american senator-- what? wow. up some frequent flyer miles. but just because warnock's headed to the u.s. senate, doesn't mean he's giving up his church work. >> i intend to return to my pulpit and preach on sunday mornings and to talk to the people. >> stephen: maybe the kind reverend can hire this soon-to- be-unemployed person as his bible holder. on election night, loeffler refused to concede. >> we're gonna win this election. we're gonna save this country. ( cheers and applause ) we got some work to do here. this is a game of inches. >> stephen: okay, okay, i see what you did wrong there. it's actually a game of votes, and he got more. now, it took until wednesday, but, eventually, the other race was called for investigative journalist and boy demanding that bedtime be pushed to 9:15, jon ossoff, who defeated incumbent senator and man showing just how big of a tool he is, david perdue. the big news is, with these victories, the democrats will now control the senate. it's been so long they're going to have to f

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there could have been senators enacting background checks, a ball it -- a policy supported by 90% of americansthe bill was written and introduced by two senators who were different but found agreement, joe mansion, a popular democrat and pat toomey, a republican from pennsylvania. they agreed to support left-leaning gun control groups and a right wing groups like the citizens committee for the right to keep and bear arms. the support of a broad bipartisan majority of senators, advocacy groups and an overwhelming share of the american public was not enough. opponents of the background check bill invoked a 20th-century rule that ironically was invented to curtail obstruction by ending the kind of marathon filibusters many people picture when they think of the senate. over the years, obstructionists repurposed the rule into a new kind of filibuster that was quieter and more lethal. using the repurposed rule, the threshold for background checks had been quietly raised with a simple majority to 60 votes without a single senator having to say a word and that wears -- there was nothing anybody could

american people. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator bennet. senator? >> mr. becerra, there are all sorts of concerns by my constituents and i think every american about getting shots in arms as quickly as possible. that is my foremost objective in trying to support the administration in furtherance of that goal. the biden administration just announced the launch of two new federal retail pharmacy program and the community health center vaccination program. this was an effort to speed up vaccinations across the country. these programs are in addition to an existing program which is the pharmacy partnership for long term care. unfortunately, these various programs are causing some confusion for the states. as the states aren't able to oversee and coordinate distribution of our already limited supply of vaccine with and these various entities. long term care facilities. community health centers. retail pharmacies. and individual hoosiers are confused as well because they have to sign up in multiple places in order to become vaccinated. in fact, the national gover

some argue democrats should ignore her senate parliamentarian elizabeth mcdonough. >> 32 million americans being denied a raise because of a decision of the nonelected involuntary. she has incredible integrity, she is not to blame. >> dropping the wage increase could freeze the skids to pass it in the senate. democrat kyrsten sinema and joe manchin opposed inputting a wage requirement in this bill. democrats need their votes. but the exclusion of the minimal wage increase reveals the political reality is of the agenda. this could rip at the scenes of the democratic coalition as the party struggles to pass liberal priorities like immigration reform and climate change policy in a split congress. >> i think that if you are looking for a real civil war, look at the democrats in the house. >> republicans are in your lockstep opposing the bill. >> we already know what is the best stimulus plan out there. it is to fully reopen our economy. to do that we need our economy back to work, back to school and back to health. >> the bill includes $1400 stimulus checks, money for schools and local governm

american people. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator bennet. senator? >> mr. becerra, there are all sorts of concerns by my constituents and i think every american about getting shots in arms as quickly as possible. that is my foremost objective in trying to support the administration in furtherance of that goal. the biden administration just announced the launch of two new federal retail pharmacy program and the community health center vaccination program. this was an effort to speed up vaccinations across the country. these programs are in addition to an existing program which is the pharmacy partnership for long term care. unfortunately, these various programs are causing some confusion for the states. as the states aren't able to oversee and coordinate distribution of our already limited supply of vaccine with and these various entities. long term care facilities. community health centers. retail pharmacies. and individual hoosiers are confused as well because they have to sign up in multiple places in order to become vaccinated. in fact, the national gover

the author of a critically acclaimed new book "kill switch: the rise of the , modern senate and the crippling of american democracy." he argues in that book that the u.s. senate, once known as the world's greatest deliberative body, is broken. it's a thrilling and easy, wonderful book to read full of history, villains, tragedy and drama, and it's about the best known rule of parliamentary procedure there is, the filibuster, the subject of movies and even a saturday night live skit, and now, adam's book. it's the filibuster which he writes has been used as a cudgel by a determined minority that he believes has hijacked the chamber, preventing the passage of popular legislation and much-needed democracy reform. his book also describes many of the greatest challenges of our era, partisan polarization, dark money and media culture built on manufactured outrage. they converge with the and thatthey converge with the filibuster within the senate. cautions that without serious hecautions that without serious reform, we face the prospect of a permanent minority rule in america. and we'll will put a linked to the

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capitol as expected the vote in the american senate fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed to convict the former president however 7 republicans voted to side with the democrats making it the most bipartisan impeachment verdict in american history. smiles all round donald trump the legal team revel in their client's acquittal we won guilty. it was always going to be an uphill battle for democrats they needed to convince at least 17 republican senators to cross the aisle. in the end though only 7 republicans voted to convict giving former president donald trump his 2nd acquittal in. 57 days for ease 3 the day's proceedings was time for both sides to make their closing arguments hoping to swayed any last minute votes to believe based on the evidence you have seen that mr trump actually wanted and indeed willfully incited in armed insurrection to overthrow the u.s. government would be absurd democrats pushed back saying the senate could stop violence from happening again the cold hard truth is it would happen on january 6th can happen again i fear like many of you do that the violence we

so the 57 senators who actually voted to convict trump, they represent 76.7 million more americans than the 43 senators who voted to acquit. what does that say to you about the u.s. senate and the state of our democracy at this point? >> they lack profiles in urge coo. just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should and the fact we're already seeing people like lindsey graham talk about what's really important is that we win in the next election, not that there was an assault on our democracy. they are clearly putting power and politics above country, and it's just despicable. i was -- i was there on the 6th. that was as bad a day as our country faced in our lifetime, but acquittal and the reaction after the fact by those who acquitted him is almost as disturbing. >> what was it like for you to watch that video, some of the newvideo that we've seen during the trial, you know, the house managers, they showed the trauma caused by the insurrectionists. we saw the new video of nancy pelosi staffers scrambling into a conference room to barricade themselves in and minutes late

hill insider and the author of the critically acclaimed new book b rise of themodern senate and the crippling of american democracy" . he argues in that book that the u.s. senate once known as the world's greatest deliberative body is broken. it's a thrilling and easy, wonderful book to read full of history, villains, drama, tragedy and about the owbest-known rule of parliamentary procedure there is. a filibuster which has been the subject of movies and even a saturday night live skit and now adams book. it's the filibuster which he writes has been used as a puzzle by a determined minority on steroids that he believes has hijacked the chamber, preventing the passage of popular legislation much-needed democracy reform.it also describes many of the greatest challenges of our era, partisan polarization, dark money and 80 a culture built onmanufactured outrage and that it converges with the filibuster in the senate . precautions utwithout form we face theprospect of a permanent minority rule in america . so please welcome adam jentleson to discuss his new book and the issues of the day on capitol hill. >> it

american cabinet secretary in u.s. history. but she faced harsh questioning from senators over her past criticism of fossil fuel projects. we will speak to native american journalist julian brave noisecat . then we go to a refugee camp on the u.s. border in matamoros, mexico, where asylum seekers have had to brave freezing weather while living in tents as -- and we will also look at the biden adnistration's reversal of trump's remain in mexico policy. >> we remember when we arrived to the immigration office in mexico. they did not give us a place to sleep or anything to eat. we slept on the floor that night. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. top u.s. capitol security officials blamed intelligence failures and each other for the deadly january 6 insurrection as they were questioned tuesday by lawmakers. this is former capitol police chief steven sund. >> no entity, including the fbi, provided intelligence regarding january 6. you should be noted the secretary of homeland security did not i

it's all but inconceivable that that record will ever be matched or broken by another american president. seven senators from the president's only party voted to acquit. so what does this verdict mean for trump, the presidency, the congress and the country? has justice been served in the wake of the horrific and historic capitol siege? what more will it take to hold those responsible accountable? what happens next start to heal or harden or divides? we'll take a first stab at addressing those questions, chief washington correspondent jon karl starts off. >> reporter: donald trump is acquitted but not vindicated. not by a long shot. the evidence was lay out for the world to see and for history, leading to the most bipartisan guilty vote ever. history will also make its judgment on the 43 republicans voted not to acquit. mcconnell pronounced trump morally and practically responsible for provoking the insurrection at the capitol. he said that he believes that trump is guilty as charge but he can't vote to convict because trump is already out of office. mcconnell seemed to be calling for the banishment of d

the two african americans who served in the senate. in the senate, we do as we do. they are surrounded by the much larger number, of african americans who served in the house. here's joseph rainey, again. the first african american in the house. it takes it all the way around to all of them. who were there. i find this so poignant, in that, when this was printed, no one knew how long would it be, they think 20 years is going to be a very long time? they think it was going to be just a moment, but what did happen to this print, eventually, as you can see, it looks terribly damaged. and it is had a hard life. indeed it has. it was at some point, someone took this, and pasted it on, probably a wall. pasted on board, underneath that is wallpaper. underneath the prince, and on top of the prince is wallpaper. he was perhaps, pacing on someone's wall. and sort of recognition of those things, that it happened. it was printed in d.c., we were able to acquire them in d.c., it may have never left the nation's capital. unlike black representation at the time, when it was printe

author of f the critically acclaimed new book "kill switch: the rise of the modern senate and the crippling of american democracy." he argues in that book that the u.s. senate once known as the world's greatest deliberative body is broken. it's a thrilling and easy, wonderful book to read full of history, villains, tragedy and it's about the best-known group of parliamentary procedure that there is, the filibuster which is been the subject of movies and even a saturday night live skit and now adams book. it's the filibuster which he writes is been used as a cudgel but a determined minority, i might daughter on steroids that he believes has hijacked the chamber preventing the passage of popular legislation and much-needed democracy reform. his book also describes many of the greatest challenges of our era, partisan polarization, dark money and media culture built on manufactured outrage. and that they converge with the filibuster within the senate. he cautions without serious reform we face the prospect of a permanent minority rule in america. and we'll will put a linkk and have an order in the chat. pl

senate to acquit. this impeachment is completely divorced from the facts, the evidence and the interests of the americand decisively vote to reject it. no thinking person could seriously believe that the president's january 6 speech on the ellipse was in any way an incitement to violence or insurrection. the suggestion is patently absurd on its face, nothing in the text could ever be construed as encouraging, condoning or enticing unlawful activity of any kind. in the four hours that senators were given to question the lawyers, the focus returned to what donald trump had done that day to try and stop the riot. the defense provided no real answers. exactly when did president trump learn of the breach of the capitol and what specific actions did he take to bring the rioting to an end? and when did he take them? please be as detailed as possible. with the rush to bring this impeachment, there's been absolutely no investigation into that. and that's the problem with this entire proceeding. the house managers did zero investigation. and the american people deserve a lot better than coming in here with no evi

americans. we, as chairs in the senate, are committed to making sure that does not happen. we are making steady progress on legislation to rescue the american economy ahead of the march 14 cliff for jobless workers. we know that the american people are with us on this package, and we know it because we have been listening to them. the support jobless benefits and resources to keep firefighters on the job. the only place in america where there is division on these priorities seems to be in the united states senate. we believe when americans are hurting, when their neighbors are hurting, you got to get a critical package designed to help people get on their feet. senate life has always been about dealing with more than one issue at a time. it has been ever done and we are doing it again. we will deliver and as the majority leader said, we understand with respect to what we are dealing with now that unity requires accountability. now our leader on the environment. >> thank you. good morning. a few days before his inauguration i had the privilege of talking with the then preside

senate to acquit. this impeachment is completely divorced from the facts, the evidence and the interests of the americanly vote to reject it. that the president's january 6 speech on the ellipse was in any way an incitement to violence or insurrection. the suggestion is patently absurd on its face, nothing in the text could ever be construed as encouraging, condoning or enticing unlawful activity of any kind. in the four hours that senators were given to question that day to try and stop the riot. the defense provided no real answers. exactly when did president trump learn of the breach of the capitol and what specific actions did he take to bring the rioting to an end? and when did he take them? please be as detailed as possible. with the rush to bring this impeachment, there's been absolutely no investigation into that. and that's the problem with this entire proceeding. the house managers did zero investigation. and the american people deserve a lot better than coming in here with no evidence. hearsay on top of hearsay, on top of reports that are of hearsay. due process is required here, and that was

impeachment is completely divorced from the facts, the evidence, and the interests of the american people. >> senators then participated in the question and answer portion of the trial. that means closing arguments and a vote on conviction could come as soon as tomorrow. nbc's alice barr has the top moments from washington. alice. >> reporter: janelle, yeah. you mentioned there that montage of the word "fight" used over and over again, and certainly that was the defense's case that president trump did nothing wrong, nothing different. of course the difference is this is the only case that has led to a deadly riot at the u.s. capitol, and so the prosecution essentially is making the case that the variable, the thing that caused this particular case to go differently is former president trump. the trump legal team laying out its defense in just three hours today, calling the former president's impeachment -- >> an unjust and blatantly unconstitutional act of political vengeance. >> reporter: mr. trump's lawyers zeroing in on his fiery words directly before the deadly capitol siege. >> if you don't fight

senate to acquit. this impeachment is completely divorced from the facts, the evidence and the interests of the americanote to reject it. no thinking person could seriously believe that the president's january 6 speech on the ellipse was in any way an incitement to violence or insurrection. the suggestion is patently absurd on its face, nothing in the text could ever be construed as encouraging, condoning or enticing unlawful activity of any kind. in the four hours that senators were given to question the lawyers, the focus returned to what donald trump had done that day to try and stop the riot. the defense provided no real answers. exactly when did president trump learn of the breach of the capitol and what specific actions did he take to bring the rioting to an end? and when did he take them? please be as detailed as possible. with the rush to bring this impeachment, there's been absolutely no investigation into that. and that's the problem with this entire proceeding. the house managers did zero investigation. and the american people deserve a lot better than coming in here with no evidence. hearsay

american rescue plan is the lifeline. we have to support this plan the administration is pushing through for those who are struggling during this pandemic i like forward to bipartisan support i'll be working in the senate to make sure we do everything we can to pass the american rescue plan. with that said i can introduce an incredible trailblazer congresswoman barbara lee so excited to introduce her and watch the work she has done over the years for women and children in our families congresswoman it's a pleasure to introduce you. >> thank you for your leadership. and i can say with certaintyyo today that california and oakland and berkeley we are so proud of you. we know this pandemic has disproportionately impacted communities of color and women especially women of color this is put 8 million more people into poverty since last year one out of seven households nationwide including more than one out of five many asian americans and pacific islanders and native american households are struggling just to get the food that they need i raised two young phenomenal voice - - boys on difficult times with food stamps and i can assure you there is nothing worse than seeing your children go hungry food assista

and the eyes of the american people and thejudgement of the eyes of the american people and the judgement of history. top senatelican mitch mcconnell delivered a scathing criticism of donald trump despite voting to acquit the former president. january six was a disgrace. american citizens attacked their own government. they used terrorism to try to stop a specific piece of domestic business that they did not like. fellow americans beaten and bloodied our own police. they stormed the senate floor and try to hunt down the speaker of the house. the build a gallows and about murdering the vice president. —— chanted. they did this because they had been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth because he was angry and lost an election. president trump's actions preceded the riot and it was a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. there is no question. none. that president trump practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it. the people who stormed this building believe they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president. and having that

gop has won the popular vote one time in the last 32 years and where the 50 senate republicans represent 40 million fewer americansmocrats. so republicans have no incentive to appeal to most americans, only to their base and their base is increasingly unhinged. new polls show that republicans voters favor greene and mccarthy over cheney and mcconnell, despite the fact that greene has said, among other things, that school shootings are fake and that nancy pelosi should be executed for treason, question whether a plane crashed into the pentagon on 9/11 and suggested that a jewish space laser caused wildfires. i know we keep mentioning the space laser and it does sound insane out of context. but it's worth actually reading what she said. this is what greene wrote in a 2018 facebook post, when, to be fair, she was only in her early 40s. "i'm posting this in speculation because there are too many coincidences to ignore oddly there are these people who have said they saw what looked like lasers or blue beams of light causing the fires. if they're beaming the sun's energy back to earth, i'm sure they wouldn't ever miss a

they're making $50,000, $60,000, you're not eligible, it doesn't make sense to me or for the american people. >> senator, always good to have you on. i hope in this new era you come on the show a lot and talk to these issues that matter so much to you and so much to millions of americans. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you very much. >>> speaker pelosi said that the enemy is within the house of representatives. will one member of the so-called squad who survived the maga riot who is now co-workers with marjorie taylor greene feel safe going to work? the new myww+. join today for 40% off plus our cooking kit! ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. >>> we know what it feels like searching for something, anything, with which to defend ourselves and realizing a pencil is about all we have. >> we crouched there, and some of my colleagues and i began to pray. >> food service workers, staffers, children, ran or hid for their li

minimum wage to sanctuary cities, fracking, the us embassy in jerusalem, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says the american people have a right to know where their senators stand. >> if we were to be debate this budget, we create some clarity for the american people. we will put senators on the record. >> reporter: in the house democrats tripped marjorie taylor green of her assignment to the education and budget committee for her past rhetoric embracing conspiracy theories over 9/11, school shootings and endorsing violence against members of congress. 11 republicans supported the measure. before the vote was taken greene had this to say. >> i never said any of these things since i have been elected for congress. these were words of the past and these things do not represent me. none of us are perfect. >> reporter: the move is unprecedented and a republicans because the majority party has never taken an action on the minority party's assignments. votearama continues which at some point it will end and democrats will pass a $2 trillion relief package. we will likely hear about it from president biden who is

raise the minimum wage should be included and can be included in a should say in the american rescue plan. >> senators don't know the ruling on rules is coming. >> we're on pins and needles. >> if rules won't allow the minimum wage increase and this bill, speaker pelosi will not stop trying. >> we are very pleased with the case that has been made. we will pass, we will pass a minimum wage bill. we must pass a minimum wage bill. >> surrounded by celebratory signage about the 50 million vaccines distributed, president biden wants people to know that more shots is a mean less articles. >> stay socially distance and for god sake, god's sake, wear masks. >> the president spoke today ahead of the release of any intel reports about the murder of american journalist in saudi arabia. the white house readout of of the call doesn't mention him about an hour ago i asked the president if it's a good call. and he said, yes. >> bret: peter, is there any sense of there will be anything public around the issue or the saudis as far as the report when it comes out? >> they're telling us, bret, it will come from the dire