they did it in arizona. they did it in georgia. they did it in michigan, pennsylvania, nevada and wisconsin. some members say, don't worry about it. we shouldn't do anything. just let it go. it's just six states. what if it's 10 states the next time. 2028 it is2024 or half the states. we are the final check and balance. the authority rests with us. congress rightes where the founders wanted it. an both forject to this objection to the arizona electors. i yield back. >> the gentleman from california. >> i rise in opposition to the objection. >> the gentleman is recognized without objection for five minutes. >> america performed an extraordinary feat. conducted aitizens free and fair election. vindicating our founders belief once again that we were capable of self-government and a peaceful transition of power. the american people chose joe biden to be there next president by an enormous margin. conduct of that election was not an accident. it was the result of the dedicated work of thousands of volunteers, canvassers, poll workers, e

for what purpose does the arizona, the dean of the arizona delegation, seek recognition? mr. grijalva: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in opposition to the objection. the peaker pro tempore: gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. grijalva: thank you, madam speaker. futility that f congress is undertaking is at the behest of republican members congress. the effort to overturn the grant ntial election and donald trump four more years is it.motivation behind baseless ntinue a conspiracy-fueled, threat to our democracy, makes no sense because there is no viable legal path to or overturn the election that will president biden and senator harris president and vice president of the united after january 20. process is the weakening of our democracy and threatening of our democracy. with arizona, congress is being asked to chase down a baseless, discredited and judicially fringe conspiracy theories, but for the record, et's talk a little bit about arizona. arizona and state and local an cials that did unbelievable job to ensure that smoothly.lections ran mr. hickman, the repub

but arizona is going to do it fast. we are going to do it right and i assure you that we will do it with a real sense of urgency and purpose. today our state's largest county begins vaccinating teachers and cops. and while local public health officials are workinghard , we need to work faster. so now, even more resources will be brought to the four. in my direction, the state has launched a 24 seven vaccination site at a large and notable location. state farm stadium, home of the arizonacardinals . everyone needs this vaccine. and the sooner we all receive it, the more quickly we can get on with life as it should be. from the very outset of covid-19 there have been disagreements about how to deal with. and in my 50+ meetings with the press, i've heard endless variations of the same question: why not more and longer lockdowns? why not more aggressive lockdowns? schools, businesses, parks, weddings, funerals, church services. why not ban all gatherings and just lock everything down? it's a question that only makes sense i

arizona has become the destination. and they are still coming to arizona in 2021, because during the pandemic we never took our small businesses or their workers for granted. as bad as things got, we are recovering fast. new businesses and residents have been added by the thousands. at this time last year, we were ahead of 45 other states in job creation and personal income growth. today, we are still top five. but some arizonans are struggling. and it has got to be our priority to help them with a growing economy and more jobs. every year i have been governor, we have improved income taxes in the taxpayers' favor. we have simplified the code. lower rates protected them against inflation and eliminated an entire tax bracket. in all of this, we have proven that our government can fulfill every obligation and answer the unexpected needs of a growing state without raising taxes. my goal has been to make arizona the test place in america to the best place in america to live, work, and do business. by letting arizonans keep

sinema: the 2020 arizona election was a success. not for any one party or individual but as a demonstration of the will of the voters. a record 80% of registered voters separated thanks to local arizona election officials who ensured our system worked and our laws were upheld. arizona has offered early voting for more than 100 years and our vote by mail system includes strict safeguards. all ballots include tracking mechanisms and tamper resistant envelopes. election staff are trained to authenticate signatures. and arizona imposes severe criminal punishments for ballot tampering. the arizona election produced bipartisan results in which members of both parties won races and these results have been confirmed by stakeholders across the political spectrum. the republican chairman of the maricopa county board of supervisors said no matter how you voted, this election was administered with integrity, transparency, and in accordance with arizona state laws. the republican speaker of the arizona state house rejected calls for the legislat

we never did a lockdown in arizona. thoughtful.eted and , why not andasked -- public health emergency why not end the public health emergency? it's simple. we are in a public health emergency. i've been trusted by the people of arizona with this responsibility. i'm not going to hand over the keys to a small group of mayors who have expressed every intention of locking down their cities. way, look at the experience of the other states that did lockdown. what they had to show for their strict mandates and orders. they are still dealing with the worst of it, just as we are. aware that taking a measured, steady, responsible approach will continue to invite criticism from all directions that we are doing too much or not enough. the critics can say what they want, but the path i have outlined is the right path for arizona. here is the short of it. arizona has taken the measured samee, and all the strengths that carried us through our worst days will carry us forward. all 50 states our focus now on saving lives, distribute in

next the opening of wednesday's debate on the objection of arizona's electoral votes. a. >> we are going to go backto to the senate -- pursuant to s conrad is one and section 17 of title three united states code when the two houses withdraw from the joint session to count the electoral vote for separate consideration of an objection a senator may speak to the objection for five minutes and not more than once. the debate shall not exceed two hours after which the chair will put the question shall the objection be sustained. the clerk will report the objection made in the joint session. >> objection from arizona and senator cruz and others we object to the counting of the electoral vote in the state of arizona on the grounds that they were not under all of the circumstances regularly given. >> the majority leader. i ask unanimous consent the majority leader and democratic leader be allowed to speak and pefollowing the remarks the majority leader and democratic leader each control up to one hour of debate and be authorized to yield up to five minutes of that time to any s

sinema: the 2020 arizona election was a success. not for any one party or individual but as a demonstration of the will of the voters. a record 80% of registered voters separated thanks to local arizona election officials who ensured our system worked and our laws were upheld. arizona has offered early voting for more than 100 years and our vote by mail system includes strict safeguards. all ballots include tracking mechanisms and tamper resistant envelopes. election staff are trained to authenticate signatures. and arizona imposes severe criminal punishments for ballot tampering. the arizona election produced bipartisan results in which members of both parties won races and these results have been confirmed by stakeholders across the political spectrum. the republican chairman of the maricopa county board of supervisors said no matter how you voted, this election was administered with integrity, transparency, and in accordance with arizona state laws. the republican speaker of the arizona state house rejected calls for the legislat

are there further objections to the certificates from the state of arizona? the chair here is none. -- the chair hears. hears none. to theuse will report joint session. each house will now retire to his chamber. its chamber.er --

are there further objections to the certificates from the state of arizona? the chair here is none. -- the chair hears. hears none. to theuse will report joint session. each house will now retire to his chamber. its chamber.er -- the speaker: the chair will remind members of the need to adhere to the decorum requirements of the chamber as laid out in the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 021. in accordance with the advice of the attending physician. members are advised to remain in the chamber only if they're participating in debate and must wear a mask at all times even when under recognition for debate. members must also practice proper social

arizona in the 15 counties should be congratulated. perhaps the's most turning demonstration is joslin from phoenix. eighteen years old and the first time put her in 2020. so was rachel from tucson. in 1000 more arizonans who voted for the first time exercising their constitutional right to decide their own leader. today's challenge to arizona's election fails any actual analysis and speaks to jocelyn and rachel and more than 3 million arizonans of a free and fair election those that were entrusted to election office we don't substitute personal ambition for the will of the american people. our system allows for a contestho of ideas and those that supported the losing side were free and fair election have not been disenfranchised rather a the voice in america's future and leaders have a duty to serve all constituents including those who voted for otherde candidates. great leaders in our history face the choice whether to take action with our democracy even if to better serve the political ambition many are revered today they chose the

ninguna corte pidió que se evaluarán las determinaciones en arizona.os hacer elecciones en arizona, el sistema es fuerte y me he vanagloriando. tenemos las leyes electorales más fuertes del país que le dan prioridad a la responsabilidad y establecen claramente los procedimientos para realizar, evaluar y sopesar los resultados. ciertamente arizona tiene uno de los procesos más transparentes del país, con una responsabilidad que comienza con una auditoría interna. hemos escuchado alegaciones infundadas, que las máquinas de votación en arizona y otros lugares alteraron los resultados, o rechazaron indebidamente boletas de votación, aunque parecían aceptarlas. estas alegaciones ignoran el hecho que los condados de arizona realizaron auditorías manuales para corroborar la determinación de las máquinas y no encontraron fraude generalizado o irregularidades. en el condado de maricopa donde más del 60 de la población votó, se completó la auditoría a una semana de las elecciones demostrando un 100% de precisión en el cómputo de las máquin.as ¿por qué debemos pe

he said we do elections well here in arizona. the system is strong and that's why i have bragged on it so much. he further stated, we have some of the strongest election laws in the country. laws that prioritize accountability and clearly lay out our procedures for conducting, canvassing and even contesting the results. and they are right. arizona has one of the most transparent election processes in the country with built-in accountability starting with auditing. we have heard unfounded allegations that voting machines in arizona and elsewhere somehow changed vote tallies or somehow improperly rejected ballots while claiming to accept them. these allegations all ignore the fact that arizona counties conducted ballot audits by hand to double-check the machine counts and these audits found no widespread fraud or irregularities. maricopa county, the county where more than 60% of the state population resides, conducted a post election handcount audit in the week after the election, which showed perfect 100% accuracy in the machine t

from arizona, mr. gosar, and the senator from texas, mr. cruz, be agreed to. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. jordan: we'd ask for a roll call. the speaker: the yeas and nays have been requested. pursuant to section 3-f of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. and are reminded to vote when their group is called. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] quick are proving that our democracy cannot be disrupted by criminal behavior. we will not falter, we will not bend, and we will not shrink from our duty. let me be very clear. mobs don't rule america, laws rule

was expected in particular when it comes to the state of arizona. it was and we're expecting definitely with the challenger with arizona then we'll probably get all the way to pennsylvania in this medical order and the other one other challenge that we expected now will be in georgia so we'll get to georgia gets pennsylvania the question is are they going to do michigan wisconsin so we don't exactly know how this plays out and we have a pretty good idea of how this is going to end now we've heard some of the most loyal supporters of the u.s. senate in the conservative side say this would be this would end american democracy if they were to in fact do what the president says which is to to send it back to the states to recertify he seemed to indicate he wanted another election i think it's important to step back and remember they're calling for an emergency if there's nothing in the constitution that says that they can do that we've seen almost 60 lawsuits they've never been able to actually prove in most cases even a cert because it's illegal to lie

arizona is particularly interesting to me.s a microcosm of what we are seeing. you know this well, spearheaded a movement in arizona following passage of a state law that targeted undocumented immigrants. your efforts recalled the bill to defeat joe arapahoe. i want you to talk about arizona in your eyes being the example of what we're seeing when it comes to the national reaction to hard line immigration policy efforts. >> yeah. well, arizona is a state that has been invested. people that have been effected by bad policy like sb 1070 or gutting of our education system have come out and organized. figured out how to organize year-round, engage our communities who are usually not part of the decision-making process, we figured out how to build strong coalitions, and that's what's gotten us here to this moment where arizona is a battleground state. arizona is at play, it was at play in 2018, in 2020, and will continue to be at play. but the beauty is that we continue to build a more progressive and inclusive infrastructure. we a

procedures from the arizona secretary of state. the court found that maricopa county officials therefore could not lawfully have performed the hand count audit the way the plaintiffs wanted it done. if they had done so, they would have exposed themselves to criminal punishment. >> five minutes is expired. >> thank you. i will close by just saying, please, do not disenfranchise the voters of arizona. certified their votes tonight. thank you. >> majority leader. >> i yield five minutes to the center from utah. >> senator from utah. >> mr. president, at the time i prepared my remarks were today it seems like a lifetime ago. lot has changed and i will deliver some of the same remarks but it has a little different field. my thoughts and prayers go out to the family members of those who have been injured or killed today. my heartfelt gratitude goes out to the u.s. capitol police who defended our building and our lives. while it is true that legitimate concerns have been raised with regard to how some of the key battleground states conduc

in november he said we do elections here in arizona. the system is strong, and that's why i have bragged on it so much. he further stated "we have some of the strongest election laws in the country, laws that prioritize accountability and clearly lay out our procedures for conducting, canvassing, and even contesting the results." and they are right. arizona has one of the most transparent election processes in the country with built-in accountability, starting with eternal auditing. we have heard unfounded allegations that voting machines in arizona and elsewhere somehow changed vote tallies or somehow improperly rejected ballots while claiming to accept them. these allegations all ignore the fact that arizona counties conducted ballot audits by hand to double-check the machine counts, and these audits found no widespread fraud or irregularities. maricopa county, the county where more than 60% of the state population resides, conducted a post election hand count audit in the week after the election, which showed perfect 100% accuracy in

arizona rise? mr. gosar: i rise for myself 60 of my colleagues to object to the counting of the arizona.l ballots from vice president pence: is the objection in writing and signed by a senator? is.gosar: yes, it vice president pence: an objection presented in writing nd signed by both a representative and a senator complies with the law. 1 of title 3 of the united states code. he clerk will report the objection. the clerk of the house: objection of counting the electoral votes of the state of arizona. member of the house of representatives and a united senator object to the counting of the electoral votes arizona on the grounds that they were not, all of the known circumstances, regularly given. vice president pence: are there urther objections to the certificates from the state of arizona? the chair hears none, the two joint will withdraw from session. each house will deliberate separately on the pending and report its decision back to the joint session. the senate will now retire to its chamber.

but, dana, i report to the people of arizona. they are my boss, and i upheld my obligations under the law. >> and you mentioned misinformation. the insurrection that happened here in washington at the capitol came after president trump and his allies spread lies about election fraud in a number of states including your own in arizona. so what responsibility does trump bear for what happened on january 6th? >> well, i've said he does bear some responsibility. so do those that organized the rally, the stop the steal rally. so do those that financed the rally. so do those that were giving him misinformation, ultimately i think his legal team really failed on this front. but ultimately, the people that bear the responsibility are those that committed the violence and vandalism at the people's house. we've denounced that in all possible terms. they should be held accountable and prosecuted to the highest extent of the law, those that broke into the capitol. it should never, ever happen again. i think that is something we can all agree

these allegations all ignore the fact that arizona counties conducted ballot audits by hand to double check the machine counts and these audits found no widespread fraud or irregularities maricopa county the county where the more than 60 percent of the state population resides conducted a post election hand count audit in the week after the election which showed perfect 100 percent accuracy in the machine tabulation so why would we need my colleagues to call for a 10 day emergency out it should be conducted by a legislative commission when it's already been done by the state of arizona what happened to states rights. the audit involved checking ballots for the presidential election but also ballots for federal and state legislative elections the audit report shows every precincts machine and hand count totals for each of the races audited and for every single race in every precinct the difference between the hand count in the machine count was 0. maricopa as audit report stated no discrepancies were found by the hand count boards. seeking to find any reason to contest these results so

the state of arizona. the rumor on the floor of the house right now is it is likely that pennsylvania will be the only other state that is objected to, that senator josh hawley will continue forward with his objection for pennsylvania, but most of the senators who objected to other states have backed off of their objections. this is an important debate. what happened today was despicable, with the thugs who stormed of the capitol, the violence that occurred, it doesn't mean that we shouldn't have this debate. in fact, the hundreds of thousands of americans, including hundreds of hoosiers that came from my district, to make their voices heard peacefully, in our nation's capital today, we should hear them. we should listen to them. and we should have this debate, to make sure that we move forward to restore the trust and integrity of our elections. in fact, tomorrow, shannon, i will be introducing a major piece of legislation that is resolved around a number of the notions that are being raised in these deba

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it is not a question of the georgia or arizona make a mistake. the arizona is, did government appoint electors? yes, we know who they are. to revisit the question of did georgia do its recount properly in the joint session of congress, that is inappropriate. that is true in the matter of the constitution and the 12th amendment. after 1887.lear there is a provision of that statute called the safe harbor provision. it uses the word conclusive. congress, act of congress saying it will treat as conclusive any final that the state itself makes pursuant to its own procedures ofial any litigation of controversy over the appointment of its electors. thatess says it is determine is asian that will be conclusive and govern congress -- congress says it is that determination that will be conclusive and govern congress. have a lawsuit and you resolve the lawsuit definitively, congress will .ccept your resolution we won't second-guess that. as long as we know it is your decision we are looking at, we will accept it is your decision. some members of congress to

these are technically about the objections to the arizona -- the counting of the arizona electoral votes. we think that they will wrap this up fairly soon. they will take a vote in terms of how the senate will handle the objection to the arizona votes. then they will go back over to the house chamber, and the house will have its discussion, its debate on the objections to the arizona electors, and then they will have their vote. we no longer now how many objections there are going to be, in how many different states, how many republicans are going to stick to their plans to continue these objections when they were interrupted earlier today by of course a violent insurrection and a storming of the capitol that left one person dead and reportedly many injured. that's what's happening right now. that's what we're continuing to watch. we'll go back here to senator marshall. the house is coming back into session basically now. we'll go to house speaker nancy pelosi as she explains what they'll do on their side of the capitol. >> -- to validate the election of joe biden and kamala harris. for

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on the state of arizona. is there objection. without objection so ordered. on side of the american people. united states senate will not. they intended it. because out of this chamber. by thugs. mobs. or threats. we will not bell. the lawlessness. or intimidation. we are back at our posts. we will discharge our duty under the constitution. and for our nation. and we're going to do it cannot. this afternoon congress began the process of honoring the will of the american people. and counting the electoral college votes. we've fulfill that solemn duty. every 4 years or more than 2 centuries. whether nations been at war. art piece. under all manner of threats. even during an ongoing ongoing armed rebellion and the civil war. the clockwork. of our democracy. has kerry at all. united states and united states congress up facedown much greater threats. demi crowd. we saw today. we've never been deterred before. and we'll be not deterred. they crowded. disrupt our democracy. they fail. they they failed to attempt to obstruct the congress. this failed insurrection onl

in arizona, just this last election cycle, more than $22 million went through the arizona republicanbuild up their ground operation, add advertisements. now i want to let you look at this tweet from the new political director and ally of doug ducey. he is the political director for the republican governors association. in a tweet this weekend said, with that the azgop will have no significant role in 2022. no other option but to work with others. no big deal.infrastructure hurdle. they may be looking to work with more of the smaller groups like the county gop. this is a big hurdle that you should expect to see some of the state parties facing here in the next two years. >> vaughn hillyard in the nation's capitol, thank you. >>> i want to bring in zerleena maxwell, the former director of progressive media for the clinton campaign. she's now an nbc news political analyst. good to see you, my friend. thank you for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> president biden, as you know, he wins arizona by 10,457 votes. the state republican party decides to pick a fight with republicans. what

arizona we knew would be the first. this is a congressman talking about it now, let's listen. >> each state has a process for selecting their electors, and sending them to washington. madam speaker, in a number of those states, that constitutional process was not followed. that's why we are here to object. if you look at what the requirement says, nowhere in article 210, section 1, does it give the secretary of state that ability. nowhere does it give the governor that ability. nowhere does it give the court that ability. it gives the ability to the legislators. in most states, that the process that was followed. for those states that this wasn't followed, unfortunately, this is not new. we have seen over and over again more states for the democratic party has gone in and selectively gone around this process. that has to end, madam speaker. we have to follow the constitutional process. [applause] now, there might be reasons why some people don't like the process laid out by a legislative body. madame speaker, i served o

one of the lawmakers joins us now, andy biggs of arizona. good morning to you. why do you plan to object to the certification of the 2020 election? >> i think number one it is our opportunity to contest the election in congress. but there are a couple of things in arizona and some of the other states and i would say there is constitutional issues that need to be resolved because the states have the authority to designate time, place and manner but in arizona, for instance, we had a judiciary step in and basically arbitrarily go over a state statute that they said was constitutional and appropriate and yet they decided to ash traorely extend times of registering. 150,000 voters registered who otherwise should not have voted. that's a violation of the constitution. then you have all kinds of issues where the courts have prevented people from -- who said we have an affidavit there is something wrong here, we want to investigate and want

they didn't, like arizona for instance. they changed the voting policies after voting had alreadystarted . georgia was a separate topic altogether. to see what they say. i think, i'm willing to listen to both sides admit judging myself. i follow the constitution. follow the letter of the constitution. sign, they're saying the same thing . even now by biting stepped up and said follow the constitution. >> host: eryka washington is reporting. the republican senator burr, the president bears responsibility for this event by promoting conspiracy theories that have led tothis point . it's high time to allow our nation to moveforward . frenchtown new jersey . river, you are on here. >> caller: thank you and i want to thank you for your position of neutrality, the national doing as much as you can to convey. i know other news stationsyou can clearly hear apolitical slant to it so thank you . are you hearing ? >> host: we can. >> caller: i watched what happened i believe in protest, i believe in our rights as americans to protest,

they will resume their debate over the arizona objection. the objection to the arizona electoral college votes. we will see what happens. here on c-span is where you can watch the house floor proceedings and over on c-span2, you can watch the senate. i'm going to try to get you in, daniel, and georgia. -- in georgia. to say i just wanted there are a lot of people who are not holding their leaders responsible for perpetuating this whole entire voter fraud scheme. one person i want to call out theifically is the queen of 14th congressional district freshman, marjorie taylor greene, who refused to wear a mask while being sworn in, then called nancy pelosi and the hypocrites. i find it hypocritical of her. i even spoke with her staff and her office today, trying to get her to stop with her twitter account today and this morning, where she was saying steel.s an election she is just as guilty as donald trump era she was herself promoting the fight for trump come all morning long. nobody is bringing up the gop senators. nobody is speaking out again

why is arizona blue? did we just call it? did we make a call on arizona? let's see. there's a check mark. did our decision desk make it? arizona, 11 electoral votes? >> yes. we can -- i believe. >> we'll fill this in. >> in some moments that moment when fox news called arizona for joe biden it is possible that the trump presidency was over and after fox called arizona trump went ballistics because "the new york times" pointed out, quote, if it was true arizona was lost it could call into doubt any claim in the election that trump could make. chris was fired last week, the day before joe biden was sworn into office and describes becoming a target of murderous rage from consumers who were furious of not having their views confirmed. he joins me. chris, it is great to have you on the program. thank you very much: take me through that night and what it was like in terms of, a, making the call and then what happened afterwards. >> well, first and foremost, i am not responsible. an awesome team of fabulous nerds -- >> correct. >> led by bill salmon perhaps the best human i

purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? >> five eyes for myself and 60 of my colleagues to object to the counting of the electoral ballots from arizona. vice pres. pence: is the objection in writing and signed by a senator? >> yes, it is. [applause] vice pres. pence: an objection presented in writing and signed by a representative and a senator implies -- complies with the law, chapter one of title iii of the code. the clerk will report the objection. >> objection to counting the electoral votes of the state of arizona. we, a mentor of the house of representatives, and a united states senator object to the counting of the electoral vote of the state of arizona on the under that they were not, all the known circumstances, regularly given. are there pence: further objections to the certificates from the state of arizona? the chair here is none. two houses will withdrawn from joint session. each house will deliver it separately and report its decision back to the joint session. the senate bill now retired to its chamber. -- wi

vice president -- >> what purpose does the gentleman for arizona write? >> i write for both myself and 50 of my colleagues to object to the counting of the electoral ballots from arizona. >> is the objection in writing and signed by a senator? >> yes, it is. >> it is. [ applause ] >> an objection presented in writing and signed by both a representative and a senator complies with the law. chapter 1 of title 3 of the united states code. the clerk will report the objection. >> objection to counting the electoral votes of the state of arizona. we, a member of the house of representatives, and a united states senator, object to the counting of the electoral votes of the state of arizona on the grounds that they were not under all of the known circumstances regularly given. >> are there further objections to the certificates from the state of arizona? the chair hears none. the two houses will withdraw from joint session. each house will deliberate separately on the pending objection and report its decision back to the joint session. the senate will now retire

earlier this week, an arizona republican state representative introduced a bill that would give the arizona legislature the authority to override the secretary of state's certification of it electoral votes. they do not even need a reason. okay? this state law, the people of arizona. again, they could vote for whatever they want to be president. but they don't get to choose. the legislator will decide who gets the electoral votes. this is not an isolated situation. we've seen similar movements. not quite as frankly as anti-democratic as this but in wisconsin, republicans interested to reallocate the state's electoral votes by congressional district. something two states already do and if they've done that, would have made donald trump the winner of the majority of wisconsin's electoral votes if it had been in place in the last election. the guardian reports considering more than 100 bills to restrict voting rights because the lesson they learned after losing the presidential election and also the senate is not to broaden their appeal or to shun donald trump and the things he stood for or to

ducey former arizona in the late senator john mccain cindy mccain were censured last night by the arizona. this is not a formal censure and has no legal meaning it is more just embolic but it does expose a rift in the republican party. chairwoman kelli ward narrowly won her spot running the party for another two years debunked claims about widespread election fraud in arizona. cindy mccain tweeted after the censure, is a high honor to be included in a group of arizonans who have served our state and nation so well and who like my late husband john have been censured by the arizona gop i'll wear this as a badge of honor. former senator jeff flake posted a picture of he, mrs. mccain, inducing wearing masks at the inauguration of joe biden with the caption good company. senator marco rubio, an ally of former president trump against his impeachment will leave the former president will have a place in the future of the republican party not just in arizona however, rubio hopes tobring people who don't necessarily donald trump to the gop. >> i hope we can do it in a way that teach the people we

he says that the house and senate recess in the middle of the debate on arizona. they will come back separately as house and senate and resume the debate that is part of finishing the result on arizona. and then they will take a vote on arizona, and then they will proceed through all of the states proving them leading to the final announcement by the vice president of the vote totals of the electoral college for the former vice president joe biden, and for president trump. and the vice president will announce the candidate with the most votes. that will be -- as the lights are back on, they were never off. but it's good to see them on in the united states capitol building. we are watching as they finish that process this evening. joining us now, brian kilmeade, host of "fox & friends" who has spoken to kayleigh mcenany who was on the job today. sort of speaking for the president and talking about what was going on at the white house during all of this. great to see you tonight. your thoughts on this historic difficult day for america? >> absolutely. i have a lot o

arizona will go down. the two chambers will reconvene in joint session and expected to tick through a number of things quickly. vice president in the chair until they get to the state of pennsylvania. josh hawley made clear he will object. one interesting thing though. this goes back to one word you used and i think it's really important at this point in time, and that's shaken. when you talk to law makers, lawmakers who were taken away in undisclosed locations, surrounded by law enforcement officials and long guns, who had to be escorted back to the senate floor by the same officers and the senate floor was being guarded by a line of law enforcement officers as well. they're shaken and they want this to end. there's a recognition even amongst some of those who are out initially saying they plan to object. but they just need to get this behind them. in fact, anderson, while there were six who voted for the objection, there were 14 going into this day who were going to object. a number of republicans change

it went to a court, state court in arizona found the county followed the issue guidance from the arizona secretary of state. the court found maricopa could not perform the audit the way the plaintiff wanted it done. >> senator's five minute is expired. >> thank you, mr. vice president. i would close by saying please my colleagues, do not disenfranchise the voters of arizona and certify their votes tonight. thank you. >> majority leader. >> i yield the five minutes to the utah senator. >> senator from utah. >> mr. president, the time i prepared my remarks seems like a lifetime ago. >> we'll continue to monitor them them. we heard from senator james langford sounding rational and calm. he was one of the people who had signed onto this attempt to overturn the election results. >> yeah, what's clear is the sobriety of the moment hasover taken some of the emotions we saw and the reality of the implications of what gone on relative to this election has seeped into the consciousness. the question is whether they're going to go through the whole exercise. i thought one of the most interesting th

arizona first.s supposed to be an affirmation of the election but now two hours of debate in'm chamber. >> this is a highly unusual. this debate two hours in the senate, two hours in the house. they will fail but clearly sin play trying to score some political points with the president's supporters. >> we should note that this is not unprecedented. members of the house and a democratic senator did this in 2005 to protest what they saw as inspector general regularities in ohio but the context is quite different. back then the losing candidate democratic senator john kerry distanced himself from the process and distanced himself from the objection. what we have here is this comes in the context of a two-month-long process of president trump and allies to actually try to undermine the results of the election and stage what is essentially a bloodless coup. i want to bring back alan fuhrman. what would have to happen for this to work? >> in order for this to work both houses have to affirmatively vote to