i'm bill hemmer. a lot on our radar this hour from the fall-out of big tech's reaction to push on impeachment of the president. the social network particler suing amazon. president trumpbanned from some sites. text execs blamed on concerns about violence. critics say it's a violation of free speech. and house democrats introducing an impeachment resolution. nearly a year to the day since the impeachment trial began. all of this setting history from the final days of the trump presidency. hogan gidley reacts. our monday panel mo and mark are standing by. we have a lot of breaking news. a lot to cover on the backlash on big tech. let's start there, gillian. >> the first big breaking news item, the loss, parler is now officially suing amazon. looks like the decision from amazon, apple and google to yank parler is having the effect of killing that social media app. take a listen. >> we're doing to try hour best to get back online as quickly as possible. we're having trouble because every vendor we talk to

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bills on the calendar. those measures include one requiring all federal agencies budget their annual justification materials available to the public. and another to notify congress whenever an s inspector general is placed on paid or unpaid duty status. round of votes beginning at about 1:00 p.m. eastern, and under house rules for the 117th which were approved monday, floor proxy voting has been reinstated and is in effect february 18. and now to live coverage of the u.s. house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c., january 5, 2021. i hereby appoint the honorable henry cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day, signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain margaret kibben: would you pray with me? eternal god we approach this new day in this new year serving in

>> i'm sorry, bill? >> bill: do you know where they are from, where did they come from? >> hello? >> bill: apologize about that, sorry, the audio. rich, if you are still with us, i'm trying to understand if they flew in last night. there were reports when we were in georgia following the election returns about airplanes that were packed coming from different parts of the country, flying into washington, d.c., for this big rally. and i am just trying to understand where these people -- are they local, did they drive or fly in for this event? did you get that, rich? >> sorry that i cut out earlier about all points of entry in washington. to be paid people from oregon, taxes, people made the drive up from texas, make the drive up from florida, taken the train in, washington union station. we were out here earlier, the airports were busy, the train stations were busy, the metro lines were busy, and the roads were busy. so you got people across the country and the region to come here for this, bill. >> bill: okay, rich, standby. i want to bring in juan williams for the discussion. i ke

i believe bill hemmer is taking over here. >> bill: good afternoon, everybodiry from atlanta. it's 3:00 where it's all gone sideways. you're watching the capitol building on lockdown. supporters of president trump flooding the building. reports that protesters are in the senate chamber. there's some photos online of some protesters on the dias with their fests in the air shouting "trump won the election." one of the most critical times in government, when congress is certifying a new president and we get this. mike johnson, a republican from louisiana on the telephone. sir, do you want to identify your location at the capitol? >> bill, no, i shouldn't do that. i'm with a number of house members. we're in a secure location on the house complex. obviously it's a very sensitive thing right now. >> what have you seen and what have you heard? >> well, i was in the middle of the proceedings in the house chamber down at the table. we were presenting our thoughtful arguments and thoughts about this whole process, electoral college. it's a very important process for our nation. happens

. >> bill: good morning. president biden about to mark one full week in office signing another stack of executive orders. today he will go after climate change as we say good morning. halfway there. bill hemmer. good morning. >> dana: good morning, i'm dana perino, "america's newsroom." ahead this hour former u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley will join us. >> bill: dana said i was demanding to the crew out here. i want to make sure it's right for you and me. >> dana: i appreciate it. everybody does. you want to excel, i am here for that. i am completely here for that. >> bill: you are digging yourself out of a hole, that's good. two big stories, the cdc saying it's okay to open schools in america. it's a big deal with a teachers unions in major cities saying they don't want to do it. >> dana: what biden's chief of staff said last night at odds. >> bill: a huge part of the first covid bill that has about $130 billion in schools in america. you wonder what sort of leverage the unions and white h

i'm bill hemmer. good morning. >> dana: we thank you for watching and thank you for showing up today for our second week on the job. i'm dana perino, this is "america's newsroom." great weekend. really one that is resetting. making sure i put my shoes on the right feet to get this week started. >> bill: good start. >> dana: a lot happening. >> bill: we shall get to it. president biden starting his first full week in the white house. he is about to sign a slough of executive orders. >> dana: including a made in america order to increase federal support for u.s. manufacturing companies. >> bill: team fox coverage. marc thiessen and mo elleithee, we begin with kristin fisher on the north lawn. >> bill: we're on day six of what this white house is billing as 10 days of action during president biden's first week and a half in office. he has signed more executive orders than any of his recent predecessors. today's executive order is all about trying to make good on his buy american campaign promise. the sam

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. >> bill: thank you, chris. be back with you shortly. want to bring in katie pavlich. still have martha we me. katie, i haven't had a chance to talk with you this afternoon. i don't know where you are and what you've been observing. let's bring you in and get the remarks first. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, bill. yeah, just watching everything unfold this afternoon. i think what we're watching is a complete break down in the trust and belief in our institutions. you have this playing out on capitol hill. it's very clear the culmination over the last four years till now is what is resulting in this with none of it being justified. you look at joe biden's statement. it is tough, but at the same time, let's not forget that the dnc and the biden campaign refused to condemn the violence and burning of our cities all summer long until the polling showed that it was affecting their campaign, they didn't discuss it one time. the dnc convention. now he's trying to come out as the vice president-elect and condemn the

an extraordinary week. >> dana: i loved it. >> bill: bill hemmer. good morning. president using the power of the pen, a lot of ink at the white house as he waits on congress to move forward with a nearly $2 trillion covid relief package. at the moment the senate finance committee is considering janet yellen at the president's pick. and lloyd austin as defense secretary. chad pergram is on the hill to tell us what's up today. good morning. >> confirmations as you say that day one on capitol hill to confirm lloyd austin as the next defense secretary at 10:30 this morning eastern time he will than confirmed and bipartisan vote and they might move the nomination of tony blinken to be secretary of state and maybe janet yellen later. we don't know. what's going on offstage. continuing to work on parameters for a possible impeachment trial in january. they're trying to get some of that done first. the left is asking for things in this covid relief bill talking about climate change, talking about firearms. they want big things in the legislative agenda from the biden adm

bye. >> bill: good afternoon, everybody. i'm bill hemmer. a prominent legal battle. the ceo of parler says his social media platform may never get back online after amazon and google pulled the plug. parler and amazon face off in court as we speak today. meanwhile, twitter's ceo defending his company's decision to banned president trump and said it could set a dangerous precedent. snap chat the latest to block the president claiming it's in the interest of public safety. so is big tech keeping the public safe or violenting first amendment rights coast to coast? dan springer reports on the hearing today. mike emanuel on the president's final days. in a moment, robert ray will join me on impeachment. hello, dan. >> hey, bill. this hearing lasted 30 minutes. now we wait for the ruling. basically the judge has to decide whether or not to issue a temporary restraining order that would force amazon to put parler back on its servers. amazon took parler down a few days ago after the riot at the capitol last week. in court, documents said the company had been giving parler wa

bill. >> bill: back here in georgia, smitty. polls are open after more than 3 million cast an early ballot in the state. both sides scrambling and one final effort to rally supporters. jonathan serrie is outside a polling station in atlanta. turnout so far, how is it been? >> turnout has been steady at this particular location in atlanta's buck head community. we're in fulton county, much of the city of atlanta which leans in favor of democrats. jon ossoff plans to meet with voters outside another polling center in southwest atlanta while raphael warnock rallies labor union members for a final canvassing event in town. democrats are trying to make the case that republican challenges to georgia's elections are all the more reason for their base to go out and vote. >> we have two senators who think their loyalty is to trump, not georgia. you have two senators who think they've sworn an oath to donald trump, not to the united states constitution. >> later this morning the republican senator kelly loeffler plans to rally in the subu

what about the new bill? what's in the new bill? for what is called the top-off. we've given people a $600 check. you can get it if you're up to $300,000 in income and we'll give you $1400 more. what we know about this is that last year when we gave people big checks over 85% of them said they used that money to pay down a debt or put in savings account. not to spend stimulating the economy. now we'll give people up to $300,000. this is not -- look, you have suffered and lost your job. if you lost your job you have unemployment insurance payments. this would just give everybody up to $300,000 with a lot of kids a check. 350,000 to state and local governments. what happened last year? they didn't spend it. they kept -- they used the federal money instead of using state and local money. we'll give them sort of dial this towards the urban centers, not that they're democratic and may not be the real reason to do it but we get money to urban transit systems. people in the country will pay for the metro and subway systems. $50 billion. >>

the jury cleared bill.een hoping and thought you were going to get this verdict, but when it actually came, bill, how did it feel to you? >> i seen my son lay his head down on the table in front of him, as soon as the verdict was read. i seen that. i was watching him. but it had to come. sooner or later, it had to come. >> since this was a civil case, jason wasn't getting any prison time. >> what amount of punitive damages, if any, do you award the estate of shirley carter? answer, $10 million. >> $10 million. bill and his lawyer never expected to see a dime. >> the more important thing for bill was simply to have eight people from that county hearing all the evidence and saying, jason did it. >> meanwhile, the county district attorney, ed bull, sitting in the back of the courtroom, had been watching closely. what would he do now? >>> coming up -- the fates were not quite through with the carter family. >> i got right into his face. i said, why did you kill your mother? >> there would soon be an act two. wh

>> good afternoon, bill. fulton county's top officials insist this election will be as safe as secure ago they feel the general election was in november. the secretary of state is reporting things are going smoothly here and statewide and the average wait time at polling locations is a minute. a minute less than the average wait time in november. the commissioner of fulton county said he's out visiting up to 50 polling locations pause he wants to personally observe. the spotlight is on fulton county after major allegations of fraud during the general election. in the leaked phone call, the president says he thinks he's lost georgia in part because up to 300,000 ballots mysteriously appeared here in fulton county. the fulton county commissioner challenges the president's claims saying fulton county earned an a plus for november's election and will likely get another a plus today. >> the naysayers that are out there who are alleging things about fulton county, georgia, we're the largest county in the state of g

bill that was eventually passed by johnson gutted the bill some thought that was you were passing or supporting he gutted it to make it acceptable to the southerners and is hailed as a hero for doing that. the only reason he had to make it acceptable to the southerners is he had beaten nixon in his upper to reform the filibuster with nixon and the liberals had succeeded in their effort in january and the threshold passing the bill may have been lowered to a simple majority and they could've pass the strong eisenhower civil rights bill. it's a moment in history there is a lot of what if the how history could be different if the republican administration and eisenhower had been the administration the past a massive civil rights bill over the opposition of johnson the southerner history could go a lot of different directions from that point. >> you talk about the procedures of the filibuster and the debate the people in control and calling the shots in particular going into depth about russell and lyndon johnson. what was their relationship like? and what was that crucial to leaders is

thank you so much. >> thanks for having me and good luck to you and bill. >> bill: thank you.vices secretary responding to criticism from the biden team last summer on the program said this. >> we have now made available close to 50 million doses of unbelievably effective vaccine. there was always going to be a ramp up here. it was always going to be part of scaling up. >> bill: more on why he says the biden team downplays the trump administration's vaccine efforts and whether or not you will get your shots soon. plus, bernie sanders taking over a powerful senate committee. while lindsey graham argues republicans are going to have to fight like. his words coming up. introducing refiplus from newday usa. it lets you refi at all-time low rates plus you could take out $50,000 or more. money for security today, money for retirement tomorrow. refiplus. it's only for veterans and it's only from newday usa. incomparable design makes it beautiful. state of the art technology makes it brilliant. the visionary lexus nx, lease the 2021 nx 300 for $359 a month for 36 months. experience am

bill? >> bill: thanks. our monday team is here. mark thies. do as i say, not as i do. it was a house party on the floor that people all over the country and they're warning folks to stay away from kids to go to college and come back from the beach and then you get this scene in congress. >> yeah, i couldn't visit my mother with covid in the hospital or nursing home but they can gather to vote for speaker pelosi. covid rules apply to republicans and conservatives, period. she broke the rules is because she would have lost if she hadn't. she brought the democratic party to the brink of disaster. the democrats were supposed to expand their house majority so that they would have a powerful house to back joe biden and the presidency. instead, republicans had a net gain of 11 seats, one more outstanding. not a single republican incumbent lost and democrats -- pelosi has the slimmest majority in a generation and poised to lose the house in 2022. so yeah, she had to bend the rules to get over the top. >> many people are waiting on the first shot. a lot of incoming freshmen hav

bill clinton. one of the first things he did was invite republican and democratic predecessors to the white house to pass the north american free trade agreement. both barack obama and donald trump broke with that tradition when they took office. they did not reach out to the other side of the aisle. so it is up to joe biden to bring that tradition back. he has to find the thing that he is going to reach out to republicans on and find something that is a priority they can get behind and work together on if he wants to unite the country. >> bill: mo, do you have a list on that? >> yeah, look. i think he will, right? symbolically he has reached out to mitch mcconnell. i just read reports he will be attending the prayer service tomorrow together. senator mcconnell will join the new president as his guest. but you know, the white house incoming white house chief of staff ron klain last week released a memo to the incoming white house staff saying here is what we do on day one, in the first 10 days and

bill hemmer, you must have a big show coming up. >> bill: we do. a couple of big events. tell jasper i said hello. like velcro. >> dana: hess your biggest fan. good afternoon, everybody. i'm bill hemmer awaiting two events now. first to hear from the fbi justice department six days after america launched a deadly assault on the u.s. capitol. now there's words feds were extreming violence but they had a playbook. "the washington post" reports an internal fbi memo the day before the riots. so a week ago today, there was a warning about online posts planning for war. grass breaking and doors being kicked in and blood being spilled 0 on the capitol. remember, this is the barrier around the capitol. that was a temporary fence. fox news is learning another fbi memo says extremists are planning more around the country. former assistant director chris swecker is here, matt schlapp and chris hahn. first, david. hello. >> federal and local officials are looking at 50,000 different tips they're combing regarding the violence last week. they're looking at two other cases that they're

as i promised, 12 minutes ago, here i'll bill hemmer. >> bill: we'll see you at 5:00. good afternoon. back in new york, i'm bill hemmer. the assault on the u.s. capitol bringing questions about what we do next as a nation. the riots were the most significant breach of a government institution since the british burned the capitol during the war of 1812. this time the aggressors were american citizens. numerous questions about security. the instigators were all over the internet warning washington that they were coming weeks ago. no problem. capitol police say four people died. they arrested 68 so far and more than a dozen for unlawful entry. more than 50 officers were hurt. some seriously. today crews are putting fencing around the capitol complex. an officer on scene telling fox news, this is the new norm that we'll see daily. all of this raising questions. what are the next steps for the president. the republican party, the u.s. congress and the country. ahead this hour, we'll get reaction from lawmakers from both parties and a variety of voices to fill the next 60 mi

we put the bill on the floor in september, a bill on the floor in october . coronavirus relief bill . you guys blocked it . didn't even want to talk about . didn't want to have an opportunity to amend . we've been working at this a for months and we arrived after months proposal that helps people who need it the most including nutritionists , including rental assistance, including checks to people , $2400 . and including unemployment. >> all i'm saying, >> all i'm saying , john, we should have this debate and into its john, i'm going to give you the opportunity to say you support and then we will have this debate. i want to get back is the senator from south dakota did not answer the question that it was not apparently huge er concern about socialism for the rich in the bill that they supported . or worried about the debt that would incur. so i see if i may say so bit of hypocrisy here . center thune and the republican leadership want to debate this issue and i think it's a great debate . as everybody knows senator mcconnell proposed an idea and i agree with

i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. make his first comment about this at 11:30 eastern time and we'll cover it for you. i saw two fingers in the air. two-minute warning for jen psaki at the white house. the governor facing major backlash as this new report shows the state undercounted nursing home covid deaths by as much as 50%. >> dana: we had admiral giroir on earlier. the testing coronavirus czar for the trump administration and he is no longer doing that job. i thought he was quite pointed in his criticism of andrew cuomo and said you cannot blame this on the federal government. >> bill: in the past governor cuomo has shifted the blame to the trump administration. we'll see what he says 90 minutes from now. we knew it was a problem. after the a.g. conducted an investigation in the state of new york we had no idea it was this high. more on that coming up bottom of the hour. mike lowler, fox news analyst mercedes cohen and john concha. >> dana: the white house says it wants bipartisan -- what happens next week when co

explain. >> hi, bill. well, it's because they now have the ability because they can point to the bad behavior at the capitol. they are using that now to trash donald trump's entire legacy, to enact punitive measures on his followers. nancy pelosi is calling for impeachment. blastering something about nuclear codes. they'll stop at nothing. i said yesterday that they were going to have the moral high ground. i think they're wondering that morale high ground because they're overreaction, double standards and hypocrisy. we didn't hear the language that we heard from joe biden a few minutes ago when our cities were being torched, when antifa and blm thugs were burning down police buildings and throwing molotov cocktails and bricks at police and trashing local stores. we didn't hear that. that was going on for months and months. so i think the american people are not stupid. everyone understands that what happened at capitol hill was terrible. but get some perspective on this. when you don't, when you decide to

you are right, bill. this will be an inauguration unlike any in my lifetime and some of the things we've loved to see the inaugural parade, usually some particular band or float that represents the home state or the college of the incoming president and the president watches from the reviewing stand. expresses a special delight about that. we aren't going to see any of that today. we will have the virtual parade during the democratic convention they had the virtual roll call. some people thought it worked pretty well. we're in a different time because of covid and unfortunately we're in a different time because of the events of the last two weeks in the capitol and security concerns. here are people leaving st. matthew's cathedral going down those steps. the steps where john john kennedy saluted is fallen father in november of 1963. >> bill: we'll stay on this picture and bring in juan and katie as well. i don't know what the virtual parade shapes up to be. there hasn't been a whole lot of detail that has

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to thursday. >> dana: a super size two hours. >> bill: you feel good about it? >> dana: i feel great i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." >> bill: "new york times" says ease up on the executive orders. >> dana: they're so tired of winning. >> bill: these directives are a flawed substitute for legislation. >> dana: ben shapiro had a great monologue yesterday saying that we don't have kings for a reason. the king used to say parliament do this for me and parliament would say no and he said i'd do it myself. not how it is supposed to be done. however, a lot of pent up demand by democrats to get a lot of stuff done. >> bill: defies what he said in the campaign. >> dana: lucas tomlinson on a new warning on domestic terrorists. the game stop frenzy on wall street and karl rove on the executive orders. >> bill: before we buy gamestop peter doocy on the north lawn. >> back when joe biden was vice president he said obamacare was a big deal and today as president he is goin

bill. >> bill: we'll wait for that. want to bring in dan henninger fox news contributor "wall street journal" editorial page. a lot to write about, right? i think you and others are just getting started. here is what the "wall street journal" writes earlier today. key line at the end. i'll read the paragraph. we heard too little of mr. biden's speech to reassure conservatives now being purged and ostracized that he will call off the progressive censors. your reflection on that. >> well, we're talking there about a couple of things certainly. what happened with twitter and social media withdrawing support from both the president and conservative outlets. as well as cancel culture generally. the idea that anyone who disagrees with you on some of these things has to be driven out of public politics all together. and we wrote those words because we thought the president's speech really was two speeches. one was about unity and reconciliation. but much of the rest of it was about the president biden invoking problems like ra

the voters -- the vote is announced, the bill is passed, it has been an important bill.ebate has been tense, the public is interested. reporters rushed to the phone booths to pass the news today her papers. this instant and full information to the public is also a part of the democratic processes of making law. the speaker signs the bill which has already been signed by the president of the senate. both houses have now approved, but it is not yet a law, it must go to the white house for signature by the president of the united states. jack watson, the house courier drives to the white house. he passes the guarded gates. along the drive to the west wing, which is the center of executive power and where the president transacts his business. the president signs the bill and it becomes a law of the land. however, sometimes the president refuses to sign a bill which he does not approve, this is called a veto and the president usually prepares a veto message which explains his reason. the vetoed ill and message are sent back to congress, and this ends the matter unless congres

i'm bill hemmer. five days ago, the trump presidencyand now we're getting a look at the inside investigation that dominated the first three years of his term. lindsey graham releasing hundreds of declassified documents related to the origins of the russian investigation. rand paul's crossfire hurricane, one of the most incompetence of the history of the fbi. and at this hour, washington is in lock down. looks like a military zone before the inauguration next week. there's reports that president trump will have a farewell event next wednesday, the same day that joe biden is sworn in. the fbi warning that more armed protesters could be on the move. a full line-up of team coverage on our final friday. gillian turner, rich edson, jonathan turley have analysis with bret baier. we begin at the white house with griff. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, bill. you know, any other day would be a white house full of reporters and staff and aides scurrying around. it's virtually a ghost town back there on th

eisenhower civil rights bill.history, is a lot of what if and how can history be different if a republican administration the popular president, dwight eisenhower the administration that passed the masses civil rights bill over opposition of magic johnson, you can see history going a lot of different directions. >> in the book, you talk about the procedure the filibuster debate but also the people in control and calling the shots. going into depth about russell and lyndon b. johnson, what was their relationship like? i was at crucial to leaders to johnson emerging as an all-powerful controlling leader in the senate? >> lyndon b. johnson was everything he had in his career to richard russell. johnson documented by carol and others, powerful men. before he was in the senate, he was in the house and speaker of the house and johnson became to rayburn, he did not have this so johnson when he got to the senate basically did the same thing to richard russell and russell was the most powerful senate in the chamber and wit

the only bills that were stopped by the filibuster and prevented from passing were civil rights bills. they were highly motivated. it takes this to take motivation and their overriding desire for many folks the reason for being in politics and reinventing power was containing jim crow and the southern way of life and it was that motivation that drove them to create the procedural innovations that lead to the filibusters today. >> the party looked different then as now there were regional differences. what were sort of the alignments at that time between the democrats and republicans and the southern democrats, what did those factions look like and how did that influence what we were seeing with the filibuster? >> it tells you a lot about why the filibuster is so different than it is today. back then, parties were not marching in lockstep. you know, ever since the two party system in the 19th century the senate was organized by party, people caucused together but there were no party leaders. the competition creates the speaker of the house and gives it a lot of power in the house of ru

hello, bill. >> bill: good morning to you. i'm bill hemmer live in atlanta. you wake up this morning and get the feeling that we have woken to -- our country has moved to a different place and you get that sense in georgia today. we may get that sense in washington, d.c. as well. as you mentioned, a lot of events to get to today in the nation's capitol. here in atlanta is the story. democrat warnock projected to defeat kelly loeffler while the other contest between the republican david perdue and democrat jon ossoff too close to call and likely go to a runoff as it stands now. 99% of the vote is in. ossoff holds a lead. the reverend warnock last night in atlanta. >> we were told we couldn't win this election. but tonight we proved that with hope, hard work, and the people by our side anything is possible. >> we'll fight for this president so i'm asking for every single georgian, every single american, stay in the fight with us. >> sandra: all of us as a growing list of republican lawmakers will object to biden's win. fox team coverage for you this morning. ra

the 60 bills were ridiculous bills that i believe the average american in this country does our money spent the way it is in those bills. don't they print the names of the sponsors of those bills and what the bill was so we can determine whether we want them in office or not? host: molly reynolds, why don't you pick up on the second part of that, the stimulus legislation moving with larger -- a larger government funding bill. explain why that happens and why it so often happens that, at the end of a congress, that some of these major must pass pieces of legislation get wrapped up and rolled together at the end of a congress. guest: that is a great observation about contemporary -- the contemporary legislative process. in congress now is to build whatd you need to pass something. especially in the senate, where the senate makes -- where the filibuster makes it necessary to get 60 votes to pass something. congress has responded to this by

and it is my understanding there were over 60 bills that were added to the stimulus bill. the 60 bills were put in there and they are ridiculous and i believe the average american in this country does not want our money spent the way it is in those bills. why doesn't one ofse the news media stations print the names of the sponsored or authors of those bills and what the bill was so we can determine whether we want that person in office or ntnot. >> host: that is bill in new jersey paid molly reynolds, why don't you pick up on the second part of that the stimulus legislation moving with a larger government funding bill and explain why that happened and why it so often happens at the end of the congress that some of these major must pass pieces of legislation get wrapped up will together at the end of the congress. >> guest: great observation about the contemporary process and basically what we see in boston in congress now is that it is hard to build the coalition you need to pass something especially in the senate where the filibuster makes it necessary in most cases to ge

the last year. >> bills, work has been hard. one of those bills is for something truly essential, water. according to this new report from the bay area public policy nonprofit spur, water debt is becoming a burden for thousands here. >> it's on the edge of hundreds of millions of dollars. >> while there is currently a state-wide ban on water shutoffs, she says that moratorium won't last forever. >> what might happen when the ban ends? >> if we don't think about this carefully the ban would sudden i will be a disaster. everybody that works here, it is large numbers of low income folk that's have trouble paying their folks, will get water disconnected. >> we have seen a pretty significant uptick in delinquent accounts. >> san francisco public utilities press secretary says the agency is expanding asis trance programs for customers. he says the federal government also needs to offer help beyond the $638 million in water bill debt relief that was part of last year's covid stimulus plan. >> it is really about finds ways to help our c

house working on noncontroversial bills on inspectors general. more limb coverage when they eet with the senate. you are watching c-span, unfiltered you group of government. created in 1979. today, were brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span to viewers as a ublic service. >> tonight, runoff elections in the two georgia senate races will decide the balance of power. join us at 8:00 p.m. eastern as we follow atlanta's coverage of the races between republican senator david perdue and democratic candidate jon osoff loffler and her opposition. greg has been with us a number of times throughout this series of runoff elections. , ashowed the polls recently pull from that reason georgia showing a dead heat. is it really a dead heat in those races? guest: that is where the campaign operatives. a lot of the polls were wrong in the lead up to november, but the polls in georgia were pretty on target. just about every poll that was reported showed the

why can't chuck schumer get this bill through?cratic party here? >> you know, isn't it interesting that all of us as democrats welcome bipartisanship. we're engaged with bipartisanship. in fact, the no-name caucus, the moderate caucus was real initiated by democrats in the house and they reached across to the united states senate. they reach across to republicans, and we have benefitted from their presence, but i believe that this is a test of who cares more for the american people. the can you tell me that you do not want to do a big covid-19 bill as evidenced by the very words of the secretary of the treasury, someone who knows numbers hand knows what the economy is about to face again, they said go big, and do that mean you don't want to do a massive federally nationalized vaccination program that's going to reach all americans you? don't want to see all schools open and child care centers open and teachers vaccinated and everyone else that's in the school system you? don't want to see people getting a leg up with a $15 an hour

that bill was called waxman-markey. it was the work of congressman waxman and congressman, now senator markey. senator markey over here, maybe this time it will be serious in the senate, with all of these departments government controlled. the latent partisanship here in the senate that the fossil fuel industry suppressed is still there. it has been there all along. talking to some of my colleagues about climate change has been a little bit like talking to prisoners about escape. but the latent bipartisanship did not go away, and with these other changes, with corporate america beginning to show up with the big trade associations becoming less horrible, i am hopeful for a serious bipartisan bill, and if we can't get good-faith bipartisanship, well, we have got reconciliation. senator mcconnell can't block bipartisan climate bills from coming to the floor any longer, so there is a point to legislating. there is a point to advocates showing up. so maybe corporate america will show up and push back on fossil fuels subjugat

bill. regardingn for you trump's final days in office, my first question is if in the next few days donald trump shot somebody on main street and heldd them, could he be responsible because he committed that act while president of the united states when he said no one is above the law? after hisquestion is final days in office, because i have a family and grandchildren, what is the likelihood we will reactionil war type of going forward? two good questions. there is a legal dispute as to whether a president could be tried for a crime such as murder while in office. in oral argument before the supreme court on a case within the past 12 months, the effectnt's lawyers in said he could not be end they relied on a justice department memorandum that is -- and they relied on a justice department memorandum that is decades old. if theg is clear -- president were to shoot someone on fifth avenue right in front of trump tower, whatever may be office,, while still in murder charges could be brought ag

passed the the bill would also address the isturbingly slow nomination of i.g.'s that's been the norm across multiple administrations. would require notification of congress 30 days i.g. being placed on leave. already fication is required prior to an i.g. being removed from duty. the bill also would require the to report to congress if he has not nominated an i.g. days of a vacancy occurring. this report must include the failing to make the nomination and a target date for doing so. requirement will hopefully prod the executive branch to i.g.'s in a more timely manner. i.g.'s provide critical accountability within federal agencies and the positions need to be filled more currently the case. i urge members to support this reserve n bill, and i the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york reserves. is gentleman from alabama recognized. mr. palmer: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the alabama, mr. palmer, is recognized. mr. palmer: thank you, mr. speaker. 23, e in support of

if you were to drop it into this defence bill, you could torpedo the bill and drive votes away.ian pro—surfer has been praised for running into rough seas in hawaii to save a woman from drowning. here you can see mikey wright sprinting towards the waves after realising someone was getting swept away in the strong current. he then entered the water, which was full of sharp rocks, to reach the woman. he had to battle to keep hold of her as the waves crashed over them and swept them off their feet, but mikey eventually got her to the safety of the beach. and mikey wrightjoins us live from the north shore of oahu. thank you for coming onto the programme. thanks heaps for having us. what did you see out of the corner of your eye and that split—2nd decision you made to go in that and help? we had literally been sitting in our backyard and we have seen this lady getting swept off her feet and neglect that she was going to a serious bit of danger here and the rocks she is on it is all volcano rocks so it is very sharp and she was just getting dragged off the rugs and out into the ocean

he also objected to the bill because it calls for the withdrawal of u.s. troops from germany to be reconsidered. in a rare show of bipartisan unity the u.s. senate delivered the president a stinging rebuke just weeks before he's due to leave office 81 republican and democrat votes were far more than the 2 thirds majority needed to override the presidential veto the objections of the president in response trump turned to twitter saying the senate had missed an opportunity he said not passing the coronavirus aid bill was unfair and not smart. w. correspondent all over salat sent us this update from washington d.c. they humiliating blow for donald trump on the last days off his presidency and it's also a 1st because never before has congress overridden a veto on since he took office and that's particularly important because the republican hold a majority in the senate that has been extremely partisan throughout all times presidency just think of the impeachment proceedings about a year ago where a lot of damaging material was produced against all still the re

amna: garrett, what is the latest on that bill? soon will americans get the help they need from congress? garrett: it's going to be a while and even while the administration and speaker pelosi are talking about the importance of bipartisanship, everything we're seeing lawmakers do on capitol suggest th democrats are going to try to do it alone. that will take more time. they have to pass a budget resolution. it's a much more technical thing to get something across the finish line but when you look at what's in this bill. hundreds of bills for state and local governments, those standed, direct relief checks at $1, 400 a pop, expanded unemployment benefits. ose are flings that were probably going to get the 10 republican senators that democrats would need had a president trump proposalsed it. it's unlikely to be the case under president biden. i think it's a warning to runs. -- republicans. you can be on this train when we pass this bill or not be on this train. but democrats seem likely to go on with it. na: they've been asked about

he also objected to the bill because it calls for the withdrawal of u.s. troops from germany to be reconsidered. in a rare show of bipartisan unity the u.s. senate delivered the president a stinging rebuke just weeks before he's due to leave office 81 republican and democrat votes were far more than the 2 thirds majority needed to override the presidential veto the objections of the president in response trump turned to twitter saying the senate had missed an opportunity he said not passing the coronavirus aid bill was unfair and not smart. well the w. correspondent to oliver salat sent us this update earlier from washington d.c. they humiliating blow for donald trump on the last days off his presidency and it's also a 1st because never before has congress overridden a veto on trump since he took office and that's particularly important because the republican hold a majority in the senate that has been extremely partisan throughout all times presidency just think of the impeachment proceedings about a year ago where a lot of damaging material was produced

as i promised, 12 minutes ago, here i'll bill hemmer. >> bill: we'll see you at 5:00.in new york, i'm bill hemmer. the assault on the u.s. capitol bringing questions about what we do next as a nation. the riots were the most significant breach of a government institution since the british burned the capitol during the war of 1812. this time the aggressors were american citizens. numerous questions about security. the instigators were all over the internet warning washington that they were coming weeks ago. no problem. capitol police say four people died. they arrested

go bills! >> go bills indeed. magical season because of, again, those fans.hind me, let's go buffalo, i saw you posting a picture with one. proceeds from that are going to a children's hospital. you had a season where their star quarterback josh allen lost his grandmother. she passed away. what do fans do? they rally and donate over a million dollars, most in 17-dollar increments, his jersey number to a charity that he loves. and that ravens game that we're seeing now, lamar jackson left that game with an injury. what do bills fans do, they rally for lamar jackson to try to make him feel better. they start donating to blessings in a backpack, one of his favorite charities. they have told us it's over $200,000 that they have donated. and that's who bills mafia is. that's what buffalo is. and that's what makes this team so special. >> yeah, i know. look, i'm a -- my whole life i've been a bills fan, ever since i was a little boy. my dad, may he rest in peace, he used to take me to bills games in the old days. and i remember sitting there with him. we only had s