i'm brianna keilar and as we are getting new details from the biden administration today on its plan to tackle the pandemic, just moments ago we saw the white house press sent saying that they are recommitted to reopening schools nationwide. >> that's going to require testing materials, support for contact tracing, vaccinations for teachers and ensuring equitably provided but our cdc director and team will be looking into putting together specific guidelines so there can be clarity on that front. >> we also heard from the new cdc director in the administration's first coronavirus briefing today, and from the start it was a stark difference from the trump white house. it was held by a videoconference instead of in-person and doctor rochelle walensky shared data showing vaccines are not causing widespread allergic reactions. >> based on our most recent data we were found there were 2.1 cases of an if a lack tis per million administered doses of. >> moderator: mac-- moderna and2 of pfizer. to be clear, these are rare, treatable outcomes and the covid-19 vaccines are safe. >> president b

. >>> brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. have a good day. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. in 48 hours, a divided and ailing nation on edge will feel the whiplash from the end of a disgraced president's chaotic tenure to the beginning of a new administration. a force of power lacking the usual dignity of transition between unions. martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech is completely empty. the fbi is vetting thousands of national guardsmen, deployed to protect the insurrection threat. some were veterans, some were military. during the charge, an army reservist was described by a federal foreman in court documents as a nazi sympathizer and a white supremacist. silence has blank eeted the whi house. the president hasn't been seen in public in a week. the president's term will end with him issuing 100 pardons and commutations. the president will leave office with the lowest approval rating. even though, trump has orchestrated a flashy sendoff that b

brianna keilar is there. : we are watching president biden right now come past our camera location with his -- hold on one second, jake. can you unite the country, mr. president? all right. so just -- the president, jake, coming over to give one member of the press a fist bump saying keep doing what you're doing. we have some questions for him, obviously he is not answering them. certainly he must think there's plenty of time to do that, this being, of course, the one moment of really getting out and being seen and playing not to an audience in person, jake, but to the cameras that are here. and he is flanked, of course, by service members from the five branches. and this is a very different scene. i'm struck by being here, you know, four years ago and looking across the street and seeing -- you get to witness the first family as they partake in this procession, as we watch it after it comes through after them. this is obviously a very different scene, but also a very important moment where the president and t

brianna ke brianna keilar picks it up now. >>> i am brianna keilar. to viewers in the u.s. and around the world, america is amid crises. after the insurrection at the capitol in donald trump's name, the president is on the verge of becoming the only president to be impeached twice. now esshe is announcing he won' attend the inauguration which is one of the acts for peaceful transfer of power. there has been violence like we haven't seen in the heart of america's democracy. we are learning a fifth person died from wednesday's siege at the capitol by trump incited rioters. the flag is half staff for one of its own, officer brian sicknick. he died from wounds he received during the insurrection according to capitol police. prosecutors are about to open a federal murder investigation, the president has yet to offer a public word of condolence. what he did say is he will be leaving the white house. it hasn't stopped calls for impeachment. there's an intense phiing fear the worst could be ahead. even with just 12 days left to go. assistant house speaker telling cnn articles of im

. >>> brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. have a good day. >>> hi there, i'm brianna keilar, and i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world as we watch the capitol. it looks like a fortress. they are getting threats of attacks possibly with more fire power behind it. extremists are now more emboldened to carry out attacks since they broke in last week. authorities have arrested this man seen carrying a confederate flag through the halls of the capitol. kevin freed of delaware has been identified as this person, in the meantime, police have arrest aid man accused of striking a capitol police officer with a fire extinguisher during the january 6 riots. "politico" identifies the man in this video as robert sanford. he is a retired chester firef firefighter, and in the video he is seen wearing a dark plaid shirt and a backpack. he picks up what appears to be a fire extinguisher on the ground. moments later he throws it at a group of police officers nearby. it hit one officer square on the back of the

boro brianna keilar picks up coverage right now. have a good day. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world. we are beginning with breaking news. a disturbing development in the coronavirus pandemic. south carolina has now detected the first u.s. cases of a more contagious strain of the virus. this is that variant that was first spotted in south africa. and this is coming at a dire time in the country when we are still losing thousands of people every day and states are dealing with a shortage of vaccine. i want to go now to cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen on this. what do we know about this strain, elizabeth? >> brianna, this is big news, it's not surprising news. when you have thousands of people around the world, it is inevitable the variant will be in the united states. it was started in south africa, and the people that have it do not have a travel history, so it means they caught it in the u.s. the genomic surveillance system in this country is n

brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. > >>>. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world. we are following breaking news. cnn has learned that pipe bombs found near the capitol on january 6th were placed there the night before. this is according to the fbi. two pipe bombs were discovered near democratic and republican headquarters on the day of the capitol insurrection. cnn's justice correspondent jessica schneider is following this. what more can you tell us, jess? >> reporter: brianna, since this happened on january 6th, the fbi has been releasing more and more information. they're now saying the bombs were placed near both of those headquarters, dnc and rnc, between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. on january 5th, the night before the capitol attack. authorities have been hunting for whoever placed these pipe bombs now for more than three weeks. today is the third time they've increased their award for tips leading to any arrest. it is now $100,000. this really speaks to how much difficulty the feds are having tracking this perp

brianna keilar continues with coverage right now. have a good day. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar, and i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world as where was watching history unfold on capitol hill. the house moving ahead today preparing to vote on a resolution calling for vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment to remove the president. and they will also set the rules for impeachment today with a vote on the impeachment plan for tomorrow. one of the authors of the house article of impeachment spoke to cnn this morning, making the case to move quickly. >> donald trump is not going to change who he is. he is a danger to the country. we have a responsibility. look, this is days before we're going to have a new president. the last thing we want to be doing is impeaching a president, but we have a solemn responsibility in the face of this evidence and this conduct and the danger this president presents to move forward. we invite our republican colleague

brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. >>> i'm anderson cooper alongside brianna keilar. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, this is special live coverage of a historic 48 hours in american history. >> the end of one presidency, the start of a new one, but this transfer of power is unprecedented in a country divided like never before in modern times. washington, d.c. is under lockdown with streets and bridges closed. >> two weeks earlier, the capitol was stormed. normally it's a peaceful display of transfer of power. 25,000 national guard troops are on the streets to help a peaceful transfer of power. mitch mcconnell talked about the capitol. >> reporter: the last tiwo week the capitol was stormed. the mob was fed lies. they were invoked by the president and other powerful people. and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government which they did not like. the elections did not hand any side a mandate for sweeping idealogical change. americans elected a closely divided senate, a closely

brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. >>> i'm anderson cooper alongside brianna keilar.united states and around the world, this is special live coverage of a historic 48 hours in american history. >> the end of one presidency, the start of a new one, but this transfer of power is unprecedented in a country divided like never before in modern times. washington, d.c. is under lockdown with streets and bridges closed. >> two weeks earlier, th

. >>> brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now.> hi there, i'm brianna keilar, and i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world as we watch the capitol. it looks like a fortress. they are getting threats of attacks possibly with more fire power behind it. extremists are now more emboldened to carry out attacks since they broke in last week. authorities have arrested this man seen carrying a confederate flag through the halls of th

brianna keilar picks up right now. have a great day. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and i want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. on his first full day as president, joe biden will speak about the first important item on his agenda, the coronavirus response plan. he's doing it as he gets hit with a major setback when it comes to vaccinations. sources tell cnn president biden is inheriting a non existent covid vaccination plan. a member of the covid advisory board says the team only knew the details that were known to the public, and that included operation warp speed briefings and details on distribution. >> what we knew in the transition advisory board was that we were not getting any information that was not public information already. and so what was a complete mystery, was there going to be a binder describing the national strategy and what the strategy was of distribution and where things were. the team on arrival, the president and his team found that there was not those pieces

brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. stay safe. >>> i am brianna keilar. happy new year to viewers in the united states and around the world. president trump spending his final days in office much like he spent the entire presidency, spewing utter nonsense on twitter, watching cable news, bullying republicans, trying to win at all costs, and he's doing it as hospitals overflow and americans die by the thousands from coronavirus. one year since he faced an impeachment trial for pressuring someone on a call for political purposes. the president called election officials in georgia, fem llow republicans, berating them, he demanded they find votes to overturn the election results as he asked them to commit fraud. the people of georgia are angry. people of the country are angry, and there's nothing wrong with saying that you've recalculated. >> but mr. president, the challenge that you have, the data you have is wrong. >> carl bernstein calls it far worse than watergate, democrats call it criminal, impeachable. marsha blackburn called it not a helpful call, so

. >>> brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now.d day. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. in 48 hours, a divided and ailing nation on edge will feel the whiplash from the end of a disgraced president's chaotic tenure to the beginning of a new administration. a force of power lacking the usual dignity of transition between unions. martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech is complet

brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. > >>>. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and i want to welcomend the world. we are following breaking news. cnn has learned that pipe bombs found near the capitol on january 6th were placed there the night before. this is according to the fbi. two pipe bombs were discovered near democratic and republican headquarters on the day of the capitol insurrection

i am brianna keilar and the clock is ticking now on history. democrats in congress moving ahead with their efforts to oust president trump from office. they are asking vice president mike pence to do it right now by invoking the 25th amendment. they floated a resolution in the house this morning but republicans objected. democrats have also formally introduced an article of impeachments that says donald j. trum

brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. stay safe. >>> i am brianna keilar.s in the united states and around the world. president trump spending his final days in office much like he spent the entire presidency, spewing utter nonsense on twitter, watching cable news, bullying republicans, trying to win at all costs, and he's doing it as hospitals overflow and americans die by the thousands from coronavirus. one year since he faced an impeachment trial for pressuring someone on a call for political purposes. the president called election officials in georgia, fem llow republicans, berating them, he

brianna keilar picks up right now.reat day. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and i want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. on his first full day as president, joe biden will speak about the first important item on his agenda, the coronavirus response plan. he's doing it as he gets hit with a major setback when it comes to vaccinations. sources tell cnn president biden is inheriting a no

brianna keilar takes over coverage.t weekend. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and we will be taking you to the white house briefing as soon as it begins. in the next hour, president biden will continue with his flurry of executive actions. today he will be signing a new round of executive orders addressing the economic hardships that have been brought on by the pandemic. the president is using his second full day in office to target economic aid for millions of struggling americans. soon he will sign an executive order to expand access to food stamps. and today he will also expand protections for federal employees, and he willai

boro brianna keilar picks up coverage right now.od day. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world. we are beginning with breaking news. a disturbing development in the coronavirus pandemic. south carolina has now detected the first u.s. cases of a more contagious strain of the virus. this is that variant that was first spotted in south africa. and this is coming at a dire time in the country when we are still losing thousands of people every day and states are dealing with a shortage of vaccine. i want to go now to cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen on this. what do we know about this strain, elizab

brianna ke brianna keilar picks it up now. >>> i am brianna keilar. to viewers in the u.s.nd around the world, america is amid crises. after the insurrection at the capitol in donald trump's name, the president is on the verge of becoming the only president to be impeached twice. now esshe is announcing he won' attend the inauguration which is one of the acts for peaceful transfer of power. there has been violence like we haven't seen in th

brianna keilar takes over coverage. have a great weekend. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and we will be taking you to the white house briefing as soon as it begins. in the next hour, president biden will continue with his flurry of executive actions. today he will be signing a new round of executive orders addressing the economic hardships that have been brought on by the pandemic. the president is using his second full day in office to target economic aid for millions of struggling americans. soon he will sign an executive order to expand access to food stamps. and today he will also expand protections for federal employees, and he will raise the minimum wage for federal workers to $15 per hour. these executive orders are just a curtain raiser to biden's massive economic covid relief proposal. he has released details on an ambitious, nearly $2 trillion rescue plan that he hopes to push through congress. that plan includes a new round of stimulus checks, it includes funding for state and local governments as well as bill

brianna keilar picking it up. >>> helhello, i'm brianna keila and i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. >>> tomorrow as the house delivers another impeachment article to the senate condemning former president trump for inciting insurrection at the capital, his successor is adding to his record-breaking list of executive actions, more than 30 so far. now biden begins his first full week as president, and in moments the white house will hold their press briefing to give more details on one of today's orders. this one, unlike one of the many others, does not undo trump's

i am brianna keilar and the clock is ticking now on history. democrats in congress moving ahead with their efforts to oust president trump from office. they are asking vice president mike pence to do it right now by invoking the 25th amendment. they floated a resolution in the house this morning but republicans objected. democrats have also formally introduced an article of impeachments that says donald j. trump incited vi ed violence ag the united states and it resulted in lawless action at the capitol. we could have a vote on impeachment webs and democrats expect it to pass. today the national parks closed down the national monument, this will continue until after joe biden is inauguratesed as the next president. they're reacting to fears that there are going to be new protests, or action by pro-trump supporters. meantime, investigators are looking into whether current members of law enforcements or the military took part in the riot. >> people coming to demonstrate peacefully are very different than the people we saw storm the capitol the ot

. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we are watching history in progress today as lawmakers move ahead to hold president trump accountable for inciting a mob to attack the u.s. capitol. right now the clock is ticking for vice president mike pence. democrats want him to gather the remaining members of the cabinet and invoke it is 25th amendment to remove the president. it does seem unlikely, though, that he will act, even after the president hammered pence for

i'm brianna keilar and right now capitol hill looks like a fortress. 20,000 national guard troops expected to be in place for joe biden's inauguration. the national mall closed down. the huge national mall. law enforcement and those national guard troops on alert for possibility of another insurrection for more violence. this time potentially with more firepower behind it. cnn learned authorities arrested the man seen in this picture here carrying a confederate flag flew the halls of the capitol during last week's riot. he's identified as kevin seifried of deldelaware. police arrest add man accused of striking a u.s. capitol police officer with a fire extinguisher during the january 6th riots. the criminal complaint identifies the man as robbed sanford, a retired chester, pennsylvania, firefighters. in this sanford seen wearing a dark plaid shirt and picks una fire ex-ting gishers, hits an officer bounces all the helmet and over other officers standing near him. there are warnings now from federal officials that extremists are more emboldened to carry out attacks after what happened at the

i'm brianna keilar and history is unfolding. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> history is unfolding on capitol hill. the house is moving ahead today, preparing to vote on a resolution calling for vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th entertainmeamendment te president. and they will set the rules for a vote tomorrow. democrats say they expect it to pass and also expect several republicans to join them. today president trump is escaping the turmoil in washington and his white house to get a glimpse of the border wall in p texatexas. before leaving the white house, the president took aim at democrats to remove him the sec ti second time, saying it will invite more violence. and breaking news that the fbi developed a report of a quote, war, at the capitol. this contradicts reports that officials knew of no intelligence indicating there would be violence. with me now is cnn justice correspondent evan perez and cnn senior law enforcement analyst andrew mccabe, who was deputy director of the fbi. he's also the author of "the threat: how the fbi protects america in the age of terror and

i am brianna keilar, and moments ago the justice department revealed they have opened more than 175 criminalations following the insurrection at the u.s. capitol and estimate they will be up to 300 before the day is over. they've also received 140,000 tips and that includes video and photos. they have arrested and charged more than 40 defendants. an fbi official alded some involved in the mob on january 6en have bth sma-- 6th to turn themselves in, those of you who took part in the violence, you should know every law enforcement agency in the country is looking for you. as a matter of fact, even your friends and family are tipping us off. you might want to consider turning yourself in instead of wondering when we're going to come knocking on your door, because we will. >> now, we are learning from federal documents that some rioters were planning on murdering lawmakers. capture and assassinate congress members. [ chanting ]

i'm anderson cooper alongside brianna keilar to. our viewers here from around the world, this is cnn's special live coverage an historic 48 hours in america. >> it is the end of one presidency and the start of a new one, but this transfer of power is unprecedented. in a country divided like never before in modern times, washington, d.c. is largely under lockdown with streets and bridges closed. there are 25,000 national guard troops now patrolling the streets to help secure the inauguration of president-elect joe biden all to prevent the kind of violence that desecrated the capitol building two weeks ago. >> yeah. it's certainly a stark contrast to show military force in what has been america's peaceful handoff of power. moments ago president-elect biden offered words ever optimism and reflected on a conversation he had with his son beau who passed away from cancer in 2015. >> as i told beau on that station waiting for barack and hunter, i said don't tell me that things can't change. they can and they do. that's america. that's dela

brianna keilar picking it up. have a good day. >>> helhello, i'm brianna keila and i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. >>> tomorrow as the house delivers another impeachment article to the senate condemning former president trump for inciting insurrection at the capital, his successor is adding to his record-breaking list of executive actions, more than 30 so far. now biden begins his first full week as president, and in moments the white house will hold their press briefing to give more details on one of today's orders. this one, unlike one of the many others, does not undo trump's work, it emphasizes it. it is to boost manufacturing. but two other actions do reverse trump's directives. just moments ago president biden signed an order to lift the ban on transgender troops in the military. and biden is reinstating coronavirus travel restrictions that trump wanted lifted this month. it restricts citizens coming from brazil, the island, u.k. and much of europe. he also aldded much

i am brianna keilar, america is a nation engulfed in competing crises. after the insurrection, the president is on the verge of becoming the only president to be impeached twice. today he is announcing he will not attend joe biden's inauguration, one of the most symbolic acts for a peaceful transfer of power, which has not been done in more than a century. just three other presidents chose to not attend their succeed succeed successors' inauguration. "wall street journal" is calling for the president to quick. more than a dozen of his official are leaving, including emain chow and education secretary betsie devos. democrats are threatening impeachment. moments ago nancy pelosi told her caucus there's more support than than there was for the first time he was impeached. cnn is told that articles of impeachment could be brought to the house as early as next week. >> the house, if they cuome together -- >> before i begin, let me say two things. one, when this is all over, i will take questions, when we finish today ace announcements, but let me begin by exp

i am brianna keilar and any moment now joe biden will speak about his coronavirus response plan released today, first full day it's a the 46th president and speaking as he and his covid team are hit with a major reality check when it comes to vaccinations. sources tell cnn president biden is inheriting a non-existent vaccination distribution plan from the trump administration and the biden team needs to start from square one. the coordinator ads this, jeff zients, what we're inheriting is so much worse than we could have imagined. a member of the biden coronavirus advisory board explains that the team only new details available to the public, which included "operation warp speed" briefings and details on distribution. >> what we knew in the transition advisory board was that we were not getting any information that was not public information already. so it was a complete mystery, was there going to be a binder describing the national strategy and what the status is of production of distribution and where things were, and the team on arrival, the president and his team found there was not

i'm brianna keilar. we begin with another disturbing development in the pandemic. health officials have detected two cases of the coronavirus seen in south africa. the variants from brazil and the uk have already spread to several states. joini ing me to talk about thisa family medicine doctor who received both doses of the covid-19 vaccine. congratulations on that, sir. this, i think is what a lot of us are tracking. these variants and wonder how worried we should be about them and if this could tllead to another surge. what do you think? >> i think americans watching these mutations in the covid-19 virus, which we were expecting in the health care field, pretty much all variants you likely see will likely end up in this country. what is clear about these, it makes the virus much more transmissible. in other words, you can get it a lot easier than you could before. that's why vaccination remains the number one thing for americans to try to get and number two, social distancing and mask wearing, those types of things we've been doing become even more important goin

i am brianna keilar.erican history when georgia voters will determine whether democrats control all the levers of power in washington, and when republican lawmakers will take the extraordinary step of trying to overturn the will of the voters. we begin in georgia, voters are hitting the polls in two runoff rais races that decide who controls the senate. if warnock and ossoff win, they pick up two seats and gain control of the senate for democrats. 50 senators, matching the balance of power with republicans. and vice president elect kamala harris would be able to break any tie. if republicans, incumbent david perdue or kelly loeffler win one of the races, republicans keep control of the senate by a slim margin. one indicator how important today is is the amount of money that's been thrown in. talking more than a 45 billion dollars. gary tuckman is in fulton county, most populous county in georgia. tell us what it is like there at the polls. >> reporter: well, brianna, we want to welcome you to the epicente

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brianna keilar is with us.ay as it always does in the inauguration of a president, and this is part of, this is a hallmark, of the american system. the civilian control of the military, a military that does not belong to one political party, and this is something that we have seen challenged here in the united states here in recent years. so this is part of what president biden is going to be tasked with. trying to gain the trust of the broad american public, which increasingly had sort of seen it co-opted at times, wolf, as a political prop. i'm speaking to you from lafayette park watching this moment here in arlington cemetery in a place where the military was perhaps most visibly used as a prop. so this is very important that president biden is going to tackle this issue, and i also think that we can't overstate the significance of what it will mean not only to have president biden in the white house, but jill biden, first lady, as well, wolf. i think we've seen this politicalization of the military. we'll s