in the past hour, the cabinet office minister michael gove said eu recognised they made a mistake andhat a reset is now needed. i think the eu recognise they made a mistake in triggering article 16 which would have meant the imposition of a border on the island of ireland but now that eu have stepped back. the world health organisation has criticised the eu's announcement of export controls on vaccines, saying such measures risked prolonging the pandemic. it is morally wrong, in terms of arresting the pandemic it wouldn't help, and it wouldn't also bring livelihoods back. the prime minister publishes an open letter to parents, saying he's "in awe" of the way they're coping with home schooling. five men have been arrested following a �*disturbance' at a former military barracks in kent, being used to house hundreds of asylum seekers. a four—year—girl has discovered a rare dinosaur footprint on a beach in south wales. and coming up — we find out how alpine ski resorts are dealing with a winter season of closures and lockdowns, that's in the travel show. the european union is facing crit

so, i there — various cabinet offices. so, i there was— various cabinet offices.ther rest— to confirming nominees and the other rest of the time on the trial — other rest of the time on the trial. , . , . trial. renee, democrats have already introduced _ trial. renee, democrats have already introduced an - trial. renee, democrats have already introduced an articlel already introduced an article of impeachment against the president accusing him of trying to incite an insurrection. has a us president ever to impeached twice? ., , ., , . twice? no, this would be a uniuue twice? no, this would be a unique distinction - twice? no, this would be a unique distinction for - unique distinction for president trump, to have a vote of impeachment twice, which seems — of impeachment twice, which seems likely to happen. renee landers, thank— seems likely to happen. renee landers, thank you _ seems likely to happen. renee landers, thank you so - seems likely to happen. renee landers, thank you so for - landers, thank you so for joining us. let's get some of the day's other news.

and one of the provisions is if the vice president and the majority of cabinet officers vote to get rid of the president, that goes to the president pro tem of the senate and it is voted on in the house and the senate. if they get a two-thirds majority in both of those bodies, the president is expelled if he doesn't remove himself in the process. that is a way of bypassing an impeachment proceeding in the house and a courtroom proceeding in the senate that would ultimately expel the ptresident as well. it's never happened before, mona. we have two weeks left of this president being in office. my guess is it probably will not happen now, either. >> and we were two weeks out from the biden/harris administration beginning. what does history tell us about what joe biden needs to do in order to unite this country, especially after this presidential election? >> you know, there's an old saying, let no good crisis go to waste. i think what this shows is that america is hopelessly divided. but i think we can come together, as i mentioned earlier, in times of tragedy. joe biden can not only use

eisenhower was known to tell cabinet officers in your area, you handle it. that said, i highlight a couple of instances where you did have cabinet secretaries with white house staffers or people seem to be delegated by the president in a way that was different from what that would seem to entail with this administration, in the face of the issue of whether they recognize it, it's not just a controversial composition that was a big question for most. george marshall is not only a war hero but also secretary of state reviewed more than anyone else. truman new he wanted to hear the other side of the issue so white house aide making the case for recognizing israel in a white house meeting where he'd run up against. marshall was not that interested in having his aide weighing in on those issues and that the president no what they are doi doing. he said he makes the case for recognizing them but marshall is so angry he never spoke to clifford the rest of his life. the eisenhower administration, the successor estate and white house people and eisenhower decided to b

staff is can help the president, the guidebook is the cabinet officers who are setting policy and tell officers came to him with problems he said it's your area, you handle it . i said, i do in the white house: instances where you have cabinet secretaries buying has white house staffers or people who seemed to be delegated by the president in a way that was different from what the county government would seem to entail one story in ministration is true and was basically he would issue whether it was recognized, today it's not such controversial proposition. but at the time it was a day? for us policy and most of the national security establishment was against it including george marshall was not only a war hero but secondary estate and truman was revered more than anyone else in public life. truman you he wasn't hearing the other side of the issue so he decided: at the time a white house aide to make the case are recognizing israel and his white house meeting or he would be running against marshall. marshall was not interested in having this junior white house a way the present no. tru

put in place in the 1960s and one of the provisions was if the vice president and majority of cabinet officers vote to get rid of the president, that goes to the president pro tem of the senate, and it is voted on in the house and senate. if they get a two-thirds majority in both of those bodies, the president is expelled if he doesn't remove himself in the process. that is a way of bypassing an impeachment proceeding in the house and a courtroom proceeding in the senate that would ultimately expel the president as well. it's never happened before, mona. we have two weeks left of this president being in office. my guess is that it probably will not happen now either. >> and, mark, you mentioned we are two weeks out from the biden/harris administration beginning. what does history tell us about what joe biden needs to do in order to unite this country, especially after this presidential election? >> joe biden cannot only use this moment to bring us together but perhaps to put together some law that will help this country to move forward and make sense of this tragedy. >> and lastly, mark, as a

in the past hour, the cabinet office minister michael gove said that a reset is now needed, with theu. i think the european union recognises that they made a mistake in triggering article 15, which would have meant the reimposition of a border on the island of ireland. but now, the european union have stepped back. the world health organisation has criticised the eu's announcement of export controls on vaccines, saying such measures risked prolonging the pandemic. it is morally wrong, in terms of arresting the pandemic it wouldn't help, and it wouldn't also bring livelihoods back. the prime minister publishes an open letter to parents, saying he's "in awe" of the way they're coping with home schooling. confusion over coronavirus rules in maternity wards — midwives warn a lack of clarity means some staff are being abused. five men have been arrested following a �*disturbance�* at a former military barracks in kent, being used to house hundreds of asylum seekers. now on bbc news, the travel show. rajan datar finds out how alpine ski resorts are dealing with a winter season of closures

but as we've seen the defections of elaine chao and betsy devos mean there may be fewer cabinet officers needed to create a majority and then move forward to have a vice president submit a petition for the removal of the president because of incapacity. the other option of course is the congressional option, and that of course is impeachment. now, we've already seen an impeachment hearing just this year or last year, seems almost like it was a million years ago, but it's just a year ago. that would be harder, would take a longer time. we have 13 days, but, again, it seems like something has to be done at least to signal that this conduct cannot be condoned, least of which by the president of the united states. >> ashley, we touched on this at the top of the broadcast. if you're on this guy's cabinet or staff, think of what your tolerance level has become. think of what you have accepted, explained away, put up with. think of the lies you have either fouled off or had to process or explain over these past couple of years. and yet some people are leaving with 13 days remaining. dual questi

i'm afraid i don't have detailed insight into the thinking at number 10 or cabinet office.eneral issue that... i mean, often particularly epidemiologists like myself, other people on sage, we try to give the best foresight we can analysing data and often, there is a lot of uncertainty initially. and it's only when, i think, sometimes when politicians see the actual trends — you know, hospitals filling up, ever—increasing case numbers — that they feel they have in some sense the political capital to act unfortunately. and again, this is not a criticism of the uk government at the moment. it's equally been an issue in many countries and of course in some countries despite rising case numbers, politicians have felt unable to act regardless... but isn't there something about learning lessons as we go along? i mean, back in march, you acquired this tag in some of the tabloid press in the united kingdom of being "professor lockdown" because you were urging a lockdown at a time the government didn't want one and you said, "look, "if we don't take action, up to half a million "peop

preparing to step down in hopes that he'll be able to form a new government she said pick on this cabinet office says he'll submit his resignation on tuesday morning after meeting his ministers the prime minister lost his absolute majority in the senate last week when a junior party quit in a dispute over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. russia's president has condemned protests calling for the release of opposition leader alexina valley describing them as dangerous and illegal police detained more than 3 and a half 1000 people across from during saturday's demonstrations the valley was held when he returned from germany for medical treatment after a suspected nerve agent poisoning. well meanwhile a video posted by in a valley has forced flight amy a putin into a rare denial of all they claim that the president opened this lavish palace on the black sea his investigation team says the palace was built for putin through an elaborate corruption scheme particularly for months it was the information about this palace has been discussed for more than 10 years but now that the oppo

you have talk about the 25th amendment, cabinet officers and white house aides resigning. all people, an impeachment effort getting under way in the house. all part of an effort to pressure the president into not doing further things that are dangerous, and it got a response. he reacted to the pressure with that statement last night, where he acknowledged he will not be president after january 20th. but of course, as with all statements of that kind that he's browbeaten into making, he doesn't really mean it, and he can't accept the reality of his situation. >> manu, you have been at the capitol all week. it's still a disaster. but democrats are pushing forward with impeachment. what are you hearing about their plans? >> yeah, they're moving pretty quickly, because what nancy pelosi is saying to her members is that if the president does not resign or vice president mike pence does not invoke the 25th amendment along with the cabinet taking the extraordinary measures to force the president out of office, she's saying they're going to move forward. and they're already taking

would you encourage cabinet office into remain in the off chance that there's a potential to use the 25th amendment? the transportation secretary is leaving. not until january 11, apparently. would you address that? >> i'm not really sure what the these 11th hour resignations are. these are officials who stood by , violationgh abuse after violation. nownot sure that resigning is writing any moral wrong in the universe. this issome of republicans trying to save their reputations by leaving out the last minute. nobody should pat them on the backs for sticking around this presidentwering this through his remarks at the white house yesterday. if this was all concerning to you, maybe you should have resigned when the president said he was going down to the right house long -- white house lawn to attack the capitol. i think there's a to worry about who the president will put into these positions, especially national security and justice positions, should you see massive resignations. we will still need to rely on the chain of command to refuse any orders from the president to use law enfor

so they will work with the cabinet office to provide guidance and support to uk government bodies tofficient evidence of human rights violations in any of their supply chains. let me say that we, in the united kingdom, rightly ta ke we, in the united kingdom, rightly take pride that the overall majority of business do so with professionalism around the world. that is the hallmark, it is part of oui’ that is the hallmark, it is part of our usp. it is because of that that any company profiting from forced labour will be barred from government procurement in this country. fourth, the government will conduct an urgent review of export controls as they apply specifically geographically to the situation. to make sure that we are doing everything that we can to prevent the export of any goods that could directly or indirectly contribute to human rights violations in that region. this package put together will help make sure that nobody —— british organisations, deliberately oi’ british organisations, deliberately or inadvertently are profiting from contributing to human rights violations ag

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responsible the government will sort it out the bosses of the big supermarket chains they want a cabinet office groups that's up including industry representatives and how likely is the government to take their help. well i think it should go whether or not it does is another matter but you know the government quite clearly has no clue. not just on this matter actually on anything to do with the real lawyers business industry trade because they're all people who've gone straight from universities straight into politics they don't understand how the real world works so they should take all the help they can get and they should take a great big cut all of the red tape and let's get some show starts and get some people the food they need. for your care policy any pay a bill etheridge thank you very much for your time. u.s. president elect joe biden has chosen he wants to run at the federal international aid agency otherwise known as u.s. aid some of the power previously served on the national security council on was barack obama's u.n. envoy revealing his choice by to explained why he wants her on

does not take constitutional steps to invoke the 25th amendment along with the support of the cabinet officers that would essentially remove donald trump from office. she is saying that she wants mike pence to move first on this push to invoke the 25th amendment. if he does not move forward with that democrats are considering impeaching the president again for a second time which would be the first time in american history that an american president has been impeached on two separate occasions. but even though there are just 13 days left in this president's time in office, there is a possibility that it will move quickly to a house vote. we are told they are looking at a process to avoid the committee proceedings. typically in the normal impeachment process it could take several months to unfold. they are talking about bringing a vote directly to the house floor, bypassing the committee and having a vote in the coming days. this strategy hasn't been finalized yet. the top democratic leaders are discussing how to proceed. they want to have these discussions with their caucus. they will have a c

this afternoon we've heard from cabinet office michael gove — he was asked if the row meant the governmentaccination strategy so that those in the uk who have already had the pfizerjab should be given their second dose sooner to avoid potentially missing out. well, we are confident that we can proceed with our vaccine programme exactly as planned. last night, the prime minister talked to president von der leyen, the president of the european commission, and made clear that we need to have the contracts that have been entered into on it properly, and it was made clear that that supply would not be interrupted, so we can proceed with our plans and make sure that our so far highly successful vaccination programme can continue. but what about that point specifically? why not start injecting those who have had the first pfizerjab with the second one now there seems to be some doubt about supply? we are confident, we have assurances, that the supply that we have procured, the supply that we have paid for, is going to be delivered. that's why we are carrying on with our programme, and i'm working

and with the uk hosting the g7, this is something that i know at the center of number 10 and cabinets officesomething that they are trying to build up for significantly. quite what it means in substance is of course an entirely different matter but i think that you get a lot of noise about global britain coming repeatedly in the weeks ahead. >> and just lastly, a comment from you on china, because last time when we spoke in november, you suggested that for china, they would actually be more concerned about biden in the white house. now we see china and the eu getting cozier with their investments pact what does the future look like in terms of relations between china and the west >> i think that there are extremely interesting developments with the pacts to be signed. and it is quite clever in a way by the chinese to have done that because it immediately brings the reality of china's economic size and its ongoing rise in the world economy as a bit of a spoiler for all those who simplistically look at diplomacy in terms of how western democracies would like to be on a piece of paper and this

indication where i lean while i hear those viewpoints and i've had people in our cabinet who were cabinet officers under other presidents tell me that they had never been in cabinet meetings that were as fruitful before. evidently, a lot of presidents just simply use their cabinet as kind of a -- well they meet periodically and different members would report what their departments were doing. the word that i've gotten from these others is, they never found -- or were in cabinet meetings, regardless of whether it affected their particular agency, were involved in the discussion. but, no, i -- maybe again, it was the eight years' experience. i have to believe for many years recently, we've taken our presidents from the ranks of the legislators. i think the best training, the closest job to being president of the united states is being a governor. a legislator is used to being in a group and on a committee and making decisions on a voting basis, majority rule. only a governor sat there and finally knows that the final say has got to be his or hers. and so maybe that's -- i attribute part of this to t

if the vice president and a majority of the cabinet officers certify to congress that the president is unable to perform the powers and duties of office, then temporarily, power transfers over to the vice president. but then the president can countercertify that no inability exists and either the president retakes power or the vice president and cabinet can counter-counter-certify that he's not able to and then it goes to congress to take a two-thirds vote of the house and a two-thirds vote of the senate to move power to the vice president. anything short of that, power stays with the president and ana, importantly, the 25th amendment does not and cannot disqualify a person from running for future office. >> and another viewer wants the kn to know, could any criminal charges be brought against the president? and can he issue pardons for people who took part in the riot at the capitol? >> yes and yes. from riot to sedition and destruction of federal property. that's not the end of it. our law, importantly, also recognizes that a person can be criminally responsible, even for a crime he

we've had judges who have left office, we've had other cabinet officers who have left office, and they'veeen impeached after departure. so these are technical defenses, and there's no appeal, ana. you can't go to the supreme court and say, oh, we want to reverse this. the congress is the final judge of the constitution on impeachment. >> all right, john dean, good information there, thank you. good to have you here. >>> it took six months for the world to report the first 500,000 covid-19 deaths. that was around the world. it took just six weeks for the world to report the most recent 5,000 deaths. what will it take to get this surging pandemic under control? (burke) deep-sea driving, i see... (customer) something like that... (burke) well, here's something else: with your farmer's policy perk, new car replacement, you can get a new one. (customer) that is something else. (burke) get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ so you want to make the best burger ever? then make it! that means selling everything. and eating nothing bu

having him at my side when i promulgated the decision to the news media or to my cabinet officers oras very important. i think it strengthened all of their confidence on quite often a controversial decision i made to have mondale with me. and the full authority i gave him over any member of my staff, even including my chief of staff, that they had to obey an order from him just like it came from me, those factors i think were very important in making the major change that we did accomplish, and i think they would have been impossible had he been in a remote location. >> moving into the white house, being a part of the president's administration and the way we did it, it was the trick. >> when i met with former vice president mondale, we actually had an opportunity to talk a bit about his service in office and his experience serving alongside president carter. many historians and observers record that that was a time that the vice president actually took on a different role. >> governor carter said some weeks back that he wanted his vice president to have a more prominent role than an

so there are other issues besides which particular cabinet officer decides in the last 13 days of hisior enough so that he has to depart and virtue signal that reality. >> tucker: that holds -- people who mistake sanctimony for wisdom, i'm a little tired of those. victor davis hanson, glad to see you. >> thank you. >> tucker: a lot going on. we will be back tomorrow the show that is the sworn enemy night 8:00 p.m. of lying, pomposity, smugness and group think. sean hannity right now. >> sean: scary scenario, great segments -- thanks. welcome to hannity. president trump is calling for calm, peace, law and order, here are his remarks in full, take a look. here are his remarks in the fold. a look. >> i would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the united states capital. like all americans, i am outraged by the violence, lawlessness, and mayhem. i immediately deployed the national guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders. america is and must always be a nation of law and order. two demonstrators who infiltrated the capital, have defile

. >> the cabinet office has a brexit consult to support businesses and the procedures they need to gothey want to help get businesses ready and we are already seeing markets in northern ireland. we are seeing progress but we have always said we would be price setters and businesses would be required to go through this and the government is giving help. guy: what would you say to a british business that is listening to what's being said in looking at the option of setting up a hub in the eu and is wondering what the better solution is? if i rang up your department now and spoke to sunday from your department, what would they advise me? they were quite detailed and suggesting british businesses are being advised to do this. i'm wondering what the alternative is. >> my department gives businesses information which is set up by the capital about the way the rules work. it is for the businesses to decide how to run their operation. we do not give advice on that. alix: thank you very much, we appreciate your time. thank you very much. coming up, is the options mania continuing with gamestop

it does take two-thirds to convict someone whether it be a federal judge or a cabinet officer or presidentunited states. you have to get 67 votes if you're at full population senate there's a lot of republicans who might not want to vote on this maybe you would have fewer people and therefore your two-thirds margin is less. >> neil: chad pergram, thank you. we'll be pursuing senator murkowski to see if she wants to join us tomorrow. we look at this and others trying to push the president out a little early. two weeks early. ♪ >> jesse: hello, everybody. i am jesse watters with juan williams, dana perino, greg gutfeld and katie pavlich. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." president-elect joe biden tearing into president trump as democrats march toward a second impeachment. nancy pelosi and her party have been demanding bp mike pence invoke the 20 kept amendment to remove chrome from office after the chaos at the capitol. if that doesn't happen, they are going to impeach drum

unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office" from the vice president and majority of cabinet officers i object. lisa: republica blocked it, delaying it a day. this as more and more video appears showinjust how violent the mob became. these pictures show the crowd which marched after hearing presidentrumspeak and attacked and overwhelmed police. in a letter, house saker nancy pelosi gave the vice president an ultimatum -- act within 24 hours, or the house will move forward with impeachment, charging incitement of insurrection. that debate is planned for wednesday morning. but in an interview that aired sunday, pelosi tmid cbs' "60 tes" the 25th amendment was the preferred option. >> it gets rid of him. he's out of office. but there is strong support in the congress for impeaching the president a cond time. this president is guilty of inciting insurrection. he has to paa price for that. sa: pennsylvania republican senator pat toomey supportst impeachmnerally but agreed another way.kend that he prefers >> i think the best way for our country, chuck, is for the presidt to resign, and go a

there was such an exodus this week of top aides and administration officials and cabinet officers inhe immediate aftermath of the mob that you began to wonder who would be left. the white house seemed to be emptying out. that caused a lot of consternation among republicans and even some democrats who were worried that in fact as tempting as it was for people to leave in protest, say they didn't want to work there anymore, there was value in sticking it out these final two weeks just to watch the store, if you will. to make sure government is simply running if nothing else and perhaps to serve as some sort of a break on any further erratic action by the president. you had people like i talked this week to former secretary of state rice and she was concerned the national security team would not disappear with two weeks left because who knows what mischief could be caused by our adversaries overseas thinking we're in a period of instability. you're in an extraordinary moment, where not only as susan aptly described, we've not only had this devastating really unprecedented attack on the

so he was probably wilson's most important cabinet officer. he spent his entire two terms in office. wilson never replaced. i'm he was a newspaper man from north carolina. i will show you a picture of him. he was a fascinating guy. there's a new biography out on him, what we would call the apology biography. it takes his side on some of the battles he fought against the navy and for the navy and against others. he was a big advocate for a big navy. he was also big advocate for a big maybe to intimidate the united kingdom. right, the british take this bill very seriously. 1917 comes and things change, the united states and the british are allies. we begin to cooperate, some of the bill that gets slowed down so that we could build boats that can participate in submarine warfare because that is the biggest problem, not fighting german battleships but german submarines. but the bill is never done away with it, the allocations for the bill still exist, the spending bills exist. the president can build as much or as little as he wants to his feet. he

that is a message that is being pressed by cabinet office minister, michael gove, this morning.ething that can't happen at the moment, but obviously a particularly contentious potentially visit this morning, being in the midst of a national lockdown. �* ., ,., being in the midst of a national lockdown-— lockdown. and also against a backdro- lockdown. and also against a backdrop of _ lockdown. and also against a backdrop of growing - lockdown. and also against a backdrop of growing calls - lockdown. and also against a backdrop of growing calls for| backdrop of growing calls for another independence referendum? another independence referendum ? absolutely, another independence referendum? absolutely, and as much as this visit on paper is about coronavirus, it is about pandemic response, there is the elephant in the room, which is the elephant in the room, which is that now i think we have looked at the past 20 polls in scotland suggesting a majority for independence, so i suspect when we hear borisjohnson talk about covid response when he is in scotland today, what we will be talk

in charge of the respective areas and the white house staff with helping the president and the cabinet officer would say, this is your area, you handle it, you would, it out. that said, i do highlight in "fight house", you had cabinet secretaries butting heads with white house staffers or people seemed to be delegated by the president in a way that was different from what cabinet government would seem to attend. one story i tell in the truman administration, truman was faced with the issue whether to recognize israel. now today that's not such a controversial proposition, but at the time it was a big question mark for u.s. policy and most of the national against it including george marshall who was not only a war hero, but the secretary of state and someone who was revered more than anyone else in public life and truman wanted to hear the other side of the issue and he appointed clark griffin to make the case for israel in a white house meeting he would be running up against marshall. marshall was not interested in having a junior white house aide weigh in on his purview. but truman said i ask

to cabinet officers and others resigning very democrats and even some republicans talking about anothermpeachment. the backlash is also hitting lawmakers who back the objections of certifying joe biden's win. >> this is the place where thos objections are to be heard and dealt with, debated, and finall resolved. peacefully, without violence, without attacks. >> he has blood on his hands fo challenging the election results . he called it normally an attemp at counsel counter saying he wa and that is being redefined is. rick klein said in a now delete tweet they getting rid of trump is the easy part, cleansing the movement he commands is going t be something else. steve schmidt says his anti- trump lincoln project is mounting a brutal corporate campaign against those deriding the authoritarian movement that attacked the capital. some companies are punishing employees. he apologized for extremely poo judgment. goose had insurance fired a company lawyer who says he was peacefully demonstrating. the fbi seeks the public's health. could get there are political consequences for the republican

two cabinet officers and others resigning, sharp criticism by the last two chief of staff, democratsnd even some republicans talking about another impeachment that the backlash is in lawmakers who object to certifying joe biden's when like senator josh halley. >> this is the place those objections are to be heard and dealt with, debated and resolved. in lawful means, peacefully without violence, without tax. >> the kansas city star said he had blood on his hands for challenging the election results and simon & schuster has canceled his book contract. the publisher says it cannot support senator halley after his role in what became a dangerous threat. halley called it an orwellian attempt to cancel cultures saying he was representing his constituents and that is being redefined as sedition. rick klein said in a now deleted tweet getting rid of trump is the easy part. klinzing the movement he commands will be something else. shopif a mac is close four stores with donald from merchandise, steve schmidt says the answer trump lincoln project is causing a brutal corporate pressure campaign

there was such an exodus this week of top aides and administration officials and cabinet officers in the immediate aftermath of the mob that you began to wonder who would be left. the white house seemed to be emptying out. that caused a lot of consternation among republicans and even some democrats who were worried that maybe, in fact, as tempting as it was for these people to leave in protest to say they didn't want to work there anymore, there was a value in sticking it out for these final two weeks just to watch the store, if you will, to make sure the government's simply running if nothing else and perhaps to serve as some sort of a break on any further erratic action by the president. you had people like -- i talked this week to former secretary of state of conde rice. she was very concerned, who knows what mischief could be caused by our adversaries overseas thinking we're in a period of instability. you're in a really extraordinary moment where not only as susan aptly described it as we have this devastating, unprecedented attack on the symbol of our democracy, you also have s

he was probably wilson's most important cabinet officer. he spent his entire two terms in office. and wilson never replaced him. he was a newspaper man from fayetteville north carolina. but he's a fascinating guy, and there's new biography out on him, and what we would call an apology biography. it takes his side on some of the battles that he fought against the navy, and then for the navy and then against others. but he was a big advocate for a big navy. he was also a big advocate for a big navy to intimidate the united kingdom. so the british take this bill very seriously. 1917 comes along, and things change. the united states and the british are allies, the begin to cooperate, and basically the buildings get closed down so we can build k=xveúás, and submarie warfare.5aiyh ndbecause that ist problem basically it's fighting german battleships. the but the bill is never done away with, the allocation still exists, the spending bill still exist so the president can build as much or as little as he wants of this fleet. but he has carte blanche from the congress to build this fleet.

if pence doesn't have the fortitude to move that along with cabinet officers, then you have to try to impeach and remove the president because he is not just unfit for command. we are really in a dangerous situation right now, don. >> john, what about resignations. he's talking about impeachment. we've heard about resignations. it seems late for that. >> it is late, but it's one way of establishing a line. people were talking about impeachment. people are talking about the 25th. smart people who i really respect and many -- some conservatives, i'm not sure there's time for that. i think the president counts the 25th as challenging. there needs to be accountability. there needs to be accountability for the president, for the people in congress who are still supporting this complete fraud tonight, for questions of how these folks were able to storm the capitol and accountability for the people who did storm the capitol because they were basically just corralled out without any other kind of accountability we would normally expect for people that violented assault our democracy. there's

so for example, you have asked the cabinet office, you have asked the cabinet office, you have askede and done locally wherever possible. so i think personally that derbyshire will row back from this position, but sadly they will be a bit of damage done here, because for the public to comply with the law, they've got to think and see that they've got to think and see that the police are acting fairly, and it is called proceduraljustice. so if the police aren't seen to be acting fairly, the public won't comply. so it is all very well some people in whitehall sabre rattling and banging the table but the police are going to enforce these rules, that doesn't bring about compliance. the public seeing fairness does. probably worth giving derbyshire police's statement, which initially said this: driving to a location where exercise could easily have been taken closer to a person's home is not in the spirit of the national effort to reduce our travel. but they later issued a statement which said all fixed penalties will be reviewed. so as you say, they clearly feel there needs to be a little

this resolution calls on vice president pence to convene the officers of the cabinet and invoke section 4 of the 25th amendment declaring the president of the united states incapable of executing the duties of his office. while i greatly respect my friend, this resolution is misguided and inappropriate for the legislative branch to pursue. under the 25th amendment responsibility for initiating the process for making a determination as to whether or not the president is unable to ulfill his or her duties resides solely with the vice president. no role for congress absent a dispute between the president, vice president and the cabinet over the duties. congress may designate another body to exercise this power, to date it has not done so, nor is it chived by this resolution. with today's resolution the majority is asking the house to assume a power it does not have. the house has no role of initiating section 4 of the 25th amendment, not even through a nonbinding resolution. instead that power lies with the vice president and the cabinet. i have to say that during last wednesday's events v

the house passes a resolution demanding that president trump's cabinet remove him from office. mike pence won't agree. representatives hold a second impeachment vote today. taper talk. two fed officials push back on discussing withdrawal of support so soon. investors await guidance in the coming days. and the search is on. unicredit has approached tidjane thiam and andrea orcel as candidates for chief executive at the italian bank. that's according to the ft. good morning and welcome to "bloomberg surveillance." i'm francine lacqua in london. tom keene in new york. tom, i have to say once again, it is all about u.s. politics. we are trying to figure out district district, state by state what the thinking is, whether impeachment can go through, and the bombshell from the new york times about mitch mcconnell's thinking. tom: there is no question the impeachment process today will go through. that is a given. but what is so interesting, moving to 5:00 p.m. this evening, is the then what. the then what is really important. if i could say one thing, the statement by the military yes

cabinet secretaries by name. we should note that we have spoken to the vice president's office. they have not responded to what the vice president plans to do, but an administration official did say he has not discussed invoking the 25th amendment with any of the cabinet members. the cabinet members are dwindling. we are now seeing at least two of them resign in the wake of the president's response to that, and that is elaine chao, the transportation secretary who of course is also married to the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell but also the education secretary, betsy devos who submitted her resignation letter late last night and was talking about the accomplishments of the trump administration but did say at one point that this is what we should be talking about but quote there is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation and it is the inflection point for me, saying that was the final straw for her, and that is what is leading her to leave her job with just two weeks left in the trump administration and of course the big question right now is whether or n

preparing to step down in hopes that he'll be able to form a new government has a pickle in this cabinet office says he'll savan his resignation on tuesday morning after meeting his ministers the prime minister lost his absolute majority in the senate last week when a junior party quit in a dispute over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. russia's president has condemned the protests calling for the release of opposition leader alexina vallone describing them as dangerous and illegal police detained more than 3 and a half 1000 people across russia during saturday's demonstrations he was held when he returned from germany for medical treatment after a suspected nerve agent poisoning. well meanwhile a video posted by the valley has forced vladimir putin into a rare denial that all may claim that the president owned this lavish palace on the black sea of ali's investigation team says the palace was built for putin through an elaborate elaborate corruption scheme the video has gained more than 86000000 views on you tube but putin says neither he nor his family own the building part

when they kicked off the clinton administration, how the treasury department became the premier cabinet office. obviously there was a lot going on with china and russia, so they will be competing with state. her political job is going to be to sell as much relief for the economy as possible, and then the build back better program, the idea of some kind of infrastructure that would contribute to long-term growth. that is where she can come in because you spend money on infrastructure, it doesn't look like you're getting anything out of it in terms of economic growth in the beginning. you are spending money, but it is not coming back yet. then it starts to come back over the longer term, and your economy is much better off because you have done that. that is the argument they are going to make. at if we can get growth up -- i don't want to go back to the beginning of the trump administration -- but if you get growth up for a couple of years, that gets your debt more sustainable. alix: goldman definitely sees that, upgrading their forecast on potential stimulus. senator grassley kind of pooh-pooh

have a listen to how michael gove, the cabinet office minister explained it. f other things to take away from that interview. michael gove singh tomorrow, those worried about school exams will get some more details from the education secretary when parliament is recalled. and michael gove also saying that the chancellor will provide some more detail today on the support the government will provide for businesses in this new lockdown. it is interesting though, because a language that move quickly. and part of that was a medical pressure, the changing picture of the government was getting. there was also a real political pressure yesterday after scotland announced a lockdown, after tory grandees said things needed to change in england. the labour leader had been calling for that matter lockdown in england as well. he explained to breakfast what he wants to happen now. we are in a race against time now. we are in a race against time now. we have got a contract, i suppose, with the british people which is to say these are tough restrictions, and they are tough, and